Gotcha +4

After all of yesterday’s activity we decided to have a quiet day, nothing more eventful than a swim in the pool.  Mum & Dad got very adventurous and went out with a tuk tuk to visit some temples and wound up at the Royal Lapidary where they bought some nice ruby earrings for Mum and some Sapphire ones for their favourite daughter – aren’t I lucky!!!  Valesca and Phoebe are also being quite the travelers with some retail therapy at MBK and swimming being some easy ways to kill time….Bartering is no longer a problem it seems.

Nate is turning out to be quite the charmer, as he gets more and more confident each day. Also, there is nothing cuter than when he does his “wei” (interpretation = hands together (prayer style) and bowing ones head (used as a greeting and sign of respect).  It is actually one of his milestones that he achieved at about 15 months old.

Today was also pretty well the first day that he has regularly started to acknowledge being called Nate.  We have opted for the shortened version of Nathaniel at the moment as it seems to generate the easiest response.

We also found a food court under this hotel which serves cheap and yummy thai food, and also hands down the best waffles ever.  Now, I know that waffles aren’t authentic nor are they healthy, but it seems that I have lost some weight (I would say at least 5 kg so far) as my pants are all feeling a wee bit loose.  Maybe this is the diet I have been waiting for – the Nate diet.

I meant to mention earlier that we actually lucked out and have both a baby photo of Nate, and one also when he was 4 days old with his birthmother.  We have shed a few tears while looking at them as we can see the clear resemblance he has to her, and feel sad that she does not know what an amazing little person he is becoming.  We will keep the Thai red cross updated as much as possible so that maybe sometime she will enquire after him and know for sure that she made the right decision.