Aiden

So right now i have no camera. But to give every one a little up date. Aiden and I are doing great. We started going to church about four weeks ago and we go to PWOC on tuesday mornings. Today Aiden is about to take his first trip to the pool, the water is warm so heopefully he likes it. He is almost on a sleeping schedual at night time, but as of the day, he takes a few little cat naps. He is trying to roll over and can hold his head up very well. He loves to kick his legs and loves his baths, he is going to be 4 months old on easter. And the way my little boy looks at me and smiles, totally melts my heart. It's like i'm the only thing that matters to him. Oh I think he is going to start teething early, he is slobbering and is gumming at every thing, including my finger when it's in the way, and he is exteremly fussy.

Back to School!!

So last Monday I finally started my online classes through CTC for you who don't know it's Central Texas College. The process its self was hard. I had to go through and pick all the classes that I need to get my AA as a Paralegal and since I got $6,000.00 through MYCAA I has to put how much each class costs, correct course title and number. Once I do that I have to submit it for approval, then I had to fill out the fa paper and take it in and get it signed by the CTC Rep. and then she had to send it in so my classes would get paid for. So for this quater i'm taking Principal of Accounting and National Security and Militay Legal issues. My first thought was I was going to have a difficult time with my accounting class and the legal class should be fairly easy. Boy did I get that wrong. To my suprise i'm having an easier time in accounting and a little harder of a time in my legal class. There is so much reading and wrighting it's hard to keep up, since I have Aiden and Buster and then Kirk is deployed, so I have to try and give Buster attention in between my homework and taking care of Aiden. I should of taken one class to see how I could of handled it, but now I now for next time, if Kirk is going to be gone take just one class.

Sunday!!!!

Today i went with Jork and lidia to a little bakery in Nurnberg. This bakery specializes in cakes. I had a little chocolate cake with sugar in the middle and a chai-latte. The cakes at this little bakery are sooo yummy and very sweet. I haven't really had to much sweet stuff because I have been on a diet, so eating anything semi-sweet tastes very sweet to me. I started out today going to church, which was very refreashing in a way , since I haven't gone in a while, I think the last time I went was before I moved to Texas. I met some very nice women, who also had children, and they told me about a womens bible study that they have on tuesday mornings and I am considering going because it will help pass the time by. Aiden also liked going, I think he enjoyed the singing because he got happy and started talking to me. Today was a fun and eventful day. Hopefully I can start making more friends who are Army wives so I have more in common with. So tomorrow i start my online classes through CTC, which should also keep me pretty busy along with Buster and Aiden.

3 months and getting big!!!

Today is the day that Kirk has been waiting for since Aiden was born and it finally came. Aiden is able to start wearing is Mariner clothes. I had just gotten Aiden out of the bath, which he loves. He kicks and splashes and he even talks while he is in there. He is going to be three months old on thursday and he is getting so big. He has started to talk more and more. When we are laying on the bed at 7:00 a.m. after he eats, he gets a big smile on his face and startes talking to me, that's when I know he is going to be up for at least a few hours. I can't help but to smile back. he is doing alot better at night, he sleeps any where from 3-5 hours sometimes, but most of the time it's three hours. But back to the M's, I know Kirk is going to be so happy, after i took the pictures I wrote him an email because i wanted him to be the first to see them, I didn't think it would be fair for other people to see them befor he did. I know Kirk wishes he can be the one who takes Aiden to his first Mariners game, but we will definetly take lots of pictures. Aiden looks so cute in his clothes.

GALAXY!!!

Last week it was our friend jork's birthday, it was the 17th. We went to an indoor water park called Galaxy and it's in Erding, which is up by Munchen. Well the last time we went I was still pregnant, so i couldn't go on any slides, drink or go in the sauna, but I still had fun. Well this time around i was able to go on the slides and drink. My favorite slide i think was a tie between the tube slide that pushed you up or the white river one, we also went on the black mamba, which was pretty fun because it had flashing lights and played music. This slide also had a drop off, which you don;t expect, well at least i didn't. Lidia and I went into the sauna and sat in it for five mins. then a lady came around and handed out aloe vera salt and you rub it on your skin and sit in the sauna for another five mins. My skin felt sooo soft and fresh, then we went back into the pool and had a pina colada. After that Kirk and I went on some more slides, the last slide i went down was the white river one. It was a blast we went down on our belly's and face down, we were slamming eachother into the walls of the slide. But here is the kicker, my boobs haven't gone back to their original form, you who have breast fred will know what i am talking about. At the bottom of the slide i stood up waiting for kirk i was laughing and having a good time. Kirk looked at me and started laughing because there was my boob exposed for all the little kids to see, i was so embarassed i just wanted to go and have another drink and hide, which i did. All in all it was a pretty fun day, one of the last fun days before Kirk deployed.

Saying Goodbye!!!

Monday Feb. 22nd I said goodbye to the love of my life. I think that had to be one of the hardest days of my life. SO there are two days back to back that I will never forget, yesterday Feb. 23rd is my sister's birthday, it has always been her special day. But three years ago she had to begin to share that day, it is now the anniversy of my grandma's death that is always going to be a day i remember for the rest of my life, because I was extremely close with my grandma,when I was little I would go to her house every day while my mom was at work, and my cousin Kyle and I would sit on the couch and watch movies and cartoons all day, or we would throw rocks at the kids walking home from school. But anyways to get back on subject. There will always be a new deployment day, and I don't think it will ever get any easier, because at the end of the day, i'm alone with Aiden, at least we have eachother and Buster when daddy is away. Aiden will almost be a year when Kirk get's home, how do you ever eplain to your child, who that strange man is that they haven't seen in almost a year. I know it will get easier when Aiden get's older because he will have time before daddy leaves again to bond, he was only almost three months this time, the only thing i can do, is show him pictures and have Kirk talk to him so Aiden knows his voice and won't be to shocked the next time he sees his daddy. Now with Buster, he will always know who kirk is, those two have a very special bond. Buster knows that he is gone, i don't think i have ever seen that dog so sad, but alls i can do is love him and cuddle that dog. For me it's hard. I'm just trying to stay busy, we haven't even been married a year yet, and we will spend it with me in germany and him in Iraq. But at least one thing is true, we love eachother more than ever. Ya I have cried and i know i will for a while. The love of my life is in another country and i don't know when i will see him again, but it helps to hear his voice.

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.