Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Another Junior

Shortly after returning to the village in April, our neighbour had her baby.  She was very willing to have Christina and I attend the birth of her third child.  Our plan was to just sit back and observe how they do things.

It didn’t take long into the pushing stage, that we realized that we were going to be needed to lend a hand.  We had already known that her first 2 children were very hard deliveries.  It was very scary to watch and even help as she pushed for about 3 hrs before the baby was born.  I spent so much time praying for her and that little baby.  We learned so much by watching and helping, in how they do things.  This was the first baby that we have ever seen born.  We are so thankful that mother and baby were ok after all that hard work.

I do my best to visit almost every day.  I don’t want him to be scared of the white lady!!!  His most favourite thing to do just as soon as I get him in my arms…is to pee on me!  It is the running joke now.  Yesterday as him mom passed him to me, she said he didn’t have even a cloth diaper on, just little shorts.  Of course I took him and of course within minutes I was wet!

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Here he is not long after he was born.

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Now here he is at 5 weeks old.  I think he was trying to smile at me!!!

What a privilege it is to be a part of this family’s lives.

A little toy

Last week as we were helping with the preparations for a birthday party, one of the kids pulled this python out of a water can.  It was quite a site to watch as some of the girls were a little freaked out by it.  But the boys didn’t seem to bothered by it.  One of the men spent some time playing with it as Kyle watched.  We later learned that they eventually ate it. (Snake tastes good.  Just not a lot of meat on the bones.)

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New puppy

We wanted to introduce you all to our little puppy.  Our dog Jojo had her first litter of puppies a couple weeks ago, although only one was born alive.

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Here he is at just after he was born.

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Now here he is at 3 weeks.

We are considering a name with the meaning fat.  This little guy just eats and eats.  We are really enjoying having this puppy around.