Oh, Santa!

Yes...I paid to have the digital copies of these. Can't resist pics of my girlies. And Santa. My favorite is number two, where Livvy is attempting to comfort Annika.

BFF's

This was too cute not to post right away. One of my favorite parts about Singapore is all the amazing mothers and children the same age as mine. These cuties are just a month apart.

A moment in my life...

 For some reason, we took the camera with us the other day while out shopping. Glad we did. Troy managed to take these pictures while I wasn't looking. Sums up how I get around town these days. One girl strapped to me, the other in the stroller (for the most part). Now that Annika is getting bigger she wants to drive the stroller herself. Olivia isn't too keen on that and wants to be the boss.

I'm so grateful for these two sweethearts. I couldn't imagine life without them. It's crazy. Challenging. A bit frustrating. But man alive, it's so fun. These two are fun, smart, happy little women. Annika is now crawling like crazy and can pull herself up on furniture. Her sister is her favorite person and Annika wants to be big like Olivia. For the most part, Livvy does pretty good with little sis. She is so sweet to her and makes sure to tell me when Annika is being naughty and eating stuff on the floor. Olivia is a big helper. She's constantly asking "why?" She loves to draw and be creative.

Love these women. Love their daddy, too. xxx

Why I love Troy...he's ever-patient and sweet. This pic makes me giggle. He's grabbing our little runaway and dragging her back to the stroller. 

Three Years Old!

Bangkok

OK...another quick post. Went to Bangkok over the weekend with two other women and their babies. Troy and Olivia stayed home -- he'll have to do that post. Here are just a few quick pictures from the trip. Will try to add more later! 

Sweet baby bathing in the JJ Market. 

Our sweet babies playing on the floor. Poor Annika always cries when she's away from her mamma. 

Me and my girl. She was sure a trooper to be dragged around so much. 

Vegetable market. 

Fruit market. Mmmm. Love those colors. 

Flower market. 

Riding a tuk tuk with our babies, a stroller, car seat, guide and driver. Quite funny. 

Dried fish. 

Gorgeous pomegranates. 

Quick update...

It's been a while. We've been sick, traveling, sick again. Life is busy with two little ones. Here are some pictures to describe what we've been up to! xoxo

Traveling...both kiddos strapped in.

Potty trained! Livvy did it herself. She's also into dressing herself. Sometimes in her sister's clothes...

Getting sister all dressed up, too.  

Feeding each other. 

Dancing and dress ups. 

Hey big girl! Anni can scoot now. Only a few weeks and she'll be crawling!

Swimming! Little sister now loves the water. 

Mmmmm. Baby love. And if you know this baby, she sure loves her mamma.

KL & Cameron Highlands

We went to Kuala Lumpur and the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia over the weekend. Still seems crazy to say something like that, but it really is as easy as taking a two-hour drive somewhere in the states. Here's a picture at the Boh Tea Plantation (Thank you, Lauren!) I have a goal to actually post about one of our vacations here, so this picture is a reminder. 

xoxo

Bedtime Rituals

Bedtime can sometimes be an ordeal. Tears. Lots of requests: Blankie. Drink of Water. Tuck me in. One more story. I say the prayer. No you say the prayer. 

It's still kind of fun, though, to get all snuggled up with this little cutie. Love our girls.

Gardens by the Bay

I debated whether to label this post "Brave New World," or something of the sorts. Singapore has this great new park that just opened with gorgeous gardens and these structures they call "supertrees." Basically, the trees are massive hanging/vertical gardens as tall as 16 storeys. 

They somewhat otherworldly. 

We went to visit this park a few weeks ago, just after it opened. It was HOT. But we loved it.

Here's Troy and his two little explorers. We had just gotten off the nice, air-conditioned MRT and started walking in the heat. The supertrees are just across the river. I love Olivia's skeptical look. "You're taking me where, Dad?"

Looks almost as if aliens have invaded.

 Crossing over...

In the Chinese-themed gardens. My sassy Olivia. 

"Guys, it's hot here," says Annika.

Olivia is a good little mommy. She nurses her baby, too.

Happy girl! Love that smile. 

 Brave New World. We arrived. 

"Take me to your leader."

"I'm cooler than a supertree."

Family self-portrait.

Our girls.

Troy trying to lead his family out of the supertree grove. 

"Dude, where's the food?"

Living here is fun...

The makings of a model

 I'm trying to play a bit of catch-up with my blog lately, so forgive the randomness of these posts. Here are  a few pictures we took of our little Annika in her blessing dress just a few days after she was blessed by her daddy while we were visiting Utah in June. Pictures from the actual blessing day will come shortly. These pictures make me giggle, because it can be such a process to try and take decent pictures of our kiddos these days. Either Annika is screaming after two minutes, or Olivia wants (or doesn't want) her picture to be taken. Love these two women!

So sweet. Looking at Grandma while getting dressed.

"Where's that big sister of mine? I love her." 

Yes, I'm cute.

"Um, excuse me, big sis." Lots of love in this house. I love the interaction between these two.

Take one. "Got to stretch out that neck, girl."

Take two. "Not so serious now."

Take three: "That's more like it."

Take four: "Perfect! We got the whole dress and you smiled!"

Take five. "Spoke too soon. Don't cry. Don't cry."

Take six: "Dress looks good and tastes good."

Take seven: One of our favorite details on Annika's dress. She's our little Dragon baby, according to the Chinese zodiac. Just like her daddy. 

Take eight: "Love that chub."

Take nine: "Our favorite!"