Flickr Stream This week

I'm going to post my Flickr photos weekly. Here are the ones from this week.

Friends: Bella playing outside with her friends... What a Trio!

 Beautiful German Countryside. On our way back from picking up Liz from Frankfurt Hahn airport.

 Peek a Boo: Bella playing peekaboo with Auntie Liz

Garden Gate: Burg Berwarstein near Dahan, Germany

 Graffiti Beauties: Auntie Liz and Emalina on our trip to Luxembourg

 A Beautiful Sight: Jaimee Summers' fabulous cookie recipe! Cookies for dinner anyone?

Emalina is 5 Months Old!

5 months already... WOW! 

This little girl is the sweetest thing ever! We love her so much! Can't believe in less then a month, Emalina will be half a year old. CRAZY!

Compare: Bella & Ethan  Emalina Shrinking Bear

Here are some things Emalina is doing these days:

• EVERYTHING goes in her mouth... Especially her fingers, hand, fist. 
• She loves playing with her susu. She is now a pro a taking it out and putting it back in
• She FOUND HER VOICE this month... She makes sounds, talks and screeches at the top of her lungs when she wants something
• She doesn't like when she is left in a room alone. She is totally aware when I leave the room.
• When she lays on the floor, she pulls up her legs... and drops them to the side... making her
•  Close to rolling from back to front. 
• Her hair is TOTALLY falling out off the top of her head
• SHe has a bald patch on the back of her head, surrounded by lots of thick brown hair... so it looks funny
• Ever since we arrived back from Austria, Emalina has been a little fussy at night. Maybe it was the TRAUMATIC experience of Ben trying to feed her from a bottle... LOL!  Ben thinks it's him... because she's perfect until he comes home from work (obviously that's just the time she starts to fuss). 
• She has also been getting up around 3-4am to eat in the night. It doesn't bother me too much though.
• She is our first child who nurses and falls asleep when I put her to bed at night (said I'd never do it... But by the third, my philosophy has changed to... whatever works) Haha!
• Still LOVES her swing, she is getting a little big for her bouncy seat. 
• Just like her mama, her nose gets pink when cold. It's pink a lot.
• In 3-6 month clothing. She's growing out of her onzies though
• in size 2 diapers, but next pack I buy will be size 3
• Loves grabbing at things
• She likes holding on to the draw strings of my sweatshirt when she nurses
• SHe still nurses every 2-3 hours during the day
• She doesn't really like being left in the nursery (only tried a few times and I had to rescue her and the nursery workers from a screaming baby)
• Loves watching Bella and Ethan play
• Likes her exersaucer and playing on the floor
• is a TOTAL DROOLER!

23 and 1/2 hours:

I think this video is great! And as a firm believer in staying active to be healthy... it is a good reminder that it doesn't take much. 

Speaking of being active, I'm heading into my last week of Insanity... It's been hard core... and I LOVE it! I can't wait to post after pics. 

Emalina Talking

A cute little video of Emalina "talking" tonight.

She's so sweet!

Sunday Stroll

A Sunday stroll in Instagram photos.

Last Sunday Liz and I (Ben went skiing) took the kids on a stroll. We first went to the bakery in Wilerbach (the village beside Rodenbach). Liz and I enjoyed cappuccinos and we each picked out a treat. This is the one Bella picked out! She was so excited! Just look at all that icing!

 This was Emalina's first time in the Chariot sling. As you can see... it was a big hit!

 Then we walked back to Rodenbach... We went a different way, and discovered a new favorite route. It is so beautiful here. 

 Auntie Liz pushed Bella in the single Chariot... Bella was excited to be all by herself in the stroller. 

 We ended up at new park. It was fun... for everyone!

 Swinging beauty!

 Kids loved playing on the old train tracks.

 Auntie Liz and Emalina hanging out at the park.

The end!

Could they be any cuter?

In my Mommy opinion... 

The answer is NO!

365 Photo Project

A few people n Ben's squadron are just getting into photography and wanted to  start a photo a day project. So since the beginning of January I have been taking a photo everyday (I have only missed 3 days so far)  and uploading it to my flickr account. It has been a lot of fun and a great way to capture everyday happenings in the Shaub household! Some of the photos are really good... some are an 'oh shoot I forgot to take a picture today'. It has been great to have my camera out on hand, trying new things and using different editing techniques.

Since the beginning of the New Year, some of you may have noticed a link to Flickr Photo sharing site on the right hand of my blog. For some reason the link isn't showing up anymore. I have tried to fix it... but I don't think Blogger supports it anymore (at least that is what my search has turned up). I have added a manual link that you can copy and past (I know its not as handy) and get to my photostream. OR just click the link below.
natalieshaub's photostream on Flickr.

natalieshaub's photostream on Flickr.