Growing pains again

According to the baby books I am hitting a very tough phase right now learning major new skills like controlling the distance between two objects (including the distance between me and mom) or the relation between two happenings. These new insights can make me extremely cranky like the other day when I got real angry at these kids running around in the playground. But I am fine as long as it's a one on one learning experience and I am lucky our house is quite small and open so mom's always near and in sight. I spend most of my day learning how to crawl and stand on my legs now and I had the best time playing with little Sef at the zen dojo creche yesterday cause Sef is a really sweet boy showing me how to sit up solo or walk around without causing a stampede. I finally crashed on the zen couch after two hours of intense exercise while mom had her well deserved coffee with all the nice nuns and monks.

Cookies!!!

Now I'm 6 months old a whole new box of goodies opens up for me. This week I got my first cookies! Mom got me these bio organic baby rice waffles and grandma gave me this delicious Liga cookie to mush on. One thing I don't get though, since I have this new hobby of throwing things around, is why they don't pick up and return these cookies to me... maybe it's wiser to hold on to something yummy ;-)

Party party party

Today my big friend Jop turned 2, exactly on the day of my 6th month (1/2 birthday) so that makes him exactly 1.5 years older. See, I can do my math alright ;-) It was a pre birthday party with just a few grown ups and mom guessed I'd enjoy that more then a room full of loud kids. Either way I had a swell time and Jop was real sweet to me. Jop got this huge police car with all kinds of noises coming from it, but that was also the cue for me to leave. I fell asleep on the way home -it was already getting dark!- so my evening schedule was a bit messed up but that's cool 'cause mom got this e-mail from auntie Yuko in Barcelona telling us that her little boy Tai is going to have a little sister or brother next spring! So on that extra festive note I hit the sack, and off I was. Lot's to dream about!

The only way is up!

It's official; I am going places. These days I have to be tied to my 'wipper' chair or I'm off! And when fooling around with mom today I was actually standing! She better start baby-proofing the house because once I am on to something.... ;-)

Next level ride

ps. Have you noticed my new ride? Yep, I was promoted to this seated version which I love and when I get tired from looking at the worldly affairs going on around me mom flips it back so I can sleep. Good design! Better then grandma's old ragged version which is so shaky mom dismissed it deciding she'd rather pack our Bugaboo to go for those long walks over the dikes in riverland.

Lunch with Jadie Moon

We went on a long tram ride today (yippie I love riding the tram!) just to have lunch with auntie Saskia and tiny little Jadie Moon. This babe's only 5 weeks old but ain't she the cutest? Of course the mom's had to go for some shopping which is oké as long as it's in a toy store ;-)

Mobile art

Mom's really excited that the maternity present she bought for herself -and for me of course- finally arrived after waiting patiently for 6 months. Mom likes these arty things but figured this is something I'd appreciate as well without interfering with her 'good taste' (whatever that means ;-) Well I happen to love it, just a shame mom put it up so high! Well done mr. Matt at Konrad's mobiles in Portland, America!

Warhol fun

Yesterday mom took me to the opening party of a real nice exhibition in honor of this famous dead artist called Andy Warhol. We got our picture taken by this lovely artist called Simon Wald-Lasowski who put us in a photo booth with all these fun props. Mom framed the photo series and put it next to an illustration of her in bunny ears. I wonder what my next disguise will be. I look sort of handsome with a mustache don't you think? ;-)

Ganz toll!

Ich habe ein ganz tolles buck bekommen von die bube Illya aus Berlin den ich muss mein Deutsch üben! Illya wird nack Amsterdam kommen in einem monat oder so waß so meine mutti muss von heute ab Deutsch mit mir reden ;-) Dass macht spaß!

Horse milk

Yesterday Mom and grandma took me to a horse milking farm in Dreumel near where mom grew up. I'm gonna get a little horse milk every day with my bottle so maybe my skin rash (a typical baby allergy called 'dauwworm' in Dutch) will go away. Apart from that, no more wool on my skin and Monkey gets serious spanking for sleeping on my bed and in my crib and stuff. Hope it helps. If you wanna know more about horse milk check: http://www.paardenmelk.nu/

Air time

No complaints about my air time these days. Today we went out for the longest walk, we watched boats and birds in the river and ended up sunbathing in the park for a bit. Tomorrow will be the same, weatherman says, yeah!

Pretty in grey

In the extended series "look what a pretty baby I am"; me wrapped in grey sweaters ;-)

Best Toys

The most exciting toys are definitely the new catalogs of Intertoys and Bart Smit. But after playing with them for an hour they're completely trashed which is a shame. Not very sustainable, but all the more fun!

Pap-baby

Today mom made me some nice warm 'pap' (bio organic millet porridge) which went down very well with the foggy fall weather outside and the both of us still recovering from our colds. This 'pap' for sure is feel good food, mom finished my left overs with the happiest smile on her face ;-) She used to be such a pap-baby herself!