Living in Rothenberg!!

It all started when Kirk came home from ramstein, I started leaking some fluids, but didn't think anything of it. Then it started to get worse as the week went on. So on Tuesday morning I called my mom back in washington and told her what was going on. She told me I needed to go get checked out. So im crying by then. I don't think i have ever been so scared in my life. Not for me but for my little boy. Well the doctor who was taking care of me told me that I would need to stay for a few days because they wanted to stop the leaking, so they hooked me up to some good magnesium. A couple days into it I had an allergic reaction so they stopped the magnesium, and the contrations started. By then the doctor had got the test results back and well I had some type of infection, so they put me on an antibiotic. So the few days they needed me turned into about three and a half weeks. By the end of the second week I was done with it all. So I convinced the doctor to induce me at the beginning of my 37th week, and well they did, and it worked. At 2:30 am my water broke. But I was only dialated to a 2. So they sent me back to bed, but I couldn't sleep, I was cramping a little. So at 8:00 am they sent me down stairs to the delivery room to be checked. They told me to go walk around for an hour to get my contractions going regular. It was only 20 mins and I was feeling a lot of pressure and my language turned into that of a trucker's. So we went back down stairs they checked me and I was a 9. Only one more centimeter to go, and it was fast, I guess from what Kirk said I only had to push four or five times and they laid little Aiden Roger Cole on my stomach.
Since Aiden was just about four weeks early still we had to stay in the hospital another week. He was jondice, so he had to have photo therapy and they wanted him to start gaining weight.Which I understood, but being in the hospital started wearing on me and Kirk. After three and a half weeks, we finally got to come home. That is an experince I will never forget, but in the end me and Aiden are both healthy, im losing the weight and he is gaining. Nothing is better then being a mommy, I love it.

All in one week

SO on Tuesday night we had our friends York and Lidia over and she cooked us a real german dinner, and it was soo yummy, but of course nothing can ever go right. I was getting drinks out of the fridge for everyone and i drop a can of Dr. Pepper and it explodes, all over me, the wall, floor and the fridge. I can never do anything without making a mess, even when i am cleaning i make a mess, don't ask but it is possible. So I go change my shirt and get the D.P. out of my eyes and off my face and poor Kirk and Lidia got stuck cleaning up my mess. I couldn't stop laughing, well nobody really could it was so funny I had to tell everyone. So I baked a cake for the dinner, it was delicious, but it feel apart picking it up, i must of done something wrong when putting the ingredients in. So we only ended up eating a little bit of it. So kirk decides it would be funny to get the frosting from the cake and ut it on my face, so I did the same to him but he wasn't expecting it. He didn't think I had the guts to get him back. Well after we all played around, we went into the front room to watch a movie. But little did we know Buster had some trick up his paw. I left the cake I baked on the table and someone forgot to push in one of the chairs. So Buster jumps on the chair, onto the table and decides to have himself some cake. Might of been funny then, but my back seat probably doesn't think so. We took Kirk's friend Chap some of the food that was left over because he was supposed to be at the dinner since it was for him, because he deployes to Iraq sometime this next week. But we took Buster with us and he got sick all over my back seat, luckly it all came out. Ya ya poor Buster, it's his fault he ate it the cake. But i still love that dog.
Kirk has been gone since Wednesday and he won't be back until Sunday night, cuz he had to go gaurd some weapons or something like that. So you think little Buster would be a good dog, NOPE, wrong. I let him outside to go the bathroom before we go to bed and a couple of times in the middle of the night, and he runs off to where i can't see him, then he won't come when i call him and he thinks he needs to be outside all time. I think he is rebeling since Kirk is gone so Buster thinks he can do what he wants when he wants. He is like a little kid, he cries when he doesn't get his way. it's so hard to stay mad at him for long because he looks so sweet and innocent when he is sleeping or in the mood when he wants to cuddle. Oh and he got sick again. He likes to go in the neighbors green house, I don't know what's in there that he likes so much, so I think I might go and explore and see what it is. At 4 O'clock this morning he came back inside with dirt all over his nose, so im pretty curious as to what it is. I pretty much can't wait for Kirk to come home I hate being here by myself and I miss him alot.

Buster: what will he do next?

So about two months ago we got this dog, his name is Buster and he is a little yorkie. So he is a small dog, he loves to get attention and if we are busy doing something else, like playing video games, that would be my husband, or on the computer he starts this little whining thing like he is talking to us. It's so cute that it's hard to resist, so we stop what we are doing and we play with him, well kirk does for the most part i just just cuddle Buster. Buster is pretty much spoiled, he has three beds in the house, but where does he choose to sleep, with us on our bed or he sneaks to the front room and sleeps on the pillows where he blends in at.But when he does sleep with us he likes to get up next to us and cuddle, usually with kirk,but when kirk goes to work he is next to me. There are those nights where he likes to sleep at our feet. At night or even during the day if he hears a noise he gets the big dog syndrome and starts barking and growling as if he were a gard dog. Which I love him for that, in a weird way he makes me feel safe when we are at home by ourselves. But we are trying to break him of it, because when the baby comes we don't need him waking Aiden up barking at a dumb noise that he hears.

When we first got Buster he was getting into trouble, he would run off down the street and wouldn't come back so Kirk would have to go chase after him, cuz lets face it if i tried to run right now i would most likely be eating dirt, due to be clumsy, you know the belly getting bigger, not use to it. Oh but wait Buster still does those things what am I talking about. One day Kirk was home for lunch and we let Buster out to run around in the back yard and some how he gets through the fence into the neighbors back yard and they have a pretty big fence, just so he could go and explore. Oh and this other time the gate was left open and Buster again went into our other neighbors yard, while they were having a BBQ and jumped on the table while they were eating. That was embaracing. Then this other time he got out the front door, ran down the road again and ran through some peoples house through their yard and back in the house and then to the garden. Then this last time the gate was left open again and Buster spotted a cat and he was off, we was so excited he got to chase that cat, he had this dumb founded look on his face, like why am I introuble I was chasing a cat, he didn't think he did a thing wrong. It's as if he plots how to get out of the yard or the house. But we love him so much.

Count down!!!

So every week, every day, every hour is just that much closer till i am going to be a daddy! I want to start a count down till Aiden is here, but i can't due to the fact he can just make a suprise appearance before or after the due date! So instead I am counting down till December 1st so we can go pick and cut our own christmas tree, and mostly to decorate our house for our first Christmas! This past weekend we bought stockings for us, aiden, and the little rat dog buster!!! We have been buying stuff left and right for Christmas and my mom has is sending us boxes with Christmas decorations since i would not quit bugging her for them! Aidens room is deffinitly coming along, we have got a dresser finally to match his crib, and the bedding set, we have all the major things we need now with the exception of the stroller and car seat i think. As of last Saturday my beautiful wife told me she was officialy done being prego due to the fact her hips were killing her!

So last night we night went to Nurmburg for a freestyle motorcross event "Ramp2Ramp" there was riders from all over the world 3 Americans, 1 Austrailian, 2 Italians, 2 French people, and one German!
This motorcross event was like one i would never see in the states, i think this puts all of ours to shame! It started off with six girls wearing skimpy little skirts and two muscular guys wearing gay leather jackets. They were all playing with fire and drinking some liquid that was allowing them to blow flames like 20 feet high! Then the introductions of every rider and where they came from. They had every type of contest you can imagine and the American Greg Hartman won them all! At the intermission they brought in 3 Cat tractors for a tractor free style event which i thought was very unique but interesting.
To start off the second 1/2 the show they had a guy on a snowmobile doing supermans, heel clickers, indian airs, and a backflips which was pretty cool as well, beings there was no snow! At the end of the show they had a really cool closing ceremonies with all the riders, from the big bikes, mini bikes, and snowmobile all going around and doing stunts at the same time! While i was at that show i relized it was pretty cool to be an American in a forign country hootin and halerin as hard as i could for the riders representing for America, and having them win it all!!!

31 weeks pregnant...The countdown is on!

So here it is, i am now 31 weeks pregnant, so im almost there. I like being pregnant for the most part. I enjoy every little hiccup, jab and kick. But what i don't like is when im trying to get a descent nights sleep and my legs cramp up and to go along with it my husband kirk and our dog buster are two of the worlds biggest bed hogs, every night they seem to get me pushed up against the wall and believe me that is not comfortable at all. As each week goes by and I get closer to my due date I seem to get more nervous and anxious. I think im more nervous of the whole labor and delivery part, if you get my drift. I kinda know what to expect, thanks to my sister, always having me in the delivery room with her when she had her children, but i know that doesn't prepare someone a hundred percent. Hopefully kirk won't pass out or any thing like that. But I can't wait to meet my little Aiden, I already love my little boy so much. I honestly think that between Kirk and I we should be some of the best parents!!! Also we have been working on Aidens room! Its bright green, it will be a jungle theme, we have been doing it surely but slowly, this past week we got the crib put together, also have a bunch of little accesories from Michelle and Dustin, my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest ended on Sunday so we decided to head up on Saturday, which was super crowed because of a German holiday which is similar to our Thanksgiving. For a pregnant women the scenario pretty much sucks, we went with our friend german Lidia. Ever since i found out we would be coming to Germany i wanted to go, therefore, i was excited. But when we got there i found it to be a little too crowed for a 7 months pregnant woman with an expanding belly that gets in the way of everything. There was a lot of rollercosters, some which you would never see in the states. But I did get to go on one ride which was super slow but ultra scary, it was haunted and i was screaming so hard i almost peed my pants, which has to do with having a weak bladder. To my suprise there was a never ending supply of drunk dumb people who were past out in the streets because they could'nt handle their beer and ambulances coming to their aid. But for the most part it was fun. Kirk bought me this big ginger bread heart shaped cookie to wear around my neck, It said " Ich Liebe Dich" which means i love you in german, it was so stylish every one had one or two, some times more. You would never think finding a beer at Oktoberfest would be such a difficult task, but it was the hardest time finding Kirk a beer, we were there for three hours and he only had one. All the Germans wore the traditional German clothing which was pretty cool. On the way home we stopped at a German KFC, which tasted nothing like the one back home, it didn't taste too bad just not the same, i don't think i will eat KFC again while i am over here.

Sleepless in Neuschwanstein

After my 29 hour day at work with no sleep, Andrea and a couple of our German friends picked me up at work for a trip to Neuschwanstein. It was the most gorgeious day here in Ansbach, sun shinning, nice and warm. So we hit the road for our journey, Andrea and Lidia fell asleep while York and I talked about new german phrases for me to learn, being neither of us had ever been there we didnt know where to go, when Lidia woke up she relized we had gone to far and we were driving in Austria! Luckly we had not gotten to far we just had to turn around and backtrack 10 km. Once we got there it was so foggy when standing at the bottom of the castle we could not hardy the top. We rode the horse and wagon as far as we could but we still had to hike up the steep mountain quite a distance! The journey to the top, to the bridge and down the mountain was quite hard for Andrea since she is almost 7 months pregnant! After our tour through the castle the fog had started to clear, while Andrea and Lidia started walking down the mountain York and Me went back to the bridge for more pictures, sadly it was under construction so we got pictures of the beautiful castle looking ugly!!!
Once we all met up again at the bottom we decided to take the scenic route home going through Austria, it added an extra two hours but it was very fun, not only that we both had probably some of the best food we have ever had at a little restourant we stopped at!!!

Christmas Year Round

Our new life has started, baby boy on the way and living in Germany! Wow, alot to take in all a once. We have a beautiful home with 3 bedrooms and wonderful landlords, we have been blessed. Andrea and the baby are healthy and the Army keeps me busy. We spend our free time traveling. Here are pictures from Rothenburg the Christmas Village. This is a medieval walled city.