Sadly, we said goodbye to Grandma Burson on the 22nd of March, but we're excited to see her (and the rest of the Burson and Tebbe families, along with many other friends!) in just a few months.

Yes, as we head into our last three months here in Germany until we leave for America for an entire year, we have had snow showers the last few days here in Kandern. Of course, the forecast is for sunny and 65 F by the end of the week! "April macht was er will" (April does what it wants to!) is the German saying for this month, apparently. In fact, our "Spring Break" at the end of March was full of beautiful, white...SNOW (see the pics below!). Here are just a few pictures from the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Well, Rachelle Elizabeth Tebbe was born last night. Following is some pertinent details and intrigue:

Weight: 8lb 5oz

Length: 20inches

Complexion: Beet red/ purple

Present at the delivery were Michelle (as one might expect), myself (Dan), Michelle's mom (Peg), our good friend Renee Grubb and her daughter Tabitha, Dan's brother Andrew (who tactfully assumed hall-pacing responsibilities), the midwife, Maya, and a troupe of travelling Russian acrobats to round out the circus. I jest about that last one, of course. The midwife expressed consternation at the number of people there, wondering if it is common in America to have so many people there to help along the labor. I pondered reassuring her that no it's not common, we are just odd like that, but decided that wouldn't be very reassuring.

Andrew, who is born on Feb 25, was rooting for her to be born before midnight so she could share a birthday with him. Peg, who is born on Feb 26, was hoping she'd be born after midnight so they could share a birthday. Neither really cared, of course, but it added some intensity to everyone's predictions of when the baby would be born.

The labor progressed much quicker this time around (unlike Hannah's 49-hour stint) and it was going to be close. At 11:58pm Rachelle stuck her head out for a holler, and a bit later decided enough was enough and popped out. Every head swivelled around to check the wall clock, and saw that it was 12:00 exactly! The midwife ruled that that means the birthday is Feb 26, and pointed out that anyway, by her watch the wall clock was a few seconds slow. So Rachelle shares a birthday with Grandma Burson, just like I share a birthday with Grandma Tebbe. Hooray!

Well, Baby Tebbe #2 is coming along soon. Michelle started having contractions at noon today (25 Feb) and so we'll be heading off to the hospital in an hour or two. Pray for us, and we'll keep you posted!