Happy New Year!

Happy 2011 everyone! I have decided to blog this year. Partly because we are so far away and partly because this should be added incentive to start taking more pictures. :)

Apartment news: Slowly (but surely) we're getting the place put together. The main pieces of furniture are there- the bed, the couch, the tv...and I'm very satisfied with the kitchen! :) It's nice to be a street or two away from everything, but the only downside is that you walk out of your door and run into somebody! I will say that our apartment is more on the edge of the complex- there's not exactly THOUSANDS of doors and decks and stairs right outside of the window. And you can even see the house with the Christmas lights! I'm telling you, that was the only reason I was sure it was the holiday season...one house had lights. :) As soon as I find the camera, I'll post pictures of the place (I know some of you have been asking for those).

Baby news: Now, don't get excited. Everyone seems to be asking so no, we don't know what it is quite yet. I promise- we haven't found out and not told anyone! As soon as the right information gets sent to the right people I can call and make an appointment and we will let everyone know just as soon as we find out. :)You know how some people get that cute little bump and everyone just knows they're pregnant? I just look fat. I feel the urge just to tell people that I'm pregnant so they'll know I'm not trying to look bad in my clothes! Life isn't fair...The military needed to have a positive pregnancy test on file from their lab, so we went over and I got some blood drawn. The next day I get a call from one of the nurses. She informed me that my test was, in fact, positive! (surprise!) I informed her that I sure hoped it was...She just kind of laughed and asked if I'd taken a lot of pregnancy tests. Well, I'm 21 weeks so I've done more than just take home pregnancy tests! :)

Dog news: We got a dog! It's the best of all worlds- he's already house-trained and now I have someone to take me on a walk. :) He was found on the base and since no one claimed him, he was up for grabs. So, we grabbed. He is a lab/pit mix, black with some white markings and he's super sweet and almost too cuddly. The last chance for the real owners will come when we take him to the vet. We'll see if he's chipped then. I wish we knew his name! For right now, we haven't named him. We've run tons of names by him, but he doesn't really seem interested in any of them...One look at his face and you know you can't name him anything too butch-like- he's much too sweet. But on the other hand, we can't call him Snickers...So for now he comes to whistles, kissy-noises, big-boy's, buddy's, sugar's, sweet-pea's and hey. Right now, he's staring at me from around the corner. All I can see is a tip of a tail, an ear and baaarely one eye. He thinks he's so sneaky...

It is official now. Thomas will be deployed in the summer. :( So, now there's no way around it. Before, I could at least say, 'We don't know for sure' and 'It's not official yet'. Now we can't say any of those things! But, we can pretend...We haven't really talked about what I'll be doing/where I'll be at when he's gone. (refer back to the pretending it's not going to happen...) I could a) stay here, b) go back to Greenville (sooo very tempting...) or c) go back home to where all the babysitters live. :) OBO! Throw some offers at me! ;)

We're looking forward to all the changes the new year will bring! Don't be strangers!

The Klopfensteins :)