Okay I know Im a Bad Blogger

Well lets see I havent blogged on here in over 4 months. So to get everyone caught up to speed. First we'll start witht he pregnancy. We are 24 weeks pregnant. He is due to come into the world on November 25th, 2008. We are having a boy. His name is Cooper Michael Keeler. He is a very active baby. I dont think he ever sleeps. He is a very violent child on the inside, he kicks and moves 24/7. He is growing very well. When we went and had our ultrasound the doctor said he was a little bigger than the average sized baby, so maybe this means he'll be bigger than Ciarrah was. We have been going in every month for check-ups, and so far they have been going well. The first few appts. my blood pressure was high, but the doctor doesnt seem to worried, so neither am I. But that is really all about the pregnancy.

Now on to Ciarrah. She is getting really big. She is about 40 inches tall, but only weighs 30 lbs. She hasnt gained much weight, but she is really getting tall. Although we have been at the doctors office ever other week, for the most part. She has been having ear infections for about 8 weeks straight. We have been doing courses of antibiotics and ear drops. But nothing seems to get rid of them. So last week we had to go in every day for 3 days so they could give her shots of antibotics. Her ear stopped draining, but she says it still hurts. So we finally got approved for her to see an Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor, the army health care systems sucks it takes forever for them to get a referral put in. So she goes next week to the ENT, so we can figure out if they need to reput the tubes back in her ears or what they want to do. Cause she feels awful all the time thanks to these stupid ear infections. But other than that she is doing well. She is loving the warm weather.
Well other news we just moved from our apartment to a really nice townhouse, with a privacy fenced back patio. So Ciarrah can go outside and play on the patio and she has a pool for her and there is a park right behind the house. We really like this place, mainly because we didnt have to get rid of Jack after all. Our apartment wanted us to get rid of him or pay like $900 to keep him for a deposit which is in sane cause thats way to much money to have a dog. LOL. Other than that things have been going well.
Ciarrah, Jack and I will be heading to Nebraska in Septmber cause Michael has to go out to Cali for NTC training. Since his unit is set to deploy in December back to Iraq or they are talking now about Afghanistan. We really wont know where til it gets closer to the date. Right now its the middle of December, but we were told that he gets to stay back a month since we will have the baby at the end of November. But thats only rumors. So we are hoping that this baby takes his time coming out, the longer he stays in, the longer he gets to stay home. So we are hoping for a 10th of December baby, that would make me about 2 weeks late, I dont want to be pregnant longer than I have to but in this case I want to stay as long as I can. It sucks that he has to go back so soon. He just got back from Iraq on the 11th of December of last year, they were supposed to give them 15 months home since thats how long he was over there, but they are just get a year and a few days. So we are really hoping that things change, but we dont think they will.
When he returns from Iraq he is putting in a transfer to Fort Riley, Kansas, then we will be 3 hours from Nebraska and we can have family visit more often. My mom was down here for the 4th of July it was nice to have ppl come see us. After the baby is born his dad and step-mom will be coming down, too. Hopefully mom and Troy will be coming down for Thanksgiving, that is what the plan is right now, so we'll wait and see when the time gets closer. Well I really think this is up to date now. I hope this blog finds everyone well, and Ill try to be a more active blogger. Hope everyone is doing well. Talk to you a'll soon. Love Becky, Ciarrah, Michael, Jack and baby Cooper.