bases are loaded....**edited**

yesterday began my 28th week as well as entered into the 3rd trimester of this pregnancy! i am really happy that i am in the home stretch! these last 12 weeks should fly by! =)

there are a few things i am looking forward to in this last trimester and a few im not. i will start off with the things i am looking forward to:

* next saturday we are getting our maternity pictures taken! i am so anxious and hope they turn out great! its going to be nice to have these to keep and show xavier when he is older! - this did NOT happen. we will be rescheduling. since i had to have a heart monitor put on for 24 hrs the sticky things irritated my skin and left it red and very noticeable.

* in the next couple of weeks adam and emily will be having their baby! i am really excited for them! she is due the beginning of march but could come any day now! adam and emily will make great parents and maizie is going to be such a doll! i cant wait for their big day!

* at the end of march we will hopefully be making a big trip. i am not saying where to yet because jeremy still has to put in leave but i really want it to happen. we plan on making this our anniversary trip since i will be about 37 weeks when our anniversary does come around and we wont be able to travel far away.

* the beginning of april, my friend from home, jeremy, is coming back to stuttgart! he has been in the desert for the past year and so im really excited to see him! i havent seen him since 2008! i still think its totally weird that someone i know from home is living in the same town as me in a totally different country!!! =) - he is now coming home later in the month. sad, but at least he will be home before xavier is born.

* april 10th is our baby shower here! i am really really excited about that! its a co-ed baby shower so everyone from jeremy's work will be there as well as our friends chris and sandi and hopefully our friend jeremy. - our friend jeremy wont be there.

* the end of april brings our anniversary and my birthday! i have no clue what we will do those days but probably just dinner out or something.

* xavier can come anytime now! i am really excited! as much as i want him here i really kind of hope he stays in until the 19th of may. jenna is going to be here on the 18th and i really want her to be here for the birth and i know its really important to her! but, he will come when he wants to so he might just be a bully and come early. haha

now on to the things i am not looking forward to (this list is shorter):

** i really hope i dont start losing bladder control and pee myself when i sneeze, laugh, or cough. i have read many posts about women already having that problem and i have not. its weird. maybe i just have a strong pelvic floor?

** i dont want to get sick again. i have started vomiting again but its only been once a day like every couple of weeks so i dont know if its just going to be random or start up full blown like in my first trimester. i really hope not. i dont know how i will be able to deal with trying to give xavier what he needs if im throwing up again.

** more aches and pains! i already deal with a lot of hip and back pain and i know it will only get worse!

thats it for the things im not looking forward to. haha not so bad.

im all alone right now because jeremy had to do a watch again tonight. he wont be home until about 4:30/5am. im really hoping he doesnt have to go to work tomorrow! then on tuesday we have our doctor appointment! yay! after this one i am going to start going every 2 weeks! yippee!!!!

the first one of 2010

i woke up this morning to a bunch of snow! it is pretty sunny as well and so its super bright outside and inside! it kind of hurts your eyes to look at it, but you have to since its so beautiful!

on new years eve jeremy and i bought our car! its a '99 silver volkwagen golf! we really like it and its it in super good shape! its a manual, which most cars are here, and it actually has a 5 cylinder engine as oppose to a normal 4, so it makes this little car faster. hehe ive already started planning trips to travel and we would have started this weekend but jeremy has the duty cell phone so he has to stay in the area. so next weekend, we are taking a trip to zurich, switzerland with chris and sandi. its only about 2 hrs away and we are just going for the day but i am super excited! there is a really big zoo there that we are going to go to and there is a lot of shopping and sites to see. so that will be our first trip while we are here. yay!

anyway, back to new years eve. so we got our car, and we came home and i took a nap. when i woke up we just pretty much vegged all day. jeremy played video games, i chatted with people. we watched some of "band of brothers" and then we started watching "the twilight zone". we have the collection and have never watched it. on new years eve at my house for as long as i can remember we always watched the marathon and i really liked that so we watched the first disc, i think it had like 6 episodes. actually i dont think i had ever seen any of those ones. it was cool. after midnight we called some people to wish them a happy new years! it was definitely weird being in 2010 while america was still in 2009. but it was funny to joke around with people. haha i text my dad and told him that i was texting from the future. jeremy was talking with his mom and asked if she was watching "the twilight zone" and she said "how did you know" and he goofed the first time, then called her back and said that he knew because he is from the future! it was funny. anyway, so we snacked a bit and watched some more of the show and then jeremy fell asleep so we went to bed. oh and fireworks had been going off nonstop all day long. and went it came close to midnight you could see fireworks all around! it was pretty cool. people on base were lighting them off too, but not nearly as cool as the off post ones!!!

our new years day was pretty uneventful. jeremy and i woke up and just vegged some more. haha we watched the final parts of "band of brothers" and after that was done we started watching the documentary that was on the bonus disc. jeremy got a call earlier on the duty cell about a red cross message so he was dealing with that while watching the show. we were waiting for the red cross to actually call us to authenticate the message and just as we were dozing off to sleep we got the call. so jeremy had to talk with them, then call the commandant and get everything straightened out. we had to drive to his office and when we were leaving we noticed it was snowing! it was pretty cool! jeremy had to type out a letter for this person and such and so that took us a bit. we got home and jeremy called adam to thank him for the dvds he sent us for christmas and they talked for a while. i made dinner and we ate and then when he got off the phone i called my sister, melanie. i talked with her for a while. when i was off the phone we finished watching the documentary and then played some super mario bros wii until we went to bed. it was a pretty mellow day, but it was nice to just chill.

today we are going to go back on the base that jeremy works and check the mail. there was another package waiting to get picked up and we think it was the other part of adam's gift. then i think we are going to eat at this chinese place that jeremy said was really good. later tonight we are going to see "sherlock holmes"! i am really excited about the movie because we havent been to the movies since the states! i really want some nachos!! =) anyway, so that is our plans for today. there is a lot of snow and i think its supposed to snow again! yay!