Colette is 4 months old!

I know she isn't four months anymore (actually only a few days away from 5 months!) but I never got a chance to post these due to the move. Colette has been the sweetest baby ever. I seriously think she would be the perfect baby if it weren't for Jet lag messing up her sleep. She is so happy all the time and rarely cries! She only cries when she is tired and that is only when I haven't been paying attention to the time. She is happy to just be where ever we are. She will sit happily in her bumbo seat on the counter while I cook dinner. Sit on my lap quietly when we are talking to people. Play on the floor or excersaucer while I shower and not make a peep. Sleeps soundly while Kaelan is making tons of two year old noise! She is so easy, I can hardly believe it! I don't know if it is beacause we are more relaxed as parents the second time around and things don't get to us the way they did with the first but whatever it is I love her sweet personality!
She is teething now at almost 5 months. No tooth yet but she is definitely in pain at night. She still doesn't cry about it but can hardly stop squirming when she sleeps. Poor little girl.
My heart is so full of love for her it hurts. I could seriously kiss her all day but Daddy won't let me because he insists on a turn too! The nerve!

Moving Day!

This is what Kaelan did on moving day! As his toys were unpacked he had more and more fun! It was like Christmas and I think he was in his pj's all day too!

Making our home in Holland

On the plane.
Aunt Nan flew to Holland with the kids and me to help us on the flight and during the move.
She was a lot of help and I'm so thankful she was able to come with us!

Some of Nan's pictures of our village

Local Bakery

Our church
Kaelan loves this place! He loves all the churches and the bells when they ring. Funny what they decide is cool.

Touring Holland with Aunt Nan

Nancy jumped out of the car to check out this Church in s'Hertogenbosch

We took a quick trip up to Haarlem and she took a tour of the Corrie Ten Boom house.
Their family hid Jews and many others during WWII.
Free tour and something everyone should do if you visit!

Kaelan's first piggy back ride
Haarlem

Day trip down to Maastricht

Zaanse Schans

There really are Windmill's in Holland!
Every town has at least one, we have learned, but we went north the this town to see them in use.
They really are beautiful.

Aunt Nan, Travis and Kaelan took a tour of the Oil mill

Playing with Koda at the boat doc.
Not really Koda but he made me miss the Histands!

Gouda Cheese!
Aunt Nan bought this for us all to eat while she was here. It was yummy and made here, in a town called Gouda!

Wine and cheese...mmm.
Like the wide eyes? We tried this picture 3 times and her eyes were shut so on the 3rd try she opened them really wide! Ha ha!

I love it.

We have gotten a lot of use out of Pierce's old stroller and love it.
We use this thing everyday at least once. Thanks Denton's. We really miss you guys.
Normally Kaelan rides on top but he is trying out Coco's seat for a turn around the windmills.
If you need a double stroller I HIGHLY recommend the Phil and Ted's Vibe!

Zaanse Schans

Old traditional, now very touristy, village.

A walk through the village

So I really did see a man, in his 30's, laying bricks and wearing wooden shoes!
I guess they really do still wear them sometimes.

Oh my goodness she is cute!

Our house...ugh!

Looking at these pictures now really stresses me out, as it did to look at these rooms in this state! We have come a long way since Nancy took these pics. This is pretty much how the house looked after the movers were done. I will be sure to post the after pictures when we are finished with the house which should be really soon!

Guest bedroom
We have decided to make this Coco's bedroom but when Nan was here it was the Guest room. Do you like the paint? We changed that!

Coco's bedroom
Now this will be the guest room.

Master Bathroom

Our room

Kaelan's room

Living room

Playroom

Kitchen

Ahhh! We made it.

Happy Fourth of July!
Coco's first

You are welcome to translate that "Ahhh" in the title however you see fit! I know it has come out of our mouths in many different ways over the last 2+ weeks. We finally made it to Holland, today is our first day to have internet, and really do like what we have experienced so far (Nancy will blog soon to let you know what that was!).

Nancy flew with the kids and me to help out on the plane but she really was the most help in the chaos of the move. She kept me grounded when I saw no hope for most situations. Did I mention the Europeans don't have closets? I knew that before we came but it really didn't mean much to me until our 40 foot container arrived and there was NO where to put anything. Oh my. Our house is still in the works and thank goodness for Ikea! Travis hates that place but I'm not sure what we would do without it for this move.

The people are great and very helpful but I'm definitely going to need to learn a little Dutch in this small town. Please say a little prayer for us if you get a chance, especially. He is missing his friends in Singapore and family in Boise right now, he needs interaction. We are going to have to meet some friends here soon. We love and miss you all. Please come visit!

I thought the picture up top came out great but for those of you who don't have little kids at the moment below is a quick look at what it takes to get one good shot!