Lazy Gringo fun

The Lazy Gringo celebrated Cinqo de Mayo. Bo passed out flyers on the street in his Mexican outfit. Uncle Justin and Sophia played hide and seek before people got there.

No power

No wonder we only have power eight hours a day!

Isabelle is getting sweeter and sweeter. Every new Tibetan that meets her gives her a "Kata", blessing scarf, which is a tradition in the Tibetan culture. At three months old she was nine pounds and eight ounces.

The Lucky One

Here, we are purchasing a chicken to buy. This is the lucky one!

Family visit

Summer's dad and brother came to visit. It was a fun time although Nepal was going through some crazy political problems so we had to stay in the city. My brother took a picture of Kathmandu from up high. Kathmandu is as lost as it is vast. So many people work so hard every day to earn merit that will get them nowhere without the one true God.

"Aunt Amber"

We did not show Sophia how to make a place setting, but during her bath she figured it out on her own and this reminded us of only one person, Amber.

Chickens

We see this all the time. It's how they transport their chickens from place to place. Many times it is also on a motorcycle but they are going to fast for us to get a picture.

Easter

For Easter, we gathered with most of our Christian friends to worship and celebrate the Risen Saviour.

Hail storm

They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. Well that was true this March night. We had our first big spring shower and along with it came hail and lots of it. It hailed so much it covered our yard and stacked up against the house about 3-4 inches. Our landlords were already cleaning it up by the time we got a picture of it. Sophia called it snow.

Back in Nepal

We are back in Nepal now adjusting to life with a newborn and a toddler. Izzy sleeps well at night, but will not sleep in the day for anything. Sometimes she is up 7 hours before she will finally take a nap. I am trying everything to get her to take naps but she won't, so it is really hard. The pictures are of Lhasa, our dog, and Sophia helping a Tibetan lady water our flowers in the yard.

Counting Down

We now have one week left in Bangkok before we head back to Nepal. It's been fun, but we are ready to settle down and get back to work. We are still waiting on Isabelle's passport to come in, but that gives us a little time to get some last minute things done here before we pack up.

Sisters

Sweet sisters

Aquarium

Sophia and her buddy Claire went to the Aquarium and learned all about fish.

Amusement park fun

We took Sophia to the amusement park here called Dream World. She had so much fun because they had lots of things for kids to do.

Zoo

Sophia likes to play with the frogs in the yard where we are staying.  But she liked the animals at the zoo even better!

Fun in Bangkok

While Isabelle is still in the hospital, we are trying to keep Sophia busy.  She loves riding the tuk tuks, however she is scared of the boats that go by on the canal.

Daddy's Girls

Sophia is enjoying her time in Bangkok.  She goes swimming at a hotel nearby and knows how to ask to for taxis.  When we take the Sky Train, she says hello and goodbye to all the choo-choos and gets excited when it's our turn to ride the choo-choo.  This trip is a planes, trains, and automobiles trip for her and she loves it.  She has gotten to go to Toys R Us and ride her first carousel.  

Isabelle update

Isabelle is doing better and better everyday.  She still has bile coming out of her body, but it is getting clearer every day.  This is a good sign that the surgery was a success.  Monday they will begin giving her electrolytes to see if she can digest those well.  If she can, then on Tuesday they will try breast milk to see how she handles that.  We can take her out of the case and hold her now, so that makes our visit with her much sweeter.  Although it's hard because Sophia is not allowed in the ICU so we have to take turns going inside to see Izzy.