I got the girls pictures taken at Kiddie Kandids yesterday and wanted to share them with everyone. These were their birthday pictures and Christmas pictures all in one. Ok, so I was 7 months late get Aniela's birthday pictures taken, so what! I got really cute Christmas cards too so if you want one make sure I have your address.
I got this off a friends blog and loved it so much I thought I will give it a try.
1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? In the bathroom.
2- Who was with you? No one, Damian was at work both times.
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? A home pregnancy test.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? With Areya it was surprise because I didn't think I would be able to get pregnant with all the girl problems I had. With Aniela excitement.
5- Your husbands reaction? "Are you sure?" with both of them.
6- Who was the first person you told? Damian
7-Did you plan to get pregnant? With Areya we didn't really plan it but we weren't preventing it either. Aniela was planned down to the month.
8-Was everybody happy for you? Yes, my mom more then anyone.
9- Did you go out and celebrate? Nope, we did surprise everyone with the news at my dad's birthday dinner. (Areya)
10- Did you want to find out the sex? We found out with Areya but waited with Aniela.
11- What was the sex? Both girls
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yep
13-Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? I don't think so.
14- How much weight did you gain? 15 lbs with both. I get really sick and end up loosing tons in my first trimester.
15- Did you loose all of the weight that you gained? Yep
16- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Only a few on my hips.
17- What did you crave the most? Potatoes any way I could get them.
18- Did you crave anything crazy? No
19- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Not being able to see or reach my feet.
20- Were you married at the time? Yes
21- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No not really.
22- Where were you when you went into labor? I was induced with both girls, so in the hospital.
23- Did your water break? With a little help from the doctor.
24- Who drove you to the hospital? Damian
25- Did you go early or late? I was induced a week early with both.
26- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? With Areya it was Damian, myself, the doctor and a nurse. With Aniela it was me, Damian, my mom, my sister in-law, the doctor and a few nurses.
27- Was it video taped? Yep, both times.
28- Did you have any drugs for the pain? I got an epidural with Areya and tried to get one with Aniela but was too late.
29-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Natural with both.
30- How long were you in labor? Areya - 7 hours Aniela - 3 hours
31-What was your first reaction after giving birth? Happiness
32- How big was the baby(s)? Areya was 6lbs 7oz Aniela was 7lbs 8oz
33- Did your Husband cry? Nope
34- Did you have a name picked out before you went to the hospital? Yep, but Aniela's changed while we were filling out the birth certificate.
35- What did you name the baby(s)? Areya Mae Deja Aniela Deja
36- Was your baby(s) named after someone? Areya - after my aunt Rea who died of lung cancer and also my cousin Lacy. Aniela- after Damian's grandmother who passed away a few years ago.
37-Did the baby(s) have any complications? Areya's heart beat dropped after I was given the epidural.
38- How old is your baby(s) today? Areya is 5 and Aniela is 19 months.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Good question? I don't want any more but Damian wants to try for a boy.
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes
Halloween is so different here, they don't have trunk or treat and there is a designated time for trick or treating. We were unsure of where to go so we went down town Arlington Heights with a family from my church. I guess a lot of other people had the same idea because it was packed. I got so many compliments on both the girls costumes but I had people stopping me to check out Aniela's. The kids had a great time and got tons of candy. Once we got home I decided to try a few building in our complex. Some of the doors were locked and the ones that were open only had one door who wanted trick or treater's. (you hung a sign on your door if you wanted people to stop) Everyone we went to said that we were the only trick or treater's had and were giving out handfuls of candy. Areya could have kept going all night but Aniela was getting tired so we headed home.
Areya had a Halloween party at preschool. They had food and game and sang songs they have been working on. One of the mom's made really cute spider cookies fun treats. Aniela wants to do everything her big sister does so she wore her costume to preschool too.
I was a party pooper this year and decided not to carve pumpkins. Maybe next year when we have a house and Aniela is older. I know Boo me!
Monday was our 7 year anniversary. Damian got me these beautiful roses and a card. Ida gave us movie tickets and watched the girls so we could go out. We saw the movie and had dinner at Palm Court. The food was ok but nothing special.
I know how boring are we! I guess that's what happens when you get old. It was nice to have time together without kids though, thanks Ida!
Tuesday was our ward Halloween party hosted by the youth, it was a combined activity with one of the other wards that meet in our building. Areya was a Cowgirl and Aniela was a Genie, both costumes were made by my grandma. Isn't she so talented!
The lease on our apartment was up on October 25th and because we still have not found a house we had to decide to sign up for 6 more months or move. It was a pretty easy decision to make, based on the fact that our apartment was not big enough for all of us. (For those of you that don't know my sister in-law has moved in with us and was sleeping in the living room.) We were able to get into a townhouse in the same complex which made the move pretty easy.
On the day of the move we packed up boxes and took them the short car drive across the parking lot to our new place. The sister missionaries come over and helped me unpack while Damian and Ida continued to move everything. Sister Peterson from my ward took the girls for most of the day which was a huge help and later that night the Elders and a few guys from my ward come over to help move the big stuff. We were also blessed enough to have someone bring us dinner so I did not have to worry about cooking, which turns out even better then I had hoped because the gas was turned off. We had no clue until late so we froze the first night, and by froze I really mean froze, Aniela woke up with blue lips she was so cold. The next day we had a little drama with the gas company but we were able to get it on by 8 that night.
For the most part everything is unpacked and put away but we still have boxes in the garage and a few in my room. I just can't find the motivation to finish unpacking them. ( It might have something to do with the fact that once we find a house I will just have to repack them.)
Our new address is:
1728 E Hintz Rd.
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
This is our scary Halloween moon, it was just a few weeks early.
For those of you that don't know I got my very first calling at church. I have been called to be the Primary Sectary. I was called before we left to Poland but was not set apart until after we got home. It has been so long since I have been in Primary that I feel a little out of place, but and sure that after awhile I will get a hang of things.
Where I was going with all that is, some of the ladies I serve with in the Primary invited us to go to the pumpkin patch with them. I thought it would be fun (even though we already went with Areya's preschool) so we meet them there.
This is what happens when you try to talk to your brother on Skype and he does not answer.
On Saturday I got a message from Tj saying that it was snowing! I talked to my mom and she said the same thing, I couldn't beleive it! Here's the proof >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
This is what it looked like here >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Areya had her first field trip and it was to the pumpkin patch. We went on a hay ride, got lost in the hay maze, fed the animals, went in the tee pee, and of course picked out a pumpkin. 
School started while we were in Poland so Areya missed the first month of school. She misses the birthday deadline by 22 day so she gets to have another year of preschool. Which works out great because she did not get to attend the full year last due to our move.
When she came everyone so so excited because there is only one other girl in that class. I guess I taught her to think boys are "Ca ca" a bit to well because she won't play with any of them she only wants to play with the little girl. 
Because we were in Poland on her birthday they let her celebrate it on her first day. She was so excited and loves going to school.
The last thing Damian, Areya and I did before we left Swinoujsice to go back to Szczecin was take a small trip into Germany. We drove to the village of Ahlbeck and walked the promenade and the pier.
Our our way back home we stopped at the border and took pictures Damian on the Polish side of the boarder and me on the German side. They are about 10 feet from each other. Here is a small fact about Germany that I did not know: Germany is called Deutschland.
It was a long day and Areya could not last any longer, on the way home she fell asleep. We thought the way she was sleeping was funny so we took a picture.
The next day we packed up and drove the 2 hours back to Szczecin to Adrian's house where we spent the night and got up extremely early the next morning to drive 2 hours to the Berlin airport. We waited in line just to find out that we were to early to check in, so after waiting another half hour we finally got to wait in line again to check in. After we finally got checked in we said our goodbyes and headed to our gate. We got pretty lucky because the plane was only half full and they let us move to seats where we could all have a seat. (Aniela was a lap rider) The plane trip felt so much longer this time, lucky for me both the girls took a 1 or 2 hour nap. (not at the same time)
At the Paris airport we were unloaded outside and had to board a bus which took us to the terminal. Then we had to get off that bus and load another one which took us to our terminal. After we got to our terminal it was up and down several sets of stairs and a walk half way across the airport to security where we found out that Aniela was not allowed through. The agent in Berlin did not print her a boarding pass and even though she was a lap rider they said she needed one, so Areya and I took all the carry on bags and went through security while Damian took Aniela and their passports to look for someone to print Aniela's boarding pass. Luck for us someone helped him out and he did not end up having to go all the way to the ticket counter. They finally made it through security and found us just in time to get on the plane. We were so close to missing our flight. We finally made it back to Chicago where we had to go through customs (we were not given the necessary forms in Paris so we had to fill them out there while waiting in line) and get our bag. I'm so glad that Ida was waiting for us just outside.
I think we're all happy to be back. (Yes even Damian) Now the hard part will be adjusting to the 7 hour time difference.
They spent the rest of the time swinging and going down the slide. It was a great day!