Sunday, March 22, 2009

yes, yes, yes...

... I suck at blogging.

Ever since I decided that having to divide my attention between two little girls was challenging enough without having to pay attention to the online world, I barely get time on the computer. Enough to check my email and facebook and my friend's blogs, but not enough to respond. I'm sorry.

So instead of writing every one of you individually, this sucky blog is just gonna have to do for now.

Here's another random update from us with lots of random pics.








It was Joon's Great Grandma's birthday and warm out (AND St. Patrick's Day), so Joon wore a dress. Not something we normally do, but it seemed like an appropriate occasion to dress up a bit.


Mika loves bathing in the sun on her changing table.


Please excuse the crappy quality of most of these pics. They're taken with my "Mom-Cam" which is quick and handy but not as fancy as our regular camera.


Joon's very interested in using the "Klo" but hasn't been successful on it yet. I'm guessing it would help if we read up on potty training at least a little, but like with most things "parenting" we're taking the "let's just see what happens and trust our kid and own guts" approach. It'll lead to a life without diapers eventually.



Passed out monkey with hurt foot. You may have heard... Mika got injured last week. Spilled coffee on her left foot and Dave's hip. Not good. At all. We were pretty shocked and felt really bad for what happened. But now the shock is digested and all wounds are thankfully healing very nicely. Our new pediatricians kick ass btw!






Yet another clue that Mika is taking after her mother... She hates being photographed.


The sewing bug has biten me pretty badly again and this is my first quick little project post baby. Took an hour to come up with the pattern, iron and cut the fabrics and then an hour to sew. I love it!


I told you this was gonna be random. We saw Elvis. His current reincarnation is apparently a goat. You'll be glad to know that he's lucky to be living a happy healthy life on an organic farm.


Joon got her first guitar. She likes jamming to our John Mayer DVD. (Btw, if you haven't seen "Where The Light Is", buy it or rent it from Netflix. It's seriously amazing!)








"Bis dann!" (See you later!) she said, pulled her little bike up the stairs and tried to open the gate out into the street. I'm both incredibly proud and more than slightly sad about all this newly gained independence.



In other news.
-Dave has a new small job at the theater in Wiesbaden as an Extra in an Opera and we're hoping it'll turn into more work and some musician gigs in the near future.
-The Captain Pablo album is available for purchase here and the Spurv Laerke album release has been pushed back to late summer and will be followed by a tour.
-Joon just fell on her face really hard this morning and will probably look like a pro boxer for a couple of days.
-Mika is huge and finally not as cranky as she was the first few weeks. Seems that she's finally really arrived on this earth.
- I'm happy. But that's old news.
-Spring is just around the corner and my mom finally got a cool VW camping van again, so as soon as it's warm enough we'll take our little family on a short little vacation.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

ponies, babies, hammocks, happiness and a tantrum

yes, yes, yes. update is way overdue.
turns out life with two under two is pretty hectic. who'd have thought, right?
anyways, we're doing well. sleep deprived but happy for the most part.

now lots of pics in no particular order.























Sunday, February 15, 2009

orange

you just might think we're dutch...

sunday morning, mika's one week and about four hours old and oh so soft and cuddly.

and we'll bug you with lots and of boring newborn pictures.
















black metal grapefruit plus grim look for dylan and brian.






Saturday, February 14, 2009

great first week

meeting the cho girls on thursday.



morning play and cuddle time in bed on saturday.



oh, yes... mika's right ear is kinda funky. we're hoping very much that it's just an external thing at that her inner ear is perfectly fine. keep your fingers crossed for her and we'll keep ya posted.





trip to the local farm saturday afternoon. mika's first big outing.


happy babywearing mama. and happy little ru baby's perfect vest wearing toddler in backround.



we saw a cow giving birth today! not from up close, but still... pretty cool. especially considering that i myself gave birth just six and a half days earlier.









now it's saturday night, joon's asleep in our bed, gramma's asleep in joon's bed, dave's asleep on the couch, mika's asleep on me and i'm sitting here enjoying the quiet. life's good.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

yay!



Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Eleanor Mika



Hurra! Hurra! Mika ist da!

Eleanor Mika was born at home on Sunday morning at 5:32am. She's 19.7" (50cm) long when stretched out from her regular ball shape and weighed in 7lbs 6oz (3350 gram).

She was welcomed by Mama, Papa, Oma, Gramma, Maria, Midwife Alexa and soon after showered with love and affection by proud big sister Joon who slept through the three short hours of labor and birth.

Everyone is doing beautifully, we're fully enjoying our "Babymoon" at home surrounded by family. Mika is very healthy, a great nurser and very content, Joon is over the moon with joy over Baby "Me-Nah" and adjusting to her new role as big sister incredibly well.


We'll be back with more pictures and details soon. Much love to everyone!


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Sunday, January 11, 2009

snow, sunset, cold, fun






yes, i am nine months pregnant. yes, the baby is doing fine. no, there's need for me to look bigger. no, there's no need for me to waddle. i feel big and uncomfortable enough, thank you. :P