Play Date!!!

Today Alexia had a play date with Brandon while I had a play date with Ania.We went to Bury and walked around the market and did some shopping at Mothercare. Then we relaxed a bit at Abbey Gardens. The weather could not have been nicer, not too hot and perfect in the shade under a tree. Ania is getting into the photography thing and took some pics. They turned out really cute. Here are some of the pics. She is going to edit them later and I can't wait to see what she does. I hope we have more play dates soon, and maybe little Ava can join us next time.

Sitting Up

Sorry the video is sideways but that was the only way I could hold the camera to get this shot. Alexia was sitting on my lap and I let her go and she stayed up. I know the pillow helped her a bit because on the floor she doesn't sit up as well. I am still proud of my little munchkin either way.

Olivia's 2!!! (almost)

Our goddaughter had her 2nd birthday party on Saturday. Her birthday isn't until July 2nd, but that also happens to be the 4th of July weekend. We got Olivia a scooter so now she doesn't have to take her sissy's. Zoie's scooter is also too big for her and she keeps on falling down when using it and giving me puppy dog eyes when she does. I'm a sucker for those eyes because she definitely knows how to use them. The party was fun and the weather couldn't have been nicer.



Alexia had a good time too with Olivia. Olivia kept on saying "Me hold, me hold" so I let her hold Alexia.



Then we watched the USA vs. Ghana game and as we all know that didn't go so well. Even Alexia was upset, we all had high hopes for the team.

TGIF

So today was full of errands. I went to Newmarket to pick up Olivia's birthday gift nice and early in the morning. Thank goodness I did because on the drive home the A11 (the highway I need to take to and from Newmarket) was at a stand still. I am assuming there was an accident that closed it completely. I was so happy to be driving the opposite direction and glad I am an early bird. Its sometimes difficult to do things quickly when out with Alexia because people keep on stopping us and say "Oh my all that hair" or "Just look at those eyes." I really can't blame them because she really does have way more hair than an average baby and she does stare people down with her big eyes, usually forgetting to blink while she does it. Heck, I catch myself everyday commenting on her crazy hair and her big eyes.



I also baked the four cakes I need for Olivia's birthday cake. I won't be decorating it until right before the party because it has fresh strawberries in it and I don't want it to do mushing in this heat. Alexia and I also wrapped Sabrina's gift and we are going to ship it out on Monday. I hope it gets there in time for her birthday.


"Sabrina, I got you something for your birthday. I hope you like it!"

VISA, American Express not accepted

We finally had our appointment to get Alexia's Visa. She got her passport about a week or two ago. She already looks nothing like her photo. We should be able to have her passport back, with her visa in it, in our hands by the 15th of July. Hopefully we will be able to get it a little earlier. We want to plan our trip to Hungary as soon as we can. I can't wait for my grandmother to meet her great granddaughter. I already ordered a couple of summer outfits for Alexia. She had no idea what kind of heat awaits her. She is used to 75 degrees as hot, heck so am I.

When we got home I watched the USA vs Algeria game. I got home only to see the second half, so I missed some of the "questionable calls." Poor Alexia was sleeping and I tried so hard to watch quietly. I am so glad they pulled through and are now off to the next round. I hope they have better luck with the referees next round. I don't want to see any more goals taken away. Nick came home late because he watched the game at work. Alexia was excited about the win when she heard about it later in the day.



I realized Alexia is going to start solid food soon. We already let her try mashed potatoes and peanut butter. We gave her the potatoes because we were eating it and she really wanted some, and she liked it enough to have a second bite. Nick gave her peanut butter because he wanted to see if she was allergic. I was not so happy about it. When I scolded him he smeared some on her leg and said if she is allergic her leg will turn red. She already ate some, a red leg is not what I was worried about. As it turned out she is not allergic, thank goodness. Since she wil be starting rice cereal at four months, I gave her a spoon to "practice with." Well, she held on to it for dear life but had horrible aim. If the cereal needed to go into her eye or ear she would have been good. She likes to be in control of her bottle so hopefully she will let me be in control of the spoon. I guess we will have to wait and see.

Hair and Some Balls

So today I got my hair cut. I hate getting my hair cut here in England because I have yet to get a good hair cut in three years. It doesn't matter how I explain my desired cut or show a picture, it is always the same. I look like Lucy from the Peanuts gang. For some reason they like to curl my hair under and puff up my bangs. And lets not even talk about my bangs from the last hair cut I got. I was three months pregnant and I only now got the courage to try another hair cut. I ran into a friend last week and she recommended someone and I decided to try it. I showed her a picture and she delivered. It looked just like the picture. Now I only hope I can recreate it every day. Oh, before I got my hair cut I went to Cinnabon for a MochaLatta Chill and the lady that worked there said Alexia is the way a perfect baby should look. She said she sees so many skinny babies and that Alexia has the perfect amount of "chunk" as I call it. How can I not agree 100%. I tell Alexia she is absolutely perfect all the time. Now I have confirmation, not that I needed it or anything. Nobody can resist those chunky legs and those perfectly ripe cheeks.

After my hair cut we went straight to Nick's softball game. The weather was absolutely amazing and I was looking forward to sitting in the stands with Alexia cheering on the team. Unfortunately only 8 people showed up for each team so both teams had to forfeit the game.


We came home and now Nick is getting ready to go to the pub to cheer on Greece in tonight's game against Argentina. The game starts at 7:30pm so Alexia and I are staying home so she can go to bed her normal time. I have to say I know how lucky I am to have a baby that sleeps through the night. She goes to bed around 9pm and wakes up at almost 6am. And then the best part is she goes back to bed so I can have my cup of coffee and my breakfast. How can someone not want more babies if you get one this good. Our second will probably end up being the demon child but one can hope and pray for another good baby like Alexia.

Happy Father's Day!!!

Today was Nick's first Father's Day. We went to Cambridge today to have lunch in a pub and to watch a bit of soccer. Alexia slept the whole time we were there which was fine by us because we were able to eat with both hands free. When Alexia was up she was just the happiest thing on this planet. The only exception was at around 12:30 this morning when she woke up crying. I think it was too much partying for her yesterday. Nick got blue tooth headsets for his ipod as his present. It is a special kind that is "sweat-proof." The last ones he had weren't, which is a no go for working out. They died in a matter of a month. The rest of the day is going to be laziness on the couch watching the Mets game and maybe some more soccer.