Random December Pictures

Making a gingerbread house. Much of the candy went in a little girl's mouth :)
Ein Lebkuchenhaus verzieren. Viele von den Suessigkeiten sind in den Mund eines bestimmten kleines Maedchens gegangen :)

Finn and Jamie - they are fascinated by each other.

Naked boy...

Playing with Mama...Spielen mit Mama...

Jamie's first tooth - many sleepless nights....
Jamie's erster Zahn - viele schlaflose Naechte...

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Lilly discovered that the Christkindl came... Das Christkind ist gekommen...

Jamie likes his toys. Jamie mag seine Geschenke.
Lilly's favorite present - her horse. Lilly's Lieblingsgeschenk - ihr Pferd.

Getting our Christmas Tree

According to family tradition we went to get our Christmas tree with Grandma and Grandpa. They found the right tree within minutes - we took over an hour! But we found the perfect tree.
Jamie was cozy in his sling with a big blanket around him. And Lilly helped with the tree search - it wasn't easy.




Afterwards we went to Grandma and Grandpa for dinner and family time.

First snow

Today it snowed for the first time and Jamie experienced the cold white stuff for the first time! He wasn't sure what to think about it, but didn't mind it much either.
Lilly was busy making snow angels and having a snow ball fight with Mama.

Heute hat es zum ersten Mal geschneit und das war auch Jamie's erster Schnee. Er war sich noch nicht so ganz sicher, aber war ganz okay damit.
Lilly hat Schneeengel gemacht und wir hatten eine Schneeballschlacht bei welcher Wally die Baelle gejagt hat.

Visiting Santa!

This was Jamie's first Santa visit and he wasn't too excited about jolly old St. Nick. Lilly took a few minutes to warm up, but then told him happily what she and Jamie wanted for Christmas and even let Santa have her reindeer. In exchange for some candy she even sat on his lap :)
We had cookies and juice and then headed to a friend's house to play. It was a very nice afternoon and now she keeps on asking to go back and see Santa.


Das war Jamie's erster Besuch beim Weihnachtsmann und er nicht besonders begeistert. Nach anfaenglicher Scheuheit hat sich Lilly dazu ueberwunden Santa von ihren Wuenschen zu erzaehlen und hat sich mit ein bisschen Bestechung sogar auf seinen Schoss gesetzt :)
Dann haben wir noch Kekse und Saft gehabt und sind dann zu Freunden zum Spielen gegangen. Wir hatten einen sehr schoenen Nachmittag und die Kinder waren fix und fertig dananch.

Love her smile!

The pictures are 4 months old, but I just ran across them and I love the smile!
Die Fotos sind zwar 4 Monate alt, aber ich liebe ihr Laecheln!

Jamie - 9 months

It's hard to believe that Jamie is already 9 months old! He's been crawling for about 5 weeks, pulls himself up on everything, tries to stick all kinds of things in his mouth - his favorite being leaves. He adores Lilly and wants to be around her non-stop.
Kann kaum glauben dass Jamie jetzt schon 9 Monate alt ist! Er krabbelt seit ungefaehr 5 Wochen, zieht sich ueberall hoch, und steckt sich alle moeglichen Sachen in den Mund - am liebsten sind ihm Blaetter. Er betet Lilly an und will pausenlos um sie rum sein.

My guys...

I had a very nice and relaxing date with Shaun last night. We went to a concert and afterwards went out for dinner. Jamie has been awake at 1:30 in the morning, laughing, rolling around, trying to crawl - we'll never get to sleep again. He woke up this morning very early and extremly happy. When that little man puts his mind to something, he won't change it easily. Like when he wanted to play with Shaun's computer this morning - he kept on crawling toward it, reaching, hitting at it, etc. (Shaun sat on the floor)
Shaun said: Jamie is like pushing mud up the hill.
I love this expression because it applies so well to raising kids!

Lilly is running around the first floor, playing with her pretend dog, telling him to play quietly because Jamie is asleep.
We are blessed with two adorable children. I enjoy every minute of it - well, maybe not the ones in the middle of the night when I'm up with my baby boy instead of fast asleep. But soon that will change (I hope so).