Here we are together at home in a rare family photo. He's also gotten quite a few visitors to come and see us here at home. Among them was my good friend, Kenny Marshall, his girlfriend, Khun Tai and our friend Khun Jum. Too bad we weren't able to get any photographs from their visit.
Earlier this month, my colleague, Khun Jae and her husband, Khun Sak, came over to visit Nio and spend time with us. Nio was a little spooked by the visit with all the new faces, but I think that Khun Sak was even more stressed out. He's a big guy and he's a little scared about handling tiny babies.
Later that same evening, Nio's cousin, Khun Toy came to visit him and pick up Nio's grandmother to go back up country to Sakhon Nakorn. Khun Toy came by bus on a ride that took twelve hours for him to get to Bangkok. He stayed for less than eight hours, and then got on a bus with grandmother for another twelve hour trip.
Everyone at my office, my clients and a lot of the other people I work with on site have all been delighted with Nio's birth... and they have been sending gifts... and more gifts... and more gifts. There has truly been a tremendous outpouring of love and sharing.
One of Nio's favorite gifts at the moment is this stuffed animal — a dog with a music box that you can wind up by pulling on his tail. Kanittha and I have named him "Blue". This cute toy is a gift from my officemates, Khun Jeab, Khun Ros and Khun Mouth.
The biggest downside to the miracle of having a son around is that I don't have as much time to work on my online computer projects. But, Nio is very understanding, so he comes in to visit me whenever he can take a break from his busy schedule. Although we do try to keep the exposure from all the high tech gear down to a minimum by keeping the visits short.
One of the amazing things about Antonio is his tremendous range of expressions. We haven't figured out exactly what this cute expression is all about, but he puckers up his lips into a real tiny mouth and then opens his eyes wide and lifts his eyebrows high. We call this his "kissy face". Simply hilarious.
Even though he's barely a month old, that hasn't really stopped him from taking a tour of Bangkok. He's gotten tucked in securely to his basket which has an effective five-point harness, which in turn locks safely into a base unit that transforms the basket into a car seat. The basket alternatively locks into his trolley, which has gotten him to Central World, to La Villa, to Big C... and most recently he's gone to visit Siam Paragon.
Here we all are together having a late lunch at Café Chilli over at Siam Paragon. Nio really enjoys riding in the car, and in his trolley as well. He stays nice and quiet, except when he's hungry or needs a quick change of underwear. I suppose that as his needs get more complicated, he's going to get a bit more complicated as well. We're ready for that too.
