2 1/2 years later....

So, here I am, 2.5 years later.  And the well-traveled stroller is still with us.  We've had some great travels since that last trip to Bali- we've been to Malaysia (a trip about which I will never write,  due to Aliana who had at that point hit her beastly stage- 18 months and an absolute terror.)  But then things got better... we spent a long vacation in Thailand, from Phuket to Chiang Mai (over New Year's Eve, which is incredibly beautiful, with the warm glow of orange lanterns filling the sky) to Bangkok for a recruiting fair... and then last year's trip to Australia which was a dream come true...from Melbourne up the coast to Sydney and back to Melbourne, but the opportunities for those blogs have long past.  And we have moved on.  Literally.

Within the past two months we have started new jobs at a new school in a new country with a new home and now (as of three weeks ago), a new baby! 

So here I am, making a new start on this blog. 

Last June, we packed up our tiny 19th floor apartment in Korea, headed back to the states for a few weeks, and then boarded our (32 hour flight at 32 weeks pregnant) flight to Jakarta, Indonesia, to begin our new jobs at an international school in Jakarta.

Here we are just outside my new classroom, on Aliana's first day of school.

We moved into the amazing community of Bintaro- just west of South Jakarta, where the school is, and are so grateful for our new friends and neighbors. 

It's been such an amazing gift to have this new community- especially after being on the 19th floor of our apartment complex in Korea, where there were no other faculty kids...

Aliana has dealt very well with all of the changes so far- new house, new country, new school, new teacher, and now new baby.  It's been a lot, and she has her days, but she's adapting very well.  Here she is, getting onto her school bus at 6:30am. 

There are also challenges to life in Indonesia, but I will save those for my other blog.  This post is about our blessings.  And our biggest is our sweet Chiara Grace.