More Budapest

Hungarian baths

Paprika at the Market Hall

Budapest

My fresh mint tea and my family, in Amsterdam. Happiness.

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Happy half birthday to my girl

Immobilized

Ellie is not so sure about this whole baseball thing. Go Twins!

It's a gorgeous day at AT&T Park!

We still have two fur babies. They haven't been forgotten.

Eggplant and tofu... YUM!

I think we need a king sized bed

As seen on my video baby monitor

5 months old

Marta and Jude visit

Today is my very first Mother's Day

And I couldn't be happier.

Today is International Babylost Mothers Day

International Babylost Mothers Day

What was I about to do? Oh right, update my blog.

She's four months old! YAY!

Happy Easter!

I tried...

Happy Passover

Today I got an awesome birthday cake with purple flowers

Got Matzah?

Confession - I love Easter

You know how some Jews are totally into Christmas? Not the religious aspects of it, but the tree and the decorations and the lights and the tinsel and... you get my point. Well, I'm not a Jew like that. I do like the smell of a pine tree in the house, and I love the movie Elf, but I could do without Santa and all of the Christmas music that pipes through every store starting the moment the last bite of Thanksgiving turkey is swallowed.

However, I have a confession... I LOVE EASTER!!! Am I a bad Jew?

Every year I hope that a family will adopt me so I can dye eggs, hunt for them in the backyard, munch on jellybeans and pastel colored foil wrapped chocolate eggs. I want my very own Easter basket with fake green grass in it and a huge hollow chocolate bunny. And most of all, I want a large sugar egg that I can look into and see a happy sugary scene with a bunny inside. Maybe some day a non-Jewish family will invite me over for their Easter festivities and it will be too rude for me to say no. :)

My baby is 3 months old today

yes, my diaper bag is this heavy

Not as good as last year but I still got my king cake

She's 2 months old today and as cute as ever!

Happy birthday Emerson Grace! Warm your face.

Someone loves Sofie la girafe

Quote of the day

"That's a hairy baby!"

The sun sets behind the golden gate bridge

Infant or cat activity mat?

My baby is one month old today!

When you have a 4 week old baby...

You know I'm a mommy when I get a kick out of this...

So sorry!

Not that I need to explain this to anyone... but having a newborn leaves little time for blogging. Hopefully I'll be back soon to keep the momentum of this blog going, but for now if you want to see what I'm up to just check out:

http://elodieiris.blogspot.com/

My daughter... the most beautiful thing ever

Look who joined the world yesterday!

One year ago today...

We woke up on Christmas morning, 2009, and started hauling our suitcases down our narrow set of Dutch stairs. A cab was waiting outside in the snow and we couldn't believe our year abroad had come to an end. Stuart (our orange cat) was hiding in his favorite place, at the top of our closet. He didn't want to leave. He loved Amsterdam, and even though we bitched about it often, we loved it too. We were excited to return to California to our friends, families and "normal" life, but we had an amazing year in The Netherlands and were sad to see it end.

Due today and no sign of baby

Speaking of signs, we have now entered into the sign of the Capricorn. Not that it matters so much, but I was certain my baby would be a Sagittarius like her dad. I guess she has other plans! She's certainly proving herself to be a stubborn and serious (and of course cute) Capricorn. What does this mean for me as her Aires mother? Looks like she will follow in my footsteps as a "born leader." Not too shabby.

Multiple uses for the co-sleeper

It seems nowadays Ellie's mini co-sleeper basinet is used for hospital
bag, ipad, laptop, and cat storage.

Eggplant AND chicken Parmesan made from scratch!

I know, I have the best husband ever.

The Nutcracker

Today we went to see the Nutcracker as a spontaneous winter treat. By seeing all of the little girls in the audience in their fancy dresses I was instantly taken back to being a little girl and going to see this play with my grandmother. Afterwards we would go to the Ritz Carlton for high tea and eat cookies and tiny sandwiches with the crusts cut off. I simply loved it! I can't wait to do this stuff with my daughter when she's older.

Hard at work