She loves the Waltons!

Our little one doesn't watch much TV, but on holidays its a tradition to watch the Waltons at Grandpa's and Grandma's house. She loves the show and gets really excited when the music comes on. This video was taken way past her bedtime and she still had energy to dance!

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Christmas Videos

Santa brought presents

Opening presents

Getting dressed

Eating olives with Grandpa

Lilly got a singing cow from one of Grandma's friends and Grandpa told her it bites

Christmas Day

My favorite picture - Lilly is very much attached to her Papa.

We spent most of Christmas Day at Shaun's parents'. We had a great time and the food was absolutely delicious. Lilly always likes to visit with her grandparents.

Christmas Morning

Santa came to our house. He must be lenient with the "being good" part. :)

Santa ate his cookies, except for the gingerbread, Lilly nibbled on that one.

Geschenke von der Godi...



Wally wanted to be in the picture as well.

Change of plans...

I am getting used to constantly have to change plans because of illness. We went yesterday to the doctor and it turns out that Lil still has fluid in her right ear, a ruptured eardrum in her left ear, bacterial pink eye and a nice cough at night. Ergo: weekend plans cancelled. So we got antibiotics and eye drops and still have no idea what to do about the cough - any suggestions? (Sonja, I tried the Vicks, but it only worked a little.) Luckily she is doing better today. The meds seems to help.
Right now she is very busy changing her new babydoll she got from her Opa. The thing is cute how it talks, goes potty, and moves its mouth. Lil wants to throw the diaper away every time she changes the baby. On Christmas Eve she went to the fridge, got out a half-gallon of milk and wanted to fill her baby's bottle. She acted like the world was coming to an end when we tried to explain to her that the doll doesn't need milk. Lil is a really good mommy!
Schoen langsam gewoehne ich mich daran dass wir regelmaessig unsere Plaene aendern muessen weil jemand krank ist. Wir waren gestern beim Arzt und Lilly hat Fluessigkeit im rechten Ohr, ein kleines Loch im linken Ohr, eine beidseitige Augenentzuendung und einen ziemlich guten Husten. Natuerlich mussten wir unsere Plaene fuer das ganze Wochenende absagen. Jetzt haben wir Medikamente und es scheint ihr schon besser zu gehen.
Momentan ist sie sehr beschaeftigt mit ihrer neuen Puppe die sie vom Opa bekommen hat. Sie spricht, kann essen, geht auf Klo, und bewegt ihren Mund. Lilly will pausenlos die "dreckigen" Windeln in den Muell schmeissen. Am Heiligen Abend hat sie die Milch aus dem Kuehlschrank geholt und wollte unbedingt die Flasche fuer die Puppe auffuellen. Man haette glauben koennen dass die Welt zu einem Ende kommt wenn wir ihr erklaert haben dass die Puppe keine Milch braucht. Sie ist halt eine gute Puppenmama!

Oh, these ears....

Just like last, Lilly was starting to have again an earache last night. She was up very frequently, but we couldn't figure out what bothered her. She never touched her ear. Later on today I saw the drainage in her ear. I hope she'll have an easier night tonight after medicine and some eardrops. She's been a little trooper.
Wie letztes Jahr hat Lilly auch heuer wieder eine Ohrenentzuendung kurz vor Weihnachten. Es hat gestern Abend angefangen, aber wir wussten noch nicht was es war. Sie hat keine Anzeichen gemacht dass es das Ohr ist das weh tut. Heute hab' ich dann gesehen dass ihr Ohr ganz verkrustet war. Nach Medizin und Ohrentropfen hat sie heute hoffentlich eine bessere Nacht. Daumen halten.

Christmas Card Pictures

A couple of weeks ago I tried again to get the perfect picture for our Christmas cards. Sonja had already tried a month ago and Lilly gave her an extremly hard time. As you can see, I wasn't any luckier. At least we had great weather and went on a nice walk.

Vor zwei Wochen hab' ich probiert noch einmal Fotos fuer unsere Weihnachtskarten zu machen. Sonja hat vor einem Monat sehr viel Zeit damit verbracht von Lilly Fotos zu machen, hatte aber nicht viel Glueck. Mir ist es dieses Mal kein bisschen besser gegangen. Wenigstens hatten wir schoenes Wetter und sind auf einen schoenen Spaziergang gegangen.

As soon as we got back home she was a happy little critter. Lilly knows how to test your patience!
Sobald wir nach Hause gekommen sind war sie uebergluecklich. Lilly weiss wie sie einen in den Wahnsinn treiben kann!

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Rene!

Hallo Rene! Alles Gute zum 9. Geburtstag! Wir hoffen Du hattest einen schoenen Tag und eine schoene Feier bei Opa. Ich bin mir sicher Du wirst auch morgen noch Mal eine schone Feier zu Hause haben und dann am Montag mit Deinen Freunden! Bleib brav! Wir haben Dich lieb! Liebe Gruesse von Godi, Onkel Shaun, und Lilly

Ueberraschungseier

My best friend runs a contest on her blog about our favorite Christmas traditions. The person with the best entry can win super delicious German chocolate eggs - Ueberraschungseier. She received a bunch of fun entries. Thanks for reminding people to think about and appreciate their traditions. As most of you know: there is no way I'll ever figure out how to post a link, since Sonja is the one that does all the "fancy" stuff on my blog for me. (Any idea where my baby widget went) So here is where you can read about it:

http://www.pssstkeepasecret.blogspot.com/

The contest runs until Dec. 20th.

I've been tagged

Okay, here is my attempt at this tagging thing:

1. I am a complete idiot when it comes to doing anything complicated on my laptop, camera, car, etc. (That's why I can't post the links)
2. I hate, absolutely hate, cleaning.
3. I am the queen of procrastination.
4. I ripped our phone jack out of the wall when I moved our dining room table - so that's why I am not picking up my phone - it's not working.
5. It drives me crazy when my dog licks anything - I can't stand the sound.
6. This is the first time I ever "responded" to a tag.
7. I love it when my little girl rubs my belly and "talks" to her brother in there.

Christmas Tree Hunting

This week has gone by way too fast! It seems like it just was Saturday. Last week I took Shaun out to see Drew Hastings, a well-known comedian from Dayton. We had a great time and also enjoyed having dinner and coffee just the two of us. Thanks Mom and Dad! Sunday night I went out with friends for dinner and a movie - Twilight - not as good as the book. On Tuesday I had a dental emergency and Lilly got to go to Grandma and Grandpa's house again. On Thursday I had to get glucose testing done to check on my sugar levels and afterwards I got to hear our baby-boy's heartbeat. I am 29 weeks now. Yesterday we went Christmas tress hunting and found a very nice one. I am looking forward to decorating it. Today it's been snowing all day, so we went outside to play in tonight we'll go to see reindeer, a live nativity scene, tons of lights, and maybe Santa. Time flies...

Lilly and her Papa are looking for the perfect Christmas tree. He had to carry her the whole time. She is very attached to Shaun.

Diese Woche ist total schnell vergangen. Mir kommt vor es war erst gestern Samstag! Letzte Woche bin ich mit Shaun zu einer Vorstellung gegangen, und es war angenehm davor mal zum Essen gehen zu koennen ohne unsere kleine Begleitung. Am Sonntag war ich mit Freunden beim Essen und im Kino, das war Spass. Am Dienstag musste ich unverhofft zum Zahnarzt und Lilly durfte wieder zu den Grosseltern. Am Donnerstag hatte ich dann einen Bluttest und danach konnte ich den Herzschlag's unseres kleinen Jungen hoeren :) Jetzt sind nur noch 11 Wochen uebrig! Gestern haben wir dann einen Weihnachtsbaum gekauft. Heute hat es den ganzen Tag geschneit und spaeter werden wir und Rentiere, den Weihnachtsmann, Pferdekutschen, und jede Menge Lichter anschauen gehen. Die Zeit vergeht so schnell...