so very tired...

deb took this photo of us in HK at my grandma's birthday banquet - imagine eating for 3+ hours in a 10-12 course meal. of course noah was very tired by the end.

in fact at 3 am this morning we were both up and about b/c he hasn't quiet adjusted to the time change yet. but who can blame him? the 14 hour time difference is enough to screw all of up!

i was in fact VERY worried about our flights to and from hong kong mostly for noah's sake (and the passengers around us). the traveling time was horrible at 23 - 27 hours including layovers. i knew noah would be antsy sitting on our laps during the entire trip as he loves to roll around and such. and the fact is noah is a loud baby. if he is unhappy, all the rows around us would know instantly. i also didn't want his ear to hurt on the way up and down on the plane and i wasn't sure if he was prone to being air sick.

so before we left, i prayed to God that noah would have a good trip (and we would too). i also made a promise that if his traveling was good, that we would donate an extra percentage of our income to samaritian's purse. sorta of a deal that i struck with God.

so when the first half of our flights went well, we went ahead and on faith donated part of the money while we were in HK. and well i am happy to say that we are ready to complete our donation! noah had an awesome trip.

in fact i have to give extra thanks to God b/c i ended up having to go to the emergency room 2x to get checked out. it was nothing serious but with the whole 150 sq ft of living space with noah and david, i wanted to make sure i wasn't passing on something bad to them. in fact with all my fevers, headaches and horrible coughing, noah is fine. david appears to be too! tell me that isn't a miracle.

as we ended 2006, we realized how much we had to be thankful for. it is so easy to see what other people have and think, "why don't WE have that?". i will admit i can get that way sometimes. but then i remember how much we do have and it is MORE than enough. we have so many things and so many blessings. for us to be able to share what we have with others is more a gift to me than to who we give to in the end.

so looking forward to 2007!