Happy Halloween!

Hey everyone! I just had a little extra time and thought I'd upload the Halloween pictures from yesterday. Eliska was a little monkey and Addyson was a witch! They both had such a great time and Ellie definitely got a lot more candy than any one year old should! Well, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!

Catching up the last month

She is definitely enjoying the cake!

Ohhh, yummy yummy!

Wait a minute... it's squishy....

A picture of Ellie's first real birthday cake.

Yay, paper to play with!

Wow, this thing make a lot of noise!

Pretty pretty princess

I am my father's daughter. I love pizza!

] Gotta love that chocolate cake.

Mommy did something silly!

This was her real birthday, with little baby chocolate cakes.

You lookin at me??

Family picture at the pumpkin patch.

It's like playing Where's Waldo!

She picked out her very own pumpkin.

Kids and their kids!

Ellie was having a blast at the petting zoo.

This was the greediest goat in the world! He started following Ellie around.

During my closing graduation speach.

New pictures

Hey everyone. So I've finally gotten around to keeping everyone updated with this thing! Not a whole lot has been going on. Ellie is walking fabulously now. She loves to walk while holding my hand, but she will definitely do it on her own. I think she just likes being with Mommy! =) She's talking a mile a minute and no one can understand a word she's saying. She definitely says Momma and Inga. But all the dogs are Inga! Whatever works. She's been trying to feed herself with a spoon, which is super exciting for me. She's also drinking mostly whole milk, instead of formula. Ahhh, my little girl is growing up! I can't believe how big she is getting! Right before my eyes I swear I can see her get taller. She's still a skinny lil thing though! As far as the nutrisystem is going, it's still going. I definitely don't stick to it like I should, but I'm still losing weight. I'm at about a total loss of 8 lbs. That's roughly over 5 weeks or so. I'm still not working out, but with my schedule, all I want to do is sleep at the end of the day. I'll get back into it eventually. For now, I'm just relaxing when I can, playing with Ellie, and getting completely stressed out about school and moving back to TX! Tom is doing great as well. He's actually thinking he may be trying to get out when the time comes for it. There was a change in the GI Bill, and it may help him decide whether on not he should stay in or not. Well, I think that's it for now. Enjoy the pictures!

A little taste of Addyson

This is my niece Addyson Michelle. She's so adorable! And she's ALWAYS ready for the camera!Mommy and Daddy are actually on vacation in Hawaii right now and this was a quick and easy way for them to see her!

Eliska's Walking

So, here is a quick video of some of Ellie's first steps! We're so excited!

Nutrisystem Diet

I don't know how many people know this, but I've been doing the Nutrisystem diet. Something to more-or-less getting the weightloss started. I've got some pretty good news about it though. In the two weeks I've been doing it (and a little cheating here and there), I've already lost 4 lbs! I'm really excited about it, and it's keeping me pretty motivated to stick with it. The plan is pretty good, and I've only been grossed out by one or two dishes, like the "scrambled eggs." (yea, they were nasty!) Now, I'm just going to keep up the work and see where it takes me!

My favorite video (so far)

I hope you can turn your speakers up. Ellie is blowing kisses!

Pictures from over Tom's R&R

So this picture was actually taken on the last day that Tom was home. We're actually waiting in the airport for his flight to board. It was nice to see them comfortable with one another. It happened a lot fast than I honestly thought it would. I guess Ellie already knew who Daddy was!


This is a picture of Ellie when we all went out for breakfast while we were in Williamsburg, VA. She had this crazy facsination with my glasses, so we decided to see how long she'd wear them. It last, oh 3 secs or so.


This is when Tom first arrived. I don't think I've ever smiled so much as when I saw him walk through the terminal!



This was from our favorite Crab House in all of MD. It's called Drift Inn and it's where Mom and Dad Haenke experienced their first blue crabs! Ellie was having a ball as you can tell.


And here's a picture of ole cracker face herself! She was enjoying the conversation just as much as everyone else as long as the conversation revolved around her!