Honestly...

Well I'm getting a little taste of culture here these days. In the US, at least in Southern California, we don't tend to be very blunt about things that might hurt someone's feelings. Not the case here. They just say it like it is. Like, "You got a bad haircut, huh?"

So today at church the pastor's mother looks at my stomach and says, "You aren't exercising, are you?" Ahhh! Really, I look THAT bad?

To make myself feel better let me just say that I've lost over half of the weight I gained during pregnancy but not much has changed in a couple of weeks. I don't feel great about how I look but I didn't think it was that bad!

A few weeks ago I was speaking with our pastor in Portuguese and in the middle of our conversation he said, "You haven't been speaking Portuguese much lately, have you?" Ouch. Nope! Katie doesn't speak Portuguese yet. :-) And that's who I'm talking to most of the time right now. I knew I was making lots of mistakes in our conversation and it was frustrating. Then he said, "You need to go back to your classes." It was a little embarrassing to have my blundering talking pointed out like that but I am out of practice!

Oh well. I guess honesty is better than lying to my face, right?

And here's a picture just for fun. :-)

Just Hanging Out

Here's a cute video of Katie I took the other day. Enjoy!

I don't know why it is kind of fuzzy. Does anyone know how to fix that?

She's Official

We took a trip to the American Embassy today to apply for Katie's passport, social security card, and an American birth certificate. Jonathan did all of the paperwork ahead of time so it was very easy and we finished up quickly! So now, she's official!

Conveniently, we live quite close to the embassy so we didn't have to travel hours to get there like some friends of ours do. It's pretty much down the street. Not bad! The benefits of living in the capital city.

Here's her picture. Jonathan cropped it down to the right dimensions. Pretty cute. :-)


Here's some more recent pictures. She's really becoming more and more alert and looking at everything around her. She's fun!

more cuteness

This is Katie on her way to her one month dr. apointment. So cute...

Katie and her daddy

Katie and her mommy

Am I cute or what?

Well, it's about 2am and Katie and I are just hanging out. She is not showing any interest in sleeping right now...

So I thought I'd use the time to post some pictures we took of Katie the other day. Way cute!

Enjoy!

A Walk in the Park

Today we went for a walk in the park. It was Katie's first time in the Baby Bjorn! I think she liked it - well, she slept most of the time so I guess that means she liked it! :-)

I don't know why this picture is a little fuzzy but I thought Jonathan looked so natural with the baby carrier that I had to put it up. :-)

Family Comes to Visit

I have been away from the computer for a while... hmm... I wonder why... :-)

Here are some pictures of family that was able to visit for Christmas.

My mom was an amazing help and stayed for a month. She left today. It was sad to see her go... Thanks for everything, Mom!!!