December 2007 - Posts

• MEERRRRRYYYYY Christmas!!!!

  Merry Christmas and God bless you. It is such a blessing to be sharing Christmas with a new-born baby. It gives the Christmas -story a “real” touch. We definitely can feel with Mary and Joseph on their first nights as a family. Jonathan’s initials JC do carry a underlying meaning intentionally. Jonathan means “given by God”, or [...] Posted Dec 25 2007, 12:55 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS AND THE MARKET ECONOMY

  This morning at about 5 am his royal highness proclaimed quite loudly that he needed something. Hm…what could that be? So, we changed his apparel. To no avail. Then we tried to find out what his highness would like to eat. We tried everything. Would he like toast and jam? Whaaaaa….was the response. How about eggs and [...] Posted Dec 21 2007, 10:16 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• DIAPER COUNT!

  Ok, we are officially commencing the diaper count. Since we left the hospital just 33 hours ago, we have had: Three french hens, two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree…. No, seriously I think poopy diapers should count as two… HERE IS THE NUMBER: 8 If anyone of you is paying attention, that actually is not that [...] Posted Dec 19 2007, 02:52 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• ONE WEEK OLD

  Yeah, Jonathan is one week old and we are all still alive. Tired, but alive. Oh, and we have succumbed to the pressure of the soother. Here Jonathan is successfully using his soother for the first time. Notice his slightly confused look. (Hey, man. Like dude, where is your finger in my mouth? I liked that tasted [...] Posted Dec 19 2007, 02:38 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• Jonathan’s first week

  Well, well, I (Chris) find it hard to describe. Jonathan has been here just two days and he already is a “chick-magnet”. Girls far and wide want to see him. Other than that we spent much of the first week changing diapers, and soothing belly-aches, and holding him till he fell asleep - finally. We tried to [...] Posted Dec 19 2007, 02:29 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• Our midwife Maya Aurnhammer

  We realized in our first post about the birth that we never mentioned our midwife’s name. Maya Aurnhammer. Her husband, Roland, is our gynecologist. Together they have served generations of Kanderner moms and their children as well as a good number of BFA staff. We are so thankful for her help and advice throughout our pregnancy. We [...] Posted Dec 19 2007, 01:49 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• Welcome to Jonathan Christopher Bryan

  What a day! Chrissy and I (Chris) are now parents. God has blessed us with a healthy son. Jonathan Christopher Bryan was born at 1:41 pm, 51 cm long, and weighing 3.33kg. Chrissy was amazing she did the whole thing naturally. No medication whatsoever. Do not mess with her…She is tough. The bath in the background was used [...] Posted Dec 12 2007, 04:42 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• Hat Day Frenzy

  Chris with Jeff Benjamin (our vice principal).  At BFA students are not allowed to wear hats during class, but once in a while we will have “Hat Day” to boost the spirits of the school.  Even though “Hat Day” was a few weeks ago, I just had to share some of the pictures with you.                     Posted Dec 10 2007, 01:45 PM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• St Nicholas Day in Kandern

  December 6th is St. Nicholas day in Germany. According to tradition, “children clean and polish their shoes or boots in preparation for the saint’s visit. On the evening before St. Nicholas Day, children put letters to the good saint along with carrots or other food for his white horse or donkey on [...] Posted Dec 08 2007, 08:29 AM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized

• living high and on one wheel

  Hi from Chris, Following post is a little unusual, and not encouraged to be repeated by untrained and unexperienced individuals. DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME! After having practiced with the smaller unicycle for the last few semesters, my “Teacher”, Billy (the guy on the tall unicycle) challenged me to learn how to ride the giraffe. (as [...] Posted Dec 02 2007, 10:53 AM by Serving Third-Culture Kids in Germany Filed under: Uncategorized