Winterish!

Judah's 2nd Birthday!








Making Christmas Cookies!


Our first Christmas Tree!


Judah riding a train at the Christmas Market.

Videos!

There was this band playing and Judah fearlessly ran in the middle of the crowd, in front of the band and danced away!



This is Judah's friend Kayne. They love each other. They also love riding bikes in the house. Kayne is half Indonesian.

Fall and First Snow

some randoms...




Bugs!!!




This is Judah's thinking chair for when he watches Blues Clues!












Judah's first snow!

Summer

Hello! I am going to attempt to play catch up and just post a ton of pictures and some videos from the last 7 or 8 months.

Enjoy!G

This is Leah and Judah sleeping in the airport on our way back to the US from Indonesia.

Help! Disney has stolen our children!

Taco Boy

We have been very busy lately with school stuff and finding new jobs for next year. i promise soon I will post some stories and pics. Until then you will have to just enjoy this little video. By the way, supposedly the Indonesian government blocked the use of youtube within Indonesia because of a video that has an anti-islamic message, but I was still able to upload this video.

Enjoy!

The Painted Boy!

Yesterday we went down to Tanta Cindy's art room and let Judah explore some of his creative outlets. He started with clay but that quickly went in his mouth. Then we let him paint a bit and you can see for yourself how that went.

Birthday, Carousels, and Trampolines!

Amidst the massive malls, with sonically loud music, lazy shoppers, exploding arcades and weird animal rides (i will explain some other time) we found a piece of serene beauty, a breath of fresh air as if all the stars were aligned in our favor. In most people's minds this would be a gorgeous sunset at the park or an expansive view of the ever-reaching ocean from a towering cliff. However, in what has become our general state of mind, what we found would not fit the usual notion of peace.

We found a juggernaut of a jungle gym, tucked in the back corner of the world's largest Ace Hardware store. Full of screaming kids, swinging padded things, and colorful plastic playroom balls, this beast was a welcomed sight as we are constantly in search of ways to entertain our "spirited" child, Judah. Spirited has become our euphemism for possibly, hyperactive, relentlessly energized or frantically fidgety, feverishly frenzied, freak of a child.

I did not have my camera on me but I took a video of this experience with my phone. We have definitely learned that Judah is afraid of nothing and is capable of pushing his way through anything to get what he wants.



here is another video of Judah riding a carousel at the same mall. He seemed to really enjoy it! Again, it was taken with my phone so I apologize for the quality.



Here are some pictures from Judah's birthday party about 2 months ago. I forgot to post them. We just had a few of Judah's friends over. Isabella, Kiana, Kolea, Nea, and Nolan, and Pramana, apparently the only two boys born in Indonesia around the same time as Judah.

Judah giving Nolan the death stare. "No longer can you push me around!"


Judah and Pramana, the most intense Indonesian ever.



Judah with Tanta (Aunt) Cindy!