Oh what a long hiatus away from blogger land. I do apologize for our shortage of updates for the last 2 months, but I feel as though we’ve got several pretty good excuses.
We’re back in the Big Chicken now and we’re enjoying it so much. It’s nice to be in our own home again. Two months away was just almost too long. We’ll miss Tony Roma’s, Outback, National Geo, and our wonderful Thai maids, but nothing beats the peacefulness of lounging in our own living room.
And where to begin…
I could go into a long drawn out speech of our labor and delivery experience. But seeing as how that might drive away half of our readers due to too much detail, I’ll spare you those stories. I’ll suffice it to say, it was wonderful. Worth it of course. But I’m glad I don’t have to go through it again any time soon! September 30th, Eden’s birthday (which she also shares with her Uncle Matt!), will always carry some truly special memories.
As we left Bangkok, we both experienced a very surreal moment. One of those where you think to yourself, “Is this really happening?” We were in a taxi being driven from the hospital to the airport by a really nice Thai man. I was holding Eden and Brandon looked at me and said,
“We have a child.”
Why yes we do Brandon.
“And we’re in Thailand.”
Sure enough.
“And we’re going to China?!”
‘fraid so.
And then our nice taxi driver said, “Oh I have music for you.” And popped in a copy of “Blue Suede Shoes.”
I’ll never forget that moment. And someday I look forward to telling Eden all about her first ride to the Bangkok airport, with Elvis playing in the background, and her parents bewildered by what all was taking place.
Today Eden is 25 days old. I have a 25 day old baby.
And my 25 day old baby has accomplished several things that many people never do in a lifetime.
At 1 and a half weeks old she visited the American Embassy.
At 2 and a half weeks old she acquired her first American passport and Chinese visa.
At 3 weeks old she took two international flights and stepped foot (or rather, was carried) on Chinese soil for the first time.
She’s already an international traveler.
Way to go, Eden.
And let me tell you…if ever we are in desperate need for her to take a nap, all we need do is jump on an airplane. That girl is totally zonked during those flights. It was impossible to wake her up. Which of course is a huge blessing and all of our fellow passengers truly appreciated it.
I wish we had taken pictures of her airport experience, but the camera was buried deep underneath all kinds of wonderful stuff we acquired just for having a baby.
Here are some others though.
Pretty in Pink
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