Aaauuuw and Wooohoo!

Hello everyone,

The Aaauuuww story
Last week Niels did not let us sleep a lot (waking up in the middle of the night crying and didnt want to go back to sleep in his bed).

For 3 days we have to sleep with him in his room, then he sleeps fine. But otherwise...na-ah.

Afterwards we came to a conclusion that it probably is because he could not breath properly from his cough and cold...but it wasn't that. Our next guess was teeth! And we got a jackpot on that one! Niels is growing his 7th tooth. Additional tooth means, more chewing, lots of drool, a bite that hurts more, but closer to a complete set of teeth!

The Woohoo story
Last weekend Niels started getting a kick (figure of speech) on walking with Papa or Mama holding him with only one hand. He knows that he is doing something new and he shows that he likes doing it.

And last night he surprised us by staying standing up alone...NO HANDS! And he can from standing position sit properly on the floor.

He was soooo proud of what he did and of course we were so proud of him too. Papa sent sms immediately to Oma, Meter Vicky and Peter Pan to tell them about the good news!

So, for us it means more alert eyes and faster reaction!

The proud Mama and Papa,

Neri and Nico

Sssshhhhhhhhh...

Im trying to hide from Mama and Papa. They want to put me to bed but Im not sleepy yet so ssssshhhhhhh...

Ooooopppppssss...Papa found me! Hmp. I better find a new hiding place for next time!

Wakkere Niels

9 months and in construction already!

Hello everyone!

Last 1st of october Mama and I went again to Kind and Gezin for my stats. And as what we already know, the doctor and the nurse said Im a good healthy growing boy!

They asked Mama...
"Can he sit on his own?" Mama said "Since he was 6 months old!"
"Does he crawl already?" Mama said "Like Speedy Gonzales!"
"Does he eat his bread good?" Mama said, "Oh yeah yeah yeah!"
"Does he sleep good?" Mama undoubtedly said "Yes!" of course
"Does he say da-da-ba-ba..?" and Mama answered "Non-stop!"

I was so proud of myself that I stood up infront of the nurse (even if I was only wearing my pampers)...leaned on the table and reached for her paper and put it in my mouth! Oh you should have seen her jump from her chair to get the paper back! I was faster though! Hi hi hi

Anyway, here are my stats:
As a result of my good eating habits, Im now 9 kilos and 68 grams!
As a result of my good sleeps, Im now 73 centimeters tall!

And by the way, Im also helping Opa, Papa and Oma put up our tuinhuisje!

And I helped in cleaning up of course. All the wooden planks have to be set aside you know!

And after everything was done...it's time to taste that leaf!

Ciao!

Nielske

Domein Kiewit and Hasselt Kermis

It was chilly but the sun was out! Sunday funday. Oma and Opa started their trip this morning going to Austria. We...we went to Domein Kiewit in Hasselt. Such a biiiiiig park, lots of place to play with! I saw goats, chicken, turkey, pigs, sheep, birds, ducks, and lots of children!

Mama and Papa said next year summer we will go back there and have a nice picnic on the grass under the sun.



Afterwards we drove to Hasselt to check out the Kermis. But grrrrrrrrrwllll...our tummies were growling of hunger. So Mama and Papa ate smoutenbollen while I had my delicious fruitpap (Passionfruit and apple with a liiiiiitle bit of cream). Delish!

Here is our picture by the library after we ate

And here is my share of the kermis attraction. I may not be able to ride the attraactions yet but Papa was tickling me the whole time! I laughed so hard that I cant even say "STOP PAPA STOP!"

Till our next attraction!

Nielske

6 teeth, new shoes and lots of birthday parties!

Ok let me tell the story one by one...i am but an 8 month old boy...

6 teeth
Yes yes yes, my teeth are coming per pair. But this time it didnt hurt at all. You see, I made a drawing so you can see it clearly.



1. The green pair of teeth below are my first teeth. They didnt hurt.
2. The blue pair of teeth above are my 2nd pair....oooh they put me into a lot of pain, stress and sleepless nights! But they make me enjoy my bread now a lot more!
3. The yellow ones are the new ones. They are still small but they didnt hurt as well.
4. The red part are my gums (big huh? Still swollen in my drawing but in reality they are not)
5. The orange thing is my itsy bitsy tiny little tongue (despite its size it can make looouuuuud noises already)
6. And that white thing coming out of my mouth, thats my drool...i still drool a loooot!

New pair of shoes
Last week Mama and Papa decided to buy me my first ever real pair of shoes.

Since every time we go somewehere and with the fact that I walk all over now...a sock is not enough anymore. They always end up somewhere on the floor and not on me. So last saturday afternoon Mama dragged me to Brantano Shoe store to buy my first pair ever.

The first 2 days I was walking like a jelly! I cant get my feel straight! Its like it has a mind of its own. Mama said I still have to get used to it. The 3rd day (yesterday) Mama got confirmation from the daycare that Im getting used to walking and crawling and standing up with my shoes on. Just hope it gets a lot better than this cause I cant wait anymore to start walking normal again!

Birthdays!
We celebrated last sunday 2 birthdays! One of 85th year and one of 4th year.

Tante Maria turned 85 yesterday and we celebrated her birthday with a big party in "De Bloomelingen" last sunday. Oh she was sooo happy singing and clapping "Happy Birthday!" She has never met me nor Lieke but we sat on her lap last Sunday so next time we see her she will remember us. We also gave her a gift. A picture frame with my, Lieke and Celeste's picture on it. Now it stands on her nightstand...so she sees us now everyday :-) We had a very delicious cake (the rest of the people I mean) and Papa ate lots of pie!!!!!

Oh no that's not Tante Maria with me and Lieke. He is Joerie...Lieke's Papa.



After that we rushed to Celeste's birthday...she turned 4 today. She was waiting for all of us (Oma, Opa, Moemoe, Papa, Mama and me) already for quite some time (she was too enthusiatic to receive and open all her gifts hi hi hi). We got there at around 4pm and I have to eat my fruitpap first before she gets her gift...so she waited and waited and waited.



After gift opening, we played, I played, I crawled, I danced, I did everything! I was a showman! Then afterwards I tried to eat Opa's newspaper :-) What do you expect?

The rest is history. The most important thing is WE had fun, I definitely had fun, Mama and Papa said they are so proud of me cause I was so behaved despite being unstoppable (going around I mean) and talkative...so the sun went down and the moon showed up, the night came and I slept...soundly!