Auntie made it to Germany!!!

12/5/08
The girls reading a book.

Hannah Ellen...

...with Mr. Potato Head earings on.

...check out all those curls.

...sitting under the Christmas tree reading all the Christmas books.

Putting up our Christmas Tree!!!

Daddy and the girls.

Decorating the tree!!!

Hannah putting up ornaments.

11/30/08
Alyssa putting on an ornament.

The Girls snoozing on the way to Thanksgiving.

Alyssa Nikay

Hannah posing for the picture!!!

Thanksgiving Day pictures...

Zak with Alyssa & Hannah

Alyssa & Diana

The girls playing Cribbage with Jeff, Daddy and CJ.

Hannah snuggled up with Jeff!!!

Hanging out w/ Curious George

Alyssa & George

Hannah just loved Curious George, she followed him all over the BX saying "monkey".

Our first snowfall in Germany...

The girls cleaning off the van.

Hannah making a snow angel.

Alyssa making a snow angel.

Hannah playing in the snow.

11/22/08
Alyssa getting ready to throw a snowball.

The Girl's bedroom

Hannah in her Big Girl bed.

Alyssa in her bed.

Here they are together. I will have to get a picture once we get the curtains up that Grandma M. just mailed to us. The curtains match the quilts that she made for both of them.

The Last two weeks...

• Nov. 27th (Thanksgiving Day) We drove to Ramstein and spent the day with the Wiedeman Family (Jeff, Diana, CJ & Zak). Jeff was Bill's Shop Chief back a few years ago in Grand Forks. We ate a whole lot of delicious food and played a few games. The girls got to watch a couple of movies, we all had a blast. Thanks for the great day!!! I don't know what we would have done had they not invited us over.
• Nov. 28th (Black Friday) We did a little shopping at the BX in Bitburg, but it just wasn't the same. I really missed the Black Friday shopping back in the states. Getting up at 4:00 in the morning with my Sister and Dad to stand in lines for all the deals.
• Nov. 29th we went back to Ramstein to finish up our Christmas shopping for the girls/baby. I ended up getting a new rocker/recliner at the Aafes furniture store, it was $150.00 off a manager's special. The only thing is they had to ship it to the Aafes furniture store in Bitburg, so we will not get it for about a month.
• Dec. 1st the girls and I headed to MOPS. My second MOPS meeting and I can't wait until the next one on the 15th.
• Dec. 4th we had our 2nd to last doctor's appointment. Baby now weighs about 6 lbs. 6 oz. Everything is looking good except that my amniotic fluid is kind of low. They will check it again next week. They showed me a chart that had high, medium, and low levels charted and I am just above the low level line. I was surprised as my doctor had never mentioned it as a concern before. They said it was nothing to be too concerned about. My next and last appointment is on Dec. 12th.
  
• Dec. 5th my Sister arrived safe and sound!!! We are all looking forward to all the time we get to spend with her this month.
• Dec. 6th we got in the van and headed to Luxembourg to see the Vianden Castle.
• Dec. 7th (today) we decided at the last minute to go to Belgium to do some furniture shopping. As we are looking for a new kitchen table and chair set. We ate at My Home a small Cafe in Saint Vith. We got back just in time to bring Alyssa to her AWANA class. We want to get some sightseeing in with my sis before the baby comes, as it will be hard once he gets here. If we had more time today we would have liked to have brought her to the Netherlands also. So, in the last two days Nichole has been in three new countries.
  

Alyssa's pig picture

Alyssa has really gotten into drawing and writing lately. She has been making several cards to mail to different family members. I will have to take pictures of some of the cards she is going to be making in the future. We are usually scrambling to make them to get them mailed off.

Silly Girls!!!

Mommy & Alyssa goofing around:o)

Mommy & The Girls...

Hannah is very obsessed with my belly. If I am sitting down she is always pulling up my shirt kissing my belly and poking at my belly button.

Our Family...

Mommy & Alyssa
(Hannah took this picture)

Mommy, Hannah & Daddy
(Alyssa took this picture)

Hannah giving the baby kisses!!! Both of the girls are so sweet and very excited for their little brother to arrive.

Hannah combing Mommy's hair.

Daddy & Alyssa

Ever since I picked up some undershirts for Alyssa that is all she wants to wear to bed now, so she can be just like her Daddy. She intentionally picked this out for bed all the way down to the socks, so she could match Dad. I just had to get a picture!!! One night when we were putting Alyssa to bed, once she was laying down she took off her shirt and threw it down on the floor. As she knows Bill takes his shirt off when he goes to bed. We had to convince her that she was going to get cold if she didn't have a shirt on. Her reply was "but Daddy doesn't sleep in a shirt". We did convince her to put it back on, but it took some time.

This are just super cute pictures!!!

Alyssa Nikay

Hannah Ellen

How messy can I get???

So, this was all intentional, and what a mess:o) Thank goodness it was right before her bath.

Eifel Park-Gondorf Continued...

The girls goofing around with the mirrors.

Bill and the girls headed up the path.

Feeding the goats with Dad.

Hannah, Dad & the bald eagle.

Alyssa & the bald eagle.

Hannah feeding the goats.

Alyssa feeding the goats.

Hannah & Dad.
I don't know if Hannah is just going through a phase, but Bill and I are no longer Daddy & Mommy. We are Mom and Dad, but Alyssa still calls us Mommy & Daddy most of the time. Hannah is growing up way to fast.

Eifel Park-Gondorf

Just look how skinny I am at 8 months along:o)

Look it's dwarf Alyssa with an enormous head.

And dwarf Hannah.

Long neck Daddy.

11/15/08
And enormous Alyssa, she is a superhero.

Having some lunch.

Hannah all dressed up!!! The girls just love their dress up clothes.