winter at last

Hi again.

So here we are.  The end of February, 60 degrees & sunny today.  Is it really still winter?  In Philadelphia, not so much.

This past weekend we got our fill of winter-wonderland-ness up in the Adirondacks (oh man, it just took me forever to spell that correctly).  Lena was super excited to go and all week talked about the "veeeken" (ie: weekend) when we'd go play in the "shnow".  We finally loaded up the car late Friday and began the 6 hour trip.  Lena woke up when we stopped for gas and immediately asked "veeeken???!!" She did this same thing 2 other times during the trek.  When we finally got there at 12:30am, set up the pack&play and woke her up to put her in bed she took one look around and happily sighed "veeken."  Yes, it was a great weekend.  Here are some pics & videos.

We built a snowman who Lena named "ho ho" and in the morning when we looked out the window he was still there.  (see the closeup on the right)

We also took everyone for a walk & some sledding accross the street.  Some of us enjoyed the snowy experience more than others...

Then Lena took her first trip down the hill, with what seemed to be mixed feelings...

It was 3 days of snowy fun... and we needed it for sure.  All of us, especially Mike, have been work work working on the house for months now.  It was nice to get away and relax.  Here are 2 shots of 2 of the rooms in the new house!  Our living room (mostly a shot of the carpet, but oh well) and the kitchen/mudroom.  yay!  we have a functional downstairs!  yay!

And that's all for now!

we're baaaaack.

I know, i know, who has a baby and then disappears for a month with no updates or pictures?  Someone who moves into a half renovated house with no internet (until yesterday, yay!), with all her stuff in boxes, not able to locate her camera for 4 weeks (I kid you not, pathetic for sure), directly after being discharged from the hospital.  Let's just say it's been a challenging 4.5 weeks thus far and leave it at that.  So yes, let's start right off with a charming little video from the newest Roth, James Justus:

 

There he is!  Thoughts on who he looks like?  I can't decide one way or another.  In fact, a lot of times I don't think he really looks like either of us.  

So yes, here we are.  As of the end of the week we should be able to set up our 1st floor (living room/dining room/kitchen/mudroom) and actually LIVE there (YAY!).  We've been living without a fully functional kitchen since we moved in...  But the house is surely coming together and we're soo excited to have all the construction/projects over and done with.  It really is amazing how far this house has come.  One day I'll post pictures, one day.  One day I also may finally locate our silverware, one day. 

Ok, whew, I'm going to go downstairs and finish painting the trim in our living room while the kiddos nap.  Can't waste precious time here!  So I'll write more later.  And by later I don't mean 4 weeks from now, I promise :-)

Love,

Kim.

hello, world.

So this is me expaining why I haven't posted in a long time.

we've been busy.

and things kinda got crazy for a little while.

and now things are going to get even crazier...

Remember that vague 2nd pregnancy I may have mentioned once or twice?  Well, this little guy is the result!  James Justus Roth born January 8, 2012 at 7:12am, 7lbs 1oz,  21in long.   He was a VBAC in case anyone's interested.  And, I know, he and Lena both look exactly like Mike.

Anyway, so this little guy decided to come a little earlier then we may have planned for.  Did I mention we're mid-move?  Did I mention the house we're moving to is, to put it mildly, a work-in-progress?  Did I mention we'd been bunking at Dave & Sheryl's for the week until we could move into this new place?  Did I mention today when I leave the hospital we're all essentially going to be living in 1 room?   If I did mention any of these things apparently I didn't mention it to little Jay... (or to our contractor, but that's another matter entirely.)  So yes, all this to say that the next couple weeks are sure to be an adventure!  :-)   Perhaps a less-than-ideal adventure but whatev, we'll get through it.  (amazing how much more relaxed you are with your 2nd kid, I would have LOST MY MIND if this was my first pregnancy).

Here are some more pics for you to enjoy:

Jay and Mommy

Jay and Daddy

Big sister's verdict?  Ehh, the jury's out.

but this is sure fun

Lena has been pretty funny about it all.  She waves to the baby and points out all his parts "eye! nose! hat! baby!" and then finds the bassinet on wheels and asks "push you?" and then my dad pushes her all over the hospital like a freakishly giant newborn.  And James has been a really good baby thus far.  pretty chilled out and doesn't cry a whole lot unless he has some reason (ie: burp, diaper, etc).  And that's my story.  Stay tuned for more updates on the cute little guy.  (oh, did i mention we won't have internet access for awhile either?... I'll figure it out)

:-)


 

all the animals and 1 crazy girl

So Lena and Daddy cheer for the Steelers together:

and then sometimes Lena puts stickers all over The Patch

and then sometimes Lena says all the animal sounds:

and then some other times she gets a little crazy:

And that's it for tonight.  Somehow it's December and that is also crazy because we'll be moving in a couple weeks and then right after that this new baby boy is going to show up!  Whew.  Time's are a-changin'.

adventures in eating

And this is Lena eating a grilled cheese with chopsticks.  

Yes, it's true.  She watched Aunt Sheryl do it and must have been inspired.  

And she was much better with the chopsticks then she is with a fork or spoon too... She ate a good 4 or 5 pieces of sandwich using this stab-and-swivel method.

boo to you

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEN

Lena is obviously a very scary spider today.

Although someone was not super-excited about it at first...

The costume has legs on each side which I think are really funny

And then she didn't want to take it off and wanted to take a nap while wearing it...

:-)

October it is

Hi there.

It's October.  As a preview of what's to come, here's a video of Lena showing off her duds for the 31st.  Please try your best to ignore the obnoxious voice in the foreground.

Also today I have these two lovely pictures for your viewing pleasure:

  

Here is a lovely Autumn scene

And here is Lena showing off her abs of steel..?

ehh, who really knows what she's doing most of the time, I just like that she's got that funny pink band around her head.

Also, here's The Patch:

Apparently when Sheryl put these glasses on him he was so confused as to what was going on and why his vision suddenly went dim that he just stood here like this for like 2 minutes.  Enough time for Sheryl to get up, find the camera, and take a picture.