Baby Showers

 

While I was in Utah I was very fortunate to have two baby showers thrown for me thanks to the tremendous amount of love and support from all of our family and friends.

We got so many things that we needed, and plenty of money and gift cards to get all the other things we need.

Friday Kim and I are going shopping for all the big things like the car seat, stroller and high chair and I can't wait! Only six more weeks and he will be here, I can't believe how quickly this is going!

A yearly tradition

Every year my Mom and I go to the Witch's Night Out at Gardner Village. We managed to scrounge up some costumes and after a few delays we finally made it.

We noticed the last few years that it just keeps getting more and more popular and this year it was crazy busy. We didn't enjoy going from store to store and looking around like we usually do but we did really enjoy looking at every one's fun costumes and interesting hats. We have lots of ideas for next year now!

Fall is in the air

This last weekend I went with my sister Kim and her family to a little festival a local farm has every year. We picked apples, went on a hay ride and made a scarecrow. My neice Katie and I worked on the face while everyone else worked together to make the body.

It got a little hotter then we all planned, but we still had a great time. While we were admiring all of the cute scarecrows there, we came accross one all dresses in camo so we had to get my picture.

Aaron asks about Nick all the time, so he had to get in the picture as well. I miss him so much, but I'm so proud of him and his determination, it wont be long till he'll be home for Christmas!

 A fun way to spend my last weekend before my trip to Utah.

From a boy to a man

This morning Nick's company had to do a check on their ASU's (their every day, camouflage uniform) and ACU's (their dress uniform). They had to make sure their Barrett's were right, and everything was spic and span and in the right place. Before he left he sent me this picture.

He sent a message with it that said "What ever happened to that little boy you use to date?"

Time is flying by

These past two weeks have been so busy. Nick was finally able to take his Star test, and passed. So now his is able to have his phone and computer all week and even leave base on the weekends. He started class last Tuesday, and although he is loving bring in class, learning and having something to do during the week, he already ahead. They are teaching them the basics, all the symbols and how to read maps. Not only did he know these things before joining the Army, but they taught them all of this in Basic. He is about three days ahead but it has paid off. They took their first test today and he got 100%, moving up to fourth in his class.

This week I started doing some little things to get ready for the baby, since I start my third trimester today.

Friday my sister and I went and registered at Target and Babies R Us, I worked on setting up the changing table, making space in the dresser and started washing the clothes.

We are getting so excited, and very anxious for little William to finally join our family.

Next Tuesday I leave for my trip to Utah, I'll be spending two weeks and I can't wait. We have so much planned but it will just be nice to not have to work for my time there!

Playing the waiting game

Nick had another long week of waiting for his classes to start. He wasn't able to fit into the round that started this week, so he will be starting on the 27th of October. This means that he will be done sometime in the beginning of March.

They had him wash cars and buses all week, he said he is a pro at hand washing cars now! He says the weekdays go slow because they don't do much, they spend a good portion of their days sitting around waiting for them to give some orders.

This week he has his PT test and what they call the Star test, this is what gets you off-post passes on the weekends. He has been studing since the moment he got there, so keep your fingers crossed that he will pass!

The finally told him more details for his Christmas leave. He will be released on the 17th of December and will have to be back on the 31st. Neither of us can wait for him to come home, and I've already started looking into bus and plane tickets.

I have finally decided when I'm taking my trip to Utah, I will be out there from October 11th till October 25th. It will be so great to see everyone one more time before our life gets really crazy!

Getting Settled In

Nick spent the last week getting settled in to the new base. He is making new friends, and learning the new way of life. He said they didn't do anything all week, and can't wait for his classes to start. He finds out today whether he made it into the next round that starts tomorrow, if not, then he will be in the round that starts at the end of the month.

He tried giving himself the official Army hair cut, and screwed it up so bad that he had to completely buzz his head because of all of the bald spots.

Even though he is 650 miles away from me, he still manages to the be the sweetest husband ever. I came home from work today to find a bouquet of roses sitting by the door from him.

I'm planning my trip to Utah, and I will probably be out there from the 11th till the 25th. I can't wait to see all of our friends and family again!

We have officially decided on a name for the baby, at least, a first name. We picked William, which was my grandfathers name. We can't wait till our little bundle of joy is actually here!