January 7th...

So, here we are, in Chiang Mai, Thailand.  We've been here a little over a week now, all for the purpose of giving birth to Baby J #3. We come to CM, because the healthcare where we live is not that great.  Just looking at the hospitals where we live, kinda creep me out.  They are old, dirty, not sanitary by any means (well, to my standards anyway), sometimes you see blood stains on the floor, and the thing that makes me the most angry - is people smoking!!!  YES, inside the hospital!!!  And no one says anything to them!  I mean really???  Also, I've talked to moms who have delivered in our city and they said you're usually in a room with about 3 other laboring moms.  Can you imagine?  You're going through labor yourself and then you hear another woman yelling in the same room trying to give birth too?  I think it would be pretty hard to relax!  She also said that the nurses are mean!  (And I've heard that from more than one person.)  From my experiences, nurses are the AMAZING people who really help you get through the toughest parts.  I can not even begin to imagine them yelling at me and being rude - this is obviously a big cultural difference.  So all that to say, thankfully because of the wonderful company we work for and the amazing people who support us, we are able to come here.  Boy am I thankful.  


Another cool thing we get to do here is celebrate our first born's 5th Birthday!!!     I CANNOT believe Braidynn is about to be 5 years old!  She is the most fun-filled full of joy little girl I know.  She loves to talk, started at 6 months old and still is never at a loss for words.  She loves to sing and dance -and this is one of my favorite things - listening to my baby girl belt out her favorite songs and dancing with everything she has!  She loves all things pink & sweet.  I decided to do an "ALL ABOUT BRAIDYNN" section where I asked her some fun questions.  :)  So enjoy!  

 ALL ABOUT BRAIDYNN

Braidynn's BIRTHday ~ January 13, 2008 3:30 p.m.
8 lbs. 2oz.  20 inches

What is your favorite color?  PINK

What is your favorite food?  SPAGHETTI

What is your favorite toy?  BABY SARAH (The baby doll she got when she turned 1 yr. old)

What is your favorite thing to do?  DO CRAFTS & PAINT

Who are your best friends?  YAN ZHOU KE YUN & ABEN & MOMMY & DADDY & THE BABY & MIMI, POP, MATT, & RUSTY & GAMMY & PAPPY, & POPPA & MIMI SHARON

What is your favorite thing to do at school?  DOING CRAFTS

What is the best thing about having a brother?  I DON'T KNOW

How are you different from your brother(s)?  OUR FACES ARE DIFFERENT

What's your favorite thing to play with your brother?  PRETEND SNEEZING & LAUGHING

What does your brother do that makes you mad?  WHEN HE MESSES UP MY ROOM

If you had a lot of money, what do you think you would buy?  RED & PINK HIGH HEELS - 2 PAIRS (Yeah... we're in trouble!)

What is your favorite thing to do with daddy?  PLAY BATTLESHIP & MOMMY/DADDY

What is your favorite thing to do with mommy?  GO DRINK WATERMELON SHAKES & GET OUR NAILS DONE & HAIR DONE

Tell me something that is really funny.   JOKES.  HAHA

What is your favorite thing to wear?  LONG PINK DRESS WITH POLKA DOTS & LONG PURPLE DRESS & A DRESS OF ALL DIFFERENT COLORS

Braidynn's 1st Birthday!

What is your dessert food?  CHOCOLATE CAKE & CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM & CUPCAKES

Favorite animal?  CHEETAH & GIRAFFE

What is your favorite TV show?  STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE

What kind of music do you like?   GANGNAM STYLE

What are you really good at?  COLORING & BEING NICE & KIND

What are you not so good at? BAKING THINGS & PLANTING FLOWERS - BECAUSE I'M NOT A MOMMY YET

What do you want to do when you grow up?  A BALLERINA & A PRINCESS & A FAIRY

(January 6, 2013)


So my baby girl is about turn 5.  I'm still trying to grasp this myself.   But I do know one thing, I love her more and more everyday.  <3