Learning to adjust

Well after having our beautiful daughter Devin on the sixth of October it has been a huge learning experience. I have learned that everything takes three times as long to do even though it is only one more person. I have also learned that keeping a schedule is next to impossible with a newborn. She has been such a blessing to us and I cant explain how much I love her already. I cant believe that tomorrow she will be 4 weeks old. It doesnt seem possible that she is that old but I also dont remember how life was without her. It is so crazy.
I have good news about Devin from her doctors appointment yesterday. She has finally made it back up to her birth weight after a couple of weeks trying. She now weighs 8 pounds 12 oz.! We are so proud of her. Now we just need that umbilical cord to fall off!
Allen is finishing up his private pilots license hopefully in the next few weeks. It will be nice to get that done and maybe move sooner then we thought though that is unlikely. We will be heading to Enid Oklahoma in March of next year so that is something to look forward to because we will be closer to family. I have been staying home with Devin and it has been a lot of fun. She changes so much everyday and I'm thankful I am able to stay home. Well, Devin is waking up so thats all for now. I will try to be better at keeping you updated. Bye!

Past Due Date!

So hear I am sitting here still pregnant a day past my due date. Of course that doesnt sound bad when you write it down but it really is some kind of torture. I have an apt tommorrow to talk about options to get to get this child out of me. Its amazing when the doctor tells you this date that your baby will be born by you start counting down the months and then the days till this date comes and then nothing changes on that day. You just get so worked up for it and nothing exciting happens. Well I shouldnt say nothing exciting happened yesterday. We finally put in the baby seat in the car and put the finishing touches on the nursery/guest room. It turned out so good. Allen did an amazing job making the crib. I cant wait for everyone to see it. Well that is about all I have to say for now. Hopefully next time I write I will have a baby but at this point I dont see it ever happening. I know, I know it will happen soon. So I will keep you posted. Bye

Baby update...

Well, I had a doctors apt this morning and there has been just a little change since last week. The doctor said she didnt think it would be much longer but you really cant predict that. She thinks the baby is about 7 pounds right now so she is growing fast which is a good sign. I have an apt the 4th of october and if i havent had her by then they will probably induce me late next week!! I about fell over when she told us because they told us at first there was no way that they would induce before two weeks late. I dont know how I feel about being induced because I just wanted to go into labor on my own and I am sure if I asked they would let me wait a little longer but I am also soooooooo ready I dont think I could say no to being induced. She seemed like she thought the baby was getting a little big for me also so I am just not sure. I will be trying everything to put my body into labor before next week though! I cant wait to see her! Well, I think I am going to go walking for awhile. Wish me luck!!

Just a quick update...

Everything is going good here. We are trying to get everything ready for the arrival of your first child Devin. Her due date is in 9 days so hopefully it wont be much longer then that till she is here. We are both so excited and ready to hold her and see her. Allen is going to try and finish sanding her bed this Saturday so that will be a big relief to have that almost done. We had another ultrasound last Tuesday and they reassured me that she still looked like a girl so I went ahead and washed her clothes and blankets. I wasnt going to just incase she turned out to be a he but not having it done was driving me crazy! Oh, and they are guessing that she is about 6lbs 1oz at 37.5 weeks.
Allen flew in a plane by himself for the first time this morning. He was so excited and I have to say that I was a little nervous about it. He told me he would be home at 12:00pm but didnt make it home untill 12:30 and I was so scared something bad had happened to him. I will have to get over that or it will be a looong 20 years in the air force!
Well, that is about it so I will write more later.

Testing, testing, this is only a test.

Had this been a real message i would have typed more...

Greetings from Altus!

Well, we are finally getting settled into our new place here in Altus and I must say that besides the unreal amount of crickets here it doesnt seem like a bad place to live. It is a huge change from Oklahoma City and more like the town Allen and I grew up in which is nice but I have had four years of adjusting to the big city life and got spoiled. I like going to the mall when I'm bored or taking a walk on a actual sidewalk which none seem to exist in this part of the country. However, we have visited the two churches out here and found one that we really like. They have a young proffesionals class which is the one we have been going to and its been ok so far. The people in the congragation are very friendly and already excited about the baby being born soon. One lady even offered to act as the babies grandmother while we are here so she should be well taken care of.
Allen is getting ready to start his privite pilots license here in a week or so. He has to get yet another physical done before it all begins. He has had to go to the dentist twice since we have been here and has to go back today to get a cavity drilled on. He will have to go back again before we leave in 8 months to get another one drilled. (since they are on oppisite sides they dont want to do them at the same time). I feel so bad for him. Oh, and the air force put his birthday in wrong when they did all his DNA stuff so to make no confusion that Allen is really who he claims to be thay have to draw blood from him again before they can make any changes in the computer about him. He said by the time this is all over he will be on a first name basis with all the lab techs on base.
Well, this is getting long and I am getting hungry so I will write more soon and hopefully learn to do some pictures and post some of the space shuttle landing here last week. It was really exciting! Talk to you soon. Bye.