Miscellaneous

Well here are some recent pics of whats been happening. Yes I know its been awhile since the last post. Hopefully there will be more pics coming soon as soon as I can get it off a friends camera. Scarlett is doing pretty good, quite a happy baby. Derek though is entering his terrible twos with full force. But besides that they're both very well. For those who might have been wondering about the whole swine flu in this neck of the woods. Its been basically unseen here, besides people worrying and wearing face masks. I think there have been only 4 cases here in Baja California, though I cant remember for sure as some places said it was one, others 4 and others none. But oh well alls well that ends well. And here are the pics

1 Month

Well a month has come and gone, boy that was fast. Scarlett turned a month old yesterday. She's doing pretty good, still doesnt sleep by herself the whole night but she doesn't cry much so that's good. Here are some pictures of the last month, of Scarlett and Derek. Sarai started to do "school" with Derek, flash cards, pre-writing exercises, etc. So here are some pics of that. Don't mind the underlined text for some wierd reason the blogger set it like that and I havent been able to change. Well without further ado here are the pics, hope you like it.

Sleeping...

Well Scarlett is now two weeks old, thankfully these last few weeks have been pretty good. She sleeps soundly pretty much for at most of the day though she hasnt got that down pat yet at night. She sleeps pretty well at night so long as she is next to Sarai so that means mommy doesn't sleep so well. But on the good side she doesn't have the colic like Derek did. Well are few pics I took of her while she slept.

Daddy's Girl

Well here are the pics I promised. Mother and baby Scarlett came back today. Its nice to get out of those hospitals. That particular one, I'd been there three times. Twice for when our kids were born, and once for my knee surgery. I don't have a lot of time to type a blurb for each pic as Scarlett's going to bed as I type. So without further ado, here she is....

Here She Is.....

Well today was the big day! Sarai had the C-section and everything went well and Scarlett was born. She was 50 cm. and weighed 3.2 kilos. This post won't be too long since I'm here briefly to put Derek to sleep before going to back to hospital to be with Sarai. Pictures will be forthcoming soon. If all goes well Sarai and Scarlett should be coming back Thursday morning so please keep them in your prayers. Thanks so much

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.