At the Zoo

The weekend Logan was in town we got to go to the Zoo. As you can see the cow is a hit. He would be such a good farmer. He loves animals and can't get enough of them. Also here he is as a little turtle. I just love this little boy. He always says he loves me too, plus he called me a "sweetie pie" the other day. It's so much fun to have him talking. I am getting a little sad for him to not be the only one anymore. I never thought I would feel that way and the purpose of number two was to have a friend for him but in a way I am a little sad he will most likely have a rough time and not feel like number 1 anymore.

Cousins

Here's all the Sanders' cousins. These guys are the cutest kids and soon they will grow a little older and will really get to play with each other.
Here they all are after our party for Logan (in red shirt) at our house. We had so much fun; the food was great and we got to play fun games. Dacian even got to blow the candles after Logan. Happy second b-day Logan. From left to right, Lily, Dacian, Alexis and Logan.

Good bye sweet grandmother

I am so sad my grandmother passed away unexpectedly the other day. It is so hard to be here and not in Romania with my extended family. I am glad my father did get to go. We got him on a flight three hours after we found out she had passed. It was quite a task, getting him ready and having the airport issue a ticket so fast enough for him to catch that one flight three hours later. I do feel God's hand in this and I really am thankful things worked out so well to get him there in time for the funeral. If he had missed this flight he would've missed the funeral. He got there at 2am and stayed by his mom to keep vigil the whole night. I can't imagine how hard that must be but I hope in a way that was healing at the same time.
I dreamed of her last night as she was on a hospital bed so happy to see my cousin and me. It was just good to talk to her and dream of her alive.
I have to admit I somewhat prepared myself for this day and mostly prepared mentally for when I would hear the news. Not because she was sick in any way but because she was old (85) and I was so far away and knew that I cannot just go visit her all the time or make the funeral just like it is now. That is one thing that killed me to live here. Even though I love this new home, I still miss my old and I feel like part of me, the Romanian me is coming to a close somehow. My parents now live here and now I don't have any more grandparents. And with my closest family here I still long to go back and feel "home" again. I don't think that will ever change. I just have to learn to live with that.
I will miss my grandmother dearly. She was the only one I had and she was such a sweetheart. I loved spending summers at her house in the coutryside, feeding the chickens and at times helping in the garden or help put the chopped wood away. I will miss her yummy food and the way she loved us all. I always admired what a hard worker she was. She lived a simple, beautiful life. I know after my grandfather died she was lonely and sad a lot and she has been saying she wanted to go for a long time now. I know she is in a better place now, reunited with grandpa. This one thought makes it more bearable.
Good bye sweet grandmother. Te iubesc!

We've been having fun

Here's what we have been doing lately. We enjoyed a few sunny days in Seattle. We went to a park in Bellevue where they have lots of farm animals, we went camping in Canada over Memorial day weekend and we went to a park by the Puget Sound in Seattle where they had the coolest salmon slide. Dacian had a blast going down it, it was pretty slippery and he could go down well.
There has been so much that we did lately, I don't know if I can catch up here anymore. I wish there was someone to show me how to post the writing with the right picture. I don't find it easy to navigate. Anyway, can't wait until summer to do more camping and playing. School will be out in a week and a half and then I have the summer off to relax, play and of course catch up with cleaning and other housewife chores that I ingnore way too often.

New baby on the way

Well, I guess it's time to write again. The reason for not posting anything for so long is because all my pictures are stored on my computer in the garage. Since it's so cold there I don't go in there very often and I just don't feel like posting anything without pictures. I keep saying I will catch up but it doesn't seem to happen. I need to move my Kodak printer/picture installer up to my room. Anyway, for all those who don't know we are execting baby #2.
We are very excited about it and hope all will go well and Dacian will have a healthy, happy baby brother or sister.
So long.

Copy-cat

This past weekend we went to Canada to spend time with Charlotte, mother in law. We had a really good time even though it was so short. Dacian loved it there, he saw lots of wild horses, cows and lots of snow. He loves it. He also likes puddles, I am sure no different than other kids. When we were getting ready to leave, I come out of the house and I see him play in a muddy puddle. His shoes were so dirty. He saw me and he knew he was in trouble and then he told me "sit down!" (referring to himself) and sat down in the dirt. I guess I tell him "sit down" a lot when I am mad at him. Sweet little boy wanted to punish himself and all he did is make mommy even more mad. Not really, I laughed so hard. He is so cute, I love this age.

Toddler bed

Today we changed Dacian's bed to a toddler bed. I am praying he won't fall out or that he won't start waking up in the middle of the night and knock at his door. I am having a really hard time putting him to bed, I just need to let him cry it out again. He doesn't even say a thing with Shane. He goes down for him within minute while with me it takes him so long. We cuddle, read, then he starts to poke me or pull on my hair etc. I feel drained. It's hard to be a mom or so I think today when I feel sleep deprived since I went to bed so late last night.