Our "baby" is 2!

I can not believe that 2 years ago today Ms. Emilie Ann was born...Where did that time go?...I can not believe those 2 years have just kinda flown by!...Next thing I know she will be starting school and then graduating school...:-(

Today we just made some cupcakes and gave her the tricycle that Nana and Papa got for her...We will be doing the whole "party" thing on Saturday...I hope she has as much fun then as she did today, but I am sure that she will :-)

She really is such a blessing and I am so thankful that she came into our lives...Anyone who is a mother knows what I mean...I think my life became complete when I heard those first cries...It will be even more than complete when we have another joy grace us with their presence as well!...

Thank you to everyone who has sent her birthday wishes!...You guys are all the greatest friends I could have asked for!

Happy Birthday to me...NOT!

Uggg...Where do I start?...My 29th birthday was yesterday...Honestly unless you looked at my Myspace or Facebook you would not have know...For starters, some of my so called "friends" did not even wish me a happy birthday...No call, no email, no comment...Nothing...THANKS YOU GUYS!...I will remember that when your birthday comes around...Ok I will not, because I am not RUDE!...It is hard enough when you are away from your family and close friends, the least your friends around you could do is call and say happy birthday...Ok I am done with that now...
Second, my husband was an ass!..Plain and simple!...I mean he was not like that all day but I had mentioned that I wanted to go pick up some steak and potatos and have a nice dinner at home and his response?...Oh well I will help you cook but I can not eat dinner with you...Ummm ok why not?...Because he had a stupid basketball game to play in...He just recently decided that he wanted join the team that the prison has they had a game last night...Mind you this team NEVER wins and the whole league is a joke...Nobody goes to the games and no one even cares...So I was upset and pissed because he chose to go to this game and I sat home with Emilie and ate Burger King...Anyone who lives overseas knows the joys of Burger King...It sucks!...
Third (yup there is a third), Petes package from PacSun came and I am STILL waiting on my stuff from Old Navy and Childrens Place...Are you kidding me?!?!...I could have at least gotten my packages I ordered but NNOOOOOO....So I look on the website and it says that my boxes were mailed FEDEX...WTH???...Apparently it is a new thing...They decided to stop shipping priority to APO address and use FedEx...So it can take up to 30 business days for my orders to get here...Ya, Thanks for that little tidbit of info!...Grrrr....
Emilie did have her 2 year old well baby checkup...Why they call it well baby still is beyond me....They should call it screaming toddler because she does not want some strange guy poking her belly checkup...I swear people probably thought we were stealing all her toys the way she was screaming when the doctor was listening to her heartbeat!...Poor baby...There is nothing that breaks your heart more than when your child is screaming your name and crying for you while some random person is poking her and you can not really do anything about it :-(...The good thing is that they did not give her any shots!...YAY!!...They said that if her immunizations were up to date she does not need anymore until 4 years old...Well the clinic here only has her immunizations that she had done in August...Apparently Charleston did not send her shot records with her medical records so I have to pick those up in May and hope they gave her all of them...I am sure they did though, because she got shots EVERYTIME until this visit...
So anyways, Emilie is 34 inches and 27lbs...She is tall and thin... She is in the 40th and 50th percentile so they say she is good...They are still worried about her talking, but she has an appointment with EDIS again next week so I will update more on that when we know what they are going to do...
So that was my fun filled day yesterday...I am ready to go to Florida...We plan on leaving the end of May and I can not wait!...I am ready to go NOW!...Uggg...I hope the rest of the week gets better!...

~~~ME

Tax Season, Mailroom and Packages, OH MY

What do most people do with their money they get back from taxes?...I honestly want to know...I know on average about 95% say they put it into savings, but do they really???...I said that I was going to put some into savings but now am thinking of cutting that amount in half to buy a new TV :-)...So I am just wondering if I am the only one who says they are going to put it in savings and then changes their mind...We already have a nice chunk in savings and it is not like we NEED the money, but I am afraid I will feel so guilty if I do not put that money in savings...Aggg...Who knows what I will do...What is new this week?...The mail people suck at their job...You would think that they would get on the ball and put out mail when it comes...Instead they are slow and we are just now getting mail that was mailed to us 2 weeks ago...I am still waiting on packages to get to me...All of Emilie and I's summer clothes...It just makes no sense to me when we ordered the Wii Fit last week and got it this week, yet we ordered all those clothes and they were shipped January 24th and we have yet to see them...Let me tell you there will be hell raised if Petes PacSun order gets here before my stuff!...I am turning 29 on Monday...Wow...This will be my last year in my 20's...It is so crazy to think back the last 9 years and see where I have come from and what I have become...I never thought I would be married, with a child and living in Germany...I do know I always wanted those things and would not trade them for anything in the world...Ok, well except Germany...I hate this place...I keep trying to have an open mind and when I came back in December I told myself I would make things different...NOTHING has changed...I still sit at home, Pete still works all the time...He submitted his packages for K-9 and CATM so hopefully we hear some good news about that...We are not sure if they would send him to school and then a new base or make him finish his tour here first and then go to school...I am hoping they will send him now and try to send him to another base...With my luck though, it will not happen...Ok well I have babbled long enough...I will write again soon!...More than likely on my birthday because that is when my munchkin goes in for her 2 year check-up!~~ME

It has been awhile!

So I completely lost track of writing in this blog, but since I find myself coming on here all the time to read my friends blogs I figure that I should start updating mine more!...
Last you all read it was March of 2008 and SOOOOOO much has changed since then!

We are now living in Mannheim, Germany and have been here for almost 7 months...I was very excited to come here but since we have gotten here I have to admit that I miss the states like crazy!...I am ready to get this tour over with and get back closer to family...I know there is so much to see and do here so I am taking advantage of everything I can for the next 2 1/2 years but I honestly hope they fly by!...

Emilie is doing great!...She will be 2 in a few weeks...I can not believe that she is already turning 2!...I feel like she was just born...She is such an amazing little girl!...She is still having some problems with her speech but we are working with her and hope that she grows out of it...She has another appointment the week of her birthday to see if they will be doing speech therapy on a regular basis...So we will see!...

We are going home for the summer...Well at least Emilie and I are...Pete will only be there for about 3 or 4 weeks...We plan on leaving the end of May and Emilie and I will fly back out here the end of August...We will be staying at my parents, who will be living in Florida!...I am so excited!!..They just got a 5 bedroom house right outside of Orlando so we will be spending the summer swimming in the pool and going to the parks!...I can not wait!...

I will update this thing a lot more now and I will post some pictures too!...I just wanted to let you all know that we are still alive and doing fabulous!!!

So busy

So I have promised to keep this thing updated every week but I am finding that very hard to do. Between school, taking care of Emilie and keeping up with the house I feel like I do not even have time to sleep.

Things are still moving on very well with the move. We have filled out the paperwork to get medically cleared and have to turn that in. I think we may have a problem with dental because I still need some work done but I am hoping they still pass me for it. It is nothing to bad. Just some more resurfacing and fillings. Got to love weak enamel. I think maybe I should just have them all extracted and get dentures! OK not really. Who wants those at 28??

Emilie is still doing fabulous! She is mimicking so much. She loves to try and copy the words you are saying even if it is in her own little words. She had a great birthday party! She was not to keen on the cake. After a few hand dips in the icing she was done.
I think her Pablo cake turned out great! She is such a Backyardigans fan! It was fun! She got some clothes and a bunch of new toys as well. Ms. Kara got her these amazing crayons that are in little holders that make it easier for her to hold on to and color. She loves them!

Emilie is also mastering the fine art of eating by herself. She is getting quite good at it if I do say so!

Ahhh! But the best thing ever is that she is starting to finally look more like me!!! She is also getting a mouth FULL of teeth! She is growing up so quick!

I have so many more pictures to share but they will have to wait for another day :-)
Right now it is almost 11 pm and I need to get to bed!
I hope this finds everyone well!

My first blog!

So I have a ton of friends who have blogs on her and figure it would be a great way to keep in touch with everyone and keep you all updated when we move to Germany!
Things right now are crazy! We just got back from spending Emilies 1st birthday at DisneyWorld. I can not believe she is already 1!! She has gotten so big! She is a little speed walker now! She also has 4 teeth and is cutting another one on top. She is talking like crazy(even if it is only mama, dada, nana or baba!). She waves bye-bye and she also gives kisses. It is great! She is an amazing little girl!
Pete and I are doing great! We are both about halfway through our 2nd block of classes with University of Phoenix. We are both maintaining A averages in both classes. Other than that things are crazy right now because of the move. I never knew how much work goes into PCS'ing! I can not wait though! Only 4 months to go, give or take a week. We are also excited because Petes Aunt and Uncle live about 2 hours away from where we will be. It will be nice to meet them and have some family over there! I can not wait to get there and start over. I love the friends I have made here in Charleston but it is time for us to move on. I know that we will always remain friends with them!
A lot of you know that my dad has been really sick and I just want you to know that he is doing MUCH better! He will be having to have parts of his feet amputated and depending on how long his recovery will be he might be out of a job for good. I am praying this does not happen because anyone who knows my dad knows that he will go crazy if he can not work at a computer all day long. He has lost a lot of mobility in his fingers so if they can get that back he should be good to go. He is on short term disability for now so we will see how the next 3-4 months go.
So that is all that is going on in the Christoff household! I hope you all are doing well and mark this page in your favorites! I plan on updating this weekly(as soon as I can get Kara to teach me how to post my pics like hers)!