This is just a short post to update you on Keegan!!
He is just now learning how to laugh and Jonas and I are
enjoying every minute of it. He also rolled over for the
first time two weekends ago (December 19th) and that
was also very exciting for us! He's a really healthy baby,
and we couldn't ask for anything else. Thanks for reading!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Vixey - Our Newest Addition!!
That's right! Jonas loves me so much that he got me an early Christmas present, and that's our new dog Vixey!
She's so sweet! We got her from a rescue shelter in Arkansas. She's about a year old, although they're not positive on her age or her breed! The way I like to think about it is her one year birthday is the day we got her and she's a collie, chow and FOX mix! (definitely a fox..has to be a fox)
She's really good with the cats, Jonas likes her, and best of all: she's great with Keegan!! Now I can actually go outside instead of being cooped up inside all day long. I've got a dog to walk. :)
She's so sweet! We got her from a rescue shelter in Arkansas. She's about a year old, although they're not positive on her age or her breed! The way I like to think about it is her one year birthday is the day we got her and she's a collie, chow and FOX mix! (definitely a fox..has to be a fox)
She's really good with the cats, Jonas likes her, and best of all: she's great with Keegan!! Now I can actually go outside instead of being cooped up inside all day long. I've got a dog to walk. :)Bienvenue en Louisiane!
I heard from an old friend today who told me that he was following the blog. He actually reminded me that I had a blog to keep up with! Sorry ya'll, we've been quite busy these past couple of months.
So, on November 10th, Jonas and I moved out on our own and into our first apartment together! (Living in my mom's basement doesn't count as our own apartment, haha) It was very exciting for me as it was the first time I'm really out on my own.
This is our couch set and coffee table (thanks Mom!!) in our family room.
light on the left is coming from the door to our balcony!
A different angle of the family room, looking at the tv and into Keegan's room.
This is Keegan's room! Lucky dog..I didn't have my own room until high school!
This is our dining room, on the other side of our family room from the balcony.
It looks into our kitchen.
And there's my wonderful Dragonfly wind chime. :)
light on the left is coming from the door to our balcony!
A different angle of the family room, looking at the tv and into Keegan's room.
This is Keegan's room! Lucky dog..I didn't have my own room until high school!
This is our dining room, on the other side of our family room from the balcony.It looks into our kitchen.
And there's my wonderful Dragonfly wind chime. :)
Last but not least, this is mine and Jonas's bedroom.
Welcome to our humble abode! We're still working on the finishing touches, but it's our first "home" and I love it!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Keegan Show - In color!
Grandpa came all the way from Germany to hang out with me!
4 Generations - 1 Picture!
Grandpa and Great-grandparents
"just" the parents
3 Generations and a freezing KeeganTuesday, October 28, 2008
The Keegan Show
Dear Everybody,
long time no see for me on the internet, but I made it back - safely! So don't worry y'all, I will still provide you with interesting information and stories about and around my life.
The last weeks have been pretty busy for us. Birth, surgery, recovery, parents, grandparents, parents-in-law, grandparents-in-law, family dinners, work authorization, social security application, travel documents, apartment application, moving truck booking and so on.
But let's start out in the beginning - NOT. Ha, I am still the old, funny guy from overseas, just living over-overseas, which means right here, right!?
About 4 weeks ago, my mom, Keegan's grandma and Sam's mother-in-law, arrived in Atlanta. She was really excited about meeting her first grandchild and there he was, an American!
She should not be the only visit from Germany. Almost my whole family came over to see my son, their grandchild or even great-grandchild. Like I said, it has been a busy time.
However, thanks to the visit from Germany I got around more and more to sightseeing places such as Kennesaw Mountain, the Aquarium, the Mall(s) and of course Stone Mountain.
This week was and is the week of the goodbyes, at least for now. My cousin left on Sunday, my grandparents on Monday, my Dad will leave tomorrow, my Mom next week on Tuesday and my family including me is moving to Shreveport next week on Wednesday!
So fyi, if you decide to start a family overseas, you'd better prepare for a hard, well, fun time.
It was really fun though, spending that much time with my family that I won't see until January and hadn't seen in 5 months. Anyway, I am glad to start out the new life with my family in Shreveport in about a week and be able to life more independantly.
Enough writing and reading for you - enjoy the pictures of our little Mr Sunshine!
Due to technical difficulties you will have to wait for the pictures, hopefully just until tomorrow! ;-)
Take care!
long time no see for me on the internet, but I made it back - safely! So don't worry y'all, I will still provide you with interesting information and stories about and around my life.
The last weeks have been pretty busy for us. Birth, surgery, recovery, parents, grandparents, parents-in-law, grandparents-in-law, family dinners, work authorization, social security application, travel documents, apartment application, moving truck booking and so on.
But let's start out in the beginning - NOT. Ha, I am still the old, funny guy from overseas, just living over-overseas, which means right here, right!?
About 4 weeks ago, my mom, Keegan's grandma and Sam's mother-in-law, arrived in Atlanta. She was really excited about meeting her first grandchild and there he was, an American!
She should not be the only visit from Germany. Almost my whole family came over to see my son, their grandchild or even great-grandchild. Like I said, it has been a busy time.
However, thanks to the visit from Germany I got around more and more to sightseeing places such as Kennesaw Mountain, the Aquarium, the Mall(s) and of course Stone Mountain.
This week was and is the week of the goodbyes, at least for now. My cousin left on Sunday, my grandparents on Monday, my Dad will leave tomorrow, my Mom next week on Tuesday and my family including me is moving to Shreveport next week on Wednesday!
So fyi, if you decide to start a family overseas, you'd better prepare for a hard, well, fun time.
It was really fun though, spending that much time with my family that I won't see until January and hadn't seen in 5 months. Anyway, I am glad to start out the new life with my family in Shreveport in about a week and be able to life more independantly.
Enough writing and reading for you - enjoy the pictures of our little Mr Sunshine!
Due to technical difficulties you will have to wait for the pictures, hopefully just until tomorrow! ;-)
Take care!
Monday, September 29, 2008
The Big Arrival!
I started having more frequent contractions on Friday night (September 12th). Finally, on Sunday night, I decided that it was time to go to the hospital. I started labor at 5:00 PM on Sunday afternoon/evening. We arrived at the hospital around 10:00 PM. Keegan was born the following morning at 11:19 AM. It was quite a long labor. Due to some minor complications, Keegan was born via cesarean section (which is now causing me some problems as it has begun to open up); however, he IS here and he is healthy and has all his fingers and toes and whatnot.
He's perfect. :)
Mommy and Daddy with baby Keegan.
Keegan's umbilical cord fell off when he was 10 days old. I thought that was a bit early, but it's healed completely now so today we were able to give him a bath for the first time!
As you can probably tell, he didn't like it too much.
It was still nice to finally have a clean baby though!
After his bath, we tried to capture some nice shots of his curls.
They didn't turn out too well, but maybe you can still see it a bit.
Thanks for reading!!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Our interest: Stormchasing
Dear fellows,
Our newest hobby is chasing storms. We thought it's way better to chase them, than have them chase us. Due to our new love, we had to drive all the way to Louisiana last week in order to see our latest storm - Gustav, a category 5 hurricane (when we "saw" it, it was not even a hurricane any more, but anyway!!) hitting the US gulf coast.
Not a lot of you knew about our secret love, so we thought we should show you guys some pictures of our trips. Please don't be irritated by the National Geographic logo, our photos have already been published!
Hurricane Erica in the wasteland of Alabama's south.
The only picture not taken by us, but such a good one!
Take care!
Our newest hobby is chasing storms. We thought it's way better to chase them, than have them chase us. Due to our new love, we had to drive all the way to Louisiana last week in order to see our latest storm - Gustav, a category 5 hurricane (when we "saw" it, it was not even a hurricane any more, but anyway!!) hitting the US gulf coast.
Not a lot of you knew about our secret love, so we thought we should show you guys some pictures of our trips. Please don't be irritated by the National Geographic logo, our photos have already been published!
Hurricane Erica in the wasteland of Alabama's south.
A tornado we saw on our road trip between the Grand Canyon and Prescott.
The tornado that built up next to our house in may.
The only picture not taken by us, but such a good one!Now that you guys know about it, please don't blame us for our dangerous love of chasing storms!
"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."
- National Geographic talking about stormchasers
Take care!
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