Bath time!

Rubea really loves to take a bath. She wants to play in there for an hour or more at a time.
Since she can not sit up, she has to be held. ugh........She is not easy to hold up, either. So, I got the not so bright idea that I could get her a floatie with a seat in it to hold her up, then she could float around and play in my bath tub! SHE HATED IT!!!! So, the boys decided they would use it and have fun! lol

mmmmmm.......

The cake balls I made....they tasted great! I need to practice

my *dipping* skills.

The Hunt with the rest of the Family.....

They are all so cute!

Easter morning.....

Looks like they all got an egg or two!

This STINKS!

I can't sleep!! I slept about 4 hours on Monday night and Tuesday night.
Last night I slept 6 hours. Here I am up at 5:20 am. I NEVER get up this
early....unless we have a Dr. appt. Maybe I am becoming a morning person!
LOL No, I doubt it, surely I'll get past this!!!

Ok, I need to switch the laundry.

Carla

The Name will be.....

........Nathan!!!!!

The day we were with Suda, she talked to Note about his name.
His first response was he didn't need another name. She asked him later
about a name and gave him a couple of choices. He chose Nathan.
Which, of course can be shortened to Nate...can't get much closer to
Note than Nate! For now, he is still Note.

Tonight, we asked him again....Nathan was the only name he liked!
He sure can make some faces when he doesn't like something! LOL

The rest of the story....

Mime at the weekend market

weekend market

weekend market

mmmm.....pig stomach!

Suda and Note

So, we did get our Visa Friday afternoon! We did some shopping and lounging around on Saturday. We hit the Night Bazaar Saturday night. Sadly, we did not buy much this trip.  

Good for us, though! We just didn't find much...

Sunday we went to lunch and to the *weekend market* with our friend Suda.

She was one of the Thai workers at the small orphanage Kaylea and Note

were in.It closed about 18 months ago. She was such a doll to take us 

shopping and spend time with us.It was good for Note to have that 

closure, too! She spent time talking to him and explaining a few things

to him for us. She brought a bunch of his papers, updates, pictures, etc from

CCC and then a photo album they made for him and some extra pictures

from a trip he took. We feel so blessed that so many people loved him

and had so many pictures of him for us. I know when he is older, he will

appreciate so many pictures from his past.

We checked out of our hotel at 3:35 am on Monday and headed for the

airport. Note loved the first flight to Tokyo. The next flight he couldn't 

seem to get comfortable and was a bit restless. The last flight he slept 

all the way home.  

The kids were at the airport waiting for us! They seemed to overwhelm

Note, for about a minute. He and Ethan are big buddies now.  They all 

finally went to bed about 2am. Dad let them jump on the trampoline at

midnight... ;-)  I am certain that is what wound them up for the next couple

of hours!! Note and Ethan BOTH slept in their own beds....that is a

big accomplishment for Ethan!  

Today, daddy has the boys getting hair cuts... Note is happy! 

 

We are all happy!!

Love from the Lamberts,

John, Carla, Johnathan, Emilea,

Note, Ethan, Kaylea, Owen & Rubea

We are home!

We had so many issues with the internet the past few days, so I waited until we were home.

I'll add photos tomorrow and do a real update.  

Just wanted to let y'all know we are home. Safe. Happy!!

Where did I leave off??

Master Phaken!!!
Making the little chick *chirp* I showed him once and that is all it took!!!!

At the board meeting, before he got sick....poor baby!!
Joe Cool aka Note with the Hamburgular??
His new toy...BARBIE'S friend! LOL He says he is saving it for Kaylea!! Likely story....

I wasn't suppose to be taking pictures at the Coach store, but you know me.....the Rebel! I risked my life for my sisters and daughter!! hahahaha

I think I'll share our experience at the orphanage yesterday....

We went back to take our donations and visit with Phaken. 

He is a little boy that we really wanted to adopt, but, 

realized that we needed to find a family for him, instead! 

Luckily we found an awesome family and we will get to visit him

and watch him grow up! He has arthrogryposis, the same disability

that Kaylea and Owen have! Just like my 2 he is bright and 

NOTHING stops him! 

Thankfully he is going to a home where 2 of his siblings also have

AMC (arthrogryposis) So, this is nothing new to this family either!

This little guy was so much fun to play with. We played for 2 hours.

His family is going to have soooooooo much fun with him! 

I laughed and giggled so much yesterday! 

Apparently the volunteer took him and another child to the 

developmental doctor one day.  She had another volunteer with her

to help out. Phaken had his turn with the doc, so he was sitting 

in the back of the room with the volunteer. 

The doc was asking the other child questions (you know, 

to see what they knew) and Phaken is sitting in the back of

the room giving the answers before the other child had a chance!!! LOL

We have just been hanging out for the past 24 hours. We had to cram so much in

the first few days, I think we wore Note out. He has been tired. Plus, he is still not

feeling well. But he is a trooper! I think we'll head out to the night bazaar again

tonight. We need to do some shopping!

Until tomorrow........

Carla, John and Note

He melts my heart...

Immigration and visa paper work.......
Joe cool.....while we are making copies.......
Playing with his gum......ugh........
Night bazaar.........
Daddy and Note.....(he tries to dress like daddy!)

.......everytime I hear him say *mama* He has such a timid little vioce! 

I am sure it will not last, but for now is very sweet. 

He giggles at everything, too! Or, at least he is today.

I forgot to mention before that he vomited several times yesterday 

in the taxi on the way to the embassy. After all of our running around 

we went back to the hotel and slept.  He seems much better today. 

We are done with most of our work.We just need to pick up the VISA! 

Apparently there was a *malfunction* with the internet and the email 

to D.C. did not make it...so we did not get the Visa today. 

Hopefully...tomorrow. 

Especially now that we finally have a ticket for him.

Oh, and of course we will be going back to the orphanage tomorrow to take 

CANDY to the kids and of course the donations. 

But, handing out candy is the BEST part! 

I could do that every day!! It is so much fun to play with the kids.

I will get to visit 1 on 1 with my favorite little Phaken. 

We tried to get Thailand to allow us to adopt him and Note at the 

same time....until we were approached about Rubea. 

We knew she was meant to be ours, so we told them we would

only be adopting Note. We didn't have much of a chance anyway. 

However, my very dear friend is adopting him and she sent me to 

Thailand with a complete wardrobe for this baby, complete with a 

memory card for my camera to fill with pictures and video. 

So, we will be meeting him tomorrow around 10 am.......LORI!!

(give Leo a hug from us...we are thinking of him!)

Ok, boys are restless, so I guess we are off to do some more shopping on the streets!!

Good Night from Bangkok!