20 Weeks!!!

 20 WEEKS (baby and momma)           Aksel (to be determined) Gappmaier

Anybody care to hear me complain? I didnt think so, but im doing it anyway

Ok so Im sure Johannes is so sick of listening to me complain, But seriously the last month has been a little to much for this prego. I thought being pregnant the first time was hard but now with a toddler to take care of the first time around was cake!! seriously tho how do people have all these kids and not end up in the corner rocking back and forth talking to themselves! Everything was going just fine and I thought, wow this pregnancy is going to be great and fly by, and I guess that it has been great, its not the pregnancy that has me running for the hills its the two year old. Little sophie marie has decided that for the last month she wants to be sick, with everything, seriously tho everything. First it starts off with the usual cough and runny nose that goes on for a week then it turns into our old friend that never went away last winter bronchitis, Then for kicks she decides to throw up, acts normal for two days and then the night that daddy comes back into town (I will complain about that later in my post) she decides that she doesnt want him to miss out on all the fun and gives him a good covering in barf for two days. Which he handled like a champ since for some weird reason ever since she was a little tiny one she has always found it comforting to barf all over daddy. ( im not to jealous of this little bond that they have). So when the barfing subsided, the cough and runny nose that was gone for a day came back, and then came the runny butt which is the stage that we are in now. So now we have a cough that is not allowing her to take naps, or sleep at night, add on to that a child so sensitive she throws a fit if you look at her wrong and runny butt, fun. Now on to the Johannes complaint, He is finishing up his last few weeks at his current job and we are grateful for that, now more then ever since the past few weeks I have been a single mom (since he is gone out of town during the week and only home for the weekend) with no relief at the end of the day, no sleep and no sohie nap time, you know its bad when your husband informs you its more relaxing for him to be away at work then to be home. rub it in jerk. And for the icing on the suck cake, I finally got sophie down for a nap without a cough attack and maybe an hour into her nap (which normally she sleeps for 3 hours) the construction workers came today to replace our balcony which is connected to her room and all the noise scared the crap out of her and no more nap time,... so heres for hoping that sophie has gone thru every sickness for the winter this past month and will be healthy for the rest of the winter, ya right.

Good news is we are going to utah in a week (praying for soph to feel better). And I had my 20 week check-up with the little man where they did an extensive ultra sound and they checked inside every organ to make sure its all working properly, And no im not high risk or anything but apparently they do that for everyone out here, I didnt complain. So he is looking pretty perfect so far :)

Its boring to live in the same place for longer then a year,....

Ya we are moving,.... Again, then no more moving for awhile for us, im tired.  This time we are off to Luzern Switzerland, where the cows roam and the cheese flows freely, jk. Johannes got an amazing job offer that we just couldnt say no too. So that means the next few months are going to be crazy for us, we will move in Jan and then welcome little man into the family in April. Also what adds to the fun is that we have a trip planned to Utah for the end of december and we will be back in Munich on Jan. 1st, and Johannes starts his job on Jan 3rd. yay. We are very excited for the new challenge, and I cant really complain about moving to Luzern, its beautiful there, plus with the new job Johannes wont have to travel so i will actually have a husband that comes home at night, that will be weird,.. So heres to the new year, new job, new country and new baby!!!!

summer time

Well its mid July and I must say that the weather out here IS NOT what I am used to being from Utah, Its humid and when its not raining, which seems like never its so hot, but I suppose I will get used to it. Anyways we have been keeping ourselves busy here and there, we went to a family reunion a few weeks ago in Austria, where I got to meet Johannes sweet great grandma who is 94! too bad she doesnt speak english and I was not willing to embarrass myself by trying to speak german to her. Then we went to the Ammersee which is a lake about 30 min drive from here which puts any lake in Utah to shame, after that I trained and ran an 11k race with Sophie, which doesnt seem like it should be hard but running with a stroller is not ideal, even tho I love going with her, and she seems to love it too, unless I cover her with a rain guard then she freaks. Oh and I cant forget to mention this sexy singer from Tollwood.

Olympiacenter

                                                             Sexy, enough said

                                         I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts,..

           I claimed this cloaster and all of the farm land.(pretty sure patrick and whit will be the only    ones to get this)

                                                        Austrian sunset

 Johannes and I went to the city that he grew up in, and there is a hill and at the top there is this church, the most amazing view of the city and this creeper.

                                     Playing around the water at the city center

                                                  Johannes and his great grandma 

                                    This is the view from our balcony, its such a pretty church, they are repairing it now, hence half of it covered up, but Im getting tired of the bells that go off every 15 min.

                            Cheers!! soph stole my drink after the race

            I had to laugh when I ran thru the band,its not everyday you have a german band singing for you while you run.

                                                   

                                                         Ammersee

                                               Once again stealing my drink

All about Sophie

Well we have entered potty training mode so here is a post of all the different poops from sophs potty,.. JK, But here are some pics of her just because I love her, and for my family :)

 here is where she goes when we tell her its bed time, our bed

 Karate kick!!!!

 Classic mohawk in the bathtub picture

 here is where she ends up after we put her in her real "transition" bed

 Playing dress-up in mommies underwear drawer,.. again

 1/2 meter long hotdog from springfest

 wheres sophie?

 There she is!!! she will play this alllllll dayyyyy

 heres the other place she likes to end up after we put her in her bed

 she loves to wear gloves as socks

 and play with my mascara

When friends come to visit

We had some friends from america come out and visit us for a little bit, and while they were here we did a marathon site seeing tour. We really enjoyed there visit and we hope that they can come back soon! Thanks again Patrick and Whit for coming out to see us, also can you please send Alden back out so that Sophie will eat her food? even though he is terrified of her? sorry about that,... Anyways here are a million pictures from there time out here, oddly enough I dont think that I have one of all of us together,.. 

WARNING! I posted way too many pictures sorry If you get bored,.... 

and as I was going thru them they are out of order so sorry,...

First stop Munich Zoo 

                                                 Proof that I have a escape artist crazy child

                                                                       Ummmmm

                                                       Attack of the crazy goats

                                                                Neuschwanstein

                            You cant see it too well but the water is a beautiful teal color                                             

                                             Entertaining Sophie while at the BMW museum

                                             Painted by Picasso

                                             Listening to the different sounds of engines

                                                 worlds fastest pick-up truck

                                                       more neuschwanstein

                                                   Fried Quark

                                                            Best picture ever!!!!

                                 Oh man this was a super smelly ride,.. right Johannes?

                                              olympiacenter

                                                     Everytime,... she has to be naked

                     cant visit Salzburg without going to a redbulls game,.. which we dominated 4:0

                                              Music festival in Salzburg

                                                  I cant get enough of this city

                                                    two little troopers

                                                      love these two

                             Probably the most creepy thing I have walked by

                                            Part of the English gardens in Munich

              wow these are really out of order but this is more Neuschwanstein