Enjoying our new home.

I can't wait to go home in October.

Although, I am enjoying living here. Surprisingly we have all adjusted well and have been living here for 1 month and a half. I have surprised myself. I had one break down and that was when my parents left. We have barbeques every Saturday night and hang out with our friends that we have made here. It's awfully fun in all honesty.

Benjamin has a new friend named Wyatt. He just turned 1 on September 1st and we went to his birthday party last weekend. Ben seems a little stand-offish from him and I'm not sure if it's because he's been used to adults for the past month or if he is just a little more mature than him. Wyatt is definately a dare devil and an in your face kind of kid...Ben likes his space. Although, when we first met Julia she was all up in his space, but he was only 9 months then. Now he's 2 and knows what space is...? I mean Ben used to get in Gabe's space when we first started hanging out and he didn't like it but got used to it. I don't know, I'm just thinking out loud and panicing that he doesn't have friends yet. Ugh. Maybe we will just schedule playdates and everything will be okay.

We will be coming home October 8 to the 18!! October 8 to the 11 we are going to be in Twin Lakes, WI for Ryan Farrelly's apple picking weekend. It will be Kristian's first time and I'm super excited that he's coming! Then we will be home on October 11 probably in the afternoon. We are going to have to split time up from going to Kristian's grandparent's house and hanging out with friends at home though. I really can't wait to see what Julia, Gabe, and Ben do when they see eachother. I hope it will be like grand ole' times. I'm sure it will be. I also can't wait to see Jen and Joanna! I miss them so much. Also my twins...hehe. Jen said they are over 9lbs now. So they loook like Ben did when he was born! haha. That's weird to think about. I'm not sure who of the six pack will be home, but hopefully I'll get to see them a little bit. We are tottally unsure of our schedule. It's also Kristian's grandpa's 93rd birthday on Oct. 15 and they are also having a birthday party for him, so that's another reason we are coming home.

We tried potty training Ben. That was miserable. I was doing every 20 min on the potty and he had underwear on. I had to wrestle him the the potty at the end of the 20 min and he held his pee for 5 hours and then I put a diaper on him. He peed right away. So right now we are going on the potty before nap time and before bed just to get him used to it. But if he has underwear on, he won't pee...it's good.

We got a dog! Her name is Bella and when she's in trouble I call her Bella Faith. I don't know why, but it just comes out, haha. She's a Chihuahua/Terrier/Lab mix. I'm not sure how that happened, but it did! She will be like a terrier for her weight and height the vet said but she's very very playful like a lab and a little on the dumbfounded side for the chihuahua, haha. She's too cute though and I treat her like she's a newborn daughter. Definately spoil the hell out of her. Here she is!

Those pictures are when we first got her, she was 3lbs 5 oz. She's now 5lbs 13oz and I love her. Ben is playing tug o war with her right now with her as we speak. He was iffy about her at first but he's starting to learn to play with her and say no and tap her on the nose if she jumps on him. Becoming fast friends.

Signing out.