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29 May 2010
12 May 2010
Easter in Italy
We had a nice long Easter vacation at Marcos parents place, just outside Venice. I had forgot that easter came early this year so I got a little disappointed about the weather. But I did manage to get an hour in the sun :)
Ale's first live tiger. The Vienna circus was visiting the area.
Raiding the kitchen for cookies
A drink in the arms of nonna
Easter Eggs. So much nice wrapping materials to play with :)
Iris in the arms of Bisnonna
Iris the 25th of March
Nonna and Iris the 28th of March
Lets catch up on the news while walking in Mestre.
Marco's first stroll with both kids
Alessandro loves the playground and the swing is always a hit
Ale's first live tiger. The Vienna circus was visiting the area.
Raiding the kitchen for cookies
A drink in the arms of nonna
Easter Eggs. So much nice wrapping materials to play with :)
Iris in the arms of Bisnonna
Iris the 25th of March
Nonna and Iris the 28th of March
Lets catch up on the news while walking in Mestre.
Marco's first stroll with both kids
Alessandro loves the playground and the swing is always a hit
Iris 3 weeks old
The first flowers in our garden :-)
Sleeping angel
Cute, Cuter, Cutest!
Well, she can scream as well
Iris 2 weeks old
The first bath. Iris shows how much she enjoys it.Mamma wants to make sure she remembers how to hold a baby correct and gets the midwife to show her again. (Here in Germany the midwife (Hebamma) makes homevisits up to 10 times after the birth to check on both mamma and baby.)
Zia Cri and cousin Emmanuelle came visiting in the second week. Alessandro enjoyed to have Emanuelle to play with at home. Here Cristina is giving Emanuelle areosol and Alessandro is jalous so he needs to sit on zia's knee as well.
Peace for a few moments. Ale is watching Teletubbies and Iris takes a nap.
About the birth...
Let me clear that all that post about Iris' birth is just Martha's truth or rather just her perspective.
I would have written something else. For ex how nice was being entertained by Full Metal Jacket (kidding).
Anyway, it's true that we both had a better second time.
I would have written something else. For ex how nice was being entertained by Full Metal Jacket (kidding).
Anyway, it's true that we both had a better second time.
11 May 2010
14 February 2010 - The birth of Iris
Woke up with contractions in the morning as I did with Alessandro as well (this time just a couple of hours later). No nerves, just happy that Marco had made it home from Italy on time and that his mother had arrived the day before so she now could babysit Ale.
We took off to the hospital around noon. I wanted to be sure to arrive to the hospital on time to get a PDA (nightmares of the birth of Alessandro hunting me made the decision on turning to drugs for painrelief very easy). And we arrived just in time for that.
The PDA did its job partly (left leg slept well - the rest of the body not affected). However adding that the birth this time was less painful I managed to enjoy the birth process this time and didn't pass out at all :-)
Also Marco had a less painful time doing the birth this time. With Alessandro's birth he hid himself behind the camera documenting everything. With Iris he didn't need to hide, now knowing that he could get through the birth without passing out. Instead he entertained himself with his Iphone. And when time came where I had a lot of pain all the time he though it could be good to distress me by showing me some favorite scenes from Full Metal Jacket. He didn't understand and still don't understand that I didn't appreciate it. MEN! or should I say MARCO!
Iris arrived late afternoon and here she is 13 mins after the birth.
Happy and tired.
First phonecall was not outgoing but incoming. My niece Nanna called to congratulate me with the birth of Iris. As you can see was Iris still in my arms and it was less then 30 mins from when she was born. So for good reason I was wondering how Nanna knew about the birth. She told she had seen the news on MARCO's Facebook profile together with a couple of photoes. And yes indeed - Marco updated his profile 15 mins after the birth. MARCO!
And here Marco is of his Iphone and can kiss his newborn baby girl.
Alessandro and Nonna Sandra came in the evening. Alessandro wanted to kiss Iris right away when he saw her and he behaved like had he known her as part of the family all his life.
Because of some green fruitwater Iris had been drinking we needed to stay at the hospital for a week. The doctor gave her this bronyle (Or what ever it is called) and with that she got her medicine 2 times a day. I thought it will spare more picks but ohhh nooo - they had to take blood samples of her all the time. So in the end of the week they had to search for veins to plug in to. Which makes me think of drug-users, which makes me feel bad especially in connection with my baby girl.
The yellow bronyle and the yellow outfit the hospital had provided, made it look like she had dressed for carneval as a bee. A very cute bee!
By the way. Notice her "long" hair in the front of her head. It felt of after the second bath she got. Leaving her with long hair in the back and almost nothing in the front. :-(
Here in Germany you have to name the child already within a week after birth. So Marco and I had agreed about a name and the spelling from home. All the official papers for Fx Healthinsurance, kindergarten, registration at the cityhall and so one was pre-prepared. So I was shocked when I heard Marco just after the birth spelling her name differently to the staff of the hospital. So now she is a Iris Giuliana instead of a Iris Juliana. He is forgiven though :-)
Finally we could leave the hospital and Iris got dressed up with some fine softpink cloth, so no one would miss the fact that "It's a girl".
We took off to the hospital around noon. I wanted to be sure to arrive to the hospital on time to get a PDA (nightmares of the birth of Alessandro hunting me made the decision on turning to drugs for painrelief very easy). And we arrived just in time for that.
The PDA did its job partly (left leg slept well - the rest of the body not affected). However adding that the birth this time was less painful I managed to enjoy the birth process this time and didn't pass out at all :-)
Also Marco had a less painful time doing the birth this time. With Alessandro's birth he hid himself behind the camera documenting everything. With Iris he didn't need to hide, now knowing that he could get through the birth without passing out. Instead he entertained himself with his Iphone. And when time came where I had a lot of pain all the time he though it could be good to distress me by showing me some favorite scenes from Full Metal Jacket. He didn't understand and still don't understand that I didn't appreciate it. MEN! or should I say MARCO!
Iris arrived late afternoon and here she is 13 mins after the birth.
Happy and tired.
First phonecall was not outgoing but incoming. My niece Nanna called to congratulate me with the birth of Iris. As you can see was Iris still in my arms and it was less then 30 mins from when she was born. So for good reason I was wondering how Nanna knew about the birth. She told she had seen the news on MARCO's Facebook profile together with a couple of photoes. And yes indeed - Marco updated his profile 15 mins after the birth. MARCO!
And here Marco is of his Iphone and can kiss his newborn baby girl.
Alessandro and Nonna Sandra came in the evening. Alessandro wanted to kiss Iris right away when he saw her and he behaved like had he known her as part of the family all his life.
Because of some green fruitwater Iris had been drinking we needed to stay at the hospital for a week. The doctor gave her this bronyle (Or what ever it is called) and with that she got her medicine 2 times a day. I thought it will spare more picks but ohhh nooo - they had to take blood samples of her all the time. So in the end of the week they had to search for veins to plug in to. Which makes me think of drug-users, which makes me feel bad especially in connection with my baby girl.
The yellow bronyle and the yellow outfit the hospital had provided, made it look like she had dressed for carneval as a bee. A very cute bee!
By the way. Notice her "long" hair in the front of her head. It felt of after the second bath she got. Leaving her with long hair in the back and almost nothing in the front. :-(
Here in Germany you have to name the child already within a week after birth. So Marco and I had agreed about a name and the spelling from home. All the official papers for Fx Healthinsurance, kindergarten, registration at the cityhall and so one was pre-prepared. So I was shocked when I heard Marco just after the birth spelling her name differently to the staff of the hospital. So now she is a Iris Giuliana instead of a Iris Juliana. He is forgiven though :-)
Finally we could leave the hospital and Iris got dressed up with some fine softpink cloth, so no one would miss the fact that "It's a girl".
February 2010 Alessandro the womenizer
We are in IKEA and Alessandro has a girl hooked up in no time. Should we start to worry about teenagehood.
21 December 2009
21 December 2009
We are celebrating Christmas in Denmark this year. And the pictures we took are on the camera that we lost when moving end January. So we only have one picture so share with you from that time and its without Christmas joy at all.
Alessandro with his first blue eye.
He crawled on a side-panel next to the bed. It was 5 cm higher then the bed and he have many times crawled back and forth without problem. But this one time he misjudged something and hit the edge.
But all in all, we had a nice Christmas time in Denmark anyway eventhough all 3 of us had to see a doctor.
We are celebrating Christmas in Denmark this year. And the pictures we took are on the camera that we lost when moving end January. So we only have one picture so share with you from that time and its without Christmas joy at all.
Alessandro with his first blue eye.
He crawled on a side-panel next to the bed. It was 5 cm higher then the bed and he have many times crawled back and forth without problem. But this one time he misjudged something and hit the edge.
But all in all, we had a nice Christmas time in Denmark anyway eventhough all 3 of us had to see a doctor.
Iris pre-birth
"Lille my" was her name before we knew it was a She.
Week 7 - Dancing queen
Week 9 Growing
Week 18+6 and now we know its a she. And what a lovely she!
Week 34 She is too close to the wall to get a good 3d picture of her. But check out that nose. That we reconized easily when she was born.
Week 7 - Dancing queen
Week 9 Growing
Week 18+6 and now we know its a she. And what a lovely she!
Week 34 She is too close to the wall to get a good 3d picture of her. But check out that nose. That we reconized easily when she was born.
November 2009 Kamilla and Kristian
24 November
Cousin Kristina and Kamilla are visiting us. Nice!
Alessandro makes it clear that he has given up HIS room to Kristian and Kamilla to sleep in.
You can kiss my hand
Alessandro riding cousin Kristian
Alessandro loves to brush his teeth.
22 November
Marco easily convince Kristian that a visit to the Waldgeist resturant (know for there oversized meals) is a must. So here we are:
Salute
Kristian get his burger and Alessandro his Schnitzel
One more, please.
Cousin Kristina and Kamilla are visiting us. Nice!
Alessandro makes it clear that he has given up HIS room to Kristian and Kamilla to sleep in.
You can kiss my hand
Alessandro riding cousin Kristian
Alessandro loves to brush his teeth.
22 November
Marco easily convince Kristian that a visit to the Waldgeist resturant (know for there oversized meals) is a must. So here we are:
Salute
Kristian get his burger and Alessandro his Schnitzel
One more, please.
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