We’re back, and we’re jet lagged. It was a great trip home, but we spent nearly every waking hour on a schedule. I think we probably had 3-4 hours total in the 10 day trip that didn’t have to be spent doing specific things. Needless to say, we spent the…
There are certain things that come up in life that at one point I consider blog-worthy and then life happens. I never end up blogging about it, and though I continue wishing I had just mentioned something short in the blog, nothing is ever said. Something that happened during our…
Remember the grumpy old man from my office? The one who repeatedly told me I needed to go for lots of walks now that I’m pregnant? Yeah, Mr. Grump-Grump. He’s back. He went on a few business trips over the past several weeks, but I saw him today while walking…
Yesterday I mentioned that we would be doing the majority of our registering just after our big gender reveal a week from today. Doing a majority of it then doesn’t mean that we haven’t started picking out “the basics” yet, though. Around the 12th or 13th week, we decided it…
Sometime in the past 6-8 weeks, I was having a particularly rough Sunday. I was tired and nauseous, and John was so sweet to just let me lie in bed as long as I needed. The only problem is that Sunday is grocery day. When it came time to head…
Having lived overseas now for a total of 30 months, 28 of the consecutively, I have come to appreciate many aspects of the German (and European) way of life. Additionally, this time away from the States has allowed me to develop a heightened awareness for the conveniences as well as…