Birthday party for our baby

These birthday pictures are not in order. The ones under this post are should be the first ones in the series. I didn't realize that it would only let me add so few pics and posted the others first. Note Cayden's little shirt with the number 1 on it. ; )

Take this hat off!

Bank is turning into a man right before out eyes. A handsome one too!

Birthday post

Clinton came home from America one day before Cayden's 1st birthday. He had us drive to Bangkok so that we could celebrate there. This was the first birthday in Garsee family history that we were alone. But God was so good to us! Beverly, Clinton's mother, gave us some money so that we could vacation together. We had a wonderful time!  

I'm sorry but I think he may be the cuttest baby in the whole world!!! Look at that face and those dimples! I conclude that he has Colton's smile but looks a lot like Chase Tanner.

Joseph doesn't look too happy in this pic but I assure you he is! He looooves to match clothes with Cayden and was very happy that their whole outfits matched! Colton and Chase suffered through this family tradition of matching but I think I might have to convince Joseph before he gets married that it's no longer necessary to match his brother. ; )

                                                                              Cheese!

                                                              Me and my baby look alike!

Clinton and his baby boy. You'll notice fish in the background! We went to the Aquarium in Bangkok for Cayden's birthday. We had a wonderful time and I was able to practice using my new camera! Got some great shots! More to come

Love
Amber~

So much to tell!

It's Friday night and the baby's sleeping. I'm fiiiinally getting to write on my blog. I've been thinking about writing almost everyday. I finally realized what keeps me from writing..... sometimes when there's so much going on, I get overwhelmed and don't know where to start. You'd think that would be easy, right. Start with the first things first. But in my complex brain, it's not that easy. ; )

Anyway, I want to write tonight about two things tonight

1. My wonderful, awesome, precious, loving giving mother-in-law (mother) bought me my dream camera!!!!! Clinton came home with a Nikon D3100 SLR camera!!!!!!! I even got the extra lens that's 55mm to 200mm.

I can't even tell you how excited I am about this new camera!!!!!! I think my blog will really get exciting now. I've been wanting one of these for sooooooooo long. I've dreamed of having on and blogging and putting beautiful pictures to go with my posts. WELL! now that dream can become a reality. You'll have to be patient with me as I'm learning to use it, but it will be fun in the process. ; )
I'm trying to take pics everyday and work with new and different elements on the camera. I'm also reading a fellow bloggers blog about her picture taking tips and tricks. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!!

2. My day today

We started off at a jok and noodle shop. We love eating jok for breakfast! Joseph was rejoicing the whole way there reminding us about 100 times how much he loooooooooooved to eat jok. Once we got there he wanted to pick the table where we sat...he was scouting the table that had the morning cake on it. Then it dawned on me why he was sooooooo excited! He remembered that this shop has pound cake(or the equivalent)



This was my breakfast...jok (boiled rice with pork and egg). I know! You're thinking, gross! I wouldn't eat that if it was the last thing on earth to eat. But let me assure you, it's wonderful. It has a creamy consistency with just the right salty flavor to it.

This was Clinton's breakfast, noodles with fish balls and roasted pork and lost of veggies. You can see he spiced his up with dried peppers and the orange you see is peppers that have been soaked in vinegar. His was actually better than mine this morning. I was very tempted  to eat his. His drink is a lemony iced tea, however, let me assure you it's VERY different from anything you've ever drank!

This was ONE OF THOSE moments!! and I can't believe I caught it! I don't even need to explain this photo. I think it speaks for itself!

This is a fruit cart that you can find on almost any street corner in our city. One piece of fruit costs $.35. This fruit is so fresh, cold and yummy. They filled the bottom of the glass container to make the fruit cold. Soooo good. If you're ever in my neck of the woods I'll treat you.

We ended our day visiting Thak, our friend and Thai co-worker. She had a nasty accident on her motorcycle that has resulted in surgery. They had to put a metal rod in her arm right under her elbow. She's staying in a government hospital with 30 people to a room. She's handling it like a champ!!

Well, that concludes my pictorial..... threre was much more to the day but unfortunately I didn't capture all of it on camera. I made a yummy stuffed shells with red sauce! It was so yummy my husband at 12 of them!!

Signing off now. I'll write tomorrow about Cayden Truth's birthday and post some pics. If you can believe it he's already a year!!!

Love
Amber~

Sick baby

Yesterday, I took the boys to the beach. I thought to myself, "This will be good! Get the boys out of the house, get some fresh air, sunshine. Boy was I in for a surprise! I forgot HOW HOT IT IS IN THAILAND!! 12pm sun could fry and egg and dry out meat(something the thais do on a regular basis).
Half way there, I noticed that Cayden had a low grade fever and was rubbing his eyes. After 4 hours at the beach, he was done and so was I. Wrestling two little boys alone where water is present isn't a good idea and I don't recommend it to anyone!

Once we were home Cayden's fever spiked and he began to wheeze. This morning he could hardly breathe. I took him to the Dr. this am and she said he had infection in his chest.

Pray for us as I'm a weary mommy with three boys who are wanting their daddy to come home.

Pray for Clinton too. Pray that every mission would prosper for him. We want to see fruit from this trip. Amen!

Love you
Amber

Sweet Baby Cayden playing in the yard. This child puts EVERYTHING in his mouth!! He's making us crazy. I chase him around all day and pull the strangest things from his little cheeks, paper, twisty ties, hair, lent, gecko poo poo, pencil lead, protractors, dice, paper clips, yesterdays breakfast. You name it we've pulled it out of his mouth! He's our little sunshine but i sure can't wait til this part is OVER! ; )

VERY soon I'll be posting some video footage of him walking. Oh so sweet.

My flowers

One of the things I LOVE are flowers! Specifically, Orchids. I adopted the new found love from my husband who's over the top for Orchids. We love them in all shapes and sizes. I thought I'd post of few that are in bloom in my yard as we speak.

Change

The last year of my life has been one of major change! In just one year, I had a baby, had my first son leave home, my third son (Thai) was offically adopted, and my second son left home, got news that our good friends who we been serving with for the last ten years will be moving very far away, and our other friends who we came out here with went back to America, and was told that our Thai boys wouldn't be granted visas to America, which means we won't be going home for a very long time; possibly 3 more years! Now that's a lot of change. Some people handle change gracefully and some don't. I tend to be on the overly emotional side!! I mean when Colton graduated from high school, i cried for an entire month!!

But! God always gives grace! He's so good. Some of the news I've handled with grace like a woman who knows her God and knows He's in control and some news I've shriveled up like a baby and bawled my eyes out until my husband told me I had to get a hold of myself! ;)

I'm excited to see what's next. I'm not one for change but every now and then I like it when God throws us a curve ball. Shakes things up a bit. As long as I have my one love and my God and my babies I'm ready for anything.

love
amber