400th post...

Wow, somehow that feels memorable! Actually there are a couple memorable things in this post like remembering the week when Elijah began "real" food, got his 6 mo shots & us having a good time w/ friends....

So the REAL reason we went to Thailand was for 2 wks of conferences-we just decided to tag on time w/ Mom & Dad D since we were going to be there anyways. Most of our days were sitting @ desks either studying the given text, talking through issues or coffee breaks. However, we had a couple nights off & had a chance to hang out w/ some friends in similar work.

Here's dinner out @ an Arabic cafe...


We had a free afternoon so we spent it getting Jah's 6 mo shots...he didn't cry for the 1st one, what a guy :)


Well after the Dr. visit we took the sky train to meet friends for dinner. Elissa tried to video our ride but the 1st train was too full so we got a clip of our failed efforts to ride;)


So that night we headed to a night market there in Bangkok & found some fun sights along the way...here's J & Jah on a big wooden elephant in honor of Dad D's collection...


J & our friend Andy had fun @ an antique shop w/ swords.

We couldn't find anywhere to change Lij so this cart had to do.

And the video to boot...

This video shows the carts in action...

And the carts weren't the only thing gracing the streets of Bangkok that night...

Here we are heading to the supermarket to find baby cereal for Elijah - we'd planned on starting him once we returned to Aceh but Jah decided otherwise...



J & Jah enjoyed a quick dip on the last afternoon of conference #1. J was done studying but E still had a bit to go & was jealous of that fact(!)esp since Lij had his 1st babysitter this wk & we were excited to spend any spare moments w/ him.


The last night of the 1st conference was a cultural show...here's a dance from the Philippines.