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 evening, Stefan and I went to walk the […]

So my MIL & FIL were standing outside our house the other day and an older lady was walking by. She stopped to chat and mentioned that the decorations on the house looked really nice, “although they are a bit American. Not that that is a bad thing.” We got a good laugh from that […]

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 turns out…but because he figures I’ll tell […]

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 German, I am always […]

The house is full today as both my mom and Stefan’s parents are spending Christmas at our house. A feast is being prepared to mirror what we would have had on Thanksgiving since we missed it this year: turkey, stuffing, current relish, fresh rolls, salad, sweet carrot, corn with cream cheese, brussel sprouts…and for desert […]