Cowboyland for Thanksgiving

One last quick trip before we head back to Europe - and before I can't fly no more with our little tinymus in my belly. Two weeks and we are moving....8 weeks and baby's here! Crazy!!!

In any case, direction Arizona for oh-so-lovely Turkey Day. We just had the best time - sun for a couple days, snow on Saturday and Sunday. Only in Arizona :) On our schedule: hike in Sedona (oooh did I think I was gonna make it up that hill??? Tinymus you're getting heavy!), Grand Canyon, Freezbe golf with the Foremans, dinner with Emily, sunday football and chicken wings....and of course TONS of food for Thanksgiving....hhaaaaa pure bliss!

Found my cowboy - yeaaaaahhhaaaaaa:)

The first person that tells me my belly looks like one of the big huge rocks by the river.....goes in the DAMN RIVER!!!!
...not like I didn't warn you :D You look brave in there my love.....but we both know you were freezing to death :)
For once, Brian stayed ON the bridge:)
Freezbee golfing.....mmmmmm thought I had enough training at home with the Wii.....real freezbee golfing kicked my butt!
No matter how many times you look at it....it's a BIIIIIIIG hole!
My huuuuubby :)

Christmas CAN be scary :D

Troels and I went on a little gateway weekend, not too far, just to New Jersey, because we wanted to go ooooooooooh-shopping at the Woodberry Commons on Saturday. On Friday night Troels booked a room in a small bed and breakfast place - and if the fact that Christmas was approaching hadn't hit me yet.....it sure hit me right in the face as soon as we entered the house. The place was a lovely little house....but it just looked like Santa litteraly threw up in that house :D

Christmas song books on the piano, red and green decorations EVERYWHERE, etc etc....oh but my favorite of all? The woman's display of her collection of Santas. Just plain scary...and this was just a small bit of what she had. Santa has never scared me off before.....but I think that that night I actually had nightmares. Never thought I would ever say this, but actually....too much Christmas kills Christmas!!! Get off the red and green people!

Ella est la :)

Yifhat and Yoav's little Ella arrived on Monday :) We got to go see her at the hospital and she is just the cuttest little thing - well, not so little, 3.8kg....go figure why her mum is happy to not have to carry her around in her belly :) Welcome to this world, Ella!

Some Doreah Love

Even five minutes of it, it's always nice - I'll take it:) Doreah stopped by our building for 5 minutes this weekend, to give us a big hug. Hope we can see each other a bit longer next time, sweetie!

The High Line

I had been wanting to go on a walk on the High Line (a park in New York City that was built on old supsended train tracks that run through the West part of the city)ever since we moved to New York - and Satuday we did. Saturday, best day of the year - cold, rainy and windy day :D Haaaa, we just have such a way of picking our days :D

So no pretty pictures this time around since the weather was so terrible-except one beaaaaaaaaautiful iPhone pic of Troels and me and my hair flying around! But below are some pictures of what the High Line really looks like. Maybe we'll try again before we leave....although we are running out of time now. Only three more weeks in New York....and so much to do!

Where the party's at :)

Looks like our little Tinymus is having fun in there! Going left and right and up and down.

Tinymus - I am wondering what you've been doing in there, turning my belly into your little playground? hehe You've been hard to catch though! I've been trying to get this video for a few days. You usually stop moving as soon as I grab the video camera...camera shy before birth, are you? :)

Who's wearing the pants now?!

Tricky little ones. I've been working on creating a good pattern for these little baby pants in the past couple of weeks. No perfect, but I think I am getting there. I made these with an elastic band + extra reversible length at the bottom so that baby can wear these pant a pit longer as he/she grows up.

Problem is - I don't have a little one try these on and make sure they fit right :) hahah oh so if you get one of these in the mail, my lady friends who just had babies.....just don't get offended if they don't "quite" fit :D You're part of the experience! xoxox

Happiness 101

Happiness starts with a swing and an apple tree by a little house in the prairie :)This is our new house in Denmark, we're moving there this December - hurra hurra hurra!

burn the floor on broadway & think about life in my head

This weekend my friend Julien was visiting - hehe yes another guest for the Belliard Smit Hotel-, and we all went to a show on Broadway called "Burn the Floor" - supposed to be ballroom dancing, re-invented.

While I was rather disappointed by the show itself (I didn't really think that they reinvented anything...classic moves, classic costumes...oh and the music, I thought I was in the movie Ghost half the time, and Flashdance the rest of the time with a mix of Viva Mexico here and there), I enjoyed going to the show because it made me think about my life a lot. It made me think about salsa dancing, something I used to LOVE and do all the time in Tucson, and that has somehow slipped out of my life.

How I miss my salsa friends!!!!

And from then on I started thinking about all of these other things that I've picked up at some point or another in my life, and that are gone now. Some of them for the better. But others I really miss, and wish I was still doing them. I know, you will tell me - I try to do so much and am interested in so many things that it would be hard to keep up with all of these things I life to do. But still. Can I still dream that it's possible for me to be SuperWoman and do them all? :)

Dreams of purple flowers

Another sewing project, this time not for our little tynimus, but for Ella - the little girl that our friends Yoav and Yif are expecting for November. Yif gave me fabric that she had left over from her wedding dress because she had no use for it, so I thought I'd make a little dress and matching shoes for Ella as a suprise. My first dress working without a pattern too :) Hoping that they will like it - the pink it showing much brighter on the pics than it actually is.

25 weeks!

Only 15 more weeks to go and we can hold you, little Tinymus :)

Love in the City

Courtesy of our friend Dani, who took this pic when we had no idea. I love it :)

Showering Yif's baby :)

Nothing like a bachelor-wedding-babyshower party :D Lots of friends, food (yummmm ribs by Troels and guacamole by Dani, delicious!) and drinks. Our friends Yoav and Yif had already celebrated their union in Israel, where going to get the real wedding done the day after at City Hall, and are expecting a little girl for November. Talk about staying busy!


Tyler was just cracking up all night -later on I saw him dance and sing for the first time.....it was priceless :D

Yoav and Meredith

Just a happy happy night :)

Yif and one of her presents - Wash towels shapped into a "Sushi" platter....oh this is SO New York.

The pregnant ladies and the dessert.....typical picture :D

And you'd think by now I'd hit the balls....

But NO! I am still lame at playing golf!!!! :D And loving it. Out at Chelsea Piers with my little bro and sweet Alex.

Crazy HAIR!

Not talking about my own hair - although it very well could have been given they way I am treating it! My hairdresser is going to scream next time she sees me. No, I am talking about the musical that we saw this week with Sarah, Elodie, Troels and my bor - thanks for picking the show girls! It was really unexpected for me, so different from any of the other shows I've seen on Broadway so far....hlafway through the show, the entire cast gets naked on stage!!!!! I was so shocked - not that they were naked, but that they were naked on a fairly mainstream show. Amazing how the cast drew us in. Tons of fun!

Oh sweet sweet Dolphins!

that was my treat while we were in Bermuda....I got to swin with Doplhins! Oh so so sweet, still have a smile on my face just thinking about it :)!!! The instructor that was around when we swam told us that their skin sorta feels like a "wet and cold hot dog" - hehe, alright, I'd rather not think about dolphins in that way! :)

Bermuda vacation - or how to travel back to the 80's

Lots of sun, lots of beach time with warm warm water, quiet moments, pure air -you'd notice too if you lived in NYC!!-....and lots of music from the 80's. That would summarize our Bermuda vacation in a few words. The remainder of our honeymoon, and also "babymoon" before our little girl arrives - we had SUCH a great time! The place where we were staying kept playing music from the 80's over and over - with an excess of a reagae version of "falling in Love with you". Lovely lovely time :D

We saw lots of little and big fish going snorkling. Highlight of the trip for me - swimming with the doplhins. I had been wanting to do this for SO long, so here was my opportunity! No pics of that yet - my camera "decided" to stay on vacation in Bermuda for a few extra days. But I shall post them as soon as my camera comes back!


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And yet another Stone Street night :)

Nothing like dinner in our little street,with Sarah and Elodie :) People coming to NYC for a visit, make sur eyou come have dinner here one night while you're here - there is really nothing else like this street in NYC, and most likely it won't be in any of your tourist guides.