Christmas morning! Two girls on the nice list!

All of the Christmas presents. As you can see, my girls were good this year!

Santa's presents. Those are Missoni's on the Rocking chair. Kim has the most beautiful Christmas tree.
Waiting anxiously to see the presents from Santa Claus. Missoni and her two cousins, William and Andrew!

More PreChristmas Picts!

We really enjoyed Berlin. We will miss it so much! My girls are so cute in these hats. I just had to add more!

Weeks leading to Christmas in Berlin!

Pictures from our last days in Berlin. At top is the family in KaDeWe, the largest department store in Europe, located in the Upper Westside of Berlin.


Pictures of the kids in their Peruvian hats and scarfs. There was a Peruvian clothes dealer in one of the outdoor Christmas markets near our pad.

Hmm, the potty looks like a great place to sleep!

So we had a very long day. We decided to take an adventure on the train to a friends baptism today. Missoni is very good friends with her son in nursery. So we headed off, but because it started at 3 Missoni couldn't have her nap, that is starts usually between 1 and 2. So on the way home she was acting so tired. We couldn't take the stroller, because there aren't lifts at all of the stations. So poor Missoni was walking. She made it up the stairs and as ran to the potty. After about 10 seconds, I had laid Ze on the bed and went to check on her, and there she was. Sound asleep, on the potty! It was hilarious. Poor girl, I really wore her out. I didn't know how right I was when I said that Missoni could sleep any where! haha. Here is a picture, I just couldn't resist!

What can I say, My baby is already 4 months old!

I have the most amazing little baby girl. Alize' turned 4 months yesterday and has been sweetest little baby that any one could ever ask for. Alize is an amazing sleeper! She doesn't cry at all. She loves, loves her older sister Missoni! She will ride in stroller and not fuss. She smiles and giggles all of the time now, especially at her sister and she has the most amazing hair! Just take a look at those locks that would make any grown man jealous! I love her sooooo much! We took her to the dr. two weeks ago and these were her stats!

8.6 KG
67 cm long

I think Missoni was a little bigger at this age, but they are very close. I love my chubby little ladies! We are so thankful to our Heavenly Father for Alize'!



If you look closely you can see her pony tail sticking out here!

Berlin Aqua Dome!

Last week we visited the Aqua Dome, here in Berlin! It was a lot of fun. We went up into a glass elevator that was a 25 foot aquarium! It was amazing, and Missoni loved it too!

Fun in Berlin...

We do a lot of fun stuff together here in Berlin. This is a beautiful castle that we used to live by for 3 weeks. We went back last week while papa was visiting to see it again. It is very nice.

Missoni couldn't get this shirt on.... it was so funny!
My sweet little Zeze!
Missoni is in a drama class once a week now. This is her with her little friends acting out a fun game.

As the world turns so does the days of our lives!

We have a lot of time here in Berlin to just have fun with the girls. Here are some pictures of us doing just that. Missoni has made a very good friend and we are loving our time here!

Chapter 1 Bavaria!

So I know that I am way over due with blogging and so for that I am sorry. As most of you know I have been just a little bit busy with well lets see, first I had a baby (via 24 plus hours of med free labor and then a C-section). Which I will say is the worst of both worlds, 2nd I was given 4 to 5 weeks while recovering to pack and clean up my house to sublease for 5 months while we were out of the country. 3rd I had to prepare the documents and hassle everyone to get my new born a passport too leave the country, 4th I had to still take care of a new born and a 2 1/2 year old. 5th, I had to pack all of our bags and make sure I didn't forget anything, because the dollar is worth practically nothing over here. 6th take a 4 hour drive and then an 8 hour flight with a 5 wk old and a 2 1/1 year old. But at last we are here in Germany and I must say, though it was a bit rough the month of July. WE MADE IT! It has been a wonderful experience for our family and for me and the girls. We have had some great times as a family. We got to spend the first 3 weeks in Stockstadt, with Chris' aunt, who treated us so kindly. We were able to visit Munich, Frankfurt, and other surrounding villages. The girls and I were able to meet for the first time their UWA OMA! (spelling?), who we love dearly. We were able to visit beautiful German gardens and swim parks. We also got to spend time with Chris' cousin and his wife down in Munich. They took us to a Bavarian festival and we got to see everyone in their durndles(sp) and lederhosin(sp?). Missoni even wore a cute little lederhosin that had flowers on it, she fit right in. It was so fun to see them and spend time with their adorable little ones. Emily is 5 and Mauritz(sp) is 2. The kids had so much fun and now I know why Missoni is so big, her cousins make her seem just like the normal height. We also got to see Chris' brother, wife and boys who we hadn't seen in a year. Les is just outside of Frankfurt right now and was able to come to the blessing of our beautiful little Alize. It was a joyous day, Alize was blessed in an english speaking ward just outside of Frankfurt and Chris' brother was in the circle with him.

The next day we headed off for the next chapter in our lives. I will post picts of our month in Frankfurt and Munich area first and then we will go to Berlin! Hopefully I will be posting more now that we are settled for a few months. So stay tuned!











These first few pictures are of that last month in Syracuse! Oma from Florida came to visit! Thanks Oma! We love you!

Say "cheese" for mommy!

Now that I have two little divas, we have been having a great time playing dress up! Missoni found a pair of her old sunglasses and we put them on Alize! Arn't they so cute?