DECEMBER IS ALMOST HERE!

WELP, LET'S DECORATE!!

I realized as Lynette and I were getting boxes out of the attic that this is the 3rd year in a row that I've had to decorate with out Ryan. Luckily, this year, I had some help from Cole:) He helped me fill the vases with "balls", hang the stockings, and hang the lights in most spots. I haven't done a tree since 2007, b/c I like the real ones and Ryan hasn't been here to help me get it and because we go to Iowa for a bit. So we just do the mantels and some other areas:)

i will get some finished products on here soon.

its.....

beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

So fun to watch him shake it and dance:)

Oh, Lynette stayed with us the whole Thanksgiving weekend! It was great to have some company and some help with the monster man!! We are so very blessed to have such great friends! We had such a wonderful holiday,minus Ryan ofcourse, wish he could have been here. 2 MORE MONTHS!!

shoes?

it's all Lynette's fault. :)
he loves his shoes.....

dancing, dancing, dancing!

Happy, Happy

TURKEY DAY!

We were fortunate enough to have G-ma and G-pa Lowenberg in Arkansas last weekend, so we got to spend our Thanksgiving Day with our great Air Force Family! Jessica and Shane hosted some peeps and we had a great time, too much food, and a call from daddy!! More pics to come!

happy

HAPPY HAPPY 37th ANNIVERSARY!!

What a great example they have set:)

leaves, leaves, and more.....

Well, Mom and Dad raked all our leaves while they were here last weekend (2 days ago). They got about 20 bags!!

Just wanted to post a pic of what it looks like:) we had to get the rake out again so Cole could "drive" around on the patio.

I am so so so thankful for their hard work! Sucks you can't tell:)

sunday night...

playing a lil horsey!! :)

finally letting g-pa hold him:)

hanging out with G-ma after his bath

hanging out on the couch.belly bump at 28 weeks....getting there...chubba lubba

saturday

more raking fun...

and some good grub and company!

Shane and Jessica- singing yankee doodle:)

i look so huge in this pic

Mom and Dad

are here....let's do some yard work!!!

Cole and I decided stay in Little Rock for Thanksgiving. We've been traveling a bit and sick a lot, so it just seemed easier to stay here. When we lived in Wichita, my parents would always come to see me and cook Thanksgiving dinner the weekend before for me and my friends! Sooo....they were nice enough to drive down to Little Rock and cook us some TURKEY!! We chilled out and hung around home and they decided to rake the leaves:)

Cole and the mower...he is now obsessed with it.

Cole helping mom bag some of the leaves up!
Dad mowin them up:)

AIRPLANE!

18 mo pics

Cherie Flowers did another AMAZING JOB taking Cole's pics...I got in for a few (for an almost 6 months) preg pics too...:) She is soo good!

LOVE LOVE LOVE these 2 pics of his smile...lil monster...

She is due with her #2 the same time as me, so she will be discontinuing some of her photo shoots...I was hoping to get her to do the baby's newborn pics:( Maybe I can talk her into one last fam pic session before we leave for Germany...maybe I'll have lost some baby weight by then.

nap mat

Miss Caroline is so dang crafty. While discussing how Cole can climb out of his crib, she offered to make him a lil nap mat so at least he'd have a place to lay down if/when he climbs out again:)

We got a HAWKEYE one, ofcourse:)

5 years ago, Ryan made me get off the phone with Chandra:) so he could propose:):) It's been a whirlwind of "fun". Time flies when you are having fun!

Wicked

Wicked came to town! We (Abby and I) met some other girls downtown for dinner at Boscos and headed to the show! It was amazing! So good. I cried (not a surprise I guess:)

Aunt Lynette is the bestest and watched Cole. They had a great time playing outside and watching some Elmo:)

jumperooooo

just hangin at home...

sorry this is sideways, i can't figure out how to make it up and down! ugh

Wica-Wica-Wichita!! Baby Shower

Nicole, Angel and Tessa had a shower for me, AGAIN! This time in Wichita. Tessa and I packed up and left for KS on Thurs. It was nice to hang out and see some old friends, ofcourse:)

the cake

Wichita friends, Malia and Chandra
The Hostesses with the mostestes, Angel, Tessa, Nicole

The game, pin the sperm on the undies:)

tree of presents:)

We had a really great time! So happy and Thankful for everyone's friendship.

and off we go...

We found out a week ago that our new assignment would be staying in Little Rock for a few more years. Ryan and I were a little disapointed with this decision. We LOVE LOVE LOVE Little Rock, our friends, our house, but we were ready and excited to move. Ryan has worked really hard these past few years and had earned a spot at the top of his squad. He went in to talk to his commander today and long story short, they offered him a slot in GERMANY! So, needless to say, we could not pass up this wonderful opportunity. Ryan will begin "J model" school March 24 and be done sometime in July. Our report date to Germany is Aug. 15, 2010. It seems so close. We have been trying to make a lot of decisions as to what to take, what to sell, what to store, etc. BUT the process has begun and we are excited for this experience. Please know you always have a place to stay in Europe, should you want to come and visit!! I will ofcourse keep up with the blog to let you know and see our experiences. Please let me know if I need to post more, write more, put more pictures on. I'm sure I will slack a little bit once we have this new baby, but I will try my hardest to keep it up to date!

I would love to write something in German here, but I need to study up on that:)