Luke Splashin' Around

April 2006

Easter in the Jungle

Mackenzie's old-fashioned easter egg dye

Jim/Grampa baptizing

Baptism in the ocean

Easter morning April 2006

Easter, the Lord's Supper

Luke's one year check up!

Luke is in the 75th percentile for height (he is tall).

Luke is in the 35th percentile for weight (he is skinny).

Luke's head is lower than the bottom line (his head is super tiny).

The doctor is accustomed to seeing Latin/dark children

so when he said "he looks a little pale!" we all laughed.

Turns out he was pale. He is anemic. Whatever that means.

He got some iron vitamins and is otherwise doing great.

No paracites (jungle hazzards :) )

Growing well.

He got two shots and only cried a little.

We got a good report. Praise the Lord.

April 2006

Guess who came to visit?

Isaiah Gilbert with Luke and Mackenzie

at the Masaya Volcano

April 2006

More Prayers Please

Dear Everyone,

Granny will be home in less than 1 week!

Praise the Lord.

Mackenzie might start growing hair on that one side again.

The grandparents have about 10 weeks before "stateside assignment".

We also have scheduled 12 teams during those 10 weeks.

Yes, some weeks are double and some weeks are "free".

We will be needing your prayers as we approach this HUGE transition in our lives.

This change will be felt greatly by all.

Thank you for your prayers.

April 2006

Luke' vocabulary

I know this is just the beginning.

Luke has been making sounds that are similar to words.

First came "O" for Oklahoma, our dog.

He even snaps his fingers to call the dog!

How cute.

"Au" for Outside.

"awl du" for All Done, with the wave of the hands in the air.

Just his arms straight in the air for Amen! after we pray.

He has his own special word for "let me drive the car"

but we can't figure out what the word is.

"ive" for drive maybe.

I think I even heard a slight "bye" today.

"da" means everything from That to Pay attention to me.

An occasional "ma" but still indescriminant.

Mostly they are just sounds.

Others might not be able to "hear" the word resemblance.

So I can't really call them "first words" yet.

Mackenzie's first word was very clearly "shoes" with shoes in hand.

How old was she? I wrote it down somewhere!

Luke is still trying really hard to walk but nothing yet.

We will keep you posted.

April 2006

Luke is 1 year old!

We picked up Luke's Aunt Brittney and his cousin Isaiah

the night before the big day!

We celebrated just a little at TGIFridays in Managua

on Luke's actual birthday.

Then we had a real party later with cake and balloons at home.

I can't believe my baby is 1 year old!

Time flies fast when you are having fun.

Cherish every moment!

Thank you God for my two precious babies.

April 4, 2006

TGIFriday's in Managua, Nicaragua

Amo a mi hermana mayor bib

He sure does love his big sister

Guayavera from Dona Mari

Chocolate Cake?!

NO, I'd rather have the steak and baked potatoes, Thank you

April 2006

Jungle/Beach Girl

Grampa's hat makes a perfect outfit!

Back door of our hotel room

(yes, that is sand on the doorstep)

Corn Island

March 2006

A Peaceful Moment

The view from our hotel restaurant.

The restaurant was out on a dock in the ocean.

Mackenzie and Grampa

Corn Island

March 2006

Another New Cousin!

Coralyn Rebekah Happel

Born on March 31, 2006

at 5:58PM.

8 lbs 6 oz

19 inches
Baby and Mom are doing very well!!

Praise the Lord!

Yep, Chris delivered her.

How cool!