Well, I guess I spoke too soon when I mentioned that I had no other hospital experiences to compare my birthing experience to...I just spent two days in the Hanau City hospital with Mackenzie. No worries - this story has a happy ending all around. Last Saturday...
Baby Hearts Book Review: Don’t wreck your kid
While in the hospital for four days, I finished reading Baby Hearts: A Guide to Giving Your Child an Emotional Head Start. When this book arrived, Stefan looked at it and said, "You know I'll never be reading that, right?" Not because he doesn't care about how Mack...
Not exactly the Ritz
I haven't mentioned much about what things were like those four days while I was in the hospital; but mistake my lack of words up until this point as a sign that things weren't. It was rather the opposite. Because I'm an expat and I am still not 100% fluent in...
Christmas fun
Hello my dog friends around the world! I hope you're all having an awesome Christmas this year. I got a bit jipped yesterday for Christmas. My humans were so concerned with their own dinner that they almost forgot mine...I have no clue how it was possible when I was...
Cardboard gumbo. Cardboard stew. Cardboard & cheese.
Hey all you dogs out there! Hope you've had an awesome weekend!! I unfortunately started mine off with a bath...but it wasn't all that terrible. The parentals decided to try washing me in the guest house bathroom...and I have to admit it was pretty posh. I could get...
Milk. It does a body good
One of the many things included in the new mommy package I got at the hospital was breastmilk tea, full of all sorts of herbs that are meant to help stimulate the production of milk. I honestly wasn't even considering drinking this stuff because it smells like black...
Such a good Newfie
I'm sitting here on the couch, Stefan at my side with the munchkin snoozing away on his chest. We're watching Band of Brothers with my mom, just having finished stuffing ourselves with chicken quesadillas. Stefan and I used the huge shower in the guest room finally...
That just won’t do
Mackenzie's US passport and birth certificate arrived today. Only one week for processing...talk about shocking! Unfortunately, they have the wrong date of birth on them...so we have to reboot and start again. I think it may actually have been my mistake because I...
Up all night drinking
Last night was a very long one here. Hubby didn't get home til 11:30ish which was better than anticipated since he'd been to his company Christmas party in Dusseldorf (2-4 hours drive, depending on traffic.) Mack was already feeding when he got home...and decided to...
Just a few more sips, mom
I've heard that newborns seem to breastfeed all the time...I won't argue with that. The last few days it seems that most of the time when Mackenzie's awake, she's attached to me. And unfortunately, that leaves very little time for much else. I'm managing to keep up...
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