Sandra and Harald

Our friends, Sandra and Harald, got married this past weekend. It was absolutely lovely. They got married at a little chapel at the Burg Wernberg, and the reception was there as well. It was really a splendid evening. I read a poem by Roy Croft for her at the ceremony (and then I got such compliments for my American English accent ;) ). We had coffee and some wonderful strawberry cake. I also had a piece of this chocolate cake that was so rich and delicious! I need that recipe!

Amelia and I before the ceremony

The happy couple coming out of the chapel.

It was also nice to have Amelia there for only part of the wedding. Marianne and Sabine came and picked her up around 6pm, so that Markus and I could enjoy the wonderful evening. She had loads of fun with Oma and Tante...playing on the bed, chasing Charlie and Findus, walking around...and then an huge treat when she got to sleep with Oma in her bed. I tried to warn Marianne that she moves around a lot and makes loads of noises when she sleeps...she learned this the hard way, but enjoyed it nonetheless.

Walking around the castle.

Where we had coffee and cake...in the little courtyard of the castle.

Daddy and Amelia

We had the most amazing meal that evening too. It was a 5 course meal full of amazingness. We started off with an amuse bouche of smoked fish mousse on an asparagus salad. Then moved on to a speckled trout tartar with a mixed green salad. Next up was the most amazing spinach and ricotta raviolis...seriously, this was so good my mouth is watering just thinking about it! The "main" course was a guinea fowl breast on top of glazed vegetables with potato and olive au gratin. For dessert, we had a buttermilk mouse with a berry sorbet and a most wonderful sauce...I really wanted to lick my plate it was so good, but seeing that we were sitting at a 5 star restaurant, that was probably a bad idea. ;)

The night carried on with dancing and then there was a show put on by Sandra's brother in which he and his friends twirled batons of fire and swallowed fire...it was really cool and pretty amazing.

At 1am, we had to go. I had a huge milchstau and was in loads of pain. For those who don't know what a milchstau is...I'm still nursing a bit and Amelia hadn't nursed in about 12 hours at this point...you get the picture... We appoligized for having to go, but I assured Sandra that this was the latest that I have been up in a LONG time and that we had the most splendid time, which we most definitely did!

So congrats to Harald and Sandra! I hope you have a long, healthy life with each other...and of course, I hope you are blessed with many, many kids. ;)

Oops...

Sorry it's been so long. I think I've really just been to lazy to get anything up, so I'll make up for that today with a few posts :).


First of all, little girl is still growing, and kicking, and giving mommy some raging heartburn. She's in good health, although they are keeping a close eye on my amniotic fluid levels, which is just fine with me. I have to go to the doctor every week to have it all checked out.

Oh, and men, don't read this next comment...

Why is it that in "What to Expect When You're Expecting" they don't tell you that at the end of the pregnancy, your doctor is basically fisting you to see if your cervix has begun to open? Seriously...I would have like a little bit of forewarning. Talk about an uncomfortable feeling!

Ok, enough of that. Men, you can read again.

It was quite an eventful month this August! It was full of Polterabends, bachelorette parties, weddings, trips to the Czech Republic, putting little girl's room together...very busy...so we'll say that's why I haven't posted in a while....yeah :)

Markus' cousin got married to his wonderful girlfriend (now wife) after 14 years of being together...no they're not old...Ramona is my age and Matthias is a couple years older than Markus. They've been love birds since the beginning of time. Anywho...I was their photographer. This 9 month pregnant lady running around the city hall and the church was really a sight to behold. Luckily, I had my trusty assistant, Markus, to help me out with some of the pictures.

Oh, and the bachelorette party! We had loads of fun! We decided that it would be best to have a realxing weekend at a spa in the Czech Republic, so that is what we did. 7 hot ladies and loads of old people in Marienbad makes for quite a fun time! We relaxed, gambled a little at the casino there, got massages (or a facial in my case), and ate...oh did we eat. Every chance this hotel got to feed us they did...oh, and we let them!

It was a really fun wedding, and I'll get some pictures of it up soon...I promise!

Last week, Markus and I decided to get a move on little girl's room, so we painted it a pretty light purple. Then I decided that the hallway could also use a coat of paint since it looks like we've lived in this apartment for 10 years and not 2. So, the hallway got a fresh coat of white paint. Then this past Saturday, we picked up our baby furniture and had a little party so that the guys could put everything together while the ladies looked at the baby clothes I already got and then direct the men as to where the furniture should go. I must say though, that the guys' suggestion as to where the furniture should go was best, and so after moving everything around a few times, we settled on that. The pictures will be in another post...soon to come...I promise.

So, that was basically our month of August.