We're not sure exactly when these snapshots/videos were taken exactly, just as we saw Lij in a fun pose or when the mood hit us right! Trying out finger foods... Thanks J & B for this great chew toy! Didn't stage this one, 2 of his favorites: "beary" & his blue blanket. Just enjoying his walker...
Getting more handy w/ his bottle as weaning continues:
Fun shot w/ Dad! Our sweet next door neighbor named Winda - she just loves Jah :) Didn't realize how well Lij has gotten his roll technique down 'til the other day...
Here Elijah grabbed his playgym & it got stuck on his walker. He seemed happy enough to haul it around though ;)
Failed attempt @ trying to combine 2 shorter naps into one long one...asleep @ the dinner table. Saved the best video for last...
OK, back to our normal posting...once we got to Banda Aceh we made a quick ferry trip over to a nearby island called Sabang. The only other time we made that trip was for Valentine's last year when E was just pregnant & feeling nauseous. It was so much nicer to carry Lij on the outside this time!!
We wanted to check out retreat possibilities for fellow workers here in Aceh. Here's a couple pix from a yummy fish dinner that we had after meeting some fishermen on the beach & buying their catch...
Well J made a really sweet video that originally had audio problems but now is fixed so if you watched the soundless version, try again when you have a minute :)
Our internet's been down for awhile but we're up & running again so we'll pickup where we left off... So in order to get to our yearly conference we took a 7 hr. drive to the capital of Aceh (Banda Aceh), flew from our island (Sumatra) to the island of Java & after 2 days of traveling we got there (a little late!) Here's the 1st leg of our trip, the beautiful drive up the coast of Aceh. In this video J's referring to our favorite "warung" which means cafe :)
And we get to cross bridges like this free of charge! (Notice the box to the right before crossing for donations to fix it...)
Well, this'll be a hodge-podge of things but basically sums up the few weeks we had home before we headed out again for our yearly conference in Bali...
First thing we did once getting back home was to head over to see Jos & Yuli's new baby named Alden. We're so happy w/ Jos & Yuli! He was born while we were having to deal w/ visa stuff in Jakarta.
When we got back home folks also stopped over to see Lij (not really to see us!) ;)
Here we enjoyed dinner on the seawall outside our home/office with a few friends. Elijah got all bundled up in his Indo cloth carrier to ward off mosquitoes.
We also enjoyed a beach trip to our favorite "secret cove" with our friend & intern Joel as well as some of our national buds.
A couple times a month we like to get together w/ likeminded folks across different organizations. Here's one of those meetings in our livingroom. Look @ our prego friends Lily on the left & Berta on the right, so cute!
Here's Elijah enjoying his "Johnny Jump-up" on our front porch (our office in the background) as well as taking parts off of his walker to eat them...
Every morning behind our home as we eat breakfast we see fishermen (like our friend Bal here) pass by from the ocean back home - sometimes they're carrying fun things like hammerhead sharks or stingrays too!
Another fun random pix, J trying a temporary fix on the hole that our neighborhood cat made in our screen door (Lij looking on w/ great interest ;)
Lij trying his new sippy cup!
Which evidently wore him out...;)
We're enjoying reading books with Jah these days - every once & awhile kids in the neighborhood like to listen in too (the translated version of course)
Here's a couple videos & pix of hanging out with our next door neighbors...
And a final snort from Lij makes everybody laugh :)
Baby dedication ceremonies here are important - notice the gold on this baby's wrist, a family's way of saving. Everyone wanted to hold Jah (or actually Yusuf, he's called by his middle name here)
So this post is dedicated to the ever present animal life around our home, some more amusing than others! One morning E saw a cow in our backyard that had gotten into our neighbor's trash can. Wasn't long before a quick back scratch put this guy on his way to a trash can lid free day. Here's a video of an especially friendly goat that ate a mango seed of ours like a piece of candy...
So these next pix aren't exactly around our home but rather on the way up the mountain to the village where we're working - here's J's foot in the middle of an elephant footprint. As well as our friend Arifik's hand...great guy. Wouldn't want to leave out the pix of the motorbikes in this spot where it looks like the elephants were dancing...
This pix was an attempt to capture a new find for us - lizard eggs in the keyhole, oh brother. While visiting our teammates Jos & Yuli & their new son Alden, we got a chance to show Jah some cute chicks. Why do we feel our life is like one big petting zoo...?! Ha :) And a couple videos to fill in the details...
Since we're on the "animals on the porch" theme, thought we'd post our fav animal clip in awhile:
In the cows (slight) defense, here's a quick clip of what a storm looks like (hence they run to our porch!)
So after Bangkok we had to return to Indo's capital for 2 wks. to process our new letters of permission to stay. Here Elissa is trying to help Elijah sit up for his "oh so cute" pix :) Now that we were official 'n all, we were able to get our driver's licenses...w/o a test, hmmm. And yes, there's 3 cards - don't worry Lij wasn't able to pass the hoops too, just J has to carry a separate car & motorbike license. After waiting @ the license bureau, Lij had his naptime on the go... We stayed at a team member's home during this time. They have this great bird that loves people. Here's E's trying to balance the bird & Lij continually leaning in to get a closer look, hence the "crained neck look!" We took a trip to the local mall & Lij needed a nap so we used our Indo baby carrier as a portable darkness maker yet again... Afterwards we caught a couple clips of a kids celebration day there @ the mall, too cute. Evidently these little guys had a basketball theme going on for their dance...
The teens on the other hand were...well, teeny.
Saw this sign in the mall & had to snap a pix: With our "longer" stint in Jakarta, we finally started figuring out the busway, a big relief to our wallets.
While in Jakarta, we found out our friend Edo had passed away in a motorbike accident. Here's his wife Lois with their 1 yr old little girl at his burial site. Here we are on the way to the hospital after Jah had thrown up quite a bit - why the pix you may ask? We were stuck in traffic & about to go crazy...! Here's to more of the "real" side of life! Elijah also began learning how to sit in a high chair during this time - use #248 of our Indo baby carrier, tie Lij into the high chair. (clearly he's not that thrilled) And to finish off, here's Lij all smiles & then gets startled by a noise & has a quick change of thought...
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