Naming Trains

Sam has a book that shows all sorts of stuff for trains like how they work, shows all the different kinds and even shows the ones that go underground/sea between England and Europe. He loves this book and reads it daily. So here is a little video to show you how well he knows the book.



Pretty impressive! :)

Marie Look-alikes

This doesn't usually happen but the other day we took this picture and I thought "Wow, she looks just like Rebecca!" Dorothea, you'll need to correct me if I'm wrong, but I just can't get over how much she looks like her cousin in this picture. While I didn't find pictures of them that match exactly in facial expressions, hopefully this gives you a good idea of what I mean.

Almost a year ago

I looked like this...
*yes, I thought I was smiling. You have to give me credit though, I was in labor.

Now I have this! And she is such a blessing! I wasn't suppose to have this blessing according to Dr's but with a loving Heavenly Father in charge we got her. Now with a second colonoscopy behind me that went so much better than the first, I can say I've been VERY well taken care of in the area of health. So many things could have happened and didn't, and I'm so grateful for that! Hopefully now I can add the fruits and vegtables in higher quantities to my diet and start feeling more like a normal person again. Maybe I'll even be able to get rid of the Captain Barbosa feeling. Either way I'm so grateful for our little Marie and all her smiles! :) I wouldn't trade her for anything!

They are my Sunshines, My little Sunshines...

When days look like this 90% of the time, it makes me so grateful for...
(this is at the Weihnacht market in our little town. Oh and it's the afternoon. Not that you can tell.)

These 3 in my life because they bring so much sunshine! You can see it!

They make my days more like this.
What on earth would I do without my rays of sunshine?

(oh, and this picture was taken about 11:30...so weird! Just look at those long shadows! I don't think I'll ever get use to the whole sun coming up at 8 and going down and 4 thing.)

We love Breakfast Burritos!

So one of the easiest "Tex-Mex" type foods that we can make here is Breakfast Burritos. Sam LOVES them and asks for them all the time. So Arnold got him saying this (watch video below) but until now we've not been able to get it on video. So enjoy!

Starting early

Arnold and I love to try and dance together in the front room. However usually two little people instantly come and join us in whatever way they can which means we don't dance very much. However we are getting an early start on the little ones. :)

Sam recently has decided that he wants to dance with his little sister. It's really cute and so much fun when he doesn't move to fast for Marie. We are just hoping that at some point we can get them dancing good enough that we can dance ourselves.

And just for fun. Here is our little man in one of my favorite shirts. Thanks Sam and Erin for bringing it! It's perfect! :)

Giggles

I love little baby laughs. I discovered that if I tried to make the sound one of the toys makes that Marie would just laugh and laugh. Luckily Arnold thought to get a video of it. :)