Old Friends

This time in my life is so special because not only do I get to see Belle grow up but also my closest friends kids grow up too! You know when your little and you talk about living next to your childhood best friend and marrying twin brothers and having ours kids grow up together..... Well so far the plan hasn't worked out but we have married great guys and our kids will at least know each other!!

Here Bryna is playing with Belle and the are very close in age. I believe that Bryna is three weeks younger than Belle. Best friends in the making half a world apart!

Moments like these are the reasons family and friends are so important!

Tchau,
Sara

Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the H side of the family! The photo above is all the kids together at the end of the day. I have to say that I am in love with being around family and so much good food. Makes me never ever want to leave!!!

Tchau,
Sara

Cold Weather

Enjoying the sub 50 degree weather! Although to me it feels like something in the 20's!! I will probably just die when it actually does get that cold :)

Tchau,
Sara

Alive!!

I promise we are alive despite my longest absence from the blog ever! We have had a long two weeks and soon I will be able to tell you all about it but not right now :) I will just say that it's great news so don't worry.

Here are some photos of Belle recently to get you caught up on all her craziness! I am sure she will hate some of these photos when she is older!

Oh I guess I should mention we made the flight home last Friday for the holidays!! Let me just say I am loving being back!!

Tchau,
Sara

Hugs Welcomed

Here in Brazil everyone does the kiss kiss (kiss to the right then kiss to the left) when meeting someone or saying goodbye or hello or just whenever they feel like it! What I didn't ever think about is that I miss hugs and the warmth you feel.

All of my close friends hug each other when greeting each other. The same goes for family and really nothing can make you feel more loved than a nice good full hug.

There is a lady at the park that I see practically everyday and for some reason she hugs and kisses ALL over me. It was awkward at first but now I look forward to seeing her. Each time she hugs me it really makes me a believer that you need hugs to survive.

Because of this I make sure to squeeze Isabelle every chance I get. Soon I will be the mother that she is pushing away because I am embarrassing her. I know that she loves it though because the other day she hugged me while patting my back then grabbed my face with both her little hands and pulled me in for a kiss.

Where did my baby go?

Tchau,
Sara

New Do

Now Belle lets me play with her hair! Next up will be pig tails ;)

Tchau,
Sara

Ps- Nate made it home safe and sound!

Hibernation

I should probably cut my nails.

Basically when Nate leaves the roost for work I spend the days hibernating. Making sure that all of my energy stored can be easily accessed in case of a Belle crisis. In case you haven't guessed, based on the blogs, he has been gone for five days already. Therefore I am using some of my stored energy to pour back into writing.

Belle is known for extreme teething, getting sick, running fevers and not sleeping through the night in Nate's absence. Of course the one time I leave town for a week she acts like a perfect angel so who knows what I am doing wrong!

So far we have had a good week together except for a few restless nights and no nap days and one allergic reaction. Could've been worse I tell ya cause I've been there!

Either way we both are looking forward to Nate's return and fingers crossed that it doesn't have to happen again soon. 

Tchau,

Sara

More Giggles

Belle was laughing so hard with her little Dutch friend, Vivien. I thought I would share the cuteness since I posted an earlier video of her laughing when she was little.



Tchau,
Sara

Halloween

As I write this post I am hiding out in my house avoiding the trick-or-treaters! I didn't know that Brazilians celebrated this holiday!

The past years we have never had a trick-or-treater and now the door buzzer won't stop :(

So sad too because all my years in Houston I never had trick-or-treaters either. The one time I can celebrate and now I am hiding out...

It's going to be a really long night!

Tchau,
Sara

New Passport

Remember these old photos from her first passport?? Yea they were not the greatest! I feel bad that she will have to cherish this moment as her first set of photos for passports!

Now, one year later these are what her photos will look like!!

She looks completely different! The things a year can do!!

Tchau,

Sara