Sydney

Here are some new shots of Sydney - mostly doing her favorite thing - sleeping! :)





Yes we are obsessed with her. :)

Our Home

My Mom took some photos of our house here in Miri & I thought that I would post them - mostly for Deby who is chewing my ass up for not showing her what my new digs look like! :)

This one is for you Deby...haha!


backyard
screened porch
Screened-in porch
Entry way/base of stairs
guest bedroom
Sydney's room
master bedroom
master dressing area
upstairs sitting room
front yard
front parking area
front area
downstairs sitting & dining rooms
study
laundry room
kitchen
kitchen

Sydney is 3 weeks old!

Sydney turned 3 weeks yesterday. She is opening her eyes & really starting to check stuff out. She is a great eater & growing like a little weed. I can't believe my Dad left today after being here for 2 weeks & am grateful I have my Mom for another week! We are done with jaundice/photo therapy & are starting to get on track with a schedule. Syd is great & we have taken her out a few times while she is sleeping & gone to local restaurants - we have about a 2 hour window to get her back home before she wakes up. She's a great baby - a beautiful girl & we couldn't be happier. New photos posted below - more posts soon when I am not so tired. :) She wanted to party last night so we didn't get much shut eye.

Sydney with Papa & Grammy

Sydney, Daddy & Maxiums

Go Horns!

Sydney & Mommy

She's Here!

Sydney Gray Albrecht
Born February 4th, 2009
7:34 a.m.
7.5 lbs., 21 inches

Born by semi-emergency c-section
Baby & Mommy are now home & doing fine.

We are having a baby - tomorrow!

Update on the arrival of the baby! I went to the doctor yesterday & based on my high blood pressure he wants to let us meet our baby Wednesday! I came to the hospital today thinking I was having some tests done to prepare for my 7am arrival tomorrow but they admitted me so they could watch my blood pressure & just get me ready for tomorrow. We are expecting to be new parents around 8am our time! More news to come! We are so excited! (I guess you can see that by all the exclamation points?)

Travel Whip Lash

Julia & Brian left a week ago today - wah! It has literally taken me every day of this past week to recuperate! I think I might have overdone it a tad especially at over 8 months prego - and I also got a cold along the way but am feeling much better now & getting lots of rest.

It was hard to pick just a few photos to post so if you are interested in seeing more you can go to:

http://photobucket.com/heatherbali

password: kualalumpur

Bali is more beautiful & diverse than any place I have ever been. We only visited 2 towns & now I cannot wait to go back & explore more!

Our travels took us to Kuala Lumpur where we visited the Batu Caves (http://www.malaysiasite.nl/batucaveseng.htm) a sacred place for Malaysian Hindus, China Town for shopping/bartering, the Petronas Towers & then dinner.

Dinner in Kuala Lumpur

The Batu Caves
Petronas Towers

The next morning we flew out of KL & to Bali where we stayed 2 night on the Sanur Beach at the Puri Santrian Beach Resort. We had no idea it would be so peaceful & cheap! It made Mexico look expensive. We chilled the first day & took a boat with just us out the second day for snorkeling & a visit to Turtle Island. The fish were spectacular & the animals at turtle island seemed to be treated very nicely - which made me happy of course.

Beach at our hotel

Kenny at Turtle Island

Our beach

Hindu God statue at our hotel

After 2 days at the beach we took a van ride about 45 minutes into the hills to a town called Ubud where we spent the next 2 nights. We stayed at the Tjampuhan Resort & shopped, ate, walked, visited the spa & pool and chilled out some more. The resort was built into the hills which made for fantastic scenery but lots & lots of stairs. Luckily my friends were great at helping me around & making sure I didn't fall or slip! We also took a taxi ride out to the rice fields & were amazed by it's beauty.

Rice Field & Hindu statue with offering

We got back to Miri from Bali on Friday & left Saturday morning to hit Brunei & the Empire Resort. We didn't bring the right camera lense for that portion of the trip - oops. We got back to Miri on Sunday & then Tuesday took a boat ride down the Miri River - lots of water type shanty housing there & passed many locals with their daily fishing finds.

Julia & I are already talking about when we can go back to Bali - :) :) :)

Baby Update

We went to see Dr. Mattu on Friday last week & learned that the baby is still breech. Then the ultrasound showed that the umbilical cord is wrapped twice around the neck so....instant decision for surgery birth! Baby is doing fine & very active, we just get to pick his/her birthday.

My folks arrive on February 11th & we need to pick a day the week of February 9th...Kenny is opposed to February 13th (Friday - who knew he was so superstitious?) so February 12th it is if the doctor is available. I will find out tomorrow.

Now that we have a date on paper this is coming up pretty darn quick. Time to tie up loose ends!

Too bad my body doesn't know it will be a surgery birth & is stretching to get ready - ugh! People don't tell you about these things!

So all is good news and everything is expected to be fine - no worries! We are still waiting to find out if we will have a daughter or a son & have 3 names picked out for each so we will decide when we meet him/her.