Friday, July 31, 2009

The Joys of LIfe

Hello Everyone.. things have been very busy here the past 2 wks now...

1st to start off with.. This past Friday night.. Samantha Fell and Broke her right hand which still is pretty swollen up and bothering her.. so she hasnt been a happy Camper since she isnt able to play at the park.. or do her normal things.. she is now finally able to do some writing and drawing.. but she just wants to play at the park and do the monkey bars.. which she cant do that yet.. hopefully her hand will heal up quick.. but only time will tell for it....

2nd.. I (Abby) have started working.. by watching 2 Girls Ages 4 and 7yrs in age Brooke who is 4yrs old.. she is a pretty good kid.. then her sister Ashley 7yrs.. she can be a hand full but I totally know how to handle her since she is just like Samantha... so they butt heads alot.. but its been good for both of them.. to see that they both cant be the boss over each other.. so I let them duke it out at times haha... but they have done really well here with the girls.... I am watching them Monday through Friday from 630am til when ever there dad gets off of work.. so anywheres from 445pm til 530pm... this coming wk.. they will be at my house from 530am til 630pm.. so it will be a long wk....

my days now starts at 5am and end no later then 11pm.. lately i'm out cold by 9pm.. which of course.. Matt doesnt really like.. since normally he goes to bed b4 me.. so he keeps falling asleep down stairs and wakes up around 4am to crawl into bed b4 my alarm goes off.. yes.. I wake up b4 him now.... so its been interesting.... but yes.. that all has been crazy.. this is end of wk 2 of watching the girls.. and I still have 3 1/2 wks to go...

Matt leaves next Saturday For Cali.. he will be gone from the 8th til the 26th I believe not sure on the day he is coming back.. I just know its for 3wks... I'm not looking foward to him going away and being 9 hours behind me.. but its something I just have to deal with being a Military Spouse... he is heading over there for some kind of Schooling... I told him to enjoy his Vacaction.. that when he gets back.. I'm going to go somewheres with my girl friends and he can watch the girls... but it shall be interesting forsure.. the wks i'm sure will go by pretty fast since i'm working 2 1/2 of those wks..

the other girls are doing alright.. Ayme just got over croup and then a nice cold.. Alyssa.. is trying to walk now.. she has cutt through her top 4 teeth.. so she has 6 teeth now.. she is still so tiny 17.4lbs and in 9mth clothes and she is 13 1/2mths old.. but she is happy and healthy..

Oh Yea! We now have 2 Vans.. We finally Picked up our new Van the 2000 ford windstar.. which they also gave us a free $200. carseat.. so that was nice of them.. so now if we want to go out as a Family we can... the only down part right now is.. I cant not drive here yet.. So i'll be walking to places while Matt is away... but its ok... I can make do.. I always do...

well I think thats it for an update on the joys of life right now... love and miss you alll

Monday, July 20, 2009

Latest on the Beckman Family

Well it has been a while since I have posted in here.. things have been pretty crazy busy around here.. but its all been fun..... any who.. 1st off.. We will be getting our new/used Van in 1 1/2 wks... which I cant wait to be able to finally be able to go out as a family in 1 trip instead of dropping 2 kids off come back for the younger 2 and me.. so yep cant wait.. it is a 2000 ford windstar so it will be ok.. and we are only paying $2500. for it.. so I cant really complain.... any who.. the weather is alot colder then the states.. so it has been an interesting summer forsure.. it has only gotten to 84 only 2 maybe 3 times all summer so far.. most days are in the mid to low 70s.. and at night in the low 50s.. but it is nice... I enjoy the nice spring like days here.. any ways... next i'll do the updates on each family member :) enjoy......

Alyssa: she is doing great.. she is 13mths old now.. and all of 17lbs 4oz and finally in size 9mth clothes... which some are still a little to long on her.. but she is growing... She is now standing all on her own.. no walking yet.. she just uses stuff to walk around.. she now has 3 teeth (2 bottom 1 top) which i'm sure more are coming in.. since she gets in those cranky spurts and she has been sleeping more... but she is doing good and still happy as ever

Ayme... she is doing great... she is my lil trouble maker from time to time.. but what 2 yr old isnt trouble from time to time... she is in the lets draw on everything stage.. so walls in the house got color.. but its ok... we are dealing with it... but she is doing good.. she is a good kid.. she loves playing With Alyssa... which is always cute to watch...

Michelle.. She is doing good.. she has been showing more emotions to us not understanding what she is trying to say to us.. that if we dont get it.. she will go run off and cry... the hard thing with her is.. she doesnt even want to try and have us help her say the words and all.. she will just say "I cant" so it has been a challange with her.. Lord Willing she will open up more so I can help her out to learn and except the help that is given to her.. but besides that.. she is doing good...

Samantha... She is doing good.. she has her 5yr old talk back from time to time and her tempers that can get her little butt in trouble... but she is doing better then before.. she likes to test me from time to time.. which she has learned I dont cave.. and running to Daddy to ask him.. he doesnt cave either... so it has been fun.. she has made alot of new friends so she has friends come over alot to play.. but all in all she is doing good.. and just growing up way to fast on me...

Matthew.... He is doing good.. he is busy as always with work.. helping out his friends fix stuff I.E. Cars, computers, grills, ect.... but he is doing good.. I made him take tonight off to go to the movies with 2 of his buddies from work... they will be going to see transformers 2.. ( I saw it already last wk) but I told him.. he needs to go out too and have some fun... so he will be out tonight.. and then he will be having a computer land party on Saturday and BBQing with the guys.. but he is doing well...

Me... I'm doing great.. i'm busy as ever.. with my 4 girls.. and now i'm watching our friends 2 daughters ages 4 and 7 (girls) from Monday to Friday.. from 630am-330pm.. they are just here for the summer since then they go back to the states to there mom... but they are good kids.. and we have fun playing and all so normally during the day by 130-2pm I will have 7 kids (all girls) here playing at the house... since the 1 girl that comes to play is from across the street I watch her while her mom gets house stuff done while her 4mth old and 2yr old nap.. so I take her 5yr old off her hands from 130-2pm til 5pm so my house has extra kids now from 630am til 5pm Mon-Fri... its been fun.. I tell you what hehe... Most people think i'm crazy to have so many kids here.. but then again they think i'm crazy 4 of them are my own kids hehe.. but its all good... I enjoy my kids and I enjoy my life..... but besides the watching kids.. I have been doing good.. I get to go out kid free at least 1x a wk with my girl friends.. sometimes its a night movie and then a day.. or we just do a Family BBQ with friends over which is always nice... Its nice to finally have real friends here.. I have my 2 girl friends. and we always get together to hang out let the kids play and be able to go out.. and lucky enough.. all our husbands are friends with each other.. so we dont got to worry about them complaining or what not.. but yep.. all in all i'm doing great.. and enjoying life here in Germany

(prayers out to me that I will pass my German drivers test when I get in to take it.. it is pretty tricky the things you need to know to pass the test there signs are alot different then ours and you must know how to read some of the German words to know what the signs mean)

ok I think that is about it.. Love and Miss you all

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July

Well today we had a BBQ.. and had our friends over with there kids.. we we had 12 people over.. we had an Awesome time.. we all had a blast.. this was like the 1st holiday in a VERY long time.. that I actaully enjoyed and had a good time... the kids loved the fireworks.. which werent until 1030pm and didnt end til after 11pm.. so we had a long busy day of hanging out and having fun.. the kids enjoyed the pool we had set up for them.. they had fun running around in the sun.. I only got some pictures.. i'll have to try and steal some that my friend took of the kids today as well.. but yea.. we had an awesome time.... any who.. hope you all have/had a good 4th of July.. i'm off to bed since its almost 12am here.. take care all

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Long Family Update

Well Its time again to do a family update on us all and all that is going on here.... any who.. I want to start this all off.. with.. We have just bought a Used Van for $2500.00 which we had $3000.00 set aside for something.. it is a green 2000 ford mini van with 90k miles on it.. We wont be getting it til August 1st.. due to them PCSing (moving) and there new SUV will be shipped out at the end of this month.. so Yep on August 1st.. we will have our van.. that we can all fit in.. so it will be nice.. we will be selling the 4 seater Van that we have for $1500.00 so we can buy Matt a smhe timeall Car to use for work that is good on gas and what not.. so in time that will be nice... any who.. onto each person updates

Alyssa: she is 1yrs old now.. and slowly getting big.. she is finally out of her 6mth clothes.. so she is now in 6-9mth clothes... and she is 16lbs 8oz.. but she is still crawling around like crazy.. she loves the stairs.. she can go up them.. but not down yet.... she has been trying to stand on her own.. which is cute to watch.. she also is now walking with holding onto stuff.. so we shall see how long it will take til she gets to walking... but she is doing good.. and she is such a happy little girl

Ayme... she is doing good.. she is 2 1/2 yrs old... she talks up a storm now.. and is our lil joker.. she makes us laugh all the time.. she is doing amazing though.. she is such a good kid..

Michelle... she is doing good.. she will be turning 4 yrs old next month...she has gotten really tall.. and still really skinny.. her speech is fun to try and understand at times.. but she is still doing well.. she is still having troubles with getting her shirts on and off.. but in time she will get it.. she at times has troubles with her pants/shorts from time to time too.. which just goes with her disabilities she has.. but she is doing good.. hopefully soon.. I can find the place to start setting up her speech and OT appts.. so we shall see.. but she is doing good

Samantha.. she is doing good she loves to drive me insane from time to time.. but what kid doesnt like to drive there parents crazy hehe.. any who.. she is doing good.. she is so excited for school.. and she has been making tons of new friends that start school this fall with her.. so in its been fun for her...

Matthew... he is doing good.. he is getting things in order for his 3wk TDY to Cali.. from August 8th til the 24th of August.. which it is for schooling... he is excited about going.. of course.. i'm not.. but its just apart of being military... but he is doing well...

Me... i'm doing ok... I hurt my right foot.. but its healing up... I droped a table on it this past Monday.. so i brusied the top of it pretty nicely.. but its ok.. I can walk again on it... but besides that i'm doing good.. and enjoying my time here in Germany.. I have met and made some new friends so its nice to know some new people.. I hope in more time. i will be able to go out and meet some more... right now i'm studying for my German drivers test.. hopefully I pass it when i take it which i hope to take that within the next 2wks.. so wish me luck.. Lord willing i'll pass when i take it.. its alot to learn.. so time will tell...

any who... thats about it here i believe... when I have more updated stuff I'll update you more on here...