With these two hands

This week marked the beginning of work for Steven and the beginning of me being at home again. Praise the Lord! Although this won't be the norm for too long I thought I would give a glimpse of what we are up to during the day.

Steven has a long trip to work, right through the laundry room, where he has his own little home office. Everyday around 9am he makes his way back to his office and Evelyn says "daddy, work" and I say "Yes, daddy is at work but you get to play with mommy now!" and she says again with a sad/concerned look "daddy, work".

Before lunch, Evelyn and I like to dance, color, read books, go for a walk and play "hide" (her absolute favorite game, especially if her Elmo doll can play too). We are so blessed to have daddy home for lunch and then nap time soon follows. After nap time there is more fun with mommy until daddy gets home and then dinner is started followed by more "hide" and eventually an exhausted Evelyn goes to bed. Currently, our night time routines takes even longer as Evelyn is transitioning into her big girl bed and doesn't quite know how to handle the freedom it brings in regards to getting out of bed. I think she got up about 15 times last night before finally giving up. We were so blessed to wake up around 7am this morning and see that she was still in bed! We'll see how tonight goes.

One thing Steven and I are enjoying is reading together in the evenings. The book we're on right now is called "Give Them Grace" (I mentioned in the last blog post). Its is a wonderful book and I recommend it to all parents.

Although language school is over we are still constantly struggling to communicate with the people around us. Sunday we were so excited to be able to understand about 50-60% of the message at the church we have been going to. Its was amazing! On a similar note, God has blessed us with some exciting new relationships with some Peruvians here in Lima and we are full of anticipation to see what God does through us in the next few years. Keep praying for us to keep our eyes fixed on the Lord despite the many distractions of life.

Lastly, I am officially full term now with Norah. She is looking great and getting really strong. According to the ultrasound she weighs a little more than five pounds, a little on the small side but that is fitting in comparison to Evelyn and to me. The doctor was convinced at my appointment on Tuesday that she will be born in the next week because I am having lots of contractions but I think we still have a while. We'll see what happens!

This is Carlos! He has faithfully driven us to and from school for the past three months. Such a sweet friend.

This is the sign outside of our school.

The street outside of school. Yay!

Outside of the little tienda where Steven liked to buy snacks for us! just a Coke for today.

Me with our conversation teacher, Carolina. She was a wonderful teacher and continues to be a wonderful friend to us. I miss seeing her every day!

Just a bit of silliness.