Throat ache and still no government

Finding a compromise about the state reform seems difficult, but that doesn't mean the country is about to fall apart. More worrying is the cold and wet weather and the many throat infections. Parul has been suffering from one ever since she got over her morning sickness.

Mira werd anderhalf jaar op 20 november. Ze is een deugniet, die allerlei woordjes begint te vormen, waaronder mijn favoriet: "APPELTHEE".

Hieronder enkele foto's:

1,5 years old

Why use a spoon?

Mira's birthday picnic

One year has flown by, I still remember my parents, Parul's mum and sister (her dad on the phone) and my siblings awing at the tiny little baby on a mattress in our living room. Now Mira can stand up, walk with the support of a cart and crawl like crazy. She is a lovely daughter! We had a great pic nic for her birthday with lots of nice pressies. TXs
Jeroen (papa)

Mira, dat is nu al 4 seizoenen dat je bij ons bent, lachend en grimassend, mensen noemen je een zonnetje, een duimelotje, een bezeke en een blij madameke. Ik vind het heerlijk dat je nu al kan knuffelen en heel soms, enkel als je dat zelf wil, druk je je hard tegen me aan met beide armpjes rond mijn borst. Heerlijk!

London trip (Mira is standing and almost walking)

Back from a nice weekend in London, Mira is getting ready to stand alone. Click here for the album.

London is not a very child friendly city, especially if you are taking ancient stairs in the tube carrying a pram and luggage plus baby. When asking for a lift the tube people politely answer "I am afraid there is none, so you 'll have to cope with the stairs". However, traffic eased with the driving tax in the center and with the super warm April weather we were actually outside a lot. Angela and Simon's wedding (the main goal of our visit) was really nice.

10 - 11 months

Time flies. Jeroen was away for work in Laos and Angola two weeks in total. Mira is a strong girl now, we have an album of the last month.

fotookes

Een kus van de mama

Een cadeautje van de peter.

De papa doet Mira haar warm pakje dicht.

Comment on the new album about January and February, go to http://picasaweb.google.com/jeroen.wvh/MiraJanFeb

Tiring bike ride

On Sunday we went to my parents place for a reunion, my youngest brother Bram is back from 5 months in Italy. We biked over after installing Mira's bike seat. She was singing at the beginning but ended up falling asleep. Bram hadn't seen Mira since September and really liked her earrings. He took the picture of her in sepia.

Mira chasing

A silent movie in which Mira shows off her crawling skills chasing a balloon. When motivated she is quite good, if there is nothing to chase she prefers to try and pull herself up to stand.

New photo album

Mira december

A selection of pictures of Mira turning 6 months old, learning to eat solids and wearing sunglasses.

Sint

De Sint is langsgeweest en omdat Mira een half jaar braaf is geweest kreeg ze een lekker houten speelgoedje. Het is nu 11 uur vrijdagavond en ze ligt onvermoeibaar naast mij te spartelen, soms os ze echt niet in slaap te krijgen. Maar het goede nieuws is dat ze vandaag voor het eerst echt gegeten heeft met een lepeltje, ik bedoel dus dat wij haar het lepeltje in de mond staken en zij de appel ook echt opat. Het concept eten dringt tot haar door, want daarvoor was het enkel sabbelen op een lepel of kauwen op wat eten en niet de twee samen.

4 maanden Mira en papa's verjaardag

Yes I am 6,2 kilos and proud of it



Verjaardag van Jeroen, Christophe aan de BBQ.

eerste fietstocht

  

creche

This week Mira went to the creche for the first time. As of next week, she will go there every Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday. So far, its been good, even being fed by a bottle full of breast milk instead of drinking at the source!

Three months of parenthood

We're mamma and papa for three months now, can't remember what it was like before Mira :-)