Wonderful New Year

It's been a long time since I blogged. Christmas was wonderful, New Years was wonderful. We had a great cozy Christmas Eve Party. Thank you to everyone who brought Liesl gifts and shared their holiday with us. The food and company was truly magical. I am so serious about that. I used my Oma's 60 yr old  electric roaster to cook the turkey. It's not any fun without the threat of fire! it was...again... it tasted magical. You would think that Liesl would have been beat from the day but she stayed up until midnight! Thank god I got her down for a nap before anyone got there. She was very well for being up like a little zombie for so long but her schedule was severely thrown off by all of the holidays and we have just finally got her on track for sleeping. She got some really cool puzzles, beginner beads, books, DVDs, clothes, figurines, dress up magnet dolls, barbies and Kens and laptops  and too much more to even try and remember. Just know that she loves ALL of her new things and appreciates them. When she gave you all a kiss and hug and thanked you for them she REALLY meant it. Thank you for all of your support and love this season! I need to start putting some of her other things away and or cycling them through usage.

We were surprised when Oma Gabi's surprise party came along what Liesl did not give us up to Oma. because she is such a chatty little one. The party went without a hitch. Oma was teary eyed she loved it so much. We were not so lucky with the nap time that day and we ended up leaving a little early to take Liesl home to go to sleep. I did manage to go back and play some cards with the Omas until 3 AM. Liesl ended up sleeping in until noon I think it was the next day. that was just craziness.

I wish that I could have had more time than just one day off for the holidays (Christmas eve) but I guess that is my lot. It will be changing soon. We are planning on getting me out soon. Gonna be a prison break! I will be so happy to be able to stay home with my little girl and do arts and crafts and nature time. I dont see her enough with my work schedule and her weird sleep schedule.

Liesl has been sleeping in her own bed all night. She doesn't wanna crash in our bed anymore. Becoming more independent every day. She still calls me into her bed 3 times a night though. Thank god I am small enough and that little bed is strong enough to support me. Although my back is not appreciating it. That bed is a little more firm than I am used to. I am not getting much sleep either. I was joking with Daddy that my sleeping habits are becoming more and more extreme!

Liesl has quite the imagination. She tells us stories all of the time that she makes up. She does a LOT of playing with her dolls and figurines and a lot of roleplay. One night she was telling us that we were all going to the Dinosaur farm to go ride the dinosaurs and she told us that we would all have different size dinos and what color and size they would be. They would all be our favorite colors and she let us know what they all were. Ota has a little purple dino BTW and L:iesl has a big pink one. And dont think you were left out of this excursion. EVERYONE was included.

She has figured out how to call people on my phone. I handed it to her while I went to the bathroom one night before bed and she called her Oma Ronnie on purpose and started up a conversation. Oma and Opa were quite happy about that. Liesl was quite proud of herself.

Looking forward to uncle Scotty's birthday tomorrow! Liesl has been practicing singing to him. It will be fun going to the Dakota Inn