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Happy News! On Thursday, December 20, 2007 Arianie labored 9 hours and gave birth to a healthy 19.5 inches; 7 lb 3oz baby girl at 9:04 AM. Meet Lola Christiane Keeney.
Arianie and baby are doing great. Big sisters Nadya (4), Petra (2) and proud daddy David are excited about the new baby in the family. We love Lola; she is spunky, says her pediatrician! More photos to come soon as we rejuvenate!
You hardly see me posting photos of myself cuz I’m the one who’s always taking the photos. Then again I guess I owe a photo of the great big belly since I’m pregnant again and while I have many latest ultrasound scans, they won’t be making their way on this blog cuz I have no way of scanning them since dear hubby upgraded my computer with the latest Windows Vista and they don’t have compatible drivers for my existing scanner (let’s just blame my ole man and the Windows Vista team ;-) ha! Anyway, I thought you all might enjoy this shot taken about 4 years ago when little Nadya was conceived. There were a collection but then you’ll see my face on all of them; let’s keep things under suspense! We didn’t get any prenatal shots the second time around cuz Petra was born 6 weeks early and we were due for a photo sitting the weekend she was born. For this time around, I seriously doubt we will be taking any as well, even though we had initially plan to do so; especially with so many things happening around here, remodelling, hibernating, nesting, packing, unpacking… So for many of you wanting a belly pic, enjoy! Thanks to dear hubby for being such a sporting model!
Rosemary Roasted Turkey; spices (Rosemary, Basil, Italian Seasoning, Garlic, Olive Oil & Salt) courtesy of Arianie & all the Roasting done by dear hubby. We did inject the bird with Broth and inserted butter slices between the thighs and breasts of the 13 lb bird.
Crunchy Gourmet Japanese Sweet Potatoes and Earthy Yam harvest with pecans and butter crunch; my specialty every Thanksgiving
Cheesy Cheddar Creamy Organic Green Bean, Peas, Carrots & Corn Casserole with bacon, french fried onions and green onions
Baked Corn, moist and flavorful!
Classic Watergate Salad in pistachio pudding with Marshamallows!
Yummy Pumpkin Pie
Yum yum & yummm! Strawberry Cheesecake Pie; Enjoy!
My birthday preceeded dear hubby’s by 10 days so we started the celebration with mine; he was so sweet he told me the morning of my birthday that he was going to the junk yard to get parts for my car that needed some work but came home with a bouquet of flowers instead. I had a few Twinkies for a birthday cake believe it or not cuz I’ve never had or seen a twinkie so dear hubby did me the favor; hey! what do I know I wasn’t born here but really that twinkie thingy was just so bad, dear hubby had it instead. It was supposed to be funny. Eeeew! that was just bad bad junk don’t even know what I would call it; I doubt we would cross paths again. We spent the day having lunch at California Pizza Kitchen; I had a Crunchy Thai Salad with Peanut Sauce – it was heavenly healthy and so savoury flavorful and addictive. We didn’t take photos cuz it was one of my down days, just blah with fatigue and we spent the day occupying the girls at the indoor park.
Hubby’s birthday came 10 days after and he had a Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cake and a 6 pack artisan Anchor Porter beer; sorry the photo is still sitting in my Contax i4r camera (I’ve yet to empty the memory card). We had Thai food at Thai Spice
Lots of spicy seafood dishes… including House Special Fried Rice
Spicy Pad Thai, yummm! & Good quality time!
Sweet Nadya Anne turned 4 about a month ago! Here is a photo of her at the playground on her big day.
We did however organized a party for her a few days earlier at school. It was a Dora themed party complete with a Dora birthday cake, hats, balloons and favors. She was a happy camper and she gifted her class with a beautiful pop up book. As usual all the great photographs lay dormant in my other camera; I do really need to empty it but I’m always pressing for time so the photos continue to sit.
There she is coming down the slide as happy as a lark, how time really flies, she really has grown… and blossomed
We had cupcakes for her after play; these came from Wholefoods Bake House
That is her a week earlier at Sophia Ordaz’s Birthday Party having her face painted.
She was really excited as it was her first first painting!
This shot was taken with little sister Petra at school; they had photo picture day and were all dressed up for it.
And Nadya’s second field trip
Looking back, it’s hard to believe how much she has blossomed and we’re very thankful for all the learning milestones. Happy Birthday Nadya; we love you very much!
Haaaaaa, sigh…. I’m still a month and a half behind from the last blog update but better late than never, so let’s start with some Halloween pics…
The girls had a great time that evening!
We went to a Halloween Party and then trick-a-treating.
Nadya had a great ball at the Broussards; they played in the backyard, had games and prizes.
And so did Petra unloading her loot of candy treats and enjoying them!
