Koh phi phi

Have you ever seen "the beach" with Leonardo? It was playing at every little cafe of the streets, it was a slam dunk with the travelers.  Koh phi phi is where the flick was filmed and it was sooo pretty.  Kind of a tourist trap with high rollers everywhere, but let me tell you, it is so worth seeing.  Brandon- our lonely planet friend- told us not to come here and all I can say is I'm glad we didn't listen to that fool.  He told us to go to baby land - ko lanta instead.   We took a snorkeling trip here and barley missed the crowds{check out those boats loaded with peeps below}.  Scram! They were packed to the rim with Asian tourists

That's a little shot of the coral. I love the colors under the sea

Monkey beach.  I don't like monkeys.  Don't get me wrong, back in the day I wanted a pet monkey just like MJ until I got attacked by a baboon in Vietnam.  Did anyone see the chimp lady on Oprah? it freaked me out, they can be mean little blood thirsty suckers. 

The foliage on monkey beach was weird because it was a mix between tropical plants and cactus, me likey. 

So perty! I was like starstruck when we rolled into this bay. The water was turquoise, but had little jelly fish everywhere that left our skin stinging.  

Adam took his turn with the camera for a bit.  

The sleeper boat on our way to Koh Phi Phi after six hours in a bus. Some lady got all her belongings stolen while she was sleeping so we slept with our bags under our pillows.  You see that backpack? That's all we brought. 

ko panang

Ko panang is the party island in Thailand.  It's famous for its full moon parties, where five thousand hippyized travelers creep to put on their rave.  We would wake up at 8 and we were like lone soldiers on the beach, it was totally deserted.  Then three would roll around and hippies would stagger out of their huts and play with their fire torches on the beach.  we told peeps that adam and I met traveling, got knocked up a couple months ago and now we are just   "rollin with it."  

There was this wooden thing in the water which was like a people magnet.  They couldn't get enough of it



The main ko panang strip.  It was littered with guys dressed like Jesus wearing no shoes.

If Adam wasn't married, I swear he would've run away with this ho. She worked wonders on him.  We got a massage a day because it was like $6. Suckas!
 Ko Panang was a breeding ground for rusty poodles.  It was like the twilight zone.  They ruled the joint

Thailand - ko toa

Thailand was so dreamy.  That's what I call a vacation, eating, swimming, shopping...  Amanda and cubby told us all the hot spots to creep on ko toa.  It was one of our favorite islands because of the snorkeling and the cool rock formations on the beaches.    brace yourselves for many more pictures to come. It kind of turned into a photo journal of Adam, so sorry.  

 I really can't believe that I'm posting this blackmail picture. I'm probably going to regret it, but I guess I don't care none.  My belly grew so much just during the three weeks we were away. By the end, my clothes didn't fit anymore.  Adam said the phrase of the trip was, "I'm hungry."  All we did was eat, this baby kept me hungry all the time. 

We went on a snorkeling trip one day and it was amazing.  At the end of the trip, they took us to this tourist trap island that was like a disneyland.  My core temp was like 10 degrees higher than normal,  I don't know what I was thinking going to a hot, humid place pregnant.  My face had a constant sheen of sweat. 

This was the Disneyland island they took us to, sure was perty!

look at all the fishies in the background.  Adam went diving at Ko Toa - he saw two whale sharks and the instructors were going ballistic.  Adam yelled whale shark and they all stopped what they were doing and jumped in the water to get a glimpse. Too bad I couldn't go diving. wahh, wahh

we loved all the rock sculptures along the coast

our bungalow.  we splurged this trip and got places with a/c.  I really don't think I could've survived without it. I'm not even kidding, it was so hot, that the water was like warm bath water. baby! Check out Adams smirk.

we met the guy who is currently writing the lonely planet Thailand guide book in ko toa.  I tried not to act too star struck and we picked his brain on where we should go.  He told us to go to ko lanta, which ended up being a baby magnet and small family destination. oh really. he must have seen a glimpse of my baby bump and assumed that we were dead beats.  He also said that dengue fever was spreading like wild fire in these parts, i scary.  

it's here..

So, adam and I are in Thailand. My belly is like a circus attraction these days, all the locals giggle at the size of this thing and ask me "how many?" Meaning, how many months before the baby goes wahh. Today adam even dug a hole in the sand so I could lay on my tummy and sun tun with all the other traveling fools. I love thailand. This place is the dreamiest destination for travelers yet. Adam and I met the lonely planet dude that wrote the Thailand book and just wrote the Iceland version. I was trying hard not to seem too star struck, but lets face it, this guy gets paid to travel. My favorite thing about Thailand? how could I forget, the long fingernails on men and the long 3 inch- no shame hairs growing out facial moles. hot.

After taking a 16 hour nap yesterday, we woke up and ate, snorkeled, ate some more and got massages. This island, ko toa is a breeding ground for poodles. I don't know what it is, but they are everywhere. Anyhoo, I won't be posting pictures for a couple of weeks, so until then - peace out suckas! you better believe you'll be getting your Christmas presents this year from your truly - Thailand

chadam baby

every heard of morph thing website? this baby is a morph of adam and I, creepy huh? please don't look like this baby. i scary. You can morph yourself with a celebrity and make a baby.

poor poor soul

A couple of nights ago, we get this call at 3:30 am.  Adam answers and Amanda is on the other line, frantic.  She was home alone framing for her photo show when a piece of glass broke and sliced and diced her leg.  Adam is a fun person to tell when you get hurt or something because he not only takes extreme measures, but he fears the worse.  We couldn't pick her up because we locked the keys in the car that night {surprise, surprise} so Adam stayed on the phone with Amanda until Dennis got there to pick her up - you know, just in case she passed out and died or something{in Adams mind he thought she was going to die}.  I could hear the whole phone conversation and all we could pick up was, "I'm bleeding," "a piece of glass cut me" and "it hurts." It freaked us out.  The next morning I get another call from Amanda. She's crying uncontrollably and all I can make out it "hospital" and "blood."  I rushed over there and this blood awaited me at the front door.  The crime scene was pretty amazing - Kenya got loose and was acting wacky. she even started biting and jumping on me as I got inside the house. Kitty was crying of hunger and the place smelled of death.  There was Amanda in the kitchen with another blood bath.  When I got her on the crutches, the blood rushed to her feet put her over the edge with pain so I carried her to the car. Super human strength I guess when crap like that happens.  It was pretty classic for the neighbors to get a glimpse.. a pregnant chick carrying her twin's bloody gimp.  Poor poor soul.  We made friends with all the other patients at the hospital.  One guy had to get stitches under his finger nail and the other was a homie-G  girl who was born and raised in orem and got "jumped" in San Diego.  She was our favorite.  Amanda was a hit at the ER.  The homie said she would sue the F out of the doctors for leaving her high and dry the night before.  

Bleeding after stitches? those interns have some bad carma coming their way. 

pittsburg lake

A couple of weekends ago, we went camping up American Fork canyon at Pittsburgh lake. I rode solo as the only chick {it was sad}, but it was cool and I must admit.. my biggest motive to go was for my dog to finally get some exercise.  We passed not one, but two boyscout groups on the way up - they were embarrassed that a pregnant lady passed them, so long suckers!  Drew busted out his fly fishing gear and it was pretty dreamy.  I made tinfoil dinners that made everyone sick{literally}, oopsies.  The hike was pretty gnarly, I was walking snail speed.  We have to go camping more next year team.  No one is going to wanna camp with us because we are going to be that lame couple with a screaming child. My dad taught me a trick today.. Your in the car and your baby won't stop crying. What do you do when the Binky doesn't work?  Mix some sugar with water, give that baby a little of the poison and it will sedate them! I'll be using this trick all the time. 

The dogs both wore backpacks to carry our junk, suckers! 

that's drew flyfishing in the background.. 

nesting?

so, everyone keeps asking me, "are you nesting yet?" yeah, right.  It's the last thing on my mind these days and I'm thinking I'll just get all that crap a month before the runt is due.  i dunno, when are these instincts going to kick in? I'm starting to think that I'll never be maternal.  The only thing picking my brain is.. winter clothes, traveling, and moving into our house.  Being pregnant is pretty cool though because you have this thing that lives off you.. isn't that called a parasite? anyhoo, I've been buying baby vintage clothes at the DI and I started to look at my collection and realized that they all looked kind of like, well... costumes. great, my kid is going to look like a carnie. 

Thailand + malaysia

So... We just bought tickets to Thailand..tonight.  A total impulse thing I guess because this is how our conversation went.

Adam:  Wouldn't it be nice to go to Thailand?

me:   Yes please.  Especially before we are both prisoners with this runt

Adam: you wanna go? 

me: sure. When? 

Adam: next week? 

me: OK. 

And that was that.  Its kind of silly because I'm so far behind with painting for a show, but I would rather pay for it later and have fun now, right?  We are going to look like the high school couple who got knocked up and ran away.    I'm so excited I can hardly sleep.  We've pretty much been living with a family for the past two months, yes two months.  Amanda came over and was like, your life is so classic right now.  Its a long story, but we found this guy on craigslist as a handy man and contracted pretty much our whole house to him.  He said it would take a couple weeks,  yeah, that turned into 6 months. no joke.  And don't worry, he brings his wife with him, his kids, their cousins and their pets.  We would feed them dinner and everything and I'm checked out with these runts man.  Beat it!  They've become like part of our family and it's getting out of hand.  Can't wait for some breathing room in the tropics. 

kitty batch

our kitchen.  The house finally feels like its coming together. tomorrow we are going to move in our boxes{finally} and start living a normal life.  They just finished the studio  and all the wood floors - I will post pictures as soon as we get a little settled.  

this one was the runt, she was so dang cute, but feisty. 

minus is our wild bobcat without a tail and she just had the scrappiest, cutest litter of kitties.  She's wild alright, we couldn't find her kitties for almost a month when adam saw some little faces peeking out of a hole at the top of a tree.   They were wild too and were hissing at us.  But, they warmed up and within a week, we found homes for all the little scrappers{Amanda and cubby included, hea hea!}  I have an appointment to get her fixed, but we are thinking of getting her knocked up again... hmmm 

this is all thats left of our river right now. sad times, sad times.  In the middle of the summer, adam would jump in the river to cool off.  Next year we are going to build a mean swimming hole. 

that black cat in the background is storm.. i love her.

up the canyon in AF