Andy, Josh and Jamie

We have 3 interns here with us in Costa Rica for the month of October as they attend a intensive Spanish course to prepare to head to Honduras to serve with us there until May '09. Lucy is absolutely in love with these guys and nothing is more exciting to her than the days they come over to our house to play with her. It is so fun for her because she gets so much attention and because they love to interact with her, play with her, and read her books.


Every Sunday we have our own team worship time during the evenings. This has been a blessing for Sean and I as we have not been able to do this since the Pettengills left in June. Josh and Andy are both very gifted guitarist and singers and Jamie and I try our best to hold down the girls section. This past Sunday Lucy enjoyed singing with the group as well.


Lastly here is a picture where I feel like Lucy is growing up to be a teenager herself. She seems so grown up and mature in this picture, minus the water that is spilt all down her shirt :)

The Life of a Missionary Kid

Well as you can imagine the hardest thing about being a missionary is all the goodbyes that have to take place. Lucy had to say goodbye to her best friend here in Costa Rica. Our dear friends the Rileys' are returning back to the States due to their low support status. It was hard to say goodbye and I think this is one of the first goodbyes that Lucy was able to really understand, which made it harder for us all.


Lucy's teacher at school says that Will is Lucy's little boyfriend. He takes care of her and loves to hug and kiss on her.


We know that Lucy will make some more friends during our time left here in Costa Rica but please pray for her during this tough transition.


I (Lindsey) also feel like I am loosing 3 friends in one since she was my "pregnant friend", my "mom friend", and "Lucy's best friend", but we are excited for the Riley's has they head back home and are able to focus more clearly on their support to get on the field in Spain as soon as possible.

Saturday Pancakes

Some of you may have heard (or have tasted yourselves) of our Saturday morning tradition. We love pancakes, so every Saturday we sleep in (well one of the three of us sleeps in) make pancakes, and eat too much in our PJ's. We love this time together as a family and is always a great start to our weekend. We made pancakes when we lived in NYC, during our time in Charlotte, and now here in San Jose. This weekend we had Andy, Josh, and Jamie over, so we made quite a lot of pancakes.

Here is Lucy, Josh, Andy, and Sean about to dig into a massive pile of pancakes. Lucy looks a bit overwhelmed by the mountain of pancakes in front of her, but we made some little ones just for her, so she was quite happy.



Here's Lucy and Sean cooking in the kitchen. Lucy loves to sit on the counter when we cook and stir whatever mix/batter we have going. Sometimes she actually helps, but other times the food just ends up on the floor.

La te de canastilla (that is Baby Shower in Spanish)

This weekend some special friends here threw Tica her very own baby shower. Now Tica has some of her very own stuff and won't have to just wear hand me downs from Lucy. It is neat to see the relationships the Lord has placed in our life during this short time in language school, we are so thankful for this community that we have here even if it is for a short time. By the way many people have been saying I look like I have dropped this week, you can tell from this picture that it does look like Tica is taking position.


It was so fun to be able to celebrate with one of my close friends here who is also pregnant and due at the beginning of December.


One of the woman that came was very creative with the way she wrapped her gift so had to take a picture.


The food spread was delicious and bountiful! They even had some special treats that can only be found in the States so it was extra special to enjoy.


This is a picture of Ana, one of my teachers in language school.


Not sure what I am talking about in this picture but I look pretty excited about it!


We played many fun games at the shower this one was a race between me and Daniela seeing who could dress the baby first using only one hand. She dominated me in the game but it was still a lot of fun to play.

Happy Birthday Necy

This video is in honor of Necy today on her birthday. Sorry that Lucy is eating during the whole video but meal times are about the only time we can keep her attention these days. We love you Necy and wish we could be there to celebrate with you.

Quick Update on Our Girls

So these pictures are kind of random but the only recent ones we have of Lucy, apparently we haven't been doing very well with taking pictures. But I thought I would give a quick update on how the McCann ladies are doing.

Lucy is now 23 months old, I can't believe that we almost have a 2 year old. She has been battling a bad sickness and has also gotten 4 more teeth these past few weeks so she hasn't been the most behaved child lately but overall still a joy. It is really fun to watch her grow up and to be able to interact with her more and more as she understands and is able to communicate with us how she feels and what she needs.

Tica is now 35 weeks along and growing great. She seems to be more cooperative than Lucy and as of today still in the head down position (hooray!). The doctor seems to think she will come right on schedule, the end of October.

Gannie's Blanket

Gannie sent a package last week with Lucy's very own matching blanket for her baby dolls. As you can tell from the pictures Lucy is a big fan!


Now Pato (big duck) and Patito (mini duck) each have their own blanket.

Independence Day

This weekend is Independence Day here in Costa Rica. We have had a fun time joining in some of their celebrations and traditions for the holidays. On Sunday night all the local schools have parades where the children make a lantern (called a Farol) and march through the streets. Here is Lucy with her own Farol that we made at school.


These are the kids lining up for the parade all with their farols ready.


Then today (Monday) we went downtown to see some more parades. Lucy has been a little under the weather so unfortunately this parade wasn't all that entertaining for her.


Here are the woman in the typical Costa Rican dress getting ready for the parade to begin.


The two guys in this picture, Josh on the left and Andy in the middle, are our interns who flew in on Sunday afternoon for a month long intensive Spanish course before they go to Honduras. We are excited to have these guys here and apart of our team for this year.


Andy has a great skill which is making balloon animals which he used to entertain Lucy once she woke up from her "nap".


Here is a far away view of the parade and all the many people who were watching and joining in the celebration.

Creative Lucy

Lucy loves to color and play with playdough these days. Neice and DaBo brought down this huge coloring book and of course it is Elmo so Lucy asks us to color with her at least twice a day. (Please Note: There are a few people who do not want to know the name of our next child, if that is the case please do not zoom in on this picture or the next).


Look at that great technique, I think we have a artist in training.


This is Lucy's "cheese" face. And yes that is a football helmet in the background! We don't get many games and of course not the ones we would like (GA football) but Sean is very thankful to at least have some games to watch on the weekends.

Lucy Craziness

Lucy loves dressing herself every day and she especially loves accessories so a outfit like this isn't too uncommon.


Lucy really has enjoyed make believe play lately and on this particular day she made a bed for her baby with a shoe box. She had to try it out herself first though.


Swimming is another favorite activity of hers. We don't get to play in the pool too often because the weather is relatively cool, so on a warm Saturday it is a real treat for her.



Lucy has had a great first week of school. This trimester she has her same teacher Mrs. Gloria and a new teacher named Mrs. Stephanie. Her class size has increased from 5 kids last trimester to 14 this trimester! Most everyone in her class are younger so the teacher says she is a big helper and we think she is getting some great big sister experience.