Look what Elizabeth can do!

Lookie, Lookie! She's sitting (supported of course). Ella's tired of laying on her back like a bitty baby! She wants to sit up now and see the world!

Here she is watching Sesame Street - she loves those silly muppets!

She's having a grand ol'time! I think she wants to get the camera and slime it, though.

I'm still here!!

Yep, that's me! I know it's not a common site to see pictures of me. hehe! You know how much I hate having my picture taken. I wanted to show off my new hair though. It's hard to see but it's very blonde on top... more so than I expected it to be. I was just surprised how blonde it turned out, I like it though. I'm so happy to find somewhere to go get my hair done, and done well. She speaks English (a biggie!) and for 64 euros (with VAT form, so you dont have to pay the high taxes) you get your hair cut, colored, head and hand massage, and the chair massages you while you get your hair washed/massaged AND they do your eyebrows and makeup all included (I didnt get my makeup done though). Super cheap for what you get!! You get first class treatment, with coffee and relaxing music playing. It was really nice. I also had a very gracious friend come with me and sit with Ella while I got all this done. Elizabeth was so well behaved, she did a great job! Next week I'm going with my friend while she gets her hair done to be her cheering squad... haha!

I'm sorry I havent been so good with keeping the blog up lately. We've been pretty busy. The weather being so nice hasnt helped. It doesnt help that our laptop is on the fritz so it takes me forever to get anything done on it. But here's a quick update what's been going on:

Elizabeth is growing like a weed - as expected. She turned 4 months on Monday. Yesterday I gave her some Baby rice cereal to see how she'd take to it and she LOVED IT!!! Gobbled it all up!

Sean and Ryan are both doing wonderful. The weather has been so nice, they've been playing outside a lot with their sidewalk chalk and squirt guns.

I received most of our books for homeschooling next year. The boys were so excited to see them! Sean actually said, "it's like a dream come true." It really makes me feel good to know they're excited about this new change.

Dennis and I have been working on getting a few things organized in the house. This weekend we're going to try and do a bit of furniture shopping. Ryan NEEDS a bed, poor boy! And we could use a bookshelf or some sort of storage thing up here in the living room.

Well that's about it. I hope you all are having beautiful weather, where ever you may be around the world. :)

Ella's new toys

A sweet, dear friend, Loreen, sent Elizabeth some new toys. I just have to show them off to you all! Thank you so much Loreen!!! :)



Ella loves her new "taggie" blanket. If you dont know what a "taggie" is, it's a small blanket, just the right size for a lovie. All around the outside of the blanket there are little ribbon loop tags for the babies to bite on or rub their fingers on. Loreen made this one for Elizabeth, isn't it beautiful!

It's princess-y satin on one side and this super soft fabric on the other with imprinted roses (it's hard to see the roses in the pictures). It's beautiful and super soft! Ella loves it!!

We end up playing Peek-a-boo a lot with her because she keeps getting the blanket stuck over her face. HAHA! Dont worry, I watch her when she has the blanket, she's in no danger ;)

Ms Loreen also sent her this cute little cow rattle. She LOVES IT!!! It krinkles and it jingles and it's just the right size for her little hands! You should have seen her eyes light up when I lifted it's head and she saw the mirror (she loves mirrors)!!

Our weekend!

We had a great weekend! The boys and Dennis had Friday off so we met a some friends at the Stuttgart zoo. With all of us together we had 11 children in all! It was like a school trip! LOL We all brought a packed lunch and had a picnic together in the gardens between seeing the animals. The kids had a fabulous time!! Of course, in the hussle and bussle of getting everything together to go, lunches, baby stuff, blankets, stroller, I completely forgot my camera.... commence the stone throwing! I know! I'm terrible at this!!

The zoo is giant!! You wouldnt think so since it's smack dab in the center of the city but it's unbelievably big. They have a ton of animals!! The children were more interested in climbing on all the monkey gyms and running around chasing each other though. LOL OH! and speaking of monkey gyms, my favorite part, they had a gorilla nursery there. They had baby gorillas and there were cribs and play pens in there. They were so so cute!! I love baby gorillas!! There was a lady with them feeding them and cleaning up after them like a little daycare. So cute!!

We spent the entire day there. We got there at 1030ish and didnt leave until after 4pm. When we got home, Dennis and I just CRASHED (Elizabeth too)! The boys were still raring to go, so we just told them to play quietly in their room and let mom and dad go to sleep. I dont think they stayed up much longer though. haha!

The weather has been just gorgeous, today is no exception. Dennis is out grilling and the boys are bouncing around outside. Tomorrow we're going to walk over to a friend's house and go for a hike. Let the children all run around and play together!

I'm so happy winter is over!