Yearly Archives: 2009

We spent the weekend with Ivo’s mother’s family in Beekse Bergen (link in Dutch). Ivo’s mother is one of 11 children (good Catholics), so even getting over half of her siblings and their partners and offspring together meant over 30 … Continue reading →

Now that Liam’s walking, it can take a while to get from the stairwell to our house (not to mention from the storage locker where the bike is to the entry, up the stairs and across the stairwell). This video … Continue reading →

He’s running around, starting to communicate what he wants and understand what I’m asking, and ignore what I don’t want him to do. See it all in less than two minutes of video!

Liam enjoys playing with sightlines – here he is coming back to find Papa on the couch: He also likes pushing us around, literally – here he’s pushing Papa back: As you can see in the video (1min 22sec):

For our birthdays last year we received a gift certificate type thing to any one of several attractions. Of course, the one we were most interested in (a simulated free fall experience) was no longer happening by the time we … Continue reading →

What do you want? I’m working! (This is my old non-working laptop)

Here’s a little taste of how much energy Liam has. He normally takes two naps a day, which he makes up for by being a little tornado when he’s awake. Newly awake from his morning nap, exploring the bookshelf. “Reading” … Continue reading →

With a sprained ankle, my plan to join A in wandering about Amsterdam for the day while bg was at a family do sort of got kiboshed. But I still headed up later to join A, bg and her sister … Continue reading →

And wouldn’t you know, I sprained my ankle the night before slipping on the stairs. It’s a weird sprain too – my right foot was in a hurry to get downstairs but the left didn’t agree and stayed where it … Continue reading →

Luckily we’d wandered around Utrecht yesterday, because today was a horridly cold blustery and snowy day. Perfect for musea. We headed for the Central Museum, somewhere I’d yet to get to, but now free with the Museum Year Cards we’d … Continue reading →