Isaiah and Mommy's month in PA

Sweet little boy sleeping on the plane to Miami! :)

When we got to Miami, Isaiah looked up at me and asked, "Is we in Your-ami now Mommy?"

I couldn't help but laugh out loud in the middle of the airport!

Hey everyone! We're back on 'the Rock' for another semester. Josh is already getting into his 6th semester and had to go to school early (7am) this morning to meet his SOAP-ing partners and get his animals. This semester he will have a donkey and a sheep that he will be responsible for monitoring (they use a progress note method called SOAP notes and call the monitoring process SOAP-ing) both animals throughout the semester and later in the semester he will be tested on some surgery procedures on his animals. It's an exciting semester, but I know it will be a busy one and I'm not sure any of us are looking forward to that! We are however, looking forward to the end. Josh found out on Monday that he was invited to UPenn for an interview for his clinical year. He was granted an interview 1 1/2 after he sent his final application materials, so we were really surprised to hear so quickly and also VERY excited. That means we will be headed to Philadelphia over Josh's August break for him to have his interview and also get a tour of the small animal hospital there. He is really excited and I think we are both at peace about clinical placement. If he doesn't get UPenn, then God has somewhere else planned for us and we are going to obey and follow where he leads. Please keep Josh in your prayers, both for his interview in August and for the next 14 weeks....this semester will be a tough one for sure!

The kids with their souvenirs waiting for the circus to start!

Ella's excited!

So was Steve....I don't think Lydia knew what was going on, but she ended up loving it too!

Ella and Isaiah were SILENT for probably the first 20+ minutes of the circus...at first I thought they were scared, but it ended up that they were just captivated!

Lydia, Ella, and Isaiah riding the train at the mall

I feel like we have been running around like crazy people since Isaiah and I got back. Maybe not such a great idea to come back a few days AFTER the semester has already started, but oh well, you live and you learn I guess! Isaiah has been doing well at school, although still gets a little teary somedays when it's time for Mommy to leave. The 3 mornings this week, though he's been busy playing when I left and been fine, so let's hope that trend keeps going! He's doing well with using the potty like a big boy too. We had a little setback when we came back to St. Kitts and he had accidents for the first 3 or 4 days we were home, but seems to be back in the swing of things now. Our next big challenge will be nights! I think out of the last 2 weeks he has had 1 night where he woke up wet in the morning, so he is doing well.....I'm just not quite confident enough to let him wear underwear to bed all the time yet! We'll get there though...I'm not too worried. He is such a great little kid and I'm so proud to call him mine!

Four wheeler ride with Pappy Mark!

He's definitely my son....eating butter with a spoon!

Work is going well for me. I have been working a little extra this week and last, which is good, but I know that I have been neglecting my duties at home, so I am hoping that things will slow down a little bit. I am covering for Chris, my co-worker, on Monday, so next week I will work Mon, Wed, and Fri, but then I'm hoping things will return to normal and I'll get my Mondays back to clean at home while Isaiah's at school! We are missing everyone from home....we REALLY enjoyed our break and truly loved all the time we spent with everyone, but it is also so nice to have our little family back together. Isaiah seems very happy to have his Daddy back....and Mommy is too!

Lydia's big CHEESE! She was excited to dye eggs!

Dyeing Easter eggs together at Grandma Hood's!

Steve and Lyddiebug

Ella and Mimi

Henry family eggs :)

Isaiah before the egg hunt at Tenley Park

Goofy kids!!!

Their loot!

Meeting the Easter Bunny

Today I thought I would just post some pictures of our break in PA. I'm hoping to get some pictures from others of Josh's trip to Sudan and will hopefully post those soon. (Josh didn't take a camera since I had our only one at home to capture Isaiah over break for Josh!) Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures....we sure enjoyed making the memories!!!

Isaiah and Sydney opening their Easter baskets!

Sweet!

Cousins!

Sydney was LOVING that wrap!

Silly boy with his pants on his head!

Crazy cheese!

Beautiful Brown eyes.

All ready for church on Easter Sunday....what a little man!

New shades from Mims for Easter

Perfect little face

He had SO much fun wearing this collander on his head....he kept saying, "It's my helmet!"

Silly kids

That's better!

We met Kevin and Sara in Camp Hill at this place called Monkey Joe's. It was all inflatable stuff to climb and jump in. The kids LOVED it....and the adults were a little jealous!

Lyddie climbing

Isaiah working hard

Climbing the ladder for the big slide!

Ella Grace

Aunt Ashley took all the kids to Pap Nathan's farm to see the cows and tractors. Isaiah LOVED it!!!

Driving!

Wow....he actually looks kind of small!

So happy on the tractor!

Cousins.....these kids are so cute together and absolutely love each other to pieces!

Checking out the cows in the barn!

Elle on the tractor

Grandma Paula, Ella, Lydia, Isaiah, and Pap Nathan all in the big tractor for a ride!

Ella, Lydia, Pap Nathan, and Isaiah!

Thanks Nathan, Paula, and Ashley....Isaiah had a wonderful time!

Potty Training Success! :)

Isaiah coloring with some sidewalk chalk

(For this picture he said, "Cheese for Gigi!")

This was "Cheese for Gaya!"

This one was "Cheese for Mimi!"

Concentration to get some more bubbles (Looks like his Uncle Kev!)

Sorry it's been a while since my last post.....we've had a few crazy weeks here and things are only going to get crazier as I prepare for Isaiah and I to head home on Wednesday and Josh gets closer and closer to finals time!!! At least we can all look forward to a break soon! Thank you all for your continued prayers for my Dad. He has been doing really well and his pain level is NON-EXISTENT after surgery. All we can say is that GOD IS SO GOOD! He is going to the doctor today though because it looks like he might have an infection in his incision, so continued prayers that the doctors get that taken care of and get him back on track would still be great!

Isaiah and Damon being silly after school one day

Doing push ups and making faces

Swinging and looking ornery

Happy boy

Doing a bridge for gymnastics!

Last gymnastics class of the semester

From Left: Miss Emily, Damon, Brayden, Brylee, Patricio, and Isaiah

The big news lately in the Henry house is that Isaiah is well on his way to being potty trained! Yesterday was day #8 with NO ACCIDENTS! He is doing so great with telling us when he needs to go potty and doing great at school with his teachers. It has been weeks since he has peed during a nap and out of the past few weeks, I think there have only been a few times that he woke up with a little bit of a wet diaper. We seem to be on the right track finally and it seems to be clicking and that Isaiah has got it figured out and Josh and I are so proud of him! The best part for me is to see how proud of himself he is each day when he keeps his diaper dry ALL day and gets his reward....a lollipop after supper! We will see how things go with flying home this week...I'm not sure if we'll do pullups on the plane or if he will want to wear his 'big boy underwear' but I think I will pretty much let it up to him. If he agrees to tell me when he needs to go, he's usually very good with making sure to let me know, so we'll keep our fingers crossed that we are almost done with diapers for good. Now we just have to tackle getting rid of the diapers at night for once and for all, but I'm sure that will come soon.

Isaiah was obsessed with wearing this pillow as a hat for a while....we thought it looked like he was working for the Pope!

Isaiah ready to pick up Kristin and Justin at Port and head to the beach!

Justin, Kristin (who I went to OT school with), and Isaiah

Kristin and Justin came on the cruise ship and spent the day with us at the beach!

This will probably be my last post for this semester. Each semester seems to get busier than the next and this one seems to have been in fast forward! It seems like we were home for Christmas just a few weeks ago and while that makes for a crazy semester, it is also nice for us that Isaiah and I will get to see you all soon! As most of you know, Josh won't be coming home for this break, he will instead be going on a veterinary missions trip to Sudan that will take up 12 of his 16 days of break. I think he is looking forward to it, although I also don't think he's had too much time to think about it amidst the business of his semester. Your prayers for his safe travels and safety while in Sudan would be much appreciated. I am excited for him to go and we have both been praying for months about this trip and I know that this is what God wants for him right now, but it will also be hard for Isaiah and I to have him so far away from us!

Andrew, Beau, and Isaiah at the pool

Ava Li and me in the pool

Beautiful view of the ocean from the Calypso Bay Pool

Damon smiling for his Mom (she was studying and couldn't come to the pool party!)

My sweet boy

Garden update:

The Zucchini are growing like crazy and have flowers, so we're hoping for some veggies to be growing when we get back after break. The tomato plant is surviving, but doesn't seem to be too fond of the heat and the lemon basil is doing great! Josh is very proud of his garden and sometimes Isaiah gets to help him water it!

Mint, lemon basil, and 'island' basil growing nicely on the porch.