The most stylish little girl around

by | Dec 6, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Finishing up with the gifts for now (although I do have two more to do), I also wanted to give a special thanks to Stefan’s parents who also brought us some adorable things from the US. You see, all this stuff has been piling up around here for the last few...

Thanks to all our friends & family!

by | Dec 6, 2008 | Family, The First Year

In keeping with the theme of gifts we’ve received so far…here are more of the goodies Mackenzie has managed to score in the last few months. We are so thankful to everyone who has sent us gifts and cards. You’re all so good to us! 🙂 Our friends...

Thank heavens for little girls

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Family, The First Year

My very dear friend Katie sent a “getting ready for Mackenzie” package a few weeks ago which set us up with clothes in a VERY big way. Lucky for us Katie has a daughter named Allie who is about 15 months older than Mack…and she also has very good...

Juggling with the monkey

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Something every woman knows how to do is multitask. It’s just a skill that we seem to have from birth. But learning to integrate a newborn into the mix of life takes some extra special juggling skills. Women who have twins or more than one child in general...

She’s officially German

by | Dec 3, 2008 | Family, The First Year

Yesterday, Stefan went and faced the folks at the Standesamt so Mackenzie is now officially a German citizen. We’ll be getting about 10 copies of birth certificates in the mail, all slightly different for the various offices where we need to register her...

That’s a fine looking burrito

by | Dec 1, 2008 | Family, The First Year

I was reading a newsletter from parents.com this morning and saw a link to an article about swaddling. From what I’ve heard, some babies really love it so after reading how simple it is, we decided to give it a go. Well, Stefan did really. And as it would turn...