Ok, so this morning was WONDERFUL! Alia is SO happy in the mornings! I love it when we get there and she is just waking up and she sees us and smiles. :) Anyway, we were able to attend a little birthday party there, complete with cake, music, dancing and a puppet show! Too fun! We also had passport pictures taken today. Yippe! :) One step closer...
AND... as if that wasn't great enough, we got to take her outside. Today has been the warmest day since we have been here. Funny story though... When we said we were taking her outside, they took our little girl who was already wrapped in about 4 layers... put a snowsuit on her, an extra hat with 2 pointy tops and a scarf. The poor baby couldn't even move. :) She just kept a smile on her face though... the whole time. After being outside for about 20 minutes, I looked down at her and she was completely asleep! I guess we wore her out. More great pictures.
We did go to town today... made some animal noises and ended up with cheese pizza~ oh well... actually, as picky as I am... that's probably good. The thing about "town" is that there are lots of places. It is wonderful... we just don't get there very often. Now that we have figured out the taxi thing... we'll probably go more. :)
Ok, so the title... tonight we went back for our second bond time... when we got there, the door to our room was locked. We found the key and tried to open it, but the keys weren't working. A really nice lady came by and tried to help, she got the key to turn, but then... nothing! It was stuck! She quickly took off... leaving all of us to explain...
Apparently we had the wrong key... whoops! So, needless to say, we didn't get to go to that room. When we left a couple of hours later... the key was still hanging there... I bet we get the bill for that one! Funny thing is... like the lady who actually got the key stuck, we could have run... but you know... we didn't. Oh well... hopefully new locks aren't too expensive.
So, hope you don't mind... but since we can't blog as often... looks like we blog longer. :)
What a great time reading all your comments! Thanks for keeping up with us...
By the way... Winston, I heard they have Magnum Ice Cream Bars here and I've been searching and searching... with no success, but... I WILL NOT give up! I desperately need one. We did find a Baskin Robbins here. :) That's pretty fun.
Ok, well... we bought some cereal today, so dinner is sounding wonderful... better get going.
Lots of love to you all!
Steph, Brad, and Alia :)
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
shopping...
Ok, so... I am having shopping w/d BIG TIME! I don't really need to buy, just look. ;)
I can't believe how much of nothing we are surrounded by here. In our last city, we had so much and now... a whole lot of nothing. We did walk a little further today than usual and found a couple of places that we might be able to come back and visit. I think the worst thing is the food. So far we have the hotel and ... well, that's about it. We found a little place today, but no one spoke English, there was no English menu and ... no pictures! It's a nightmare! They try to help, but how can they? So, we did meet a really nice girl yesterday who knows some English. She wants to meet us sometime to practice. We thought we might take her to lunch... that way she could help us out some too. :)
Brad thinks there are lots of hidden gems around here... we just have to walk more. Of course, he is willing to eat anything. The rest of us girls that are here (including our 2 new friends, Tina and Marilyn, her mom)... we don't like to just point at some crazy symbols and try whatever they bring out for us. :) Call us picky... but the stomach aches are not worth it.
So, tomorrow we may get to go into town. We are really looking forward to it! We get to develop some pictures of our babies... I know, that makes you jealous... sorry. Can't send any yet. :) She is amazingly cute though! Just wait... time will fly and soon she will be home with us. I can't wait!
Yesterday she turned over by herself for the first time. We were so excited! The people who are in there with us couldn't figure out what the big deal was, but even Tina's little baby clapped with us. :)
Ok. gotta go! Love you all.
Brad and Steph and Alia:)
I can't believe how much of nothing we are surrounded by here. In our last city, we had so much and now... a whole lot of nothing. We did walk a little further today than usual and found a couple of places that we might be able to come back and visit. I think the worst thing is the food. So far we have the hotel and ... well, that's about it. We found a little place today, but no one spoke English, there was no English menu and ... no pictures! It's a nightmare! They try to help, but how can they? So, we did meet a really nice girl yesterday who knows some English. She wants to meet us sometime to practice. We thought we might take her to lunch... that way she could help us out some too. :)
Brad thinks there are lots of hidden gems around here... we just have to walk more. Of course, he is willing to eat anything. The rest of us girls that are here (including our 2 new friends, Tina and Marilyn, her mom)... we don't like to just point at some crazy symbols and try whatever they bring out for us. :) Call us picky... but the stomach aches are not worth it.
So, tomorrow we may get to go into town. We are really looking forward to it! We get to develop some pictures of our babies... I know, that makes you jealous... sorry. Can't send any yet. :) She is amazingly cute though! Just wait... time will fly and soon she will be home with us. I can't wait!
Yesterday she turned over by herself for the first time. We were so excited! The people who are in there with us couldn't figure out what the big deal was, but even Tina's little baby clapped with us. :)
Ok. gotta go! Love you all.
Brad and Steph and Alia:)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
And the winner is....
Well, I have so many little girl clothes, shoes, hats, etc...
I have premade scrapbooks that can't be boyified... no matter how hard I try.
Each outfit that I bought and scrapbook page I made...
I tried to envision what my little girl would look like.
Of course, in my mind... she was perfect!
As we've been packing for this trip... I've been preparing to meet a little boy... just in case... I was fine with that and knew that I would love him just as much (but have to do some big time shopping).
Let me introduce to you.... our baby...
our little GIRL! Alia Lynn
She is exactly the little girl that fits in the clothes that I have picked out, the asian bedding (and the animal bedding that was just in case of a little boy), and in our hearts. You should see her daddy! He can't stop asking to hold her... which if you know Brad... is quite surprising. :)
This little girl threw up on my jeans... didn't bother me... weird.
This little girl grins each time she sees either of us (my mom says it must be gas). ;)
Amazing! Worth every thing that we have had to go through... more than I can even say!
A whole new meaning to the trust thing... not that I didn't have doubts... because I did, but... I knew we were called to be here and that God would have something amazing for us here.
So, really all I can tell you is that she is 7 months old and is too big for size 3-6 month which is what she is always wearing... :)
More soon.
We love you all! Thanks for waiting while we told our families! Brad and Steph
p.s. Alea, Sophie, and Alia will need to get together ASAP... we can take lots of pictures! :)
I have premade scrapbooks that can't be boyified... no matter how hard I try.
Each outfit that I bought and scrapbook page I made...
I tried to envision what my little girl would look like.
Of course, in my mind... she was perfect!
As we've been packing for this trip... I've been preparing to meet a little boy... just in case... I was fine with that and knew that I would love him just as much (but have to do some big time shopping).
Let me introduce to you.... our baby...
our little GIRL! Alia Lynn
She is exactly the little girl that fits in the clothes that I have picked out, the asian bedding (and the animal bedding that was just in case of a little boy), and in our hearts. You should see her daddy! He can't stop asking to hold her... which if you know Brad... is quite surprising. :)
This little girl threw up on my jeans... didn't bother me... weird.
This little girl grins each time she sees either of us (my mom says it must be gas). ;)
Amazing! Worth every thing that we have had to go through... more than I can even say!
A whole new meaning to the trust thing... not that I didn't have doubts... because I did, but... I knew we were called to be here and that God would have something amazing for us here.
So, really all I can tell you is that she is 7 months old and is too big for size 3-6 month which is what she is always wearing... :)
More soon.
We love you all! Thanks for waiting while we told our families! Brad and Steph
p.s. Alea, Sophie, and Alia will need to get together ASAP... we can take lots of pictures! :)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Typos!
Ok, sorry about the "mal" typo... I obviously know how to spell that word. :) It was MALL of America. :) I was so excited about it... I didn't care how it was spelled... it was awesome!
So, unfortunately... I still can't give details and sorry we aren't able to update the blog in the middle of the night here... the internet cafe is closed. :) We have a plan for tomorrow morning to hopefully be able to talk to our families and then .... all will know!
So, you know how we were complaining about the 122 degree weather last time... well, I'd take it back... it's freezing here! Ok, well... maybe not freezing, but it is cold. I guess I'm never really happy with the temp... unless its holding steady at 75-80. Brad is loving it...
Ok, so Brad says that he likes the "mal" spelling of mall because it means bad in Spanish... I don't think that's funny! Brian is probably laughing at that one!
Ok, we love you all and are about out of time... stay tuned because our NEWS is on its way!
Brad and Steph and ...... :)
So, unfortunately... I still can't give details and sorry we aren't able to update the blog in the middle of the night here... the internet cafe is closed. :) We have a plan for tomorrow morning to hopefully be able to talk to our families and then .... all will know!
So, you know how we were complaining about the 122 degree weather last time... well, I'd take it back... it's freezing here! Ok, well... maybe not freezing, but it is cold. I guess I'm never really happy with the temp... unless its holding steady at 75-80. Brad is loving it...
Ok, so Brad says that he likes the "mal" spelling of mall because it means bad in Spanish... I don't think that's funny! Brian is probably laughing at that one!
Ok, we love you all and are about out of time... stay tuned because our NEWS is on its way!
Brad and Steph and ...... :)
Monday, September 22, 2008
Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you"... He sure does! So, due to internet difficulties, we haven't been able to talk to our families yet, so we can't post any details yet... but, things are going VERY well this time! Totally different and amazing... Hopefully we can share more soon.
So far, we haven't had time to do much exploring, so ... we'll hopefully get some pics and funny stories for you soon.
Stay tuned... sorry we havn't been able to post too much... we just found the internet cafe and weren't able to bring our computers. Hopefully we'll find another option soon though.
Signing out for now,
Steph and Brad
So far, we haven't had time to do much exploring, so ... we'll hopefully get some pics and funny stories for you soon.
Stay tuned... sorry we havn't been able to post too much... we just found the internet cafe and weren't able to bring our computers. Hopefully we'll find another option soon though.
Signing out for now,
Steph and Brad
Sunday, September 21, 2008
And… we’re back!
Here we are again, back in good ole Kaz! For some reason, I had to buy a bag of m&m’s and some pear juice. … I was so happy when I found them! Talk about comfort food. I think that tomorrow morning we begin the process in our region (that made me need some chocolate!). We have one more flight tonight and then we should be settled in our “new home” for the next month or so.
So, we spent most of Friday at the Mall of America (since we had a 23 hour layover in Minneapolis). That was fun! If you know me, you know that shopping is my favorite hobby! If you know Brad, you know that he walked around for quite a while, but then noticed a huge Madden 2008 tournament going on in the middle of the mall… needless to say… we parted ways for a bit. We did ride one of the roller coasters at the theme park in the middle of the mall. I got some fun pics and videos, but don’t have time to load them on here yet… pictures to come…. Hopefully soon.
Please remember to pray for us as you go to bed tonight…
Hang tight… hopefully we’ll figure out internet pretty soon and can put lots of updates out there. Until then, we love you all… more to come!
Steph and Brad
So, we spent most of Friday at the Mall of America (since we had a 23 hour layover in Minneapolis). That was fun! If you know me, you know that shopping is my favorite hobby! If you know Brad, you know that he walked around for quite a while, but then noticed a huge Madden 2008 tournament going on in the middle of the mall… needless to say… we parted ways for a bit. We did ride one of the roller coasters at the theme park in the middle of the mall. I got some fun pics and videos, but don’t have time to load them on here yet… pictures to come…. Hopefully soon.
Please remember to pray for us as you go to bed tonight…
Hang tight… hopefully we’ll figure out internet pretty soon and can put lots of updates out there. Until then, we love you all… more to come!
Steph and Brad
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