Greece! - The Wedding (part 2)

On Saturday we celebrated the wedding of the new Mr. & Mrs. Evan Bambakidis! Stacy walked from her home in the village to the church which is a tradition in Greece. We could here them coming from the music that was being played as she danced. It was a HOT, hot day but she still looked stunning. The church was nothing short of amazing. Sophia did a tremendous job as a flower girl and loved every minute! Afterwards we had dinner, dancing, dinner, more dancing and then some more dinner at the reception: )

Greece! - The Wedding (part 1)

Thursday night Theo George and cousin Blake joined us and on Friday we said goodbye to Halkidiki and headed about 3 1/2 hours to Velventos for Evan and Stacy's wedding. That evening Sophia practiced her flower girl walk with Theodora and Anna at the rehersal (as you can see, Evi tried to crash the flower girl party) and we had amazing food at the dinner that followed.

Greece! - Week 1

For the first 5 days of our trip we stayed at a resort in Halkidiki called Anthemus Sea. It was beautiful and relaxing. The food was wonderful and the beach was glittery...no joke, the water actually looked like glitter was mixed into it. Apparently the area is very mineral rich and the stones along the beach all look as though they should be set in gold and hung around your neck!

Yassas!

We have emerged from the depths of vacation fog and are finally (almost) unpacked and on our way (kinda) back to normal, whatever that is. I don't even know where to start with sharing our adventures in Greece so I'm going to do several posts and only pick some of the over 1,000(!!!) photos we took.

Overall, the trip was wonderful! I wouldn't recommend flying and driving as much as we did to anyone with small children, however, they really did well considering what we asked of them. In all we were on a plane/in an airport for a total of 36 hours, in a car for an additional 21 hours, and stayed in 6 hotels. Needless to say...we're all tired. VERY tired. But it was worth every bit of it!

The flight over was rough as our first flight was a bit late, our seats on our second flight were sold to someone else (I don't love Delta right now), we had to fight our way back on it but were given 4 separate seats, lost our luggage, had to prove Evi was our kid and that we didn't steal her between the Atlanta and Athens flight, found our luggage on a random carousel in the corner of the Thessaloniki airport.....etc. Despite the bumps along the way, we got there safe and sound with luggage and a touch of sanity intact.

15 Months

Last week Evi turned 15 months! Time for an update!

Stats:

Length- 30 3/4"

Weight- 21 lbs, 2 ounces

Head- 17 3/8"

She's definitely slowing down, at least per the charts. By no means is she slowing down in everyday life : ) She gained less then a pound in the last three months but she's also entered into that picky eating stage coupled with teething. Otherwise, she's right on track for everything and doing great!

Current favorites:

-anything her sister is playing with, looking at, eating, etc.

-her pink and white puppy

-riding in the Boba on mommy's back

-anything her sister is playing with, looking at, eating, etc.

-giving kisses

-playing outside, especially sidewalk chalk and her swing

-did I mention anything her sister is playing with, looking at, eating, etc?

She has some hysterical facial expressions that I will have to try and catch on camera. She still laughs and smiles at the drop of a hat yet has quite the temper. She loves when daddy comes home from work and wants him to hold her right away. Otherwise, she's still pretty clingy with me...well, unless we're in a situation where she needs to be held and then she wants nothing to do with me.

She talks and babbles all the time, though much of it is gibberish. She definitely has a handful of words like, dada, dodo (dog), ah du (all done), mama (on the rare occasion), babble (waffle) hi and ba ba (by). She waves, blows kisses, points, walks, runs, climbs, you name it!

Ahhhhhhhhh......Summer

Big Girl

Evi had her ever famous locks trimmed at the salon for the first time. I say this very matter-of-fact, simply because I'm sad that she's growing up so fast so if I keep it short and sweet I'll be less emotional. At least that's what I'm telling myself : )

Playgroup 4th (GASP!) & 1st Birthday

Since the "seconds" all turn 1 at different times of the year we decided to roll all of the kids birthdays into one party each year. We hosted this year since we will be out of town for Sophia's actual birthday and didn't want to deprive her of picking out decorations and the pinata she's been pining for. The unfortunate arrival of rain storms kept us indoors and unable to do many of the carnival activities that were planned but we still had a great time! It's amazing to see everyone grow and change. We love everyone and are so thankful for our wonderful playgroup!