Flight Home

We leave today and the madness has only begun! The past few days have been filled with last minute friend dinners and family get togethers while Nate and I try to stuff our crap into the suitcase.

I am not sure if our new place has internet yet so it may be another week before I can get back on track.

The schedule for now:

Flight out of Tulsa- 3pish

Flight out of Houston 9pm ish arriving in Brazil tomorrow around 7am

We have 2 cars scheduled to pick us up from the airport with all of our bags and then its only a 20-30 min drive home!!

Wish us luck and we loved getting to see everyone!!

Tchau,
Sara

We've got a screamer!

Warning: Turn down the volume of your computer or laptop before hitting play! Belle found her voice :)



Tchau,
Sara

Motherhood

Wow. I am amazed everyday of all the mothers around the world. I love every minute of it but man it's hard! Let me clarify. The unconditional love part comes easy but the juggling life events throws a wrench in the mix.

I now see why so many people fall away from friendships and live a life of seclusion! If I don't do something the minute that I think about it then you can forget about it ever being done.

Do you ever have one of those days where you need to call back 10 people, email back 5 and then still manage to take a shower that day? Sorry but I chose shower! For all my friends and people who are waiting on thank you cards please forgive me. It's not that I don't care it's just that I am overwhelmed.

Once I get back to Brazil next Tuesday then I think I will have so much more free time. To bad none of you live there with me!

Moving to my parents house for one last week before we leave. Nate flew to Houston this morning for work but will be back next weekend. I will try as hard as I can to post more often :)


Tchau,
Sara

Lets Eat

Let the baby food making begin! So far sweet potatoes, avocados and bananas have made their way to the food processor and into Belle's tummy. The recipes couldn't be easier- blend up the food and add milk to get the desired consistency.

So far is this not only saving us money but it's super easy and super healthy. After I make a batch of food I place it in a ice cube tray and freeze it. Each cube equals 1 ounce and then when I am ready to feed her I pop one in the microwave for a few seconds and it's done!

The winner for favorite goes to AVOCADO!

Here she is eating away :)

She can only finish off one cube of food at the moment. The other day though she started getting pissed when we would eat and she wasn't :) It won't be long before she can chow down!!

Tchau,

Sara

Grandparents

These photos were actually taken before Christmas but in the mix of all the travels I forgot to post them. Belle got to spend an afternoon with her G-pa and GG. I love that everyone gets a chance to spend time with her while we are in town. I couldn't be happier!

Tchau,

Sara

New Year

Last night we had a quiet night but honestly I wouldn't want it any other way! Belle went to bed at 630 and I went to bed around 10pm. Nate happened to be the only one to ring in the new year awake.

I still cannot wrap my mind around how much different our lives are now that she is here. No longer do I put myself first and Belle maintains the center of attention.

New Year's Resolutions

1. Cherish family time
2. Hold Belle now while she still wants me too!
3. Continue to expand my Portuguese (ughhh)
4. Train and complete a half marathon
5. Continue to take tons of pictures

Amazing how life goals change when you get older. If I would have shown my younger self these goals I probably would have laughed! Gotta love growing up :)

Tchau,
Sara

Belle Laughing

She does this all the time!!

Tchau
Sara

Tired

I can't believe how much I am slacking on writing in the blog. It seems that with Belle getting her two front bottom teeth and running around for the holidays I have zero energy left to write.

Her sleeping has gone to crap once again and she was up every 3 hrs last night. I am pretty sure that things will be better once we are not all sleeping in the same room. Nate snores and I roll around and Belle cannot seem to sleep through it all.

One day, probably when I die, I will sleep again.

Tchau,
Sara

Belly Sleep

Now that she can roll over she found a new way to sleep!! A few bad nights of not knowing what to do and now she has settled in. Maybe now I will get some sleep. Yea right :)

Tchau,
Sara

Merry Christmas!!

Here is the past three days in photos! We are so blessed to have such great family. We love you all!!