First Day in Deutschland

We had a fun first (full) day here. We slept pretty well. Olivia did wake up laughing and clapping a little after midnight and was ready to play. But I just snuggled up next to her and eventually she fell back asleep. After we got up and ready for the day it was time to venture out.

Ready to go! We had to stop at a couple different posts to get things squared away so I can drive and get on/off post. By the time we were finished with that is was time to eat lunch.

We stopped at the bowling alley to eat before heading to the (VERY small) commissary to get some groceries. On our back home we stopped at a German mall. They had the same type of escalators that we saw at the Jusco's in Japan - a ramp.

We went to a German grocery store and I found some candy to take back to Grace. I got her a couple other fun things too! And I bought some baby food for Olivia to try.

By the time we left the girls were so tired! They fell asleep on the way back but the nap was short lived because they were both awake shortly after we got home.

 Olivia and Elly got to play together while we made dinner. It is so cute to watch them.

Olivia loved her German baby food. This one was pasta with tomato sauce and mozzarella I think. Their jars are about 1/3 bigger than the big jars we have back home and she ate almost the entire thing. That is a LOT for her. I think she liked the pieces of spaghetti in it!

And then the girls played some more after dinner. Chelsea had a balloon to welcome her home from the hospital. I let Olivia play with it and then Terre tied it around Elly's waist. She didn't seem to care but Olivia saw it and wanted to play with it too!

Willkommen!

We made it to Germany!

We started off on Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The people at the check-in counter were probably the nicest we have ever encountered while traveling. Dustin and Grace got to go through security and wait at the gate with us. Grace and Olivia had a good time watching the planes while we waited for ours to get there.

 

And they both wanted to break into the snacks I had packed in my carry-on :)

We had a window seat for our first flight. 

 

 

These are the only pictures I took on all of our plane rides or in the airports. We had two layovers. The first was in Atlanta. We got off the plane, got the stroller, and then headed to our next gate. We got to ride a train to our terminal! I grabbed some dinner on the way and then found a place where Olivia could play at our gate. I got her ready for bed since we had an overnight flight and then packed up the stroller and we boarded the plane for Paris. After we got settled into our seat a flight attendant came and asked if we wanted to move to bulkhead and get a bassinet. I couldn't pass up the extra leg room and two empty seats! Olivia didn't like the bassinet - it had a mesh/plastic cover over the entire thing. She slept quite a bit on the flight in my lap though. We got to Paris and discovered it is probably the craziest airport I have ever been to. Last time I was there I just thought the craziness was due to the construction but that was not true yesterday. We ended up having to LEAVE the airport, wait on the curb at a taxi stand, and get on a bus to go to our terminal. Then we waited for about 5-10 minutes (we had a 1 1/2 hour layover and only about 5 minutes to spare) in a lounge before we were told to go to our gate and board. A short flight (Olivia slept the entire way!) and we were in Germany. And it was SNOWING!! We walked through customs (yes, you just walk through and nobody stops to check your bags) and there was CHELSEA!!!!

We got in the car and she told us we were making a stop at IKEA on the way to her house. 

Olivia was excited to be out and about.

When we left I took a picture of the snow in the parking lot.

And Olivia loved the snow falling on her head. This was leaving IKEA but she got to experience her first snow as soon as we got off the plane in Nuremberg.

She was worn out by the end of the day!

Stay tuned to hear about our first day in Deutschland!

Traveling

Olivia is going on a trip! She is taking her very first plane ride today.

Grace gets to stay behind with Daddy (and Grandma since Daddy has to work). She is going to have so much fun! I think she is going to Nations of Fun, rock collecting, and having picnics and tea parties.

Olivia and I are going to a place where it is very cold. She will probably get to see snow for the first time. We are going to visit my best friend, Chelsea, who is recovering from shoulder surgery. We get to have lots of fun playing with Elly!

We'll be home in 2 weeks but I am going to try an update the blog often so everyone back home can see what we are doing. I am guessing Olivia is bringing back a mouthful of teeth :)

Project Life Week 5

 

Project Life Week 5 - January 29 - February 4

Sunday - We celebrated my niece, Brilyn, and my brother, Billy's, birthday at my parents house. Brilyn got a Cozy Coupe which was a big hit with all the kids!

Monday - It was a beautiful afternoon so Grace enjoyed some time outside. She loves to play in the dirt! She even learned how to make her swing go really high all by herself :)

Tuesday - We had more nice weather so I pulled out the bounce house and we spent quite a bit of time in the front yard.

Wednesday - I had to go to Oklahoma City to get my International drivers license. I decided to treat Grace to a fun day and we went to Chuck E Cheese's. I pulled out my camera and the battery was dead so I only got a couple pictures with my phone.

Thursday - I needed to get Grace some new clothes. We met my Mom at the mall and she watched the girls play while I shopped. This was Olivia's first time to get to play at the mall.

Friday - The girls wore their new matching clothes to dinner.

Saturday - This little girl got caught playing in the mop bucket.

I am also linking up here again:

11 Months

In less than 3 weeks my baby girl is turning ONE.

Can you believe it has almost been a year since she was born?

She was a teeny tiny little baby and now she is full of energy and into everything!

It is hard to get her to sit still for a picture :)

See those teeth? She is working on FOUR more.

 She loves to take her bow off and then she tries so hard to put it back on :)

And now she is standing in her crib like a big girl.

She is growing up way too fast!!

Crawling

Olivia has been crawling for a while but I finally got around to videoing her and now I am finally getting it uploaded to the blog. 

She is like a little puppy dog and will follow me around the house. She is getting fast!

Quite often she will stick a toy in her mouth and take off crawling. It is pretty funny to watch.

Olivia loves helium balloons. I guess I should say Grace AND Olivia love helium balloons. A week before Grace's birthday we got one at the party store while out shopping and they played with it for SEVEN weeks. Yes, it lasted 7 weeks before it quit floating. Not long ago, we went to Brilyn's birthday party and the girls got to take balloons home. Olivia carried this one with her for quite a while.

Oh, How Pinteresting Wednesday

This week I am posting some fun craft ideas I found on Pinterest. These are all things we have tried and enjoyed. So next time you are stuck inside with a preschooler/toddler, check these out! I think I had all the supplies on hand and they are all pretty easy :)

Source: projectbalancingact.smugmug.com via Heather on Pinterest

I helped the girls make these when we were learning about the letter "B" and Butterflies. We just made them on a piece of 12x12 card stock - It was big enough for me to put both of the girls' butterflies on one paper!

Source: funfamilycrafts.com via Heather on Pinterest

We made this for Daddy to hang in his new office. I found that an EASY way to do a footprint of a baby (I think she was around 5 months at the time) is do it while she is in the jumperoo :)

Source: meetthedubiens.blogspot.com via Heather on Pinterest

This was a fun, quick craft for Grace. And she played with these for MONTHS.

Source: meetthedubiens.blogspot.com via Heather on Pinterest

Sidewalk PAINT. So much fun!! We did it before it rained and it pretty much washed away completely.

Source: meetthedubiens.blogspot.com via Heather on Pinterest

Bathtub paint - This was fun and easy. I used little Dixie cups for each color and then just threw them away when we were finished. It did make the bath water pretty dirty though.