2 month Apt!

Yesterday was the big day! Audrey had her 2 month doctors appointment! We had an early appointment which really wasn't a big deal since we get up early then she takes a morning nap (or two). We left and as I was making my way to the Autobahn, I noticed a pile up of cars. I was like great, it's too late to go the other way and my cell phone is out of minutes to call and tell them we'll be late or even to call Ben. We took two cars because he had somethings to do after her appointment on base and I wasn't sure how she would do. Anyways, the backup was from the other direction of traffic. Here there were three cars involved in a pile up and had traffic jammed the entire 2-3miles to the Autobahn. The road where it happened is where 3 exits of the Autobahn meet. It was backed up everywhere except where we were going! haha

We got there checked in and were called right back. The entire day and night before I was fretting about her shots. I know, I can't help it. I'll get better though, knowing she does awesome with it. She weighted 13lbs 12oz 24 1/5 inches long! That put her at the 93%wt and the 96%ht. The doctor asked if she was a 4 month old! haha Everything developmentally was more like a 4month old he said! I was just so proud! She still has her blocked tear duct but is better that it was.

Since the Tylenol recall there has been nothing on base. A large part of it is because they don't carry generic brands of alot of things. And of course the bottles I had were the recalled ones. With the help of Aunt Susie I figured out what her dose would be of children's tylenol since they did have that in the BX generic brand. I went in on Wednesday and grabbed the last bottle! Whew! Then when we got the appointment, the doctor gave us a script for some through the pharmacy.

The moment came and it was shot time. I was throwing back and forth only getting two shots that day then getting the other two on Monday but when we went back, she only had three ready. Here the Rotavirus is now an oral vaccine! So we opted to get them all at once. Ben held her legs and blocked so I could see. She wailed at first but as soon as we picked her up and gave her the bink, she was okay. I cried longer than she did. Just tears, not wailing! We got her calmed down, gave her the tylenol and she went to sleep for about an hour.

With her doing so awesome, we stayed on base with Ben while he had his dentist appointment and grabbed some lunch. She woke up and was just as happy as could be! I couldn't believe it! She fell back asleep through lunch and didn't wake up until we got home. When Ben came home he took Audrey so I could take a nap. She ended up falling asleep again too!

She did so great. She only got a little warm and fussy in the evening but did wonderful. I gave her a bath, she nursed, got her medicine, and put herself to sleep. I ended up staying up a little later than I wanted to just getting some things done after everyone was sleeping.

Still no passport....... ahhh but hopefully very soon! Keep praying!!!

Big Girl!

So Miss Auddy is almost 9 weeks old! She has her 2 month appointment coming up and I can't wait to see how much she weights and how tall she is! She's doing so much better at sleeping through the night! We've have a few stretches of 8 hours but it's usually 5-6. The past few night have been a little off. She's been WIDE awake, wanting to play until about 2330! But on Friday night, she was in bed sleeping at 1930. I think I just need to get better at giving her a routine, not so much a time routine but the same things every night. Her mornings are great. She wakes up, plays a little, eats, gets dressed, eats some more, helps make Momma breakfast and is usually napping by 0900. I get to read my Bible, read some news, do some laundry, and have just a few minutes to myself.

We're still waiting on her passport.... please pray it gets here soon. I'm making my lists of things to take home, making piles-I could have us packed and ready to go in no time!

Getting Better

We made it through! Whew. Ben's starting to feel better and Audrey hasn't gotten sick! Thank you God! I'm still fighting a scratchy throat but that's nothing! It's been a long week. We found another car. It was a good deal and is very nice. Ben found a '98 BMW 523i. This is the only time in our lives we will ever completely own two BMWs haha!! It's silver with black leather inside. Auddy's car-seat fits 100% better in this car. We can actually recline our seats and not hit it.

Ben's working this weekend so we don't have much planned. Well, I do have some cleaning and putting clothes away, but my heart won't be broken if it doesn't get done :). She's getting so big! She's really trying to coo now, it's so adorable. After she wakes up and when I'm changing her diaper she'll tell me stories and smile like crazy! It just makes me melt. She holds her head up like a big girl and whenever she's on her belly she scoots! I can't believe she's going to be 2 months old soon! My guess is she will be every bit of 14lbs!

She had her hearing screening the other day and the tech said "wow, she got great numbers!" She does very well at following our voices, turning towards noises. I had my 6wk check up yesterday and it went very well. I'm all cleared for exercising. When she told me that I laughed and thought, well isn't dancing, holding, walking, lifting and 13lbs baby all day just that?

Anyways, it's bedtime here and I am spent. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes! We love and miss you all! Have a great day!

One of those Weekends!

So it went from one of those days to one of those weekends! I couldn't wait for the weekend to get here. Ben had off and we were going to do something special together, even if it was just something small. He had some things to take care of on base Friday morning so Audrey and I tagged along. While he was doing his thing with work we went to the BX to try and find some things we were going to get the last time we were one base but couldn't due to the lovely car situation. Anyways, we get in make our way to the baby section and Aud made it known she did not want to be in her car seat! haha So I scoped her up and we went to check out some clothes. We didn't make it real far, the fire alarm went off and we had to evacuate. We went out to the car, had a snack, then went to see the girls at WIC. I had so questions about taking the dairy out of my diet for one of the dietitians. It worked out great, I fed Aud and Ben called saying he was all finished. Audrey was out cold so we made a quick stop to the commissary.

We got home, had some lunch, napped a little bit, and Ben said he wasn't feeling good. He started getting chills, achy all over, and had just been holding Audrey. So I made another run to the store to get some sick supplies. I just kept praying for Ben, that he'd feel better and that Auddy didn't get sick. I had him keep his distance from her but it's a pretty small apartment. Yesterday he was still pretty sick. Spent most of the day in bed. Aud was pretty fussy and wanting to eat every hour. I thought maybe it'd be good for us to get out. So I packed us up and tired to go to the BX for the third time. Still didn't make it! haha It was so packed! She got really hungry so I found a spot to feed her. She just wasn't having it. So we packed back up, at least we got out for a little bit, and headed home. She cat napped through the day for about 45 mins here and there. I put her in the tub around 19, she slept for an hour woke up and did not want to go to sleep! haha Finally around 2200 she did and slept till 0330! She was so tired.

Ben's feeling a little better. He's up and moving around. Thank goodness Aud is asleep and I finally got to take a shower. It's been a rough weekend. We didn't go to church this morning, we opted for church via live feed internet. I miss our families so much, especially at times like this. Thank you Mom for the Chicken and Rice soup you froze, it was so wonderful!

Please keep us in your prayers. I'm so thankful Ben's feeling better and that Audrey hasn't gotten sick yet. My throats pretty raw but I got some good sleep last night so I'm golden! Love you all!