Who's Who...

If you guessed Maggie on top and Zofia on the bottom...you were right!

In other news, last night Zofia had a high fever and woke up around 11:30pm crying. After giving her some Advil and a warm shower, the three of us sat up in bed until she got dry and sleepy. We watched Iron Chef America and Roger said, "look, that man is cooking just like Mommy, and just like Zofia" (she "helps" me cook almost every day). Zofia said, "No Daddy, I'm too little to cook dinner."

Who's Who?

Which baby is Maggie and which is Zofia? Post your guess under comments...

The Darndest Things

This morning on the drive to school:
Zofia: I went up the ladder and down the slide, but Maggie didn't go up the ladder and down the slide.
Agi: Why not?
Z: Because Maggie's too little!
A: But when Maggie grows bigger she will go up the ladder and down the slide too.
Z: Maggie is gonna get bigger.
A: Yes, just like Zofia is growing bigger.
Z: Maggie is growing bigger, and Zofia is growing bigger, and Daddy is all big.

This afternoon on the drive home:
Z: (looking at the keys in the ignition) Those are Mommy's keys.
A: Yes, these are Mommy's keys.
Z: No, those are Daddy's keys.
A: These are Daddy's keys?!
Z: Ya, Mommy stole them.

New video

Festivus for the restuvus

Sunday was the last day of the Texas Folklife Festival here in San Antonio. It's a festival where many ethnic groups set up food booths, perform music and dances and generally share their culture. We were explaining to Zofia that we were going to go to a festival where there would be music and dancing and food, etc. A little while later, we asked her if she was ready to go to the festival. She said, "Nooooooo! I want to go to the VEGTABLE!!"
We had a great time at the vegtable.

New video

Maggie

...laughed out loud for the first time today!

Zofia's recital video (finally!)

Here is the video from Zofia's end-of-year school recital. I had to cut it up into two parts. The original was 13 minutes and Youtube will only let you post up to ten minutes. Hope you enjoy it.

Bathtime

Here is a new video from a couple of days ago. After an evening of swimming, it was bathtime. Since I was already wet, I decided to get into the tub with Zofia and took Maggie with me. A good time was had by all.

Our Girls

Here is a video shot over the last few days...enjoy!


PS - I'm using a new website to play the videos, and if you click on the video it will take you to the site, where you can play the video full screen!

Nice to Meet You

Just now Zofia and I were watching some videos, including the one where she says, "Nice to meet you", or rather "Naimeeechu". After watching the video, Zofia shook my hand and said, "Nice to meet you, my name is Zofia Eleanor Graham." Who is this kid?!?!?!?

Trip To Cali

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Originally uploaded by Granik Family.

Well we've just returned from our week-long trip to Southern California. It was a ton of fun. I thought a week would be such a long trip, but it flew by so fast. Each day was packed with stuff...
We flew in to LAX on Tuesday afternoon and drove straight down to San Diego to Connie and Richards beautiful new condo on the waterfront. We arrived in time for dinner and an evening of catching up.
On Wednesday Roger, Connie, the girls and I went out for lunch and then to the beach in La Jolla. Zofia had a great time playing in the sand and she got to pet a snake, which she talked about for the next three days, saying, "saw a snake yesterday!" Then that night we all went to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steak House accross the street from the condo. Even Sarah Unger came and it was really great to see her, even for such a short time.
Thursday morning we dropped Connie off at the airport as she headed up north to help Grandma move and help my dad in the restaurant during my mom's absence. On our way to L.A. I got the brilliant brainstorm to call on the Allens, the parents of one of my best friends, Kristin, who happen to live in Carlsbad. I called Kristin to get her parents' number and happily they were home and didn't mind us stopping by without warning! Then we continued north to Cousin K.K.'s house. She lives in a gorgeous house up in the Glendale hills. The fact that she opened up her home to us really made the trip fantastic. Not only was is way more comfortable than a hotel would have been with two small girls, it was so much fun hanging out with her and meeting her fiance Jeff. I was glad to be able to meet him, since we plan on going to their wedding in Jamaica in July.
On Friday we went to Joey's graduation, which was amazing. There were so many graduates, each department had their own ceremony, and just Joey's had a ton of people. It was a long ceremony, but it was great to see Joey graduate. That night the whole family went out to dinner and had a great time. Zofia was very tired and a little cranky, but she hung in there until we got to the car, which was after nine o'clock. Sadly, our camera broke right around this time, so we have no more photos of the rest of the trip, at least from our camera.
On Saturday we had brunch with my friend and former boss Claudia, who happened to be in town even though she now lives in Hawaii. It was really a great bit of karma and so nice to see her. Then that night I made my lamb stew for K.K. and Jeff and we just sat at home and chatted into the evening.
On Sunday we went to church with Ron and his family. It was my first time visiting a gospel church and I really enjoyed it. Being there on Mother's Day made it even more special. Then we all went out to lunch and Zofia got to know her cousins Ronald, Brandi and Colin a little better. She sat in between Roger and Uncle Ron and flirted with Uncle Ron the whole time!
On Monday Roger went out condo hunting with Joey and then we went to our favorite old Sushi place from when we lived in LA. Then we did a little shopping and went to dinner with Joey and Doug and then went to see another condo.
This morning we awoke ridiculously early for our flight home and now we are all pooped. Whew, sorry to bore you all with all these details. Bottom line is - a good time was had by all!

Click on the photo to see the rest of the pix from our trip.

Today's enormous helping of cuteness

At dinner tonight Zofia tried cous cous for the first time. She liked in and practiced saying "cous cous" a few times. Then about half way through dinner, she said, "I like it! Rice rice!"
Then at bed time she gave each of us a hug, during which she patted us on the back and said, "Are you ok Mommy?" and "Are you ok Daddy?". Also, she is learning our evening prayer and as of last night is beating us to the last word in each line...
Roger&Agi: Our Father, who art in...
Zofia: Heaven!
R&A: Hallowed be thy...
Z: Name!
It really gets cute when we get to,
R&A: Forgive us our...
Z: Trespasses!

What was that spider's name?

The other day Zofia was singing in the car,
"Twinkle Twinkle went up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out."

April video

God Loves You!!

Here is a video from a couple of weeks ago that Roger took of Zofia after she came home from school singing.
Zofia's school is a Montessori school run by St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and every Tuesday morning they have chapel. The chapel is held in a little room made into a children's chapel. It has miniature pews just right for the kids and one of the assistant pastors comes and sings songs and leads prayers with the kids. Zofia really enjoys it and on this day she was singing one of the chapel songs in the car with Roger the whole ride home. At one point she said to him, "God loves you, Daddy!" I don't know how he managed to continue driving.

Easter Update

It's been a couple of weeks since our last update. Zofia and Maggie are doing great. Maggie is growing so fast, at her checkup last week she weighed 10lbs 7oz, and I'm sure she is over 11lbs by now. The girls get along great, meaning Maggie is mostly oblivious to Zofia and Zofia thinks Maggie is very interesting, but can't figure out why Maggie won't answer when she talks to her. Just in the last couple of days Zofia has asked to hold Maggie for the first time. It looks like she is starting to get the whole "baby" concept.
Here is a video from yesterday. We had a lovely Easter, complete with a nice long nap and an afternoon swim in our pool (it was 95 degrees here).

Sisters

Here is a little video of Zofia interacting with Maggie. So far she is doing really well. She isn't showing much jealousy, and she is really protective of Mags. Last weekend we went to breakfast and a little girl not much older than Zof tried to touch Maggie. Zofia shoved her and shouted, "Baby Maggie!!!" with a very possessive tone. The shoving was not great, but the sentiment was wonderful. The only thing that seems to confuse her is the fact that Maggie does not talk back yet.

Settling In

Baby Maggie is only eleven days old and it's already hard to remember a time without her. We are slowly settling into a daily routine with both girls. Roger takes the early shift, getting Zofia up, dressed and fed while I nurse Maggie. We both do whatever is necessary during the day, then I take the late shift when Roger goes to bed around 10ish. I stay up until about 11:30 or midnight, until Maggie's last evening feeding, then she actually sleeps until about 4am! She is such an amazingly easy baby. I didn't know it could get any easier than Zofia, but then along came Maggie!
Maggie's first week home happened to coincide with spring break from school for Zofia, so we have had a lot of time to spend together. Zofia really seems to be enjoying the baby. She is back at school next week, and she is excited about it.
Here is a video taken the day Maggie was born. We have shot lots more video since then, so I'll try to get that posted soon.

Baby Maggie

Here is a picture of our new addition. More new pictures on the Yahoo! site...