Pretty awesome may days... :)

So the new car is working out pretty well for us. I think I am getting the hang of the stick shift, I rarely kill it anymore and it is not nearly as jerky of a ride as two weeks ago :). Baby Lena is more fun every day. Last week she figured out that pushing the little buttons on her exersaucer make an animal sound and then a song come out of it. It is really sweet when she accidentally pushes a button and then looks at me with a huuuge grin on her face when it makes a sound. She is also getting very fond of her German Children's Song CD. I have also played a personal favorite of mine for her: Rolf Zukovski, who can be found on Youtube.com. (He is a German musician who sings songs with and to children about traffic and the importance of being safe when in the car, on the bike, or just on the street :). Soo.. here are some new pictures:

The never ending car troubles...

The last two weeks have been a constant battle with our cars. After towing my car twice, having it diagnosed twice by different repair shops, and Andrew spending days on end laying underneath it replacing one part after the next, it just seemed to be getting worse and worse. ALL the workers at Autozone now know me by name, as I have been paying them a visit at least every day, if not twice sometimes. After two weeks of crazyness that did not seem to end, a good mechanic friend from church advised Andrew to get rid of the car as fast as we can because the car would just continue to fall apart. So we sold it via our favorite site, Craigslist, and also found our new car there. It is a Hyundai Accent, 2003, and is a pretty sweet car. There is, however, one downside to this car: ITS A STICKSHIFT! Which i can't drive, and never have. So... I have a new car, but can't drive it... yet. So this weeks theme is either to learn to drive stickshift or have to drive the Buick which does not A.C. and that would not be so fun for anyone, especially Lena. So, pictures of the new car are below.

Just growing so so fast...

This month has just been so FUN with Lena. She is talking more each day and loves it when I imitate the sound she just made.

Lena also started to 'laugh out loud' ,lol, and chuckle here and there, when something has just been really fun.
This and the next picture show a pretty much constant aspect of our daily life: drule and spit-up. It comes in all forms and shapes, such as runny, thick, white, clear, fast and with pressure (kind of like a vulcano), slow and steady, or even with huuuge bubbles in it (see below). You would think that by now I would anticipate it when we are out, but so often we are in a store and I find myself once again covered in spit up and no burp cloth or rag with me...