Today Josh blessed Jack and we were so glad that his family could be here. It was such a great day. I am so grateful for our church and eternal families.

So we have been home a week now and finally getting into a routine. Jack is amazing. He sleeps pretty much all night in his pack-n-play and only wakes up twice to eat. He pretty much sleeps all the time. I know I shouldn't complain but I love it when he is awake because he is so alert and loves looking around and I love to just watch him. lolol I love this first picture cause he totally has Josh's "stare"

We are home

It feels so good to be home! It has been a rough week since Josh couldn't stay at the hospital over night and our little man likes to get wide eyed at 12:30 every night! Then he likes to cry the rest of it! lolol We are getting that under control though. Please keep us in your prays, especially ME!! lolol



A girl I worked with at the school found out she was pregnant the same time I did and our due dats were like a week apart but they induced her early cause they kept telling her that the baby was big. Anyway, She delivered 7 hrs after me and we were roomies. It was really nice. This is a picture of Ashlynn and Jack.

Baby Pics

This is our baby Jack, born 3-Nov-2009, 9lbs 3 oz, 21 inches long, and hairy!!!

Fun Fun Fun

Today was my baby shower and it was so fun. My friend Stephanie, from church threw it for me and my neighbor Sam helped a lot. There were about 25 people there so I was a little overwhelmed but it was fun! I got a lot of nice things that I didn't already have. I was really excited when my mom gave me these two huge bags from Wendy cause even though she couldn't be here it kinda felt like she was. It was a great day so tonight I'm going to have a long talk with Jack and tell him that it's not that great in there and he needs to hurry and bless us with his presence!





some of the guest

I can't believe it's been a year!

One year ago today we got on a plane to move to germany. I just can't believe how much our lives has changed in just a year. We are actually going to be parents in just 8 weeks! Sometimes we just laugh cause we really don't know what we were thinking! lolol Anyway we went to the doctor today and Jack is still looking good. He weighs over 5lbs now and his head is 8.5 cm which is almost normal so I'm glad it is slowing down! I am definetly putting on the weight too. I gained 3 lbs this last two weeks. lolol So here is my lovely picture at 32 weeks.

Also Josh is nesting and putting everything together! I figured we would wait until like November 5th to put the crib up and other things but he has already put the stroller together and put the crib up. and the bedding on. Thanks Carrie! My lifelong best friend got us the bedding for the crib and we love it!

Happy Birthday Josh!

Yesterday was Josh's birthday but we really didn't get to do anything cause he had to work. We did get to do a web cam chat with some of his family and that was really fun! He wanted this chocolate cake that his dad always makes so I got the recipe and made it. I have to admit I was pretty impressed with myself cause I made it from scratch!
I also made the icing from scratch which i don't think turned out right. I think I needed to let it cool a bit more before I poured it on the cake but oh well. He said it was really good but since I don't really like chocolate I didn't care for it.



Last weekend was the first weekend since we have been married that Josh had a 4 day. It was so nice just spending time together. We have a motocross track just across the street from us and there was a big race this weekend so we decided to walk over and watch it. It was so much fun. I love going to races and once I was there and caught up in the excitement I forgot I was in Germany!

Milk does a body good!

7 weeks ago when I went to the doctor Jack didn't even weigh 2 lbs and the doctor was telling me to eat more. So I decided to start drinking 3 glasses of milk a day and today he weighs over 4 pounds! Oh yeah and he has a huge head and Josh and our doctor thinks it is so funny! Everything else looked good his length is normal and they hooked me to a machine and monitored his heart for 20 min and his heart rate was 150 to 160 beats per minute. The picture he gave us today isn't very good but I'm posting it anyway. It is a straight on view of his face but the only thing I can make out is the one eye. lolol

29 1/2 weeks. I think my belly doubled last week! lolol

Welcome to Europe!!!

A day at the lake!

Yesterday We decided to go to a lake that is an hour away. I wish we would have found it earlier in the year because we had so much fun and the water was perfect! we swam and laid out all day. I'm hoping that the weather stays nice so we can go again. It has rained all summer so it has been nice having a few weeks of sunshine. i just wish I would have thought to put sun screen on cause I got really burnt!



This is our neighbors daughter Madison who we absolutely love! When we first got there Josh was
playing in the sand with her, it was so cute, but then all the little kids started playing with her so he came and laid out with us girls.