New Life

Welcome Baby Alec James Motherwell. I cannot wait to meet you next week. To know I have a newborn nephew and not be able to hold him is like torture! I love you little sweetheart!!!

Countdown

The countdown begins, we have 12 days until we're back home to visit with friends and family for the holidays. How exciting! Something tells me the 3 weeks will go by rather quickly, and before we know it, it will be time to find warmer weather again. I guess that just means we will have to cherish each moment.

The moment I'm most excited about is my first chance to meet my new sweet little nephew, Alec James. He was born this morning and the news is that labor and delivery was smooth. Praise God! I have only seen one little tiny picture of this angel, and I'm bursting at the seams to see more. I can't wait to get this little guy in my arms in 12 days!!!

We've decided to stay here in lovely Desert Hot Springs until we head back for the holidays. We've made friends here, and that has really enhanced our time here. One of our friends, Dick, is an older gentleman who's from the Quad Cities - has a place in Davenport in fact. We've enjoyed many soaks in the hot pools chatting with him. We had been shopping at Trader Joe's until we took Dick's advice and checked out Clark's - an awesome huge health food store. Thanks Dick! We've also met a great family from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. They've got 3 children, ages 3, 7, 11. Very like minded couple, its so nice to share a passion for eating fresh, local and organic food. Kevin, the dad, used to rock climb a lot as well, so he and Josh hit it off right away.

It's interesting to observe how children grow more confident in things as they practice them. Eiley is a little climber, she'll find anything she can to make a step stool to get to where ever she wants to be. Very humorous! Koen rides his bike every day (he still has training wheels on). I've watched him hardly be able to pedal up a slight incline to standing and pedaling uphill and then coming down and going off ramps. In the swimming pools he's holding his breath and going under water with his eyes open. When we arrived here a month ago, he was not able to hold his breath and go under water, he was not much of a bike rider...now he's a different child. It's fun to stand back and watch the change.

I could write more, but I'll stop and post some pictures instead. Can't wait to see you all in a few weeks.