by AmeenaBlogArchive | May 7, 2011 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Family, Kenya, Kids
Today we celebrate one wonderful year of having Ameena in our lives. What a full year this last one has been. Being pregnant while living in Africa was interesting. I felt healthy, but had more physical symptoms than with any of my other children. Crazy high...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Jun 30, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts
If you’re a facebooker and follow the Karibu Centre posts or see my status updates then you will know that on Monday we got the devastating news that one of our vulnerable pregnant moms had a nonviable baby. She was 40 weeks when she got the diagnosis, a day...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 17, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts, Uncategorized
So, having seen this little baby with the dent in the head, I came home and did what any of you would have done. I googled. And, I didn’t really find much. At that point, I was working under the assumption that this baby was born with a congenital defect that...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Apr 12, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya, Thoughts, Uncategorized
One of the things I really enjoy about being here at Karibu Centre is taking the women in to the hospital when they are going into labor. It works out this way because only Ian and I are able to drive the Centre van, and often, it just seems better to have me walking...
by AmeenaBlogArchive | Mar 20, 2010 | AmeenaProjectBlogArchive, Kenya
I’ve been hunting on etsy for the perfect diaper bag. I had the same bag for both Eli and Lucy and sold it at a resale event in Portland before coming to Africa. I think my line of reasoning went somewhere along the lines of “if I have another baby, it...
