Ellicott City, MD and Loch Raven Damm

Frank had to keep me busy yesterday for the Baby Shower surprise party and we went to Ellicott City, MD and took a look at it. We're planning on seeing this city already the last time but we haven't had much time then. They say it has a european touch to it and is also very old. We liked it but it was very small, just one main street that was historic and then of course the houses in the city itself were very gorgeous.




A new house that was built matching the rest of the city:


We were able to spot some very old store signs. That was cool


The Look Raven Damm we drove by on the way home...

Baby Shower - surprise

Uiuiui... that was quite a day. Since we came home very late yesterday we slept till 930AM (that was so good)... but then... it wasn't very relaxing anymore since Frank wanted to leave soon to 'get going' and start the day... gosh was I upset... being on vacation and he's rushing. I gave him a very hard time ;)... his crazy pregnant wife *lol*. Well... it turned out that he had to get me out of the house by 10AM (which totally wasn't the case)... Frank's Mom was already sitting in the neighborhood waiting for us to leave the house... well while Frank and I went on a nice sightseeing tour to Ellicot City the family was preparing a baby shower for us!!! When we came back home to Patty and Ray's... soooo many cars were in front of the house... so I kind of knew what was going on. It was a great time, meeting so many other family members I haven't met yet and also Jay and Nancy + Kids came as well. Here some pics:

Mmmmhhh, the home made food was DELICOUS:

The youngest and the oldest ;)... Jay and Frankie:


This little rabbit was hanging around in Jay and Nancy's kids room when they were little and they wanted Zoe to have the rabbit hanging around in her room now... that's so cute:
This bathing duck is glowing in different colors... we were cracking up:

An american tradition, all the ribbons and bows of the gifts put on a plate and the parents have to wear the hat:
isn't he a Cutie :)
And a family picture:

Dinner

Yesterday we had a very nice dinner with Ray, Patty, Doug and Paula. Man, that was fun :)

North of Baltimore

Today, Frank and I checked out a little bit of the area that is north of the place Patty and Ray live. Look how beautiful it is here.

This was a horse farm and it really looked like in the movies so I had to take a picture, I've never seen any of this in real:






Of course did we go into the Harley Store... I thought this one looked cool. Made as a 'barn':

Happy Thanksgiving Dinner

And also we had a very delicious Thanksgiving Dinner with a Turkey of course, mashed and sweet potatoes, corn, cranberry sauce, beans, stuffing, Sauerkraut and Rosenkohl. Man... it was sooo delicious... would've loved to eat much more. But I didn't wanna feel like being ready to deliver a turkey right here and now *lol*.

Ray was cutting the turkey into nice pieces:
Patty and Ray:
Patty's Ma, Brother and daugther:
Me, Patty and Jake:

Was that delicious....

Did you notice? Zoe moved into her second to last flower... uiuiui... she's almost here. I have to enjoy her in my belly as much as I can. It goes way to quick. I feel awesome and enjoy every minute of the rest of the pregnancy.

31 weeks

Another week gone already... 9 more weeks to go.

Here our belly... i'm telling you... it never looks the same:

Disgusting grease

Grease the musical is totally cool, but not if you find all that grease in the oven. I cleaned the inside of the one oven the other weekend and now Frank takes the front apart to get the glass cleaned. He took out a lot of grease... *urgh*... The people who owned this house before us, left the house in a very good condition... but you can tell they spent a whole lot time in the kitchen and cooked/ baked A LOT!!! Over the Thanksgiving weekend we'll get the kitchen floors redone :)... I'm a little afraid of the dust from the sanding of the wooden floors but on the other hand I bet it'll look awesome in the end. Just a little bit more cleaning for me to do afterwards :(... we'll see... maybe it's not too bad.