im going home....

well.. homish.. we leave for texas in a few hours,.. its almost one right now, the shuttle gets here to pick us up at 6:40.. we go tothe airport, and fly out at 11:00 am, and then we reach dallas around 3:30-4 ish.. (i dont remember specific times.. i just know im going to a place that speaks my language and uses my currency!!) then theres a 2 hour layover, and then we fly off to san antonio, and we get there at 5:30 ish.. something like that! so.... im so excited, but at the same time, its a bitter sweet thing... much as i hated living here, it was a beautiful place, with nice people.. ( at least the americans...) there are a few i will miss..:) you know who you are..:) but thank goodness theres a thing called e-mail. if only SOME people would check thiers once in a while..:) (LOVE ya merritt..:D) anywho, i just want to let the world know what amazing people ben and merritt finch are, they have put up with us for the past week, and havent complained once.. they are so helpful, and so giving, and we really truly appreciate all you guys have done for us!! from giving us a bed to letting us use your car!! you guys are the greatest!!
and angela and jerome (another shoutout..:D) you guys are awesome, too! i wish we could have gotten to say some real goodbyes, we'll miss you guys so much too! keep updating your blog and e-mailing me, i expect lots of pregger pic angela! and for everyone else i know i'll miss... my e-mail is Phyre_dancer@hotmail.com, e-mail me!! and we'll keep in touch!! well. we had a hectic day, yes everything worked out and we were able to get our stuff shipped out TODAY...(close call huh?) we'll be recieving all our household belongings, mid to end of september.. so.. it'll be a while.. anywho..thats all for now, im exhausted and i have to get up in 4 hours, so yeah.. to everyone in germany, goodbye and best wishes! to everyone back home, we'll see ya soon!!! LOVES!!


P.S.. i forgot to mention, we had my little man weighed yesterday, he's now weighing in at a whopping 9 pounds 8 ounces!!! he's gained 3 pounds in only a month!! now thats my boy!!

a day from the deepest darkest recesses of hell......

:) oh what a day...

so we were supposed to be moved today....we woke this morning expecting our house to be emptied, and our stuff sent on its way... unfortunatley about 2 hours into the packing one of the german movers discovered a small nest of cockroaches... which cory immediatly destroyed, however, because the movers saw all five of the roaches they decided they will not move us untill we can prove the roaches have been destroyed... in fact they got upset with us because we had roaches. my responce was that we have had the maintainance people over multiple times to spray and poison and attempt the destruction, unfortunatly, all times have failed miserably... anywho, so we had the big head honcho pest control man over and he's going to go through our apartment and DESTROY anything that moves, that has more then 2 legs... anywho, so we got it worked out that we'll be moving our household goods on tuesday instead,,,,,SIGH.... BIG ordeal, theres a lot more that went on then im letting on, but i dont want to get restarted.... its late, and im to tired to vent..:D... anywho... so the main reasoning for updating is to let all our adoring fans know that we are now in the process of leaving this "fantasttically wonderful country..." (sarcasm included).. anywho. so yeah,.. we are computerless, and we are phoneless, and yeah, so as of now, if im able to update it will all be words no pictures for a very long time.. mid septemberish... so sorry,.. the joys of moving eh? anywho.. for our germany friends we'll miss you guys! keep in touch, you can e-mail sherry at Phyre_dancer@hotmail.com, if you feel like keeping in touch! for all my stateside friends, we cant wait to see you!!! come visit!!! we'll do sea world!! he he he...... LOVES!!

g'bye jazzy!! *sniff*

well we are one step closer to coming home, and I'm a little heart broken over it, but I'm also very thankful its over... so I've been in a bit of a panic lately because we had less then 2 weeks to find a new loving family for my kitty Jazmin.. you see, i had a vet appointment made to get jazzy up to date on her shots, and to schedule her to get her fixed, and well, as luck would have it, the morning of her appointment, i went into labor..so we had to cancel her appointment and when i tried to reschedule i had to accept the depressing news that she could no longer go home with us. she hasn't had a rabies shot yet, and she has to have one, and it has to be at least thirty days old before they'll let her on a plane.. and sadly, we don't have 30 days.. so i began to panic a little because we have less then 2 weeks before we are moving out of our apartment, and in with some friends, who i happen to know doest exactly like the cat. so my goal was to find her a new family before then.. well i called the vet clinic wondering what my options were and they told me of a fantastic website, i could post her on and if i was lucky some one would be interested. so i went ahead and did it, hoping and praying someone who needed a sweet and snugly kitty would find it. thankfully someone was listening! not even an hour had passed since i put up the ad, and my phone was ringing, so i told the lady about my sweet kitty, i told her our situation, and the cats situation, and she said she saw the pictures and LOVED them, and she wanted to know where i lived to she could come meet her, and see if there was a click. so i told her and she started to laugh, as it turns out, we live across the street from each other....it was a sign... so she walked over, and i let her into my apartment, and i handed her the cat, and there was a definite click....within seconds this lady found jazzy's "sweet spot" and had her purring... so the lady explained that she was planning on having this cat, but she needed to convince her husband. so she went home, and we decided to keep me from stressing out about it, we'd go see ice age 3, (way cute, way funny, just the stress relief I needed,) but we got home and the lady called to say her hubby was convinced and they wanted to come over and pick her up... NOW??!?!?! so now i wish i had stayed home and gotten in one last snuggle... then again it would have made it harder to let go.. any who.. they came and got her, and her belongings.. bed, kennel food bowls, food, what not, and she's hopefully in a PERMANENT home. the lady promised me she would be bringing her back to the states with them, she's planning on getting a pet passport so they can travel with her!! so i hope we did the right thing... the girls are sad, but they'll get over it.. it'll make things easier for the clean up, and well, i can sleep better knowing she's probably curled up in bed with her new owners, Cory was a bit allergic to her, so she couldn't be in our room... :) so now all we have to do, is get our apartment cleaned, packed, shipped, and we'll be done.. Cory's been doing briefings and out processing all week, I've had my dermatology appointment, i get to go in to get my birth control, cuz, i don't want another baby yet.... I'm good with the one i gots... cory's got a few more appointments, the baby has an audiology appointment, to make sure he can hear...and then we have a final WIC appointment where we'll get all the paperwork we need to transfer records and what not to Texas, so we can have some WIC down there, cuz, formula is expensive...

so we do have a lot to do. but hopefully the final week will be able to relax and spend some time with the amazing friends we've made here! hopefully...:D any who.. so that's it for now.. nothing new really... just a lot of "stuff" any who.. i have a few pics posted enjoy them!!

me-n-my baby boy!

he's so dang cute!!

i love holding him... he's just precious!

now some fond memories!

my little monster the week we got her...

sleepy kitten..

my jazzy all growed up!! this is the picture that sold her.. the lady said she looked so regal..

she had the prettiest eyes... anywho... now I'm feeling all melancholy.... oh well..:D LOVES!!

Baby Shaun updates!

hello everyone!!
so we had the baby's 3 day appointment on the 29th of June, and it was awful funny, because the doctor started to explain what we already knew, most babies lose weight the first few days of life, and the goal is to get them back to their birth weight by their two week appointment. well as she was explaining this she placed my little man on the scale and wrote down what it said. then she stopped and startled to chuckle..he was born at 6 pounds 10 ounces, and at his 3 day he weighed in at 6 pounds 13 ounces.. OK so he put on weight instead of taking it off... cool! yay we were proud! :) so yesterday, being the 9th of July was his 2 week appointment! and they did the usual, checking everything, and then they weighed hi, and we are pleased to announce that my little man has put on a full pound! he's now 7 pounds 10 ounces! and he's so dang cute! see for yourself!

awwww precious!! :D he he he.. so he was also in our local news paper! Sherry submitted him into the "new arrivals" section..:) yes it has been clipped and saved for scrapbooking! :D

he's so cute, we can't get enough of him...

i finally got a picture of me with him..:) my chin is slowly getting better, I'm not so self conscience about it any more..:) i have an appointment coming up with the dermatologist, my usual medication isn't working as well as we'd like so we get to try something a little more aggressive, and thankfully because i chose to bottle feed, theres no medication i cant try!! so i can finally get to looking somewhat normal..:) hooray!!

any who, so the fourth of July came and went, we had a blast! we pretty much sat around all day and did nothing, until around dinner time, we went to the "rock in fourth" party the air force held, it was fun to walk around the girls got to get their faces painted!

the girl who painted nikoys face LOVED her, she said she was the easiest to please, all nikoy wanted was shapes.. a heart on one cheek, a star on the other, and a Circe and a square on each hand!!

Kaylee says : "it's a bumble bee" and she has a pretty firework on her other cheek..
we also let them go in a few bouncy castles, and do a few of those big blow up relay race thingy's..... they did fantastic! :) and had LOTS of fun!

Baby brother enjoyed himself too.. he had a nice long nap..:D

anywho, so after all the fun was spent we went home to barbecue some chicken! and wait for the fire works... which would have been fantabulous! if it werent for one thing...

the darn trees..... :) the ones they actually shot up high enough to be seen over the trees were pretty! and despite the tree's the girls enjoyed themselves...

so all in all, we've had fun! its been great! and will hopefully continue to be great! Cory finally got his separation orders, we're officially civilian as of july 30th! meaning we'll be on a plane home probably on the 30th!! so we're excited..we'll.. there will be people we will miss...we've made some amazing friends here and we'll be sad to leave, but thanks to the wonders of e-mail and blogger we'll be able to stay in touch!! any who!! baby's hungry!! LOVES!

Shaun Cayden Anderson

HI everyone! yeah its been a bit, but as you may have guessed by now, we've been busy with a new little blessing!! he chose to come on Wednesday the 24th of June at 6:46 in the evening! and what an event that was.. it all started when Sherry woke up at about 6:30 in the morning in some major pain.. so after she made herself calm down and try to relax we decided that maybe this was it, and we decided to go in. we dropped the girls off at the finches (THANK YOU FINCHES!!) and headed to the hospital. when we arrived they hooked sherry up to the no-stress machines that monitor the baby, and sherry's contractions, and after almost an hour the nurses decided sherry wasn't progressing as much as they would like so they went to talk to the doctor about sending us home, (which would have been cruel because of how much pain sherry was in..) well the doctor came in and saw how much pain she was in and decided to watch her for a bit longer, well the contractions progressed a little and the doctors noticed something wrong.. with the big contractions the baby's heart rate dropped drastically...where his normal heart rate was around 130, when sherry had a contraction it dropped to the mid 90's... so the doctor decided there was definitely something wrong, and they went ahead and admitted us in the hopes of getting this baby here safe and sound the old fashioned way (no C-sections. Sherry DID NOT want a C-section..) so with the help of some pitosin, and a much needed epidural things got rolling! we knew we had a few hours so we watched the "pink panther 2" which was quite funny, and thankfully helped pass the time. well they came in and checked sherry around 6:25 ish and we were happy to hear she was dilated to a 7! so we figured another hour and a half maybe 2 hours tops! so Cory went ahead and went to get him some dinner, and at about 6:30ish Sherry had to call the nurse in to tell her she felt strange.. the nurse came in and checked on her, and sure enough in the 5 minutes Cory had been gone sherry had completely dilated and baby was ready to come! so Sherry had them page Cory back and thankfully he got there in time!! well things happened, (we wont go into the gory detail..:D) and at 6:46 Shaun Cayden Anderson made his appearance, and the doctor announced that he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck three times, and he was very VERY pale. so they cut the cord and took him away to get him breathing, and to see if they could get him to be a little more alert! he hadn't cried, hadn't screamed, not even a squeak, and sherry was terrified. the nurses decided he needed fluids and some intensive care so he was taken to the NICU for an IV and some observation, sherry made Cory go with them because she knew as long as Cory was there nothing could go wrong.. so after about 3 hours recovering, and a bit of panicking (sherry REALLY needed to see her baby..) she finally got to hold him and get a bit of good news, the fluids helped bring his color back, and when they gave him his vitamin shot he screamed like a banshee!! and thank goodness he'd passed all the little tests they'd done to make sure there was no brain damage, he was now considered a happy healthy newborn!! we also finally learned that he was 6 pounds 10 ounces! not the "over 7" the ultrasound told us. and he was 21 inches long!

this is him before he got taken to the NICU, he was so pale, it scared us to death! because the cord was wrapped so tight he wasn't getting the oxygen and blood flow he needed, so he was a bit anemic..


him giving daddy a reassuring hand hug...


on the way to the NICU he opened his eyes for a minute.. this is Sherry's favie pic of him..


Our poor baby, minutes old and already getting poked full of holes!! his hand is all wrapped up for the IV...see he's already getting color back!! after all the drama and Sherry finally got to hold her son, they moved her into the mother baby unit and Cory left her and the baby to go get the girls, it was too late to bring them in to meet their brother, so he just took them home and put them to bed. the next day however they got to come in after Kaylee's dental appointment, which we are proud to say the dentists were very happy with how strong her teeth are!
anyways, the girls arrived and were ecstatic to finally meet baby brother!


they waited a long time to meet this little man, and he was a hit! the girls instantly fell in love with him!! Nikoy loves to hold him and help feed him!

Kaylee couldn't resist his charms and had to give him a kiss!

she was as excited to meet him as Cory and sherry were!! she loves holding him as well, Nikoy and Kaylee are forever fighting over who gets to hold him first...

unfortunately because of the triple cord around his neck they made Sherry and the baby stay 2 nights, but they got to come home Friday afternoon, the nurses were all sad to see them go, and they got stopped by 3 or 4 nurses who had to say goodbye..

so we got Baby brother home and settled. this is him in his bouncer, he does have a swing but we decided that because we'll be going back to the states in a month, and our belongings will be packed up and shipped off in about 2 weeks, there's really no point to putting it together, so we'll be using the bouncer until we get settled in the states. either way he LOVES it! it plays 10 different songs from lullaby's to classical music, and it even has a noise maker, so baby boy can sit and listen to the ocean, or the rain, or even a heartbeat! and it vibrates! he loves that.

these are his toes,, aren't they the cutest most kissable toes in the world???

well, that's about all we have to report on so far, we are all doing great! we're happy to finally have the baby here, we are already getting started with the packing and de-junking of our house. getting ready for the movers to come. sherry is insisting on packaging up all her willow tree figurines, she doesn't trust the Germans to understand the importance of them, everyone of her figurines hold sentimental value, and she knows if they were to break in the move the company would replace them, but they cant replace the significant value.. so she's doing it herself. the movers can pack up the packages....Cory is also having to box up his collections of corvettes and superman figurines.. for the same reasons as sherry..we don't trust the movers.. we are also having to throw away a lot of junk and clutter, so we're digging through closets and cupboards and what not. Monday the 29th is baby Shaun's first appointment we'll let you all know how that goes. we also get to go back to the hospital to take care of his birth certificate and get his passport stuff rolling.. so wish us luck on that!! any who, we gotta go.. everyone take care and be safe!! we love you all!

Isnt he precious??!?!?

so precious....

'nuther update...

so all is still well.. unfortunately baby boy is still being stubborn!! he's head down, but unfortunately he's facing the wrong direction...oy.. so.. we have scheduled Friday morning to go in and have him forced out..:D the choice is no longer his to make! MWA HAHAHAH! he's not even born yet and I'm already having to use my " Because I'm the mommy and i said so" logic on him... he has until Friday to do it on his own, but we've decided if he's not here by Thursday then Friday he has no other choice.. he's getting quite big, he's well over 7 pounds now, and unfortunately i have a very narrow birth canal (sorry TMI i know..) but the point is the bigger he gets, the more of a chance of a C-section i have, and i DO NOT want a c-section, and honestly at this point is really not an option. if i want to fly home with Cory and the girls, he needs to get here the good old fashioned way... so yeah.. no more worrying, no more hoping, its going to happen Friday!!! I'm so excited!! as some of you know the kids on Cory's side of the family all have cute nicknames, in fact nikoy is known as "din" or "wild woman" and Kaylee has been named mouse by me, because i cant go into my kitchen without finding 4 or 5 singles cheese wrappers all over the place! she LOVES cheese!! so she's my mouse, and i have affectionately dubbed this little boy as Ox. because he's stubborn as one, and it also happens to be the year of the ox...:D so he's my ox.. for now, I'm sure when he gets here and we see more of his personality it probably wont change...:) he'll still be stubborn I'm sure.. if anything this pregnancy has taught me anything, its that girls are much easier!! yes the morning sickness sucked when i was pregnant with them.
but at least they waited till they'd been born before they started being naughty...

AAAARRGGGHHH!!!!!..and stuff...

so we are a bit frustrated and trying REALLLLY hard to be patient... here's the story..
we went into the doctor on the 16th, after a frustrating 15th. we were supposed to be induced on the 15th, but were unable to because my OB decided he'd rather go on vacation then make my life slightly..easier.. i guess.. so i woke up at 3:30 on Thursday morning and was having some nasty contractions... which bothered me alot with having Nikoy and Kaylee i didn't feel a thing until my water broke.. but i was sure feeling these!! so cory woke up and asked if i was ok, i told i was, but he didn't believe me, so we decided to go to the doctor to see if we were having a baby, so we dropped the girls off with our friends the barretts, because it was 4 am and we knew at least jerome was awake because he works at 4:30.. and because i felt bad calling anyone else that early because everyone else has toddlers, and no one wants to start their day at 5 in the morning with four or more toddlers running and screaming, i knew aurora would stay asleep and i knew Nikoy and Kaylee wouldn't go back to sleep for a while so, angela was the best idea at the time!....anywho..so we got to the hospital and they checked me in and it was the most irritating thing in the world because it was so early, and i was the only one there!! every room was empty i was the ONLY patient and they treated me like i was crashing a birthday party or something.. the guy that checked me in was less then nice, the first nurse they sent to me treated me like i was wasting her time, she wanted to do a check and i told her some information that i think might be TMI for some of you out there but it was enough info that she had to get someone else to the test... darn..so the next nurse they brought in was (thankfully) so much nicer!! she was so sweet and she just smiled the whole time, and i actually felt like it was ok that i was there... so she ran a few tests, and she decided that even though my contractions are 1-2 minutes apart, i wasn't dilating enough... so they had me go walk around the hospital for like 3 hours, and she said if i came back and showed some sign of improvement she could talk them into just keeping me and getting this baby birthing thing over with.. so i walked and walked until i got 2 blisters, (OWIE!!) and my feet were swollen! it was terribly annoying.. and when i went back they checked and i had dilated a little bit more, but unfortunately not enough to convince the doctors.. and on top of the dilating thing, the baby wouldn't stay put.. he'd lower into the whole birthing possition, and then change his mind and go for another swim..so my body is telling me its more then ready, and the baby's just being stubborn.. so home we went...sigh.. so i have an OB appointment today. the contractions are still pretty strong and pretty close together, and i've been doing ALOT of walking and cleaning, and an hour a day on my WII fit.. so hopefully, its been enough, i know i know he'll come when he's good and ready but seriously... we're running out of time.. we'll be leaving for the states on (or around) the 31st of July.. yes you read that right.. we'll be in the states by the 31st of July... that gives us 5 weeks to get the baby here, get his birth certificate, his social security number and most important his passport! if we don't get him a passport he doesn't come home with us!! luckily there are ways we can put a rush on it, but the longer he decides to stay put the less time we have to get ready, we also have to get our house ready to be packed up and moved, we have to get our car ready for shipping, we have so many appointments to make and go to its not even funny!! we all have eye appointments coming up, Kaylee and me have a dental, nikoys done with her dentals thank goodness, we all get to go in for last well checks, just to be sure the girls are up to date on everything, i have WIC appointments, i have dermatology appointments because i need to figure out how i can get rid of this nasty red chin before i run out of insurance!! the list goes on and on and on, and it would be so much easier to complete if he would show up.. in fact its going to suck, because i have to figure out what kind of birth control i want to get on before we leave because we wont be here for a six week exam! probably the patch again....cuz i cant do another IUD or anything like that till at least 6 weeks.. *sigh*.. so yeah.. its all going to suck big time...so if we get to this appointment today and they still don't think he wants to come by himself I'm going to make them force him.. if he's not born today i will at least be sent home with a date to induce.. I'm 39 weeks and like 4 days so all he's doing right now is gaining more weight.. and honestly he's already over 7 pounds, I've never had a 7 pound baby, i could barely handle a 6 pound baby....so he needs to get here, he can gain weight just as easily after he's born!!... jeez.. :) anywho.. I'm going to go.. wish me luck!! pray for me!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!