Seoul--part II

As most of my few readers know, we've lived in Korea for almost 2 years. When we moved here, we lived in Daegu...way down south. Then after living there for 11 months, we were told that we were going to move to Camp Humphreys. Located in Pyeongtaek. About 1-1 1/2 hours south of Seoul. When Bill was on leave...aka vacation for his second week, we were shopping in e-mart(this is the korean wal-mart....but WAY nicer!) and his phone rings. This is a little unusual, since it hasn't rung the entire time he's been on leave. While I'm continuing my shopping, he's talking. It was a pretty brief conversation. Basically he was told he was going to interview for an aide de camp job. This is a pretty important position. You are the aide to a general. He went to the interview. It went well, but due to his timeline for his job, didn't get the job. I was happy!! Not moving again!! Then he was told that his interview would go for this other job. The secretary to the general...and a few other important people. He told me...no way will I get that job. I'm pretty much elated!! Staying in one place. Friday at dinner he told me the person who was supposed to get the job had other things they needed to do, so they didn't get the job. I asked what that meant. He told me he didn't know. Saturday morning he got a phone call. HE GOT THE JOB. You know, the one he knew he wouldn't get. So, with all of this said...we will be moving....AGAIN...to Seoul. It will be this summer. Not sure exactly when. We'll live there for a year. The good news is that we'll pretty much get to go where ever we want to next. I have to keep telling myself there is a silver lining to every cloud. We know that God has a plan for us and we need to go and do what his plan is.

LUKE...I AM YOUR FATHER

Some little boy brought this out to the playground. He said that Creed could use it. I had to call Bill to bring me the camera. He looks like a little bobble head Darth Vadar!!!

You know that you've been in Korea long enough....

When you start eating your macaroni and cheese with chopsticks!!!

Seoul

We went up to Seoul on a Monday. Once we got up there, we decided to take the subway to the COEX aquarium. Let me tell you, taking the subway in Seoul is an adventure with 3 small children. In Daegu, we got on at one stop, got off at the stop we're supposed to get off at, no questions asked. In Seoul, they have several lines on the subway. We were on the yellow line and needed to transfer to the blue line. Once we got off the subway...about 30 minutes later(no kidding!) we walked our way through the COEX mall to the aquarium. I know, strange to have the aquarium right in this huge mall. We made it...FINALLY!!! We got our tickets and started on our adventure. Bill, Jenna, Creed and I are looking at all the cool looking fish. Where is Brodie you ask??? He decided to RUN through the aquarium. It's a good thing we're here in Korea, because that is not frowned upon so much. He did get a big talking to about his behavior though. Onto the pictures.

Jenna and Brodie looking at some fish. This was at the very beginning of the aquarium.

Jenna and Creed looking at some fish. Brodie had run off at this point.Jenna, Brodie and Creed in a divers mask.Creed looking at some fish.All three kids in a funny mirror. Notice how much shorter Creed is to Brodie...not much!!!Oh no!! It's Jaws....or Bruce!!!!This one from the aquarium is just for Mimi. We all know how much she LOVES turtles....not to mention a two headed turtle!!!

Jelly fish and a gigantic crusty crab!!!


Seoul Tower
DENVER, COLORADO!!!View from Seoul Tower. It was a little hazy the day we went. These are kids at recess at a school.A funny sign at Seoul Tower. As well as all of these locks. We're not sure why people put the locks up, but they do.Once we got out of the tower, there was this Korean thing going on. We don't know what they were saying, but we thought it was kind of cool. The kids were getting a little restless though.
These are some views from our room at the Dragon Hill Lodge. We liked the view we got. We did not like the temperature of our room....1 billion degrees!!!!This is a tree with cherry blossoms. They are so beautiful!

I know!!

I know that I need to post some pictures of our visit up to Seoul. I have been SO busy this week!!! I'm the PTO Book Fair Cooridinator. Our book fair starts next week. We had to set up this week. Bill was on leave this week....vacation for those of you who are not in the military. We spent some time together too.....just us!!! It was nice. I'll post next week, either Tuesday or Wednesday. The maintance people will be here both days. One to clean the ducts, the other to fix the floor. Maybe to fix our a/c too. I'm getting a letter from Creed's Dr. to have our a/c turned on for his ezcema. It's starting to get HOT here!!! So, I'll be back next week!

Guess what????

It's Monday!!! That means....SPRING BREAK IS OVER!!!! I'll post later on about our trip up to Seoul.

Creedie Pie

Creed is our very active 3 year old. When I took him in for his well child check, I asked about his speech. He's no where close to where Brodie was at his age. I can understand most of what he says, but then there are times that even I can't understand it. He went in for a hearing test and at that time he had a "flat" left ear and what they call conductive hearing loss. Meaning that at the time he couldn't hear much of anything in that ear.

He is SUPER congested ALL of the time. I've tried EVERYTHING known...without going to the Dr. to get a prescription to get him decongested. Like over the counter meds, humidifier in his room, cool in the house at night, saline in his nose...yes, everything. Nothing works long term. It isn't too bad when he's upright, but sleeping, well it's not good. He wakes up most nights at least once. On a bad night, he can be up three to four times. This means not good sleep for him and for me. So we're both cranky. I do have an appointment with the pediatrician, but of course that isn't until April 18. I'm hoping once I take him in, she can give him something better for his congestion. Of course she may tell me that I have to wait until I see the ENT too. That would REALLY suck!! For the both of us!!!

Bill and I took him back to the audiologist. His "flat" left ear was peaking some, but his right ear was "flat". Both of his ear drums look "dull". I guess when you look at an ear drum, it's supposed to look "shiny" or have a "reflection". Neither of his ears has this. We have to take him to the ENT, but will have to wait until May 20 for that appointment. The audiologist said that most likely Creed has fluid always behind his middle ear and most likely he'll need tubes put in his ears. I'm not sure about his adenoids, we'll have to find out about that.

So, if you're saying a prayer, please say one for him! I'd really appreciate it!