What a year so far..

So its been awhile since I have wrote anything so I will try to catch everyone up as much as I can or remember!

lets see January started off with a bang when we found out that we were going to have another baby! woo hoo. We were excited and scared (and hoping for a girl) I also started Airmen Leadership School towards the end. It is a school to give you better leadership skills and what to do in situations with younger airmen that I would supervise down the road.

February came and went I graduated my leadership school and had some difficult times but worked through them with the help of alot of people and prayer. And also found out the baby would be due AUG 30th!!!

from March-May really nothing exciting happened. Had tons of doctor appointments and the baby was growing great. I had terrible morning sickness, well all day sickness, and lost 10lbs so I was down to my pre-pregnancy weight that I was with ethan but the doc didnt think it was a problem.

We found out that the lil one is going to be another BOY!!! so we are excited about that (I always wanted 3 kids, 2 boys and a girl) so hopefully that is in our future down the road. The cool things about going to a German doc is that they do ultrasounds at every apt instead of getting just the fetal heart heard. Unfortunately we dont get pics at every apt but we did get to see him grow before our eyes, I'm going to ask if we can get the ultrasounds after the baby is born..so we'll see.






The end of May we traveled back to PA and had a great time, ethan went to his first amusement park,Knoebels, and his first baseball game..plus we went to Ocean City Maryland! This was a first for both Ethan and Will to be at a beach. so it was really exciting and they had a blast! Will's mom and sister also met up at Ocean City and we got to meet Christina one of the girls from my WTE message board and her 2 kids. We had such a great time. Also on this trip Ethan had gotten pink eye and a double ear infection (yikes!) We went and got a 3d/4d ultrasound done since we didnt have as many pics from the doc as we did ethan.

we came back to germany in the middle of June and ethan had his 18 month check up, yes he's 19 months, well will be 20 months next week, and he's doing great he's 30lbs 37 inches tall. he's gonna be my linebacker for sure! we also had to take him to a specialist for his jewels to be checked out. The doc on base said they hadn't dropped yet but when we went to see the other doc she said everything was normal and everything was looking good. Will was scared there for a second b.c if they werent they were going to have to do surgery..hehe.

thats brings us up to July. I started going to the doc every 2 weeks and the baby is 5 lbs!! so i am all baby to say the least considering I have only gained 10lbs and im at 34 weeks. I gained almost 35-40 with ethan so this has me alittle concerned but others said that its fine and happens with a 2nd pregnancy..Im hoping so!
I am soo ready for lil one to come the summer here has been awfully hot and germans dont believe in air conditioning so it makes it more miserable along with my swelling knees and ankles and other pains I get.

Fall is here

Fall is here and that means in 3 months Ethan will turn 1..it is such a scary thought and exciting at the same time! It is amazing how much he has changed over these past few months and always keeping us on our toes. He is finally getting a tooth in and starting to walk. I just want to cuddle him and keep him this small but I know that its going to be an amazing adventure seeing how he grows up and what he accomplishs.

9 months already

I can't believe its been 9 months since ethan was born its seem like just yesterday. he has become quite the world traveler already. we just went to paris this past weekend and had a blast! he did so well. We dont get to do monthly checkups but b/c we went into the doc for his yeast rash they weighed him at 24 lbs 8 oz! yikes now i know why my left arm is really strong. he still has no teeth but he will eat finger food like theres no tomorrow his favorite right now is bread. He is also crawling all over the place and his new favorite thing is jumping he will jump in his crib when he's ready to get out..he still loves his jumparoo and when he stands he'll even bounce up and down to music. i think he's going to be musical also he will sing to himself while he's in his crib and bounce to music.

oh the memories

so i was thinking today about the past 7 months and its been a whirlwind. I can't believe that ethan is already crawling and standing up..yup he pulls himself up.so soon he's probably going to start walking then we are in big trouble! and i was also thinking i still haven't given him a bath in the sink..maybe odd to some ppl but i remember being a kid and at my grem's and all the younger ones would be a bath in the sink. weird i know..so this past weekend was okay. we had off since thursday. here's what we did
thurs went to luxembourg it was okay..probably won't go again maybe see some more of the tourist sites since we didn't get to b.c of the ppl we were with. i also finally got my wedding ring. its soo beautiful..its call the chance at love and was made in paris! its 24k white gold and has 0,20 karat. not sure what it equals to in american but its bigger than my other one so im thinking like a half or something. i'll post a pic at the end.
friday we were bums didn't do much cleaned alittle bit and got will an ipod he was all tickled since he's been wanting one. and ethan turned 7 months old!!!! yay!!!!!!

saturday we went to base and went to the picnic and saw the fireworks it was pretty cool ethan watched them for a bit but then got bored.

today we were bums again. did some more cleaning and then just layed around the house really. its been so dang hot here. we've been trying to figure out how to stay cool since none of the houses here have a/c unless you go buy them so we may cave and buy one soon..and cable. now that everything is done with the house and things have finally settled down i am going to do thank you cards...very late i know..don't hate me everyone and get them sent off.

new pics

nothing much is happening here but taking lots of pics..here's some for everyone..ethan is getting sooo big we go on wed to the doc for his well baby apt. soo excited

eventful father's day

so it has been an evenful father's day.
first ethan had us up late last night so we ended up just being lazy and spending time in bed. i was up with ethan about 930 i think then he napped at 1230 so i took one 2. after that i decided to make these chicken fajita things..i'll post the recepie at the end..after i made them and put them in the oven for the 30 mins. they still werent done so i put them on the grill (im excited cuz we finally got a propane grill so i can grill anytime now..im not one for waiting around to get my grub..with a big family if you dont get it asap you starve!) any way i put it on there for about 20 more mins and cleaned up some of our boxes and lowered ethans bed. the little rascal almost fell out the other night will said b/c it was 2 high. so after i got the stuff of the grill and set the table it was chow down time...well i guess i didn't put enough water in so the stuff could steam. the rice was still hard and the veggies alittle chewy..but chicken was done so that satified me. so while eating i figured hey i just cut up watermelon, i saw that watermelon was okay to give infants so i gave some to ethan and we got some good laughs out of his faces until he shoved a full piece down his throat and started gagging!! so im trying to get it and he ends up throwing up all over the place...yummy...so now i feel like a bad mom and ethans going to hate me..nope he wants to snuggle and rub his puke all over me..will's laughing at this point. so now im a wreck and just want to be alone so i wont hurt him again. so will takes him and he ends up falling asleep. soo he wakes up after his nap and im going through boxes i find his precious moments foot frame..so bright idea lets do this while i have the energy..well omg it was hilarious..his foot was to big for the actual frame piece so we went ahead and put it on reg paper. so we have foot and hand prints. then he decides to put it all over his body and face. so the lil man goes into the tub and is having a grand ole time. so now he's all clean and hopefully settling down. so im gonna go try to give him a bottle and put him in his crib.
Happy Father's Day to everyone!!!







Foil-Pack Chicken Fajita Dinner i added more rice b/c it didn't seem like alot
Prep Time: 10 min Total Time: 45 min Makes: 4 servings
What You Need!1-1/2 cups instant white rice, uncooked
1-1/2 cups hot water
1 Tbsp. TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Taco Seasoning Mix (i put the whole thing in)
4 small boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 lb.)
1 each green and red pepper, cut into strips 1/2 cup TACO BELL® HOME ORIGINALS® Thick 'N Chunky Salsa
1/2 cup KRAFT Mexican Style Finely Shredded Taco Cheese Make It!
HEAT oven to 400ºF.

FOLD up all sides of each of 4 large sheets of heavy-duty foil to form 1-inch rim; spray with cooking spray. Combine rice, water and taco seasoning; spoon onto foil. Top with remaining ingredients.

BRING up foil sides. Double fold top and ends to seal each packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside. Place in 15x10x1-inch pan.

BAKE 30 to 35 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF). Let stand 5 min. Cut slits in foil to release steam before opening packets.

Ethan crawling

so i keep trying to get a video of ethan to crawl on here..lets cross our fingers and hope this works...