My little sister celebrated her birthday today! I just wanted to wish her
a great birthday with tons of love. We love you!!!
La Multi ani Paula! Te iubim mult!!!

Even though we have no more snow left outside I had to post these cute
pictures of my kids playing in the snow several weeks ago. They had so
much fun! I just love some of the faces Andrew and Jasmine are making
while throwing snow at each other. I am so grateful for my children and for
the chance I have to enjoy these moments with them. I have no words to
describe how much I love them!!!

I believe that every new baby should be received with a celebration no
matter what the gender is or how many children the mom has had previously.
Each one of Heavenly Fathers children’s is special, therefore we should celebrate!
On Saturday the 16th of this month I had a wonderful shower thrown by my good
friends. I have always been blessed to be surrounded by amazing friends who have
made sure that all my sweet angels have been received with love. I would like
to thank Kathleen for making the baby shower invitation, Gaia for decorating and
planning the shower, Mitzi for helping with the shower and making the coolest
diaper cake, Janice for planning the games and food, Leah for taking so many beautiful
pictures and everyone else for coming to celebrate with me. I do not want to forget
a very special helper who helped me make the most amazing baby cake ever and that
is my sweet girl Jasmine. She sure has the creative genes in her like her mommy.
All the guests were very impressed by it and it not only looked good it also tasted delicious.
It was such a great celebration and again thank you all for your friendship, wonderful
gifts and support. Hugs, Livia

We are getting closer to see our sweet baby boy. Now, I am only five weeks
away from my due date. I feel really good for being 35 pounds heavier and
expecting several more to be added soon. My cute belly is huge and continues
to grow. Good thing I have my mom's elastic skin when it comes to stretch
marks because so far I haven't acquired any. I love, love, love the movement
of the baby! All the kicks, the strong spins and the occasional hiccups are just
amazing. What a magnificent gift to be able to have another life growing within
you. But, it doesn't come easy. I have a harder time bending down and reaching
anything that is on the carpet and also I can not eat very large meals as the space
inside my belly has became very crowded. The last doctor check up showed the baby
being right on target for growth after all the measurements were taken. The heart
sounded just right which means my little man is also getting ready to see us soon.
I can't wait to hold him but I am ready to wait as long as it takes.

My wonderful friend Leah took some great pregnancy shots of me last week which I
just love. To all my sweet Romanian friends who have asked so persistently to see
more pics of me here is your request fulfilled. Let me know if you have a favorite.

2009 is gone. It has been a year full of activities, hard work, fun, and most
of all love. As we waited for the 2010 to arrive all I could think on New Years
Eve was bring on the New Year a year full of new joys for our growing family.
I am happy to say that I have accomplished my 2009 resolutions therefore I
had to make some new ones. I feel great about my goals! Very excited to see
them all achieved by the end of 2010.
For New Years Eve we had a full Romanian feast with the most delicious sarmale
I have ever made. Yes, I finally think that they were as good as my mom makes
them at home.
We partied with our good friends the Schellmans until we entered 2010. We sure
have been blessed with amazing friends that have become our second family here.
Jasmine and Andrew were allowed to stay up with us and enjoy the party, as it
always was a tradition in my family. It was a night that I would look forward to
the whole year. I loved seeing my children’s excitement since they didn’t have
to be in bed by 8 o’clock.
I already love 2010 as it has brought many hours of playtime with my loved ones.
Battleship, Chess, Connect Four, Tsuro, more Chess, Operation, Sorry and many
more each day. This was all possible due to the extremely cold weather and large
amounts of snow.
I am very grateful for a healthy and happy family!

The day after Christmas we took the kids sledding. I believe it’s a must
when there is so much snow. Andrew loved going down the hill with his
daddy and Jasmine. By the end of the day his cheeks were red and he was
covered in snow but he was still not ready to come home. It was only when
I mentioned hot chocolate that he decided it was time to go home. Jasmine
had a blast also and loved sledding by herself. She is such a big girl! I was
not able to sled due to the pregnancy but I enjoyed watching all my kids
having fun. When I said kids I was referring to my honey also because I know
he enjoyed sledding just as much as our little ones. Since then the kids have
played more in the snow so, more pics to come and also our New Years, which
was wonderful.