What do you get when you put together sunshine, sand, family and good food? A fabulous holiday in Thailand with the Haskes! Instead of doing our normal camping/hiking Christmas we decided to meet up with Jim's sister, brother and family in Koh Lanta. It has been so nice being together for the holidays. We've had a lot of laughs and fun times together - all between naps, of course! We have just a few more days in here (how sad!) and then we fly to Bali to meet some dear friends. It is going to be sad to leave Jim's family, but great to see some special friends. And plus, it's Bali:)
We made arrangements with Santa to visit us before we left Jakarta. It's a good thing he is so flexible! Amelia was so thrilled to find a pair of sandals in her stocking that we could have stopped there and saved everything else for a rainy day:) She asked us to put them on so she could run around the house. She continued to do victory laps each time she opened something new. It was funny watching her reactions - much different from last year.
New sandals and new jammies!
What more does a girl need?
Amelia loved her shopping cart so much that she pushed it around the house from the moment she opened it to the moment we left...only taking breaks for food, sleep and diaper changes!
Enjoying a Christmas book from Grandpa Steve and Grandma Nancy
Grandma Mary Ann sent a peek-a-boo book and without prompting Amelia joined in. It was the cutest thing! The blanket she is sitting on was sent from her Aunt Renee in Iowa. She made it herself and sent it just in time for Amelia to enjoy! Thanks for that!
As always, Amelia's development continues to astound us! Just this week she has added some new fancy words to her vocabulary: down (with sign), flower, bubble, rice, cracker. She is building quite the vocabulary and now tells us night-night when she wants to go to sleep with her nay-nay (paci and blanket) which is something I never thought would happen. Friends had talked about their son asking to go to bed and I thought, "yeah that will never happen," but it did. Whew...keeping a consistent bed time routine pays off:) She is on her second skinned knee from running on pavement faster than her body can coordinate and if she had her way would live on mango smoothies. (Every time she hears the resort blender go she says, "Yum, yum!") Needless to say, we are enjoying every minute of our time off with her. Hopefully you can see her in action very soon either on skype or videos we will surely post.
Missing all of you and wishing you the best for the coming new year.
Lots of Love from,
Liz, Jim and Amelia
XO
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