Look What I Can Do!

Any 17 month old can stack blocks, but it takes some serious skills to stack film canisters...

Wait till you see him...

This is upside down Caden. Why is it always more fun to look at people upside down?

This is Caden playing with a kitchen set. He is putting his wooden animals in the microwave. What this picture doesn’t show is that after he stretches on his tippy toes to get the animals in there, he shuts the door and proceeds to push the buttons as if he is really starting the microwave.
You think these pictures are cute…just wait till you see him in a few weeks! We can’t wait to show off our little guy. Caden will celebrate his half birthday while we are in the States. That’s right, he’s one and a half….a very fun age.

Working Hard

We have lots of workers around our house everyday. Caden wants to help each of them in any way he can. We found him climbing the ladder just yesterday and would have climbed to the top had we not stopped him. Sorry for the lack of posts...we are really busy. We look forward to seeing most of you in about three weeks!

Truly blessed...

Check out our post on our Africa blog to see one reason why we feel blessed right now.

http://emersonstogo.blogspot.com/2007/03/thank-you.html#links

Pendjari Safari Family Style

This past weekend, 12 missionaries, 3 MK school teachers, 2 civilians, 1 former missionary and 18 missionary kids piled into 6 trucks for a Pendjari Safari Family Style! What an amazing time of fellowship with great friends and seeing God's creation out in the wild. Just one of the many blessings of living here and serving God in a foreign land. Seeing lions and other animals out in nature is God smiling down on us, and we are full of praise after an amazing weekend!This is just outside the gate to Pendjari. Thanks to our team's school teacher, Rachel Phillips, for snapping this pic and for being such a great traveling companion. Caden truly loves Miss Rachel!One of the lions we saw, relaxing after she killed a cape buffalo. There are lots more pictures, so visit Brett's travel blog at http://theplacesivebeen.blogspot.com or his Facebook album at http://harding.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2000176&l=45943&id=1013940033 for more. Caden's first safari was a huge success! He traveled very well despite some sleep issues at night. We think he was just too excited about seeing wild animals with his daddy! If you look close in this pic, you will see a baboon in the background. Praise God for an awesome weekend!

16 Months!