Hello everyone,
We have been really busy since arriving in Texas. I can't believe we have already been home for almost four weeks! Here are some photos of what has been happening.
Here are Izzie, me, and Jaimie, with our U.S.Congressman,
Sam Johnson. Rep. Johnson and his staff were some of the people who worked hard to get us home from Guatemala.
Rep. Johnson's staffer, Jenny Healey, checked in with us on a regular basis and kept in touch with the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala on our behalf:
Sadly, Jaimie's Uncle Gerry passed away a couple of days after we got home. The family gathering did give Izzie a chance to meet her cousins Sam and Sara, though. They absolutely loved each other.
Izzie had her first stateside pediatrician's appointment, and unfortunately, she needs four vaccines to catch up. She had two of them, a blood test, and a TB test all on the same day, hence the band-aids on every limb!
Here, Izzie tries out the adorable rocking chair that Oma painted for her:
We'll call this one "The (Naked) Thinker"
Izzie gets ready for the church Easter Egg hunt. She wound up missing hunting for eggs because she was busy posing for a picture with some live bunnies. Hopefully, we'll have that picture to share soon.
Easter morning: Izzie peeks inside the basket the Easter Bunny left for her.
Oma sent some cute hair ribbons to contribute to the goodies:
Izzie searches for eggs in our game room upstairs. (It was a bit too chilly to go outside.) She caught on to the egg-hunting idea right away and proved to be a champion candy eater as well!
This weekend will be very exciting, as a huge posse of Izzie's family will be coming from Ohio to meet her. We will be having a welcome home celebration at our house on Saturday and Izzie will be baptized on Sunday. I am sure we will have many more pictures to share then!
