Oodles of cuteness

August 14, 2010

The boys I finally caught a smile on camera And these delicious chocolate chip pecan blondies with white chocolate drizzle were almost as good as the blueberry crumble bars I made the other day Oliver is home all day now for summer holidays, so I’ve got my hands full.  We’ve planned a lot of day [...]

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New Kindle and reprint of Echte Deutsche Kueche

July 29, 2010

Amazon.com is now offering their all new Kindle devices for pre-order.  The new Kindle and Kindle DX are smaller than previous versions, have higher contrast to make reading easier, and the Kindle includes wi-fi for $139 and wifi + free 3G coverage in 100 countries (including Germany) for $189.  New features include being able to [...]

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Bits and Pieces

July 20, 2010

I’ve decided that you guys are right, I should take an official break, cause otherwise I’m always thinking that I should try to write something and that puts a small amount of stress on my shoulders that I can do without at the moment.  But, I don’t think I want to give up blogging completely [...]

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Busy, Tired Mama

July 12, 2010

Leo is one month old today.  Life as a family of four is wonderful, but also extremely time consuming.  Over the last three weeks, part of me has been feeling fairly strongly that I want to give up blogging.    But there is a small part of me that is still thinking of things I could [...]

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Announcing Leo Quincy!

June 26, 2010

Leo turns two weeks old today and these last two weeks have been quite a roller coaster. The second induction went smoothly and within a few hours, I was in labor.  Thirty  hours after I started getting contractions, Leo was born, weighing in at 4510 grams (almost 9 lbs, 15 oz). He wasn’t breathing at [...]

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Cross your fingers and press your thumbs

June 10, 2010

In case you don’t follow the blog on Facebook or Twitter, I was in the hospital last week for an induction but it didn’t work.  I’m still pregnant, still nauseous, and the weather has changed from gray and miserable to hot, damn hot. I go in for a second attempt first thing tomorrow, which the [...]

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Q&A: Reverse Culture Shock

May 28, 2010

It’s been a really stressful week here.  My symptoms have gotten worse and Oliver has been sick with a virus and conjunctivitis (pink eye).  Luckily, Oliver seems pretty much recovered today and I’m going to be induced next week, so hopefully by next Friday, I should feel better and we should have a new addition [...]

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