Preview

We didn't want to keep this from you any longer: Joff & Kyle did a real photo shoot with mom & me the other day and this is a small selection... there's much more - we'll see which ones grandma chooses cause it's for her birthday - and they also still need some photoshop work, on mom especially ... hehe

Aqua crazier

Hmmmm, after having a taste of my new pool this Aqua Play thing seems a bit small.... ;-)

Back on track

Just to let you know, I'm totally back on track with my measurements. Mom took me to the childcare center again this morning and everything was just groovy. I'm back on my old growing curve (which is pretty much middle of the road) after I was a bit on the skinny side last time. I'm now 81 cm and weigh 10.85 kg. My eyes are superb and the lady doctor listened to my chest and everything sounded great there too. I may still not be walking but I'm making steady progress in that direction. Everyone seems to agree that I'm a bit top-heavy and my legs are short compared to my body which runs in the family.
ps. this pic was taken yesterday at the tropical garden party for grandma's birthday. It was a swell party but we were all a bit overwhelmed by the heat. But I should not complain, I got to splash around in my baby pool and walk around naked all day ;-)

Pool party!

He he it's been tropical these last few days and I just love to get wet whenever I can. So mom got me my own pool, a big one! Boy I hope it's gonna be a long hot summer;-)

My first fashion moment

Mom had a big surprise for me yesterday. She dressed me up in my nice jacket and took me to a fashion show in the old Olympic Stadion. I was super impressed by the whole scenery and event -I'm known to like parties after all- and all the fashion people there loved my red curls (mom just had to show me off to her colleagues, "just once" she said. Yeah, right!). We hung out 'back stage' a bit with DJ Femke and Martin the dancer who always tells the fashion models how to move properly. Then we got real fancy front row seats, only, I had a hard time staying in that seat since I was tempted to run behind the pretty models on the 'catwalk' (the Olympic running tracks in this case). I thought that's what running tracks were for! Anyhow, mom says I stole the show a bit ;-)

Aqua crazy

Mom's almost sorry she got me this Aqua Play set. I love it so much I loose track of all time and I get very very wet all over splashing around with it. I cry every time when mom says it's time we go inside (for dinner or something) and change into dry clothes. That's what you get if you give water to a water rat ;-)

Rain or shine

Mom is learning the 'how to do with babies on rainy days' the hard way. We went to the zoo again, and no worries there cause there's lot's of indoor animal fun like the aquarium -wow, freaky!- but on our way home on the bike we got caught in massive rain. Luckily mom had a towel and a big Hema plastic bag in her bike-bags that she skillfully pulled over me so at least I stayed a bit dry. The next day we scoored a great rain coat so that won't happen again! Christiaan e-mailed us a more sunny pic from a while back. Oh well, mom says I better get used to it and grow up to be a real Dutch boy, playing outside come rain or shine.

Cool goats

And here's the goat farm pics!

Out and about week

We had a great week: last Sunday we went to a cool birthday party of mom's friend Nathalie, on a pretty farm with lots of kids. The weather's been great so we went to the baby pool in the park real early last Wednesday, which is extra fun 'cause it was still being filled with water. I also saw the baby physiotherapist that day; my motoric development is a bit slow but at least I do everything right and I get lot's of action climbing and walking, especially now mom put all my toys higher up. I should be walking loose by the time I'm 16 months so we still have time. Anyhow, we also payed our weekly visit to the Artis zoo, and today, that was really the best, we went to the eco goat farm in the Amsterdam Forest (see pictures in next post). They had a real vintage Porche tractor to play with and the goats were super sweet, they even join the kids in the playground and constantly try to eat our hair, mom's bag or even my buggy!