Bless you little one

by | May 7, 2009 | Expat Life, Family, The First Year

On May 1st, Mackenzie Skye Anne was christened. We had the ceremony in Bavaria in the same church where Stefan and I had our church wedding ceremony almost 7 years ago. This beautiful church is in a small town called Metten which is very close to where Stefan’s...

Food, glorious food

by | Apr 16, 2009 | Family, The First Year

The week that Mackenzie turned 4 months old, we decided to start giving her a few solid foods to see how she liked them. I intended to share some photos of the first eating sessions shortly there after, but here we are almost at the 5 month mark and I haven’t...

Another clean bill of health for the munchkin

by | Feb 27, 2009 | Family, The First Year

Yesterday was Mackenzie’s U4 checkup, traditionally done here in Germany during the 3rd and 4th months of life. Her official weight was 5.6kg (a little over 12 pounds), length 59.5 cm (23.43 inches) and her head is 40 cm (15.75 inches) around. There were a few...

Breakdancer in training

by | Feb 14, 2009 | Family, The First Year

We were hanging out on the couch with Mack yesterday and she started trying to book it right over the edge. She’s able to pull her legs up under her now and is trying her best to get moving. I’m sure that if her arms were strong enough already, she would...

It’s a rainforest in here

by | Feb 10, 2009 | Family, The First Year

A few weekends ago we ventured out to do a little shopping for Mackenzie and headed to a toy store called Rofu Kinderland (Nieder-Rosbacher-Str. 17 – 19, 61191 Rosbach v. d. H., Tel.: (0 60 03) 93 46 01). The German word “Lieblos” (loveless or...

Using those pipes

by | Feb 5, 2009 | Family, The First Year

Mackenzie has recently been getting more use out of her vocal chords, cooing at us more, almost having little conversations with us and really letting us know when something upsets her. Like if she’s been laying on the changing table too long and she wants me to...