Juggling with the monkey

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Something every woman knows how to do is multitask. It’s just a skill that we seem to have from birth. But learning to integrate a newborn into the mix of life takes some extra special juggling skills. Women who have twins or more than one child in general...

She’s officially German

by | Dec 3, 2008 | Family, The First Year

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

by | Dec 1, 2008 | Family, The First Year

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...

Running errands with the Mack

by | Dec 1, 2008 | Family, The First Year

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...

We’re home and happy

by | Nov 29, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Mackenzie and I came home from the hospital yesterday. Both of us are doing well and very happy to be back in the real world. Well, I’m happy to be back and Mack is getting to know the place. Looking forward to spending some quality time together over the next...