Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Heidelberg, Germany



We went to Heidelberg in May so I wanted to share a few pics from our visit.  So far it's one of my favorite cities we've visited!














 
And this is how Sofia felt about the whole experience...
 

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Sofia's first year

 



Just born
 
1 month

 
2 months




 
 
5 months
 
 
6 months

 
7 months





9 months
 
10 months

11 months
 
11 months

12 months
 
12 months
 
 
 
 

What sounded like a great idea ended up being proof that I am so unorganized! To my credit, I didn't decide on the project until she was 2 months old which is when the chalkboard makes an appearance. As you can see, there are some months that slipped thru the cracks! And then the movers came around month 9 and my camera was packed up and shipped to Deustchland and the chalkboard disappeared. 

Memory lane...



There are so many (big!) events that have happened in the past few years that never made it on the blog.  How does that happen?  Selling a home, looking at 50+ homes, buying a home, our trip to Costa Rica, a new baby, Natalie's first day of preschool (two yrs in a row!), Chad's new job, a move to Germany...all noteworthy events in one's life, no? 

Alright then, here goes -

April 2009 - home listed for sale





November 2009 - move to temp rental home because our home sold and we hadn't found a new one yet



Happy 6th Birthday, Mason!


February 2010 - close on new home on 2/26 (a Friday).  Spend Saturday & Sunday moving stuff into new home.  Leave Monday morning (3/1) at 4am for the airport - Costa Rica trip!




March 2010 - Costa Rica trip...so awesome.  


Cocktail cruise w/stop for snorkeling


Deep sea fishing



Awards dinner



Kim K.
(Vacationed at the same time/same resort as Kim Kardashian and her then-boyfriend Reggie Bush.)






June 2010 - Happy 3rd Birthday, Natalie!



July 2010 - Rainbow off of the back deck.  Not noteworthy, just beautiful!


August 2010 -




September 2010 - First day of 1st grade!




October 2010 -  Halloween




Halloween party wagon

November 2010 - Happy 7th Birthday, Mason!





December 2010 -


It snowed...a lot!


Cousins


Christmas in Michigan


Christmas in Michigan

January 2011 -


Ice fishing


Silly girl

February 2011 -



I looked like this - whoa!



Look who joined us!  Sofia Elise...she gets her own post.


April 2011 - Chad starts a new job


View from his desk in his office...I would never get any work done with this to look at!

May 2011 -  Baseball







June 2011 -

St. Croix river on a warm day


One of Natalie's birthday gifts.
Happy 4th Birthday, Natalie! 


Father's Day


One of Mason's favorite 'jobs'...will he love it when he's 13?!




July 2011 -



Cousins!  4th of July in Marquette


4th of July parade



 
Family Reunion
 
August 2011 -
 
Mason gave Natalie a haircut hack-job...
 

 
 

 
 


September 2011 -
 
MISSING - Natalie's first day of preschool (year 2) pictures because Chad and I were looking for a home in Germany that week. 
 

First Day of 2nd grade!
 
 
This girl was happy!
 


Cabin trip with friends
 
 
Still happy...
 
 
House hunting in Dusseldorf, Germany...
 

Sofia calling her siblings back home to tell them Germany is 'sehr gut!'

 
 
October 2011 -
 
 
 
Packers v. Vikings game with my sister at the Metro Dome.  Packers won!!
 



 
 
 
2nd Annual Neighborhood 'Monster Dash' for the kids
 


 
 
November 2011 -
 
 
Happy 8th Birthday, Mason!
 

 
Celebrating his b-day at camp with family...

 
Happy Thanksgiving!



 
December 2011 -
 
Whoops!  The moving company packed our camera so I don't have much to show for this month.  Good thing it's easy to swap memory cards otherwise I wouldn't have any Christmas pictures.
 
One of our last days at home...
 

 
The day we locked up and left home...

 
Look who followed us to Michigan!

 
A visit with their great-grandparents...

 
Uncle Jason

 
Carter Family - Christmas Eve
 
 
Christmas morning
 



Modeling one of her new costumes