Kaelyn's Newborn Pictures

 

I finally found the disc of pictures from Kaelyn's newborn photo shoot we did.

 

She was about four weeks old, so it wasn't the typical photo shoot, but I still loved the way they turned out.

 

I have such great kids, they do so well in front of the camera!

 

We made sure to get Nick included in this as well.

 

This one is my favorite one out of them all. 

Decorating for Halloween

This year William was big enough to help me decorate for Halloween this year.

 

I put him in charge of putting the window clings up, and he was so excited!

 

 

He had a blast doing it, even though about half of them got ruined in the process.

 

The house looked great by the time we were done.

 

I can't wait for Christmas so that Nick will be home and the three of us can all decorate together.



Our Next Adventure

After weeks of rumors and pending orders, we finally have official order determining where our next adventure is going to be. We will be going to Wiesbaden, Germany! We will be leaving in August of 2014, so luckily we have some time to prepare.

 

 

We will be in Southwest Germany, 30 minutes south of Frankfurt, and about five hours from Paris!

 

 

We are so excited for this new journey we are going to be taking. Although it means being so far away from our families for the three and a half years we will be there, we already have a big list of things that we want to see, and experience while we are there.

 

Kaelyn's Two Month Checkup

Kaelyn's two month checkup was actually a couple of weeks late because I was in Canada when she hit two months.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, when we took her in the doctor was extremely pleased with how well she is doing. She was very impressed at how strong she was, the amount of control she had and how alert she was.

 

 

She weighed 11 lbs, 8 oz which put her in the 45%. At 22 1/2 inches tall she is in the 35% and her head is in the 15%. She is getting so big and smart. She is already starting to talk, and like most babies, loves blowing bubbles. It's been so much fun to watch her grow, it's such a different experience the second time around.

 

Unofficially Official

A couple of months ago it was announced that by January 1st, the unit Nick is apart of will only have 400 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, so despite plans of extending the tour, it has actually been cut short. Nick's Major assured him that he would be on the first flight home. We are so excited because that means he will be coming home some time in the first two weeks of November.

The second big piece of news has to do with the fact that the Unit he is with is being shut down and absorbed into other bases. Although there is a very small chance that we will stay here at Fort Knox, it is not very likely. Most everyone else is moving about August of next year, however, due to the fact that they have cut 400 slots for people with Nick's job, they are still trying to figure out what to do with all of them. His job is not in jepordy, we just have to wait a little longer in order to find out when and where we are going.

With the military nothing is official until you are actually doing it, so since we do not have actual ordders for any of this, it could all change on any given day, but it is as official as unofficial news can get. It looks like life is going to get even crazier this next year!