Sunshine, Beautiful Sunshine

Today was a great day! The babies were so good today for Bev and me. Gabrielle was sick and Show Hwa doesn't come in on Sundays. None of them threw a temper tantrum and besides a few not wanting to eat, they were perfect little babies. Plus the sun was shining! Bev even let me go out for a little bike ride this afternoon when things were semi-quiet. Wan Ching, one of the older girls I am really connecting with, also came in and helped during the late afternoon while it was just me while Bev took a nap and went for a walk. It was really fun to hang out with Wan Ching and learn a few more Chinese words. I was really thankful for her help, too!

Since I have been pressed for time and not able to post much, there are lots of pictures and things to get you caught up on.  First, we now have 14 babies- 7 over four months and 7 under two months. The newest little one is Mr. Lin (Gwong Lyeng) at three weeks. Him, En Chr, Mr. Feng, and Miss Peng are all waiting to be allocated.

Thanksgiving was fun having all of the missionaries in town. It was a little bitter sweet not being able to really relax and spend time with people, since taking care of babies is an all day every day kind of job. But I was very thankful for the food and time I did get to spend chatting with friends.

Our delicious food

Caitlyn Edwards, me, and Bethanie Pagel. They are both daughters of missionaries here. They are so sweet!

Me and my girls (Gabrielle-L, Jennifer-R)

Ted carving the Thanksgiving ham

The day after Thanksgiving we celebrated Christmas! We'll celebrate Christmas again on actual Christmas, but not with these wonderful people.

On Thanksgiving, Show Hwa caught the little gecko that lives behind the baby cereal on the counter. Gabrielle and I decided to name it "Bi Hoo" which means gecko is Chinese (we're very creative :) ). IN the pictures, he is in a baby food container. Sadly it died a few days later because the fly we caught for it to eat was too big.

The carrots in Taiwan are HUGE!! To compare, they are next to a sleeve of Ritz crackers.

On our day off this past week, Gabrielle, Jennifer, and I went to the beach! It was so relaxing. The weather here is still pretty nice, shorts and long sleeve or pants and t-shirt type weather, so it wasn't too cold. We didn't go swimming though. Even with it somewhat nice outside, the water was still freezing. It was so great to just lay on a blanket and listen to the ocean waves crash. A cool thing about the beaches here is that they have black sand. It feels the exact same, just a different color than the sand we're used to back home.

Awesome

Jennifer and me

In the distance is Turtle Island

Gross hogs that came out of nowhere and started following us as we waited for our taxi.

At the beach, there were also lots of fishermen, but we didn't get any pictures of them.

And last, but not least is photos of baby Elijah who went home with his parents last week. They arrived safely at home a few days ago. He's precious.

Elijah and me jammin' to some tunes during "nap" time

Such a sweet baby boy with cookie on his face. I love that smile. 

We didn't have any girls that we could put bows on for so long, so since Elijah had the craziest hair, he was our victim. 

He was our little mover.

Jumping on Show Hwa's lap.

Happy family (Elijah- 8 months) + Jennifer