24th...

Well here we are again, I'm making progress in shortening the length of time between posts as well as taking more pictures. Funny thing is both me and Sarai are not picture people, we quite often forget to take our camera out with us and when we do take it, we plum forget to use it. Ah c'est la vie. Here are some recent pictures I took yesterday.
That's the view of the toll road going south, the 60+ mile stretch between here and Ensenda has some particularly magnificent views as it passes by the sea.

Sunset over the Pacific, took the picture outside our room on the terrace

Himself....

Enjoying one of his favorite pastimes....

Trying to climb with both hands full... gotta love it.

The assent..

Fixated by the flying whales in Fantasia 2000

Lost....

What you looking at...

Such angelic sleep....

Sleep in heavenly peace...

Well that's it for the pics now, will be posting more when Scarlett makes her debut. Please continue to pray for Sarai as Scarlett is just about ready to come. The doctor said she's already engaged, Sarai hasn't been able to move about too much now, probably due to that. The delivery is scheduled for the 10th but babies are notorious for not following schedules, heh. So until then.

Sheesh, I can't believe I'm turning 24 today, seems like yesterday I was 21 ha!

Introducing......

Yes we know its late, yes we know we are tardy, and yes we purposefully waited until now to introduce the soon coming member to this family. So without further ado she shall be called.......

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Scarlett Sophia!!

No its not open to discussion, and no its not a democracy, haha.

Due to the author's tardiness in not giving frequent posts we shall give a small recap of the last 6 weeks.
January started with a bang, but not a good one, both parents were knocked flat, literally, with a particularly nasty flu bug. Junior caught it, but thankfully it only lasted less than 24 hours. Dad, unfortunately wasn't so fortunate, it took me over a week to fully recuperate. Then on to the new campaign, potty training...
The campaign still has not been completed, Junior is showing his stubborn side, we are determined to stay the course and win the "War against Diapers". On a brighter side, he has started to talk albeit briefly, his repertoire consists of dadadada and mamamama, for some reason he must feel that more he draws the name out the more attention he will receive heh.
He does talk extensively when he plays but we still have not been able to find the translator, maybe we really dont want to...;)
And now off too the next exhibit... photos!

Sleeping as a Muslim.. He really moves a lot in his sleep

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear......

An emotional moment, he really doesn't like those type of costumes.

Wifey, looking stunning as always..

And that's all for now folks. Yes it was a small amount, we are quite forgetful when it comes to photos, but rest easy we shall change. You will soon be inundated, no not literally, with baby pics, toddler and baby pics, mommy and baby pics, all kinds of pics. So until next time, TTFN!

Oh please keep Sarai in your prayers, Scarlett will be coming via C-section. Our doctor told us that if we wanted to have a natural delivery we would need to wait two years after Derek was born before Sarai could get pregnant. Since we didn't meet the deadline the C-section will be happening, and DV without any problems, Scarlett will greet the world March 10th sometime in the morning.

A Late Merry Christmas

Yes I know its late but we were experiencing technical difficulties with our internet so this post was delayed. The first batch of pics were for a card we were trying to make for Derek's maternal grandfather, well I'll let the pics explain:

Take one

Take two: I dont want the hat!!!To help take his mind off the hat we put on one of his favorite videos

Gone....

Don't ask...

Returning to some semblance of normality

And finally a decent one...

This one was one of my favorite, the rest of the pics now were from Christmas day;

Derek playing coy next to the presents, no they're not all his, he wishes...ha

And now we see his photogenicitiy,

With his favorite "uncle Yim"

My present from Sarai... inspired by this..

Her favorite actor, very nice cologne, thank you baby!

And one of Derek's gifts, his other ones will be opened later as we will be celebrating another Christmas with the rest of everyone who wasn't there.

So until next time, Happy new year!

Delinquency

Yes, yes I know I'm very late, and haven't posted in an eon. I thought this would be easier but it never is hehe. Well a lot has happened during this absence from the blog. We celebrated our wedding anniversary, Sarai had her birthday, we went for vacation to see her parents,.....and we're having a baby girl.
Yep! my prayers have been answered, we're not still a hundred percent on the name so we won't announce it yet, I think we'll wait till Sarai's last trimester before announcing it. Well here are some pictures, you know they a picture is worth a thousand words, and well I prefer pictures than typing more and more, so here they are.
PS We tried posting pictures but the blogger won't let us, so we'll try later.

A Quartet

Well its official, our little family is going to increase. We will be having another little Olinger, well here in Mexico it would be an Olinger Lavana, ha. We went to the gynecologist and the lil one is about 9-10 weeks old, a lil over 2 centimeters long. So please keep Sarai in your prayers, thankfully her morning sickness hasnt been so bad this time, though her back has been giving her some problems, but she's doing well and is excited and happy about the new one.
Yes I know some are going to call me or us crazy but oh well c'est la vie.

here's me hoping its a wee lass...

Happy Birthday!

Well this post is for my mom, who had her birthday on August 7th, and for Sarai's sister who's birthday will be on the 13th. We tried to take some good pics with Derek wishing the birthday girls a happy birthday. But the lil one wasnt always so cooperative. Some of the pictures arent so picture perfect but I loved his expressions.

For his Aunt Yosha



For his Grandma

1 year old!

Well on Friday, the little munchkin turned 1 year old. We had a party for him in evening, many thanks to Sarai's dad who helped us get his cake and some other presents. Thankfully he did very good for his first birthday as many kiddos get very whiny and upset on their birthday with all the activity and excitement. As ever the lil one showed off his photogenic side, and well I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

One step for humanity......

Yep, its begun, the little munchkin has started his steps out of babyhood and into toddler life. Oh boy its going to get busy, haha. We got some pictures of him but most of them didn't turn out so well so I only have a couple of pics. We also went to a local water park, and the lil one got his first taste of aquatic fun.