Its not all Squiget

Geoffs doing well, he is on his 3rd day of 24 hour duty so I know hes ready to come home and crash! He started BradleyNet which is a big training course designed for scout units that use Bradleys in Iraq. I got a lot of emails today asking if he was affected my the Pentagon's announcement to send more troops this December but as of right now hes being told April '08. Here is Geoff and our friend Dave settling in for the night without the comforts of home...

When Big becomes Huge

I admit it, I've not been doing the weekly belly pic shot because lets be honest, a) its hard to physically do and b) you've seen one big blob you've seen them all. After so many people saw the Easter pics and freaked out I guess its time to bare the belly and show you how huge Squiget has gotten. Now you can see why back aches and lack of sleep have me so gosh darn cheery!

Progress...

One wall down, two to go! Saving the biggest/hardest one for last might not have been the best plan but atleast I can get a sense of accomplishment when I see that one wall is done. Now on to the map of Never-never-land!

Its Nursery Time!

Exciting times on 24th street... last night I started painting the nursery! I said I was going to get the rest of the house put together before I started but I just couldn't help myself. For those who didn't know, we chose a Peter Pan theme for the nursery because its gender neutral and one of Geoff's favorite Disney movies. I will certainly post pictures of the final product but I just had to share... YAY for a whole room of craftiness!

(PS you can't see it yet, but Peter Pan is shaking Tinkerbell so the kids will be sprinkled with Pixie dust and be able to fly... other walls will have them flying over London and a map of never never land)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from our family to yours!

The White Stuff

Its snowing... in April... in central Texas! If that isn't blog worthy I don't know what is. Geoff and I woke up to a mad panic to try and figure out our central air/heat system and I am all cozy in every blanket that we've unpacked. This sure does ruin my only pregnant fitting easter outfit for tomorrow but I guess I'll just worry about that later. Hope you all are keeping warm~

Squiget has a Stroller

Part 1 of Squiget's Supplies and Shipments has arrived! We've got the stroller, car seat, two car bases and a pack 'n play. Its definately starting to get real.... but my back and feet could have already told you that!

Settling in...

I'm sorry it has been a while since the last post, obviously there is a lot going on and with that means I should be posting updates more often instead of less, it unfortunately doesn't work that way. Geoff started work last week, he got assigned to a "scout" unit and will be in charge of 3 Bradleys and 5 Humvees. With this assignment comes more training including a safety course this week (learning how to give an IV and such) as well as a Scout Leaders Course that is 3 weeks long back in Knox. Just when we thought we were out of there for good! We're heading up next week, so it'll be May before we can truely sink in and call this place home.

I'm keeping busy unpacking, trying to hang pictures, enjoying the convenience that comes with having a dishwasher and washing machine our new place. It was an interesting first couple of weeks here for Squiget too. I woke up with horrible back pains our first week and had Geoff take me to the hospital, turns out that I had a bladder/kidney infection that had been building up since before the move and it had triggered contractions to start! After that got finished I was started another bout with throwing up and more pain and we came to find out that I was one of the lucky ones who develope Kidney Stones during pregnancy, JOY! There is not much we can do until Squiget gets here (but we're thankful that we get to wait 3 more motnhs for that instead of having him/her in the NICU right now) but the pain is under control and I'm learning how to deal with patience~

I'll post more when we've decorated, but here is our little house in what we'll call the "before" pictures: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZMmzJw5aNIe&notag=1

Home Sweet Home

Its official! We are Texans!
Geoff and I survived the tour of the southern United States and made it to Fort Hood, Texas in one piece... complete with a tour of Graceland! We survived the 15 hours in a car, we survived the housing process on base and have even survived living out of a laundry basket for the past week! We got the keys to our new place on Thursday, picked paint colors and started the weekend long painting marathon on Friday, and are anxiously awaiting the delievery of our household goods tomorrow.
I'll post pictures as soon as my camera cords are unpacked but until then here are our new digits; our humble abode is located at 5756 24th Street, Fort Hood, TX 76544 and we're using our cell phones as our "local phones" so please keep in touch. More soon....

Squiget's Sonogram

Squiget had his/her mug shot taken today and I thought I'd share. YAY for being 24 weeks old!

Armor Ball

More Pictures of our night at the Armor Ball: http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8BZMmzJw5aNGm&notag=1

Me, Squiget and Lindsay

...and now you all see the current frumpiness complete with full panel elastic pants.... HOT!