Training in London

So I had to go to London for a week of training. It was the most fun! I was in a group of people from all over Europe, it felt more like a meeting of the United Nations. We were put into work groups of 6 people. In my group, we were all from different countries: Ireland, South Africa, Nigeria, Portugal, and Germany (me from the U.S.). Some in the other groups were from France, Scotland and Luxemburg. Everyone was friendly and we all got along so well. At the end of the week we had to do group presentations and my group won the most points for the week - yeah! Here are some pictures of the groups and my group with our prize - travel clocks!






After the week of training, I got to go meet with Michelle in London to stay with her and Drew for a couple of nights. We had such a great time of shopping! Here is a picture of us walking through Picadilly. It was so good to see her and Drew and be around some American folks! It was also weird to go to a restaurant and see a menu in full English and have everyone talk to me in English wherever we went. Quite a new experience after being in Germany for so long!

Walks in Germany

Alex and I really love to take long walks together through different forrest and lake areas. This area is one of my favorite. Not only because it is so pretty, but because at the end of it is a little town that has a café with the best cakes in the world! Here are some pictures from our walk and at the end is a church that I just love to look at. The cross you see in front of it is a memorial for those lost during World War II.

Our little Peanut is growing into a baby!

The second visit to our doctor (Cornelia) is quite memorable. This is the first time we got to do a full ultrasound. Not only did we get to see our baby on a big TV screen, but we could see it moving its arms and legs and hear its heartbeat. I got so excited when I heard the heartbeat, I started laughing. So you can see this large burst on the heart beat line in the picture from the ultrasound. Everything is looking healthy and good, so we are very happy and excited.