Day 3

The last 2 days have been good. Still 85 degrees and 90% humidity but am getting used to it, and since I heard it was snowing in Kennewick, WA I enjoyed laying out by the pool in the sun for 30 minutes today even more! The boys had fun playing in the pool, and although it was a little cold for my taste, they didn't seem to mind at all. I am looking forward to the day when they are all strong enough swimmers that I can just sit by the pool and watch instead of having to get in.

Yesterday we took the boys to the zoo. It was quite an experience getting there with our 2 child stroller in such little cabs with no trunk space. Although I know it isn't as good for the animals, the cages were much smaller than we are used to and the animals were very close so the kids really enjoyed it. I am going to try and put some video of it down below (this is an experiment and hopefully will be successful so that I can post some of our first view of Trey tomorrow).

Then, my parents, myself and my mother-in-law went to an international buffet with a traditional Thai Theater production. I think I had a bite of about every thing they served. I got to try some new exotic foods that I had never heard of, and while I can't say I enjoyed them all, I did enjoy the majority of them, even if I couldn't pronounce them. The show was really neat as well, such beautiful costumes and dancing, although I don't think there was a spoken word, just music and sound effects. It was enjoyable, so much so that my mother-in-law fell asleep! Some of us are still suffering from jet lag, especially after a good meal and then when sitting in comfortable chairs in a nice cool dark room!

Today we got to experience the weekend market. It boasts to be the one of the largest markets in the world with over 15,000 vendors and over 200,000 people every weekend visiting it. It was an interesting mix of old vintage clothing (we even saw an old Baker University T-shirt!) to different animals, homemade crafts and traditional souvenirs as well as plenty of knock-offs. I bought a Gucci watch knock off for 18 American dollars. Doubt it lasts very long but thought it worth the try. I am constantly amazed at how many people there are wherever you go and every time you get on the train no matter what time of day it is always full! I do not know how people can live like this everyday of their lives, it would drive me crazy!!

Thanks again for reading, tomorrow is our big day, we get to meet Trey finally! These first two days are always so hard you wish they would just let you keep him because once they are in your arms it is so hard to give them back even though you know it is for the easiest transition for them.

Day 2

First a correction on yesterday's blog, it took us 30 HOURS not minutes to get here, thanks for pointing that out Diaz! Sleep deprivation does funny things to my poor typing skills.

Well, another day down. We are enjoying the 85-90 degree temps but the 90% humidity is a good reminder to me as to why I do not miss the Midwest, whew! We took the boys to the ancient city here in Bangkok, a neat place where they have a bunch of old relics and houses on a huge area of land. It would have been fun to read about all the temples, ruins and houses but with 2 little boys we were on the go quickly so didn't get to learn much about the history. Thanks Allayne for the nice recommendation, the boys did have a great time.

Still no pictures, like I mentioned earlier forgot my cables to connect my camera to the computer and today I forgot to take the Flip! Am hoping my memory improves as my sleep gets caught up.

Boys are tired and ready for bed so will sign off. Not sure what we will do tomorrow (I can't believe Lance didn't have a day to day, hour by hour itinerary of our whole trip!) but hopefully I remember the camera and have some nice video to post tomorrow. Our first sign of Trey won't be until Sunday but I am sure that will be here before you know it!

Thanks for reading!

We Made it!

Well, it was once again a long trip to get here. It still took us 30 minutes from the gate in Pasco, WA to the gate here at Bangkok so it didn't save us any time leaving closer to the pacific ocean as I thought it would. Oh well, we are thankful to be here, after getting over an hour and a half delay on the FIRST plane, then getting our plane seat reservations "lost" on the San Francisco to Taipei, Taiwan we ended up arriving here in Bangkok right on time. The boys were wonderful and so well behaved, so much better than the nightmare I had expected (they will probably save that all for the plane trip home!). I think taking the red-eye on the longest leg of the trip really helped for them. RJ actually slept almost 7 full hours (although he has always been a great sleeper), Jack also got almost a total of 8 hours together. The little booger outlasted me, I remember really trying to keep my eyes open as he asked me for the 100th time when the oxygen masks were going to come out from the ceiling of the airplane. He was very safety conscious and payed attention to the stewardess's instructions and literally spent hours studying the safety brochure they leave in all the seats. He seemed very preoccupied with crashing (I was kicking myself for letting him watch those Lost episodes with me!)

I have forgotten my cables to connect my camera so that I can upload pictures, but now that I am here I am going to break out my little Flip video camera so stayed tuned there should be at least some video clips to watch (if I can figure out how to do that).

We will keep you updated, stay tuned.......!

FINALLY!!

OK, we are finally leaving today. I know that I sent our a plea for prayers in regards to the paperwork we were needing to get to travel as had been planned on Thanksgiving day, so thank you for all of those who did pray, the paper I needed got done and in time, but they changed our date to travel anyways!! I was so mad I didn't feel up to sending out another mass email so sorry if you hadn't heard.

We are finally leaving today. Not really looking forward to the 19 hour flying time plus another several in airports but will be excited once we get there so I will try to post daily updates and pictures and if you aren't a friend already look me up on face book as I will update that too! Thanks for reading!

Fall Update

Well, for those of you still checking this blog, here is our update.

We are still awaiting news on when we get to travel to Thailand to get Trey (that is the name that has stuck and seems somewhat fitting for our third little boy). I am hoping it is anytime now and definitely before his 2nd birthday in December.

Above is a picture of RJ and myself on his first day of 1st grade. So hard to believe he is already 1 month into his 1st grade year! He was a little nervous as this was his first foray into public school and the school bus, but now he is an old pro and I think (although he won't admit it) likes it. His Kindergarten teacher definitely did an excellent job of getting him ready and he seems to be way ahead of his class when it comes to reading and math, thank you Mrs. Foss and Kingspoint Christian! Although we do miss having the Christian influence on his life daily, it is so much cheaper and more convenient to have him at public school near our home. We must be saving hundreds on gas alone!


We got to celebrate G.G.'s (that is great grandma, Lance's grandmother) 90th birthday this summer. She looks so good and seems to get around so well for someone of her age. If it weren't for her bad knees I think she would still be out chasing around after the great grand kids. We love her so much and pray for her health and comfort daily.

We took a trip up to the Cascade mountains with my folks this summer. Although it was brief, we had a lot of fun and am hoping to return next year for a longer trip. This was the boys' first experience in fishing and thanks to Grandpa they all caught a fish! We stayed at the cabin in comfort but am hoping next year we will "rough it" for at least one night in a tent away from it all. It should be interesting to say the least with 3 little boys but I am looking forward to the chance.

We also had a couple of the cousins to our house this summer. RJ and Jack sure had fun playing with Parker and Avery and we are hoping they, and all their other cousins can find time for a visit next summer now that we have the back yard finished off and a nice place to play and visit. Maybe next year I will have money for some patio furniture so we can enjoy it even more!

Well, I hope all of you stay tuned as I am anticipating a trip to Thailand to pick up our new little guy soon and will definitely do daily updates while overseas for anyone interested in our adoption travels! Hope you all take care and email me dlbeeson@charter.net. I so love hearing from all of my friends and family. You can also look Lance and I up on facebook now!

Happy Fourth of July

HAPPY FOURTH EVERYONE!!

I wish I could post a cute little picture of the boys in their red, white and blue clothes with nice cute little sparklers, but I had to work today, never got around to buying any cute matching little clothes, and am so exhausted after a really tough week at work that I put the kids to bed and am planning on heading there myself! Lance did take the boys to the parade in Pasco, if you could call a few cars, a couple of bad marching bands and of course, the Shriner's driving around in little cars a parade. It is a poor excuse for a parade, but I think the kids have fun which is really the point anyways.

The past couple of months have been pretty busy. RJ finished up school so Lance is keeping both the kids home for the summer. RJ is taking golf, which he really enjoys, and that makes Lance happy since he loves it too! They are now going to the driving range together too which is a great thing for the both of them to get to do. Jack is at home too, so Lance is keeping extra busy. I feel guilty that he has to do so much as I have been working a lot to try and save money for our upcoming trip to Thailand, as well as pay for some unexpected medical bills.

Jack had to have some very expensive dental work, which I hated to do, I did not want to put him under general anesthesia, but to pay so much for teeth that are going to fall out! But, it had to be done, his teeth were literally starting to rot, the product of no prenatal care. He does seem to be eating better and he no longer complains of his food being too hot, so I guess if he is more comfortable and it will prevent permanent teeth damage then it is worth it.

We got another update on Trey (that is the official name we have come up with and it has seemed to stick for the past several months). He had to be hospitalized for a stomach virus and dehydration for 3 days but seems to be doing well now from what we have heard. Above is the latest picture we have of him. He looks a lot like RJ did at that age I think. His eyes are slightly more almond shaped than RJ's but they seem to have a lot of other similarities.

Well, hope you all (those 3 of you who are still checking in!!) are doing well. I just want you all to know I count myself lucky to have friends and family like you, and I count my blessings every night before I go to sleep. I feel so privileged to have been given such wonderful friends, family, husband and 2, soon to be 3, beautiful children that I sometimes wonder why God is so good to such an undeserving sinner like me. Praise Him! Take care and love you all!

Happy Easter

Beeson Family with Grandpa Pete and Grandma Neola

Well, sorry it has been so long since our last post. There have been many times that I have thought about sitting down and updating friends and families, then those thoughts pass fleetingly by as I hurry Jack to the bathroom or ice down RJ's latest boo-boo.

We had a wonderful visit to Denver over Spring Break to Lance's grandparents, Pete and Neola as well as his Aunt Connie. It was cold but despite that the boys had fun playing with their cousin Connor. It was so nice to see Pete and Neola doing so well.

A couple of months ago Lance decided that we should do a duathalon. It was in Portland, we would make a weekend of it and it would be fun. I was shocked that Lance actually wanted to do any form of exercise so I readily agreed despite my working 11 to 12 days out of each 14 day span since the first of the year. the good thing was that we were able to write out a check in full for the costs of our new coming son, that bad part was a lack of time to train properly for the race, but I figured I was in good enough shape from my daily runs however to get me by. I guess I was wrong! Despite running my 5K heats in under 28 minutes (which is pretty fast for this slow methodical former marathoner) I was still almost last in the entire race! I got passed by every single person out there on the bike, no lie. I was absolutely the last person to come off the bike in the entire race! Talk about a little embarrassing, luckily I was able to catch a few people on the last run but I wasn't expecting to do so poorly on the bike. I mean there were much older people, even much younger people and a few people that hardly fit on their bikes, just fly by me like I was standing still! I guess I need a little more practice than just one 10 miler in the last 3 years on my bike if I ever expect to get any better. Lance did well for his first race ever and I think it has encouraged him to keep going, which I find great, because if you know Lance at all, you know how long it has actually been since he did any form of exercise and I am very proud of him for choosing a race and a goal and sticking to the training and doing it! You go big guy!

The race also gave us an excuse to get away to Portland and see some old friends, eat some good food and go see the Blazers vs Lakers game. I thought it was a lot of fun and it made me long for our "big city" days and got us both thinking about possibly moving to a bigger city again someday so we can have those opportunities to do those type of things again.

The boys had a very nice and exciting weekend as well. They got to spend the night at Grandma Jamie's. They had a great time watching movies, doing Easter crafts and going to Easter Egg Hunts. We do so love to having Jamelyn (Lance's mother) so close by and we do not know how we got along without her before. She is so wonderful with the boys and they love her so, it is truly a blessing to have her so near. We feel so blessed to have our familes so close by, I personally feel so blessed by all the things the Lord has chosen to bestow upon me. It actually brought me to tears this morning as I sat in church, singing his praises and thinking of how good God has been to me and my family and I hope all that read this can say the same.

Well, stay tuned, I am going to try so hard to post more often. We are started our 6-9 month wait for Trey (that is the name we have all decided on for Teepop, as RJ made me very aware that Cooper rhymed with pooper so that was not a very god name). So hopefully we will be going back to Thailand soon to get our new addition.