Vacation!

We went to visit Nonny and Granddaddy in the US for our spring break (May vacation as they call it here). We stayed for two weeks and if I would have to select a picture to sum up my vacation, this would be it. Why? Well, just because most of my time was spent in or around the pool with my children (and some beer :-)). Tobias for one is like a fish. He literally wanted to be in the pool every minute. So, I had to be around to supervise or play or swim or jump or dive or blow up floats or throw balls or... well anything you can do in a pool with him...

Lorelei had a lot of first-times during our vacation:
- First time flying
- First time (semi-) solid food (rice cereal)
- First time in the pool
- First time wearing a bathing suit
- First time being at Nonny and Granddaddy's house
- First time seeing Granddaddy and uncle Mark
- ...

And, I am sure she had a great time. There was definitely no lack of attention! As a matter of fact the smallest hint of a cry would result in being picked up, which must be great when you're a baby. She was also spoiled to death. She got lots of toys, clothes and whatever else! She's lucky having a Nonny like that!

Other highlights of the vacation were that her beautiful smile turned into an audible giggle. That is so cute. As I am writing this it has gotten even better and more frequent. She also increased her vocabulary from just 'eeeehhh' to 'eeeeehhh', 'aaaahhhh', 'ooooohhhh' :-). An just recently she has added a two-syllable word to that: 'bbbvvvvv-aaaahhhh'. So, before we know it she will be speaking in full sentences :-).

We also bought her sunglasses and they look sooooo cute on her.....

One of the reasons we went to visit the US was to see family. Over time they have become increasingly scarce but we did visit the ones remaining. That was good too, and another first time for Lorelei.

All in all it was a very good and relaxing vacation, for all of us (although I have to say, that jet-lag is killing! Especially with two asynchronous children...).

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