update

- Andrew is growing and growing. Before long he will outgrow his smallest clothing.

- A doctor said it is good that Andrew is going through 7 diapers a day, because that means he is getting plenty of milk. Well this last package of 56 diapers, I believe he went through it in 5 days. So that is how many, 11 a day?

- He is eating and eating. I now understand that breast feeding is much more difficult then giving formula. It takes much more time. I would like to say that Andrew is consistent to feed every 2 hours, but often it is every hour. But during the night he seems to be consistent at every 2 hours. And sometimes he really gets to sleeping, and won´t eat for more than 3 hours.

- He likes to be carried. Well not just carried, but likes when I walk with him. When he starts getting fussy, and will pick him up, and walk around the house, and he likes that. But as soon as I sit down, he is crying, usually because he wants fed. He likes when we have to go to different places. We our beginning all the paperwork, and all the stuff we have to do to be able to visit the United States. So he likes that because I am carrying him and walking, and he likes to be in the buses, because there is movement.

- He loves his mother. Of course nobody knows how to take care of him like Eliana, because she has the mothers touch. She sings to him, and always knows what to do.

- I am so excited about being able to see the United States again. I will love the thought of showing Eliana my country. Everything will be new to her. She has never seen snow. It will be so cold in Iowa, and I imagine that will be hard for her. She has never experienced cold like there is in Iowa. Pretty much all the food will be new to her, although I know she will be glad to cook some Peruvian food, so family can try that. Peru has some really delicious food, and Eliana is a good cook. She is used to living in the middle of a big concrete city, so seeing the wide open country in Iowa, and Kansas, and Oklahoma will be a change for her, but I think she will really like it. It is not easy to go to a new country where people speak a different language. I know how hard it is, because I have done it. After my first trip to Peru, I remember saying that it was the hardest 3 weeks of my life, but at the same time the most blessed 3 weeks.

- I hope everyone has a good Christmas. Christmas in Peru is also celebrated on the 25th. But here, people also celebrate by setting off fireworks, and do the fireworks on New Years Eve also. But with all the homes being brick and concrete, you can´t set them on fire. I told Eliana that when my family gets together at someones house, they will clean it before they leave. Eliana thought that was a wonderful idea, and so Eliana is wanting to make that a new tradition here. While in a bus, we passed by a big sign that read ¨Christmas here is about Jesus¨.