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born on 11/02/09… 4 days past her “due date.” we are very happy to have a november baby though, i daresay! 🙂 we just like the sound of november, i guess. she was much bigger than we would’ve thought- 9 lbs. 2 oz! 20.5″ long. her head was 14″ in circumference. so here’s a summarized […]

2weekends ago, I had the fun of taking Naya to an apple farm with some friends from here at NTBI- 2 of her favorite little friends, to be specific: Jordan and Charley. Noe was able to spend the day at ‘our’ church helping install cabinets. Naya LOVED the apple farm, as you can see from […]

Laundry night! Yes, I love laundry night. So let’s try and figure out the main reason: a) clean clothes! (duh!) b) being out of the apartment for 2 hours! c) the smell of laundry soap I’ll let you think about that… whoever wins can do my laundry next week. 😉 Last weekend was to be […]

ok, i promise i will work on some ‘creative titles’ for my blogs… there just are no creative juices flowing these days. not to sound droll, or to nullify the word “joyful” in our main heading… but a word that might sum up the days lately (at least for my pregnant self) is: DREARINESS (rhymes […]

one month signifies a lot of things currently… -just over 1 month that we’ve been here at NTBI! -(and consequently just over 1 month that we bid farewell to our family…sigh) -just over 1 month until this baby girl should be born! (or a few days fewer would be nice!! hehe) ok… so apparently i […]

Autumn, how do I make the picture smaller?? thought you’d enjoy this post… haha!

yes indeed, little Naya turned 2 today! i rather successfully worked with her throughout the day to say “It’s my birthday!” and “I’m two!” She is also practicing how to hold up two fingers. currently it’s just a hand with splayed fingers. pretty cute. 🙂 after a relatively normal day, including bouts of “Terrible Two” […]

Really the title should be “Blood Sugar”, but putting the word ‘blood’ in the subject line just seemed a bit over the top. So speaking of “over the top”… my blood sugar was NOT over the top, the lab results actually showed that it looked pretty good! (translation: no gestational diabetes) (yeah, i didn’t think […]

Our first week in Jackson, at NTBI, there were few students around- only married couples and families like ourselves, some staff, and later in the week the returning students who are this year’s student leaders. So it was pretty quiet in the building. But much too hot- 90 degree weather with no A/C! (But as […]

The weary travelers arrived in Jackson, MI Monday around lunchtime. Soooo happy to be done traveling, but almost too tired to know the difference. 🙂 As you can see from the pictures, Naya was thrilled!! (haha, she actually was quite excited, and quickly made friends with the many neighboring toddlers! they have the married students […]