Little things :)

I wanted to  jot this down as I am a huge believer that Little things matter the most

Hubby and I were playing tennis one afternoon...and after we finished I took Sequoia to  playground and he went to look for some stray tennis balls on the other side of the court....and when he came back he was had the Prettiest little bouquet of flowers for me! 

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How SWEET is that!? Very sweet!!

I feel like people are almost "required" to buy flowers/presents for certain dates ...birthday, anniverssary, etc....and thats also nice

bat when someone does it for you Just because they love you and they feel like giving them to you...It's 100 times more special

Little things add up to a happy marriage and happy life!

Volim te!! <3

Just a few more pics....:D

Lately this swing is her fave place to be! As soon as she wakes up and we go outside she walks over to it makes her little birdie sound and points to it...Letting us know she wants to go for a Swing!

This was another beach day....And its special because that day she started Walking! It was Saturday, one day before Mothers Day :)

 She is putting her sunscreen here....It's a serious job!

She learned how to do "SCORES!!!!" As soon as she hears goal horn (hockey) she lifts her arms up!

One other thing she learned is ....Frowning!!...Yup, shes got this frowning thing Down!

And that's it for this post....next up - Fathers day!

More Pics

 This was our day at the beach!

I love the beach! Hubby, err not so much. he cant stand just being there and not doing anything!...But he came with us...and found something to do...he made this big "pond" for baby....and kept filling it with water for her...She loved it! She kept pouring the water all over her...While I sat in the sun, and read my book...aaaah , love summer

 Hanging out at the tennis court

Awww....My baby an me! People say she now looks like me but just with dark complexion, hair and eyes ;)

ZEBRA!!

Around 2 weeks ago we vent to a little local fair....and the main mission is to find Zebra! And we sure did!! here are some moments from that day :)

They had these dirt bike dudes doing all sorts of tricks! Pretty crazy what they can do!

 This is a miniature Railroad set....It was huge and SO realistic looking! Amazing how much work they put into it!

 There is our Zebra!

 Sequoia and Daddy checking out the Zebra

 She liked this lamb too

 Some cute pigmy goats

 Shadow "The Zebra" was star of the show!

 Gotta try on a cowgirl hat when you are at a country fair!

And some kewl glasses too! Big sis took this pic Just before she whipped them off her head!

Still here :)

Hola! Over 2 months since last post! Yikes!! Time flies!! Few days ago my hubby asked me if I'm promptly updating this blog of mine! ha! "yeah, Hun...I totally am!" hehe :D

But here I am now with some highlights from last few months!

1st one being ~ Sequoia turned ONE! She is not a little baby anymore! She is a full on Toddler!

We had a Outdoor BBQ party for her...it was Crazy Windy that day! And made it one fun dinner!  Stuff flying everywhere...But it was great to have all our friends come over to celebrate

 Our lil Big girl :)

jeff and teresa freezing outside ~ it was so Windy!

 Catching a few Zzzz's before the party!

2nd ~ She started Walking one month after her birthday! We were at the beach one day before Mothers day and she just kept getting up and making steps...more and more each time, and in the next few days she was walking! Its the cutest thing! She waddles like a lil penguin...(I will be posting a video soon as I found a memory card for  our little camera...Finally!)....I'm sad I didn't capture those 1st wobbly steps :/

There she goes!

 Trying to remember what else happened....oh, something sad...

We had to sell our chicken coop & chickens :'(...We might have to move and chances are we wont be able to have chickens...so we decided to let them go. I was so sad to see it go. That chicken coop was a wedding gift from our friends...they build it for us! and it was beautiful....And also Sequoia loved her chickens....she would go see them every day, she LOVED collecting eggs...and now she wont be able to do that anymore :'((...so I cried when they came to take it away. 

I'm gonna e-mail the people that bought it and say that if they Ever decide to sell it ...to contact us 1st! 

I want it back! 

 We also had fun going to Big Sisi's soccer games all over the valley! There were some exciting games!
It's also great to see how much those girls improved during just few months of playing together....

So this is it for now...More to come tomorrow! G'night!

Horses

Ok...Just one more post... :-)

Yesterday after finishing with yard work, moving the chicken coop, etc we went to  nearby horse stables....Main plan was to get some shavings for the inside of the chicken coop...and also to visit the Horses, as few days earlier we saw that there were bunch of horses boarded there!

We thought Sequoia might like to see them in "person" :-)....And she did.....its just that few times she got overwhelmed by their Size and needed to "hide" in daddy's shoulder....But she was brave and did great!

Awww....Sweet baby....she was scared a bit...But she never cried! :)

 Then we just spend some time at Kin Race track....Its an old kinda run down place...but we love going there...

She looks so Big here!

So beautiful....

And then....there was This horse! :P

So funny....

They bonded quite fast....not hard to imagine....Both Goofballs! ;)

And that is It for now! Whew! I dont think I've even posted This much in one go! 

And to wrap it up....This was a great long weekend...lots of yard work, building stuff, chilling out going on.....And as jeff would say lately "Its ONLY the beginning of April!" and we already 'fired up" the patio-BBQ season! How awesome is that!

One more photo of a Pretty Daffodil for the end of this post....

Weekend fun...

Few more photos from this past weekend...

Eating her lunch outside...

Swinging time...

Cruising around daddy's herb planter...

And then while we did some yard work sequoia got to splash around in her 'saucer"....You can't really tell but she had Fun :-)

11 months old!

Our sweet baby is 11 months old!! Wow! Almost a whole year since she was born....Time sure flies when you're having fun!

She is the most amazing baby....I know! All parents think that about their babies...But really, she Is! ;P

She is Smart, Funny, Curious, STUBBORN...She is a Taurus so can't really help it... She Loves to eat!
Loves her books...

She knows where the fan is...Knows where her nose, eyes, ears are...and in Bosnian too! I'm trying to talk to her in my own language as much as I can so she can learn it with English....

She makes a "Mok Bok" sound for chicken, almost makes a"mooo" sound...well,its more like a 'vvvvvv"....And when we ask ger to say "baaaaa" she Coughs! Thats her Goat sound! hahha TOO funny!

She crawls everywhere...and is fast! Absolutely LOVES standing holding onto the furniture....and even lets go and just stands there not holding onto anything....

 She loves watching Baby Einstein videos...Loves visiting our chickens and feeding the wood shavings....SHe even helps us get the eggs! Oh And the other day she said "jaje" which is "Egg" in Bosnian!! :-D

Every day is an adventure! She comes up with something new almost daily....Oh yeah, she has this little ball with holes in it...and her latest fave way to play with it is; She throws it and then crawls really fast to go catch it and does that over and over again! Super cute!

Sweetest baby....

Randomness....

Just as I promised....here are some random photos from last few months

Miss Sequoia gnawing on a chicken drumstick bone, and Proud of it!

This cute butt makes a pretty good Crib Board stand :P

"helping" Mama make Burek!....Bosnian meat pie! 

Daddy built her a sandbox!

And the Fave thing to do lately is to look at our chickens and feed the wood shavings! 

And she also says "Bok Bok" when she sees them!

The BEST Surprise Ever!!!

Awhile ago Hubby mentioned that we should go out...Just the two of us...without the baby...As we haven't been on a "date" since she was born...I loved the idea of course! But we haven't made any plans really...I knew we'd go out at some point....but didn't know when...

So this last Saturday he nonchalantly said..."If someone was planning a surprise for you would you like to Know about it?" And I said I would like to know there is a surprise so I could get ready....but I wouldn't want to know what exactly it is! So then he said that we are going out to dinner that night! And I should ask our good friend if she could watch Sequoia! I was a lil shocked and pretty surprised! Friend was free that night so we had a babysitter, I was just a lil nervous about leaving baby....But I knew she'd be fine! She was in Great hands!

Whole day I felt like we are going to our 1st date!! I was so excited! Partly because we get to go Out together...just us! And partly because he actually Planned a date for us!! It was super sweet!! ;-D

I decided to get all dolled up! Curled my hair, put nice make-up, Nice clothes....I was wearing a skirt and High heel boots even! 

We went for dinner to Boston Pizza...Only because that is where we had our very 1st dinner together....the day we met 7 years ago...we ordered yummy Mediterranean pizza! Oh it was so delicious! It's m fave pica now!

So we were having our pizza....and i thought that was it....he planned this nice dinner for us...Well, I was Wrong!

In the middle of dinner he went to the car and put these two papers on the table....so I take them and see they were tickets for a show....and then I see that they were tickets for JEREMY HOTZ Comedy Show!!!!!!! O.M.G.!!! he is only one of Favorite comedians!!!! No Way! We were going to his Show!?!??! 

I almost screamed in the middle of the restaurant!  THAT was a BIG Surprise!!! 

I had no idea what he was up to!

he said that he was planning this since November! Since he heard that Jeremy Hotz is coming to do a show here!

So he got the tickets Early so we could have Good seats! And we did! 5th row from the stage! 

The show was HILARIOUS!! We laughed so much in those 2hrs!! 

It was the BEST date ever!! :-D

And I have the BEST Husband! 

Thank you so much for doing this for us!

Volim Te!!!