We made it after 24 long hours

I am back in the US and are very happy to be seeing family and friends again. My Mom had a good visit at my home as well. I didn’t get to the US without some bumps in the road though. The morning we wanted to leave Ian got really sick with vomit and all. Thankfully it was a little case of the flu and he got over it within a couple days. Since this, I wasn’t able to travel back with my mom and I ended up sick the next day. I got over it fast and was able to head home within 4 days. The trip alone with a rambunctious 21 month old was an adventure. Thank you to the wonderful Delta flight attendant that enjoyed Ian so much as we spent a lot of time in the back of the plane playing and exploring. There was no way possible you can keep a child at that age in a plane seat for 10 hours. We did have to spend another 7 hours in the airport till my next flight that finally got me to the point of being within one hour driving distance of home. Ian did okay on the last leg but I had to stroll him around for hours till he knocked out.

Whew. I will need lots of prayer for the trip home. Since being pregnant it doubly exhausted me. Applause to all of you ladies traveling international with a toddler!

I have no updated pictures of Ian, just been too busy but I promise next post. He is due for a haircut soon so you will for sure see that!

For now here is my little belly babies at 16 weeks..

Possible girl getting a crotch view from her brother


Possible girl, face


Our possible boy, face, arms, and chest.


Boy scratching his face

The doctor is 80% positive they are a boy and a girl and we couldn’t be more happy. He was sure about the girl but the boy he was a little unsure. But we will see when I get back home at my 21 weeks appointment. Happy 18 weeks to them.

Enjoy your post-inaugural day.

I saw the Sun

Horses pulling a buggy in Einseideln

Okay so I didn’t get to Einseideln Monday as planned since no one could watch Ian but…… we did get to go yesterday. Let me say, I was so happy to see the beautiful sunshine again. Zurich has been covered in the normal winter fog so every day seems so blah and cold outside; Einseideln was just high enough above the fog.

Using my Macro as a medium Telephoto Lens, Top of Einseideln

My Mom really enjoyed the church and an Apple Cinnamon Crepe at the local café. I was ecstatic to see bouillon soup with crepe strips on the menu (my latest craving). The soup is just perfect with the Swiss bread. My Husband always giggles when he sees me ripping and dipping. I think that is why I had to pull out my Bella Band today..maybe I've been eating a bit too much. *gasp*

Oh my..yes it is New Years Eve, soo HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE. Tonight we are going to have a meal at the In-Laws than go out to Zurich to watch the fireworks. I am hoping to get some good pictures, but we’ll see.. I might just be soo frozen. It is that time to pull out the long underwear. Well, time for me to get back to the 9 loads of laundry (grr, why did our laundry day have to be today) waiting for me.

Goodbye 2008!

Candle at a local Einseideln Shop

Can we do it? Yes we can!

The past couple days we have been chilling about. Yesterday we were going to head out to Einsiedlen, but my In-Laws pipe in the basement started to leak so we headed out to Zurich to have a nice Swiss Lunch (beef broth soup and Macaroni and Cheese with potatoes for me). I was amazed at how well Ian did with sitting in the restaurant, but he did stay busy cheesing up the ladies at the next table.

Eating Grandmas Cookie

We then went to visit the Swiss National Museum. There was sooo much to see, I don’t think we even got to look at half of it. The babies decided to give me some pain, my guess is from walking, so we headed out. I did get to try the Ergo carrier there, since they do not allow strollers… and I am so pleased! Ian rode on my back for a little and he felt so light. If it weren’t for my full bladder I would have kept him on the whole time. I will for sure look into getting that for the Twins. They have a carrier called Beco out there that they say is better than the Ergo. Now only if they weren’t so darn expensive.

Today we are going to try to get to see Einsiedlen again, since I think my mom will really enjoy it. Fingers crossed for no more leaky pipes.. Or we'll be sad...

Welcome Back: Part Two

I hope everyone had a great holiday. We have been enjoying having my Mom visit.

This was her first Swissmas ( Swiss Christmas ). Here they like to celebrate on Christmas Eve so we made a cheese fondue dinner for everyone.

On Christmas we had the usual U.S. morning festivities of gathering under the tree to see what Santa brought. Ian really enjoyed the ripping of the paper more this year. It was hard work to keep him from ripping our gifts open..haha. Santy brought him a Kitchen and Lego Train set. From his grandparents a boy doll, build your own puppet, sweater, wood train toy, and stuffed lamb. He also got a nice cough…so we are working on getting that gone.

Stanta also treated me well; blessed me with a Macro 100mm f 2.8 Canon lens. I had to pop that sucker right on the camera to finish our Christmas pictures and let me tell you what..the macro is just AMAZING! My parents also got us a mini USB video camera, HD quality. I will have to get our video up soon. Thank you all for everything you have done for our family and lets not forget the reason for the Season :).

My mom wth the Flip camera.

I will finish you out with pictures of the past few days.

The rest of the pictures are located on flickr.

Welcome to all of my new readers!

Twins 11weeks 4days Video

Twins 11weeks 4days Video
Originally uploaded by mrs.steiger

The Twins Ultrasound at 11 Weeks and 4days

Welcome Back: Part One

How long have I been MIA now? We’ll please forgive me…I have had plenty of complaints since I have been gone, missing all the updates of our lives. So here I am. Lets make this a two part-er update. So PART ONE:

The Family is mostly all well. My Hubby has been feeling bad (not the best around Christmas, but whatcha going to do?). Ian is growing fast in his language skills. It sounds like he comes out with a new word everyday. He really understands a lot. How do they go from needing you for everything to being independent so fast. I miss my little baby!

School has finished for this semester and I passed with flying colors. It is nice to be in the break period where I can enjoy my family more and not have the stress of due dates on my back.

Okay so quick skip to my big news…

I’m expecting two little ones.

I found out in November and will be due in June but I doubt I will last that long! So these might be May babies. As of tomorrow I will be 14 weeks and it has passed by so fast. I am just glad to be out the morning sickness window. Why do twins seem to make everything worse? Oh well, they are a blessing and I am looking forward to the big changes it will bring to our family. It is exciting but scary. So much to think about! Do I need two of this? What kind of double stroller to get? Birthing two..ohh my!! Anyways, here are pictures and video!

8 weeks

11 weeks

-Video in Post Above

Stay Tuned for Part Two!

Family is Doing Well

I hope you all have been having a good week. Everything has been good here, well pretty much. The Husband came down with a cold but finally symptoms are alleviating. Ian is being as rambunctious as ever. This child seems to have the energy of 15 adults. I am chasing from one end of the room to the other. At least he is into working with me now. When he sees me doing some housework he tries his best to help. He actually can vacuum pretty decent. As far as doing the dishes, not too shabby, but if I don’t pick up what he is handing me fast he will try to find a place for it to go. Haha. It is nice to have a little helper. I look forward to the day when his help will actually get a lot done :)

Ian's stack of pillows on Daddy, notice the stolen Daddy sock

So Christmas shopping time is in full bloom and I have no idea what to get everyone. It is really hard when you ask them and all you get is, “I don’t need anything” then they ask you what you want. Grrr! I am looking forward to shopping for Ian. We are thinking of getting him two bigger things this year..a lego set to add to his collection and a play kitchen or play car garage. What are you all getting your kiddos this year or hey even your in-laws or parents?