Back track!! Moving Day - April 2011

Not sure what I expected on moving day, but I know I wasn't thinking it was going to take 14 hrs to pack all of our household goods. We ended up having only one man ... yes, one man ... pack our entire apartment.

Hanging out ... trying not to get in the way of the mover.

Sweet little man! 

love my boys

Livingroom in the beginning.

A few hours later ...

Master bedroom

Last Night in Germany/PCS

We spent the last couple nights in the hotel on base and Caleb loved every minute of being somewhere new. He especially liked the shower ...

I'm not sure why, but he wanted to be in it all day long.

Our empty apartment ... it was actually really sad leaving it since it was the first place Aaron and I ever had and the place Caleb and Jensen had been brought home to. Not going to miss being on the 3rd floor though :)

The little guy who kept watching me while cleaned the balcony.

Aaron passed out with Jensen after a long day of cleaning the apartment.

Jensen hanging out on our last night in Germany.

Poor Caleb didn't want to wake up the morning of our flight. He stayed in bed for as long as he possibly could before we made him change out of his pjs.

Even Jensen had a hard time staying awake that morning. He slept the whole way to Frankfurt.

All of our bags packed up and ready to be loaded into the car.

 Frankfurt Airport

Caleb and Aaron having their favorite Germany gummy bears while waiting for our flight.

Watching the airplanes.

Handsome little man on the plane. 

Caleb on the plane. I can't recall what he was watching, but he was so good and watched his move almost the whole time.


I was really surprised at how well Caleb did on the plane. For the most part he sat in his carseat (which was a huge pain in the butt FYI) with his head phones on watching his movie or playing with the iPad. The only time we really had an issue with him was when we were descending and he thought it would be fun to make loud, ear piercing screeches. I guess he thought it was supposed to be super funny because he laughed every time. I was so glad to land ... until we found out our connecting flight was already boarding and we were on the opposite side of the airport. After literally running through the airport (Jensen strapped to my chest and pushing Caleb in the stroller while Aaron struggled to carry all of our luggage) we finally made it to the terminal. First we were told we were going to be the last to board ... until a crew member came out saying that we couldn't get on. Thankfully, a few of the other crew members fought to get us on the flight and we were finally headed to Savannah!!

Caleb wasn't as well behaved on the connecting flight so we were glad it wasn't too long. Jensen slept in my lap the whole time. It was such a relief to land in Savannah and know I didn't have to get on another plane anytime soon. Aaron's sister was nice enough to drive up from Florida to pick us up and then drove us down to Tampa.

Last Days in Germany - April 2011

Caleb having some lunch while in Heidelberg. 

Kleber

Downtown Kaiserslautern, De

The camera before the gate to Vogelweh ... always scared me ;)

Caleb's "oats" on the way to Sembach.

The road that leads to Sembach.

Deer in the field before th gate into Sembach.

The town of Sembach.

Trier Trip - April 24, 2011

We decided to make one last trip over to Trier since Caleb and I were both sick the first time we went. Trier is probably one of the prettiest cities in Germany and I was so excited to be returning for a better look. The drive over is so nice and relaxing. The majority of it is country side with farm fields full of cows grazing or flowers growing. Just a pleasure to look at and a nice break from the city. 

Just a glimpse of the vineyards that line the hills.

Love all the flowers that grow in the Spring. The fields were full of them on this trip. 

Once we got into the city we parked in one of the garages and walked downtown to the Porta Negra (Black Port). It's an old Roman port that's open for the public to walk through and has a small museum attached to the side. We ended up skipping the museum since we had walked through it once before and I didn't want to have to keep Caleb from touching every single thing. Instead, we hit the walkplatz to see some of this things we hadn't gotten to see the first time.

Caleb and Jensen sitting outside the Porta Negra

Loved this house.

Aaron and Caleb walking around the city.

We stopped for some lunch halfway through our day and Caleb got to chose so of course it was McDonald's. Aaron and the cashier had a slight misunderstanding and we ended up with 4 happy meals instead of the 4 piece chicken nugget happy meal Aaron thought he was asking for.

Caleb wasn't even sure what to do with all of them.

The boys were so good on the trip and we ended up getting to see all the big cathedrals and beautiful architecture I'd been hoping to see.

Aaron and Caleb outside of a huge bookstore downtown.

Roman Baths 

Such a beautiful cathedral.