Wednesday, July 08, 2009

More Baby Pictures...will it EVER STOP!!!

Don't get us wrong, we love baby pictures and more then ever now that we have our very own Nadia. But we also realize that people want to read more about our life then just our lovely little one. So to keep this blog from filling up with only baby pictures we have decided to put some of the baby pictures on our Flickr account for now. Or at least until we have no other way because of slow internet speeds in Mozambique. That way you will not get bored with our blog and you can still see the variety of other encounters we are having here in Southern Africa. We have just put some new ones up so take a look.

Toodles...(wait, isn't that baby talk)

Saturday, July 04, 2009


Nadia's name

In the week since Nadia's arrival, we have received numerous congratulations on our new baby and compliments on her name. Several have asked if her name came from the time I (Jenny) spent in Russia. The answer is yes.


Nadia is the nickname of the Russian name Nadezhda. Nadezhda, in Russian means "hope". Nadia was a name I always liked while I was in Russia. Since then, and especially since living in Mozambique, I have thought alot about the signficance of hope in our world. My prayer for our daughter is that God will use her to bring Hope and Grace to the world around her.

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Like Mother Like Daughter June 2, 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Baby Hiccups



video

For those interested...the hospital has a picture of Nadia (at 2 days old) posted on the web. You can find it at: http://www.netcare.co.za/live/content.php?Item_ID=121&BabyID=144093

Our Best Picture So Far

We were actually a little thrilled this morning to see our daughter almost smiling at us. If she isn't, we will believe that she is anyway because it makes us feel good. In any case, this is the best picture that we have taken of her up to this point so we thought we would share it with the rest of you.

Saturday, June 27, 2009





Nadia Grace Kempf

Nadia Grace was born at 5:30 in the morning on June 26. She was 6 pounds,m 12 ounces. Everything went well and mommy and baby are healthy. Daddy is healthy too, but quite tired.