Update 1

This past week has been uncommonly warm for Germany...at least 85 AND humid. While it doesn't seem too bad, lack of air conditioning and air movement make it not pleasant. As a result, Emma has been "Naked Baby" for several days.


On Sunday, Daddy and Emma hung out for the afternoon while Mommy went out and ran errands. It was the first time that Carrie was away from Emma and that Kurt and Emma were alone to fend for themselves. Everyone did pretty well...groceries were bought and Kurt fed Emma. Kurt swears that Emma was upset while Carrie was out, but Emma was a perfect angel from the second Carrie walked in the door ;)

Emma's first concert was Elton John who performed an outdoor concert in Wiesbaden on Tuesday. While there was a section of the park cordoned off so that you couldn't see Elton unless you bought a ticket, it didn't stop people from gathering in the park surrounding the concert to listen. After a cookout at a friend's, we walked down to listen. We didn't stay too long since we were a bit close and it was too loud for Emma's little ears.

Emma's swing has four music choices that can be played. We're not sure if it's coincidence but she definitely passes out every time we put on the nature sounds. Maybe when she's older, she'll find the outdoors peaceful and centering like her parents do.

We've noticed that Emma's clogged tear duct seems to have been unclogged. We know that it was clogged on Saturday evening...but neither of us remember 'ungunking' her eye after that, so sometime between Saturday evening and Wednesday morning, it unblocked itself. While we were assured that the blockage didn't hurt her and that it bothered us more than it bothered Emma, we're happy that it's unblocked since it was impossible not to wipe at her eye constantly!