Things have been pretty quiet on here lately- sorry! I know a lot of people have been asking what's going on these days. I was without a computer for awhile but now I have one again and am finally getting around to an update!
On the Haiti side of things there have been no real changes. It seems like things aren't really getting better or worse, just holding steady. So that leaves us in this state of in between and unknown and wondering how long we will be here. When we flew out on October 11, we left three people behind to stay working at the hospital. Three weeks later it was time to swap out, and Danny went back along with two others this past Thursday. If nothing changes and we are still here, he plans to hopefully come back around Thanksgiving for another swap out. While he is gone, I am staying at my parents with the kids. As nice as it was to have our own space when we were first here, it's also nice to have a little extra help with Danny being gone. I have SO MUCH RESPECT for single parents!!
In the meantime, here's a little snapshot of our lives the last few weeks! One of the first things we did upon our arrival to Indiana was set Tucker up with a push toy. When he started crawling at 8 months (earlier than the other two did) we thought for sure he would be walking by now. But his little push toy is still sitting on the sea container, stuck in the customs yard in Port-au-Prince. That's pretty much how Summer and Sawyer learned how to walk. So we gave it to him first thing and away he went! He loves walking with it but still doesn't have much interest in letting go. At all. So we'll keep trying I guess and enjoy watching him grin from ear to ear when he has the toy:)
We got back just in time for Grandma Carmon's annual fall party, full of games, excited children, and sugar overload.
We did the state park thing,
and we did the pumpkin patch thing too.
Once we got to Illinois, Danny and I did a different state park thing. It was just chilly enough to need a few layers, but not so cold that we didn't enjoy it.
It was a beautiful day and so good to have some alone time!
Nobody argued when I suggested we go to Chic-fil-a for Sawyer's birthday. I think Chic-fil-a is pretty much never a bad idea:)
The original plan for Danny's trip back was to just fly out of Peoria. But then we had the idea of spending Wednesday in Chicago together and having him fly out of Midway. It was cold and wet and windy and called for another round of layering up. But we had a great day!
We did some downtown walking around, caught a show, and ate supper at The Safehouse. The restaurant was fun, but it would be a lot more fun if we were like, say, 8 or 10 year old boys:) So if you find yourself in Chicago with kids around that age, we would recommend it!
I got up and told Danny goodbye at 3:30 in the morning and went right back to sleep. Once I woke up for the day, I spent a leisurely morning boycotting Halloween. I watched a Hallmark Christmas movie from the comfort of my hotel bed and then listened to Christmas music the whole way home! I mean, it WAS snowing so I thought it to be appropriate:) I got home to two little kiddos who really really wanted to play in the snow. We had no mittens or gloves and Sawyer had no boots, so it only lasted about three minutes. But it was grandma to the rescue and if we are here for the next snow, we are prepared!
So that's that. Living in limbo is not really an easy thing, and we all really miss Danny. But honestly, I am enjoying being here for now. I'm sure as time goes on I will start to reach my limit and feel like I desperately need/want answers. But I'm not there yet. We trust that God is faithful and will have us be wherever it is he wants us to be whenever it is he wants us there.
