Monday, December 17, 2012

Meet Carolina's new friends

Here's an introduction to Carolina's(/my) new friends- or what I like to call a very crazy past 2 weeks! Before C was born, I met up with 2 groups of girls- 1, American chicas who just had or were getting ready to have babies and the 2nd group I found on meetup.com for Int'l moms/babies. What a lifesaver! It has been so much fun to venture out for lunches, coffee, playdates (though we just watch) and Christmas parties. I know this will come in super handy when Carolina starts to play around a bit as well.  
Brande and Phillip (from Mississippi) and expecting another in March

The meet-up group out for coffee- Sarah from Australia, Kristin from Chicago, Pip from the UK, Simone from Germany and Katie from Australia
with Jessica and Isabella (from PA) at Starbucks
Secret Santa at Simone's with Katie, Simone, Lorena and Carissa
  
The International ladies and their babies- Silvia and Lorena from Spain, Maria from the UK and Karyn from Chicago. We had a Cookie Exchange party and tried our best for a group photo. Love the action shot!


Wednesday, December 5, 2012

1st Roadtrip

Last weekend was our 1st trip out of Madrid with Carolina. We headed to Bilbao, packed for 3 months away (though we were only there for 3 nights) and enjoyed a weekend with the de Abiega´s, all our Bilbao friends and the grand finale of cheering on Ricardo in the San Sebastian Marathon. While C had a bit of trouble adjusting to her new surroundings and ultra large crib, Ricardo rocked the marathon! Goal of 3hr 45 min- yet finished in 3hr 29 min! We were sooo proud of Ricardo and well C will eventually adjust to her traveling lifestyle I´m sure :-)

posing at Aunt Maria´s
a stroll along the water 
Smiles and all
at the finish line