The baby amazinging managed to push himself up onto all fours today!  He really worked at it and for about an hour he tried manuveuring himself around the floor of his room.   This bottom picture was a re-enactment.  Not the real thing.  🙁

This bottom picture kinda shows his two bottom teeth.  None of the others have sprouted yet.

And for a quick, but final update…NO INTERNET YET!!  I’m yet again in the parking lot, this time of the Best Western.  I need to get home, bc I’ve been here for a few hours.  🙁  The cable dude said that they can’t connect us either…so our only option is, like Daniel said, dial-up or satellite.  Any suggestions?

The weather is getting more and more chilly up here.  The weather has been in the 40s which is causing the leaves to change colors quickly.  The peak time for leaf-watching (that’s the best thing to do up here!) will be in the next couple of weeks- that is if it doesn’t snow and kill the leaves prematurely. 

The baby has gotten used to wearing a hat every time he goes out.  This is his thickest one that he got from Justine Klein.  He thinks of her whenever he wears it.

This is the same pic of the deer except it’s enlarged.  We see deer at least every other day because they stuff themselves with our apples…most likely to help hold them over the winter.  Bentley loves to scare them away by his emphatic barking, but he’ll never run much further than our deck area.  It’s pretty funny.  :]

Here is a picture in front of “the bridge” that is by our house.  It
takes you to the neighboring city, Hancock.  In Hancock, we find many
of our church members, the regional airport, the two hospitals, and the
Keweenaw Co-op.  We like to liken the co-op to a mini Whole Foods. 
(VERY MINI version)  However, something interesting about the bridge is
that at any given moment, the bridge can be closed due to the boats
that come through.  So, if there is a medical emergency or we are
needing to catch a flight out…we hope that God is there to work out
the timing.  Other than that, the surrounding area is very beautiful
and there is a lake-side park and walkway.  If you look very closely at
the picture of the Houghton church from a previous post, you can see
the bridge in the background.  It is within walking distance. 

This past Sabbath, we ran our first church marathon.  We went to all three churches and Israel preached at each one.  We ended up driving over 100 miles.  Though it was tiring, it was nice to get a feel for what the other churches were like.  I’m going to try to remember to take pictures inside the churches.  The Greenland church is a log cabin, but it is beautiful. 

Well, I’d better bring this post to a close.  We are currently sitting in our car in a parking lot, using someone’s wireless in town.  We’ve tried to get DSL at our house for 2 weeks, but they finally realized that there aren’t any towers that reach our house.  Israel and I both have a lot of work to do online so we’ve been having to go into town almost every day.  And you can imagine how much the baby enjoys these Internet ventures.  (It’s my turn to watch the baby so Israel can get some work done.)  Until next time…

It had been 11 days since we moved into our new home on the prairie. 

(view from back deck)

We missed all of our friends back in the other settlement…like Aunt Stephanie…


…and Uncle Daniel (& Kerri and Juan!!!)

And many, many others (but we don’t have any pics of them right now…)

The good news is that Imanuel has learned to hold his bottle all by himself!  That comes in handy when Ma is busy doing things around the house.

(front)

(back)

It was beautiful- especially the backyard which gave us a lot of room to play.

Based on the diaries of Bentley Ramos-Wilder.  🙂

It’s been while since we’ve posted due to our sudden move…but we’ve arrived!  We’re still settling in but we’re enjoying it very much.  We love the church, the people, our new home, and the most beautiful part has been God’s glorious creation that seems to be more untouched in these parts.  Here is a look back at the baby’s growth from the past couple months and also a few shots of what the upper penninsula looks like…

Baby’s still sucking his thumb and the rest of his fingers.  His first tooth was spotted by Auntie Kerri at the park on August 30th and his second tooth closely followed on September 12th. 

The baby still loves to eat!  He’s growing and is 29 inches long and
mostly likely weighs over 20 lbs.  I haven’t had a chance to weigh him
yet (but we carry him every day!!)

His least favorite food is green beans…but he’ll still eat it like an obedient child.  He’s getting used to it (since I try to feed it to him at least every other day).  I’m testing whether it is true that you can “train” your baby to like any food.  🙂

The baby loves carrots!!

Uncle Steve Conway came to visit with us for a week.  The baby especially enjoyed it when he got to babysit him at 5:30am when we had to go to the airport.  Of course he had to wake up soon after they left.

And Israel had the nerve to wonder where the baby got his grumpiness from!!

The baby picked up sucking his toes…

He’s going to miss his buddy, Hunter.  We lived next door but now we’re over 9 hours away…boohoo!

This is our new backyard!  On Sabbath morning, a doe came to eat some apples from one of our 2 apple trees.  We felt like we were in Heaven or something!

You can’t see it very well…but there’s an apple in his mouth.

Here is the Houghton Seventh-day Adventist Church.  It is walking distance to the beautiful Lake Superior.  We had a wonderful first Sabbath there and made many new friends!

And these last pictures were taken for his 6th month birthday by Uncle Daniel at his house.  (He can sit up by himself now!)

Our little conductor

…and pianist  🙂

We hope you’ll come visit us in the UP!

Thank you for all of your prayers and love.  We hope to keep in touch!

Love,
the Ramoses