Saturday

We have a car and it is much nicer than the last one. Ron rented it for an entire week and I am so excited. We will be able to do a lot of things and most importantly go grocery and clothes shopping for Kiomi and family. I want to say thank you to Aunt Mandy and my parents for their generosity. I love you guys and the money will mean more than you know to Kiomi.

Kiomi, Phillipo and her niece are all in the room sleeping. I thought I would sneak out and update the blog. I was getting cabin fever.

It has been raining every day and it looks like we might be off water restrictions. The water has been on all day today. Praise the Lord.

I think we are going to try and go to church in the morning. They have a big fishing tournament here today and tomorrow and we are going to try and watch them bringing in the fish. Sydny would love to see that! We also have a birthday party to go to tomorrow (it was cancelled last Sunday)and Sydny will also enjoy being around other children.

Ms. Solis, Sydny has talked about her classmates and she wants to bring them some sea shells we found on the beach. I know she misses her friends. She also has a new friend named Dee Dee. She is the same age as Sydny and she goes with us everywhere...and yes she is make believe. It is the cutest thing listening to her talk to Dee Dee. One of her favorite things to do is to go down to the beach and push her on the swing.

I know my posts are boring but there is not a lot of excitement happening. I will try to post more tomorrow or Monday.

Kim

Friday Evening

Tomorrow Landon will be two months old and it also marks our three weeks here. Time is going by so fast and so slow all at the same time. Our flight is scheduled for next Friday on the 7th and hopefully on Monday we can find out if we will be able to keep our original flight or have to change it.

Kiomi showed up today and she and Phillipo took a long nap in our room. I am sure they enjoy the cool of the air conditioning and the softness of the bed. Poor Phillipo is covered from head to toe in insect bites. He has sores all over his body from scratching. If I had all the money in the world, I would rebuild this poor little island and give everyone a nice home to sleep in bug free along with plenty of food to eat.

Sydny has a fever again today. Ron and I have bad colds but no fever. Landon is STILL coughing. We talked to our lawyer last night and he is going to try to get us in to see a pediatrician...now I didn't even know one existed until last night. He has coughed up mucus three times. He coughs so hard you think he will cough his little lung out. Please continue to pray for him.

We are going to try again tomorrow to rent a car. It is very difficult trying to find a car to rent. We want to go back to Laura Beach and also do some shopping for Kiomi and her family.

That is all for now. I apologize if I have typos but I am tired.

Kim

got milk?

They don't here. At least not the kind of milk that we are used to. You know, cold, in a gallon jug, good ole' cow's milk. Here, milk is shelf stable and comes in a one liter box with a plastic flip open lid. It is not all milk or real milk but a milk product, a product of Australia, called "Paul's Milk". Scary. I finally found some different real milk that was twice the price, about $3.00/liter, in the same type box, and again, not refrigerated. I was so excited about the find that I bought four boxes at once. Turns out, it's not much better. In fact, Kim likes it less than Paul's Milk. I think she's just partial to the name. I chug down what I can each morning so that I get my vitamin D. The true milk expert is, of course, Sydny. She likes neither very much. Every time we make her daily chocolate milk, she complains that it doesn't taste very good. So, in addition to not eating very good, she's not even getting her daily dose of chocolate milk. Poor girl. She used to love chocolate milk. Baby brother has not been the only change in her life. Thank God for simple pleasures in life like fresh, cold cow's milk, maybe with a little Hershey's chocolate added in.

Pictures

The picture of the clinic is where we go to the doctor.

Wednesday

It is Wednesday here and we just finished up eating breakfast. Sydny has not been eating much since we have been here except for snacks. All we hear all day is how she wants something else meaning a snack. Child cannot live on snack alone. We went to the doctor yesterday because Sydny was still running a fever and he put her on antibiotics. The doctor also weighed Landon and he was 11lbs 3oz. two weeks ago and now he is 11lbs 15oz. He is almost a 12 pounder. I am glad he is gaining weight despite the bad cough. He said his lungs sound fine and that he must have a reactive airway... I will be at our doctor's doorstep the minute we get home.

Kiomi and her friend came by on Monday for a couple of hours and told us she was going to another island for a few days. She will be back on Friday. We are cherishing the time we get to spend with just us and Landon.

Those that know us well know we love Mexican food. On Friday nights at our hotel is fiesta night. I had a couple of tacos and they were yummy. Tuesday nights are pizza and pasta night and Wednesday afternoon is sushi...yuck. Ron will be eating sushi all by himself today.

Sydny continues to struggle with having a baby brother. Sometimes she can be so sweet and she brings him his blankie or pacifier. Every time I am holding Landon or trying to feed him she throws a fit and wants me to hold her. It is sad to see her get so upset. Needless to say, Ron and Landon are having a lot of bonding time.

The Embassy called us this morning to let us know our documents are in Manila where they will be processed. They are going to call us back with a tracking number at some point so we can track them coming back to us so that we will know when to book our flight home. That will be a glorious day.

By the way Samantha, we did bring roach and ant bait but I guess the ants don't mind it. :)

Bye for now,
Kim

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Sunday

It is Sunday morning here. We had grand plans to go to church with one of the other families here and then go over to their rental house for lunch. Sydny woke up last night with a fever. We gave her some Motrin and it seemed to help. Ron and I both have congestion in our chests but I am feeling fine over all. Ron is not feeling so great. Landon is the same as usual. We decided to stay in today so that we don't get their kids sick. We also have a birthday party to go to later today but we will have to see how everyone is and play it by ear.

We haven't seen Kiomi in a couple of days. I have a feeling she will come today but do not know. Yesterday was uneventful. We stayed at the hotel all day because Sydny had green snot pouring out of her along with an earache. If she is not better today we are going to the doctor tomorrow for sure. Landon only has one more day of antibiotics and I am sure the doctor will put Sydny on them.

As I mentioned in a previous post, we have ants in our room. I am at breakfast by myself this morning and the little critters keep crawling on me. They must have been all over the computer when I brought it down to the restaurant. The other day we were eating lunch and I felt something crawling on my foot. I looked down and it was the biggest roach I had ever seen. It creeped me out so much. Now when we are eating at the restaurant, I keep my feet off of the ground.

We have been able to Skype my parents and Ron's mom almost everyday. We have a webcam so they are able to see us even though I know they want to see just Sydny and Landon. My mom told me yesterday that she was going to cook us a homemade dinner when we get back to the good ole U.S. of A. I am so looking forward to that meal.

I am rambling so I will close for now. I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Kim