Updating our blog has been on my list of things to do for the last couple of months. We've been busy, though - Lisa was here for a couple of weeks in July, and then we went straight to Thailand after her visit. The Pancoasts traveled with us there and we had an incredible trip. Kaiya was a champ and definitely had to be flexible along with us and our traveling hours and interesting bedding situations. We opted not to bring the pack n' play with us, as we were going to have to take the train on our way home, and it is enough work just navigating through the train station with a stroller and suitcases without adding a pack n' play into the mix. In Khao Lak, however, we discovered that they did not have a crib for us. Kaiya ended up sleeping in a make shift fort-type structure composed of two coffee tables turned on their sides piled on top of each other and pushed up against the wall. All that to say that we had a wonderful, memorable time. Feel free to check out the Pancoast's blog, too (there is a link on the side of our blog) for pictures and more details.
Hyatt finished the desk that he has been building. It all began with a brainstorming/design session with Brett one evening when nothing else was going on. Then it just grew and evolved from there. What you see in this video is the finished product! It was really quite amazing how Hyatt would just make these trips to Homac (our Home Depot type store here, although definitely not Home Depot) and come home with another trunk full of tools/stuff. The metal pipes that he worked with were interesting, in that he needed to cut them. With the language barrier, that was a little interesting at the store, as he had understood that, for a small fee, they would cut them there. However, later that afternoon I discovered that we were the proud new owners of a metal cutting power saw:) You're probably getting a bit of an idea of this process. Now just picture the fact that the desk was built in our bedroom. Let's just say that we were thankful when the plan all came together into this incredible work of art! So, there you have it. The story of the desk.
On top of all that news, Kaiya has finally decided to start walking! This video was taken on August 26, and she is actually walking much better now. In fact, she chooses to walk much more often than crawl these days. It's been such a fun process watch her slowly figure out how walking works and get more and more steady as she practices.
Finally, we had our ultrasound today, and received the exciting news that we're having another girl!!! So, Kaiya is going to have a sister... and we don't have to redecorate the nursery! Now we just have to come up with a name. It's so hard to believe that there is another one out there that we will like as much as the name "Kaiya", but we will just have to start looking:)
