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What to even SAY about my trip to Germany!

It was like visiting the US and Germany at the same time. My brother-in-law Frederick is in the US military, and as such, lives near and works on a US base in Schweinfurt (there are a couple around the area).

So in every department there was a bit of both:

Food (of course, I am a Grunewald, this comes first) - schnitzel, big pretzels VS enchiladas, chili, calachies
Drink (of course, see above, this comes a close second) - german beer VS Bud (with a little Murphy's Red thrown in for an Irish twist)
Hugo's vocabulary - "oh maaaaan!", "ouchie" VS "auto", "hast du honger?"

Hugo is just too much cuteness to handle. He's really changed, more than I even anticipated. He's so smart, really cute and affectionate when he wants to be. His little phrases constantly surprised me - he calls his sweet yoghurt after dinner "ice creamcakeyoghurt". And when you give him something he's asked for and he says "thankyooo" unprompted, your heart just screams with pride and happiness and the feeling that you're so blessed to share family with this little man. He really is the most exciting, most amazing thing to happen in our family in simply ages!

Coming home was sad, but I have great memories from 5 days of fun with Cha, Fred and Hugo and I'm so glad that I've got off my butt and gone to see them.
Ian didn't come with (he stayed in London and threw his name away on a bender, so jealous) but he will next time. And coming home to him tonight was so good - I am happy, and feel lucky to have such amazing people to love in my life.

Soppiness! Right, your regularly scheduled programming of complaining and Seth Cohen should return shortly.

PS - the photos on flickr are from the trip, but I have decided to put the pics of Hugo on a friends and family viewing option. If you can't see them, would like to, and aren't a scary type of person, leave me a comment and I'll hook you up with the Hugo-love.