The First Three Weeks

Above: Lucy watching Ellie.

Three weeks after becoming the father of not one, but now two beautiful girls, we are finally starting to get our feet under us. Life has been busy, awesome, crazy, peaceful, exhausting, rewarding, confusing, and sleep-less, all rolled into one. Here are some brief highlights:

- Lucy either ignores Ellie, or smothers her with attention. Sometimes she’ll see her, and run up and start yelling “Hi Ellie, Hi Ellie!!”
- We took the girls out the other night to our final English Class. We visited with some of our students and everyone got to see the new baby. They did great, although it was a bit crazy trying to do it all.
- Ellie’s crying doesn’t seem to bother Lucy, she just keeps talking right through it.
- Ellie blessed us the other night by not waking up until 3 AM. We had almost 6 straight hours of sleep. Bliss.
- It looks like we can pick up Ellie’s birth certificate next week, which would be a huge step in us making it home for Christmas.

Those are just some quick hits of the last few weeks, we’ve got a lot going on over the next few months, so stay tuned as we leave Costa Rica, visit our families in the US, and arrive in Honduras in January.