what we've been doing

NOT MUCH! Been sick, the body is failing... Anyway, great that mum and dad are here, extra hands, all the better to keep Kaemon happy and me sleeping! We went to the beach and had a great day....the highlight was seeing a real tractor, significant, as that is the little man's FIRST WORD!!!

Bedtime

Text book instructions: create rest, a calm environment, and quiet time before going to bed...otherwise kaemon gets hysterical!

CARS

long one but too lazy to edit. he's obsessed with wheelie things, he loves this book from uncly hanoi and aunty afern

Not exactly first words but nearly!

Spoon? what's that?

happy 30th

Douwe's actually happy that he's getting greys and turning 30! For his birthday I filled a boat with friends and pushed them off in the water... After an easter weekend and the following week up till Friday filled with snow, hail, sleet, rain, cold, Saturday morning was blue skies and crisp air.

The HAIR!

A quote from an article about Dermatologists:

"Dermatologists say they enjoy the variety of a specialty that encompasses serious illnesses like skin cancer and psoriasis as well as conditions like uncombable hair syndrome."

Is that what kaemon has??!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncombable_hair_syndrome

Prodigy Child

TIme for a makeover

Before

...After...? Just needs a little gel and he's set.

February

brought us: Sufern, food, sightseeing


Exploring the surrounding area where we live

Master Kaemon's First birthday

A visit with the Whitesides!

What a good month.

Coming to get that raisin!!!!

The first contribution after his long absence from the computer screen, and it's a cracker! His father says, exchange the raisin for a football and he's going to make us milions!

Don't knock his style, he's only been walking for a few days!!! Let the record show (as parents will tend to forget these things after a few weeks) that his first steps were 1 year and 1 week after his birth!

We're Back!

Deadlines are past, 14-18 hour working days are over, bring back the days of the lazy housewife!! I've been translating technical documents, assisting the submission of a EU research proposal and it's all over! What's been happening since..... got to first catch up on sleep and then kaemon (he's walking!!) then there'll be a real update!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

In a sea of undies

an oldie but a goodie...kaemon helping his aunty sufern and mummy pick out bargains at the Bonds undie outlet.

just like daddy

Blllllllllth

During the mysterious quiet...

kaemon got into the box of tissues, but apparently he needed them!

Frankenstein walks!

Free! Free! Like a bird!

Last friday I had a delicious experience: I have to really really really thank Marjolein for this wonderful (birthday) present which was not just a delicious High Tea but a few baby-free hours!!

Christmas and New year in one go

The christmas and new year of 2007 will (unfortunately) mostly be remembered not for the food or good times, but bu the rabid stomach virus that was doing the rounds and afflicted at least 1 member of every family that I polled, and the one that introduced me (kaemon) to "spuitdiaree" or projectile explosive diarrhoea.
A few days before christmas, there was a beautiful frosting of everything that made things very christmassy.