Crunch Time

I know, I know, its been a while but things have been crazy. We all got back from Hungary OK and went straight into moving prep. Nick and I purged the house and garage of all the unnecessary and unusable. We have to get rid of all our 220V appliances and buy new ones in Alaska. We got most of it done this weekend and now the rest is up to me. Nick is working 12s (which really mean 14s but whatever) so I have to take care of Alexia by myself and get the house in order. The landlord comes on Thursday with the renting agent, our unaccompanied baggage gets packed on Friday, and then the rest of our stuff gets packed on the 14th. So while Nick is working I have to fix the holes in the walls from the pictures and then paint. I hope Alexia lets me do all of this. We still have some gardening to do as well but hopefully Nick will be here helping me this weekend. On to some more fun stuff, I took some pics of Alexia this weekend and did a little bit of editing. I think they look cute but I might just be in denial. I am having trouble with the editing because it looks different depending on where the pictures are opened. They look different on facebook, my stored file, and even on here. I guess I have to figure it all out when we get to the states. I will have some printed out and see which is the real deal. But here are some of the pics....

Chow Down

So Nick isn't the only one that can't stop eating here in Hungary. Alexia has gone from refusing to eat food to trying to eat everything in sight. Not only eating, but she must drink everything as well. I might have to invest in a sippy cup for her when we get home because she has been drinking out of my glass for about a week now.

Weathering the Storm

Alexia experienced her first real thunderstorm, and boy was it a doozy. I couldn't sleep because it was so loud. Alexia only woke up once to the loudest thunder I have every heard. She woke up, let out a little cry and then dozed back off to sleep. Then she decided to sleep in while we were all ready to go to the lake for some fun in the sun.



We finally made it to the lake which was about an hour away and settled in with our little tent and all. Alexia was all decked out with her swim suite, hat, and sun block of course.





Then we headed out to the water. Alexia's great aunt and uncle bought her the most adorable inflatable boat and we knew she would love it. We got in the water and realized that because of the storm last night, and the rain from the night before that, the water had cooled down a bit. Alexia loves her nice warm baths but the cold water was enough to make her scream.





But as soon as she was on land, she was good to go.

Lions and Tigers and Bears, or not

This Friday my cousin took Alexia and I to the little zoo they have here in their town. They kept on telling me it was small and not to expect much but I was pleasantly surprised. it was no London Zoo of course but they had some fun animals. We walked around and saw some lions, including three baby cubs. There were some monkeys and even a tiger. The bear unfortunately died July 6th of this year so we were short of the trifecta. We got to get really close to the animals, something you don't get to so in the states. You can stick your hand in the cages, even though the signs say not to.


Alexia actually stayed awake this time. We ended the zoo adventure with some really yummy ice cream. I ended this wonderful day with an amazing hour long facial. My face was as soft as Alexia's bottom. I could get used to having one of those every week.

Fly Away

Alexia and I have flown to Hungary this past Sunday. We have left Nick to fend for himself for 2 weeks until he gets here as well. Alexia is getting to meet a lot of family while we are here, I only wish she could have met her great grandmother. Things don't alway turn out how you hope so we are just going to have to deal. Right now we are just relaxing and eating great food. My cousin flies in from Hong Kong on Monday, my brother from the states on Thursday, and then Nick gets here on Saturday. It is going to be a full house for sure. Here are a few pictures that we have taken so far.

Photo Updates

Sitting and playing with her bugs



Nick and Alexia in her cute bathing suite (thanks grandma!)



Me and Alexia


A long rough day


Holding her own bottle



Enjoying the nice weather

Four Month Appointment

Alexia had her four month well baby check up on Friday. She is now 13 lb 9 oz and 24.6 inches. She is pretty much where she needs to be, except the Dr. said she is just a little bit longer than average for her weight. I even asked about her head, which I was informed is not large at all, she is exactly 50th percentile for her age so my peanut head and Nick's big head averaged out to perfect, yay. Then the Dr. did some fun little tests for Alexia to see her development and he made the mistake of saying "off the charts" to me and that was it. I have declared my baby a genius and a prodigy. She has now become the smartest person on this planet. I have since calmed down about it but still, pandora's box has officially been open. i will just have to wait and see if all this is true but for now I am so happy with my happy chunky munchkin. I do have to say she was not a happy baby at the end of this appointment because she had to have her shots, and Nick was not there to help me out this time. She looked so sad and looked right at me for help. I thought this would be like the first set of shots she had at two months (they were actually the same set of shots) but I was not ready for her reaction. Last time I was expecting the worse and had to deal with practically nothing. This time I was expecting nothing and got a lot more than I bargained for. Her legs hurt her so much this time. She is a lot more mobile to every time she moved she cried. Luckily there was no fever but all weekend she was cranky. It took us so long to get her calmed down that we put her in the car seat with only her diaper on when we were heading for church, which we didn't make it to anyways. Nick and I felt so bad for her and we are not used to her being upset so we are all grateful she is back to normal and happy. She has been talking to herself practically non stop for these past two days. Nick got to experience it in the cr tonight when she talked to herself the whole ride home.