4 Years

Oh yea, forgot to update everyone. It looks like we are going to be here in Germany for 4 years instead of 3. Apparently there was a typo on Jr's orders. Guess this is something that has been happening lately. Someone in an Air Force office somewhere isn't doing their job right. But then, what's new. No biggie though. 3 years, 4 years, doesn't make much of a difference to us. At our 3 year mark we just may be happy to stay another year!

A Few New Pics

Here are some recent, or at least somewhat recent, pics of Alex.

Enjoy! :D

Baby in a backpack

Alex's newest thing. He's on the phone, copying Daddy. He just happened to have a piece of bread with peanut butter in his hand when he answered. Good thing it was bath night!


On the phone again.

Playing in the sand at the beach in Oregon.

The whole Fam at the beach in Oregon.

How do ya like my sunglasses?

Enjoying some ribs. Mmmm yummy.

Update on Things

Things here are going well. We have found a place to rent, and should be able to move in on the 15th if all of the paperwork gets done. I guess. Don't really understand the process completely. It's a nice little place off the back of our landlord's house, 2 bedroom,1 bath. The place is a bit smaller than I'd like, but I think we can make it work. What we really like about it is the landlord's property which is huge, and we are allowed to use all of it! Lots of space for the dogs to run, and eventually, for Alex as well. It is a bit far from the base, about a 25 minute drive, but we're willing to trade the drive for the huge yard. Yards are pretty hard to come by in rental houses here, and we just don't want to live in a place where we have to take the dogs out on leashes several times a day. So we'll see how it works out for the next year of our lease.

Jr starts work tomorrow. We just found that out this morning, and he's not even completely in processed to the base yet. Love how that works.

We went to a festival yeterday with the Rileys. Kinda like a small fair. Had a fun time trying German foods, listening to live music, playing games and taking the kiddies on rides. Jr has been wanting another crepe all day today! Here's a pic of Alex cracking up while he played with a blow up hammer that Jr won. Alex had a great time and was mesmerized by all of the lights and music.

Jr and I were Super Excited today! Alex did his first sign. He signed "more" for more bread at lunch! WooHoo! We've been working on that for about 7 months. Hopefully some of the other signs we've been working on will catch on soon too. Well, that's about it for us here. Hope that you are all doing well. Be sure to email or comment or myspace or something so that we can keep in touch.

Love from,

TheTacbas3

We've arrived in Germany

So we're here in Germany! Yea!!! The flight went very well and Alex did great. It was a pretty long journey from the plane to the base, but we made it without major complications. We are staying in a hotel off base that is pretty nice. It is clean, has a kitchen, living room & bedroom (obviously) and is pet friendly, which is awesome!! We pretty much just hung out today and slept ALOT. Gonna take a little while to get adjusted to the time difference. This evening we have been hanging out with our lovely friends, the Rileys. Went out to dinner and had a little tour of some of the local area. Just wanted to let you all know that we've made it safe and sound. Hope you're all doing well back in the states!