Happy Thanksgiving!

Madeline loves her Turkey that makes a gobble sound from her Aunt Carolyn. She just cracks up laughing everytime we push it! She now has 6 teeth, drinks from a sippy cup, and is crawling everywhere. We are headed over to our friends house for Thanksgiving. I am thankful for God placing people in our lives that can help in filling the gap when we can't be with family. We miss all of you in the States and hope you have a wonderful holiday! We are so thankful for you.

It's snowing!

We woke up this morning and saw snow on the ground. I can't wait for Christmas to get here and to see snow on Christmas Day! It is freezing outside but beautiful. So being away from the States has it's down times but looking outside today gives me a new look and how awesome God is. Pictures to follow!

Weekend Trip

This weekend we went to Garmisch, Germany. We rode the cable car to the top of Zugspitz, the tallest mountain in Germany. Lots of snow to see for miles. Then we went to the Neuschwanstein Castle (Cinderella Castle). Madeline, as you can see, was exhausted and just gave up her hands to it all!

Laundry Basket

We just returned from an overnight trip to Weiden, Germany where we stayed with the Ford's. We had a great time visiting friends and driving to a new city. Back at our house Madeline decided she wanted to climb in the laundry basket and made this gorgeous face that we just cracked up at. Madeline now has 3 teeth and is working on her fourth. She loves looking and playing with other children and any cat or dog that walks by.

Pumpkin Festival

We went to a pumpkin festival at the Palace in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Thanks to Aunt Michelle Maddie got many smiles in her pumpkin outfit. I think she was the only one dressed with so much spirit. They had pumpkin soup, which was quite tasty, children's rides, and pumpkins shaped into many different figures, animals, rockets, and even one shaped into the man on the moon. Maddie loved looking at all the people!

A little under the weather

I'm trying to upload images but my computer seems to be having trouble so I'll keep trying. But so far this week we have been to the acute care for Madeline's pink eye, which she is on drops for and it appears to be getting better. Then on Monday a fever came on with a runny nose and stuffiness so we are taking it easy today. She was around alot of children one day last week and I believe that is where it all came from. Hope the rest of this week she feels better. I did sign up with the Red Cross to do some volunteer work so I am excited about that.

Downtown Festival!

Maddie and I went downtown this weekend for a jog and found this festival with vendors, food, a parade and live music. They started playing Hello Dolly, Downtown, and other classics that brought tears to my eyes just because we are in a different country but yet there are things that remind me of home. It really gave me a boost for the weekend.

Madeline's First Tooth!

So I know this is not the best picture but it is the only one I could get where you can kind of see her tooth coming in. She is now the proud owner of two teeth! I think I was much more excited than she was! She was much happier after I took my hand away, I promise.

We have a creeper

Madeline has officially started creeping. She gets her belly off the floor and then wiggles around and then goes back down. But if there is an object she wants she'll wiggle and creep till she gets it. The last picture was just after her bath tonight. Thanks Scott for the PJ's they fit great! Maddie and I went to church this morning and then took a nap and then took a stroll. The weather was beautiful here today, a nice fall day.

New Hat!

It's getting colder here so I found this cute little hat at the bay store here. At first she wasn't to sure about it. Thanks Sarah and Michael for this outfit. Harmony, Michelle, Josh, Scott and all are family pretty much supplied Maddie with the limited amount of clothes she has until our shipment arrives so thank you all for that. Michelle she still loves the remote and books like crazy!

We picked up our car today so now we have one of the few SUV's in Germany,but it is nice to have the space. Although I haven't had to parallel park yet! Paul will be home this evening and then leaves again in the morning for a couple of days. Part of our household goods are coming on Tuesday but the rest won't be here for another 2 months. So we are making do with what we have but I am getting into that making a house a home phase but it is hard to do when you don't have stuff. I'm still planning a trip to IKEA shortly.

Madeline's first Playgroup art project in Germany

We went to our first playgroup here and met other moms and babies. Madeline made a bag with her handprint on it and they punched holes in it and put handles on it for her first "handbag". She loved being arund other children and singing songs. Except for the fact she wanted to eat every piece of paper in site she did well. We then went over to the education center and I signed up to take a German class in Nov. and a get to know the area class in Oct. so hopefully I'll be able to pick up a few things and at least get better at shopping!

Our Apartment

Here are just a few pictures of the inside of our apartment here in Heidelburg. Today Maddie and I went to the dry cleaners to drop off some shirts and uniforms and then went by the post office. We are going to head out for a walk to the bakery after she wakes up from her nap. Our apt has furniture that has been loaned to us until ours arrives. We'll be glad when all our stuff arrives and we can make it feel more like our home than a college apt!

In Germany!

So as most of you know we have moved to Germany! Madeline is adjusting well and the rest of us are getting over our jet lag. We walk almost everywhere we can. Paul works just across the street from where we live so it is a good 5-10min walk. Maddie and I are keeping ourselves busy with going to the commisary (aka grocery store), PX shopping center (like Walmart) and touring the small town streets of Heidelburg. We have spare rooms so come visit anytime! We have many brochures of what all Heidelburg has to offer and what resources are available for us here. I just signed Madeline up for a Kindermusik class on Wednesdays. So slowly we are finding things to keep us busy.

Our friends The Thompson's gave Madeline this cute outfit for Germany. We are getting excited and doing some crazy packing! All are boxes are now packed and they are loading up the truck today and we head to NC tommorrow to visit our family before we leave. Madeline loves playing with any packing paper so can get her hands on. She would not look up and smile at the camera she was to interested in the paper in the box this morning!

Our little girl is sitting up!

Maddie is now a sitter! She doesn't stay in one place very long though. She either falls foward or sideways and then loves to roll all the way across the room! She had her 6 month old shots today and did well and thanks to Tylenol is sleeping well tonight.

Found a bug

Ok not a real bug but a stuffed one. Maddie became so excited like she had just discovered something new while dad is in California. Maddie and I are just hanging out here in GA. We went to church today and Madeline graced the nursery workers with a huge poop explosion, which she was due for one, but still at church?!

Maddie chowing down!

Madeline loves her rice cereal. We are planning on trying vegetables next week. Paul is all about taking some pictures with our little girl's face all messy.

Day at the Pool

This is my fist attempt at blogging so I am giving it a go! Maddie and I met Paul at the pool today at 7am for her first time in the water. We went on post at Fort Benning in the indoor pool. She loved it.