Andrew's Address

We finally have an address for Andrew. He likes getting letters though he probably won't send many back. Please keep him in your prayers.

PFC Andrew J Fueller
HHC 3/297th INF
APO AE 09330

Kids in Vegas

Here are some various pictures of the kids. They had a good time but I am looking forward to taking a trip to Vegas without them. I have been there 3 times and yet to see anything I wanted to. They dont want to look at all the hotels and walk inside them. Any offers to babysit are being taken at the moment. Come on...there are only 4 of them.

A month with the IN-LAWS

I survived!! No...it actually was fine. The kids loved having them here and were very sad to see them go. Austin gave up his room for a month to let them stay in there and he slept in Jilliann's room on an air mattress. He said he would gladly stay on the air mattress to keep Grandma and Grandpa here. It was sweet. They were a fabulous help with Jilliann...she loves her Grandpa and his yodeling. I was able to do all my running around with the bigger boys without having to tow her along. Grandma cooked lots of good homemade stuff (that the kids wouldnt eat!) and spent her time teaching Jilliann to crawl. She is so close now. Darn! Both Grandma and Grandpa had to learn the X-Box game "Monkey Ball" to keep Christian happy. Grandma even started to play on her own when Christian wasnt looking. They are back in Alaska now and getting used to the cold. Hey...it was 82 degrees here today! HA HA.

Christian VS. Treadmill

I FINALLY decided to start exercising so on Friday morning (10/27) I got up and ran a mile on the treadmill. When I was done Christian asked if he could play cars on it. The boys like to watch their race cars slide down the belt while it is on. He was playing for a while then I heard some screaming. Now, in my house you never respond on the first 2 screams. By the 3rd scream I knew he was hurt so I ran over to him. He was pinned between the end of the belt and a dresser. The belt was still running so his skin was being eaten away. We are on day 3 and he is still pretty sore. AHHH...another quiet day in paradise! I guess the lesson learned here is that I should stay fat because exercising is dangerous to those around me.

Holiday in Kuwait

Andrew came home for a visit before being shipped out for his holiday vacation... better known as his war tour. We went to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas. We kept him busy to keep his mind off things and had a fun time doing all kinds of stuff. We went to a Midevil Times dinner, lots of buffets, the Adventure Dome in Circus Circus and stayed at the Aladdin Hotel. John's parents were visiting too so we had a load of people. We also went on a tour of the Hoover Dam.

As soon as Andrew returned to Mississippi he was told they were shipping out in 2 days. He rushed to get ready and was on his way before any of us could process the reality. He is in Kuwait right now and we are praying hard he stays there as it is the safer place to be. He is in good spirits and adjusting to the dust and heat okay. I will post his address when I get it but for now here is his e-mail...

andrew.fueller@us.army.mil

We miss him and are keeping him in our prayers non stop. We are so proud of him too. Thanks Andrew, for serving our country. We love you.

She is 6 months!

I cannot believe how fast 6 months has gone. It makes me sad but seeing her changes every day is very fun. At her appointment she weighed in at 19 pounds 14 ounces (97%) and is 27 3/4 inches long (97%). She is quickly venturing into the 12 month clothes. She is now rolling over both directions and getting up on her hands and knees. She can scoot herself along but hasnt quite got the hand motion together yet to crawl. I am sure it will be soon though. I bought her a jumpy toy and she loves it. She likes to stand and be a big girl so this toy works out nice. She just started eating rice cereal at night and likes to drink water. The boys still think she is the greatest thing ever...just wait until she is able to crawl and get into all their stuff!!