Loving Life One Day at a Time!

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Grandma Susie's Visit

Playing catchup a little bit here... My mom was out for a visit for Ethan's 2nd Birthday.

The week she was here it was cold... like REALLY COLD. So we didn't do that much. WE had planned a few outings, but ended up just sticking around home.

Grandma had her hands full with 2 crazy toddlers to play with and a cute baby to cuddle for the time she was here.

Thanks to Auntie Liz watching the two older kids, my mom and I were able to get away twice. Once for Leonardo white cappuccinos and once for lunch. It was really nice to escape the business of home and sit down and just chat with her. Lots to talk about when you live so far away!

Thanks for coming Grandma Susie! We all had a great time. Love you!

Friday, February 3, 2012

St Anton Arlberg, Austria

Never thought I would ever say "I snowboarded in the Austrian Alps"! But I did and it was awesome. Ben, Emalina and I went with another couple and their 2 month old little girl Elin for three nights. Auntie Liz stayed home with Bella and Ethan.

I was a little worried about snowboarding, especially on such an intimidating hill. But we all were injury free and survived the hill. Kim and I were a good match and skied/boarded together, in the afternoons, while the guys skied/boarded in the mornings.

The views were AMAZING!

It was a fun filled 4 days and I feel blessed to say that I snowboarded in the Austrian Alps!

4 Months Old!

This sweet girl turned 4 months on the 26th. Didn't I just write about her 3 month stats!?!?! Time is just flying by! Emalina is the sweetest little baby. Easy going, happy, inquisitive, cuddly, and the list goes on!

Sometimes I look at her and it still blows my mind that we have three kids and that Emalina is apart of our family. She really does fit right in though, and I couldn't imagine life without her now.

Here are some things that she is up to these days:

She has found her hands. She loves sucking in her knuckle or her index finger. Sometime she sucks on her first two fingers... which was exactly like her mama. At time... she even tries to get a whole fist in!
She has started lifting up her legs/knees when she is on her back
She is getting a bald spot in the back of her head
She loves watching Bella and Ethan play
She DOES NOT take the bottle (poor Ben found that out the hard way on our trip)
Even though she loves her susu, she pops it out of her mouth a lot to suck on her finger/knuckle and a few times I have seen that she is able to put her susu back in her mouth all by herself
She reaches for her toys and brings them to her mouth to suck on
Loves her Taggies blankets and has started playing with the taggies
Still loves being swaddled
Sleeps through the night
She has strong abs... in the third photo below you can see that she uses her abs to pull herself forward. We have to make sure that we strap her into her bouncy chair and swing... so she doesn't launch herself out
As you can see, she is definitely scouting the mohawk!
She LOVES covering her face when she goes to sleep
In size 2 diapers
Fits into 3-6 month clothes... but they won't fit for much longer
She has baby thunder thighs! LOL!
Sometimes Emalina really reminds me of Isabella at the same time period. Here is ISABELLA and ETHAN's shrinking Bear links. Check them out.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

A Week in the Life: Thursday!

Good Morning Thursday...

Not too much writing today... I have to get to bed at a decent time tonight! All this late night posting is making me tired!

Out of the house in record time... 11:00! Yes that is a van for all of you who didn't know we got a minivan when we moved here! LOL!

We headed to Landsthul to do some shoe shopping... No luck. But it was fun. The kids got to ride the dragon for being good inside the shoe store.

We passed a pharmacy on the way to lunch and since we don't own a scale (and since every pharmacy has a scale in it), Liz and I weighed ourselves at the pharmacy. I was pleasantly surprised to know that I am just 2 and a half pounds away from my pre pregnancy weight! Woo hoo!

We then headed to the bakery across the street for some lunch.

After lunch, we divided and conquered and went on base... I dropped LIz off at the BX to take the kids to the indoor playground and I took Emalina to the commissary to do a grocery run.

Clearly I had the easier job!