So, my guys love to play basketball, and Matthew is teaching Jude quite a lot, so we think he’s pretty good for a little guy. Why underwear basketball? Because Jude is now mostly using underwear and he doesn’t like to wear clothes…he loves to be in his drawers!
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Fundraising for Haiti
Matthew, Jude and I were recently honored – yes, honored – to be present at the Friday assembly at Tobey Elementary School in Vicksburg, Michigan where our niece Natalie attends. You see, Natalie and two friends decided they wanted to do a fundraiser and they decided to do it for God’s Littlest Angels orphanage in Haiti, where […]
Helping Haiti
Some have expressed to us that you want to help the people of Haiti, but don’t know what to do. May we strongly encourage you to consider sending your resources to God’s Littlest Angels? GLA is not just an orphanage, though that is much of what it does. GLA is a Haitian baby ministry. Its […]
For love of Haiti…
Our blog has been unfortunately all to quiet these last four months, and particularly this last month in light of what has happened in Haiti. Through the busy days of life, we have shed more tears this last month over the happenings in Haiti than we have in the past two years. Somewhere along the […]
God’s Littlest Angels – The Toddler House
I cannot do this justice in my own post. Instead, I’ve included a link to a blog post created by Molly, who has charge over GLA’s toddler house, located about a 15 minute walk from the main house where all the babies live. It gives a poignant look at the strength of the Haitian people. […]
Changes Afoot for Baby Jude
Well, life is busy and it’s certainly been awhile since our last post. Jude is growing like mad. His life is changing once again as we have sold our house in Otsego and moved. We’re in temporary digs for now as we search for another house, closer to family and church, but still mid-way for […]
Hope for the sleepless!
Baby Jude is doing wonderfully. A couple of months ago we began taking him to see a chiropractor. We told her of his sleep issues, and she examined him. She found that several of his ribs were out of joint, and that was putting pressure on other vetebrae (it’s all connected, of course). I asked […]
Baby’s First Road Trip – Bringing Back the Free Bird!
This one’s photo intensive…Well, we call Jude’s Aunt Jessica the J-bird. She had moved to Tennessee to finish her undergraduate degree, and when she finally found a job here in Michigan so that she could come back, Jude and I and my parents went to Tennessee to get her. We like to joke that we […]
Baby’s First Illness at Home
About six weeks ago the lack of sleep finally caught up with me and I became sick. Then Matthew…then Jude. That’s just how it goes sometimes in a household – especially when it’s cold outside so all the pathogens are trapped in with us because the windows are all closed up tight!For about three days […]
Speaking Judanese
Many people have asked us if Jude understands English. There’s not much, actually, that he doesn’t understand in any language, as he reads body language and vocal inflection very well. He tries new words every day. We speak mostly English at home, but I also try to speak as much French as I can remember […]