We're Off!!

We totally moved out of our house on Monday, the cleaning ladies are getting their money's worth today!!! We are in a 2 bedroom temporary apartment until Friday and then the fun begins!!!! We leave for the airport at 9:30am German time, and will arrive in Phoenix 9:30pm... factor in the time change and the drive to Gold Canyon, and that puts us at about 23 hours of traveling!!!! OH JOY!!!! (that was a SARCASTIC 'Oh Joy!' in case you didn't notice)

I am at the library right now using the internet, going to try to get on one more time on Thursday to check my email before we leave. And then I will rejoin my online community on Saturday - LOL!

Please keep us in your prayers during our travels!

Happy Birthday Kare - Kare!!!

So my baby is two... sniff sniff!! She thinks she is three though <eye roll> EVERY TIME! you ask her how old she is, she says "FREE" (3) and then when you tell her two, sometimes she'll say, okay, two, and sometimes she says, NO, I FREE!!!! lol

blowing out the candles... I threatened Sierra and Ruby NOT to blow... and what does Sierra do on Karis' third try... she blows out the candle!! GRRR!

We took Karis to the local toy store to pick out some things last weekend. She wanted a baby - because the 15 I have at home don't cut it for her! And then we let her pick out some farm animal duplos from Grandma Patty and My Little Pony books from Aunt Amy (thanks for the checks! the rest will go into her savings :D)

We kept having to tell the girls that it was Karis' birthday and they had to wait for their birthday to get gifts. But we said tomorrow Karis has to share her new toys.

Already reading her baby one of her new books! She's definitely her Momma's child... she was more interested in the books than the toys - hehehe.

The 15 Euro Ice Cream Cone

So the first night in Italy we stopped for some Gelato (of course!) It was 50 euro for our whole family! YIKES!!

Mine was the most elaborate. I THOUGHT I had ordered a two scoop cone... this is what came!

Just for a frame of reference, 15 euro is about $22!!!!!

Sierra lost her first tooth!!!

My baby lost her first tooth tonight.  Here are some before and after pics.

 

This was taken a few days ago when it was just a little loose.  Notice the bump on her nose, she hit something in the hallway and her eye was a little pink too.

Here she is with it so loose its barely hanging on!  The bump on her nose has now gone down and been replaced with a black eye!!

She can basically lay down the tooth straight forward!! Mommy was afraid that she was going to swallow it overnight, so I just barely pulled and it popped out!

OUR TOOTHLESS WONDER!

And her little tiny baby tooth! Sierra informed us that the Tooth Fairy leaves a dollar AND a quarter these days! LOL!