Bigna ...

Bigna was all smiles this morning after she managed to roll from her belly to her back. I guess she probably was glad to finally have figured out how she can avoid the tummy time that she does not really enjoy too much ...

Packing ...

I guess it really is getting serious now. Even Papi packed the first boxes and worked in his office. Andrin was rather happy about this since Papi had quite some treasures for him. He decided that they all needed to go in his little wagon.

(Last?) Trip to the Coast

We took finally the opportunity yesterday and went with our friends Vinz and Susie who are visiting from Switzerland to the coast. We even were lucky and the weather was not too bad. We had some showers on the road to the coast, but it was dry while we were at the beach. Andrin loved to play in the sand. He was rather timid around the waves, probably remembering his last experience with the waves and falling into the water ... He insisted the entire drive to the coast that he wanted to go swimming, but then quickly changed his mind once we got there. Bigna also enjoyed the beach. The fresh air made her really thirsty and hungry and she quickly fell back asleep. We ended our trip with a stop at Mo's in Florence for some fish and chips.

Interesting angle ... I know ...
I was nursing Bigna and could not hold the camera with both hands ...

Our little bundle.

This is what happens if someone else takes a picture for you ...

A little bit closer ...

Andrin's "art work."

Mami asked Papi to take a picture of his daughter at the coast ...
Well, she was attached to Mami ...

Andrin enjoying some sand between his toes.

Memories ...

I remember playing as a child train for hours. We would drag all the chairs of the entire house and line them up ... See what our little monkey did the other night ...

Word of the day ...

Guess what we were called today?
Well, let me explain first. Since Mami has been on maternity leave, Andrin and I have a pretty routine schedule. On Tuesday mornings, we go to the story time at the library and Andrin loves it. As a special treat, we take the big green bus, like Andrin calls our bus. Once we get to the library, Andrin orders his honey baggel and apple juice and Mami gets a pain aux chocolate for Papi. After the library, we have to go to the Chou Chou store (the local toy store). They already know us there! Andrin needs time to play with the train table there.
Since this has been such a set routine, we always see the same bus driver. Today, we had the same bus driver to and back to town. And guess what he called us: He called us a traveling bee-hive. Well, that is the life of a mom with a boy in the stroller and a baby in the baby Bjoern ...It made me laugh!

In a month ...

Today is May 22nd and in exactly a month, Andrin, Bigna, Mami and Oma will be leaving Eugene really early in the morning and will take on the long journey back home to Switzerland. We are excited and sad at the same time. We had a good time here in Eugene and we will miss this and that. But on the same hand, it is good to know that we will be closer to family again and that Andrin and Bigna will have the opportunity to see their grandparents more than just once or twice a year.

A morning at the park ...

We have been to the park a lot lately. But Andrin just loves it and it is good to be outside for a change. We had rain predicted for today, but it actually turned out to be a rather nice day. And we had good company: Becky, Hazel and Henley joined us.

Andrin just loves his friend Henley.