A New Normal

We returned from Thailand 2 weeks ago and are in  the midst of trying to figure out what it means to have three kids in this country.  Aside from traveling everywhere in taxis,  emergency trips to the international hospital in the capital for fevers in newborns (which we have already done once for Brown #3) and the fact that we actually live in a foreign country, life is probably not too terribly different from any other family who just acquired baby number 3.  The most overwhelming part is having to take care of the older two while still meeting the high demand needs of an infant.  The older two are getting away with way too much, especially while I am nursing.

Anyways, here are some pictures from our last days in Thailand.

Where are they playing?

 In the closet.

 Again, in the closet.

 Playing at the hospital play area.

 At the mall play area.

 Here is an awkward kid's picture.

 Zoom in and look at our monitor lizard.

Little Brown's 1 month Bambi/Brown Bear picture...could not get him to look at the camera.

 Eventually I ticked him off.

 Back home where  all of the kid's toys seemed new again after being away from them for 2 months.

 I am thrilled to get to use this for a third time!  We are getting good use out of all our baby gear.

He totally dressed himself.  Zhou Mei was happy to see us back home - I think.

This girl was pretty thrilled to get back on her bike and so is her brother.  I think the purchase of a new boy bike is in our near future.

Randomness in Pictures

Here are a bunch of pictures - 

This is the view from my hospital room and I was on the 6th floor.  The kind folks at Bumrungrad built this rooftop/balcony garden.  It sure was peaceful to look at.

My little helper helped Gigi keep up with the dishes.

They also horsed around a bit too.

I see how it went.  He washed dishes and Gigi rewarded him with water.  It seems he has gotten over his aversion to drinking water.

Okay, somehow KB has avoided getting either pee or poo on him with our first two kids - I mean EVER.  It is not because he avoided holding or changing them.  I really think he just got lucky.  I am happy to tell you his luck has run out!  Brown 3.0 has leaked his diaper on KB twice now - just 30 more times and we might be even.  We can do it!

He is about 5 days old in this picture.  His face is still a bit swollen

I am going to attempt to continue my tradition of taking a monthly photo of our babies with a certain toy to show how much he has grown.  Here he is about a week and a half old. 

Found these at a local mall.

Family photo attempt.  This fine green area is just outside our backdoor in Bangkok.  Although Bangkok is not quite an oasis of relaxation, our guesthouse has a quiet little corner of the city, and they have done a nice job of making it peaceful. 

The kids are running on a bridge over a canal.  This is probably about 20 feet from our back door.  There is even a monitor lizard living in this canal.  It is about 3-4 feet long.  I am glad I knew it was there because the day we saw it I might have screamed loud enough for everyone living here to hear.  

Funny Faces

I need to poop face.

Pooping face.

Relief from finish pooping face.

Sitting in my poop and don't care face.  

...I have digressed to talking about poop.  Time to sign off!

Pictures

I have some pictures, and since I am typing with one hand while breastfeeding (multitasking), my text will be brief.  Also since I have not transferred pictures from my camera in more than a week, most of them are during LRB's first couple days.

Obviously (I hope) I am still pregnant in these pictures.  This is just before we left for my appointment at which I was quickly thrown into labor.

Soon after this picture AB pitched a massive fit when she saw KB and I get in a taxi for the hospital.  It was a nice send-off.

Here LRB (I have got to find something different to call him on our blog.  I think we all need pseudonyms) is meeting his big sister and brother for the first time.  

Bringing him "home" after a day of feeling trapped at the hospital.  Seriously we were supposed to check out at 11am, and at 7pm we finally were able to leave.  I think there was a disconnect between the medical staff and their clock because apparently our mandatory check-out time was relative.  I just wish someone would have told us.  In the US sometimes it seemed they could not wait to get rid of us, here they wanted to keep us, even though we had already signed the bill and they were not getting any more money from us.  

I think they are both quite smitten with him, but it is slowly starting to settle in that their mommy time has dramatically been reduced but on the plus side movie time has increased.  Let's see how long the love lasts.

One-on-one time with Bambi and Brown Bear.