Jon’s mother, Susan, or better GG (standing for Gordious Grandmother) had a hard time waiting till early Februari to finally meet her first grandson. But it was worthwhile the very long wait and flight from San Jose, California. 224 Also Marcus showed his love for GG – by grabbing her hand very very tight. 350 [...]
During the stay of Jeff, Staci, and Susan, we did take several little trips. Jeff, Staci and Jon went one day to Amsterdam, allowing Staci to talk with the coordinator of a master program and hand over her application forms. Only a few days later Staci recieved a confirmation congratulating her with her acceptance to [...]
February was a busy month for us. Mom came to visit for 2 weeks. Jeff and Staci came for 8 days. We threw a party. All sorts of family and friends came to see Marcus and the new house. On top of that, we’re still getting settled into the house and trying to get into [...]
For the first weeks, Marcus crib stayed in the centre of our livingroom. [photopress:wieg_met_ballon.JPG,full,centered] It’s very handy to have wheels under the crib – allowing us to always have a good view of our beautiful son. [photopress:beauty_sleep_crib_small.JPG,full,centered] Many family and friends came to meet Marcus, including my sister,Annick together with her mother-in-law. [photopress:Annick_en_schoonmoeder_small.JPG,full,centered] My parents [...]
Marcus has already picked up a couple of mine and Christine’s shared habits: burping and farting. The kid lets ‘em rip and will act like nothing happened (he gets that from his mother). He’s also got another of my traits: hiccups. Sometimes, when I drink too much too fast, I get the hiccups. Christine says [...]
On Sunday, January 28th Jon and I, left the hospital and went home with our new addition to the family. It was a nice feeling to come home with a healthy, happy boy. Marcus’ first car ride [photopress:going_home_small.JPG,full,centered] As most of you know, we just moved a few weeks ago in our new (renovated) home [...]
The fat lady is thin(ner) again. Marcus’ arrival was the most beautiful thing I have ever experienced. Also his dad was completely blown away with the emotions that you experience when you look at your son for the first (and also for the 50th ) time.. Many people would have been jealous – my pregnancy [...]
Our first addition to the family is here. Marcus arrived on January 24th at 9:45 pm. Everything was uneventful. Christine started having labor pains around 5 am but she didn’t wake me up until 6. She said the contractions weren’t very strong, but they were coming about every 10 minutes. I grabbed a quick shower, [...]