We have been trying to go to Skyline one morning a week to see our friends.  If it’s nice out, we meet up on the playground. You can see our lonely, forsaken balcony in the bottom right.  No new family living there yet. It’s hard being friends when you’re two and you each think the world revolves around yourself.  But through it all these girls still love each other. Our friend Deepakshi comes out on her balcony to chat with Maggie and me while we’re on the playground.  And I like to beg a cup of tea off her because she makes the best. Hadi, in true Texan form, is…

Our friends, John and Alison and Joshua (3.5) and Caleb (1.5), arrived in the wee hours of this morning.  We had a sweet, relaxing day welcoming them and trying to help them stay awake to recover from jet-lag. Oh Caleb, all of us who have experienced that 25-hour plane trip know exactly how you feel.

Last Sunday David and the kids enjoyed a (cold!) swim with some friends from church. Thanks, Colleen-aunty for the awesome pictures!

Sweet baby Ada was born Wednesday, September 7 (yes, that is Maggie, at home, up and dressed, the day after delivering).  Maggie probably begs to differ, but I kind of feel like we all labored together to bring baby Ada into the world this week (we were certainly all praying and worrying and anticipating together!)  Praise God for a safe delivery and for this precious new life.  She is perfect!