So since we have changed things up a bit in our routine, I decided it would be nice for Avi and I to work on our Russian together! So on her days off of her local preschool, we do something called “Mommy School” and I cut a blank drawing sheet out of one of her Read more about Mommy School![…]
It’s so crazy because immediately on September 1st the weather was cloudy, rainy and much chillier than the day before, it was actually a drastic drop in temp, I would say about 10° Celsius lower which is around 20° Fahrenheit lower. Avi and I had ourselves some “book time” all cozied up in her book Read more about It’s Fall Here![…]
I am not sticking to Mondays as well with my blog posts, or EVERY week lol. But I want to make sure what I have to share is good, and not just a rambled mess, hah. So now that Miss Eloise has been with us for 7 weeks today (Eeek! Can’t believe she is already Read more about Into the Swing of Things[…]
As soon as we found out we were pregnant, I told my Mom to start saving for a plane ticket! My Mom got to be there for Avinelle’s birth (only the last 58 min before she was born, she almost missed it!) and a week after and even as we learned that I could only Read more about Having Mom here![…]
Pic of our Eloise for cuteness!! So, since we just had a baby we are learning all about culturally what (some) people locally do both as the Baby and the Mom for the first 40 days after the Baby is born. There’s even more traditions that I’ve read about but not completely sure if it Read more about The 40 Days[…]
The short version of Eloise Ann Fisk’s birth story. First, some background- we found out early November we were pregnant and shortly after we actually thought we lost her. From that moment God spoke over her “Fighter”. (we didn’t know yet she was a girl until two months later) We found out it was a Read more about The Birth Story of Eloise Ann Fisk[…]
(Recent pic of our family celebrating Avinelle’s 3rd Birthday with friends at a local pool club- Her Bday was June 20, but we waited until June 30 to make it work with everyone’s schedule 😉) Well on July 6, 2017 we arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, moving our family and lives half way across the world. This Read more about Our 1 Year Anniversary![…]
It was probably about half way through our US trip near the end of May that it dawned on me- we only have a precious few weeks with just our First Little Love, Avinelle Lynn Fisk, before her sister makes her appearance. I have been taking small moments here and there to really pay attention Read more about Savoring The Moments[…]
We are enjoying our time here so far! So happy to see people and share about our lives in Kazakhstan! Avinelle and I are ecstatic about each Target trip (3 times already for Charity 😂) and of course you can see how Andrew feels about it! 😝 Here are some bullet points of things we’ve Read more about Little Differences[…]
Pic of us starting out our journey in Almaty Airport. Can you believe it? It’s been just over 10 months since we (Avi and I- 9 for Andrew since he went for his Father/Son camping trip in August last year) have been in the US! We definitely feel we are “leaving home” from Almaty and Read more about Headed back to the US![…]