First Haircut & Vancouver Aquariam

All right, I'm actually posting besides Anneliese's monthly pictures!

Last weekend was a fun one. Saturday night we decided to give Malachi his first haircut...the curls above his ears sure were cute but they were a little out of control. We didn't know exactly what we were doing but Andrew did the finishing touches and it looks great....our little man looks so much older!

Then after mass Sunday we spontaneously decided to visit the Vancouver Aquarium...it was quite awesome. I would highly recommend it to anyone who finds themselves in Vancouver BC. This Aquarium is ranked #8 out of the top 25 in the world, that is, on TripAdvisor, at least. My favorite were the jellyfish....the beluga was cool and of course we really liked the dolphin show. We got some pictures but not tons. Then we ended the day with a very nice Salmon (how appropriate since we spent the day with fish) BBQ at church.

BEFORE

DURING

AFTER

Vancouver Aquarium

SHARK

Beluga

Frog Tank

4 months: Anneliese

Ok time is moving too fast. Can't believe it's been another month already....and I haven't posted anything else on the blog since last months pictures. Oh well...one day I'll get caught up.

Poor girl has had a bit of a cough and we thought she had pink eye but it cleared up. The other night she slept 13 hours and only nursed once....and that's only cause I woke her up to give me some relief! We've been home for the past 5 weeks and it's been really nice to just stay put and take it easy.

Here's our little girl:

3 Months!!!

Can't believe it already but Anneliese is 3 months!

Malachi wanted to be a part of things too

This is what was going on behind me...I think he wanted to take the pictures himself.

And one taken the other day...so cute; "Big Bro" and "Little Sister"!

Siblings

I finally got a cute pic of my two cuties. Malachi is now showing much more interest in Anneliese; he offers her his pacifier when she cries, waves hi right in her face and today gave her a couple of books to read....aaand poked her in the eye when he was showing me her "eyes" but she didn't' seem to mind, surprisingly. It's fun to see them developing the sibling love already. 

Love this pic!

He's tickling her feet

I have no idea what he's doing here..

I kept pulling her jacket down so he thought he'd help me by messing with her too.

Too cute! (almost 3 months!!!! and busting out of 3 month clothes)

Victoria; to Celebrate 3 Years

Andrew and I celebrated our 3 year Anniversary by going to Victoria for Labor day weekend. It was great spending time together (Andrew's been long overdue for a vacation) but we both agree that Victoria isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Really touristy and of course expensive, but the latter was to be expected. Anyway, I know people love it and rave about it but you wont get those same raves from us....other than we just enjoyed our time together. Here's some pics of our weekend:

First Carousel ride...took a couple of scared trips around before we got that smile on his face.

Gelato!!!

Our favorite part of the weekend was getting coffee drinks and following the walking tour in Chinatown...it was really quite with no people and neat to see some old buildings and history.

Parliament Building

Ferry ride home.

Anneliese: A Child of God

Anneliese was baptized August 22nd by Deacon Chris Anderson. We were so blessed to have it done in Corvallis so that friends and family could join for this special day!

Blessing for Mom

Blessing for Dad

Higle Clan

Schaal Clan

And some of the friends who could make it

Anneliese's Godparents, she's a little spoiled; she gets to have two Godmoms

The baptism tradition to make a fondant figurine...since it was the feast day of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary we had to make our Blessed Mother. Nice job Handsome

Brunch picnic to celebrate!

"Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but it also makes a 'new creature', an adopted son of God, who has become a 'partaker of the divine nature,' member of Christ and co-heir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit."  
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1265

Anneliese: 1st & 2nd Month

Our adorable daughter...ok I might be a little bias =)