First Snow

Juliana say her first snow yesterday evening and although it was actually sticking you couldn't see it if we took a photo. She loved it though, she would toss her head back until one hit her face then lean up and grin at me :) THAT'S a great memory!

What we've been up to...

Well we have been pretty busy here lately. I'm trying to think of everything I need to catch you all up on...

A couple weeks ago Juliana got very sick and was throwing up everywhere. She seemed to be find after doing so but Jonathan soon followed then it was my turn. We are all feeling better now and trying to avoid the other crud floating around :)

I had my LEEP procedure to remove the pre-cancer cells in my cervix a week ago. They had to do more than they thought so it was definitely NOT a painless procedure but I endured it and am feeling better now. The doctor has me on some medications to help with some side effects I am having but the good news is the results came back and she got it all! Now I just have to be checked out every couple months to make sure it doesn't come back.

Some other good news we found out lately is that we got the house we wanted at Ft. Bragg, which is a great stress reliever. It's always nerve wrecking to move somewhere and live out of a hotel until you find a home in the 10 days the army gives you to find a home! We are very excited about all the more room we'll have (especially the playroom and big backyard) and I have already talked to a few of our new neighbors who are in the SF community as well (which will be awesome to have support right across the street!). We are still trying to sell Jonathan's truck so we can get into an SUV. Today someone flagged down Jonathan while driving on post and asked about it so we are anxious so see if he comes to look at it this weekend.

I have been busy trying my hand a scrap booking for the first time, I got this idea that I wanted to make Juliana's first birthday invitations. Guess we'll see how they come out :) Who knew designing kitchens would come so much easier to me than designing a simple birthday invite!! I guess that's it for now, more to come soon!

Playing in the play area at the mall, we go there almost everyday just to get out of the house and play with our friends :) Juliana loves to watch the other kids and crawls almost faster than some of the other kids walk!

Soooo...Jonathan decided Juliana needed some chapstick but couldn't find any regular chapstick so he thought it would be a good idea to use my colored chapstick...here is the end result :)

My Day At The Radiology Department

Today I had my upper GI test at the children's hospital in Louisville. Mom and dad were up all night with me feeding, even though I don't usually eat in the middle of the night, because I couldn't eat after 5am and they didn't want me to be starving when I woke up. Well it worked, we were up early to make the hour long drive to Louisville and I did great! I didn't fuss once :) The radiology department was running behind so our 9:30 appointment turned into 10:30. My first xray of my tummy empty didn't work because I moved so we went back to the room for another shot. After that, they strapped me down to a board that turned me upside down. I was NOT cool with this but mom and dad did a pretty good job at comforting me. I had to drink Barium which is really thick and white. The Barium made it easier for the doctor to watch food go down my esophagus and into my tummy. I refluxed once during the procedure and once while waiting. After that we had to wait and every 30 minutes they took more images to watch my tummy empty. All in all we didn't leave until 2pm and the only information we got was that I eat too fast and my tummy empties slower than normal. Mom is going to call and get more information in a few days once they have had time to read all the films... and that was my day in the radiology department!

My First Trip To The Park

Yesterday Jonathan got off work early so we took the opportunity to take Juliana to the park for the first time since the weather has been sooo nice lately! Even though she couldn't do anything but the swings she LOVED it so we will have to go more often until the weather gets too cold. Enjoy the pictures, she's growing up fast!

Costume Party

On Saturday we had a costume party for the adults and we got a sitter for Jules. We went as Mr. and Mrs. Smith from the movies. It was our first party to go to in quite a while and we had a blast. The couple hosting the party was Rhett and Scarlett, another couple were trailer trash (you'll find them in the mullet wigs!), there was Mary and her little lamb and another couple went as cloudy with a chance of rain. Juliana was asleep before we left so the sitter didn't have to do much which was nice. I think next year we will have a family costume party!!
Us as "Mr & Mrs Smith"

The Guys

The Girls

Mary Had A Little Lamb

Well last night was our first Halloween! Jonathan had to work but was able to run home and go to a few houses with us. We went to our friend's neighborhood and met a few friends there to go trick or treating as a group. Juliana was a little lamb. She is 9 months old now and you can see how much she has grown... starting to look less like a baby and more like a little person, especially now that she is pulling herself up and down and cruising around furniture :) Hope you enjoy the pictures!


Lindsay and Charlotte, Angie and Ben, Me and Juliana


Family photo op before daddy had to go back to work


Ben and Juliana


Jules and her daddy


Ben and Angie, Me and Juliana