An Old Wives Tale

Ever heard of the old wives tale that if you have lots of heartburn during pregnancy your baby will have lots of hair? Well that's what they say. I had lots of heartburn with Bailey and she did have lots of hair. And I'm having lots with this baby so I'm intereted to see if he has hair or not. My mom and aunt swear this is true. So we'll see. I guess we could take bets on whether he has hair or not. Maybe it will help the next seven weeks to pass more quickly!

By foot, by bus or by boat!

For those of you who have lived in Turkey or have visited Turkey you will appreciate this story. On Wednesday I needed to go to the European side to have some blood work done. I had to eat breakfast and then be at the clinic exactly two hours after I had eaten not a minute later. No problem right? Except that morning bridge traffic is terrible! I decided to take public instead of driving. Ok I ate at 8:15 then at 8:30 I headed out the door. I walked to the street and caught a mini bus to the boat I was going to take at 9:15. But traffic was horrible and I missed the boat by like 2 minutes! So then I got in a taxi and headed to another boat in another part of town. Thankfully these boats leave when they get full and not a certain time. So I get to the other side and by now it is 9:45 and I have 30 minutes to get there. I hop in a taxi and make it there by 10:00! It took me 1hr. 45min. to get there then I waited for about 10 min and then they took my blood, which took all of 30 seconds and then it was time to start the journey back! This time though I took one bus to a particular stop that went across the bridge and then that next bus would take me all the way home. Sounds easy, right? But as I was walking to the stop the bus I needed to be on passed me! And these days I don't run to catch anything! So I had to wait about 15 minutes for the next bus. Then I was on my way! And I finally returned home about 12:00. Needless to say I took a nap in the afternoon cause I was tired from all the traveling! And for those of you who don't know this is pretty typical travel day for most who live here. So I won't get any sympathy from those living in the city. That's ok I wouldn't give it to them either!

Nectarines

Doesn't she look like such a big girl eating her nectarine? Bailey has loved eating nectarines this summer. She won't eat peaches but she will eat nectarines and grapes. I know the last few blogs have been about food but I promise she does more than eat! But it is about the only time she will sit still and that's because she has to!

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Hello My Name is...

Cutie! Our friends, Byron and Karen, gave Bailey this shirt a few months ago. Since then we've had several people who thought it was cute that we would put a name tag on her shrit and say her name is cutie! I do think my child is cute but I wouldn't write that on her name tag! Anyway it was funny. So just so everyone is straight this is just a t-shirt with a printed name tag "cutie" on the shirt.


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a not so happy cutie

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Oh the joys of learning to use a spoon!

Lately Bailey has been wanting to feed herself with a spoon which as you can see she makes a mess! I know she has to learn but I'm not fond of cleaning her and this mess up everyday! She has gotten better but she refuses to let me help her. When I say "let momma help you," she says "NO!" and pulls her hand away! She's just a tad independent. Must get that from her daddy's side. I know some of you are laughing at that.


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Also learning that ketchup is yummy!

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Love that Chicken from Popeyes!

Yes you read correctly - Popeyes! Popeyes has come to Istanbul! Yahoo!!! We are so excited! On Friday Billy and I went on a date to a new mall that just opened because we heard a Popeyes was going in so we wanted to see for ourselves. When we got there it looked open but they were just doing some training and doing some finishing touches. We met the Vice President of Field Services and a few others from New Orleans and Atlanta. They took our picture and gave us some jambalaya. It was good minus the sausage. But it did taste pretty close to the real thing! So on Sunday they opened and instead of going to our regular place we went to Popeyes. And it was really good. The biscuits would melt in your mouth. Everyone kept going back and getting more! So that was our fun for the weekend! Love that chicken from Popeyes! (for those of you from Louisiana I know you are singing that in your head!)

Billy in line getting our Popeyes...also you can see all the Americans. There were at least 30 of us that went after church!

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Week 30

Ok only 10 more weeks to go before we have a little boy!

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can you tell I took the picture myself?!


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Check out Bailey's new shoes

We went to the Grand Bazaar this week and you know Bailey always gets gifts. This week was no different. She took home a pair of little "Turkish/Ottoman" shoes. They are cute on her and she loves to put them on wear them around the house. She hasn't figured out how to keep them on her feet since they don't have a back to them. But if she has her pj's on they stay on pretty good. She loves to clomp around in them on our wooden floors! I'm sure the neighbors below us are loving those new shoes as well!


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Special Guests

This past week we had a visit from Bill and Becca. It was good to visit with them and have them in our home. We wish they were still living in Turkey!

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Last Week...

we were at a conference that was about 2 hours from Istanbul in the mountains. Bailey got to play with lots of kids her age and older. She can have quite a following at times. We also got to visit with lots of people from Knoxville so that was a great treat! Here are a few pictures of the week.

Bailey was worn out from playing with all those kids

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playing with all the fun stuff the group brough from Knoxville

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Bailey was so tired on the last day that she fell asleep at the table again not even eating her lunch

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