Yearly Archives: 2007

Papa and munchkin starting each other down late last night. Mum and munchkin doing the same this afternoon. Scrunched munchkin.

Just as it says. After a morning feeding.

Not sure what to make of mum. Saying hi to the world. And again with the not sure which pic is best so going with many of them. His hair looks red in the light, but it’s hard to tell … Continue reading →

OK, not really. The cats are still not sure what to make of this little blob of protoplasm and are keeping their distance. Probably a good thing since they’re about double his weight. Today was what the Dutch call Second … Continue reading →

This was probably the most low-key Christmas I’ve ever had, with the exception of the one I spent on the beach in Nicaragua. Ivo and I hadn’t really had time to go get gifts for one another and Ivo’s family … Continue reading →

Today was the first day without kraamzorg, and I have to say I missed it. Kraamzorg really has no English equivalent because the Netherlands is the only place it exists. As our first kraamverzorgster put it, she’s sort of like … Continue reading →

Today, we had more visitors – Ivo’s parents, Leo and Marijke, and his aunt, also named Evian. His parents live about an hour and a bit south of us – nothing in Canadian terms, a little further in Dutch thinking. … Continue reading →

Ivo spending some time getting to know Liam And discovering that holding Liam doesn’t get in the way of his favourite activity. And Liam sleeping under his Loma blanket as he always does. And then our first family visit (other … Continue reading →

I’m posting this somewhat late, but I’ve backdated it so I can add my backlog of other pictures above and date them correctly. My plan was for a home birth, attended by one of the midwives from the local practice … Continue reading →

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ~Robert Louis Stevenson OK, we’re perhaps a little bit crazy. The weekend before the baby’s due date we decided to … Continue reading →