Heading to Houston!

Yee-Haw! Howdy y'all we're heading to Houston today (Monday) to stay with my folks in Coldspring! We can't wait to see everyone & wish Kenny were coming with us but we will have to wait 2 weeks until then. We leave Miri at 4:30 then fly 2 hours to Kuala Lumpur where we change planes & fly another 2 hours to Singapore. We have a 6 hour layover in Singapore before we board another plane for Houston. The plane to Houston stops for fuel in Moscow where we will have to get off & then re-board. We arrive in H town Tuesday at 2. Wish us luck & happy (not miserable crying baby) travels!

This is a photo of our friend & Ken's coworker Travis at our house. Travis & Ken worked together in Houston & now Travis has moved to Miri. Too bad no one at my house likes him right? This just cracked me up - he has the whole gang! Ha! Keep sending the good vibes there Travis!

This is a photo from our bbq Saturday. We are lucky to have found such good friends here! The only ones missing from the photo are Solomon & Jacqueline and Debs' husband Wayne. Clockwise starting at the top: Travis, Kenny, Dominique
next row: Alison, Debbie, Drew, Debs, Leonard & Andy

This group has folks from around the world: Unites States, Cananda, New Zealand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Malay & Chinese) & Phillipes.


This is Syd & Ashley (Leonard & Alisons daughter)

Another First!

Sydney sits up all by herself! You have to put her there but she can hold it for a few minutes before toppling over.

Otherwise, things are hot here which makes it tough to get outside a lot. Syd loves her Bjorn & faces front now. Ken is enjoying his first week at work & I'm excited about my trip home after being gone for a year. Life is good!

Sydney Growth Progress

Here is a recent photo I found of her that shows how much she is growing! She is about 15 pounds now & no longer hates being on her tummy - she loves it! She can roll over from either side on her back to her front - so now she can roll her way wherever she wants. She will push off & scoot on our hands if we put them by her feet.

No teeth yet but we are keeping a close eye out for them. Everything within her reach now is her target so we have to really watch the coffee! She can hold toys in her hands now & take them from you.

And she laughs. It's lovely.

Best of all? Yesterday I reached out to her when she was lying down & she reached her arms back to me - Kenny & I both saw it & just died. It hasn't happened again - yet! :)


PS: She is feeding constantly so we finally broke down & tried her on some rice "pudding" or whatever that stuff is for babies. Crash loved it. Sydney not so much. We will do it again tonight & get a quick video of her expression. Blech I think would cover it!

Albrecht's update (posted by Ken)

Okay all it has been a bit since we posted anything so here's the latest with us. We're in Brunei for the last 2 weeks waiting on my work visa. We'll go back to Miri next Monday (July 6th) and I finally start with Baker Hughes on Monday the 13th. This has been a long process of changing jobs. Way longer than if we were still in Houston. We've been making due at the Empire Hotel.

http://www.theempirehotel.com/hotel.html


Sydney is 5 months now and in the middle of a growth spurt. She's been eating and sleeping a ton. She can roll over and grab her toys now. She'll be scooting and crawling soon. She's trying now but her baby motor skills aren't up to par yet. Oh yeah she loves to scream now. That's fun. Here's some new pictures of her.

Sydney going to the pool. She loves swimming.

This could be a problem. :)

She really likes being on her stomach now.

She looks like a boy in this outfit but who cares because she's too cute.