The Kids

HANNAH is such a good big sister. She loves to play with Caleb and tries to make him smile. (It doesn’t take much to get a smile out of him.) She is currently getting potty trained and doing a great job. I never knew that this would be so much work. Craig says potty training is like leadership training … it’s a whole lot of work during the process, but later it saves you all kinds of time and work. What a great analogy! Hannah’s Aunt Teri gave her some stickers as rewards for going potty in the toilet. She especially likes the airplane stickers. (Thank you, Aunt Teri!)

Hannah is also learning to pray. The last few nights, this has been her prayer: (and I quote…) “Dear God, thank you for this day. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Thank you for Mommy and Daddy and Caleb.” (Yes, one of her very favorite songs right now is “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” and it’s reflected in her prayers!)

CALEB is growing so quickly. He definitely looks healthy. J Everyone here says he is fat. (Compared to the children here I guess he is!) He is sleeping really well. He’ll sleep for a 7-8 hour stretch at night. We can’t complain about that. For the first week or so after we arrived in PNG, Caleb was pretty fussy. Maybe it was the change in climate or diet (his Mother’s diet, of course) – we don’t know – but he seems to be doing better now. He is a happy boy and we are so thankful to have him. He’s starting to giggle now and he looks like he is trying to roll from his back to his stomach. It is such a blessing to watch our children grow and change.