Well here we are, a month ago today we were headed to the hospital to have our little monster Nat! I can hardly believe that she will be a month old tomorrow. Doodle of course thinks she's "super awesome!" haha I love it. Nat is doing awesome. Sleeps well, eats like a little piggy and loves to chit chat when she's not sleeping. :D Doodle's been a bit of a monster with all this change and transition going on. All will settle soon enough I hope.
Our HHG came and we've been trying to go through what's broken and missing....there's a lot. Thank goodness nothing that can't be replaced, but still. I guess we kind of expected it. Shane's almost finished with school and I can't wait! All the late nights, excessive papers, and pissy moods will all be worth it in the end. lol
I'm hanging in there. I'm not one to like to share my space AT ALL. Adjusting to living with another family...even temporarily has not been an easy thing for me. Not having anyone I'm horribly familiar with around to spend time with isn't helping much either. I hope things get better as a whole, but we'll see.
May 25, 2011
May 04, 2011
Moving day...sort of!
Well, we finally had our things delivered today. What a crazy nightmare that was!! So many things are missing or damaged...it's really quite sad. Thank goodness Shane had the good sense to make sure we backed up everything we needed onto external hard drives...BOTH of our computers are missing!!! Thank goodness for Shane's sister today too. She was such a big help with the girls, there is no way we could have finished everything without her help. Our room still looks like a nightmare, but at least Doodle's is done. Hopefully tomorrow we will be able to set up Nat's crib and get things a little more organized in our part of the house. Hopefully, sooner than later, we will be able to have our own space again. But for now, we're just happy to have a place to stay and a little bit of space to call our "own."
April 26, 2011
We have a Noodle!
lol So affectionately dubbed "Noodle," Natalie is here!!! Doodle is a big sister. :D Labor went well and relatively "easy" (for lack of a better word). Nat is doing well and Doodle is slowly getting use to the idea of having a sibling. Shane is quite taken with Nat, he's pretty much hung onto her most of the day. lol I get to hold her long enough to feed and change her, then hand her back. :D All in all, we are all doing well and are super excited that our newest little monster has finally joined us!!!
April 04, 2011
we are here! We are Here! WE ARE HERE!!!!
Hooray!!! We made it...barely. lol Yesterday is not one that I would want to repeat anytime soon for sure.
Doodle started my morning around 430a yesterday (Central European time I think?). Finished packing up, showers, last minute details. Shane got up around 6-630 and we got ready to go. Thank goodness for our dear friend Jess who came to help us bring our dogs to the airport. Our little Fiat rental just wasn't going to cut it. lol
The airport at Jerez de la Frontera....not my favorite. We got there right around 8 and barely made our flight at 935. Jerez is a bit of a puddle jumper airport so an hour to check in is not unreasonable...usually. No one knew how to check the dogs in, no one knew how to deal with Shane traveling on orders (thank goodness I always pack his passport even when he tells me not to worry about it). Clearly being on PCS orders, we had a few more bags than generally required when traveling and not one person offered to help. Did I mention that Doodle had been up at 430? The meltdowns began early and only got worse once the dogs had to be taken to the terminal. Oh boy. lol
Flight from Jerez wasn't bad...luckily a pretty quick one. Once we made it to Madrid we had to go find the dogs to transfer them from the one airline to the next. Two hours and fifteen minute layover...one would think it would be enough....boy were we wrong! We had to wait for the dogs at baggage claim, take them to the check in counter, get our tickets, take them back down to baggage claim, go back through security, find our way to the train (security and baggage claim was done alone with Doodle, five carry ons and a bag of food...no trolly allowed - Shane had to take the dogs down to baggage claim), then make our way to the terminal. Security to the terminal...twenty five minutes. By the time we were done we literally walked on the plane and took off a good ten to fifteen minutes later. This was our LONG flight totally about eleven-ish hours. Thank goodness Doodle slept about five to six hours of that flight. She did start to get pretty restless and slammed her hand in a bathroom door, but all in all, did great for such a long flight!
Arriving in Dallas. We were back in the States! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Still had to go get the dogs again...oh and our luggage. Gotta love customs. Three trollies holding two dogs, five carry ons, four checked bags, a carseat and a Doodle. lol Thank god for Southern hospitality...it was the first time in the entire day that someone asked if we could use some help...YES PLEASE!! lol Made it through customs, rechecked luggage, checked the dogs and finally had a little time to breathe. A five hour lay over sounds like forever, but this time around was much needed. We were able to grab something to eat, make a couple of phone calls, let Doodle stretch her legs and thank goodness she fell asleep!
1035p Central time we boarded our last flight and headed off to MS! 1150p we were on the ground waiting for all of our stuff. A quick drive down South 55 and we could just stop. lol Doodle was so excited to have her dogs back and to see "Bunkka" (Grandpa).
We are so glad to be back and hope that maybe things can start to slow down a little! :D
Doodle started my morning around 430a yesterday (Central European time I think?). Finished packing up, showers, last minute details. Shane got up around 6-630 and we got ready to go. Thank goodness for our dear friend Jess who came to help us bring our dogs to the airport. Our little Fiat rental just wasn't going to cut it. lol
The airport at Jerez de la Frontera....not my favorite. We got there right around 8 and barely made our flight at 935. Jerez is a bit of a puddle jumper airport so an hour to check in is not unreasonable...usually. No one knew how to check the dogs in, no one knew how to deal with Shane traveling on orders (thank goodness I always pack his passport even when he tells me not to worry about it). Clearly being on PCS orders, we had a few more bags than generally required when traveling and not one person offered to help. Did I mention that Doodle had been up at 430? The meltdowns began early and only got worse once the dogs had to be taken to the terminal. Oh boy. lol
Flight from Jerez wasn't bad...luckily a pretty quick one. Once we made it to Madrid we had to go find the dogs to transfer them from the one airline to the next. Two hours and fifteen minute layover...one would think it would be enough....boy were we wrong! We had to wait for the dogs at baggage claim, take them to the check in counter, get our tickets, take them back down to baggage claim, go back through security, find our way to the train (security and baggage claim was done alone with Doodle, five carry ons and a bag of food...no trolly allowed - Shane had to take the dogs down to baggage claim), then make our way to the terminal. Security to the terminal...twenty five minutes. By the time we were done we literally walked on the plane and took off a good ten to fifteen minutes later. This was our LONG flight totally about eleven-ish hours. Thank goodness Doodle slept about five to six hours of that flight. She did start to get pretty restless and slammed her hand in a bathroom door, but all in all, did great for such a long flight!
Arriving in Dallas. We were back in the States! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Still had to go get the dogs again...oh and our luggage. Gotta love customs. Three trollies holding two dogs, five carry ons, four checked bags, a carseat and a Doodle. lol Thank god for Southern hospitality...it was the first time in the entire day that someone asked if we could use some help...YES PLEASE!! lol Made it through customs, rechecked luggage, checked the dogs and finally had a little time to breathe. A five hour lay over sounds like forever, but this time around was much needed. We were able to grab something to eat, make a couple of phone calls, let Doodle stretch her legs and thank goodness she fell asleep!
1035p Central time we boarded our last flight and headed off to MS! 1150p we were on the ground waiting for all of our stuff. A quick drive down South 55 and we could just stop. lol Doodle was so excited to have her dogs back and to see "Bunkka" (Grandpa).
We are so glad to be back and hope that maybe things can start to slow down a little! :D
April 02, 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOODLE!!!!
Where does the time go?! Three years ago today, Shane and I were blessed with our little monster. 38 hours of labor, Shane deployed overseas, and enough cameras, phones and webcams to make sure he caught almost everything. :D
Everyday she grows so much and is learning like crazy! A quick wit and sweet personality, we couldn't have hoped for a more wonderful little monster...even though today she decided she wanted to go buy a new mommy. lol
So to my wonderful little girl, a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! We love you munchkin!
Everyday she grows so much and is learning like crazy! A quick wit and sweet personality, we couldn't have hoped for a more wonderful little monster...even though today she decided she wanted to go buy a new mommy. lol
So to my wonderful little girl, a BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! We love you munchkin!
March 31, 2011
Down to the final days....HOORAY!
Well, our pack out went well. We actually didn't accumulate much extra and everything fit into six crates. The car has been dropped off to be shipped and all we have left is the final house inspection and some little things for Shane's checklist that have to be done. It's all still a bit unbelievable!
As for Doodle, I can hardly believe that she will be three on Saturday!!! Holy cow! While she still has her moments, more often that I would like sometimes, she is an amazingly sweet little girl with a huge personality and everyday amazes me with how smart she is. My little monster is growing up!
This will probably be the last post until we get Stateside on Sunday as our internet will be shut off this evening. Until next time...wish us luck and hope for a very happy birthday for our sweet little monster!
As for Doodle, I can hardly believe that she will be three on Saturday!!! Holy cow! While she still has her moments, more often that I would like sometimes, she is an amazingly sweet little girl with a huge personality and everyday amazes me with how smart she is. My little monster is growing up!
This will probably be the last post until we get Stateside on Sunday as our internet will be shut off this evening. Until next time...wish us luck and hope for a very happy birthday for our sweet little monster!
March 29, 2011
Moving day!!!
I don't usually like to do early morning blogs...not much has happened yet. However, as today is MOVING DAY, I will make an exception!!! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! A week full of super late nights and back and forth bickering, here we are. We are five days from being in the States again and could not be more excited! Here's hoping after today it's smooth sailing!
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