Who does Callie look like?

Good news: we are all recovered from our sicknesses, and Jeremy got back safely last night! The 4 days without him weren't as crazy as I thought they'd be, but I'm sure glad to have him back.

I was looking at old photos of Jeremy as a kid, and I thought I'd post a couple in comparison to a recent photo of Callie, just for fun.
In case you couldn't tell, the first two are of Jeremy and the third photo is of Callie. But I think that Callie has my hair, or lack thereof as a child (I'm the older child in the photo below, holding my sister Connie, who is 16 months younger):
Who do you think Callie looks like? We'd love to hear your thoughts :)

Surviving Sicknesses

Things have been pretty hairy around here lately with sicknesses. First, Callie came down with a nasty stomach virus that just wouldn't go away. She was on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, apples, toast) for two weeks. Now, she won't touch bananas or apples. I hope she'll decide later that she likes them again! Then, I (Anita) got a horrible flu-type thing. Fever, complete with chills, cold sweats, and a sore throat. To make matters even worse, it got passed on to Callie. And then, Jeremy got pink-eye. It started in his right eye, and spread to his left as well. So we've been a pretty miserable-looking and -feeling bunch. Thankfully, Zane never got sick. I guess he just has so many immunities built up from breast-feeding? Anyway, the fevers are now gone. We are left with Callie's residual stomach bug and Jeremy's pink eyes. And worn-out bodies all around.

Jeremy's going out of town for 4 whole days starting tomorrow, so I (Anita) am trying to psych myself up for that. He asked me, "What do you plan on doing while I'm gone?" "Surviving," was all that I could think to respond with.

Back Home in Our City

Happy (belated) Easter! We've been back for a couple weeks now, slowly adjusting to "real life" (as in no longer having all our meals cooked and laundry done for us, like we did at the Juniper Tree), and to our family of 4. Here are a few pictures to show you what we've been up to lately.

Zane is starting to hold his head up now

Callie loves being outside. We try to take her out at least once every day - this pic is taken in a small park in our neighborhood. She's almost walking on her own - but for now, she's holding onto things for support, and insists we hold both her hands when we walk with her.

Callie in the ball pit at a friend's birthday party - she felt a little overwhelmed in the sea of balls.

But she loved the slide on the way into the pit. As you can see, she also loved playing with the balls - she just didn't enjoy being surrounded by them.

Callie and Zane with a bunch of their friends who live here

Enjoying the outdoors as we picnicked on Easter

Callie's first Easter egg hunt

Our Little Man

We've been enjoying having Zane in our family. It's neat to see how evidently male he is compared to Callie (besides the obvious, of course). Even as a baby, you can already see his little muscles! He burps more easily, and eats and toots more than Callie did at his age. And when he's eating, he grunts and slurps. We just wanted to dedicate this post to our little man - we keep accumulating so many "favorite pics" of him that we'll just post a few from his first month, and more later.

1 day old

1 week old

first bath

after the bath

The Juniper Tree and other Thai memories

We stayed at a place called The Juniper Tree for the 7 weeks we were in Chiang Mai. We made a lot of friends and had a lot of fun while waiting for Zane to be born and all the paperwork to be done. Here are some pictures to help highlight our time there.

Callie's first time riding in a shopping cart. She LOVED it - can you tell?!

The play area in the dining hall

We sure miss getting to hang out at the pool on any given day.

Smoothie Blues was our favorite restaurant hands-down. Last summer when we were in Chiang Mai, Callie didn't know how to drink from a straw. Now, we have to fight her off to keep her from drinking our entire smoothies!

We're starting off her caffeine addiction young... just kidding, it was empty.

Zane's second day - Callie's first time "holding" him

Gonggong & Popo

Grandpa and Grandma Wong, or more affectionately referred to as Gonggong and Popo, came to visit for 3 of the 7 weeks that we were in Thailand. It was a sweet time for us, especially for Callie, since the previous time she'd seen them she was only a month old. It took her the first two weeks to warm up to them - I wish it hadn't taken that long! - but once she did, she had a blast. She got a lot of practice walking with them, and just enjoying the grounds of the Juniper Tree. One of the only words she knows how to say now is "Popo" and I love that when we talk on Skype video, she recognizes them. We miss you, Gonggong and Popo!

They came bearing many gifts, mostly for Callie and "Didi" (little brother).

Walking to see the guinea pig

Feeding the guinea pig

They would sing to her as they pushed her in the swing

...and of course, more practice walking. On her way to walking on her own hopefully soon...