Merry Christmas 2007!

I hope you're all having a grand old time with family and friends and if there is no family or friends to have a grand old time with, I still hope you take the chance to withdraw into the tranquility of this festive season and load your batteries, so that they're fully charged by the time you enter the new year - 2008! Yes, 2008! Wow, does time fly or what?

Ryon, I and our little one are having a great time! Yesterday, on the 24th we went to the 8pm service of my in-law's church where they had a live nativity with real animals and Mary and Joseph and Baby Jesus (not sure if the baby was real though, it was awfully quiet, contrary to Bennet). We sung Christmas Songs (which I like) and listened to Ryon's dad playing in the Church Brass Band (Ouch! ... just kidding). And there was a beautiful choir singing as well! And the preaching by paster Chip was quite good.

Around midnight, Baby Jesus had also arrived in my mother-in-love's nativity. Teeny tiny baby Jesus...(and I was wondering why the cradle was empty the whole time! *duh*)

Today, the 25th December we had a wonderful breakfast, opened up our presents (and we got tons of them! even an extra suitcase to carry them all home), went for a long walk in the sunshine and had our Christmas meal in the evening, organic Turkey, beans, messed up red cabbage prepared by me, mashed potatoes, cranberry jelly, gravy, all in all: YUM! And there are those delicious buckeyes, and cinnamon "puffs" and it's really quite hard to maintain my bodyweight, as it is rocketing sky high at the moment, weighing as much as I did when I was pregnant with Bennet if not more and my rear end is really quite gargantuan...but I'll get rid of the excess fat eventually. When we're back in London with no money to buy food :)

I am so glad to be so blessed to celebrate Christmas with Ryon's lovely family!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...we're in the US!

Hi Everybody,

thanks for all your messages on my blog! It's so nice to know you're all taking part in my/our life. :)

Last Thursday, 13th December, at 4.20pm we flew out to Washington Dulles Airport in Maryland which is where Ryon's family lives (in Maryland that is, not at the airport). The flight took about 7 hours and we were so lucky that most of the time Angel Bennet was fast asleep in his little plastic bag (pretend to be moses basket) provided by United Airlines. I was worried we might have a screaming baby all the flight through, but he was soooo good! Ryon's dad and brother picked us up from the airport and after an hour drive we were greated by Ryon's mom and sister-in-love (Ryon's brother's wife) at the "Hotel Grau".

There are two beautiful Labrador dogs here called Maxie and Murphy and a sweet cat called Romeo (and one poor old cat called Grizabella living in the basement, cause she's too scared to come up and meet the 'new' family additions). Everyone who knows me, knows that I adore dogs and quite like cats, so this is paradise! This might be the nicest Christmas holiday I have ever had in my life so far! All the harmony I have always wished for especially around Christmas has already been bundled up in 3 wonderful days that we've been here!

Good night for now and read you soon...

Milena

We have the Internets

After 3 long months of waiting I'm finally connected to the web again! It isn't the fastest connection, but better than nothing, right?

We are in need of a bigger external hard drive, so we're currently unable to download the pictures we've been taking, but to the left you can see the newest one that had been sent to me in an email!

3 months have past and I'm sure there's a lot to tell you, but right now I'm out of words. So for the 3 people reading this blog "hi! I'm back! 's good to "read" you again, leave messages, cause then I know who's actually reading this blog"

Ok. Thanks. Bye. I love you!