gearing up

Hey all! Brenda and I have been in Berlin for a little over a week now, and we've been enjoying a rather relaxing start to the new year. Of course, Brenda has had rehearsals almost every day, but most days they've lasted just a few hours, which has given us time to do other things - like shopping for baby gear. 

We've been having a lot of fun looking at adorable baby paraphernalia, but I must confess that I occasionally get overwhelmed by the sheer number of products we're supposed to buy. Not to mention the zillion different brands for each product. For example, it's hard to know if we're going to want the baby bathtub with the drain plug since I've never actually given a baby a bath. Or how about the biodegradable diapers? From what I've read we're going to need at least 300 diapers for the baby's first month, so I guess we'll order them in bulk and cross our fingers that we like them. All that said, Brenda is amazing at researching the different products and finding out which ones parents seem to like most. It's a good thing, too, because if all the shopping decisions were up to me I'd still be stuck trying to pick the right diaper wipes.

A couple months ago I mentioned that we wanted to make this blog private, but that plan was delayed due to us not having internet in our apartment in Frankfurt. We have internet in Berlin, so a couple of days ago I decided to make the switch. That's when I discovered that if I make the blog private, everyone who wants to read it will have to have a gmail account. Because you all so kindly wrote to me to say you were interested in continuing to read the blog (thank you!), I know that you don't all have gmail accounts. And because we want all of you to continue to be able to read the blog, we're not going to make it private after all. I'm not entirely sure what that means as far as posting baby pics is concerned, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

It's getting close to midnight, at which point Brenda will be thirty weeks pregnant. She says rehearsals are going well, although she noticed today that she was getting a little breathless during her aria. Things are a little more crowded in her midsection these days. I'm sure she'll still sound great for her first performance on Sunday.

So that's what we've been up to. I hope you all have a great week, and we'll talk to you next Tuesday!