Paperwork

Now that Samuel has made his entry into the world we are now working on all of the paperwork it takes for Sam to make his entry into Japan. Which means that he needs to be a person on paper. Unfortunately, this takes time. Time that we wish would be spent at home (Japan). We miss our little house and our little bed and Sam still has to inspect his nursery. Although we've been enjoying our time here with family and all the support they've supplied (including the roof over our heads for months now), it hasn't really been a vacation. Because I was "high risk" we were restricted on where we could go. So, no day trips to any of the local attractions (Lake Tahoe, Reno, Napa, San Fransisco, etc.) We were just waiting. Mike didn't want to go far either for fear that he might miss the labor. (The whole reason why he's here. Besides taking care of Joshua, Mommy & Baby) Plus, Joshua now has kindergarten to go to, so we are pretty restricted on where we can go during the weekdays. Most readers could not even imagine missing work, but Mike does, along with our daily routine. Not to mention all his vacation time being sucked up. Plus, I'm looking forward to Joshua starting kindergarten at the school on base. I (Joshua, Samuel, and I) may end up having Thanksgiving here as well. To all the friends and co-workers waiting for us to come home, believe me when I say we are doing our best. It's hard being away from home for so long. No matter where home happens to be.

I constantly need to remind myself how blessed we really are as a family though. For instance, Mike is able to have this time provided by his work to spend with us when many people out there don't have such a luxury; that we have a family happy to support us during this time; that we have a very happy, healthy fat new baby boy and that Joshua is thriving in his kindergarten class here. I'm sure that there are many other things but seeing it in black and white helps!

Gotta go. The milk shark (AKA: Samuel) is growling.