Jeremy Daggett
Sharing Adileen Over Her First Ten Days

We had a baby! Adileen Kate Daggett was born at 18:46 on 21 January 2016. She weighed 3,030grams, or about 6lbs and 11 ounces. She was 50cm long (19.7") and that noggin was 35cm around. Adileen is amazing, Katie is my hero, and we were well taken care of by the team at Clinica Arequipa. I wrote a bit more about the delivery and our first day at home on our Tiny Letter. 

Ten days in we're ever more amazed that this little human being living with us is our daughter. 

Sharing Adileen Over Her First Ten Days
Life in Arequipa
Katie Daggett
Waiting
Waiting
Life in Arequipa
Jeremy Daggett
Mostly Market Shopping

A first step for learning how to survive in another country is grocery shopping: learning food vocabulary, finding what’s available that’s familiar, learning how to use and love what’s unfamiliar. At first, it’s fun to bring home a whole chicken but after a while it’s nice to know that there are other options. Grocery shopping in Arequipa has really evolved in the last decade. For a long time, the open air market was the only option.

Mostly Market Shopping
Life in Arequipa
Jeremy Daggett
VIDEO: Riding the Combi

One positive aspect of living in a city is the ready availability of public transportation. Katie and I don’t own a car, but that doesn’t stop us from getting where we need to go. Arequipa is full of taxis, and we occasionally ride those if we’re in a rush or if it’s late. Our main means of transportation, however, is the combi.

VIDEO: Riding the Combi
Katie Daggett
Rooftop Beauty

Some things are just more beautiful from further away.

Rooftop Beauty

Holly Springs

 
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From Katie on Instagram

First day of school in Peru for #adileenkate today! Uniform mandatory, shoes optional. Bring your own friends.
Playing on the rooftop in sunny Arequipa. We are so happy to be home. #adileenkate #kinneyclyde
She’s my favorite 5 year old, the best big sister, the maker of the funniest of faces, such a joy and challenge all at once. She’s a loyal friend and always curious. She loves being with family and hates when we have to leave. #adileenkat
Happy birthday to our Kinney Boy. You are such a joy. We think you’re amazing and so smart even if you do take a bite out of the candle your sister put in your mouth for you to lick the icing off of. #kinneyclyde #adileenkate
Writing her letter to Santu Cloz. Asking for a toy unicorn, a little toy kitchen for her dolls, a baby doll with a swim suit on you can take on and off and a little toy fire. Oh and a toy shark and sparkle shoes for Kinney. Oh Ho Ho Ho Mere Crismis
Since July #adileenkate has been asking for Froot Loops when we go visit the United States. Thanks to @annocopeland and @kincopeland her first snack when we got to Alabama today was of course...Froot Loops. That face is pure joy. 😂 We’re all
Give this boy some rocks to throw and he’s entertained for hours. He has been talking so much lately and repeating words and phrases in English and Spanish. He knows all our neighbors by name and loves saying “hola” to them but Char
Maybe my favorite family picture we’ve ever taken. Probably because there was no forcing anyone to look at the camera and smile so there was no disappointment when only one out of the four of us is actually looking and smiling. Also, Peru is ju
She’s so fun. #adileenkate
 
 

From Jeremy on Twitter