Talby's First Week

For being a newborn, Talby has had a busy first week. Actually, she has contentedly slept through most of it, and Josh and I have been the busy ones! In order to leave the country when our visas expire in mid-January, we had to get going on her passport paperwork and Guildy's passport renewal. So, at 3 days old, we ventured out to the Civil Registry office in Balfate (about 3 miles away). It only took 2 days to get her Honduran birth certificate, as opposed to the 2 weeks it took to get Hadleys, so we were thankful for that. Then we made a trip to La Ceiba to get passport photos, but they were wrong, so we ended up doing them ourselves. It took about 50 shots to finally get a good one of Talby! Then Monday, we went to the Consulate's office in San Pedro Sula to turn in all our paperwork. We are praying that it is all complete and correct!

It was significantly easier to get a good picture of Guildy! My Scottish neighbor Liz just loves "bathin' babies" so she gave Talby a bath one day last week. I'm not a big fan of bathin' babies, so it worked out well for me:o)

Oh, and we had another rat, which wrecked another good night's sleep. This time it was a regular skinny tailed rat, but apparently all rats have an affinity for stoves, so this on took refuge there as well. Josh hauled the stove out to the porch, but this time he had time to fix the oven, which hadn't been working up till that point. Then, he fired it up in hopes the rat would come out. It did emerge briefly, Josh tried to smash it, and it headed back into the insulation, opting for death by fire as opposed to death by smashing. It smelled like a branding for a little while, but I think we got it thoroughly creamated. Resting with Dad....In spite of our busy schedule,Talby has still had time to work out. She rolled over from her tummy to her back on Sunday, and she even did it 3 times in a row to show it wasn't a fluke!

Now that our passport stuff is done (hopefully), maybe we can get back to normal life!