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We have arrived in the land of cold.  This morning we warmed up the car to get the frost of the windows.  But the houses are toasty!

We have been here less than two weeks and have had so many fun experiences.  Turin has gotten to know his family on the Meissner side better.  Torre has spent time with his brother rafting…in February, yes it’s cold.

Aunt Cass reading to Turin and cousin Raylee.

Torre joins his brother Chad for a chilly birthday rafting trip.

On Sunday we will share what God is doing with our church here in Paul Idaho.  We’re excited to connect again with our friends and family in the Lord.

And update on the baby…she is in a breached position, meaning her head is up and bum is down.  The doctor here wants to try to turn her around.  It sounds painful.  There is a 50% chance this will work.  There is a very low chance that it will put the baby under stress and we will have to have an emergency c-section right there.  This appointment is scheduled for Wednesday 7:30am.  Please pray.

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Thanks to all of you who pray for us.  God has protected us on this journey.  He knows our hearts and fears concerning the pregnancy.  He goes before us.

If you counted pregnancy by months, a woman would be pregnant ten months.  So it is usually counted by weeks.  However, weeks is often hard for some to wrap their minds around (Torre…).  So as an update:

I’m roughly six months pregnant OR 25 weeks along.  We found out a few weeks ago that we will be having a GIRL!  We’re very excited for this blessing.  Thanks to those who have been praying.  So far we are all very healthy. 

Turin and Moby

Turin has changed so much in the year we’ve been here.  First of all, he’s officially lived in Mexico longer than in the States.  Here are a few fast facts on our changing boy who only a year ago couldn’t crawl and was eating all his food pureed…

He’s signing about six “words”….He uses a few actual words including: hat, Sit (that’s what he calls our dog), Mama (for both Mom and Dad), book, Hi, Hola, cracker, and galleta…well maybe for the last one it comes out “Lala”….He answers any question asked to him with complete udderences.  ie: “Turin what are you doing?”  “Ummm Grapshoud hsudldjahd shdud.”  “What are you going to do after that?”  “Uhhh dkdksj sjdkdfjj sksls.”  Our friend Jay is convinced that when he does start talking it will be in complete sentences.  I’m not sure if we’re ready for that….He plays with dad all morning and wants mom all afternoon….He can show you his muscles and blink his eyes when told “Haz ojitos (little eyes)”….He plays well with kids three and up.  Kids his own age make him nervous….And yes, he can feed himself using a fork and spoon.

He’s a weird one, but we’ll keep him.