My days passed quickly
With bottles to make and diapers to wash
But mostly fun with my little ones...

We made friends quickly with the other doctors’ families who were also serving their two years. We were all about the same age with same age children. I’ll always remember that time as being carefree. Pierre came home for lunch everyday and spent time with us.

Many days another friend and I would pack up our four kids and take them to the tennis court. Nuçi and Christopher loved watching three year olds K.P. and Allison play while their two moms played tennis. Nuçi was so easy and agreeable. One of our favorite memories was one evening during K.P.’s playtime in the bath tub. Pierre and I were in the living room talking and Nuçi was scooting all over the house in his walker.

He dashed into the bathroom to check out his brother who began to chant his “I am a big bear, you are a little bear” ritual. For some reason this night Nuçi found it hysterically funny. His laughter could be heard all over the house. It was the first time he giggled out loud in shear delight. I have a fixed picture in my memory bank of me, Pierre, K.P. and Nuçi - all in the bathroom saying “I am a big bear...”. Of course K.P. relished the fact that he was the first to make Nuçi laugh out loud. Thanks to that little walker on wheels, Nuçi followed his big brother every where.