More Picts from Christmas Day

The Reading Girl

Eliana on Christmas Day

Eliana's Alter Ego

Merry Christmas Kisses

10 Months Old

It's Cold!

It has been really cold here for the past few days. Really cold meaning mid-70's during the day and high 40's low 50's at night. That doesn't sound cold for the US, but having a wood house with no heating at all, it gets really cold at night. Not that we are complaining though, because we are just rejoicing that it is not the hot season. Last week was the first time in 8 or 9 months that we haven't needed to run a fan a night. The joys of the cool season here in Northern Thailand:)

More Photos Added

I added more photos to all of the galleries today. Check them out by clicking on the link to the right.

It Tastes Better If You Can Wear It Too!

Myanmar Pictures Added

Hey everyone! Check out the picture gallery, I more than doubled the number of pictures in the Myanmar gallery. I hope you enjoy and I will continue to be adding more picts to the other galleries in the next week or so. Click on the link to the right to go to the gallery.

Photo Gallery

The photo gallery is up and running so check it out. There is a link to it on the right so just click on the picture. It took a little bit longer than I was expecting, but I will be adding a lot more pictures in the coming days and weeks. I still have a bunch of pictures to post like our trip to Cambodia in 2004. Keep checking the gallery to see the updates.

EARTHQUAKE

We were sleeping well last night until midnight when we jumped out of bed and ran to Eliana's room because of the earthquake. Yes, we had an earthquake last night that measured 4.7 on the richter scale. It only lasted about 30 seconds but it was pretty scary for people who come from the East coast of the US. After the first one there were about four or five smaller ones that only lasted for a few seconds, but it made for a fun night. The last one ended around 5:30 in the morning. It is pretty common here in North Thailand to get small earthquakes, but this is the first one we have felt in the two years we have lived up here. It didn't do any damage, and we were told that the epicenter was right here in Chiang Mai.

The Passport Photo Adventure

Okay, so I know this is long overdue, but I was looking through pictures I took earlier this year and was reminded of our fun passport photo adventure. Have you ever tried to get your kids to look at the camera or smile for photos? Then you know how frustrating it can be when they just want to watch the cat instead of looking at the camera. Well, imagine how much more fun it is to try to get a passport photo of a 1 week old. She couldn't even keep her head up for the camera, but you have to follow these rules for the photo:

-Photographs must be 2x2 inches in size, identical, taken within the past 6 months.
-The image size from the bottom of the chin to the top of the head should be between 1 inch and 1 3/8 inches.
-The photographs may be in color or black and white.
-They must be full face, front view with a plain white or off-white background.
-Photographs should be taken in normal street attire, without a hat or headgear that obscures the hair or hairline.
-Uniforms should not be worn in photographs with the exception of religious attire which is worn daily.
-If prescription glasses, a hearing device, wig or similar articles are normally and consistently worn, they should be worn when the picture is taken.
-Dark glasses or nonprescription glasses with tinted lenses are not acceptable unless required for medical reasons. A medical certificate may be required to support the wearing of such glasses in the photographs.

So after many pictures and lots of laughs here is the picture video of our experience in high speed.

Saturday

Here's some picts from today. We are working on a photo gallery that should be up and running some time next week. It should have some pictures that we have previously posted in the blog and then there should be a lot of pictures that we haven't posted yet. We will let you guys know when it is finished.

Daddy and daughter

This is the face she makes when we stop helping her walk around the house

Eliana Walks the Line

Eliana is loving to walk (with help of course). She loves it so much that she gets angry when mommy and daddy put her down.

Bye-Bye

Christmas Picture Time

All of these pictures are making me tired!

Here are some pictures from our photo banaza this morning for our family Christmas picture. As you can tell from the top picture, Eliana wasn't getting the point of a family picture. She was too distracted by Domino and daddy to ever look at the camera.

The Creepy Crawler

So she is finally crawling all around and seeing how much devastation she can leave in her wake. It was just a matter of time...a month and a half...before she finally got up enough curiosity to explore the house. She could have been crawling a long time ago, and she would go for two or three feet and then just stop and sit in one place. But now she is moving all over the place and seeing how many times mommy and daddy can say 'No don't touch that' or 'Stay away from the fan.' It's so much fun though and she seems like she is having more fun now that she has a little freedom.

Crib Time is So Sad

Eliana Laughs Episode 2

Eliana Goes to the Zoo

We went to the Chiang Mai Zoo this morning and had a great time. This was Eliana's first trip to a Zoo and she loved all the animals even the stuffed ones...

Just a little bit bigger than Domino.

Eliana loved watching the Giraffe, although mommy wouldn't let her feed it.

Eliana was too distracted to look at the camera.

Food is always so much better when you can wear it too.

Eliana and the Dom (Domino)

Kisses

Let's sit down and talk

A bonus pic from this morning. 'This is my trigger finger and I will use it!'

'Those ears are amazing Domino!'

??????? She likes to point at things.