Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Packing list for Paris
I think this does a pretty good job of illustrating the packing hierarchy in the family... It's fairly obvious who takes priority :) It also shows how planning for a quick "weekend getaway" has changed since the little man arrived on the scene!
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Fall in the Heath
We got a few good pics of James in the heath this weekend... he loved the fall leaves!
What's up?
It's been a while since my last post, so I thought I would check in and say hello. The truth is, not much has been happening at number 4 Lutton Terrace... time is chugging along, days are passing, and summer has quickly turned into fall (then to winter, then back to fall). Here are a few updates for our lovely Bremer Blog readers...
1. We found out that we're getting kicked out of our house in June 2011. Our landlady's son has been dying to move in ever since he saw how nice the place looks with all our stuff in it (the last tenant was a bachelor who had no furniture and hung tapestries on the wall). She put him off for as long as possible, but in the end "son" trumps "renters." Even if we have been good ones. So the countdown begins. We have mixed feelings about this... on one hand it's nice that we have some time and don't have to rush into a place that we don't love. On the other hand, nothing we've seen so far even comes close to our house in terms of location, size, and "niceness." I'm a little worried that what we've become used to just doesn't exist in our budget anymore. But we'll give it to the end of the year and if we then have to talk about compromising (on location most likely) we will.
2. James has had a rough few weeks - he seems to have gotten one bug right after another. First he had bad diarrhea for a few days (sorry, but this is what you talk about when you have a baby), then he got a cold/cough (from his dad, but I'm not pointing any fingers...), then he got a stomach bug, which I think is a hold over from the first sickness mentioned above that didn't completely go away. Two nights in a row he had the worst throw up I've ever seen - from a baby or adult. He's on the mend now, after switching to lactose-free milk and eating very bland foods for a couple days, and I just hope that he can stay healthy for a while. I guess once you've gotten one thing and your immune system is weak, you're more likely to catch something else. And between Ric and Ana and me being sick pretty much constantly, James is bound to take the brunt of that.
3. Work has been really busy. Not much else to say there.
4. We've got some trips planned - yay! We go to Paris this weekend for a couple nights and James is coming along. Although we haven't quite figured out how it's going to work. We decided to just try and figure things out as we go. And to recover from that trip, Ric and I are hoping to go to Florence in November without James. Haven't booked tickets yet, but it's on the calendar so hopefully we'll be able to make it happen.
5. Christmas really isn't that far away - which is hard to believe, but I'm already getting excited about our trip back to the US to see LOTS of family and friends. We have a very aggressive schedule planned... Charlottesville (for Christmas), Raleigh (for New Year's), Charlotte (just me and James), then Atlanta (still just me and James). Who knows how this is going to work, but if we pull it off it should be loads of fun. Can't wait to see all of you who are going to be in one of those stops along the way. And James will be ONE by then! I am also scheduled to be in the Bay Area at the end of January for work.
1. We found out that we're getting kicked out of our house in June 2011. Our landlady's son has been dying to move in ever since he saw how nice the place looks with all our stuff in it (the last tenant was a bachelor who had no furniture and hung tapestries on the wall). She put him off for as long as possible, but in the end "son" trumps "renters." Even if we have been good ones. So the countdown begins. We have mixed feelings about this... on one hand it's nice that we have some time and don't have to rush into a place that we don't love. On the other hand, nothing we've seen so far even comes close to our house in terms of location, size, and "niceness." I'm a little worried that what we've become used to just doesn't exist in our budget anymore. But we'll give it to the end of the year and if we then have to talk about compromising (on location most likely) we will.
2. James has had a rough few weeks - he seems to have gotten one bug right after another. First he had bad diarrhea for a few days (sorry, but this is what you talk about when you have a baby), then he got a cold/cough (from his dad, but I'm not pointing any fingers...), then he got a stomach bug, which I think is a hold over from the first sickness mentioned above that didn't completely go away. Two nights in a row he had the worst throw up I've ever seen - from a baby or adult. He's on the mend now, after switching to lactose-free milk and eating very bland foods for a couple days, and I just hope that he can stay healthy for a while. I guess once you've gotten one thing and your immune system is weak, you're more likely to catch something else. And between Ric and Ana and me being sick pretty much constantly, James is bound to take the brunt of that.
3. Work has been really busy. Not much else to say there.
4. We've got some trips planned - yay! We go to Paris this weekend for a couple nights and James is coming along. Although we haven't quite figured out how it's going to work. We decided to just try and figure things out as we go. And to recover from that trip, Ric and I are hoping to go to Florence in November without James. Haven't booked tickets yet, but it's on the calendar so hopefully we'll be able to make it happen.
5. Christmas really isn't that far away - which is hard to believe, but I'm already getting excited about our trip back to the US to see LOTS of family and friends. We have a very aggressive schedule planned... Charlottesville (for Christmas), Raleigh (for New Year's), Charlotte (just me and James), then Atlanta (still just me and James). Who knows how this is going to work, but if we pull it off it should be loads of fun. Can't wait to see all of you who are going to be in one of those stops along the way. And James will be ONE by then! I am also scheduled to be in the Bay Area at the end of January for work.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Playing with forts is fun
So is playing with fuzzy felt stickers...
And playing with friends...
James has had a pretty good week!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Baby Victoria
Paula, who many of you know is my colleague in Spark's London office, recently ended up in the hospital with her baby daughter, Victoria. Vivi was born three days after James and we've already decided that they will make the perfect boyfriend and girlfriend someday. They're both adorable (according to their parents anyway). Plus, James will know how to speak Portuguese thanks to Ana, and Victoria's family is Portuguese, so it's really a match made in Heaven.
That's why we need Victoria to get better. She's having trouble with her sweet little baby heart. At the moment, it's too big. And lots of doctors are trying to understand why. Her dad (Paula's husband Andre) has been writing a blog about what they're all going through and it's one of the most beautiful things I've read in a long, long time. http://bigheartbaby.posterous.com/
Please keep Paula, Victoria, Andre and Alice in your thoughts and prayers.
This is a pic of Victoria and James before they made their grand entrances (week 37):
That's why we need Victoria to get better. She's having trouble with her sweet little baby heart. At the moment, it's too big. And lots of doctors are trying to understand why. Her dad (Paula's husband Andre) has been writing a blog about what they're all going through and it's one of the most beautiful things I've read in a long, long time. http://bigheartbaby.posterous.com/
Please keep Paula, Victoria, Andre and Alice in your thoughts and prayers.
This is a pic of Victoria and James before they made their grand entrances (week 37):
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
More teeth
Seemingly overnight - James has grown another tooth! This one is on the top, in the middle. And it really did appear out of nowhere. This morning it sounded like he was chewing on something hard and when we opened his mouth we realized that he was grinding his teeth together... and that he actually had teeth to grind together! As of yesterday, there was nothing. Now he's got another big pearly white. The first two came in as slow as glaciers, so this was quite a surprise. It also explains the high fever he had a few days back.
In addition to growing teeth, James's current favorite activities are crawling really quickly, pulling himself up on anything and everything, and trying to walk. I think he feels much more comfortable walking and just wishes that he could figure it out already! Ana's prediction is that he'll be walking by 10 months. Uh oh...
He also may be the smartest baby on the planet. The other morning Ana discovered that when you say the words to his "Trucks" book out loud, but aren't holding the actual book, he'll go and find it in his toy basket and bring it back to you! That is seriously amazing for an 8 1/2 month old baby, right??!!
In addition to growing teeth, James's current favorite activities are crawling really quickly, pulling himself up on anything and everything, and trying to walk. I think he feels much more comfortable walking and just wishes that he could figure it out already! Ana's prediction is that he'll be walking by 10 months. Uh oh...
He also may be the smartest baby on the planet. The other morning Ana discovered that when you say the words to his "Trucks" book out loud, but aren't holding the actual book, he'll go and find it in his toy basket and bring it back to you! That is seriously amazing for an 8 1/2 month old baby, right??!!
Friday, September 3, 2010
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