The Countdown Begins!

Now that Christmas is over and things have died down a bit it is time to start preparing to leave for America. We leave on January 17th. I have lots to do to prepare before we leave this time since we will be returning with a little baby girl. I have started to get out all the clothes I need for her when we return and prepare her room. Zeb and Kayleigh will start to share a room when we get back and our little "butter" will take Zeb's room. I decided that it has become officially blog worthy to tell everyone that my kids refer to our little one as "butter". John tells Kayleigh imaginary stories about our family at night and he has nick names for each of us. Kayleigh is jelly, Zeb is toast and well it just seemed appropriate to nick name our next child butter. Since we don't want to reveal her name until she is born Kayleigh and Zeb call her "baby butter". The name has stuck with our crew and now everyone refers to her as "butter". My only fear now is that when she actually does come out our kids will call her "butter" instead of by her real name!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Today is Hayley and Charlie's last day in China however I'm not sad because we are getting on the plane and heading to America with them. We leave tonight at 12am to start our trip around the world. We should be on American soil around 10am Saturday morning. We have had a low key day of packing and doing last minute stuff before we head to America for 3 months. We had one last Chinese meal and our whole crew came over for one last T.V. night to watch American Idol before we head to the airport. Speaking of "lasts", one of our dear friends Ellie is leaving and returning to the states for good. We have been with her for 5 years. We are going to miss her very much but I am happy for her as she starts a new adventure. Tonight will be full of goodbyes.

Leaving for Thailand

We have about 3 and a half hours until we leave for the airport to go to Thailand for the next 3 weeks. I am not sure how much we will be able to blog in Thailand because the internet is limited but we will try to write as much as we can. It will most likely be sporadic posts here and there in stead of everyday as it has been the last few weeks.




Kayleigh eating her last lunch before we leave for the airport.




Our luggage receiving last minute items before departure.

Parents Leaving

Above is a picture of us with John's parents. They have been here for three weeks and left today. We are so sad to see them go. We had a great time with them and will miss them dearly. We are so glad they got to see our life here and get to know our friends.