Smiles

Luke is starting to be all smiles when he's well rested. It's so cute!! We're still working on the napping thing but I'm sure it'll take time.

Luke

Yes, I'm terrible and haven't kept up at all but I've been very busy. Luke is starting to finally do better napping so I'm hoping to get more of this done, including pictures!! Luke is doing very well. We went in for one last weight check today just to make me feel better since the last one was the first time he was above birth weight. As the doctor said, he is gaining like a champ! In fact, I would say he is approaching slightly chunky monkey status. He was 10 pounds 1.3 ounces today! He's gained a little over a pound and a half in the last two weeks!!! Soon my biceps will be toned again!:) A few pictures from the last week...

Back online

Finally! We moved into the house about two weeks ago and are slowly but surely getting settled in. Today they finally came and hooked up our phone and internet!!! Yes! That's why we've kind of had a little "blackout" period, we were pretty much without a method of communication. Everything seems to be working well though so we should be good now. I'll try to take some pictures of the house and get them posted soon. I also have some pictures of my Uncle Arthur and Aunt Eunice and my cousin Brent's family. They are on European vacation and were able to stop by last Friday. We went out to lunch and had a nice visit. It was great to see some familiar faces!:)

What up dog?

More fun with Maggie. Yesterday we spent a couple hours at the German vet... again. This is fairly annoying since she has a vet appointment Monday on the base for all of her shots and her annual exam and such. However, yesterday she woke up with a bloody ear that she was constantly iching. So we took her in and the vet decided she had an infection of some sort. She refused to let him really look at it or try to clean it as she struggled and screeched bloody murder each time he tried(Obviously very painful since she could have cared less if he touched the other one). So now she is on lots of drugs and drops(here's hoping ear drops are easier than eye drops!). Hopefully it will be back to normal soon.

On the more exciting newsfront is that we move into our new place next week! In just one short week I'll be sleeping in my own bed!! I can't wait to see my cookbooks again!:) We also bought a crib, mattress, and changing table yesterday! We got it from another family who had decided they were done having kids so we got a good deal! It worked out very well since we were about to order them new but instead we saved a lot! Hopefully we'll be able to figure out how to put it together. The baby finally has a place to sleep!

We weathered quite a little warm spell over the long weekend. As some of you may know, there is pretty much no air conditioning in Germany.(Although we did discover on an ice cream run that the German Burger King has air conditioning... bonus!) Yesterday apparently topped off in the mid 90's. Definitely the warmest its been since we got here and when you're still living out of the suitcases you packed in January... not so much fun. There was no sleep for the pregnant last night. Today it has cooled off though and I'm hoping for a nice nap this afternoon.:)

What's new...

Here's a new picture from last weekend. So we've been busy. We moved a week and a half ago from Leimen to Ramstein-Meisenbach in the Kaiserslautern area. We're in another temporary apartment. However, we did find a house last week and got all of the rental paperwork with housing taken care of this week. We're very excited! Our move in date is June 1 but we'll have to see when they can move our household goods. More exciting news is that it looks like they have room for me at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center so I should have all my remaining appointments there and then also deliver there too. It's basically the one big U.S. military hospital in Europe. I'm very excited about it as everyone will speak English!!:) It's a big relief as I think that having your first baby is stressful enough without language and cultural differences during the birth.

The Bump

Here it is for all who are dying to see.:) This is from about a week ago, so with a little less than three months to go(hopefully). Yesterday I was at our car insurance place and the lady helping me was kinda funny. She said, "so you are having a boy?". I told her we didn't know and that we were going to be surprised. She told me(she was German) that in Germany they always say that when the baby is way out in front like mine its a boy but if the belly is wide around its a girl. My sister says that was not the case for any of her three boys so the jury is still out. I would say that I am definitely already bigger than the picture and that the baby is growing quite a bit right now because for the first time I am hungry... ALOT!

I drove in Germany!

That's right folks! After three months I finally drove when we came back from Kaiserslautern the other day. It wasn't bad at all and the autobahn really isn't too bad. It's really only the people that are going really slow that can make things dangerous. We thought it was really pretty over there and we're very excited to be moving next weekend! Hopefully we'll be able to find a nice house to rent not too long after that and really start settling in.

Here's your Maggie update: she is shedding like no other!!!! There are literally chunks of hair coming off her sometimes. I try to brush her outside at least once a day but her hair is still everywhere! I'm excited because the apartment we're moving into has a vaccuum so I'll hopefully be able keep up with the hair and not wait until they come to clean once a week. You would think the shedding should start slowing down soon though.