Omi and Annalie update :)

Annalie being almost 6 months old.

Annalie being less than 2 weeks old.

We definitely are no good bloggers....... shame on us. Such a long time since we updated on how we and especially our baby is doing.

At first we´re all doing great. Michi hopefully just finished his last tests in school and Kristin is still busy with her diploma thesis which she has to turn in by the end of May.
Annalie keeps us not only busy but absolutely happy too.
In less then a week she´ll turn 6 months. Time went by so fast. We actually realized that our baby is no real baby anymore when we spoted this little white thing in her mouth last Sunday which turned out to be her first TOOTH!!! We couldn´t believe it. We totally thought this would start a little later. But there it is. She loves to chew on everything. She hardly sleeps during the day because there is soo much to explore. She rolls over and plays a lot by herself which is so much fun to watch. She smiles a lot and laughs out loud too. A couple of weeks ago she woke us up because she was laughing at the wall - there must have been something really funny.
She hardly sits still on our lap because she wants to play and party and not just sit.
She finally starts to slowly enjoy her bath. She still is a little unsure what do as you can tell on the picture. At least she started to smile a little more and also move her legs instead of laying there without any movement- which actually was really funny.

Another great thing to tell is that OMI just arrived a couple of days ago. She really was amazed how much Annalie has grown. The last time she saw her she was barely 2 weeks old.
We´re so excited she´s here not only because of all the presents she bought :) but also to finally spend time with her, eat some great cake, have good talks and play a lot with the baby.
Annalie is happy to have her Omi over and smiles at her a lot.

Our little sweetheart!

Just another picture we took a couple of days ago. I think you can see her face really well and her blue eyes. We think she might keep them. She´s so funny smiling and laughing more and more each day but as soon as we go get the camera she stops smiling and starts to stare at the cam. One thing she also really likes is her playmat as you can see she´s so good at grabbing things especially my hair.... ouch!!!!

Uncle Christian getting Annalie to laugh

Finally we got a good shot off her giggling
Unfortunately it´s a little dark, but here you go:

Happy New Year 2009!

Happy New Year to everyone.
Tomorrow Annalie will be 3 months. She has grown so much and can do so many things like:

• smiling
• giggling
• making the cutest sounds with her wonderful little voice
• smiling at mommy and daddy when waking up
• turning from tummy to back
• grabbing everything ( we surely have to watch out when changing her diapers so she won´t grab the dirty baby wipes...)
• playing with the little bear (as her cousin Rebecca calls it) on her playing mat and pulling it so it´ll make sounds
• slept 3 nights in a row for 6 hours
• loves to get attention and to look at people
• loves to have something on her face when she falls asleep (you can see on the picture, sometimes she takes the blanket and pulls it over her face, that´s why we always have to check on her so she gets enough air. This little funny one.

4. Advent

Wonderful visit

Our little woodcutter.

Rebecca loves the baby. In the morning when we were still in our bedroom we could hear Rebecca say "baby,baby".

Rebecca loved to "drive" Annalie around. She was fast.

Annalie really enjoyed her Aunt Emily especially being held by her.

Uncle Jörg holding his little niece.

Dreamteam: Michi and Rebecca.

Emily, Jörg and Rebecca came and stayed with us and it was wonderful. These last two weeks were full of a lot of fun, eating candy and having a great time with the two babies. Especially when watching the Grinch - Rebecca would make all of us laugh.We really enjoyed having them with us and already miss them a lot. Annalie keeps looking and looking around for her cousin, her aunt and her uncle from the States.We miss hearing Rebecca say all worried "be-be-bear", "no-no-no" or "hi" "Bye-bye".She is the funniest 18 months old we´ve ever met. We can´t wait to see all of them again and spend more time together.nAnnalie is getting bigger. Today she looks like a little Santa Clause with her big belly.hShe´s 10 weeks old on Saturday and keeps on getting cuter everyday. Her kind of cry sounds very "girly" already. She´s such a good and funny baby.Tomorrow we´ll have her first round of vaccinations and we´re not really looking forward to it.

Cousins