Happy Easter!

We had such a nice Easter this year! Adam and I decided to invite our neighbors and our friends over for a BBQ. It went really well! We are so lucky to have such awesome friends. Our neighbors had never met our friends before, and it seems like everyone got a long really well. Allie, Landon and Aubree had a good time together! They were all constantly busy between Allie's room and the backyard. Helen's older boys were able to play basketball at the park or PS3 so they were able to keep busy too. Allie was so worn out by the end of the day she was crying to go to bed. Adam gave her a bath and she cried the entire time! As I got her in her jammies she just cried about how tired she was and made Adam carry her to bed because she was too tired to even walk! I am hoping to do something similar for Memorial Day. The baby will only be a week old, but it will be like a Welcome to the World party too.

Allie loved her basket. She kept thanking me over and over again. I had to to keep reminding her it was the Easter Bunny who left it, not mommy and daddy! I think her favorite thing were the Littlest Pet Shop eggs. She loves her little pets and they keep her busy.

In the morning we did an egg hunt with our neighbors. Adam and Lonnie went across to the park and "hid" the eggs, and the girls loved it! Im glad she had such a great day!

Our big girl

Allie has had a very big month! The day after we returned from NJ (December 6th) Allie was being ridiculous about her binky after her nap. We couldn't handle the whining and finally Adam walked over gave her the binky and told her to throw it in the trash. That night she took over an hour and a half to go to bed. The next day at nap she asked for it, but was asleep within a half hour. The times were shortened everyday until finally there wasn't a fight. Don't get me wrong, nap time most days she whines because she thinks she doesn't need them anymore. However 2-3 hours later, Im sure she feels much better after sleeping that long. She has not had a binky since that Sunday at her nap and we haven't looked back. Sometimes she asks for it and we remind her she put it in the trash and thats the end of it. That was one huge obstable out of the way before the baby comes. We also slowly started working on potty training when we got back. We moved her potty in her room so she could get used to sitting on it etc (plus our bathroom is tooooo small for it). One night she got mad at us (as usual) and closed her bedroom door. A few minutes later she was yelling and Adam went in and she had peed on the potty all on her own. So we started introducing panties slowly and phasing out diapers. The next day she pooped on the potty twice and I was so excited. She did well for a few days and then regressed a little and was pooping in her panties and having 3-4 accidents a day. As Christmas got closer she started getting better with it. She was having major poop issues, but thats because she was having trouble going and would go whenever she could actually go. I realized this was from her not eating enough fruits over the holidays with all we had going on and shes doing SO much better with it now. She hasn't had a poopie accident since my parents were here and that was over a week ago. She had a pee pee accident on NYE at our friends house, but she was patiently waiting with her pants down in front of their potty and I didn't hear her yelling and she couldn't hold it any longer. Poor thing! She is still sleeping at night in pull ups, but most mornings she wakes up dry and gets on her potty before I even go in to get her out of bed. We haven't ventured out of the house in panties yet, but she is going to start wearing them to school tomorrow. Her teacher was really impressed with the difference in her during her school break. Not only is her potty training going well, but she is saying so many more words and her teacher was going on and on about how smart she is for her age. I definately think school is playing a big role in that! She came up to me yesterday and said "Hi! Nice to meet you, I Allie" and shook my hand. Her no thanks transformed into no thank you and please sounds much more like it should. Its absolutely amazing! Shes becoming such a big girl, if I weren't bursting with pride (haha) I would probably be sad!

Baby and life updates :)

Ok well finally time for a baby update! I am FINALLY feeling better. Im still tired, but I rarely nap anymore, just some quiet laying down and I am good to go. I haven't had a headache in weeks, my sinuses have finally cleared up and I am finally back to working out. My belly is slowly growing. Some days I look more pregnant than others. However, Im only 18 weeks, so just give me some time! I go to the doctors next week. I have my 20 week ultrasound on January 12th and we MIGHT find out what the baby is. I have my check up on January 14th, Im not excited to get in trouble for most likely gaining too much weight over the holidays. Im curious, because both my German doctor and NJ doctor never once commented on my weight. Ever since they found out Allie was 9 lbs they must think I was just a super unhealthy fatty during my pregnancy. My family just has big babies, its what we do. Anyway, Ive felt a couple little movements here and there, but its not everyday yet and its not very strong either. I still forget Im pregnant about 95% of the time. Ive started doing prenatal pilates and I like it. Ive always been unflexible, but today I definately realized I need to stretch and do pilates a whole lot more!
We found out about Adam's new unit's training schedule. He will be on block leave right around the time the baby is born. So now we need to figure out how they will work his leave since he is supposed to get 10 days off paternal leave. We also found out he will be in California for the whole month of August. We were hoping block leave would be in July so we could go home and have the baby Christened as well as have Allie's 3rd birthday party. Instead I will go back to NJ for two weeks with the kids in August to celebrate mine and Allie's birthdays. We decided to delay the Christening until his predeployment leave. He missed Allie's and I don't want him missing this one too. So at least everyone will meet the baby by August and then see us again in the fall. Adam may deploy early 2011, so I will most likely head back to NJ depending on living arrangements. I don't want to give up our house here since we will still have one year left in the Army when he returns. Well I think thats it for now!

Adam finally made a decision

And that decision was to re enlist in the Army. He signed a re enlistment deal that left us here in Ft. Knox for 3 years, so until December 2012. He switched to a combat unit, so he will deploy again before he is done. I don't want him to go, but I am prepared for him to go. The good news is he will be here when the baby is born and will hopefully enjoy at least half of the baby's first year before deploying. It was a hard decision, but we have nothing outside the Army right not especially with the unemployment rate being so high. We did what was best for the 4 of us and hopefully in 2012 things are a little better and we can give the civilian world a shot!

Back from NJ

Well we finally made it home from NJ! After a long, long day of driving in crazy weather we made it. Unfortunately we were pulled over at a McDonalds for just about 2 hours due to heavy snow. I felt so bad for my sister and dad who had to tag along. It broke my heart to watch the stress in their face as we decided what to do. We eventually decided to get back on the road and just deal with it. We drove for almost 2 hours at 35 MPH but hey, we made it home. Adam was very happy to have us home as he had his spur ride and was worn out. We missed Aubree's birthday party and I was really bummed because Allie would of had a great time.

Happy Thanksgiving

Just a quick update

Between the move and the end of my semester, the blog fell to the wayside. I have of course been super sleepy still, but that is starting to fade as an afternoon nap is not neccesity most days anymore. I had my first doctors appointment while Adam was on his lockdown, and everything was great! I got a new due date which is May 31st but I'm pretty sure the first one of May 19th was more accurate. I will discuss it at the next doctors appointment. I have been suffering majorly from headaches at least 5 days a week. This happened with Allie as well, so hopefully they pass soon! My semester is done tomorrow and we decided I would take off until after the baby is born. With Adams work schedule being so crazy sometimes, and the amount of stress school puts on me, it is not worth feeling so hectic inside. We are going back to NJ this week for Thanksgiving. The plans were a mess and had been changing every day until we finally came up with a game plan today. We are driving over night the night before Thanksgiving. We are splitting the day between our families which is nice since they are barely 2 blocks away from each other. Adam is staying until Sunday. He is going to the Eagles game and then going right to the airport to fly home at 9:45. Allie and I are staying in NJ until that following weekend so our families get to spend more time with her. My dad and sister are driving back to KY with me that weekend and then driving back to NJ. What can I say, they love us? I cannot wait to see our family and friends! We have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, especially with our new little blessing on the way!