One week down, one to go

This week has been busy to say the least acting as a single parent. Ava got over her icky illness and thankfully Chloe nor I became sick. Chloe helped me put up our Christmas tree (pics to come after Jeff returns and helps me stand it up straighter- it's leaning a bit to the left at the moment and I need help to fix it). It's a really pretty tree and I was very excited to have a nice tree again after the last two Charlie Brown trees.


Actually, it's hard to believe it's been a year now but this time last year we were in Bangkok awaiting the arrival of little Ava.


I received word that our crate has arrived in the port and now it is just going through customs and then will be delivered to our door sometime next week or the week after. The sooner, the better I say. Even though Jeff will be gone, it would really be nice to be moved in to our new place before he returns. Then, we could maybe even be unpacked before Christmas. I just can't wait to have a stable and permanent, comfortable apartment once again. We have been in transition for so long and I can't wait to unpack for good.


We got a lot done this week while Jeff was away. I finished putting together furniture and have started cleaning up the apartment in anticipation of moving.



Last Friday before Jeff left, we took a very short trip to the ocean. It was a beautiful day and a wonderful drive through the national park exploring around this great island. Here are some pics:



This is a hot spring coming out of the mountain side




And the gorgeous ocean

And the gorgeous children

And of course, their gorgeous mother. :)

And the gorgeous children with their handsome father. Everything was extra pretty that day.