Pictures

Just a quick note to let you know that if you are so inclined to see pictures of the little girl you can go to our shutterfly share site: http://joeykatysphotos.shutterfly.com/ and put in the password: joeyandkaty
I will try to update new pictures weekly or every 2 weeks. Hope you enjoy

Traveling little girl

Already in her short 8 weeks of life our little girl has been a busy little one out taking a couple different trips and seeing a lot of Austria. So far she has been to many of the basketball games, both home and away that we have had since she was born. Sometimes it can get very loud in the gym especially as fans are allowed to bring big drums in and bang on them during the game, so we got Myla some hearing protection - some ear phones. Katy says they work really well for her and she is able to sleep sometimes during the game (except when she is watching the game....or eating of course :) )
She has also been on a couple trips to see the country side. On one trip we took her on a train ride to the top of
one of the mountains-Schafberg (up 1700+ meters), while my mom was here. We knew it was going to be pretty cold so we put her in her snowsuit and I wore the baby carrier underneath my jacket - I think she stayed really warm (we took her out for the picture). It was really cool to be able to take her there and even though she probably didn't know what was going on, show her the wonderful view as we could see what seemed like all of Austria.
Another trip was to Salzburg with Katy's parents. We saw where Mozart was born, the castle on the hill, the big cathedral there and the different squares (gathering places) they have.
This time we wrapped her in a couple blankets and carried her. Again I think she stayed warm and it was nice to be able to take her around to some of the main sites.
Then she rode the train back to Salzburg a different day and went on the Sound of Music tour and saw all the sites from the movie. When she got home she had a smile on her face and told me the "hills are alive."
She does very well in the car, as I think a lot of kids do. Sometimes she cries a little but once the car gets moving she is usually able to drift off to sleep. And wherever we go we always try to allow plenty of extra time so if we need to stop to feed/change her (maybe a couple of times) we can do it and not feel rushed.
So far she has done really well with all the journeys we have gone on and I think in the coming weeks, months, and years she is going to be quite the well traveled baby.

Big and healthy

So we went to the doctor about 2 weeks ago for Myla's first appointment. The doc looked her over and was happy about how everything was going. When it came time to take measurements she was a little bigger than normal compared to babies her age, in both height and weight. She was in the 97th percentile in weight and in the 90-something percentile for height. The doc said she should be a little bit bigger than other babies her age otherwise she wouldn't take after her parents. :)

....back again

Hello...the last couple weeks have been very busy. Last week we had 2 games, both of which we won, but I haven't had a lot of time to get on here and make some posts, but I think I will be able to get back on track this next week.
I have to start by saying good luck to all the people heading out huntin this week(end). I know there will be plenty of years in the future I will be able to go, but I wish I could be hitting the woods with you. I guess I will have to live through all the stories, so I hope to hear some good ones.
Anyway, I figures since it was opening weekend I have to put a video on here of one of huntings best songs:
And I figure even though I cant be there I'll put my blaze orange mad bomber hat on that I brought over here and be there in spirit.

Amazing little girl

We had our little girl....Myla Christine on October 3rd. She just had her 5 week birthday today. The last 5 weeks have been great and she has gone from a sleepy baby to one who is more awake and smiley. We had my mom here 3 weeks and then Katys parents were here for 10 days, and the just left today.
Even though we had a baby half way across the world it was so nice to have some family come and visit and see our little girl.
If you have been around kids you probably know how fast they grow and get bigger and we can tell that in her 5 weeks of life, our little girl has already gotten longer and put on some weight (she has some cute "chipmunk" cheeks). Even though she has only been here a short time it seems hard to imagine that she wasn't always here. She just seems like she is right where she needs to be and right where she has always been. We both enjoy all the time we get to spend with her and are happy we get some time to spend all together.
If you care to see some photos of the little girl you can look on our shutterfly share site:
http://joeykatysphotos.shutterfly.com/ and enter the password: joeyandkaty
Hope you enjoy and all is well wherever you may be.