New Tastes

For the first time, Keith tried both Balaclava and Turkish Delight! There is a great sweet shop a block from our hotel, so we took the opportunity to sample the many delicious options they had available. We thought we would tempt you with a picture of our samples:



I had no idea so many varieties of Balaclava existed! Neither of us our a huge fan of Turkish Delight, but we are thoroughly enjoying the Balaclava.

Heartbeat

We were so excited to finally here our little girls heartbeat! We had been able to see it a few times on ultrasound, but what a wonderful sound to hear. We hope you think so too!

Waiting at the Doctor's Office

We spent a good day doing doctor's visits and we have to say that Benjamin did a great job! We thought we would capture some pictures of him being bored, but as soon as the camera came out so did the 'cheese!' Enjoy our little man as we waited for the doctor...

Bored....

Is that the camera?

Hi!

Cheese!

Benjamin Says, "Thank You!"

Benjamin received some packages for his birthday from our wonderful family and he wanted to say thank you! Enjoy! (Sorry the quality is a little dark, we did the video at night)

Sugar And Spice And Everything Nice

That is what we will be having this fall! The ultrasound we had today showed a healthy, active baby girl. We are so excited to be sharing the news with y'all! We will be getting pictures and a CD when we return from vacation in Turkey, so we will upload that as soon as we can, but until then, please join us in praising Dad for our precious gift!

Hot, Hot, Hot!

Weather update: It's hot! The past week have seen consistent highs in the 100's, with yesterday topping out at 107. And the hot month isn't until August... :o)

One of our teammates mentioned that their house was 95 degrees first thing in the morning. I think I am glad I don't have a thermometer to see just how hot it is in here! We have fans and in three rooms we have electric a/c wall units, but when the power goes out, which can be frequent, you are out of look in the cooling department. Oh, look! As I type this the power came back on!! Woo hoo!

On another note, we have one more week before we leave country for vacation. We are busy meeting with friends and finishing up work responsibilities before Keith is gone for a month and I am gone for four. Please be lifting us up as we say these goodbyes and that we would finish strong this last week. Thanks!

Whereabouts Unknown

So. After three days, Vinny decided to venture into the world beyond our compound and has yet to return. That was about five days ago. We have learned that you don't really "have" cats here -- they are all stray, some just come around a lot. Vinny, Dad knows where you are. Hopefully we will see you again one day!