Christmas In Bangkok: Sensory Overload

photos taken with Nikon D3100

St. Regis
St. regis
in front of the four seasons
four season lobby
killi says “hey! i’ve been here!”
outside of four seasons
the beginning of Christmas sensory overload- it only sang the first line of gangum style… kill me now!
along walk to the Earwin Shrine
look at that love
christmas “art” on skywalk from BTS chitlom
central world

Coming from the Bible belt, I have always seen a beautiful display of Christmas decorations with nativity scenes, angels with their trumpets, Christmas trees, stockings, Santa Claus and his eight tiny reindeer, and (most of the time) delightfully tacky Christmas light displays.  When I left the Bible belt for a predominantly Buddhist country right after Christmas, all I could think was “I might not have Christmas like this for the next four years…” and that was a hard pill to swallow.

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One down. Three to go.

Enjoying Thai(ger)land!

Enjoying Thai(ger)land!

As of today, it has been one year since we left home and everything we knew. One year since we started on an amazing journey that in all honesty, I could have never imagined for our lives.

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Killi Therapy Week 12: Finished… For Now…

Our first successful, stress free, peaceful family outing!

Our first successful, stress free, peaceful family outing!

Our twelve weeks of ESDM Therapy has come to a close. It’s amazing how far my son has come and how much he has changed in such a short time. This has been a very trying time in our lives as a family and as some of you can relate, having a “special” kid is exhausting and overwhelming but those times when you get a big hug or you truly see a difference in your child’s development, you seem to forget all of the hard times.

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Crazy Bathroom Signs of Thailand

Killi’s doc, Ali, came across these winners when he was on his way to Hua Hin (a beach a couple hours away from Bangkok). Thank you Ali for sharing!

Sometimes all I can do is shake my head at these signs and other times I am truly amazed at how ones mind works to come up with them… Oooooo Thailand.

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Killi Therapy Week 9 & 10: It’s Been A Total Blur

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I will be honest week 9 went by so fast I couldn’t tell you what happened. We were going to therapy and everything was normal and then we moved. Although the move was only a few sois over it still took a few days to prep and the entire weekend to unpack and organize. Killi during this move was a real trooper. To be honest, I thought he handled it quite well. The first night we were in our new place, he went to bed at 6pm and didn’t wake up until 6am. It was awesome. My biggest concern with this move was how it would effect his development, I was seriously worried that this would have set him back but it didn’t.

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Killi Therapy Week 8: If Toddler Ain’t Happy, Ain’t Nobody Happy!

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My family moved to South Carolina when I was four years old. As long as I can remember and could read, we had a sign hanging over the door that I would read to myself everyday that says “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” The sign is still there and it makes me smile every time I leave the house. As I think about it now, I have to laugh because how it should read is “If toddler ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy!”

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More Crazy Signs of Thailand

This winner is on soi 53 off of Sukhumvit. I love how the sign is so visual. Just incase you aren’t sure what a dog looks like when they have “to go” and what it will look like when they are finished here is a picture to clear that up….

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