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30 dicembre some picsI took a picture of my "baby belly" since it's apparently in high demand! I still don't think I'm showing baby as much as I am bloating since I can't seem to stop eating. This kid belongs to Justin, it's already a pig! I figured I'd post ya my belly weekly as well as any new sonograms (look forward to the next on January 12th!). 29 dicembre Post Deployment BabyWow! I can't believe how many people get pregnant right after a deployment! I know 5 wives from C. Co. including myself. I guess it makes sense though. When Justin was deployed I realized just how much I really loved him and how quickly our lives can be taken away from us. Why wait? This is my life and being a mommy is all I ever dreamed about as a child--just ask my mom! I couldn't go anywhere without toting my dolls with me. But if something were to happen to either of us in a few years, I know I'd regret not following my heart. So I guess this just leaves Brandy and Nick to get pregnant!! :) Pregnancy and Birth - F.A.Q.I found this on another website and giggled through it all. What have I gotten myself into?!
25 dicembre Spilled the Beans!Okay! We finally told our families! We're pregnant!! We're 7 weeks along and due on August 13th! We're so excited!! A White Christmas!Merry Christmas!! This is the last Christmas we'll spend in Germany. I wanted a white Christmas and surprisingly, I got it! Well, the frost in the morning made everything white anyway... Still no snow. Last year there was a large amount of snow on the ground at this time. I remember Max having a ball in it! Last year Christmas was spent at home in Illinois while hubby was in Iraq. This year I get him all to myself! I'll admit though, we haven't decorated for Christmas. We pretty much did Christmas while we were home for Thanksgiving. The apartment is just our regular ol' apartment. I feel the Christmas spirit when I go to work every day though. Trees, lights, decorations, candy canes, and the endless showing of Christmas movies on AFN. Last night I finally downloaded some Christmas songs, all Sarah McLachlan. I love her voice! We spent Christmas Eve morning at church where we sang Christmas songs and heard of the 3 kings and the day we celebrate Christ's birthday, although none of us really know for sure it was today. Did you know in Russia where most Orthodox are they celebrate Christmas in 2 more weeks? I found that out while I was "tracking santa" on www.noradsanta.org It's a neat website where you can follow Santa as he moves across the world. I tried staying up to see Santa fly over Germany, but I forgot about it! He was so close too! You can watch videos where Santa went and then there are spottings of Santa too. The video in Germany is of the Neuschwanstein castle. Well, again I wish you all a Merry Christmas! God Bless! 18 dicembre MaxOk, so here's the deal with Max: We decided to take him home with us (to Illinois) when we came home for Thanksgiving. We figured this would make it easier for us during our transition as well as being able to take trips without having to worry about him. He's now staying with Justin's sister and having a great time playing with our nieces! I miss him though :( He's such a good doggie when he's not chewing up all my stuff and digging through my trash can, or crying in the morning waking me up... ha! He's still my pup though! 15 dicembre Not ALL badSo I guess I should talk about the good side of Justin too. I promise he's not ALL bad.
He has still given up smoking since November 27th. He tried quitting while we were home but he had to smoke another with his father, haha! What an excuse. I'm very proud of him though. He was only bribed with yet another new computer. He's held true to his side of the deal so far and he doesn't seem to have any urges to smoke either. He was on the patch for 5 days and in a fury ripped it off claiming he "didnt need no stinkin' patch!" He was right :) Last night I had to work late with basketball pictures. I was completely worm out by these little tots running around bouncing balls nonstop for 2 hours. While driving home all I could thing about was what I was gonna make for dinner. To my surprise Justin made us dinner! Turkey burgers and cheesy broccoli rice (frozen microwavable, but it's so the thought!) We had dinner and watched One Tree Hill together. It's getting pretty cold out now. There was frost on everythign this morning. Justin always lets me take the car to work even though we work right next to each other. We leave at different times in the morning though. Hmmm... He lets me put my cold feet on him to warm them up when we go to bed, ha! Anyway, I figured a nice note was in order. I think everyone had the impression that we didn't get along at all. There's just a few kinks to work out. Perhaps another bribery can fix that? :) 13 dicembre Fed UpOkay, I've tried to tolerate my husband's video game addiction, but it's just too much. World of Warcraft has literally taken up every once of free time he has. All I ask for is him to eat dinner with me and when it's ready. I take pride in making us a dinner to eat together, not to mention that I spent the time to do it! When supper is ready, I want him to eat with me. But because he's in a "dungeon" he can't stop. He says it's hard to get a group together to play and when he finds one he refuses to leave. Am I just being selfish? Anyway, just had to complain! World of Warcraft may be the worst game ever for a relationship. 10 dicembre Little Catch UpSo I found out that I have more fans that read this blog than I actually thought. I guess when I only get comments from Mom and Sis I think that blogging isn't really THAT important anymore since Justin is back and all... Wrong! Truthfully I haven't spent nearly as much time on my computer as I used to. I come home and check my mail and the news but that's about it. My bedtime has become much earlier now that Justin is home too! I'm so thankful to have a more regular sleeping habit now. In bed by 11:00 and now getting up on Monday and Wednesday at 6:30 to open up at work. I like working early to my surprise! I have all afternoon off so I can finally make it to the stores before closing time! I also find that I enjoy making dinner and breakfast for me and Justin. Watching Brandy cook for the last year has been good for me! I've tried a few new recipes and even got the thumbs up from Justin to continue to make that meal more often. Wow! Does this mean I'm a real wife now? Haha! I can't kick my old habits though. Justin can't seem to pick up after himself and it drives me crazy. I like things clean and organized so I can relax without worrying about the mess. He zones into his computer game and the rest of the world no longer exists. In a way I feel like his mother cleaning up after him. Anyone have advice on how to stop that? I miss my dog! I found myself eating popcorn several times and dropping pieces only to find that when I'm done I have a popcorn covered floor that normally would have been cleaned up by Max. It's a lot quieter and I miss taking him on walks and playing with him. He always sat at my feet while I was in the kitchen either cooking or cleaning too. Just the little things... Of course I don't miss the fur balls I found everywhere right after sweeping and mopping. That boy sheds more than I thought! We haven't been anywhere since we've been back either. We were trying to plan a castle trip today, but remembered that my castle book was being lent out. Bummer! Maybe next weekend since I don't work on Saturday, Yay! Oh wait...I do. I have basketball photos in the morning and then a Ball that night. Dang, and I thought I was in the clear for an actual weekend off! No wonder I'm so tired with all this stuff going on! I did a few teams this past Saturday as well and the Studio and then I had Santa photos again a couple nights ago that lasted 3 hours straight. The kids didn't stop coming! My back was killing me by the end of the night from lifting the camera and bending to eye level of the kids sitting. You wouldn't think it would be that hard, but after an hour of it I was ready to quit! No luck on finding my camera. I called several different towns last week checking for a missing camera that someone may have brought in. Nope. I finally got the bus company's number after much runaround last Thursday. Brad called for me since they are a German Company and me calling would be absolutely no good since I can't speak more than a couple words of German when put together usually don't even form a sentence. Unfortunately no one had turned in a camera and they told me call the place I called right after I realized I left it on the bus before we left Frankfurt. Man... I miss my camera! It was small enough to tote with me everywhere in my purse and it took great photos! Now I don't want to bring my Nikon into bars and just downtown because of the fear of losing it or it being too big to lug around. I keep hoping that somehow the camera will turn up, but whoever found it knows that it was an expensive, nice camera with a pretty priced memory stick too. I feel angry that they took it like that and then at the same time wonder if for some reason this was supposed to happen in some twisted way. Maybe they really needed a camera? Ha! Oh well, shouldn't cry over split milk. But hey, if you found my camera and you're reading this blog, send it back to me, k? |
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