Author Archives: Harmony

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 →

Until the baby actually gets here, the cats have been doing a good job standing in. Here’s Mackenzie helping me try out the new baby sling – bodes well for the kid that he didn’t want to get out! Of … Continue reading →

So, how big am I now? Well, about this big as of yesterday. Pretty big. Still, the little one is making no moves toward the exit and nothing feels imminent. Of course, that could all change very quickly. And how … Continue reading →

OK, one more huge post and then I’ll try to settle into updating more regularly and in bite-sized chunks. These are the other pictures I’ve taken since I arrived here Aug 31 (and note that on 21 Nov, I added … Continue reading →

I wake up at 7 or so to get ready for school – this is looking out my back window first thing in the morning. This is the parking lot/storage shed area for the complex we’re living in. And peaking … Continue reading →