Sunday, October 31, 2010
Halloween
This was KayLeigh's first Halloween! We did not go trick-or-treating, because, well KayLeigh can't eat candy yet lol. But we did do "trunk or treat" on the army base here. A bunch of people sign up and hand out candy to the trick or treaters from the trunks of their car. It is a lot safter then going out in the various neighborhoods here in Belgium, and there were a ton of kids out! It was a lot of fun, and we are planning on doing it again next year, and we'll take more pics then because we are going to decorate the car really awesome! But for now here are some pictures of Kay in her Halloween costume. She was a scarecrow, cutest little scarecrow I've ever seen!! love you all!
Friday, October 29, 2010
11 weeks
I finally found the cord for my camera, so I took some new pictures of KayLeigh..She is almost 3 months old and getting bigger everyday! Not too much is new here in Belgium, Mat andI are doing well. Mat is enjoying his job still and we are both looking forward to our trip to Ohio next month to see his family. It is definitley fall here, the leaves are changing colors and the days are much cooler, it gets dark around pm now. I'll take some pictures of the trees, and I'll take lots of pictures when we get to Ohio. But for now here are new pictures of KayLeigh! Love you all!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
2 month check up
We took KayLeigh to her 2 month check up on the 12th. The pediatrician on base is very nice, I am very glad we don't have to go back to the hospital I gave birth at. We have an American doctor, and it is much nicer to have someone who speaks english! She now weighs 12.3 lbs, and is 23.5 inches long. She is in the 73rd percentile for her age, so she is doing very well. The doctor said that her height to weight ratio is very good. She also got her first round of vaccines, poor baby. I think it was worse for me than it was for her though, she did very well, just cried a little bit. I on the other hand, felt like punching the guy that gave her the shots in the face for making my baby cry...probably not the best idea lol. She got her shots and stopped crying right after I picked her up, she did fine for a couple hours but got a bit of a fever later in the evening. Nothing some tylenol didn't clear up though, although tylenol doesn't cure crankyness, and she had plenty of that all night! She is still doing well, sleeping through the night, only waking up once to eat around 4 am usually, so I get about 6 hours of sleep. It's amazing! I don't know what I did to deserve such an easy baby, but I sure am glad!
In other news, we discovered that not only do we have a cherry tree in the backyard, we have a walnut tree in the front! We have huge piles of walnuts laying all over the ground, so we went out and gathered a bunch up, we're going to roast them, I hope to make it a fall tradition for the next few years we are here. They are delicious walnuts! Other than that, I've been taking a kickboxing class on base, my wonderful husband watches KayLeigh, so I get some time to myself out of the house. It's stopped me from going crazy, so thats good! Other than that, I don't think we have much news, it's been a pretty calm month so far, which is very much appreicated! Love you all!
In other news, we discovered that not only do we have a cherry tree in the backyard, we have a walnut tree in the front! We have huge piles of walnuts laying all over the ground, so we went out and gathered a bunch up, we're going to roast them, I hope to make it a fall tradition for the next few years we are here. They are delicious walnuts! Other than that, I've been taking a kickboxing class on base, my wonderful husband watches KayLeigh, so I get some time to myself out of the house. It's stopped me from going crazy, so thats good! Other than that, I don't think we have much news, it's been a pretty calm month so far, which is very much appreicated! Love you all!
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
2 months!
KayLeigh is now 2 months old, the time flew by pretty fast! I haven't updated the blog in quite a while, we have just been so busy, I feel like I'm just catching my breath and getting a little bit of a routine in place with KayLeigh. I'll backtrack a bit and let you know what we've been up to the past month or so.
After Mom, Dad and Jared left we had a few weeks before Erin and Cory came. The time could not come fast enough! Erin and Cory were coming to visit and meet KayLeigh, but they also took the two puppies back to the states with them, thank goodness. They were slowly driving me completley insane! Foxie is usually a relativley well behaved dog, but when she had her puppies she went crazy! Mat would leave for nights at work, and foxie would cry all night long downstairs in the kennel with the puppies...so combine that with adjusting to life with a newborn and needless to say, I was not a very happy person. During the day wouldnt have been so bad, if I didnt have a newborn..but trying to get off the couch to stop a puppy from chewing on something is rather difficult when you have an infant attached to you breastfeeding lol. So the puppies ran wild for a while, driving me crazy, I thought they were the cutest things before KayLeigh came along, but after she was born, all I wanted to do was ship them off with Erin and Cory! They got here on the 15th of September and stayed for about two weeks. It was really nice having them here, we did a lot of traveling! The first few days we just hung around Belgium, showed them base, went downtown, then they went to Englad for a few days. Once they got back we headed to Germany. The first day we went to Ramstein AFB, which is about 3 hours away, we were going to stay the night, but they didnt have any rooms, so we made our way to Heidelburg, where Cory had a friend stationed and we stayed at his house. He took us out to dinner at an amazinly delicious German resturant! I wanted to eat so much food! KayLeigh did well the whole car ride there, and slept through most of dinner. The next day we woke up and walked around downtown Heidelburg and did some shopping. Mat and I are planning to go back, it was really beautiful, and the real cinderella castle isnt too far from there. Next summer we will hopefully have Breanna,and KayLeigh will be about a year old, so we're planning on taking them there. We ate lunch, then got back on the road heading to Edelweiss, an armed forces resort in the swiss alps.. we are definatley going back there! It was absolutley amazing!! After getting lost in the dark, because our gps got confused when we crossed the border into Austria momentarily, we got there pretty late. Nothing was open for dinner at the hotel, so mat and cory went out to find some foood. There was a bar/resturant down the road a bit and the lady that owned it opened up her kitchen and sent mat and cory back to us with this delicous stew and noodles! she even lent us her own tupperware to take it in, she was a sweetheart. We all slept really well that night I think and woke up the next morning and headed to the Eagle's nest, Hitlers home away from home in Austria. We had to drive to the bus station, then get on a bus that drove us up the side of a mountain. and this road was only big enough for one bus at a time, we were looking over huge cliffs on the side of the road on the way up, it was pretty scary. After we get to what you think is the top of this mountain, you have to get on an elevator that takes you even higher! We didnt get to see the inside of the house, because you had to schedule a tour in advance, but the views from the top were worth it! we were so high up, and the view was beautiful. I didnt take any pictures, so I'm just waiting on Erin and Cory to send us the ones they took, I figured why take pictures, when we have Professional photographer cory with us? After taking in the views for a while, we started the trip back down the mountain. We got dinner in the town not too far from the eagles nest then started the journey to Munich. We got there kind of late, but we walked around downtown a bit, and ate dinner at the Hofbrauhouse. KayLeigh has been sleeping through most of this, waking up in the car to stare at Erin, and eat lol. We got back to the hotel (thank you again Erin and Cory) and all had a much needed nights rest. Woke up the next morning and headed to Dachaus, a concentration camp. It is a huge place, and we spent quite some time there reading all the stories of people who had been through there and looking around at all the buildings. Once we were done there we headed back to Ramstein, and luckily they had a room for us that night, because we were all exhausted from walking around all day. The next day was spent at Ramstein, they have a huge bx on base, it is like a mall, makes mat and I feel a little like we're back in the states, since they have lots of food from home. After shopping for a while we made the 3 hour trip back home, picked up all four dogs from a friend who was bravely watching all of them for us, and slept. We went to Antwerp, which is in belgium about 2 hours away the next day. Had a delicious lunch at an italian resturant and did some shopping. spent the night relaxing, cory took some cute pictures of kayleigh for us, hopefully i'll have those soon and can get some sent out to everyone. Erin and Cory left with the puppies the next morning. I was happy to see the pups go, but sad that erin and cory were leaving. It was really nice having more family here, but it's also nice to feel like we're finally settling in at home with KayLeigh. the past few weeks mat and i have just enjoyed being at home. He started a new job right before erin and cory came, he is now personal security for a 3 star general. He likes his new job, and the hours so far seem a bit better then they were at his last job. He is looking forward to getting his official passport, because then he will start traveling with the general for a few days at a time.
KayLeigh and I are doing very well, I am so glad I had a natural birth, I feel like I recovered very quickly. She has a little bit of a routine that I have just adjusted myself to. she eats and sleeps all day long, no real rhyme or reason to it, but at about 9pm she starts to get a little fussy, shes usally fed and asleep by midnight, and I get to sleep in bed for almost 5 hours. I wake up, feed her, and fall asleep in the rocking chair with her for another couple hours. Its not too bad most nights, I feel like i get a pretty good amount of sleep. She is growing like crazy, already weighs about 12lbs. We have her two month checkup on the 12th. she has to get her vaccines, so we'll see how that goes!
and that is about all that has happened for the past few weeks. Mat and I have some calm for a few more weeks, then we are heading to Ohio for 3 weeks around Thanksgiving. We get to pick up Breanna, so she will get to meet KayLeigh, and Mats family will be meeting KayLeigh for the first time as well. We are looking forward to the trip, it will be nice to get back to the states for a while. Our next trip will be in May, for Jared's graduation. I will post pics for everyone to look at as soon as I have them. love you all!
After Mom, Dad and Jared left we had a few weeks before Erin and Cory came. The time could not come fast enough! Erin and Cory were coming to visit and meet KayLeigh, but they also took the two puppies back to the states with them, thank goodness. They were slowly driving me completley insane! Foxie is usually a relativley well behaved dog, but when she had her puppies she went crazy! Mat would leave for nights at work, and foxie would cry all night long downstairs in the kennel with the puppies...so combine that with adjusting to life with a newborn and needless to say, I was not a very happy person. During the day wouldnt have been so bad, if I didnt have a newborn..but trying to get off the couch to stop a puppy from chewing on something is rather difficult when you have an infant attached to you breastfeeding lol. So the puppies ran wild for a while, driving me crazy, I thought they were the cutest things before KayLeigh came along, but after she was born, all I wanted to do was ship them off with Erin and Cory! They got here on the 15th of September and stayed for about two weeks. It was really nice having them here, we did a lot of traveling! The first few days we just hung around Belgium, showed them base, went downtown, then they went to Englad for a few days. Once they got back we headed to Germany. The first day we went to Ramstein AFB, which is about 3 hours away, we were going to stay the night, but they didnt have any rooms, so we made our way to Heidelburg, where Cory had a friend stationed and we stayed at his house. He took us out to dinner at an amazinly delicious German resturant! I wanted to eat so much food! KayLeigh did well the whole car ride there, and slept through most of dinner. The next day we woke up and walked around downtown Heidelburg and did some shopping. Mat and I are planning to go back, it was really beautiful, and the real cinderella castle isnt too far from there. Next summer we will hopefully have Breanna,and KayLeigh will be about a year old, so we're planning on taking them there. We ate lunch, then got back on the road heading to Edelweiss, an armed forces resort in the swiss alps.. we are definatley going back there! It was absolutley amazing!! After getting lost in the dark, because our gps got confused when we crossed the border into Austria momentarily, we got there pretty late. Nothing was open for dinner at the hotel, so mat and cory went out to find some foood. There was a bar/resturant down the road a bit and the lady that owned it opened up her kitchen and sent mat and cory back to us with this delicous stew and noodles! she even lent us her own tupperware to take it in, she was a sweetheart. We all slept really well that night I think and woke up the next morning and headed to the Eagle's nest, Hitlers home away from home in Austria. We had to drive to the bus station, then get on a bus that drove us up the side of a mountain. and this road was only big enough for one bus at a time, we were looking over huge cliffs on the side of the road on the way up, it was pretty scary. After we get to what you think is the top of this mountain, you have to get on an elevator that takes you even higher! We didnt get to see the inside of the house, because you had to schedule a tour in advance, but the views from the top were worth it! we were so high up, and the view was beautiful. I didnt take any pictures, so I'm just waiting on Erin and Cory to send us the ones they took, I figured why take pictures, when we have Professional photographer cory with us? After taking in the views for a while, we started the trip back down the mountain. We got dinner in the town not too far from the eagles nest then started the journey to Munich. We got there kind of late, but we walked around downtown a bit, and ate dinner at the Hofbrauhouse. KayLeigh has been sleeping through most of this, waking up in the car to stare at Erin, and eat lol. We got back to the hotel (thank you again Erin and Cory) and all had a much needed nights rest. Woke up the next morning and headed to Dachaus, a concentration camp. It is a huge place, and we spent quite some time there reading all the stories of people who had been through there and looking around at all the buildings. Once we were done there we headed back to Ramstein, and luckily they had a room for us that night, because we were all exhausted from walking around all day. The next day was spent at Ramstein, they have a huge bx on base, it is like a mall, makes mat and I feel a little like we're back in the states, since they have lots of food from home. After shopping for a while we made the 3 hour trip back home, picked up all four dogs from a friend who was bravely watching all of them for us, and slept. We went to Antwerp, which is in belgium about 2 hours away the next day. Had a delicious lunch at an italian resturant and did some shopping. spent the night relaxing, cory took some cute pictures of kayleigh for us, hopefully i'll have those soon and can get some sent out to everyone. Erin and Cory left with the puppies the next morning. I was happy to see the pups go, but sad that erin and cory were leaving. It was really nice having more family here, but it's also nice to feel like we're finally settling in at home with KayLeigh. the past few weeks mat and i have just enjoyed being at home. He started a new job right before erin and cory came, he is now personal security for a 3 star general. He likes his new job, and the hours so far seem a bit better then they were at his last job. He is looking forward to getting his official passport, because then he will start traveling with the general for a few days at a time.
KayLeigh and I are doing very well, I am so glad I had a natural birth, I feel like I recovered very quickly. She has a little bit of a routine that I have just adjusted myself to. she eats and sleeps all day long, no real rhyme or reason to it, but at about 9pm she starts to get a little fussy, shes usally fed and asleep by midnight, and I get to sleep in bed for almost 5 hours. I wake up, feed her, and fall asleep in the rocking chair with her for another couple hours. Its not too bad most nights, I feel like i get a pretty good amount of sleep. She is growing like crazy, already weighs about 12lbs. We have her two month checkup on the 12th. she has to get her vaccines, so we'll see how that goes!
and that is about all that has happened for the past few weeks. Mat and I have some calm for a few more weeks, then we are heading to Ohio for 3 weeks around Thanksgiving. We get to pick up Breanna, so she will get to meet KayLeigh, and Mats family will be meeting KayLeigh for the first time as well. We are looking forward to the trip, it will be nice to get back to the states for a while. Our next trip will be in May, for Jared's graduation. I will post pics for everyone to look at as soon as I have them. love you all!
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