Life with the Mozas: February 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

10 years

It's been 10 years since I first moved to Romania. I was trying to get there before Ski Camp. My funds were coming in and I was right at 98% funded and thus, ready to fly. I got to Romania with NO luggage. My bags came the next day, so it wasn't too bad, but it did make a very tired, jetlagged, what did I just commit to???-- young lady cry her eyes out.
I questioned my decision to move to Romania for 2 years a couple times that first week. I went to Ski Camp, got horribly sick...worst flu ever and coughed for a couple more weeks, but met some of the nicest people and my closest friends.
I didn't meet Cristian at Ski Camp...if that's what you're wondering. I met him the following week. He was a student in the Economical Engineering University and a part of Student Plus. He was friends with the only friends I had and thus, we met. It was the first night of classes...a Wednesday night and we rode back to the Centru with our mutual friend, Mircea...he had a van. I knew Mircea and Ramona from camp and they were both in Cristian's class...Upper Intermediate English. I taught Intermediate English in the room next door.
That night, I found out what Cristian studied and thought to myself (seriously I remember this...) wow he must be smart, I'll probably never have a conversation with him.
Through that first year of living in Romania I also found out that he had a great sense of humor, loved God, and was a great friend.
A year and a half later, he asked me to be his girlfriend...I figured something was up when he moved in with his aunt who lived in my neighborhood. He was finishing school and needed a place to live in the city. Every time 'the group' went out...for ice cream, a movie, a beer, a concert...he would always walk me home. I really appreciated the gesture and the conversation late in the evening when I really didn't want to walk home alone and I usually was one of the first to want to leave...Romanians stay up really late!
We were at camp, in the mountains...beautiful scenic gorges of Cheille Butii and we talked, he asked, and I said yes. A year later, in the exact same spot, sitting in the gorges of Cheille Butii looking up into the mountains, he asked me a different question...it came with a ring and I said yes again. We've been married for 7 1/2 years and now have two beautiful boys.
I love you Cristian, love your intellect, love your humor, love your love for God and family, have always loved your eyes and have loved our adventure for the last 10 years!

Saturday, February 20, 2010

4 months

sweet fluffy puppy for a sweet little boy

4 months old, 14 pounds 10 ounces, 25 inches long
I'm growing like a weed!

I LOVE my big brother Adrian!

my big brother Adrian really LOVES me!

my Ludee made this quilt for me...and gave it to me at my baptism.

Friday, February 5, 2010

the things I think about these days...

Wow...these days...what do I think about...it's 7:38 pm and I've 'fed' Andrew three times in the last half hour. He is a very interesting baby...rather easy, but still has his needy moments, especially at night. I tried a bottle of breastmilk the other day and think I waited too long to give him a bottle, he spit, gagged and just about threw it on the floor...what is this plastic thing you put in my mouth, Mommy???

I do often think about when I will have a moment to myself...when will I be in the bathroom completely alone and uninterrupted:)...when will my drink be just mine and not taken away from me once I'm enjoying it:)...

I wonder when I will get to sleep late...or just sleep for 5 hours straight for that matter! Just when my toddler was consistently sleeping 10-11 hours through the night, I have a baby...and thus....no more sleep...I'm not one to sleep while others in my house are awake, so I can only sleep when EVERYONE is sleeping...so this Mommy has been pretty tired the last 3 1/2 months. Adrian usually takes an afternoon nap...but it ranges from one hour to three...so Mommy's naptime is rather inconsistent.

And then I think about how much I will miss these moments when my little boys are big and don't want to spend so much time with Mommy anymore...