What's cookin'?

The kitchen is known to be the most cosy place in the house so I hang out there a lot these days. Mom had to hide Monkey's food cause I was a bit too attracted to it, but she gave me some mini pots and pans to bang around with and I can play with the little cat door so that will do for now. Another newbie is my very own chair at the kitchen table so now we can eat lunch and dinner together. I like to be higher up these days, constantly reaching for something way above tiger-level which can be a pain in the neck I tell ya.

X-mas tooth

We had a swell X-mas brunch at grandma & grandpa with uncle Bert and auntie Annie but unfortunately not a lot of pictures to show. Mom got a real fancy D-lux new camera but she still has to figure it out & then I was also more then a hand full I'm afraid... first mom and grandma thought I was a bit off because of all the visitors and X-mas presents waiting to be unpacked so I didn't get any sleep the whole day, but the morning after mom discovered the real reason; I got my 3rd tooth! And of course I got lots of presents from Santa: a real car with wheels and a horn, and a fancy thing with animals and lights and sounds that goes around in circles and talks to me, and a wooden dog thing and a bunch of Winnie the Poo mini books... The wide screen pic is from mom's new camera, the only one that was sort of focused... (let's give her some time ;-)

Discovery!

You may find more and more pictures of me in exotic places from now on. If mom only looks the other way I'm gone investigating every little corner of our modest mansion. Mom's constantly trying to lure me in other directions and goes "No mister Deven Eno, that's Monkey's food" the whole time while she's trying to keep up with cleaning the floors while cooking up plans to attach Swiffer dusters to my clothes and stuff. The sleeping bag sweater mom and grandma made for me is doing a pretty good job every morning ;-)

X-mas visits

We had so many visitors the last couple of days: Daan & Anette & Joff & Kyle & Nathalie & today auntie Nienke and sweet little Job dropped by. (Don't we look pretty togehter?) I always want to join the party and play and flirt with the guests so I got a bit exhausted by it all. So then, just when we were supposed to go and eat pumpkin soup at the neighbors Esmee & Christiaan, I fell vast asleep for a few hours! Mom's getting a crash course in go-with-the-flow-time-management. Good thing about soup; the longer you wait, the better it tastes ;-)

Boys will be boys

Mom was really relieved that Joff and Kyle dropped by for a drink tonight so I could pull their hair out for a while in stead of hers. Pre-bedtime is not only chow time, it's wild boy time! And Joff & Kyle still got plenty of hair ;-)

White Christmas

Mom says X-mas time used to be supposed to be white but nowadays with the global warming thing going on ... well I don't know about that, but those majestically frozen up trees in our neighborhood look pretty white to me!

X-mas fun

Last night after sun down we went on a special mission with auntie Esmee to take a picture for our X-mas greetings. This fancy Santa bench is around the corner from our house and the people who live there loved that we came to take this special picture so the whole family came out in the icy cold to watch our shoot. Afterwards I was so energized I wouldn't sleep so mom missed two X-mas parties & ended up drinking tea with the neigbors from upstairs who were supposed to watch me sleep... oh oh. Poor mom, but then we had a cosy night after all ;-)

ps. I got this fancy Olvarit baby food a la carte X-mas mailing with my name on it but it only made me hungry and cranky...

X-man marvel

hi hi I got a super power x-mas decorated surfboard so I can move around the grand folks' house extra fast. X-men beware! ;-)

Demolition baby

I never do what I'm supposed to do when mom is making a movie but this is about my new hobby; going through the yellow pages, like real thorough ;-)

Check up time again

Yesterday we went to the childcare center again for my check-ups. This session was mainly about food; that I should get more and more solid foods, and we're gonna try the goat-variety of baby formula milk since it looks like I don't tolerate cow milk very well, just like mom in fact. I grew only 1 cm over the last 6 weeks (74 cm now) which means I'm no longer topping the charts but slowly bending towards average. I gained half a kilogram so I'm almost 9,5 kg. now. Bottom line, I am fine, just going through my phases ;-)
Mom didn't have such a swell afternoon; she spend 1,5 hours at the dentist while I was having fun with auntie Esmee and Joff and Kyle came by afterwards to cheer her up. We played until 20.00 - demonstrating how fast I move these days I challenged Monkey for a ball game - and then I went straight to sleep (for a change). I've got a new trick though, in the middle of the night, like around 04:00, I wake mom up and then she takes me into her bed and we spoon up real cosy and both sleep like babies the rest of the night ;-)

Boys just wanna have fun

This morning we went to visit little Mick & Aaron. They were real sweat and we played on the floor for a while with their 'baby' bears and firemen truck and then we went to the park to watch big machines lifting tree trunks but that's when I fell asleep so I never got to say goodbye... hope to see you guys again soon!

Boy toys

So now I can work myself through the living room like a lizard I discovered the stereo and the dvd player, they have mighty interesting buttons and lights! Although mom doesn't seem very pleased with my new field of interest ;-)

Fun with the folks

I had a swell time in riverland again; grandpa made me a party hat, we played peek-a-boo and stuff forever and grandma made me this fantastic 'hutspot' with fresh steamed fish. Yummie!

just a Hello from us

I'm finally getting the 'wave' down ;-)

Happy Campers

Today we got a real cool present from the nice lady at the pet store where we buy Monkey's food. She gave us a doggy tent, for Monkey and me to play in. Boy it's such great fun, rolling around in it and playing peek-a-boo with mom, I was totally exhausted tonight and fell asleep the second I hit the sack ;-)

Moving pictures

This morning when mom was in the kitchen preparing breakfast I went out on an adventure spreading the toys from my toy box all over the place and hiding under the couch. You should have seen moms face when she got back and couldn't find me for a second. She decided to make a little film of my current mobility. Going in circles on my belly is one of my favorite moves at the moment ;-)

Couch potatoes

We had a rather hectic morning escorting auntie Karen and her poor little kitten Philadelphia to the pet clinic (poor kittycat broke her leg! More about that tomorrow when she comes home after the operation) After that we lounged indoor all afternoon hiding from all the nasty rain. Our sweet neighbors Esmee & Christiaan came by to keep us company and Christiaan - who's always pulling me out of my comfort zone - insisted I took some interest in literature. Oh well, soon he can work his parenting skills on his own offspring ;-)

On the road

Here we are on our weekly road trip between riverland and Amsterdam. Mom pulled over to make a phone call and I'm keeping myself busy with Nijntje (although usually I'm vast asleep)

Going places

We're having a busy week; I've been keeping mom busy until late at night 'cause I'm kind a inseparable from her lately, and mom's been keeping me busy with lot's of trips. Yesterday mom had two interviews with fashion people. We saw the lovely Astrid & Niels again, this time in their big big studio. (I helped mom pick something real nice from their Dutch Fashion Award winning Klavers van Engelen collection) And today we visited mom's friends Rob & Gert who were up late with a 'kater' which is something like Monkey but they don't really have a cat. Then after lunch we went on the bike to visit funny aunty Karen where I finally got to play with little Max again. All the grown ups were eating cake while Max and I were slamming each other in the head and stuff ;-) Max finally put on some weight and he's real rapid crawling everywhere. After all that fun I finally fell asleep around my regular bedtime. Ssssst...

Mooncrawl

Mom thinks it's hilarious, I'm crawling backwards the whole time, like the moonwalk for babies ;-)

Baby buddha's

I'm really down with my weekly playtime at the zen dojo with little Zef. Today we did puzzles, very interesting, cut up wooden animals. Somehow I got really into them.

Hello, good morning!

Boy do we luv our morning ritual... fearing the day I have to make it in time for school ;-)

Gingers have more fun

Mom and I had a couple of drinks before dinner with Joff & Kyle at this café around the corner. We had so much fun I fell asleep on the way home which messed up our dinner schedule so I got to stay up late, but hey, it's weekend!!

Siesta

This is how I do my siesta every day after the whole morning ritual of playtime and breakfast and watching teletubbies and bathing and getting dressed and then brunch and then ....zzzzzz (this is when mom can get some work done before we hit the road for some fresh air and groceries and feeding the ducks and stuff ;-)

Happy birthday Joff & Kyle!

Mom and I were real busy yesterday getting all the presents together for Joff's birthday, and also for Kyle because his birthday was the day before. On our way we had to drop by the Fantastic Man office to say hi to mom's friends Gert & Jop and pick up some stuff. Gert & Jop think I'm a Fantastic Baby Man ;-)
Unfortunately I couldn't join Joff's surprise dinner party because it was way past my bedtime but mom said it was great fun and Joff was very happy with all his presents. I'll drop by for that birthday cake soon! ;-)

Superfood

Mom finally found a specialist on digestive issues for babies. Apparently the antibiotics I had in the hospital right after my birth have damaged the bacteria population in my tummy. To solve my baby-eczema once and for all (otherwise I'm stuck with that the rest of my life) mom got me a range of fancy baby food supplements. She just has to figure out what to give me before bedtime. In any case not the Greens stuff cause it made me hyper energetic and I stayed up until 22.00! ;-)

Cosy cold weekend

We actually had a great weekend although we can't tell by the pictures mom took, all dark and out of focus, but anyway... grandma and grandpa came to visit cause they missed me so much (grandma's been real busy with her theater make up and ice skating stuff) so that was lots of quality hugging for me. And today we escaped the city with Mr.Peter-the-fashion-illustrator for a nice walk in the big Amsterdam forest. It was real pretty and sunny but still super brrr. Then just when I was having my dinner-before-bedtime ritual auntie Esmee and her guy Christiaan dropped by to tell us some real big deal good news (surprise surprise!!) that we're not yet to tell to the whole world but I guess you can guess ;-)

Bube Illya in Amsterdam

Today mom and I finally hooked up with the bube from Berlin, and his folks Berber and Tjebbe of course. After a week in the homeland seeing all the family and friends, Illya was a bit exhausted so we played for like 15 minutes and then we both fell asleep. Babies can only take so much of other babies, but bube Illya is great! He's only 3 months and he can do just about everything I can at almost 7 months! Hmmm one of those guys ;-) So when we got home mom came up with this cardboard box to stimulate me to sit up a bit. Great fun actually, the box that is... I don't know about exercise, I'm more like a hide and seek kind a guy ;-)

Week 29

Another week another milestone? Well let's see; I'm getting more and more restless, always attempting to go places but, I still can't crawl properly. So this week I fell of the couch for the first time, which freaked mom and myself out, but I am fine ;-) Oh and we had a mild stomach flue mom and I, no fever or anything, just a bit nauseous and funny poop. It's getting mighty cold outside so I look like a little Michelin-guy half of the time. I eat like a woodworker though and finally got the hang of drinking water from my special Barbapapa tumbler cup ;-)

Great Canadien Plaids

Oh goodie look what uncle Kyle brought me all the way from Canada: snug flannel plaid Hill Billy shirts! Joff & Kyle looked real hard to find these but look how fab I look in plaid! And what about those fun mittens? Wow, this must be 'spoil Deven'-week! So happy Kyle's come to live in Amsterdam, now Joff and Kyle can babysit me together, yippie yeah!