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 […]

My mom and I went to find some pre-Christmas decorating bargains at the local home improvement store yesterday which already has all their holiday stuff marked down 50%. We don’t have too many Christmas-sy things around our house since those sorts of things are expensive to collect together (which is why it’s usually done over […]

I was finally doing a bit of catching up on reading other people’s blogs and came across what I found amusing at 11:30pm while we watched Private Practice in bed. Connie at Young and Restless mentioned this game of sorts and I figured I would give it a go. Feel free to take a gander […]

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 licorice…something I cannot stand. But while in […]