Ice Age

It's freezing over here!!!

Our Carolina girl isn't used to this kind of temperature. Obviously.

Not only Lia is frowning at 0 ° Celsius (32 °F!!!) and these VERY dark and wintery days (and resigns by falling asleep).

Today I asked my mom when the sun will come out again, and she answered: 'in March.' Oh well. I actually wanted a weather forecast for the next days, not months! But luckily we have some good company and lots of coffee and milk foam to warm our hearts...

It's hard to move in these coats... Let's get rid of them!

British Tari is much more experienced in bad weather and shows Lia how to take that nasty thing off. You grab and pull and throw yourself forward. 'Tata!' Or is it 'kaka!'?

Baby Bundle

And a year ago, Peanut spent most of her time like this:

Has it really been a year?

One, two, three ... me!

Three more pictures of our shoot with Brandy that we would like to share.

Birthday Overview

What a crazy 1st Birthday!

Lia got her first present on the plane to Germany where ...

... she took a first power beauty nap with Daddy before ...

... admiring her first chocolate cake made by Savta ...

... and being admired while poking out her first candle.

Here is:

ONE proud baby presenting her walking skill and walking toy!

And one very proud mom...

One!

picture by Brandy Cardarelli

Delivered

December 6th is St Nicholas Day. In Germany children put their boots outside the front door the evening before, so that Sir Nicholas can leave some nice things in them. A year ago he came to the States and left us a tiny peanut in a giant stocking (shoes don't count over here).

This year the stocking doesn't fit Lia anymore. We tried to put it on her. But she's a really good eater.

Happy Chanukkah!

It's the year 5768 and Lia is celebrating her second Channukah! Chag sameach!

Handfuls

Our daughter definitely leaves lasting impressions. Not only on us, but also in clay! Half a year ago we captured Lia's cute handprints at Handfuls to celebrate her six-month-milestone. Her quick little hands had left handprints everywhere already, so we thought it appropriate to also squeeze them into a piece of clay and perpetuate them by means of a 'special glazing technique'.

Another six months later Lia traces her handprints with her fingers and smiles at that ridiculously tiny fossil print.

Such a big girl!

Stepmaster!

A month and a half of hard physical training have paid off: Lia is walking! We are no longer talking about a certain number of steps. It's all about performance now. Walking from TV to table to mom to highchair to gate, turning a corner, diagonally crossing the living room, and walking in a circle. It's such an adorable show-off! And her new tricks are almost performed free-handed. With her lucky socks in one hand, Lia can go to great lengths. She has every reason to proudly lift that cute chin!

Here's a video of our little walker and her lucky socks.