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!

Featured Photo!

Few weeks ago I took a mini photography....or MOMtohraphie class One Ingredient Fix with Beryl Ayn Young, and learned that eliminating word "cheese" will give you much better photos. 

I never really used that word anyways and always liked taking photos of people while they were doing....whatever they were doing....those photos always turned out better than when everyone stared at the camera....

But it was great to be reminded of that...and to also learn to replace word "cheese" with "play" while photographing kids! 

Yes! That was brilliant!  

So yesterday I got an e-mail from Beryl saying that she will use one of my photos on her blog post! Yay! So here is the link to that post and to her amazing blog....and you should all go check it out!

http://www.berylaynyoung.com/blog/

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 :-)

Building of......The Pyramid herb planter!

Hubby Jeff has been planning to build Pyramid herb planter for awhile now....so this last weekend was perfect...We "scored" a band saw at a garage sale on Friday...Then got some nice long pieces of wood....and he got to work

And here is what it looks like now! Not finished yet but it looks Amazing!

 

I'm so glad Jeff gets to have his woodworking hobby again. he always said how he loves it...but he didn't have room here....or the tools...Well now he does!...we will set up our basement space as his "woodworking room"...and he can also do it outside in the yard now that the weather is getting nicer.

Easter weekend...

{Monday morning}So this laptop decided Not to load few of my fave websites properly..

Pinterest Included! so I have no choice but to come here and write some more about what we're up to....

It's Easter Monday morning...everyone is still asleep...I'm having  a cup of coffee...ahhhh so nice...

This weekend has been great! The weather was...and still is incredibly Warm! Yesterday it was  Sunny and  20'C!!! And it's only march!!....Well, its now April 1st...but still! That pretty Warm for this time of year!

On friday night we had a yummy BBQ steak dinner at Granty's!

Here are some photos from that evening...

{11:30pm}Ok I'm back...it's now 11:30....and I can continue with this post now that everyone is asleep again ;-P....

So whre was I? Oh yes....Dinner on friday was delicious! It's always fun when we visit there! Saturday and Sunday are a bit of a blur....trying to remember whet we did....We mostly stayed home and didn nothing spectacular....I started clearing out or basement.....Again! And we just relaxed at home and enjoyed the Warm and sunny weather!

Today Jeff spent a whole day building our Pyramid herbplanter!! Such a great hubby! I will post photos tomorrow morning! It's not finished yet, but it looks So Nice! It's very 'zen" like ....Can't wait til it's done!

So that was our easter weekend....OK! I just remembered! We also had a lil Easter egg hunt this morning for Sienna  and Sequoia! I wasnt sure if sienna would be into it...you know being 12 and all Teenager-ish now...but she looked for eggs and helped Sequoia get some too.

A few photos...

Sequoia having a piece of a Chocolate bunny her big sis shared w her...

And then she showed the whole thing in her mouth....so I took it away..and then This happened {Blurry photo, but I had to put it up! its priceless!}

So I have her the chocolate bunny back......aand.....

She was a Happy girl again! :)

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....

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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!!!

Adventure bay Hike....March 16th

Yet another Hiking post! I promise after this one I'll have some random posts that dont have anything to do with Hiking ;)

Jeff and I did this hike when I was about 8-ish mths pregnant....I didnt get too far lol

So we always planed to go back and climb all the way to the top...So we did...Not much to say about it...except that at times it was very step and a lil scary...and I had to climb on All fours cuz I had a baby on my back and didnt wanna fall....and also on a few occasions I told myself "dont look Down! Don't look down!"...It was pretty steep....But the view we had once when got to the top was spectacular! Photos will speak for themselves...Enjoy!

Our lil Hiker baby!

 Booters! Such a poser!

Above the Clouds....

Shockingly I left my camera at home few weeks ago when we went for our hike.......Battery was almost empty...and weather was kinda rainy so I thought "meh"....I dont want it to get wet and besides rainy day photos are not all that spectacular"...So we left for our hike without it...

 Every weekend we go for a hike.....but last weekend Jeff had to work both days...yes! Work! So baby and I went with him and spent a day at his office....nearby beach....playground...here are a few photos from that weekend...

So because we missed our hike last weekend we went yesterday...It was a cloudy but warmish day...We went to one of the hills in town....There is a short dog walk....but then if you want to keep going you have to trespass to someones farmland....so we did hehe...And kept going up the hill....Every time we climbed one hill we wondered whats behind the next one...so we kept going....and city noise kept getting quieter...until we couldn't hear it anymore....The prettiest part was the view from up there and the Clouds! They were low...and at one point we turned around and saw a Cloud....coming up the hill towards us! How often do you get to see that! Super kewl!!

We got to the top....well almost to the top...Baby wanted to get out of her Ergo...so her and I found a spot and had a lil snack....and Jeff and Boots went all the way to the top...He said he could see bunch of little lakes over that hill...So we hang out for a bit and headed back down....Luckily we found a road so going down was much faster and easier! That hike was 5 HOURS long! Yup!We were pretty sore when we got home....and we felt Great!  I love hiking....Its a workout that doesnt Feel like a Workout!

Spring's in the air!

Hahaha I just came to do a lil updating before our Scary movie and realized Ive never published  that post I started writing on Valentines day...So I published it Now!

Well better late than never I say!

So,  as I was saying....I got a DSLR!! Its not the latest and the best but its new to me and a  nice upgrade from my previous camera.

Meet my Nikon D50!

               

I bought it used, but in awesome condition...It was only used at a dentist office!

As you can imagine I've been snapping a LOT of photos! ...here are just a few

 This photo above is a Million dollar shot....as Big Sis doesn't like taking pics and usually just turns her head away! But this time she smiled right at the cam! Ant it turned out amazing!

Aw my sweet little  baby...She is changing so much....She now knows how to Clap, Blow kisses, point when she wants something, she is crawling all over the place, climbing on furniture, she LOVES standing...W think she'll be walking soon! She is just the most amazing, cutest, funniest most adorable baby ever! I am slightly biased but there you go!

Hmmm, in other news...Spring is in the Air here!! Ahhhhh how I enjoy sunny days....It's still a bit chilly at night and my garden is frozen...but snow is almost all gone....birds are chirping, and I am getting so excited about getting our little garden ready....starting some seeds....I haven't done much gardening last year because I was too tired after having the baby and didn't feel like doing it....

I hope we dont get anymore snow!! I am so ready for sunshine!

This last Sunday we went hiking and it was so gorgeous!  So I announced it to everyone that as of now we will be going on a hike every weekend...weather permitting of course...It's important to get out of the house, get away from all the Screens and just be in the nature!

Here are few pics from our Sunday hike

Hope tomorrow is another sunny day! G night!