"It's like riding a bike..."

This weekend is proving to be wonderful -- one day at a time.

Friday wasn't so eventful, but we can blame that on being tired from waking up so early.

We both woke up early to get the day started. Chad headed to work at about 0630 and I couldn't go back to sleep and decided not to since I had to make an appearance at my office around noon for a late 'birthday' celebration.

Getting ready in the early a.m. was so much easier to do while Kieran was still asleep. Once that little bugger is awake, it is nonstop with feedings and nourishment. HAH. So, I was able to get up -- brush my teeth, wash my face AND actually apply make up before he woke up. Such a relief to actually finish before the storm begins. LOL...

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Saturday was the '4th of July Freedom Festival' or 'Rockin' 2nd as Chad would call it.

We went with one thing on our minds. Well, okay, two things. We were on a mission to demolish a hot dog and a few beers. Simply because you cannot attend a 4th of July fest and not give into the crappy chili dogs and Corona.

Well, we did -- and left feeling sick. After eating healthy for the past week, the crap we consumed started to make our stomachs feel like poooo.

We stayed for a few hours, but then when Kieran started to get fussy after being SUCH a good baby, we headed home.

The next day, we did some thinking and decided a few things.

#1) It's clear that our bodies felt like crap because we ate a funnel cake, 2 hot dogs and chili dogs and then each had 2 beers -- and there is a reason why.. WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH EATING HEALTHY. We've listened to our bodies and have finally learned what to watch out for. We did so well during the week, and although the junk food was great momentarily, it was not worth it after the stomach aches.

#2) We are going to condense our stuff and get rid of the stuff that we don't want any more and we are going to start working for the things that we've been wanting for a while (like a nice bedroom set..and some more furniture). So, selling our older stuff and saving up for some good stuff. I'lll have to post some things that we are looking forward to investing in.

And we are also getting rid of the useless clutter. Nobody likes clutter..especially us. Every once in a while, Chad and I get frustrated with just 'crap' and we start to throw out things that no longer mean anything. Luckily, we have the resource of ramsteinyardsales.com to sell what we've got to the people coming in and out of the area.

Tomorrow is our day off (MONDAY) and the day before I have to go back to work for the first time. I am not excited AT ALL. :( I am sad to leave Kieran for the day, but I know it will be good for both of us for me to get some space and for him to spend the day with a German speaking person. That means we'll have to speak LOTS and LOTS of English when he gets home in the evenings so that way he isn't ONLY fluent in German. That would be scary.

We will either be going to the lake with our friends tomorrow, and if not that we'll be going ona picnic of our own.

We love you all. Keep coming back for more..

(P.S. We are still brainstorming to find out what our plan is for the future..!! Aghh! SO exciting)

Love.

Chad.

Ciara.

&

Kieran.

(Lucy too!)