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:)