Vacation in Croatia Aug. 20 - Sept. 6

Arriving to Rijeka (Iva's Hometown) / Dolazak u Rijeku

1 - Rijeka

Opatija (small town next to Rijeka)

2 - Opatija

Silly Emma / Luckasta Emma

3 - Silly Emma

Marko Polo overnight boatride to Dubrovnik

4 - Marko Polo

5 days in Dubrovnik

5 - Dubrovnik

Short stop at my grandparent's house

6 - Grandma's

Visiting my family in Zadar and unforgetable ride in "Gumi"

7 - Zadar

Emma's first birthday / Emmin prvi rodjendan

9 - 1st birthday party

Lunch in Ronjgi

10 - Ronjgi

'til next time / Do drugog puta

11 - Good Bye!

Congratulations Will and Van!!!

She said YES!

Our little rocker / Nasa mala rokerica

Almost walking - Skoro pa hoda

In the Sinatra Park!

Photoshoot in the Sinatra Park

34 miles, 3 days - 54km, 3 dana

2009 - July - B and Will Hike in Harriman

Everyday Emma

2009 - Emma - July

Central Park

This was Friday afternoon in Central Park... Gotta love free Fridays!!

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Ovo je bilo nase popodne u Cecntralnom Parku... Uzivali smo u neradnom danu!!!

Central Park

Emma's New Toy / Emmina nova igracka

Vtech

Vtech

South Street Seaport

Last Friday (July 3rd) we took an afternoon adventure to South Street Seaport in New York. It was Bren's suggestion and a surprise to me, as I did not know of this cute little area in NYC. We ate pizza's at Uno's and listened to Annabel Alpers.

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Prosli Petak smo se zaputili u South Street Seaport. Brendan je predlozio a ja sam bas bila iznenadjena jer nisam znala za ovaj dio New Yorka. Pojeli smo pizzu u Uno restoranu te slusali Annabel Alpers.

South Street Seaport

Camping at Bass River State Park / Kampiranje u Bass River Drzavnom Parku

2nd annual camping trip to Bass River happened last weekend! Once again, we met our friends Vincent and Lauren at the camping site #9. We had great time relaxing, cooking, fighting hordes flying squirrels, talking, beating up mosquitoes, swimming... This was Emma's first time camping and it seems like she had great time. Sleeping in tent was so exciting and she had no problem sleeping entire night... well we consider entire night until 4:30 or 5. Since our camera stopped working on the second day we hope our friends can share their photos and we'll post round 2 in a couple of days.

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Prosli vikend smo otisli na kampiranje u Bass River Drzavni Park. I ove godine smo se nasli sa nasim prijatljima Vincentom i Lauren na kampu br. 9. Super nam je bilo. Odmarali smo se, kuhali na novom sporetu, borili se sa letecim vjevericama, pricali, ubijali komarce, plivali.... Ovo je Emmi bilo prvi put da kampira i cini nam se da joj je bilo odlicno. Spavanje u satoru je bilo tako uzbudjujuce da je jedva zaspala. Ali je zato spavala cijelu noc, ili do 4:30, 5 sati sto je nama cijela naoc! Posto nam je kamera prestala radit 2. dana kampiranje, nadamo se da cemo uskoro dobit slike od Vincenta i Lauren pa cemo postirat drugi dio.

Bass River State Park

Father's Day & Granpa's Birthday

Connecticut

Hairclip / Spangica

Portriats in the park / Portreti u parku

Portraits

Bronx Zoo / Zooloski Vrt Bronx

Last weekend we went to the Bronx Zoo. We speculated weather to take public transportation or our own car. Looks like the choice of driving there was a smart one, considering how tired we were at the end of the day. Emma seemed to love the Zoo, especially the birds section where we spent most of our time. She slept through the giraffes, leopards, lions... well entire Africa! Apparently, if we buy a yearly membership we can get to all 4 of the NY Zoos (Brooklyn, Central Park, Queens and Bronx), as well as NY Aquarium, parking included. We might consider that next year when Emma's a little older.

Here's the picture album:

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Prosli vikend smo otisli u Zooloski vrt Bronx. Bili smo neodlucni u izboru prevoznog sredstva izmedju autobusa ili naseg auta. Na kraju je ispalo da smo pametno odlucili kad smo izabrali voziti auto. Inace, nije bas lako voziti po nekim cetvrtima NY, tako da javni prevoz, a to je direktna linija iz Manhattana za Zooloski vrt, je poenkad sigurnija opcija. Izgledalo je da se Emmi svidao Zooloski vrt, pogotovo ptice, kod kojih smo proveli navise vremena. Prespavala je kroz zirafe, leoparde, lavove... ma cijelu Afriku! Postoji opcija kupovanja jednogodisnje karte s kojom se mogu posjetit sva cetri Zooloska vrta u NY, akvarij i uz to dobit besplatno parkiranje. Mozda slijedece godine kad Emma malo naraste cemo narucit jednogodisnji pristup.

Evo albuma sa slikama:

Bronx Zoo

HAPPY 9th MONTH BIRTHDAY LITTLE EMMA!

New Shoes / Nove Cipele

In preparation for the Mother's Day and cousin Trent's First Communion, mom hit the stores in search of new shoes for Emma.
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U pripremama za Majcin Dan i Trentovu prvu pricest, mama se odlucila na obilazak ducana u potrazi za novim cipelama.




Somebody was really happy to get new shoes.
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Netko je bio jako sretan zbog novih cipela.








Like everything else, the shoes had to pass the mouth inspection.
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Kao i sve drugo, cipele su morale proci inspekciju kroz usta.




Look at my shoes dad!
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Vidi moje cipele tata!




And one more hand inspection to make sure they fit right.
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I jos jedna inspekcija kroz ruke, da budemo sigurni da pristaju.




Oh yeah!
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Oh da!

Emma's afternoon nap / Emino popodnevno drijemanje

Young Children Week / Tjedan Male Djece

... and mom and da got a card from Emma, with Emma's little fingers traced on paper...
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... i mama i tata su dobili cestitku od Emme, sa obrisima Emminih malih prstica na papiru...

We made eggs and bread on Saturday, we colored eggs and made ham on Sunday. For Easter breakfast we had Van and Will over. We all went to St. Peter and Paul church for Easter Mass. Emma was really good in the church. She prayed aloud in Emma language. For the rest of the day Emma was all giggles, especially when she received the "duck on the stick". After the breakfast we took a stroll down Hoboken streets. It was kind of cold, so we didn't stay outside too long.

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Napravili smo jaja i kruh u Subotu, bojali smo jaja i spekli sunku u nedjelju... Da, da, da, treabali smo sve to napravit u Subotu, ali nismo bas imali vremena. Za dorucak su nam dosli Will i Van i svi smo zajedno otisli u crkvu Sv. Petra i Pavla. Emma je bila jako dobra u crkvi. Glasno se molila na Emminom jeziku. Ostatak dana se samo smijala, pogotovo kad je na poklon dobila patku na stapicu. Poslije dorucka smo se se prosetali po Hobokenu. Nismo bili dugo vani jer je bas nekako bilo hladno.