The Shop Morale Party went really well on Friday night. So many people showed up. When we first planned it, none of us thought it would be such a hit. Turns out, it was. The Smith's house was completely packed with people. Nathan, Noah, and I showed up about 45 mintutes late (blame it on Nathan) and it took us a good 5 minutes to get to the kitchen which was not even 10 yards away. When you walk into their house it's a long hallway with two rooms off the side (living room and game room) and then you'll hit the stairs and the kitchen on one side and the bathroom on the other. Both the living room and game room were full of people, so people were overflowing into the hallway. The kitchen was also full, people were sitting on the stairs, and there were people out back on the patio as well. Yeah, it was a big success. It was a pot luck and so everyone brought yummy food. I was so stuffed. We stayed for a couple of hours and by about 9 pm things were pretty much dying down. A lot of people had left so we could walk more freely. It was great getting to spend some time with everyone. There was absolutely no drama the entire night which made things even better. I'm really excited for the next one. And another girl even offered to help plan the next one. Katrina is awesome for doing the majority of this one. Unfortunately, Noah didn't go to sleep until like 11:30. It was crazy. I think he was still hyped up from being around so many people for so long.
Saturday night, I went to my mom's Lemongrass Spa Party. I showed up late (again, I'm horrible) because I thought it was at 5 pm. Nope, it was 3. They had already done the hand stuff so I walked in and got to start soaking my feet. We did some cool body scrub things for our feet and they were feeling amazing by the end. To top it off, my mom gave us all foot massages. It was wonderful. It was really nice to get out of the house. I love staying at home with Noah but I need my break from time to time. Especially, since Nathan has been taking this classes on Tuesday and Thursday nights. I don't get a break on those nights.
After the party me, Jessie, Regina, Linda, and my mom sat around gabbing for a few hours. Jessie just got back from the states so it was nice to see her again. I am going to start running with her and Linda to get this last 10 lbs off. Jessie gave me some good eating tips as well. I really enjoy being around older (not old) people. I feel like I click better for some reason. I guess I just get tired of talking about "Teen Mom" and how hot Gerald Butler is. I know, not everyone is like that, but I just feel so much more comfortable around ladies that are a few years older than me. I can, for the most part, always remember being that way.
I went and picked up a new toy for Noah. It's a little horse jumperoo. It sings songs and makes horse/galluping noises and it has a few little toys attached to play with. That kid loves to bounce. It's so fun watching him get into it. I love this age.
Then, my parents took us out for dinner at J.R. Rockers/Pizza Hut. I love my parents so much. We are blessed to have them here with us. They make things so much easier.
Sunday was another day of church ofcourse. Afterwards, Lauren came over to do more blanket sewing. At first we just couldn't get motivated. Then it reached about 8 pm and we were on a roll. We finished a few more and pinned a couple extra. We also made our first bib. Quite interesting. I honestly wasn't feeling too great by the end of the night but that's a whole other story that I won't get into on here for personal reasons.
Yesterday, Noah went to my parents house for a few hours so me and Nathan could get some things done. It was really weird not having him in tow, but we got more done than we would have if he would of tagged along. We went to the Library first so Nathan could get his study guides for his next clep test. He's doing so good on those and he passed his Human Resources one yesterday. Now he's got a Public Speaking one that he's studying for. Three more cleps and he'll be done with his CCAF. And then it's on to a few more face to face classes and by next January he can put in his package to get commissioned. I'm really anxious, excited, nervous about it. We just want it so bad. It would be such a great thing for our family, especially if we want to have as many babies as we are planning. Nathan was looking into a school in Southern California to attend before "officer tech school".
So afterwards we went to the BX just to look around and get some things we were needing. I got Jessica's baby shower gift. Then we went to Hela to get some paint. Nathan tried to get another gold fish but it was taking too long and we had other things to do. After all of the shopping, we went and got a bed, well the frame part. We already have the mattress and recently we decided we actually wanted a headboard. :)
We found one on spangyardsales.com for a decent price so we went ahead and picked it up. It's huge and we had to put the headboard part on top of our car to get it home. Since it was on top, we used rope to tie it up there.. through the windows.. I had to climb out the window to open the trunk door so Nathan could get out. We had fun. And I am really excited about it. We are going to paint it black, along with a dresser we are getting tomorrow, to match our room. One day we will have our room complete. I'm just not so good at decorating the entire house all at once. I work one room at a time.
Today, I had lunch with Katrina, Russ, my mom, dad, and Nathan. And Noah as well. Actually, he sat in the big boy high chair, I was impressed. Then Katrina and I went to the commissary where Noah sat in the shopping cart for the first time. He did so well, sat straight up the whole time. Good, that means I don't have to lug his heavy carseat around with me anymore. While we were in the commissary my eye started going crazy. I would get sudden, sharp pains in it. Then my eye would leak a hundred gallons of water from it. It was really weird but I didn't think much of it. As we were driving home the dang thing did it again and I really had a hard time seeing the road. Luckily, we only live 2 minutes away so it wasn't too bad. I took out my contacts and it felt much better. I'm guessing something must have gotten onto my contact that was not meant for eyes. I've had ripped/torn contact lenses and that hurts, but this was a different, more horrible kind of pain. I wish I could explain it better. Needless to say, I threw those out. Later in the day, I went with my mom to get a skirt and jacket himmed that I'll be wearing to the Spouses Dining In in April. I'm excited. We all dress in crazy outfits. I'm Professor Plum from Clue. I'm really excited to see how everything turns out. Tomorrow, we are going to build our mock clue house for the table centerpiece. Things are coming along nicely. Lots of drama between many of the wives though.
I read a blog earlier about this lady who recently (two weeks ago) lost her baby to something they are not certain about. Their daughter was four months old. Noah's age. It talked about how she passed and how she has been feeling having to deal with the funeral and ofcourse the loss of her child. I cried as I read it. A friend of mine posted it on facebook and she talked about how she cried, I opened it in another tab and avoided reading it for about an hour but then decided that I would. I knew how I'd feel if I read it but it just kept yelling out for me to pull it up. I just cannot imagine going through that. It makes me nervous to ever leave Noah with anyone but family, but also to leave him in his room at night. Especially, since we have a really crappy monitor. I think tomorrow I'm going to look into the video monitors. There is never a better time to take extra precaution! Even thinking about it makes me want to cry again. I hope I don't have nightmares. A few years ago I read a story about some mean kids who kidnapped a 3 year old and did unimaginable things to him and it was in the back of my mind for weeks. Then last year, my sister told me a story of this lady who drowned her 4 kids one by one. More nightmares. Tonight I read a story about a mom who shot her two kids because they were "talking back". And then I read this story. I really feel for all these families. It makes me sick to think of what this world is coming to. It makes me even more sick that people support the people who do disgusting things. I don't care if I'm alone when I say that if you hurt a child in a serious way, you should have the death penalty.
Okay, this blog is way too long and I'm getting a little deep in my emotions so I'm going to end with a good night and see you in my next post.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
weekends, passports, and shots
One day I'm going to be super good at this. Who knows when, but one day it will happen.
So anyways, lets see what's been happening.
Noah is so cute, that not new though. He sticks out his tongue when you stick out yours. He makes crazy noises with his mouth. Lately, he's been grabbing for EVERYTHING. Yesterday we were in the passport office and he was trying to grab all the papers. It was very adorable ofcourse BUT I realized that soon I'm going to have a little terror running around. I'm looking forward to it haha. I have to entertain him a lot more. It's not too bad though. He's a very calm, relaxed baby, which I enjoy. I worry about our next children and how they will be. Noah spoils me. So yea, we went to do his passport yesterday. You'd be amazed at how much you have to do for a baby passport. We've had two different appointments before this one and never had all the things we needed. So yesterday we got it all done. I'm excited to bring him back to the states and let everyone see him. Today, I took him to get his 4 month shots. I realize I'm a tad late but we had his 2 month shots late and they want to make sure there is enough time in between. So yea, he did really well. Much better than last time! I almost cried though when they did the first one and he was screaming. It was so sad. I really wanted Nathan to go but he couldn't get off work. Oh well, it's over and done with and he did really well. He's been happy all day, as usual.
I hate my computer. That's just a side note.
Tomorrow, we are going to a "shop morale party". It's for Nathan's shop. It should be fun. We are all making food from "home". Nathan's mom sent me a few recipes and I have a few but I just can't decide on what is "home" for us. But I am excited to go hang out with people. I really like the people in his shop.. most of the time. Sometimes it's kind of dramatic. You know how women are. But we did get lucky, that's for sure. Saturday, my mom is having a Lemongrass Spa party. I'm VERY excited about that. At the end my mom is giving us all hand massages. I personally love love love massages of any sort. It'll be nice to relax a little bit. Lately I've just been really "blah". I don't know what it is. It's not a sad feeling, it's just I cannot get motivated for some reason. And I think this move is finally getting to me as well. I just am ready to be out of these boxes completely and on with our life. I want to know where all my stuff is at all times. I did finally unpack my closets. I was seriously putting it off because I knew it would take forever. I was right, it took two hours. It didn't even take that long to unpack our kitchen. Okay, well maybe it did. And I ended up having to put all of my dress shoes in the basement closet because they wouldn't fit in my closet anymore. I swear, I go through my clothes every 3-4 months, and I actually get rid of quite a few. Infact, I just did it in Dec and I have my sister like 4 or 5 dresses.. and I sent a bunch of shirts to the airmens attack. I am seriously a shop-a-holic! I need to fix that.
So, off track. Yes, I am excited for Saturday. Sunday after church my friend Lauren is going to come over and we are going to sew some more blankets. She was over Saturday, Sunday-Monday of last weekend. We got a lot done. I'm really happy about that. The Bazaar is the end of April so we need to finish everything. We also ordered a bunch more fabric. I'm really happy with how my blankets turned out. I did my very first one (alone) on Sunday. I messed up a few times but it definitely turned out better than I had hoped. I told Lauren if it doesn't sell, I'm going to keep it for when we have a girl. :) We are also making, burp cloths, baby first aid kits, hooded towels, and some treats. I'm sure we will do well!
I know more has happened I'm just really tired and Nathan already went to bed.
Wow weird, I keep seeing a standing bear out of the corner of my eye. That right there should tell you how tired I am. And once again, I'm going to stay I hate my computer. It had a virus a couple months ago and now everytime I type, it will stay on track for awhile and then randomly it'll start typing two rows up. No joke, it does this all the freaking time. I'm so tired of it. We need to get a desktop!!!
So anyways, lets see what's been happening.
Noah is so cute, that not new though. He sticks out his tongue when you stick out yours. He makes crazy noises with his mouth. Lately, he's been grabbing for EVERYTHING. Yesterday we were in the passport office and he was trying to grab all the papers. It was very adorable ofcourse BUT I realized that soon I'm going to have a little terror running around. I'm looking forward to it haha. I have to entertain him a lot more. It's not too bad though. He's a very calm, relaxed baby, which I enjoy. I worry about our next children and how they will be. Noah spoils me. So yea, we went to do his passport yesterday. You'd be amazed at how much you have to do for a baby passport. We've had two different appointments before this one and never had all the things we needed. So yesterday we got it all done. I'm excited to bring him back to the states and let everyone see him. Today, I took him to get his 4 month shots. I realize I'm a tad late but we had his 2 month shots late and they want to make sure there is enough time in between. So yea, he did really well. Much better than last time! I almost cried though when they did the first one and he was screaming. It was so sad. I really wanted Nathan to go but he couldn't get off work. Oh well, it's over and done with and he did really well. He's been happy all day, as usual.
I hate my computer. That's just a side note.
Tomorrow, we are going to a "shop morale party". It's for Nathan's shop. It should be fun. We are all making food from "home". Nathan's mom sent me a few recipes and I have a few but I just can't decide on what is "home" for us. But I am excited to go hang out with people. I really like the people in his shop.. most of the time. Sometimes it's kind of dramatic. You know how women are. But we did get lucky, that's for sure. Saturday, my mom is having a Lemongrass Spa party. I'm VERY excited about that. At the end my mom is giving us all hand massages. I personally love love love massages of any sort. It'll be nice to relax a little bit. Lately I've just been really "blah". I don't know what it is. It's not a sad feeling, it's just I cannot get motivated for some reason. And I think this move is finally getting to me as well. I just am ready to be out of these boxes completely and on with our life. I want to know where all my stuff is at all times. I did finally unpack my closets. I was seriously putting it off because I knew it would take forever. I was right, it took two hours. It didn't even take that long to unpack our kitchen. Okay, well maybe it did. And I ended up having to put all of my dress shoes in the basement closet because they wouldn't fit in my closet anymore. I swear, I go through my clothes every 3-4 months, and I actually get rid of quite a few. Infact, I just did it in Dec and I have my sister like 4 or 5 dresses.. and I sent a bunch of shirts to the airmens attack. I am seriously a shop-a-holic! I need to fix that.
So, off track. Yes, I am excited for Saturday. Sunday after church my friend Lauren is going to come over and we are going to sew some more blankets. She was over Saturday, Sunday-Monday of last weekend. We got a lot done. I'm really happy about that. The Bazaar is the end of April so we need to finish everything. We also ordered a bunch more fabric. I'm really happy with how my blankets turned out. I did my very first one (alone) on Sunday. I messed up a few times but it definitely turned out better than I had hoped. I told Lauren if it doesn't sell, I'm going to keep it for when we have a girl. :) We are also making, burp cloths, baby first aid kits, hooded towels, and some treats. I'm sure we will do well!
I know more has happened I'm just really tired and Nathan already went to bed.
Wow weird, I keep seeing a standing bear out of the corner of my eye. That right there should tell you how tired I am. And once again, I'm going to stay I hate my computer. It had a virus a couple months ago and now everytime I type, it will stay on track for awhile and then randomly it'll start typing two rows up. No joke, it does this all the freaking time. I'm so tired of it. We need to get a desktop!!!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
I need to be better at this.
I hate when I just wrote an entire post and I accidently click the backspace button twice and it deletes the whole thing. This has happened on more than one occasion. I'll sum it up because I don't have much time to rewrite the whole thing.
1. I love having Noah in my life. He's the greatest and the most fun to watch. Especially, with his camel that my parents got him in the Canary Islands (we are going there one day soon).
2. We moved into our new house on Saturday. It wasn't as stressful as we thought and we have already unpacked the majority of our things. I really need to unpack my closet but I know it'll take forever so I'm procrastinating as much as possible.
3. We have internet at our house which means online banking (YAYYYYY) and pilates online.
4. Good news, I'm only 10 lbs from my prepregnancy weight, which I am positive I'll never return to again. My hips and butt grew too much. But I'm honestly okay with my new weight. Just some toning and I'll be happy again.
5. I am going to chop all my hair off as soon as I get to America again. The plan is to donate it to locks of love. I'm just so tired of it. I also bought black hair dye yesterday, with some persuasion from Nathan. I get so tired of having the same look. I'm ready for a change. I enjoy change a little too much I think.
6. I'm really thinking Nathan will get deployed with all this stuff that's going on around the world. It's just a matter of time I'm sure. On a positive note, he put in his papers to reenlist (March 7th) and to extend in Germany for another year. We like Europe too much to go back to the states just yet. So since he is reenlisting, he gets a bonus. We are going to buy a house.
7. I dislike people. I miss Jackie, I miss Andrea, I miss my sister. Andrea and Mike are having a baby!!!!! I love it already. I want to go to England to see them.. and Kip/Darcie/Karlena. I cannot wait to get Noah's passport.
That's about it.
Oh yeah, and I hate my stupid laptop.
1. I love having Noah in my life. He's the greatest and the most fun to watch. Especially, with his camel that my parents got him in the Canary Islands (we are going there one day soon).
2. We moved into our new house on Saturday. It wasn't as stressful as we thought and we have already unpacked the majority of our things. I really need to unpack my closet but I know it'll take forever so I'm procrastinating as much as possible.
3. We have internet at our house which means online banking (YAYYYYY) and pilates online.
4. Good news, I'm only 10 lbs from my prepregnancy weight, which I am positive I'll never return to again. My hips and butt grew too much. But I'm honestly okay with my new weight. Just some toning and I'll be happy again.
5. I am going to chop all my hair off as soon as I get to America again. The plan is to donate it to locks of love. I'm just so tired of it. I also bought black hair dye yesterday, with some persuasion from Nathan. I get so tired of having the same look. I'm ready for a change. I enjoy change a little too much I think.
6. I'm really thinking Nathan will get deployed with all this stuff that's going on around the world. It's just a matter of time I'm sure. On a positive note, he put in his papers to reenlist (March 7th) and to extend in Germany for another year. We like Europe too much to go back to the states just yet. So since he is reenlisting, he gets a bonus. We are going to buy a house.
7. I dislike people. I miss Jackie, I miss Andrea, I miss my sister. Andrea and Mike are having a baby!!!!! I love it already. I want to go to England to see them.. and Kip/Darcie/Karlena. I cannot wait to get Noah's passport.
That's about it.
Oh yeah, and I hate my stupid laptop.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Fried pickles
Today is not my day. I'm just in one of those moods where I don't want to do anything, don't want to talk to anyone, I don't even want to move. But I do anyways ofcourse. And I just smashed my finger opening a jar of pickles for my mom.
I guess I'm just tired of people. I'm tired of negativity and ignorance. I don't even like to use the word ignorance but that's the best word to describe it. And I'm tired of not having my best friend here. I have many acquaintances but only one best friend.. and one sister who I suppose is also a best friend. I miss the days that I had them right there all the time. I'm ready for good friends again.
On the plus side my mom is making fried pickles.
I guess I'm just tired of people. I'm tired of negativity and ignorance. I don't even like to use the word ignorance but that's the best word to describe it. And I'm tired of not having my best friend here. I have many acquaintances but only one best friend.. and one sister who I suppose is also a best friend. I miss the days that I had them right there all the time. I'm ready for good friends again.
On the plus side my mom is making fried pickles.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Moving
So wow, things have been crazy lately. I feel like we are always going. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind it, infact I enjoy it.. I just don't want us to over work ourselves.
Nathan started school on Tuesday. He will now go every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-9 until the end of March. He plans to be done with his Associates by the end of the year. I'm so proud of him!
Our landlord called us about two weeks ago and told us that they were going to sell our house. We started looking around at houses but nothing really seemed to work for us. Nathan really wanted to stay in our house (it's pretty cool, I'm not going to lie) so he tried to talk the landlords out of it but they were just really wishy washy so we decided that we'd go ahead and continue looking. We needed to find something before March so we could have a year lease (we are supposed to leave March 2012). So the other day we found a great house. New looking, lots of storage which is hard to find in Germany and an open floor plan. The bathrooms and kitchen are super nice. We do lose a bedroom and parking but I didn't expect to find something like our house. Nathan's excited because he said that if we move he wanted to extend a year, and now we get to. So we tell our landlords that we found a house and they tell us that we'd have to pay double rent for Feb. Then they called us back and said "well we can make sure that the house won't sell until next March". We were mad. Either way, we decided that we'd go ahead and move. We worked everything out. I'm excited for this house. Now it's just time to pack everything up. We'll be moving from the 15th-20th.
Noah has been growing too fast for my liking. He sits up really well and has rolled over a few times. He loves his jumper, he just bounces away. My mom got him a bumbo chair and he looks like a big boy in there. Sometimes when he cries he says "mama mama mama". I know he's just making noises but I'm going to count it as his first word. He started it when he was about a month old. He laughs and makes noises all the time. He's almost grown out of 2 diapers and he'll be in his 6-9 month clothes in the next few weeks. I love how chunky he is. He makes me so happy. I'm glad I get to stay home with him during this time. We have a little routine going.
So we decided we'll be going back to California in the late spring. We are going to try to take a hop. That way everyone will get to see Noah and hopefully we'll get to see Audrey and Sheldon and Jessica's baby. The whole reason we are going though is to try to find a house to buy. We are going to find one over by Beale AFB and rent it out to military until we go back. We've found some pretty cool ones online.
Nathan finally got his VW bus the other day. It's pretty neato. He loves it a lot but he has some work to do before he can drive it full time. I'm excited to take trips in it. I love this life we have. It's nice to be able to travel and have fun with Nathan and Noah. We love when people visit too because it just means more trips to fun places.
We have a lot more going on but I just decided I want to go play with Noah. :) Wish us luck these next few months.
Nathan started school on Tuesday. He will now go every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-9 until the end of March. He plans to be done with his Associates by the end of the year. I'm so proud of him!
Our landlord called us about two weeks ago and told us that they were going to sell our house. We started looking around at houses but nothing really seemed to work for us. Nathan really wanted to stay in our house (it's pretty cool, I'm not going to lie) so he tried to talk the landlords out of it but they were just really wishy washy so we decided that we'd go ahead and continue looking. We needed to find something before March so we could have a year lease (we are supposed to leave March 2012). So the other day we found a great house. New looking, lots of storage which is hard to find in Germany and an open floor plan. The bathrooms and kitchen are super nice. We do lose a bedroom and parking but I didn't expect to find something like our house. Nathan's excited because he said that if we move he wanted to extend a year, and now we get to. So we tell our landlords that we found a house and they tell us that we'd have to pay double rent for Feb. Then they called us back and said "well we can make sure that the house won't sell until next March". We were mad. Either way, we decided that we'd go ahead and move. We worked everything out. I'm excited for this house. Now it's just time to pack everything up. We'll be moving from the 15th-20th.
Noah has been growing too fast for my liking. He sits up really well and has rolled over a few times. He loves his jumper, he just bounces away. My mom got him a bumbo chair and he looks like a big boy in there. Sometimes when he cries he says "mama mama mama". I know he's just making noises but I'm going to count it as his first word. He started it when he was about a month old. He laughs and makes noises all the time. He's almost grown out of 2 diapers and he'll be in his 6-9 month clothes in the next few weeks. I love how chunky he is. He makes me so happy. I'm glad I get to stay home with him during this time. We have a little routine going.
So we decided we'll be going back to California in the late spring. We are going to try to take a hop. That way everyone will get to see Noah and hopefully we'll get to see Audrey and Sheldon and Jessica's baby. The whole reason we are going though is to try to find a house to buy. We are going to find one over by Beale AFB and rent it out to military until we go back. We've found some pretty cool ones online.
Nathan finally got his VW bus the other day. It's pretty neato. He loves it a lot but he has some work to do before he can drive it full time. I'm excited to take trips in it. I love this life we have. It's nice to be able to travel and have fun with Nathan and Noah. We love when people visit too because it just means more trips to fun places.
We have a lot more going on but I just decided I want to go play with Noah. :) Wish us luck these next few months.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Yellow
And also, I have had the song Yellow - Coldplay stuck in my head for the past two days. It's my new favorite old song. :) I don't usually listen to a lot of Coldplay but I am seriously digging it. Listen to it if you haven't already.
Christmas, New Year, and my poor sick Noah.
Well since it's been a few weeks I figured I should probably update a bit.
Nathan's Christmas party for the kids was fun. They had games and food and crafts. Noah ofcousre didn't get to enjoy any of that but he did get to meet Santa. He did really well. Better than a lot of the other kiddos who cried. I think he's just used to being around people. He's friendly for the most part. He got a book from Santa, which makes his book collection go up to about a million. I have no problem with that. :)
The following weekend was the CE adult Christmas party. It was okay. The place that it was held was gorgeous but quite small. When they did the prizes everyone was cramped into a small room with a big bar in the middle.. the place smelt like nastiness after awhile hah. But it was nice being around adults. Noah stayed with a babysitter that night.
The next day Cinnamon, Matt, Matthew, Claire and my grandma Vicki got in. I enjoy spending time with them. We always have a good time and my sister is one of my two best friends. That night we went to a Christmas market in Bernkastel. I always enjoy Christmas markets. The first couple days they were here it snowed a couple feet so we weren't able to get out and do much. But we still had fun finding things to do indoors. Nathan had to work that week so he didn't get to hang out much.
Christmas was great. We stayed the night at my parents so we could wake up early with everyone to open presents. Every year on Christmas Eve we get to open one present. My mom always picks it out, ofcourse.. and it's always pajamas. This year we all got matching ones. Some may say it's dumb but I thought it was a kind of fun idea. It's not like we are all going out wearing them hah. Noah got a play mat/ball pit from Santa and a stocking full of toys and candy which me and Nathan got to eat. He also got two Baby Einsteins, lots and lots of clothes, money, bath toys, and other fun things. He got spoiled considering he's only 3 months old. I got some DVD's, a sweater, shirt, gift card for Wet Seal, money, candy, a video camera, slippers, a candle melter thingy, and my favorite, a sewing machine. :) My grandma makes so many cool things, she's a professional after all hah. She taught me the basics. Me and my friend Lauren are going to be making baby blankets, baby towels, and these cool first aid kits for the Spring bazzare. I'm pretty excited about that.
Anyways, we went over to the Stafford's for Christmas brunch and got to hang out with some families from Nathan's shop. We always have fun with everyone.
Noah got sick a few days later so we stayed home most of New Year's week while my family got to tour around Europe a bit. We did get baby monitors for Noah so as soon as he's all better he's going to his crib. I have mixed feelings about this but I know it's the best thing and I need to do it eventually. Plus he's sleeping through the night now so it won't be too bad. New Year's Eve we went to Spike and Linda's party. Everyone was drunk and dancing by the time we left.. oh goodness haha. But it was a good time. There were a couple hundred fireworks. People joked that they were better than the base's 4th of July fireworks. :)
Yesterday, I went with my dad, grandma, Cinnamon, and Matt to Koln while Nathan took Noah to the hospital in Trier. As soon as we got home I went up there. Poor baby has bronchitis and pneumonia (just a small case). They have to keep him there for a few days. He's doing wonderful for being sick and having all the shots and IV's. They have him doing a breathing treatment 4 times a day. Nathan stayed last night and tonight with him. I went up there yesterday and today to spend the day with him and let Nathan go home and nap. I definitely didn't sleep very well last night. I got home and just broke down. I do not at all like the fact that Noah is sick. He's just a baby and he doesn't deserve it (not that anyone does). It's definitely scary being a new mom. We took him to the clinic on base the other day and the doctor said that he was just sick but there wasn't anything to give him for it and to just wait it out but take him to the ER if it got worse (wow that was a run on sentence). We didn't really know what to look for.. so after a few days of it not getting better we figured it was time, thank goodness Nathan brought him in! I just hope that he gets better quickly.
My family goes back home on Tuesday. It's going to be a sad day.. especially because my dad is getting deployed AGAIN. I know.. he just got back. That's how the military goes. The crazy thing is that Nathan is trying to go (so he can reenlist there and get his bonus tax free) and he can't even get tasked. So, yeah, it's going to be a rough week. The one thing that I wish is that all my family could be together. I miss them all when they/we are away. And life just isn't the same without my sister. Hopefully, me, Nathan, and Noah will be going back to the states in the Spring. That's my plan atleast. It'll be nice getting to show off Noah and also getting to see the many babies that were born to both our families this past year.
I'm craving a change of scenery. We still have until March 2012. Weird to think that 2011 will be our last summer/fall/winter in Germany. I love Germany and it's beauty. We aren't quite ready to go back to the states yet though. Nathan has England, Portugal, Italy, Japan, Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska on his overseas dream sheet. We are hoping for Portugal or Japan. I just can't wait to see where we are going.. but we have a few months for that.
Anyways, I better go. I need to call and make sure my baby is still doing okay. I really need to get better at writing on this thing. I did start it for a reason.
Nathan's Christmas party for the kids was fun. They had games and food and crafts. Noah ofcousre didn't get to enjoy any of that but he did get to meet Santa. He did really well. Better than a lot of the other kiddos who cried. I think he's just used to being around people. He's friendly for the most part. He got a book from Santa, which makes his book collection go up to about a million. I have no problem with that. :)
The following weekend was the CE adult Christmas party. It was okay. The place that it was held was gorgeous but quite small. When they did the prizes everyone was cramped into a small room with a big bar in the middle.. the place smelt like nastiness after awhile hah. But it was nice being around adults. Noah stayed with a babysitter that night.
The next day Cinnamon, Matt, Matthew, Claire and my grandma Vicki got in. I enjoy spending time with them. We always have a good time and my sister is one of my two best friends. That night we went to a Christmas market in Bernkastel. I always enjoy Christmas markets. The first couple days they were here it snowed a couple feet so we weren't able to get out and do much. But we still had fun finding things to do indoors. Nathan had to work that week so he didn't get to hang out much.
Christmas was great. We stayed the night at my parents so we could wake up early with everyone to open presents. Every year on Christmas Eve we get to open one present. My mom always picks it out, ofcourse.. and it's always pajamas. This year we all got matching ones. Some may say it's dumb but I thought it was a kind of fun idea. It's not like we are all going out wearing them hah. Noah got a play mat/ball pit from Santa and a stocking full of toys and candy which me and Nathan got to eat. He also got two Baby Einsteins, lots and lots of clothes, money, bath toys, and other fun things. He got spoiled considering he's only 3 months old. I got some DVD's, a sweater, shirt, gift card for Wet Seal, money, candy, a video camera, slippers, a candle melter thingy, and my favorite, a sewing machine. :) My grandma makes so many cool things, she's a professional after all hah. She taught me the basics. Me and my friend Lauren are going to be making baby blankets, baby towels, and these cool first aid kits for the Spring bazzare. I'm pretty excited about that.
Anyways, we went over to the Stafford's for Christmas brunch and got to hang out with some families from Nathan's shop. We always have fun with everyone.
Noah got sick a few days later so we stayed home most of New Year's week while my family got to tour around Europe a bit. We did get baby monitors for Noah so as soon as he's all better he's going to his crib. I have mixed feelings about this but I know it's the best thing and I need to do it eventually. Plus he's sleeping through the night now so it won't be too bad. New Year's Eve we went to Spike and Linda's party. Everyone was drunk and dancing by the time we left.. oh goodness haha. But it was a good time. There were a couple hundred fireworks. People joked that they were better than the base's 4th of July fireworks. :)
Yesterday, I went with my dad, grandma, Cinnamon, and Matt to Koln while Nathan took Noah to the hospital in Trier. As soon as we got home I went up there. Poor baby has bronchitis and pneumonia (just a small case). They have to keep him there for a few days. He's doing wonderful for being sick and having all the shots and IV's. They have him doing a breathing treatment 4 times a day. Nathan stayed last night and tonight with him. I went up there yesterday and today to spend the day with him and let Nathan go home and nap. I definitely didn't sleep very well last night. I got home and just broke down. I do not at all like the fact that Noah is sick. He's just a baby and he doesn't deserve it (not that anyone does). It's definitely scary being a new mom. We took him to the clinic on base the other day and the doctor said that he was just sick but there wasn't anything to give him for it and to just wait it out but take him to the ER if it got worse (wow that was a run on sentence). We didn't really know what to look for.. so after a few days of it not getting better we figured it was time, thank goodness Nathan brought him in! I just hope that he gets better quickly.
My family goes back home on Tuesday. It's going to be a sad day.. especially because my dad is getting deployed AGAIN. I know.. he just got back. That's how the military goes. The crazy thing is that Nathan is trying to go (so he can reenlist there and get his bonus tax free) and he can't even get tasked. So, yeah, it's going to be a rough week. The one thing that I wish is that all my family could be together. I miss them all when they/we are away. And life just isn't the same without my sister. Hopefully, me, Nathan, and Noah will be going back to the states in the Spring. That's my plan atleast. It'll be nice getting to show off Noah and also getting to see the many babies that were born to both our families this past year.
I'm craving a change of scenery. We still have until March 2012. Weird to think that 2011 will be our last summer/fall/winter in Germany. I love Germany and it's beauty. We aren't quite ready to go back to the states yet though. Nathan has England, Portugal, Italy, Japan, Guam, Hawaii, and Alaska on his overseas dream sheet. We are hoping for Portugal or Japan. I just can't wait to see where we are going.. but we have a few months for that.
Anyways, I better go. I need to call and make sure my baby is still doing okay. I really need to get better at writing on this thing. I did start it for a reason.
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