Along the Way: Enkh-bilguun Josiah; Enkh-Yvelle

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

more steps!

Josiah has taken a little step once or twice before, but this morning he's taken a few baby steps a few times! :) First, between a toy and Yvelle's bed; then, when he was playing with his big beach ball, he stood up, bounced it and then took a couple steps to follow it...

Fun! and Daddy saw over Skype from DC! :)

Then, when J was in in the pack n play and I ran upstairs, i could hear Yvelle saying, "I'm here Josiah, I'm here." When I came back, she sang him "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and he was dancing to her song. SO cute! :) (I love their happy brother and sister moments..."

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Over the Flu & a Sunny Weekend

Wow, this year we sure did get hit with it... kids had it for about a week. :/ Poor them. Thankfully, they usually felt pretty well in the mornings and after taking their medicine. Then in the evenings they were more uncomfortable.

Now other than runny noses and a little coughing, they are a lot better. Yay!

Friday was BEAUTIFUL and Saturday and Sunday were sunny too. We actually went to the zoo yesterday; Yvelle enjoyed seeing the animals and Josiah (hopefully) was enjoying being outside too.

Javkhaa and I enjoyed the sights but we were hoping the "Asia" section was open; no, we have to wait until April to see the new exhibit, which will have orangutans, some kind of noisy apes, and tigers (from the Cincinnati Zoo), among other animals.

I took the zoo train with Yvelle and she had a blast--she did NOT want to sit on my lap, but wanted to sit in her own spot. She certainly has a mind of her own. ;) Sometimes at school she joins in playing with the children, but other times she just sits on the sidelines with a teacher. I'm not quite sure what that's about but when I ask her, she said she likes to watch and listen...

April will mark 2 big events: Josiah (Bilguunee) will turn 1, and we will have been in Virginia 5 years. Javkhaa is more than ready to be back in Mongolia, and I am fully on board with that. So Lord willing, before Christmas, we will be living back in Ulaanbaatar. Not quite sure how the transition will look, but we are at this point appointees with an organization (Interserve) which sends people to work in their professions in a variety of countries around the world. It seems like a good fit for our bi-cultural family. :)

Appreciate your prayers!

Saturday, August 28, 2010

a little update

happy...

sleepy...

turning into a great cook like her aunt oogii!

"i wanna make buuz!!"

egch duu 2

posing!

fun!

welcome to the world of this tired mommy! :) life is good, the kids are great--they're so much fun! yvelle is talking away and tells us exactly what she thinks, especially when she wants something "right now"! ;) josiah is a dear, happy boy who has the sweetest smile and a chuckle that puts a smile on everyone else's face.

since javkhaa graduated in may, we had to move out of student housing in early August. we weren't sure where to go or quite how to plan, since we are hoping to move back to Mongolia (soon, whatever that turns out to mean) and we didn't want to be locked into a year or even a 6 month lease, if such a thing could be found. the Lord put it on my heart and into my head to ask an acquaintance at Regent if we could stay with her and her husband. they had another family with 2 kids live with them about a year ago, and so i just thought it might be possible...

and here we are! it has been a great blessing to us in many ways. moving was an adventure... never moved with kids before. we're so grateful for the babysitting help we had that gave us a little extra time to pack, but even with that, it was down to the wire. without the LATE night help of a few angel-friends, we would have been in trouble. (Lord, please bless all the friends who cleaned, sorted, threw away, gave away, and moved stuff for us!!)

we're about 12-15 minutes from Regent now, so that makes our day a little more complicated than before. i was working in the am, coming home, j was going to work for a while, coming home, and then i was going back to work at the end of the day. that's not so convenient from here.

please pray for J to get a good job! there was one UNDP position he applied for in UB which would have been a good fit, but they didn't have a budget for relocation :/ and it is seeming like they went with someone else.

that's all for now, it's pretty early and i'm fighting a cold so i should go back to bed. :) it's a treat to have the quiet space to post something, though!