It's been a really good day!
- Woke up and gave all 3 kids baths
- Mami & Papi also got to shower thankfully!
- Breakfast together - kids ate heartily
- Diaper changes
- Walked to Notary office (outdoor building with tons of people and you PAY to have your stuff notarized) and also took walk around neighborhood. We passed a couple of bird stores and got to see many different birds (no doors - stores are very different here!) It was a lot of fun - Karl carried Andres and Julie and Carmenca pushed the girls in their umbrella strollers. The girls loved it! Little Claudia giggled the whole time and had a grin from ear to ear! That was one of the highlights of my (Mami's) day!
- Came home and ate lunch - it was much yummier!
- All 5 of us took a LONG nap! 2 hours for Mami & Papi and 2 1/2 for the kids!
- Woke up and went together to the mall with Carmenca and her neice Gabriella - it was a good trip & one-stop-shop: we went to the ATM there, got a photocopy, bought KLIM formula for Andres and Calydryl and walked around for leisure too!
- Got home, kids played and then we had dinner at 6 pm and Mami made her 1st bottle for Andres and we got the kids cleaned up, put pj's on and Papi spent time with Andres who was really tired and needed to go down for sleep and Mami and the girls watched a short Baby Einstein show with classical music and many sea animals. The girls absolutely loved it plus I was able to set the language on Spanish!
- We put girls down for bed and all 3 were asleep by 9-9:30
- Mami & Papi are still up but going to bed soon! J
Thank you so very much for keeping up with us and for your comments. They are very special and cause me to become teary with joy. Also, I wanted you to know that I have just a little chocolate on my shirt from Andres' snack at the mall, he turned and wiped his face on me - and I am very proud to have it there! (Tomorrow my shirt will go to the laundry - they do our laundry everyday here, wow! K
13 comments:
What a lovely day it sounds like you all had. It's such a witness to me to enjoy and appreciate the little things with my three kiddos. I'm so thankful that you two are beginning to experience and cherish all of those great blessings God gives to moms and dads through children. You've been in my thoughts so often today. Thanks for updating. Hope you all get great rest tonight. What a beautiful story God is enfolding on the Armstrong family of 5! :)
It's official...you're a family!!
Hi...again. We love the pictures!
Great to hear you're all doing great and learning the ropes nicely -- even the kiddos. You are so fortunate they do your laundry each day there... laundry was our most costly expense while in Cucuta & we didn't realize it was so costly until about 12 loads later. Our laundry ran about $50 USD per load -- Crazy, huh??? Needless to say the last 2 weeks we were there, we wore our stains very proudly!!
Great to see the pictures and hear of your updates.
Love, Genece
It's so heartwarming to read your story! Enjoy every minute!
It is so neat to hear how the kids are interacting with you and that you can have this special time together as a family. Can't wait to hear Claudia's giggle. :) Glad you were able to get some rest too!
I love that we can hear the "proud mami y papi" tone in your voices. Sounds like you are going to adapt to parenthood just fine. Thanks again for the update, it helps giude our prayers as we pray for all of you. Hope your day is wonderful again today. Beth
It is so exciting to be able to check in with you each day. We are thrilled for you and can't wait to have you home. It is so wonderful to celebrate Adoption Sunday at church this weekend knowing you guys are there "gettin it done"! We will continue to pray for you each day! Monica
I have been home from Ethiopia with my 9 month old daughter for a little over a week. I used to change clothes if they got a little dirty. Now I PROUDLY wear the squash and sweet potato stains as a badge of honor.
Love hearing about your journey...the joy of others meeting their forever family never gets old and the tears never stop! Thanks for sharing.
Karl-did you ever think there would be a day where you would wear chocolate proudly?
Sleep is good,too. :)
We continue to be so excited for you and these three kiddos that have an awesome set of parents!
I didn't know a chocolate stain could get me choked up! Yeah for laundry service!
You guys are just natural born parents...that's what you are!!!
We continue to pray for you and are happy to hear that things are going well so far! I printed out a few of your pictures and have them where we can see you and remember to pray. Enjoy your sweeties - you look great together!
Love, Judy for the gang, Tim, Bekah, Lindsay, Danny, Angie and Andres
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