Saturday, March 7, 2009
Andrew will soon have a new cousin. He will no longer be the baby in the family. His aunt Maria and uncle Pablo are now in the hospital, and Maria may give birth to a baby girl either today or tomorrow, but we don´t yet know for sure.. they may end up sending her home to wait there. The babies name will be Grace. So once she is here, we will lay Andrew down beside her, and I know Andrew will be just huge compared to her. Andrew has learned a lot, so he will have much to show and teach her. Pablo and Maria have been wanting to have a baby for years, but have not been able to until now. So it is very exciting.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
You may have already seen these in the email I sent out.
He is playing more and more. loves to suck on his hand, look at bright colors, lay on the bed while I bounce on it.. he especially loves that. He is a wonderful blessing to Eliana and I.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Andrews height and weight
When Andrew was born, he was 19.3 inches long, and weighed 6.9 pounds. Today he is about 3 months and 1 week old, and he is 24.4 inches long, and weighs about 14.4 pounds.
We were concerned about today, because Andrew had another vaccination. But it turned out to be drops that he had to drink, and not a shot. It was a vaccination for some sort of stomach disease. So we were really relieved. Now he is eating, and will probably fall to sleep after that.
We were concerned about today, because Andrew had another vaccination. But it turned out to be drops that he had to drink, and not a shot. It was a vaccination for some sort of stomach disease. So we were really relieved. Now he is eating, and will probably fall to sleep after that.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
I know what it is like to have doubts about salvation. And I know how devastating that can be. Sometimes I still question my salvation, and I think about after I die, and stand before God, and I wonder.. what if I am wrong about my salvation?
But out of God´s grace, Christ is becoming more and more real to me, and those doubts and fears seem to be becoming less.
And so I want to share a wonderful verse. And this is why we cannot lose our salvation:
Jesus says in John 6:39:40: ¨Here is what the One who sent me wants me to do: I must not lose even one whom God gave me, but I must raise them all on the last day. Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.¨ NCV.
We are in the hands of the Creator of the universe, and those are strong hands... nothing, and nobody can escape his grasp.
But out of God´s grace, Christ is becoming more and more real to me, and those doubts and fears seem to be becoming less.
And so I want to share a wonderful verse. And this is why we cannot lose our salvation:
Jesus says in John 6:39:40: ¨Here is what the One who sent me wants me to do: I must not lose even one whom God gave me, but I must raise them all on the last day. Those who see the Son and believe in him have eternal life, and I will raise them on the last day. This is what my Father wants.¨ NCV.
We are in the hands of the Creator of the universe, and those are strong hands... nothing, and nobody can escape his grasp.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I saw this on another blog, and thought it was great.
My mother [spoke to me] in those dark hours when the lamp burned dim, when I thought that faith was gone and shipwreck had been made of my soul. “Christ,” she used to say, “keeps firmer hold on us than we keep on him.”
My mother’s word meant...that salvation by faith does not mean that we are saved because we keep ourselves at every moment in an ideally perfect attitude of confidence in Christ. No, we are saved because having once been united to Christ by faith, we are his forever.
J. Gresham Machen: Selected Shorter Writings
My mother’s word meant...that salvation by faith does not mean that we are saved because we keep ourselves at every moment in an ideally perfect attitude of confidence in Christ. No, we are saved because having once been united to Christ by faith, we are his forever.
J. Gresham Machen: Selected Shorter Writings
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Andrew is 3 months old today.
I was not able to put all the photos on the post below this one, so had to do 2 posts, so don´t miss seeing the other photos.
¨sometimes I don´t know whether to look at it or chew on it¨
¨I love playing with mommy and daddy¨
¨daddy, look down there!¨Andrew is 3 months old today.
¨Mommy, look at the drawings on the wall!¨
¨I still just don´t know what to think about that camera¨
¨Mommy and Me!¨
¨getting sleepy¨
¨I can move my hand so fast that it´s just a blurr¨.
¨mommy, don´t you have a different color of socks besides pink?¨
¨with this hat on, I feel like a big boy!¨
¨daddy, you know how to make me smile!¨
¨how about putting that camera a bit closer to my mouth¨
¨my mommy and daddy love me¨.
¨daddy, do you see what I see!?¨
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Mother and son
This video is probably 10 days old. But the video below this one ¨his morning play time¨ was taken this morning.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Mr. Andrew
Thats what Elianas Dad calls him, except in Spanish he says ¨Senor Andreo¨.
Babies sure are the center of attention, and it is the same with Andrew. When he smiles, it causes everyone else to smile too.
He is growing, and definately is chubby, but we think that makes him even cuter. I can´t believe how heavy he is getting. When I picked him up, its not near as easy as it used to be.
Today he was wearing the shirt that my mother bought him. It is a hooded shirt, and I believe it is for 6 month olds, but it looks good on him, and is just a little big. Andrew is almost 3 months old.
He loves things with bright colors, especially if they are sparkly. On our bedroom wall, we have some decorations that sparkle, and he just loves looking at those. He ¨Goo´s¨, and makes all sorts of sounds.
We were giving him more formula, but now he is not really wanting it. I don´t know why, but he definately prefers the breast milk. He is drinking about 3 ounces of formula every day, which is very little. But seems to be getting enough breast milk, because he keeps putting on weight.
He often gets fussy when being held, and the person is not walking around or something. He likes to see stuff, and doesn´t like to be sat and held. He likes to play, and when I walk around with him, he takes it all in.
The other day, he was laying on his stomach, and lifting up his head, and kicking his legs. Eliana put her hands on his feet to brace them, and he was able to push himself and move towards the other side of the bed. Everyone says how strong he is, and also how alert he is. I don´t really know how he is compared to other babies, because I have never really taken care of another baby.
The other day, Eliana was holding him, and he decided he wanted to eat, and he went after Elianas face. He got his mouth on her chin, and gave it his best to get some milk out of it. Then he went to her cheek, and did the same. Eliana pulled him away from her face, and he was making lots of noise, and was trying to get back to her face so he could do it again. Eliana was surprised at how strong his mouth was. Andrew does not like the pacifier, but instead wants to suck on his hand. He spits the pacifier out pretty quick, and his expression says ¨this is gross¨.
Andrew lacks hair in different places, which is probably common with babies. In front, it is like he has a receeding hair line, and then on the sides and back he has streaks where the hair is very thin. I think that is where his head is expanding, so his hair gets thin there.
He likes his baths, and will even get to smiling and playing in the water.
Andrew probably weighs between 13 and 14 pounds. We haven´t had him weighed for a while. His M diapers are for babies up to 22 pounds, but I think we will be going to the size Large before then.
Andrew is getting up about once during the night, and then early in the morning. He is up early, and ready to eat and play. In the morning we are wanting to take a video of him for the blog, because that is one of his play times.
I think he is ticklish on his feet, because he was feeding, and I was tickling his feet, and then he stopped feeding, and was moving his feet and legs.
Andrew sneezes when we first go outside, and he see´s the sunlight. I do the same thing, although he does it more often than I do.
Usually he does not really cry, but sometimes when he starts to wake up he will start to cry, and we´ve learned to be quick to let him know that we are there, because he will get scared, and it is hard to calm him down.
Andrew was given his U.S. passport, and is a U.S. citizen from birth. He is also a Peruvian citizen, so he has dual citizenship. God really helped so that we were able to get his U.S. passport. Thank you God!
Yesterday while changing his diaper, he pee´d and got my pants and feet wet. He has not been doing that as much as the first month after he was born, but he got me yesterday. Actually he did it once, and i was trying to clean up, and he did it again before I got a diaper on him.
Before I put him on my chest, and he would just lay there, and go to sleep. But now he is kicking, and moving around, and turning his head. So we have to really hang onto him.
Andrew has a wonderful mother. His parents love him very much.
Tomorrow we hope to get a video on here. I usually email the photos, and put the videos on the blog. If anyone is wanting photos, but is not getting them, please leave a comment with your email. Jenny, I now have your email, so I will also send them to you now.
So I will close this post with the famous words of Mr. Andrew ¨Goooo!, Oeeee, Aaaaa!¨.
Babies sure are the center of attention, and it is the same with Andrew. When he smiles, it causes everyone else to smile too.
He is growing, and definately is chubby, but we think that makes him even cuter. I can´t believe how heavy he is getting. When I picked him up, its not near as easy as it used to be.
Today he was wearing the shirt that my mother bought him. It is a hooded shirt, and I believe it is for 6 month olds, but it looks good on him, and is just a little big. Andrew is almost 3 months old.
He loves things with bright colors, especially if they are sparkly. On our bedroom wall, we have some decorations that sparkle, and he just loves looking at those. He ¨Goo´s¨, and makes all sorts of sounds.
We were giving him more formula, but now he is not really wanting it. I don´t know why, but he definately prefers the breast milk. He is drinking about 3 ounces of formula every day, which is very little. But seems to be getting enough breast milk, because he keeps putting on weight.
He often gets fussy when being held, and the person is not walking around or something. He likes to see stuff, and doesn´t like to be sat and held. He likes to play, and when I walk around with him, he takes it all in.
The other day, he was laying on his stomach, and lifting up his head, and kicking his legs. Eliana put her hands on his feet to brace them, and he was able to push himself and move towards the other side of the bed. Everyone says how strong he is, and also how alert he is. I don´t really know how he is compared to other babies, because I have never really taken care of another baby.
The other day, Eliana was holding him, and he decided he wanted to eat, and he went after Elianas face. He got his mouth on her chin, and gave it his best to get some milk out of it. Then he went to her cheek, and did the same. Eliana pulled him away from her face, and he was making lots of noise, and was trying to get back to her face so he could do it again. Eliana was surprised at how strong his mouth was. Andrew does not like the pacifier, but instead wants to suck on his hand. He spits the pacifier out pretty quick, and his expression says ¨this is gross¨.
Andrew lacks hair in different places, which is probably common with babies. In front, it is like he has a receeding hair line, and then on the sides and back he has streaks where the hair is very thin. I think that is where his head is expanding, so his hair gets thin there.
He likes his baths, and will even get to smiling and playing in the water.
Andrew probably weighs between 13 and 14 pounds. We haven´t had him weighed for a while. His M diapers are for babies up to 22 pounds, but I think we will be going to the size Large before then.
Andrew is getting up about once during the night, and then early in the morning. He is up early, and ready to eat and play. In the morning we are wanting to take a video of him for the blog, because that is one of his play times.
I think he is ticklish on his feet, because he was feeding, and I was tickling his feet, and then he stopped feeding, and was moving his feet and legs.
Andrew sneezes when we first go outside, and he see´s the sunlight. I do the same thing, although he does it more often than I do.
Usually he does not really cry, but sometimes when he starts to wake up he will start to cry, and we´ve learned to be quick to let him know that we are there, because he will get scared, and it is hard to calm him down.
Andrew was given his U.S. passport, and is a U.S. citizen from birth. He is also a Peruvian citizen, so he has dual citizenship. God really helped so that we were able to get his U.S. passport. Thank you God!
Yesterday while changing his diaper, he pee´d and got my pants and feet wet. He has not been doing that as much as the first month after he was born, but he got me yesterday. Actually he did it once, and i was trying to clean up, and he did it again before I got a diaper on him.
Before I put him on my chest, and he would just lay there, and go to sleep. But now he is kicking, and moving around, and turning his head. So we have to really hang onto him.
Andrew has a wonderful mother. His parents love him very much.
Tomorrow we hope to get a video on here. I usually email the photos, and put the videos on the blog. If anyone is wanting photos, but is not getting them, please leave a comment with your email. Jenny, I now have your email, so I will also send them to you now.
So I will close this post with the famous words of Mr. Andrew ¨Goooo!, Oeeee, Aaaaa!¨.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
My baby is active and growing
Today was the first time that Andrew began to lift his head and keep it lifted. Before he could lift his head, and turn it the other direction, but not keep it lifted. He seems very excited because he is able to do something new and different. It is incredible that in one day he started doing this, and is able to keep it lifted for about 20 seconds at a time. We have a video of him doing it, but wasn´t able to put in the blog using this computer.
- Eliana
- Eliana
Sunday, February 1, 2009
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