All Eyes on Bryce

Bryce is cruising and climbing. He heads B-line for the electrical outlets. It is fun to watch him develop.
Thai's love babies. Everywhere we go Bryce gets so much attention. He eats it up, the big flirt. He likes to play shy...kind of a peek-a-boo. Everyone comments on his smile and happy demeanor.

Bryce trys to do the wash

In am attempt to catch Bryce crawling, we set him down and he made straight for the washing machine. The video would have been longer, but we could not let him actually open the door as we had already started the wash. Anyway he is a crawling fool.

On a Scale of 1 to 10 it Was a 13

Per June's request......

Our first meal out on the town was at a restaurant named Lemongrass. We were getting cabin fever and eager to see nightlife in our new big city. So we walked 2 mini blocks (about an eighth of mile) to a neighborhood joint. Bonnie ordered Green Curry with Duck and Ramiro had Red Seafood Curry (to simplify what they called it) and we shared a Coconut Soup. They use no reservation to kick it up a notch. Spice that gives you not only a bead of sweet on your brow but turns on the faucet in your nose and eyes. There were many red peppers in every dish. A few new veggies and seasonings that we have never seen before, but Ramiro ate them anyway (we'll see how that turn out tomorrow).

All in all the food was quite good (when you could taste the food and not only the spice). Not too bad for a shot in the dark two mini blocks from your bed (and bathroom).

Thailand Address

Bonnie, Ramiro and Bryce Mougey
American Embassy
Box # 13
APO, AP 96546

Sometimes you might have to play with the address electronicly
If you need a number before US use: 1
If you can not select AP for state use: CA but ensure the city has the both the APO and AP

If all these methods fail use super snail mail:
7200 Bangkok Place
Dulles, VA 20189

Our phone number is still: 410-793-1191
Please be mindful of the time change: Eastern Standard Time + 12 hours.
Pacific Standard Time + 15 hours.

We Have Arrived

For those of you wondering, we all (even Morgan) arrived safely in Thailand. If you did not know that we were moving, well we were and now did. We are currently staying in temporary housing, however our permanent housing is ready, we have the keys, but due to the logistics, we are moving in on Monday June 9th (which will actually be the 8th for most of you). We will be living on the 24th floor in Unit E.

In terms of the flight, we all did quite well. We first flew from Maryland (well actually Dulles, Virgina) to Los Angles. On this flight Morgan was in the cabin with us and Bryce was fairly content to eat, sleep and look around (we caught him standing up and looking over the seats at the other passengers (especially the crying two year old directly in front of him). We then spent a relaxing week in San Diego and Santa Barbara before heading out to the far east.

We flew from LA to Tokyo which was an 11 hour flight. Bryce did quite well, as expected he was a bit fussy (especially after about 8 hours, but then again we all were), but never really yelled or cried (thank goodness). Morgan was not able to accompany us in the cabin so we had to send him in a master suite (ok it was a crate with a bed and bath (box) in the front). The airline folks commented on how nicely the crate was packed. Anyway after the long hop to Japan, we took another short hop (7 hours) to Bangkok. Bryce was such a trooper (he slept about 6 hours).

So we arrived, picked up Morgan, and our luggage and got to the hotel. We are still working to adjust to the time change (yes it is 1:30 AM right now).

It seemed like a good idea at the time

So we decided to do one of those things that seem like a good idea at the time ...



As many of you know we like to compete (well participate in really) in triathlons and there is a great tritathlon right near our house (well old house now, but we'll get to that) called The Columbia Triathlon. For those of you who do not know, a triathlon is a swimming, biking and then running race; Columbia is a one mile swim, 25 mile hilly bike and 6.2 mile very hilly run. Since Bonnie was unable to do this race last on account of being larger than normal around the mid section, we decided to do the race this year as a last hoo-rah before moving. Since we had to sign up last October, we did not realize that the race would be the day before the movers came to pack and move all of our stuff.

Well we did the race and in fact we did quite well. Bonnie beat her time from two years ago by over 10 minutes. So two years older, AND a new baby, yet she kicked some butt and took some names (Bryce even got to finsih the race too). Ramiro was 10 seconds slower than last year, but who is really counting.

So tri'd and a bit sore, we got up the next day and were ready for the movers. Now all our stuff is in boxes and we are living in a hotel for the next couple of days, till we head to Lia's, then California, then for the grins of it all we think we fly to the other side of the world - Thailand; for a threee year tour, a threee year tour.

So although it seemed like a good idea at the time; it was, and we are both really glad we did the race and are excited about the move.

"Please Folks May I Have Some More?"

Bryce was having a bite to eat when he looked up and noticed that his bowl was empty. He held it up and clearly stated that he wanted some more. We did not respond quickly enough so he decided to copy the dog and lick it clean.

Kids - go figure.