Little (almost) One Year Old!

We wanted to get some one year old shots of Elise, so Jason had the idea of taking her up to Koliba (a local park type area) for some outdoor photos.  It was a great idea.

My mom sent this little polka dotted balloon dress and I figured it was just right for her photo shoot.  The dress was perfect because her one year party theme will be polka dots...woot woot!  

(And yes those little tassel things are on sticks, but don't worry, she was under strict parental supervision ;)  No eyes were poked out in the photo-taking process, thankfully.)

We didn't get too many smiles out of her due to poor timing on our part (we had a pretty busy day and wanted to get these done, so we squeezed them in between nap times), but I love these pictures and want to remember that sweet little one year old face for years to come.  Goodness, please tell me it's a joke that she'll be ONE in a week and a half!!!

Happy soon-to-be Birthday little polka dotted cutie!

A Preview: She's Turning ONE!

Here is a preview shot from our little "Elise is turning ONE" photo shoot :)

I am currently in the process of editing the photos now, but let me just say, the girl is one small model of cuteness!

Stay tuned for more!

Today We Celebrate HIM!!!

Today we celebrate the birthday of my most favorite man in the world :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to an amazing husband, father, and best friend! 

 I LOVE YOU!

Biofarm

We got the chance to join our friends Boba, Kamil, and their lil cutie boy Filip for a trip to a local biofarm last week.

It was a good (but busy!) day for the farm and Elise seemed to enjoy it riding in her stroller.  Filip loved all the animals and made many animal sounds!  Elise, on the other hand, kept saying "woof woof" for everything...hehe :)

We saw some animals like these guys...

and we also hung out with this blind-in-one-eye (poor guy) horse, which ended up being my favorite picture of the day...

And then we ran into the shop where they were selling fresh cheese and bread.  Right outside the shop was this old-fashioned cart/buggy which we took advantage of for pictures (thanks, Boba!)

We picked up a few extra kids in that previous one...they were just along for the ride, tee hee.

That one above makes me laugh.  Apparently E and I have the same facial expressions, poor baby had to get those from me ;)

Boba also snapped the shot below of Jas tossing our very precious, fragile, bundle of joy in the air (can you tell it makes me a little nervous each time he does it!?!?)

And then we got a pic of the dada's, but the kids were fading fast at this point (it was nearing lunchtime...).  HAHA, I laugh every. single. time. I look at Filip trying to do gymnastics to get out of his dad's arms!

And finally I got this sweet picture of these three.  How cute are they?!

And then our trip ended with a little push through the woods while both babes slept.  Don't all trips to the biofarm end like that? ;)  But a fun day it was!

Water Days and the Way Home

This probably seems like the longest, most drawn out set of blog posts ever about anyone's vacation.  But here we are, the last of the Palmer family vacation pictures.

Most of our days were spent either at the beach or the pool (some days both!).  I was in heaven because I most thoroughly enjoy water...particularly beach water.

E did a great job and really seemed to enjoy herself.

She's currently obsessed with blowing kisses :)  It's too cute...here we caught her in action.

Little tutu-ed baby bum.

Then before we hit the road to head back to Bratislava, we just had to take one more walk on the beach.  It was beautiful.  It was hard to say goodbye (knowing it will be a good ten months or so before we get to the beach again), but we did it.

Sandy toes :)

And we had a fellow beach walker take a family photo for us...

Then we headed home.  It was a nice, long, seven hour drive (we decided to push on through and do the whole trip this time instead of breaking it up), but it was yet again a beautiful trip through the mountains. 

And with that we'll conclude pictures of our 2012 vacation.  So thankful we got to spend some time together in a new location and soak up some rays!  Until next time, summer, we'll welcome fall and all things spice-realted.  Woo hoo!