Welcome to Thailand

Well, we made it to Thailand! We had good travels and a minor visa problem that we think is resolved. I liked the colorful airplane seats on ThaiAir.

We're staying in a nice basic apartment about 10 minutes from the hospital by "song taow." It's a truck that holds maybe 8-12 people and picks up people along the road. It's our main form of transportation and probably what will take us to the hospital! Yes, they drive on the left side here.

We went to the hospital yesterday for the first time. It's clean without being sterile and cold. We weren't set on a doctor, but we liked the one we saw and think we'll stick with him. The best part of the visit was the ultrasound where we all looked at the screen together and he explained everything we were looking at. We saw the four chambers of the heart, his legs, face, and even his tongue that he stuck out at us! Eric was most impressed with his large boy parts.

After visiting the hospital we walked to a nearby mall to look around. On the way we stopped to get this video.

In the evening we made our way to the outskirts of town (in a song taow) to the big grocery store. It was better than a Super Walmart. They had everything we could want - or as much as we could carry including things we haven't seen in 18 months like Miracle Whip and Campbell's soup! Plus they had great things like a box of Panang curry and you just add chicken or whatever. We were really excited about the Australian Tim Tams that come in seven different varieties here, Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup, and a pineapple for $1. We also picked up toiletries. Can you identify the three different languages?

We're thankful to have made it. Thanks to everyone for thinking of us. I'm still having trouble walking, but it's probably just gonna be that way until he's born. We're starting to explore a little too. Eric went for a run today and made it to a nearby national park. There are also numerous great cheap restaurants and small shops near us. What a blessing.