Five to One: Trips and Falls

I had a doctor visit on Wednesday with an ultrasound to check how big she is measuring to see if we could schedule the c-section yet. She measured 37wks.5days, and the doctor likes to wait until a good 39 weeks is completed to do the c-section. So I go again on Wednesday and then we'll probably schedule it for the following Tuesday or Wednesday (the 9th or 10th). The good news is that she flipped in the last week, which the doctor said is very rare this late in the pregnancy. She continues to be active, as are her other 3 sisters!!

Things continue to go well here in Juazeiro. Chad is studying Spanish every afternoon, Mon-Fri, from 2-4 with a personal tutor who comes to our house. She is a native from Peru, and it's going very well. His only problem is that sometimes he wants to say some Spanish things when he's talking Portuguese, since there are many similarities. His purpose in learning Spanish is that when we move back to the states, he plans to continue to work in missions and with the latin/south american council of DCFI. There are a couple of churches in spanish-speaking Central/South America countries, so it would really be an asset for him to be able to communicate with them.

Below are a few pictures from Chad & Giselle's trip to Rio de Janeiro for her visa. They had a beautiful view from their hotel room! Then we have Elysia getting all messy eating spaghetti. Last of all are a few shots of Elysia's brush-burned face from a nasty fall she took yesterday. It's looking better today and she hasn't seemed bothered by it at all today. But brushburns always look bad! And the last picture is of the girls this morning playing that they were watching a circus. They all sat with their stuffed animals, and at times they would just pretend they were watching a clown, and other times one of them would actually be performing some sort of act. Gotta love the imagination of little kids!!