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Three-Cheese Baked Mac

It seems like I have been searching for the perfect mac n’ cheese recipe forever. Well, you may think this blog entry is going to tell you I’ve found it and then share it with you–wrong. Sorry folks. I am still in search. BUT, I have found a recipe that is worthy of mentioning. It is a recipe that I got from a Family Circle magazine. The issue was featuring several mac n’ c...

Cupcake Fun

I have been wanting to take a cake decorating class of some sort for a while now. You can imagine my delight when a friend found an opportunity here in Germany that was in English. The class was instructed by this lovely Canadian woman who owns her own cupcake company. She brought in all kinds of fun supplies to the class and taught us how to work with fondant as well as how to frost cupcakes maki...

A Baby’s Laugh

The first week we brought Nathan home from the hospital, he showed us his very first smile. He’s about to turn 4 months already and is still smiling. I feel so blessed that he is a happy baby. I mean the kid literally wakes up smiling. I was talking to him the other morning and I took these photos of him laughing… I’m not ev...

Baked Ziti

I recently went in search for an easy recipe that would make for a nice heat and serve meal for my neighbors. There are so many great recipe websites these days, I didn’t have to look far. I chose a baked ziti recipe from allrecipes.com. I ended up modifying the original a bit to suit my own tastes and to have it make enough to serve my family as well. Since this was a new recipe, I wanted t...

Taking Chocolate to the Vet

This past week, Nathan experienced his first visit to the veterinarian’s office. No, it wasn’t for his check-up, but for our Chocolate Lab Brandon. As with most medical offices, it seemed like we had to wait quite a while to be seen. As we waited, we asked Nathan to hold on to Brandon’s leash. It is so comical how intrigued he was with the leash. Something so simple, yet so comp...

Baby Hands

Once Nathan turned 3 months old, he began to take hold of things. He not only started to grasp and pull his pacifier out of his mouth, but he took an interest in trying to hold his own baby bottle. As much as I love taking care of him, I have to admit that I will be happy once he can independently hold his own bottle. Just as he is pulling his pacifier out, he will pull...

I’m Back…

After a few months off from blogging, I’m officially back. Much has taken place over the past few months. The most life changing was that I became a first time mom on October 12. With that, we had family visiting for much of the past few months. I also completed a project that I have been dreaming of for a long while…I published my first book. The book is a collection of lessons on the...

Baby’s First Christmas Photo Contest Winners

We have winners!! First Place goes to: Anneliese And Max (404 votes **) Second Place goes to: Kingston’s First Christmas (300 votes **) Third Place goes to: Quinn ready for Christmas (260 votes **) See the great prizes that we gave away! ** Note: The number of votes were counted as of January 15, 2012. Thanks for all the entries!!! This was a great contest — there will be more coming s...

Kyle and Jonah’s first time waiting for Santa

Photographer Name: Marie Kelderman Baby Name: Kyle and Jonah Ralph Baby Age in Photo (approximate): 11 months Photo Description: Kyle and Jonah’s first time waiting for Santa...