update

We are all doing well. We will soon be leaving Peru, and so for the next few weeks we will be getting ready to go. We will be going to Iowa next month.

After Andrew was born, going to the U.S. seemed impossible. Having to get visas for Andrew & Eliana, and that is so expensive and difficult to do. But what is impossible for us is possible for God. I soon learned that Andrew was eligible to be declared a U.S. citizen, and so he was given his U.S. passport. We wanted to go to the U.S. and atleast visit, but did not know how to go about getting Eliana some sort of visa. We thought about a tourist visa, and just stay in Iowa for a while, and then returning to Peru. I know we prayed for guidance and help, and God did just that in his time. God gave Eliana an immigrant visa. This will be a very special Christmas, because Paul, my sister and her family, my parents and Eliana, Andrew, and I will all be together for Christmas. I don´t know when the last time me, Rhonda, and Paul were all together with my parents at the same time. So this is very exciting, and we will have to take a photo of all of us together.

Andrew keeps growing. He is starting to learn how to push himself up on something, and straighten his legs, and so his is kind of in a push up position. He likes to throw his toys. When he was in his walker, he was hitting his rattle real hard on the top of the walker, and broke it. He also broke another by throwing it on the floor. It is funny, because he will throw his toys on the floor, but then right away want to go and look for it. He used to always wear a hat, and I remember one time we were talking to my parents on webcam, and I took Andrews hat off so they could see his hair, and he started crying, and so we put the hat back on him. But now his hats don´t stay on very long, because he pulls them off.

Andrew has both front teeth on the bottom, and one on top is coming in. He does really good, and I think does not have the pain or discomfort that a lot of other babies have when they are teething.

Oh, This morning I was laying on the bed, and Andrew had crawled onto my back and he saw my ear, and bit my ear. And with those teeth of his, that hurt. If it hurts when he bites your finger, you know it will hurt when he bites the bony part of your ear. But of course he just wanted something to chew on, especially now because he is teething.

Everyone get ready to welcome Eliana & Andrew to the U.S.