Successful event!

Our event was covered by local press!

One more report and I'm ready to give birth :-)

Lots of pictures! 39 weeks!

39.5 weeks! I'm officially due on Wednesday, but hoping that baby F will hold on until after that since I have a major work event that day (the graduation of our first round of caregivers - complete with press coverage and distinguished guests - from their training program as well as visits from our home office and board of directors).

In the meantime baby F is kicking up a storm (including in the middle of the night). Pictures from earlier this week follow. G loves being in pictures so many of them have him on the side or straight in front of the camera...

G popping up in the picture

39 weeks

G is not sure what we are doing but it seems pretty fun

We recently also had some good friends visit and help out with work in the orphanages. Before we got married there was about 6 months (?) where we all lived in a group house together in Baltimore, so having them here with us was (sort of) like old times ... plus Luna and G and my pregnant belly...

Mirador Catarina

Biking in Grenada

Vulcan Masaya

Also the week they were here I had two lovely baby showers -- one from my staff and the other from our friends here in Nicaragua.

Again G loves being in pictures

With our good friend and her lovely children (right around the same age as ours!)

decorations

Complete with games -- I may look big but not quite THAT big

We have a name :-)

All of the lovely people who were there to share the baby shower with us -- very thankful for good friends here and for sharing our excitement in waiting for baby F!

Hopefully the next post will have some baby pictures!