In Thailand, helping mama

Eva takes the clothes out, mama puts the clothes back in... eva takes the clothes back out, mama puts the clothes back in...

I think she's ready to go home.

The kiddos

Welcome little Elijah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 2:18 pm local time, Nathan Elijah Cole was born in Udon Thani, Thailand!! 

Labor was fast, starting around 11am, and Elijah (who goes by his middle name) was born 3 hrs 18 minutes later. Mom, dad, and Elijah are all doing well, and Eva will be meeting her new brother tomorrow. :)

Elijah with the nurse

Dr. Rachanai, our Thai doctor
Dad, mom, and Elijah

In Pakse at the water fall

Eva is now back in Laos with grandma and grandpa cole since the baby didn't come last week, while nathan and i are waiting here in Thailand for the little guy to arrive. Today's the official due date, so we're hoping he comes sometime soon, but meanwhile i'm missing Eva like crazy. She just left today but i think it's the thought of her not even being in thailand. Thankfully i know she's happy w/ grandma and grandpa so no worries there! :) Anyhow, i went through some of the pictures we've taken recently of the little girl and here are a few that make me smile!

Feeding the birds at a nearby park here in thailand

daddy and eva relaxing in a hammock

playing in the park and trying to figure out what she's riding

i love sunglasses!!

Eva and daddy

Here in Thailand

We're currently in Thailand, waiting just across the border for the birth of our little boy! Eva's soon to have a little brother in the flesh!! I wonder what she'll think. We can hardly wait to see him, though he's not due for another 12 days. We've hardly touched our baby stroller since we arrived back in Asia, but now Eva's putting it to good use as we are trying to walk everywhere to get lots of good exercise and if possible, get this labor going! 

Eva was in a daze when I took this picture today... she was waiting for lunch (eggs and rice) and being unusually quiet as she waited. Below, she's playing with toys (actually, that looks like the trash can in her hand) in the room we're renting at the hospital.

Eva's walking

This one is for family at home to finally see Eva walking. She's carrying around a broom and scrub brush b/c she's trying to clean outside.

teaching

Here I am teaching a class on "pregnancy" to a group of about ten girls, which was just tons of fun for me to teach... they had all kinds of questions and were a delightful class. Nathan stuck his head in the door part-way through and took these pictures.

Walking in our village

A few pictures from a walk in our village the other night... 

We often go out after dinner to walk around the village and visit with our neighbors. This is the best time of day to visit because everyone's home from work but still waiting 'til later at night for dinner. Plus the temperature has usually started to go down, so it's often cooler outside than inside. 

Eva is walking down the street alongside our house, and the older woman (she told us she was "past 40" when we asked her age) was walking down the street behind our house.