Cruising, a Getaway, & a Golden Retriever

The past couple of months have been quite busy. In early May Anita had to make a one week trip back to the States to handle some red tape. Then, once she was back the two of us took a weekend getaway (without the kids) to Hong Kong to enjoy some good shopping and good food, and most importantly, good quality time together just the two of us. After that, we finished up the semester and are currently preparing to head to Thailand to await the birth of our newest little boy, due July 17. We head out on Monday June 14 and will have a lot of paperwork and such to get done while there, but it still will count as our vacation, so we plan on having some fun and enjoying the western amenities of Chiang Mai. Anyway, here are some pics from the past 7 weeks or so for you to enjoy.

In mid-April Zane started to pull up on things and 'cruise', which is just a fancy word for walking while holding onto something.

Yes, Zane does weigh almost as much as Callie these days but not quite. Mommy or Daddy still have to push him down a little bit on the see-saw.

While Anita was in the States, Jeremy was awful about taking pictures. The only pics he took were some nicely g-rated ones of C&Z in the bath.


The above two pictures are of us in Hong Kong. The first one is just on a bridge near the waterfront. The lower one is of us on the Star Ferry which goes across the harbor for a whopping price of 3 HKD (45 cents) per person to ride.

Tickle/snuggle time has become a favorite at our house these days. Above is a pic, and below a video to help you get a taste for what it's like.



We truly think this picture is adorable. Callie has a ladybug raincoat, as you can see. After 10 months of drought in our province, the rain finally came last week. Notice by the time we take this picture it's already dried and the sun has come out. That's what it's like where we live. A new favorite word that Callie has added to her ever-expanding vocabulary is "puddle", which she cannot resist jumping in whenever she sees one.

The final picture we want to show you is of Callie with one of her new friends. There is a dog that goes by the name Mary (Mali in the local language), and Callie just adored her when she was out the other day.

To finish, we'll just share a cute video of Callie & Zane playing at the dinner table together. What will we do when there are three of them?!