Last Saturday after Stefan’s parents headed home, we got the chance to go tour our neighbor’s beautiful timber frame (“fachwerk”) house. We have been trying and meaning to get over there for months, after finally speaking to the owner for the first time many months ago while out walking Ayla. He told us then to […]

It’s sperrmüll time again here and that means there are piles of junk on every street corner in our town, along with tons of white panel vans with Polish license plates cruising around. The vans started appearing on Saturday morning already, waiting with anticipation as people put things out over the weekend. It’s incredible to […]

I bought a Baby Bjorn Synergy sling on eBay earlier this week and we picked it up from the post office on Saturday. When I decided to try it on, I have to admit I was intimidated. The two pieces were snapped apart and with all the straps to fit here and there, I was […]

The first sentence in the week 30 BabyFit.com newsletter reads: “You may begin to feel some significant discomfort now.” Yeah, you could say that. I’ve been feeling rather uncomfortable for at least a week now. I have heartburn a good part of the day, like a pointy foot poking me right under my ribs. It […]

So I know I need to make another photo of me because I have no doubt that the belly has grown quite a bit since the last photo….but you’ll just have to settle for a photo of Mackenzie inside the bump for now. Those experienced with these sorts of photos might notice that we’ve got […]