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.