Decisions!!!

I have been breast feeding for almost 7 weeks, Aiden and I were getting along just fine until last weekend. He started eating only for maybe 5-10 mins at a time, so lucky me he was waking up every hour. So i started thinking about the pros and cons of breast feeding. I know Aiden loves the boob, no question about that one, it's better for him to breast feed, it's cheap and you don't have to find a place to heat up water when you travel. So breast feeding is convenit. But like i said waking up every hour, with me getting no sleep, i started thinking. My boobs got really BIG when i got pregnant, but after i had Aiden they just blew up, i'm talking bigger than his head. So I have had the worst time finding a nursing bra, the one i ordered is too small and it doesn't fit right. I thought well if i quit breast feeding I could get a regular bra. Kirk and I finally talked about what I should do, we decided that i should go to bottle feeding him, that's when leaking took on a whole new meaning. I started giving Aiden Formula mixed with a little of my breast milk because at first he did not like the formula he would drink an ounce and after I would burp him he started making faces then it lead to screaming. I think this decsion we came to as parents is the best not only for me but Aiden because we know that he is getting enough to eat and stayes asleep for 2-4 hours sometimes and plus now his daddy will be able to wake up with him and feed him, now that i'm not going to breast feed after this week.

New Years eve in Austria

New years eve we decided to go to Ausstria, our friends York and Lidia were already there. Went to St. wolfgang where there was a christmas market, one of the few that were still up. We started very early in the morning, and of course everyone feel asleep on the way up and left kirk to drive, poor guy. Well we got to the place where the market was and we were walking there, Buster spotted a swan on started barking, he wanted to get the swan, oh ya and he got in the cold water. I think that was the funniest thing that happened that day. Us girls decided we wanted to go on a horse carage ride around the town we were in. Well we got back and all I see is york pushing the stroller like a maniac. So i jump down from the sleigh and i see Kirk carrying Aiden, which was a huge releaf, i thought i was gonna have to kick some ass. When we got back we went into a little cafe so i can feed Aiden and we all got something to drink. The hot chocolate there is awsome. Then we finished going through the market, my momand i went into the soap store and bought some soap, which smelt so good. We had some berry punch, which had some alcohol in it. After we left St. Wolfgang we went to this pound that had a trail around and we walked. York said it was a 45 min. walk with no hills. It turned out to be an hour and a half walk with all up hill the last part. The pound was frozen and york and martin were throwing rocks out on it and buster would chace after them, he was so wet from the walk, i think he was almost frozen himself. On our way home kirk was getting tired so the last half hour i drove we got home around 10:00 p.m. and i had my first drink in nine months. In germany New years is a big thing and it is there time to let off fire works, they were going off the whole night, but once it hit midnight, the fireworks were going off like crazy and the church bells were going off as well, it was pretty awsome.

Christmas time

We had some family over for christmas and New years. Kirk's Brother Dustin got here on chrismas eve and my mom and cousin got here on Christmas day. Kirk had to get up at like 5:30 in the morning to drive to Frankfurt and pick them up. We had a good time, we cooked a small dinner, well Dustin cooked the turkey because I had no clue how to, we also had mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, deviled eggs and Biscuits. I also made pumpkin pie's which didn't get ate until after christmas. After that we opened presents. The next couple of days we basicaly relaxed, I did take my mom and cousin down town Ansbach for a little bit on Saturday.

The next week we took a train to munich, so they could see some of the churches and go to one of the breweries, because they got addicted to the beer, they are probably have withdrawls from the beer and brauts. Well Aiden started to get hungry and let me tell you it is difficult to find a place to breast feed a baby, i don't think it would of been that big of deal if it wasn't so cold, I would of been able to do it outside, but it was FREEZING. They went in to a couple of churches and shops. We got to the beer place and it was so crowded it was imppossible to find a place to sit down, so they bought a couple of glasses and post cards and we left, to find a place to eat. After we ate we decided it was time to head back to the train. My cousin Jan found a church and went inside, well while we were inside Aiden started to srceam,he was hungry and it is impossible to try and calm him down, cuz when he's hungry he wants to eat right then and there, there is no pleasing him until he eats. We finally made it back to the train station, but we got on the wrong train, so we got off at one of the stops, Neu ulm and our friend York came and picked us all up.

We did attemp to take them to Rothenberg, but since it was a sunday everything was closed. But we did walk through the town so they could see a little bit of it. We found a nice little place to eat, so they could taste a real german meal before they left. We had fun, but my mom and kirk would start drinking at 9:00 in the morning, so when we went to Rothenberg my mom was drunk and she still wanted to get a beer to drink when we ate. They left on the seventh to go back home and kirk left on the fifth to go to WLC, so right now i'm pretty lonely, but I do have buster and my baby boy here with me to keep me busy.