YiaYia and Papou

Alexia got to meet her YiaYia and Papou finally!!!! She made a mess of herself so there was a wardrobe change. This is the day we landed in New Jersey. Alexia was pretty happy for traveling the whole day.

Goodbye

So silly us thought getting four kids together on a couch would be a cute picture. We forgot to take into consideration we were dealing with four kids. The outcome is not what we had envisioned, but a memory just the same. This will be the last time they are together for two years (hopefully if all goes well) if not more. We tried. Thats all I can say.

Greece

We got to take a quick trip to Greece so that Alexia can meet her family and so that we could say goodbye for a while. Alaska is pretty much on the other side of the world so a visit seems unlikely. We got to see lots of family and we got a little bit of sun as well. We wish it could have been longer but it just wasn't in the cards. Here are some pics from our little trip.

Long Time No See

It has definitely been a while and I am sorry. Things has been fun and crazy and everything in between. First we cleaned up, packed up, and moved out of our home. It only took a week from start to finish but it was crazy from start to finish. Alexia was great with it all during the whole process, afterwards a different story and I will get to that.



During our moving we got to welcome Gabrielle Kirabeth Volz into this world. She is going to fit in with her two big sisters just fine. She is beautiful and loud, the two requirements of being a Volz baby.



We got to spend the last bit of our time in England with the Volz crew and Alexia loved every second of it. Her favorite toy of all time has got to be Olivia. It was fun seeing all the girls together but sad at the same time knowing it was short lived.

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.