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The Hatfield Blogspot Latest news from the Horn of Africa |
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Archives: April 2007, May 2007 |
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POSTED: May 31, 2007 |
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The country we live in is known for its Coffee. If you visit a person’s house, your visit
centers around the Coffee Ceremony.
Abby has learned to love coffee.
Kind of weird for a one year old, but kind of important if you live
here. One of our friends gave her a
coffee set for her Birthday. Here’s
Abby drinking coffee with her play set.
Don’t worry, we don’t give her coffee at home. She’s playing with water in her toy coffee
set. |
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Abby doesn’t get to take baths in a regular bath tub all that
often. She just has a plastic green
tub that she bathes in at home. Abby
loves the water, so bath time is an EXCITING time for her. We went to the Capital last weekend and
Abby got to take a bath in our friend’s bathtub. |
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Andy made Abby a little covered play area to play in
outside. Abby just loves it. Here’s Abby playing in her playhouse
outside. She likes the playhouse, but
she really loves to lay in the grass and play. |
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POSTED: May 24, 2007 |
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Abby loves to clap her hands !! Click on the picture to see a short video of
Abby and Mommy singing “If you’re happy and you know it clap your
hands.” |
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POSTED: May 20, 2007 |
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One of Abby’s favorite pastimes is reading (at least looking at the pictures). The only times she ever sits still are when she’s eating, sleeping and reading. Here are a few pictures of Abby reading her books. |
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We thought this was a funny picture. Mmmmm, mac & cheese !! |
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POSTED: May 18, 2007 |
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We’ve added some more video’s of Abby to our website. You can check them out at www.wanderingtexans.com/video.html . ENJOY !! |
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POSTED: May 16, 2007 |
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We have a bunch of neighbor kids. Abby loves to hang out with them. Here are a few pictures of her playing with
some of our neighbors this evening. |
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Follow me everybody |
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Here’s a game
for you. Instead of Where’s Waldo . .
. Where’s Abby? |
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Andy’s friend
Guzehein just bought a Motorcycle. Andy
and Guzehein are BOTH enjoying his new ride ! |
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POSTED: May 14, 2007 |
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I enjoy hanging out with Mommy !! |
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I take after my Daddy.
I LOVE the computer. |
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I really like to read.
Guidepost is my FAVORITE magazine !! |
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I’m really getting good at making a mess !! Here are a few examples: |
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I even like to dig in the trash. |
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Mommy told me that I shouldn’t dig in the trash because it
makes me dirty. Then she made me take
a bath. That’s OK though because I
LOVE bath time !! |
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Some more fun pic’s that Mom took today |
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POSTED: May 9, 2007 |
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Abby received a package in the mail yesterday from her Aunt
Ruthie. She loved opening it !! |
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Abby loves music, so she loved her new microphone that records
her voice and plays music !! |
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She also like playing with the little keyboard Aunt Ruthie
sent her |
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POSTED: May 8, 2007 |
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We went to a little café yesterday for breakfast. Outside, they had a cute little table of
monkeys. It was hilarious. Abby wanted to drink coffee with them. |
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Abby loves playing with her puppy Molly. Here she is giving Molly a BIG kiss. |
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She REALLY wanted Molly’s toy.
Molly really didn’t appreciate the hair pulling, but she put up with it nicely. |
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Abby loves to use the sign language she’s learned. She’s saying she’s all finished in this picture. |
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Some of our friends just left the Country and they gave Abby this doll house. Abby’s really enjoying playing with it ! |
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Hard at Play |
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POSTED: May 2, 2007 |
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Today we got up extra early (4 AM) to attend a baptism. Orthodox is the main Religion in the town we live in. One of their traditions is to baptize baby boys when they are 40 days old. Some of our good friends had a baby boy last month, so today was his baptism day. This was the first time we’ve been invited to a baptism, so it was interesting to get to learn a little more about the Orthodox Culture. This is a picture of one of the priests holding the baby while the other priest baptizes him. |
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After they
Baptized him, they tied this string around his neck. The string identifies him as an Orthodox
Christian. |
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POSTED: May 1, 2007 |
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One of Abby’s favorite people in the whole world is her Uncle
Guzehein. He just kind of took our
family under his wing when we came here & he loves Abby to death. He’s the who gave Abby her local name, |
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