Zurich

This past weekend we went to Zurich for a long weekend. We had an absolute blast and we were not ready to come home on Monday. We stayed in a luxurious five star hotel, only a few blocks from all the action in downtown Zurich and we had a ton of fun. Friday night we got in later than expected, it was past 8, Reed was exhausted and frankly so were we, so we went straight to the hotel, ordered room service and got Reed to bed. The food was amazing and we inhaled it.
Saturday we got up and decided to go out and find some breakfast. There were plenty of bakeries and little outdoor cafes to choose from and then we decided to bum around. We did lots of window shopping, we would stop and let Reed walk and stretch his legs, we ate lunch on the go and we did all of this before we realized we didn't have a diaper for Reed. By this time he was getting pretty tired anyway and instead of making him sleep in his stroller we headed back. We all took a nap before we headed back out to the streets. We went down a different road and realized that there was a huge festival going on the entire weekend. We walked around, drank some beer and people watched. We had dinner at a restaurant at the festival and then finally made it back for bedtime.
Sunday we got up and went straight to the zoo. We had lunch there and took our time seeing all the animals. Reed loved it! In fact, he loved it so much he decided that he just wasn't going to nap that day. After a long day, we went back to the room to try and get a nap in and it just wasn't going to happen. We decided to go back to the festival and get some dinner and while we were walking around, he finally passed out. He woke up cranky and not hungry so we didn't spend much time at the festival before having to go to the room and get Reed to bed.
Monday morning we had breakfast in the room, again, excellent food. We really didn't want to have to leave, but Chris only took a half day on Monday so we had to get back so he could go into work. We had a fabulous weekend and can't wait to have another weekend away!

Zurich

Our Flat!

I finally got my flat clean enough to take pictures for the blog.....well, not really, but it's not too bad. The only room I could never get clean was the kitchen, so I finally just took everything and put it on the kitchen table, took the picture and put it back. For those of you coming to visit, please do not have any kind of expectations of a clean flat, it's just not gonna happen. Another note for you visiting, when we have people visit, Loki's crate and food will not be in the guest room, it will be relocated to our room so no worries.
The pictures start with our master bedroom, sorry about the second pic, it's a little blurry, but it's just our closet, and it ends with the view from our balcony. I got a pretty cool picture of the view. I know this took awhile. We still have no decorations on the walls, no television and we don't even have all our light fixtures yet. We're working on it, it's just taking awhile for us to get organized. I hope you are able to get an idea of what our flat looks like. Don't get your hopes up, it's really small.

Our Flat!

St. Gallen and more

We spent a day in St. Gallen and it was really cool. We found this red area. It was weird and soft, not really sure what it was made of, but it was neat. We have some pic's of Reed trying to sleep in his stroller and also some pictures of a hike we went on. We stopped at a restaurant to have a drink and we took pictures of the view. Very beautiful. On top of that, there are some other random pic's.

St. Gallen and more

Summer Fun

It's been a little cooler lately so we've been eating out, going to the park and just hanging out at the flat. I have found out that scrambled eggs with cream cheese is messy, Reed suffocates himself when he sleeps, we have deer in our backyard, and Reed loves the swings at the playground. I also added Loki in some pictures, he's so sad without any attention.

There is one picture that I took that I think looks exactly like Brady. Chris was able to pick out, can you? It blew me away when I looked at it after I took it. If you need hints, let me know.

Summer Fun

Reed's First Step!

Today Reed had a huge milestone and I caught it only on camera. He took his first few steps. It was great that both Chris and I could be there to see such a great event and we both clapped and celebrated. He was really excited and extremely anxious to get walking. He's obviously not yet walking, but it will probably be any day now.

First step

Fun Pictures

These are just some random pictures of Reed. The first few are of him trying on helmets. I want to get a bike and I think he will need a helmet, not sure, but it was sure funny putting them on him. He wasn't too thrilled about it.

The next few are of Reed helping his Dad in the kitchen, doing some dishes. The ones after that are of Reed playing the guitar with Dad and also giving Loki kisses. They love each other a little too much.

Some fun pictures

Dinner Party

Yesterday was Switzerland's national holiday. I'm not sure what they're celebrating, but it's a lot like the Fourth of July in the States. It was such a fun day for us. Reed let us sleep in until 930, we got up and it was a beautiful day out, not too hot, no clouds, could see everything so we decided to go for a hike. It was a nice hike since it was so clear you could see the mountains so well. Plus, it was just beautiful out.

We then came back and got ready for our dinner party. I had cooked the night before since we were having a casserole so I didn't have much to do, just swiffer the floors and we were ready. Our friends came over (and yes Mandy, we have friends) and we served wine, cheese, salami, bread and crackers. We chatted and had a great time. We had dinner and then just chocolate ice cream for dessert. We also had Grappa which is a liquor that is very popular here. Reed then made an appearance in his costume and went to bed.

We put Reed to bed and then played guitar, talked, joked and just had a great time. Then at about 10 we heard fireworks so we went out on the balcony to see if we could see them. We couldn't see anything so we decided to go for a walk. We dragged Reed out of bed, threw him in his stroller and took off. It was so amazing. People can set off REAL fireworks from there homes, so we went to this open field and you look around to all the mountains and just see fireworks everywhere! I have never seen anything like it, it was truly amazing. They were so beautiful. Reed loved them and just watched them go off and had a great time.

Sorry we don't have many pictures, but Chris said it would be creepy if I took too many pictures of our friends. I didn't get any of us when we watched fireworks because I forgot to grab the camera. I'm so disappointed. But we had a wonderful time and just had a blast.

Dinner party