A Week in the Life: Monday

Today was a big clean up day! Ben was on his way home from his trip and I wanted to get the house picked up before he arrived. 

The morning started off with an episode of Handy Manny on TV. Ethan has just been getting into watching tv, and I must say that it is really nice sometime to have them both sit quietly and watch something while I am trying to get breakfast ready, clean up... or just accomplish anything. 

 I couldn't stand it any longer... I decided to try and use the stove even though it is out of commission... or so I thought! It worked perfectly fine! Wish I had known that over the past week! 

 There was two loads of laundry to fold and Ethan was my laundry helper... I told Ethan that I would pay him 10 cents for every piece of clothes that he folded... 

 He did a pretty good job... and made $10! LOL!

 Then it was nap time... Bella usually has quiet time in her room for the first half of Ethan's nap... today, she fell asleep. So all three kids were napping at the same time! Ahhh... silence! 

 I woke Bella up from her nap and dropped her off at Jaimee's house while I left Ethan sleeping to drop Liz off for work. I came back to Jaimee's to pick Bella up and this is what I found... 

Two crazy monkeys!!

 Bella and Liam doing acrobatics on the couch...

   

Daddy came home from his trip with stories of the best Italian pizza and fresh squid he'd ever eaten! Along with pictures of his hotel overlooking the Italian coast... Um HELLO, hard life?!?!

 Ethan eating Soowha for an early dinner snack... Soowha is his code word for cereal. 

 This is their favorite part of the day... when Daddy comes home to play. Bella and Ethan LOVE IT! 

 Bella in her frog princess cape! 

 Just call me Eva!!!! I won't lie... This is what our floors looked like after Eva's Express Cleaning whipped through the house. 

That's Monday... The End! 

A Week In The Life... Sunday!

A week in the life of Bella, Ethan & Emalina.

Two years ago Julie and I did a week in the life of our girls... Go HERE to see That week! Crazy to think that since then, I have had two more kids, left Altus, moved to Germany, said goodbye to many good friends, said hello to new ones... How time flies!

Good morning Sunday! 

This is how this sweet little girl wakes up everyday! Bright eyed and beautiful! Emalina went to bed with me around 11 Saturday night... woke up at 8am to nurse and then went back to sleep until 10:30 when I woke her up to nurse before we headed off to church! Don't hate me because my kids are beautiful... sleepers! LOL! 

 

Ben is TDY in Italy, Scotland, and the Azores... Tough life! I was secretly really excited for him though, because this was his first flight in the C20! Go Ben! 

We actually managed to get out of the house and be on time for Church! A miracle! 

 We hurried back home for some lunch... I feel like my kids have lived off of hotdogs, mac and cheese (the microwave kind nonetheless) and yogurt this past week, as Ethan broke our stove top with a Pam cooking spray can and we are waiting to get a new one... So Needless to say, I have been a super healthy mom, feeding my kids super healthy meals... At least they are getting fed! 

After a quick lunch we headed off to drop Auntie Liz off at work and then headed out to our friend Kim's house to go for a walk (he husband is also out of town this week). Kim and Derek live in a beautiful village called Gries. 

After our walk it was time to head to Awana at Church. Bella is in cubbies this year and had LOVED the program! Here she is in her fabulous princess of the most high king crown! 

We then headed home and scarfed down some pizza, before heading back out to get Auntie Liz from work. 

Auntie Liz in the BEST story teller... as she is Bella's first pick to put her to bed at night.

Goodnight Bella!

And then it was Insanity time... Liz and I went hardcore with Shaun T for 45 minutes, while Emalina watched on in her swing.  

The End!

Here are the links to all our friends doing A Week in the Life this time:

Julie

Mandi

Jill

Jaimee

Laura

Happy New Year!

I hope you all were able to ring in the New Year with friends, festivities and lot of fun! 

We had a fun, but quiet New Years. 

Abi and her family always have Pork and sauerkraut on New Years Day, so we decided to try our own rendition of Pork and sauerkraut in the crockpot. This will definitely be a new New Years tradition for the Shaub household... It was so good. Reminded me of my Grandma's Rocket Caposta (Layered pork, rice and cabbage, that we have every Christmas Eve when I am home). 

We had a fun evening of eating, playing cards, talking, skyping with family and a little bubbly! 

Our little town of Rodenbach, sure does know how to put on a firework show. It was a little crazy. Fireworks are allowed in the town and people were just shooting them off everywhere. Liz and Abi went out walking the streets after midnight and they said it was nuts. 'No sense for safety' as Liz put it! 

Happy New Year to you all!

A Date a Day with Shaun T!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Last year, one of my New Years Resolutions was to do INSANITY... That was before I knew I was pregnant. So needless to say, that New Years Resolution did not get accomplished. This year, Insanity is at the top of my New Years list again... This time, I'm not planning on getting pregnant at any point this year (not that we were actually planning on getting pregnant last year either... but very blessed and thankful that we did). Along with Ben and I doing Insanity, I plan on making 2012 the 'best shape of my life' year. 

At some point of every year since September 2007, I have been pregnant! Being pregnant 3 times in 4 years, has definitely taken a toll on my body... So this far I plan on hitting it hardcore and getting in the best shape of my life. I really don't have much baby weight left to lose... only a few pounds. But frankly that is not the point. I want to get back into shape and feel good! 

... Although, having an 8 and a half pound baby, has definitely left me a little more flabby then I want to be... So hopefully with a little ShaunT and training for a 1/2 marathon in Paris in March... I can kick my butt back into shape. 

My goals: Tone up, gain muscle, lose fat, get rid of my muffin top(LOL!), and be able to check of this new years resolution as accomplished!!! Strap on your seat belt... cause here we go! Haha! 

Want to follow along... or even do a little insanity of your own... Jump on the bandwagon and come along. To make sure I stick with my New Years Resolution this year, I am posting before pics and measurements now as apposed to after i finish the 60 day workout... 

Cheers to bringing in the New Year with a little insanity!!!

Before Measurements:

Waist: 30 inches
Tummy: 35
Bum: 40
Thighs: 39.5
Right Thigh: 23.5
Left Thigh: 23

Emalina 3 months

Emalina is 3 months old!!! Wow, how time flies. This little girl is just so sweet, we can't get enough of her. Her personality is really coming out now... She has the greatest facial expressions and definitely reacts to us when we talk to her. She still sleeps a lot during the day. Emalina is a night owl... like her mommy!  I would say her awake time is in the evenings. Sometimes in the evenings, she can get a little fussy and on the rare occasion that she does cry, she can get really upset, and boy she sure can cry. I don't think Bella or Ethan had lungs like her. She cries so hard that sometimes she chokes on her saliva (which is a little scary). When this does happen... usually it means that she is tired and wants to be put down to sleep. 

I don't know how many times a week I say (out loud) that Emalina is the easiest baby. It sure would make life a lot harder if she was a demanding baby. 

She definitely gets a lot of love from everyone! Bella and Ethan just love their little sister. She completes our family (for now:)! 

 Here are some of the things she is doing this last month:

• Loves Loves Loves her pacifier
• Found her hands and likes to suck on her knuckles when her susu is not in
• Follows people with her eyes
• Loves to watch Ethan and Bella play
• Fits in 3-6 and 6 month clothing
• Is in size 2 diapers
• Loves being held in the baby bjorn carrier
• Loves to be snuggled and warm
• Still loves her swing and bouncy seat
• Her eyes are still BLUE and I would be surprised if they turned brown
• Nurses well, burps easy and toots often (she has bad gas)
• Loves being in her car seat (as soon as we put her in, she falls asleep for the entire time she's in there)
• Doesn't make many sounds yet, but she smiles a lot and even chuckles a little
• For the most part, she sleep all night
• Eats at least every three hours during the day, has lots of wet diapers... but usually only has one dirty diaper a day (if that sometimes)

Thought this progression was funny! What a sweet little girl!