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I had a great weekend. Rich and I took Autumn down to the park on Saturday. It's this fabulous park and it's only like half a block away. They have several sets of swings, and a slide and a lot of picinic areas and a duck pond with it's very own ducks! So we gave Autumn her very first swing ride. She seemed to like it. Then Rich took her down the slide with him, and she really liked that. We let her play in the grass, but the grass here in Texas is pretty much dead and prickly so she wasn't digging that too much. Then we took her to the duck pond and showed her all the ducks. After that we were walking home and decided to explore a little street that goes off of our street. We thought it was always just a dead end neighborhood, but it turns out it is a beautiful long road with lots of hills and the most beautiful houses. It is a neighborhood like I want to live in one day. With nice people, who actually smiled at us and said hello. You don't find that much around here. Just another reason I hate this place. So we walked all the way down it (about a mile) and it went to the main road that connects to our street. We got a good workout with all of the hills. We decided we'd do it every day. It is nice to get out of the house. I didn't realize just how much of a prisoner I felt like being in this house all day long every day. I only go out to get the mail, and that's not much of an outing. Aside from that, the only time i leave is when I go to the store and it is usually once Rich gets home since he has the car at work all day long.
We did the walk again on Sunday, even though it was pretty cold. It was 48 that morning and when we went on our walk it was in the 60's. It wouldn't have been bad, but there was some fierce wind going on and that made it pretty chilly. But we had fun, and the fresh air did us all some good.
Autumn had her doctor's appointment yesterday. She's grown like a weed of course. Two whole inches in thirteen days. It's insane. I wonder if they make her formula with miracle grow or something. Who knows. She's getting so big though it's insane. But her weight has slowed down. She's in the 50th percentile now with weight. The doctor told me to start giving her more actual meals (fruit, veggies etc) since she's growing so fast she has to have a lot of nutrients. We're starting her on more real foods. She loves cheerios, mac and cheese, potatoes, cheese, crackers and applesauce. I think I am going to start just putting some of our food in the blender to puree it and give it to her. It will be a lot cheaper than buying the baby food all the time. It is just so stinking expensive. At the regular store her jars of baby food run 43-48 cents each. But when we were shopping on base at the comissary Sunday, we found that her baby food is only 27 cents there, so we're going to have to start shopping there to get it. It will help save some money.
I cannot believe that it is already almost the end of October. The month has just flown by. We ordered Autumn a Halloween costume online. I can't wait until it gets here. I hate Halloween, because it was the night my Gramz died, but I can't keep Autumn from enjoying it, nor do I want to. So we decided to get her a costume. Especially since it is her first Halloween, and Rich is actually here so I wanted him to see her dressed up. We aren't actually going trick-or-treating, but we wanted to dress her up then take lots of pictures to send to everyone. She's going to be so cute!
There's a big part of me that is just getting more and more excited to go home. I still feel horribly guilty for looking forward to December, because I know that means Rich has to leave, and anyone who knows me should know that is the last thing I want to have happen, but the fact is, it is happening and there isn't anything I can do about it. I think I have to let myself look forward to going home and seeing everyone because it is going to help me get through the hard time of saying goodbye to Rich. It is something to keep in the back of my head- once this is over, I will be happy still. I have good things coming. Does that make sense?
I can't wait to see Niki on December 17th when she gets here. It has been so long since we've had time to spend with each other. The last time she visited was last December before Autumn made her appearance. This time will be fun too because it will be just us girls. I know we will only be here for 4 days before we start our trip back to Michigan, but I'm so looking forward to having her all to myself and to just chill. (Gilmore Girls seasons 2-5 here we come!) And I am excited about the road trip, even though I am a bit nervous because I have never made it without Rich and now I am the one who is going to have to know where I'm going lol. I know I'll be ok, it isn't like I have never drove the route before, but it's still a whole new experience. But the exciting part is that Niki and I always wanted to go on a road trip together, and now we are! Then I'll be home for a month and a half, and I could seriously just squeal with excitement. I'll have my car there from the get go, so this time I can go and visit anyone I want whenever I want. I'm just so excited for everyone to see Autumn and how big and different she is now from the last time. And for Autumn to meet Scotty (and for me to meet him too). He's going to be 8 months old when we get there, and we'll be arriving the day Autumn turns 11 months old, so they are going to have so much fun playing together. She loves playing with other babies. And I want them to be close and friends. I know how awesome it can be to grow up with a cousin who's so close to your age. My cousin Jenna and I were like that, and I am glad Autumn will have cousins her age too. Her, Vincent and Scotty will all get to play together as the years go on.
Ok, I'm starving, and Autumn is blessing me with a two hour nap, so I have to go eat before she wakes up.
Peace-Love-Monkeys
xoxo
We did the walk again on Sunday, even though it was pretty cold. It was 48 that morning and when we went on our walk it was in the 60's. It wouldn't have been bad, but there was some fierce wind going on and that made it pretty chilly. But we had fun, and the fresh air did us all some good.
Autumn had her doctor's appointment yesterday. She's grown like a weed of course. Two whole inches in thirteen days. It's insane. I wonder if they make her formula with miracle grow or something. Who knows. She's getting so big though it's insane. But her weight has slowed down. She's in the 50th percentile now with weight. The doctor told me to start giving her more actual meals (fruit, veggies etc) since she's growing so fast she has to have a lot of nutrients. We're starting her on more real foods. She loves cheerios, mac and cheese, potatoes, cheese, crackers and applesauce. I think I am going to start just putting some of our food in the blender to puree it and give it to her. It will be a lot cheaper than buying the baby food all the time. It is just so stinking expensive. At the regular store her jars of baby food run 43-48 cents each. But when we were shopping on base at the comissary Sunday, we found that her baby food is only 27 cents there, so we're going to have to start shopping there to get it. It will help save some money.
I cannot believe that it is already almost the end of October. The month has just flown by. We ordered Autumn a Halloween costume online. I can't wait until it gets here. I hate Halloween, because it was the night my Gramz died, but I can't keep Autumn from enjoying it, nor do I want to. So we decided to get her a costume. Especially since it is her first Halloween, and Rich is actually here so I wanted him to see her dressed up. We aren't actually going trick-or-treating, but we wanted to dress her up then take lots of pictures to send to everyone. She's going to be so cute!
There's a big part of me that is just getting more and more excited to go home. I still feel horribly guilty for looking forward to December, because I know that means Rich has to leave, and anyone who knows me should know that is the last thing I want to have happen, but the fact is, it is happening and there isn't anything I can do about it. I think I have to let myself look forward to going home and seeing everyone because it is going to help me get through the hard time of saying goodbye to Rich. It is something to keep in the back of my head- once this is over, I will be happy still. I have good things coming. Does that make sense?
I can't wait to see Niki on December 17th when she gets here. It has been so long since we've had time to spend with each other. The last time she visited was last December before Autumn made her appearance. This time will be fun too because it will be just us girls. I know we will only be here for 4 days before we start our trip back to Michigan, but I'm so looking forward to having her all to myself and to just chill. (Gilmore Girls seasons 2-5 here we come!) And I am excited about the road trip, even though I am a bit nervous because I have never made it without Rich and now I am the one who is going to have to know where I'm going lol. I know I'll be ok, it isn't like I have never drove the route before, but it's still a whole new experience. But the exciting part is that Niki and I always wanted to go on a road trip together, and now we are! Then I'll be home for a month and a half, and I could seriously just squeal with excitement. I'll have my car there from the get go, so this time I can go and visit anyone I want whenever I want. I'm just so excited for everyone to see Autumn and how big and different she is now from the last time. And for Autumn to meet Scotty (and for me to meet him too). He's going to be 8 months old when we get there, and we'll be arriving the day Autumn turns 11 months old, so they are going to have so much fun playing together. She loves playing with other babies. And I want them to be close and friends. I know how awesome it can be to grow up with a cousin who's so close to your age. My cousin Jenna and I were like that, and I am glad Autumn will have cousins her age too. Her, Vincent and Scotty will all get to play together as the years go on.
Ok, I'm starving, and Autumn is blessing me with a two hour nap, so I have to go eat before she wakes up.
Peace-Love-Monkeys
xoxo