In Deutschland over a month!

Thought I'd start by letting you know where we live. We're in Hennef, which is just outside Bonn, near Cologne. We're almost done renovating the flat on the third floor of Sebastian's parents home (you can see our windows are open on the top floor. Pic on the right shows our names on the buzzer).

Before I forget - a couple things I think need clarification...

#1: We are not finding out the sex of the baby. Not yet anyway. We both kind of go back and forth, but at the moment we're just going with it and probably won't find out. For some reason for quite some time we've both referred to the baby as "she" or "her" - no particular reason, just happened organically. We'll just see what happens and let you all know whenever we find out.


#2: Although at first glance the blog may appear to be some kind of wedding blog it's not. It's my last name (Weiss) and Sebastian's last name (Wedding). Sebastian and I are not married at the moment. Right now we're living in the present and focusing on our baby - who will be here before you know it!


I am very quickly approaching the 6 month mark....and therefore the third trimester! This blows my mind. Although my profile is certainly matching this time frame. The past couple weeks we've gotten A LOT done on the flat. Painting, installing a new door, floors....next we complete our kitchen. Pictures of that to come.

Some people have been asking about what it's like here...mostly you all seem to be curious about what I'm eating. I am no longer a vegetarian - although I never really was, I still ate fish when I could. But anyway. Most mornings (which are admittedly late mornings, I've been sleeping a lot) consist of yogurt with müsli and fruits or breads/cheeses etc...and Nutella. No cereal. And Müsli is NOT cereal. It's somewhat comparable, but not the same thing at all. Lunch totally depends on the day, sometimes leftovers...sometimes more cheeses, fruits, breads... sometimes salad....sometimes olives and ice cream. More on that later. Dinners are varied as well. Some are what I would imagine to be typical German foods (ummm... potatoes? meats...) but other times we cook Indian, Italian and what ever we feel really.

Still no weird food things or cravings, but ok ok, I have been eating Olives like they're going out of style. Not really creating recipe's around them, just snacking on them while I'm cooking something else. And when the weather is nice I really enjoy ice cream. But who doesn't!?


Ah yes! And we got to meet our new nephew on July 18th - Philipp (Sebastian's twin brother) and Petra welcomed Jona into the world (J pronounced like a Y, so phonetically "yo nah") a few weeks early. We visited them again Sunday and mother father and baby are very happy and healthy.

Can't believe soon Sebastian and I will have a little one to welcome to the world. I think Sebastian might write one of these updates soon, we'll see. Off to see a friend in Belgium this weekend, will update more after that.

Much love -

Stacy, Sebastian and Admiral Lemon