It's been a while

Hello All,

I am sorry it has been a while since I posted last. Well I guess it has been over two years since my last post. A lot has happened since my last update. We have a new baby who is now six months old. His name is Samuel. Tristan is going to pre-school and loves it. He is very energetic. We are no longer stationed in Germany. We moved back to the states in September of 2010, and now we live in Spokane Valley WA. Robert is not in the Active duty Army anymore. He has signed up for 6 years of reserve time. Well that is the quick update for you. I will try better at updating more often.

11 Months

Wow! I can't believe that Tristan is already 11 months old! Just one more month and he will be 1! The other day, it was the 25th I was thinking back eleven months. I was at home and little did I know that Tristan Jacob Haun would be born the next evening at 8:36 pm. I knew at the time that it would be close but I had pretty much given up hope that I would go to the hospital that night. It turns out that that is just what had happened. It really does not seem like it was that long ago.
Tristan is walking full speed now. He can walk across the room without much of a problem. Sometimes he takes a spill but more often than not he can get to where he is going. I can't believe how fast he has perfected it. Just three weeks ago to the day was when he took his first unassisted step and now he is walking across a room!
He has not said "Mama" since the first time that he said it. I am hoping that he will pick up on it before we come home, but he has perfected "Dada" Robert will be happy about that.
Robert is still doing fine. I have not talked to him in a few days but he is keeping really busy. Which is good for him as it makes the time go by faster.
Well that is all for now. See you all soon.

First Step

The other day Tristan took his first real on his own step! I was so proud of him. In our living room I have our couches set up in a sort of an "L" shape. I was sitting on one of the couches and he was standing up next to the other holding onto it. I told him "Tristan come here" and put out my hands and he took a couple of steps to get to me!
It is kind of funny because Tristan is a very out going baby and always has been. He always tries to do things. It seems that he has no fear at times, but when it comes to him walking on his own he is a little bit timid. He is getting there though. I am sure that he will be walking by the time that we come home in December to see everyone.
If any of you are wondering, the picture above is of Tristan right after he pulled his sock off with his teeth. He is so silly, he does that a lot. He will take it off and then crawl around with it still in his mouth. I always get a good laugh out of him being so funny.

Mama

Tristan has been getting more vocal and is able to make more sounds. Everyday he gets closser to talking. About fourty five minutes ago he got up from his nap. After he was up I got him a snack of apple and strawberry chunks. He ate that up good! After that we got out of the highchair and he was wondering around the living room. He was making all sorts of noises and tried to go to the phone cords without me noticing. "darn she caught me" I told him to come to me and as he was doing so he said "Mama"! I said "Tristan you just said Mama!" He finally said it! He has been saying "Dada" for months so this was really exciting for me!

Number Four

Well, there is not too much going on right now. Same old, same old.
Tristan is doing really good. Growing like a weed! He is ten months old now. My how time flies! He got his fourth tooth in the other day. Those top teeth are killers. He was really unhappy while they were coming in.
A couple of weeks ago I took Tristan to play outside in front of our building. I was hoping that he would play in the grass a little bit but he was not really interested. But I got some good pictures out of it.
The picture of him with the messy face is when I gave him a cookie! He loves to eat them. They are the Gerber biter biscuits.
Well, that is pretty much all for now!

Tristan outside in front of our building

Tristan just got done eating his cookie

Long Walk

Today, Tristan and I set out for a walk into town. We were going to go to the PX to get teething tablets for Tristan. My friend Evi was going to join us. We walked to her house, she lives in town, and walked to the main post from there. She showed me the walk in gate. It shaves a few minutes off of your walking time. She needed to go to the post office, so we walked up this hill to get there. Then we stoped by the power zone (that is the electronics store on post). Then we went to the PX. They were still out of teething tablets. So I asked customer service if they could transfer some from another store, and thank goodness they could. After that we went to the commesary (grocery store). The commesary is at the clear opposite side of town from where I live. And from there we walked home. the worst part is walking up the hill to my house. I was huffing and puffing all the way up. But it is good for me and I enjoy it, so I hope that I can continue.
This weekend we girls are thinking about having another Girls Night. I am excited. Evi is planning on making her fondue again. It is the best stuff ever.
Well, that was just an update. Take care.

Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band

Yesterday, July 5th, Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band came to Baumholder. A few friends and I, along with Tristan went to the concert. We had a really good time. The concert started at 7pm. It was a free concert put on my the USO. When the concert started Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan of Forest Gump) got down on his knees and played for the kids. Then at one point he came into the croud. I got some pretty good pictures. I hope that you enjoy these. The band was really good. He said that this was his fourth tour and it was the fifth show in this one. He said that because of taping CSI he cant do it nine months out of the year but on the weekends they try and go around the country to play. I thought that was really cool.

Tristan's little head, Me, Evi, and Ally at the concert

At this point he was really tired!

Gary Sinise, aka Lt. Dan of forest Gump
Or if you are a CSI fan, Detective Mac Taylor

Tristan and Angie dancing at the concert