busy weekend: Haven's - O'Connor annual X-Mas Party, Marchesa's 1st B-Day and Alex' first cereal

first cereal / erster Versuch Brei zu essen

not happy

Princess Amelie and Princess Olivia

Santa is in the house

Alex' first date with Oscar / Alex erster Freund

Amelie in her school uniform with Alex

We had a very busy weekend. Yesterday we had our annual Haven's - O'Connor Christmasparty. It used to be only Troy, Jami and daughter Olivia and Angelika, Shawn and Amelie. But since this August Oscar Havens and Alexandra O'Connor have joined the party. It was fun: we had traditional German food that was always eaten in my family for Christmas: Weisswurst (white sausage), mashed potatoes, Sauerkraut. We also added red cabbage but this is not truly authentic. As a desert we had apple strudel with vanilla icecream. Santa also came to visit but needless to say the girls could not be fooled. They knew it was Shawn. It was just nice to hang out with the Havens', especially since it has been a while since we got to hang out. There are some pics of Oscar and Alex dating already and of Santa. It was a lot of fun and I decided that as long as the O'Connor's / Havens are within a 100 miles radius the party will be always on. The O'Connor party is worth a trip of 100 miles!!!

Today (Sunday, December 14) is my mother's Birthday (Happy Birthday) and we celebrated Marchesa's 1st Birthday. It was quite a party!!! We thought we could get some shopping done afterwards but the party just lasted longer than expected! It was fun! Marchesa is the cutest tiniest thing... She is one year old!!! Happy Birthday Marchesa!!!

Also: today Alex had her first try at cereal (see pics). She did not like it much... don't know why. Amelie liked it better when we started her out.

Wir hatten ein sehr beschaeftigtes Wochenende. Gestern war unser alljaehrliches O'Connor - Havens Weihnachtsfeier. Letztes Jahr um diese Zeit haben Jami und ich festgestellt, dass wir beide schwanger sind UND auch noch am gleichen Tag faellig sind. Oscar und Alex sind nur drei Tage auseinander. Wir hatten also dieses Jahr unsere Feier mit Troy, Jami, Olivia und Oscar und Shawn, Angelika, Amelie und Alex. Wir hatten unser traditonsreiches Weihnachtsmenue: Weisswuerste, Sauerkraut und Kartoffelbrei. Wir haben auch Rotkoehl serviert, obwohl das von der Tradition ein wenig abweigt. Als Desert gabs Apfelstrudel mit Vanilleeis. War alles lecker. Shawn hat gekocht... Da habe ich mal wieder bemerkt wieso ich den Shawn ueberhaupt geheiratet habe. Der Weihnachtsmann war auch da. Heute (Sonntag) war Marchesa's erster Geburtstag. Es war eine riesen Party und viel los. Happy Birthday Marchesa! Heute ist auch der Geburtstag meiner Mutter. Herzlichen Glueckwunsch an meine Mutter! Heute abend hat Alex zum ersten Mal Brei gegessen. Alex war irgendwie nicht so gluecklich...