Emma Getting Dressed.

Meeting the Conway Family / Prvi susret s obitelji Conway

From Meeting the Conway Family

Last weekend Grandma and Grandpa Conway and aunt Becca came to visit Emma for the first time. They arrived very late on Friday night, but we managed to visit for few minutes. The next morning Willis and Van cooked breakfast for all of us, and we spent the day relaxing, competing for Emma's time and walking around Hoboken.

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Prosli vikend, baka i djed Conway i teta Becca su dosli u prvi posijet maloj Emmi. Dosli su u Petak, kasno navecer te smo se uspijeli vidjeti na par minuta. Slijedece jutro Willis i Van su nam svima spremili marendu, te smo dan proveli odmarajuci se, natjecali smo se za Emmino vrijeme u narucju, te setajuci Hobokenom.

Change my diaper or you'll get a knuckle sammich!

From 2008 - Emma - Sunday, Monday

Waking up slowly...

Beautiful Girl on Monday Morning!

Emma's first days...

Emma Marie Conway

Well, Since Iva and Emma are recovering from the events of the day, this seems like a great time for me to post my first Blog entry....

Emma Marie Conway was born yesterday, September 3rd, 2008, at 9:47pm, in St. Vincent's Hospital of New York City. She joined us at 7 pounds, 10 ounces, just over 20 inches tall and hardly cried at all when she took her first breath. She has been extremely alert and responsive, and already has a look in her eyes that makes me feel like she knows more about the world than you or I could ever imagine. Iva is recovering exceptionally well and baby Emma has already successfully had her first dinner and a bath.

The photos in the attached album range from 4 hours prior to the big event to 1 hour after birth. I will post some videos when Iva is able to show me how (yeah... she's still better at this IT stuff than I am!?!?!). Don't worry... they're all rated PG, censored for obvious reasons, and were filmed in black and white to appeal to the "color" sensitive crowd out there. :)

Thanks to everyone for all of your continuous support! Our newly developing family is much obliged for the love and well wishes you that have extended to Iva, Emma and me!

Update: Album will be posted as soon as Iva and Emma get home!!! (Yup... It's 5 am, and I can't figure it out... I think it's here, but no promises: http://picasaweb.google.com/brenandiva/2008Emma?authkey=6rDSsWa2Qd0# :)

Brendan's 29th birthday - Aug 28th

Brendan's Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDAN!!!

So, for Brendan's birthday we went out for dinner with 11 of our friends to this cute Italian restaurant on 14th st and 7th ave. called "Primitivo Osteria"

It was really great to spend time with everyone. George was able to make it all the way from northern New Jersey. Laura called 2 hours before the the party telling us she'll come with her sister Anne; two of them drove from Connecticut, stopped for the end of Yankees game, who btw beat Red Sox, and joined us for dinner. Joacha and Mike were there, as well as Lauren and Vincent. Dave was quite "emotional" to every topic of discussion. Good thing we had large cotton napkins at the table! :) Willis humored us with his stories, and we all wish great time in Europe to Vanvien and Tai.

The meal was delicious. For appetizers we ordered: fried calamari, prosciutto in melons, fried zucchini, mixed deli platter and baked mushrooms. They say the wine was good; several carafes of house red and white wines were served. Some enjoyed additional cocktails (martinis, long island ice teas, nutty irishman / nutty professor). The main meal varied from swordfish and steaks to homemade pasta dishes. I can speak for the desserts, incredible... chocolate-almond cake with berry sauce was my personal choice.

So thanks to everyone who came. We had great time!




SRETAN RODJENDAN BRENDAN!!!

Za Brendanov rodjendan izasli smo u jedan talijanski restoran sa 11 prijatelja. Restoran se nalazi na raskrscu 14 ulice i 7 avenije i zove se "Primitivo Osteria"

Stvarno nam je bilo lijepo. George je uspio doc iz sjevernog New Jerseya. Laura me nazvala dva sata prije nego sta smo se trebali nac i rekla da dolazi sa svojim sestrom Anne. Cure su usput pogledale basebal utakmicu, u kojoj je New York pobijedio Boston. Joacha i Mike, te Lauren and Vincent su dosli. Dave je bio emocijalan na svaku temu razgovora. Dobro da smo imali velike platnene maramice za stolom! :) Willis nas je zabavljao sa svojim pricama, te smo svi pozeljeli Vanvien i Tai sretno putovanje u Evropu.

Vecera je bila jako ukusna. Za predjelo smo narucili przene lignje, prsut u dinji, przene zukine, mjesano meso te zapecene gljive. Svi su pohvalili vino, narucili su nekoliko bokala domaceg crnog i bijelog vina, a neki su jos pili raznorazne koktele.
Za glavno jelo narucili smo sve od ribe sabljarke i New Yorskih odrezaka do domace paste. A za desert ja bi definitivno preporucila cokoladnu tortu sa bademom i sosom od sumskog voca.

Za kraj, hvala svima koji su dosli, bilo nam je super.

Another awsome beach day...

We left early in the morning, 7AM, to beat that NJ beach traffic. We succeeded... it took us only 1.5 hrs to get to Island Beach State Park This is a beautiful, non commercial, 10 mile long beach in New Jersey. Willis, Van and Tai treated us with a beach breakfast (various fruits, coffee, tea, pop-tarts! and chips to snack later). Lauren and Vincent joined us a little later with their adventurous spirits and gave Brendan a short lesson in surfing.

Krenuli smo rano ujutro, oko 7 sati, s namjerom da izbjegnemo guzvu na autoputu. Uspjeli smo... trebalo nam je samo sat i pol da stignemo do Island Beach State Park To je predivna, nekomercijalna, 10 milja = 16.09km duga plaza u drzavi New Jersey. Willis, Van i Tai su ponjeli dorucak (razlicito voce, kavu, caj, pop-tarts! i cips za prigrist tokom dana). Lauren and Vincent su nam se pridruzili malo kasnije sa svojim avanturistickim duhom, te su dali Brendanu malu lekciju surfanja.

Island Beach State Park

Sonsday

Long time ago, back in May of 2008, Trent (7) and Riley (4) Gagnon (our nephews) decided that the day to celebrate all the "sons" needs to be invented... It took them 3 long months to organize the very first Holiday. This second weekend in August seemed appropriate to gather our family and enjoy summer festivities.

Jos davne 2008, u mjesecu Svibnju, Trent (7) i Riley (4) Gagnon (nasi necaci) su odlucili da netko treba stvoriti dan kada se slave svi sinovi... Trebala su im 3 duga mjeseca da organiziraju ovaj blagdan. Druga nedjelja u Kolovozu im se cinila najpovoljnija da se skupi nasa obitelj, te da zajedno uzivamo u ljetnim radostima.

Sonsday

My parents are really coming!!!

Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Zagreb (ZAG) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
Depart: 08:30am
Arrive: 06:10pm

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Baby Shower!

This Saturday, Brendan's grandma, mom and sister hosted a baby shower for us. The shower was held in Noank, Connecticut, at the house of Grandma Conway. We had great time getting together with everyone, enjoying Becca's bbq, playing bocce, lacrosse, stuffing tissue paper under neat our shirts, chasing Brendan around the back yard, playing with the dog, receiving wonderful gifts from our family and friends... well, take a look at this collection of photos.

Ove Subote, Brendanova baka, mama i sestra su organizirale malu zabavu povodom skorasnjek doceka nase male bebe. U Americi se to zove "baby shower". Baby shower se organizira za roditelje koji bebu ocekuju po prvi put s namjerom da se s njima podijele dobri savjeti i pokloni za novorodjence. Zabava se odrzala u kuci bake Conway u malom gradicu Noank, drzava Connecticut. Mi smo se jako lijepo proveli sa svima, uzivali u Beccinom rostilju, igrali boce, lacross, te naravno, radovali smo se otvaranju predivnih poklona... evo nekoliko slika koje mozda bolje govore kako nam je bilo.

Baby Shower

Bass River State Park

Last weekend we went camping with Lauren and Vincent. They found this amazing state park in southern New Jersey, close to the sho(re), called Bass River State Park. We got there pretty late Friday night, stayed throughout Saturday and most of Sunday. Even though the weatherman kept warning us of "damaging winds", thunderstorms and all kinds of disasters, the weather was beautiful. Like those clouds knew that four of us needed a good weekend to relax, enjoy sunshine and freshen up in the lake. ...Oh... and we met this seagal that got his a$$ kicked by a clam!

Prosli vikend smo isli kampirati sa Lauren i Vincent-om. Oni su pronasli odlicni drzavni park u juznom New Jersey-u, blizu obale, koji se zove Bass River Drzavni Park. Tamo smo stigli prilicno kasno u petak navecer, te ostali do Nedjelje. Iako nas je meterolog cijelo vrijeme upozoravao na "orkanske vjetrove", grmljavinu i svakakvo nevrijeme, vrijeme je bilo prelijepo. Kao da su oblaci znali da je nas cetvoro trebalo jedan dobar vikend za relaksiranje, uzivanje u suncu i osvjezavanje u jezeru. ...O... i upoznali smo jednog galeba kojega je dagnja capila!

Bass River State Park

Our friends, The Galvins!

Our friends from Manchester NH, Alaina, Jeff and little Elsa, came for a weekend long visit. We showed them our town of Hoboken, walked around midtown Manhattan, went to the Yankee's game and finished the weekend with a good meal, beer (for some :) and cheerios (for others) at the Hartland Brewery.

Nasi prijatelji iz Manchestera, drzava New Hampshire, Alaina, Jeff i mala Elsa su nas posjetili tokom vikenda. Pokazali smo im nas gradic Hoboken, prosetali smo se midtownom Manhattana, isli na Yankee utakmicu, te se na kraju pocastili dobrom vecerom, pivicom (za neke) i cheerio pahuljicama (za druge) u Hartland Brewery.

Galvins Visit

Bradley Beach

This was our first visit to the beach this summer. We decided to go to Bradley Beach in New Jersey.

Ovo je bio nas prvi posjet plazi ovoga ljeta. Odlucili smo se za Bradley Beach u New Jersey-u.

New Jersey Shore

Wine Bottleing

Our friends Lauren and Vincent have invited us to this unforgettable event of wine bottleing. They are part of a group that buys, makes, stores, bottles and drinks their own wine. What an honor!

Nasi prijatelji Lauren i Vincent su nas pozvali da sudjelujemo na nezaboravnom punjenu vina. Oni su dio grupe koja kupuje, pravi, spremi, puni i pije svoje vino. Koja cast!

Wine Bottleing

Baby Girl !!!

Novi Auto! :)

Eto doslo je i to vrijeme... Mazda mora natrag, LR2 dobro nam dosao!

NYC Auto Show

New York Auto Show

The Best of George's

The Best of George's