The final two acoutrement for the nursery are up and now the room is complete! Here are the photos: the Fab Four in adorable cartoon fashion isnt Ringo just so cute? a touch o...
One last posting of the babys in utero travels as we wait for her to arrive! Miami New Jersey Kinderdijk, NL
Ghent, Belgium! But I am still pregnant. :-)
The last time I posted a photo Friday I did it at a very inconvenient time since the following Monday we moved and stuff got really busy really fast. So I am posting one again today in the hope...
The other night an representative from a website called Zooppa contacted me and told me hed found my blog and thought I would be a good candidate for a particular contest run by Samsumg. The gr...
One of the things I most looked forward to in preparing for this baby was setting up her nursery. I knew I wanted it to be pink and black, and I wanted to find a theme that wasnt too "girli...
Here are our new digs...I swear one of these days Im going to learn how to use our nice camera and take some really nice photos, but for now these will have to do! the living room its rea...
My cousin Michael, who also happens to be my godson, is spending this spring semester studying in Italy, so shortly after he arrived in Europe we set up a weekend for him to come visit us. As i...
I have been away from the blog for a few weeks now, mostly because we moved out of our original apartment and into a bigger place in our neighborhood. Moving day was at the end of March, and si...
Troyes, France! I didnt quite realize that I was putting up a photo Friday post right before we moved into a new apartment, meaning I have had zero time to post the answer or anything else. But...
Here I am, getting my act together on a Friday once again. Here is this weeks pic--its a tough one! Send your responses to me at carlamarie926@gmail.com, and to enter please make sure you follo...
After our days in Miami, we flew up to New Jersey to spend some time with family and friends. Since I’ve been overseas for most of the pregnancy it was exciting to get to show my parents, siste...
As much as I sort of dislike the term “babymoon” (it just sounds altogether yuppie), it is pretty much exactly the way to describe what a lot of couples do before their first baby comes—go on a littl...
There was not too much humor happening in Lessons 2, 3, and 4, just more repetition and having the world’s most boring conversations with strangers. I actually finished these CDs over a year ag...
A few weeks ago I made my way into Amsterdam on a very cold and gray morning, to meet up with my friend Erin. She had told me that the Concertgebouw, or concert hall, in Amsterdam offers free l...
Paris, France! Watching the last laps of the Tour de France in July 2010, which you can read all about here. Well done to those who guessed!
Good morning!! Here is your photo for the week: Email your guesses to me at carlamarie926@gmail.com by Monday, February 6th at 12 noon (EST). Remember, to enter you must: Follow my blog here on blogg...
When we first arrived here someone gave Matt a stack of Pimsleur Dutch language CDs. I figured it couldn’t hurt to try them out, so I started playing them in the car on the way to and fro...
Barcelona, Spain! Specifically, Parc Guell. The clue was in the lower right hand corner-a clearly Gaudi-an (not a word but Im using it) structure. Also if you know the geography of Barcel...
Hi all! Here is your photo for this Friday: Send all guesses to carlamarie926@gmail.com by Monday, January30th at 12 noon!
Welcome back to the second installment of Baby In...where you call follow all the places Baby Baechtle has been in utero. Were instilling her with the travel bug from the very start! Here she i...
We spent New Year’s Eve 2010 out on the town, but opted this year for a more low-key evening at our apartment, playing games with our neighbors and friends. While I did miss partaking in the pr...
We started our Christmas Eve morning in Prague with breakfast at Starbucks—I really can’t resist one when we’re traveling because there isn’t one close by here. We then made our way to Old Town...
Lago di Como, or Lake Como! We snapped this pick on our boat ride, captained by Giancarlo, during our trip to Lake Como last year, for Easter. I thought I would update you all on the Photo Frida...
Its been a very long time since I have been able to get my act together and post a Photo Friday, but now Im back and hope all of my loyal participants will join back in the non-stop fun that is Photo...
Our final stop on the Christmas tour was Prague, and we journeyed there once again by train. This time the upgrade to first class wasn’t as noticeable, but at least our seats reclined and we ha...
We started the journey to Vienna on Monday morning when we boarded the train and found that the ticket agent (remember them from Budapest) had ever so wisely booked our seats on either side of the ai...
For our third overseas Christmas, we decided to do a little Central European tour, hitting Christmas markets and checking out the festivities in three different countries. Our first stop was Hu...
Before our return flight back to Amsterdam from our Thanksgiving trip, we spent an afternoon and evening in Liverpool. Since we didn’t have a lot of time there, our agenda was simple: get a fee...
I wrote this post a while ago and just discovered it in my "drafts" section. Many of you might know about it already, but just in case, here you go. If you head over to the nifty websit...
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