31 weeks 3 days

It's been a month. I was in Nashville, TN up until the 16th. I had a blast, and also managed to gain 7 lbs over the 6 weeks I was there. So I have 9 lbs to go until I reach pre-pregnancy weight, and a little less than 9 weeks to go. The flight home was good, thanks to the help of the wonderful flight attendants from American. Traveling overseas with a 2 year old requires a lot of carry-on items, a car seat, a bag with a pillow and blanket, books, toys, and then of course I need something to keep me busy. The should make the aisles bigger on planes, it wouldn't have been as bad. I don't know how I'm going to do it with a newborn and a two 1/2 year old. I think somebody is going to have to come to Germany and fly me back.

Kayla was very excited to see her daddy when we got home. I think this upcoming deployment might be a little more difficult on her than I originally anticipated. We also received news that the deployment has been moved up about 3 weeks, which means my in-laws will be here up until about a week before Aaron deploys...AGAIN! I'm not going to be a very happy person, and I might end up really pissing off my in-laws to where we will not be on speaking terms. Which actually doesn't seem like such a bad idea, except that it would really upset Aaron. My dad was able to explain really well the difference between Aaron's family and my own in terms of coming to visit us in Germany. Aaron's family is coming as a vacation, they are coming to sight-see, a mediterranean cruise is their first priority, then since they're here they might as well see us. When it's time to show pictures of their vacation it will be "This was in Rome...look how beautiful this is. And oh yeah, this is our new grandson with his big sister. But can you believe the scenery in the mediterranean?" They really drive me crazy. They also expect to spend a couple days in Prague during their 9 day visit with us. Seriously? They want me to pack up a 2 week old and a 2 year old and drive somewhere 3 hours away to visit Prague? I already told Aaron it wasn't happening. They are more than welcome to leave for a couple days by themselves, but Kayla isn't going, I'm not going and neither is Graham, and I would be very upset if he left me at home by myself with Kayla and Graham. So much for spending time as a family before his deployment.

My mother is coming for three weeks. Her plans for those three weeks involve, cooking, cleaning,doing laundry, babysitting Kayla so Graham and I can nap. Babysitting Graham and Kayla so I can shower and what not, and enjoying the company of her new grandson and of course me, Kayla, and Aaron as well. How can two families be so completely different.

Anyways...I'm off to MegaPlay! Have a great weekend