Milestone: Crawling!!!

Recently I reported that Lorelei was getting ready to crawl.... Well, as of this past weekend she is doing it! It is so much fun to see and she is having so much fun too... She can actually cover quite some distance and, she is getting faster every day! Unbelievable, but true and so nice... Our girl is growing, developing and it is all just such a treat to see and experience.

Today is my daddy day and I had to iron some of my shirts. This usually takes me quite a while and I do this on the landing to Tobias' and Lorelei's rooms. Well, I put Lorelei in her room with the door open and gave her some toys. She was having lots of fun and started to babble. She is doing that more and more and that is good to hear too. Mostly it is something like "wawa" or "dada", but the amount of sounds and the clarity of her voice are increasing rapidly. Also, she laughs while she is playing. And all the while I am just ironing my shirts. Since she can crawl now it is not such a big deal anymore if she drops a toy and it rolls away. She'll just crawl, get it and play with it some more wherever it landed.

I can tell you that she makes ironing my shirts a lot more fun :-).


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Strolling in the Stroller

So, Lorelei can sit up. This has many advantages, including the fact that she can now sit in her "new" stroller. It is the same thing, without the basket-bed-thing on it. She was almost pulling herself out of that thing, twisting an turning and everything. Also, it was getting quite small for her (or actually she was just growing out of it :-)).

Since it takes some effort to convert the stroller into this thing, it kind of felt like "closing an era". I think I have written many times the mixed feelings I have when closing eras.... This time was no different, although I have to say that, even though I can't believe or comprehend how fast it goes, there was somewhat of a relief too. She has grown into a big healthy baby and the fear of an RS-virus relapse is now pretty much gone. Of course it is summer so it is not the RS season, but I can tell you that every cough, fever, or booger still causes (relatively) severe concern....

Anyway, back to the stroller: she loves it. She can see everything now and that is so nice for her. It is still a bit big, but so much more fun. And there is the matter of convenience for us since it collapses into a somewhat smaller nuisance to take in the car with us... :-). The buggy board still works, so Tobias is happy too!


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Biking!!!

Biking is "the thing" in the Netherlands. Some claim that Dutch people learn how to bike before the know how to walk... This is not true, but biking is a big part of the Dutch culture. I have posted a picture before of me on my bike with both Tobias and Lorelei, but at that time I was carrying Lorelei on my belly. Like I said, that was not as comfortable. Well, now that Lorelei can sit by herself she is ready for a real bike-seat! So, I pulled it from the garage, put it on my bike and we went riding. Me with two children (one in front, one in back), and Lisa by herself. We had a nice ride during which Lorelei laughed a lot, but ended up falling asleep :-).

Looking forward to more of those rides!


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