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Finally warming up the place

Dec 3, 2008 | DIY, Homesteading Life, House & Home

Last week, Stefan took advantage of his parents being around and scheduled a heater repairman to come out. We’ve had issues with a couple of our heaters since we moved in…partially because our contractor was an idiot – and also because we never...

She’s officially German

Dec 3, 2008 | Marriage

Yesterday, Stefan went and faced the folks at the Standesamt so Mackenzie is now officially a German citizen. We’ll be getting about 10 copies of birth certificates in the mail, all slightly different for the various offices where we need to register her...

That’s a fine looking burrito

Dec 1, 2008 | Marriage

I was reading a newsletter from parents.com this morning and saw a link to an article about swaddling. From what I’ve heard, some babies really love it so after reading how simple it is, we decided to give it a go. Well, Stefan did really. And as it would turn...

The first Christmas market

Dec 1, 2008 | Entertaining, Marriage

Sunday we took our first outings with our Baby Trends Expedition LX jogging stroller. In the morning, we bundled Mackenzie up in her Eskimo outfit and went out to walk the dog. It was a bit of a bumpy ride, especially on the unpaved paths, and Stefan is already...

Running errands with the Mack

Dec 1, 2008 | Marriage

Well, Mackenzie has been home with us for 2.5 days now and we’re slowly starting to get the hang of things. We actually took her out for a short shopping excursion on Saturday which went really well. The first stop was to get a replacement baby monitor since the...