Memorial Day Weekend

Grandman Gunga and Grandpa Doda
Cousin Tracey and Eric

Cousins-Tommy, Jill and Brody

Evan and Dessa

We were excited to have my family come down for a long weekend! It had been 3 months since Glenda and Doda saw Lily. She has changed so much! Grandma Gunga (my aunte Glenda), Grandpa DoDa (my uncle DoDa) were eager to see Pickle. Stephen brought Dessa and Tommy and Tracey all came down with their family too. Unfortunately, Tommy and Tracey came on different days. But it was still fun to hang out.

We left the kiddos with the boys and headed out for a little shopping. I was treated to a pedi and lunch. It was so nice to relax and have someone do my toes for me. Thank you Glenda! What a nice treat! It was nice to get away for a little while but I'm pathetic, I missed Lily!

The weekend went fast and it was nice to catch up with the family!

1st Watermelon

Pickle's first time having Watermelon. She loved it! Her favorite foods are peas, watermelon, pumpkin, bananas, mango, squash, noodles and bread! She is quite the eater! I'm really trying to get her worked up on her veggies. I think it's so important to start early. So far, so good!

Big weekend ahead

We have a big weekend ahead of us. We will have my family visiting for the weekend. It's been 3 months since we have all been together. They are dying to catch up with Pickle. She has grown so much since they last saw her.

We'll be sure to post pics after the weekend is over.

Have a very safe, fun weekend!

F

Just the girls

Only two weeks apart and not sure what to think of each other. Pickle was very jealous of her little cousin. I could hardly hold Dessa without crushing pickle. Dessa was really wanting to play with pickle but she was not interested. Pickle is just a little clingy lately. Hope it's just a phase.

F

Lily is done talking!

Happy 7 months to me. Time goes fast! Right?

We started Lily talk to keep people in the now of my daily life. As most of you know babies change everyday, every hour. Initially, we wanted to find a way to keep everyone involved in my daily progress. It's like my personal journal or you can say it's all about me. Things that happen to me each day. What's new with me! But being a 7 month old has a lot of requirements. I'm learning to stand, they are trying to feed me food 3 meals a day, they are teaching me sign language, I play hard, I'm into everything and I'm constantly discovering new things around the house. You could say I'm a little demanding and I'm busy.

Well, I'm officially handing the blog over to my Mom. Doing a blog can be quite demanding. Who knew how much work it takes to take the pictures, post the pictures and journal. I never knew people were watching so closely. Thanks for your interest! My mom will do her best to keep it up to date. For now, Lily is done talking!

Bye Bye Switzerland

Well, our month long vacation has come to an end. It was so hard for us to say goodbye. My mom and her sister (Nomie) are so close and have a really hard time with the distance. When they are together there is no stopping them. I have never seen my mom laugh so hard. They both just feed off of each other and all they do is laugh. Sometimes it's about nothing. We just sit back and watch them be crazy. Nomie and the rest of her family took great care of us. We had gourmet meals, good wine (mom and dad that is) and wonderful tour guides. We stayed busy the entire time. Go go go!

These are the things I accomplished in the month:

Got 3 new teeth

Mastered the crawl

Learned how to pull myself up

Got showered with attention

Was able to be held 100% of the time

Ate a lot of fresh baked bread

Started saying braaa braaa (bread)

Ofically said Ma Ma

First long plane ride (I'm a pro traveler)

Vistited 3 countries, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria
Went on my first long hike (in the swiss alps, how fancy)

My Dad's company is based out of Switzerland and there was talk about moving there for awhile. ONLY TALK thus far.

Well, we had a great time in Swizerland visiting family. We can't wait to go back.

Mom loving the daisy shots

Breath taking, beauty.

Switzerland is so beautiful! I bet you thought I was talking about myself.

5 teeth and still managing to smile

AHHHH, I have lungs

I learned that if my parents turn their backs on me I scream. They come running.

The honor system

My mom totally went crazy over the fields of flowers. It was a constant hunt looking for fields of flowers. Obiviously, my mom is obsessed with flowers. There is Lily and Daisy what else can she name a flower?? We had many photo sessions with me posing in flowers. Okay, that's enough now.

In Switzerland they have fields of flowers where you can go and cut fresh flowers. It's based off of the honor system. You just cut and leave your money. The swiss do a lot of things on the honor system. They also have farms where you can go get your fresh milk and eggs and leave your money. How trusting. That would never work in America.

Vacation in the Swiss Alps

The Ruegg Family treated us to a weekend in the Alps. Urs and my Dad went by car and us girls went by train. We were tucked away in a little ski town in the middle of the Swiss Alps. It was so beautiful! They rented us a really cool apartment. It was a Reka travel area which is kid and baby friendly. They provided me a high chair, crib, hiking backpack and stroller. It was so neat to see a baby friendly vacation spot. There was a pool there and activities for the children. We all hung out and played games and did some hiking. The weather was pretty nice and the mountain tops were covered in snow. I did my first hike here and ate my first pasta.

First pasta noodles on the Italian border

Loving life eating pasta. This stuff is great! Yummy!

Disentis, Switzerland

We are headed for a 4 day trip to Disentis, Switzerland. It's located in the Swiss Alps. My Nomie rented a apartment for us to stay in. We are going to spend our time hiking the alps! We are so excited. We'll post pictures when we get home.

First time in Austria

Me and my Dad's first time in Austria. He forgot the memory card for the camera so needless to say, there are no pictures. My Mom wasn't very happy. "Ugh" she said! There were so many great photo opportunities.

This is Lake Constance, Central Europe's 3rd largest lake. Surrounding the lake is 3 countries, Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

Waldshut, Germany

Waldshut,
Germany is a small town that runs along the Rhine river. It lies on the border of Germany and Switzlerland. We came here for the famous German brats. There were a ton of different kinds of brats. My Dad ended up ordering a horse brat. Gross! He had no idea, and we won't tell Jenn.

The Rhine River

The Rhine river is the most important river in Europe. It's 820 miles long and discharges 2,000 cubic meters per second.

It's the coolest waterfall I have ever seen. Actually, the only waterfall I have ever seen.

Day at the Zoo

I loved looking at all of the animals!

We rode the train to the Basel zoo outside of Zurich. It was a 45min train ride and then we walked to to zoo outside of the city of Basel. It's great because we are able to ride the train everywhere. I get to hang out while we are riding instead of being stuck in a car seat. The trains here are great, nice and clean.

The zoo was a lot of fun!

First time swimming

First time swimming and I'm a natural fish. I loved playing in the water! We went to the coolest pool. It was huge and they had a nice play area for me.

Dad finally arives in Switzerland

I was so happy to see my dad after a week without him.
We were so happy we arrived 45 min late. He arrived early after his long journey. He was eager to get his hands on me.

6 months and adorable!

Since I have been in Switzerland my Mom has been giving me fresh bread every morning. The bakeries here make the best fresh bread. It's not the typical soft airy bread, it's got nice cruchy edges that help with my teething pain. My 3rd tooth is coming in. I'm a total carb fan! Yummy.

Girls day in the city

We spent the day shopping in the city. It was a great girls day out.

It's so easy to take the train into the city and jumping on the trams.

The city of Zurich, Switzlerland

Zurich is one of the most beautiful cities my Mom has ever seen. She comes a lot to see her sister and neices. My mom has been to Europe about 15 times and this is my Dad's 2nd time. I'm just happy to be getting so many stamps in my passport at such a young age. My Mom believes that traveling with me now will get me used to being on the go and seeing new places. I'm a trooper so far. I'm doing so good hopping on the trains and trams. We will be off to Germany and Austria in the next few days.