Archive for the 'Photos' Category
- 35 Week Photo Shoot
Samuel and I spent a few hours a couple of weeks ago getting some nice photos of my pregnancy. (I made some color adjustments to my liking.) He has submitted many of them to istockphoto.com and has had almost all of them accepted! I think he did a very nice job! Here are some of [...]
- No more diapers!
Josiah has reached a notable milestone: no more diapers! And on Tuesday, we took a trip to IKEA to celebrate (it’s air conditioned, included a bus ride and a taxi ride, has a restaurant with 1€ kids’ meal, and lots of cool toys and furniture to play with, plus we brought Mara with us, so [...]
- 30 Weeks: Photos
Here we are at 30 weeks! Photos taken Saturday, June 7 2008.
- Rooftop Gardener 2
Today I ate the first tomato of my little garden! And it was a little, tomato, too; but it was good! The plants haven’t gotten any taller than about 18 inches, and don’t show any sign of getting any bigger, but there are currently 18 green tomatoes and my red pepper plant is looking good. [...]
- Prenatal Care in Spain: Preparation Classes
Last week we attended our first Prenatal Class with the midwives. We are one of seven couples in the class, and not the only foreigners! There is also a French couple and Argentinean couple.
- Un Retiro
Last weekend our little community got away together near the beach in Cádiz province. Our friends Jesús and Rachel have a home there and opened up every spare room and corner to host us. Some actually stayed at the home of Jesús’ parents justa couple of blocks away. Jesús and Rachel are the parents of [...]
- Grandma comes for a visit.
Grandma Cindy arrived last week for a two-week visit. We’ve been busy having fun. Yesterday we walked to Parque Alamillo across the river – about 20 minutes walking. There were two different special “Ferias” going on at the same time. We heard lots of music including Middle Eastern accompanied by belly dancers and traditional Flamenco [...]
- Welcome Home Josiah!
We are finally home! Thank God! Josiah was very happy to be back and got right to work playing with the toys he’s missed for the past ten days. Mama and Dadi are exhausted – even after a three hour nap. I think we will all need several days to recover. See recent photos in [...]
- Josiah in The Hospital – Finally Some Good News!
Update for Monday, January 22. Very good news! Josiah was transferred out of ICU Saturday night and is currently on the pediatric floor and doing much better! He got up to walk for the first time in a week yesterday and although he was unsteady at first he led us out the front door and [...]
- Granada
Last weekend we had the priviledge of visiting some friends from our church who were in Granada for the week. We were there Friday and Saturday and had a wonderful time exploring a little bit of the city, and the surrounding mountains, as well as spending time with our friends and being the recipients of [...]
- Home again!
How great it is to finally be HOME!! We spent our first night in our new home on Monday. We had carried a load of stuff over that day, and had at lease what we needed for overnight. Our friend Helen helped us bring another load of suitcases and boxes last night, and we have [...]