Quotes of the day...

"Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life." - Robert Byrne

Of course, I'm fully disagree with him !

"We need a president who's fluent in at least one language." -- Buck Henry

I guess he was thinking of George W. when he said that...

"I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on." -- Beryl Pfizer

So do I....

Some news...

Hi !

That's a long time I hadn't give any news ! I'm a bad girl !

I'm fine. A litle bit tired... but fine !

Alex has currently 6 baby tooth growing... (his 4 premolars and 2 incisors) ... since a couple of weeks therefore that's not easy every day !

These past days he also has a gastroenteritis therefore that's .... very hard !

But now he starts feeling better. Two of his 6 growing tooth has burst his gum.

What else about me ?

I'm currently embrodering "London".... Have a look below ...

I wish you all and your families an happy new year 2009 !

Good health, love, job, money... I hope you'll have everything you need ... and you 'll visit often my blog (lol)!

Here we are !

The XMas tree.... nude !






The XMas Tree smart dressed at last !

1st Xmas with Alex ...

The Xmas tree carpet is ready....
as well as the xmas tree itself ...



while xmas embroidered frieze is almost ready!

... 20 days left before our first xmas in family with baby Alex!

The pictures are coming very very soon... flat batteries...

Damn !I can't find the battery charger right now ... It's always nearly impossible to find this kind of thing when we need them...

Alex, 9 months and half and...

• Height : 73 cm
  
• Weight : 8.600 kg
  
• Baby teeth : 5 (coming soon... one more !)
  

Happy Birthday to ... Alexander !

Alexander is 9 months old !

And he's still so cute even if he has some odd tantrums ...

Baby Alex is sick !

Alex has a common cold since the end of last week. We tried to blow his nose as soon as possible and as properly as possible .... but that's hard when the sick baby is 8 months and half !

We had to call the doctor at 3 AM this morning because he awoke feverish. He had 39.4 °C ! We gave him some paracetamol and some water in order to drop his temperature as quickly as possible.

The doctor prescribed a syrup and a suppository twice a day for 5 days. I hope his nasopharyngitis will be soon cured...

In 10 days, he's going to visit his allergist and we'll know if he can or not eat gluten, wheat and egg...

Toothy-peg ...

Alex has his first two toothy-pegs since he's 7 months.

He got his third tooth a couple of days ago.

Now he is 8 months and 13 days and he's going to get pretty soon his 4th and 5th teeth.

What else about him ? He visited his paediatrician yesterday and he weighs now 8kg200 and he is 71,5 cm tall.


Alex growth chart !


Alex weight chart !

Pumpkin...

... with it, you can celebrate Halloween or simply eating a great Pumpkin Bisque .

My husband usually doesn't like pumpkin ... but he loved both of these recipes.

I invented the first recipe while the second one is coming directly from a restaurant in Philly...

Mushrooms ...

... a few leaves of spinach, a few leaves of Swiss chard, escalope of turkey ,potatoes and you'll get....



..... a delicious Hachis turkey with mushrooms on a bed of Swiss chard !

A personnal recipe inspired by mushrooms I didn't want to cook with an omelette ...

Alex ...

... is now able to stand a couple of seconds without holding onto the barrier of his playpen or a chair with one hand ... and he's not even 8 months !

That's really great to see him growing day after day....

I'm sure if you have kids you understand what we are feeling.

Oups, I forgot ....

Alex eats also .... wax beans and French beans...

Tomorrow ...

... Alexander is going at his new nanny : Annie !

And I'll soon be able to find a job and to work again.

At the beginning, he'll stay at hers only during the morning, then during the morning and lunch and afterwards ... all the day 4 days a week.

Several times a month he will take part to some activities with other kids and nannies.... and of course, I'll describe them to you...

What else about Alex ???
Since a couple of days, Alex is able to stand up alone ... when he is in his bed, in his playpen, in front of the sofa, in front of a chair ...

He is not able to walk... that's obvious, he is not even 8 months yet ! (7 months and 17 days) ...

What else about food ?
Currently, he's not very found of fruits. He wants to eat them only in his nursing bottle with some milk.
On the other hand.... he loves vegetables ! Now, he eats .... carrots, potatotes, zucchinies, spinach, leeks, Swiss chards, tomatoes ... of course cooked and mashed.

I don't know how the weather is at yours therefore I send you this warm sunset over the beach of Ste Anne (French West Indies)...

Today ....

... Baby Alex ate his first 'real meal' which were .... mashed carrots !

Coming soon ...

Next week, Alex will start eating ... nearly everything ! He won't eat anymore only his baby "without lactose" milk.

Of course, I'll let you know about his first meals ....

2 kids again with their mom ...

Yep !

After having waited for 6 anguishing and cruel years ... Mélanie and Lorenzo could hug their mom again... today in a plane landed in Bogota.

She left 2 teenagers and she finds ... 2 adults. Nothing will be able to bring them back these 6 years stolen...

To celebrate my first Mom Day, Valerie, Alex's sweet childminder helped him to make this small gift.

As you would expect, she ... did everything that he was not yet capable of doing!

Mum, I love You.

This is the beautiful poem that adorned my nice gift :

Mum I love you,

When I am afraid,
I take your hand,
And in my heart,
The light gets it !

When I am hurt,
You take my tears,
And in my soul
I don't suffer anymore !

Mum I love you !

Simply.

Thi Anh

Dirty lactose !

Alex suffers of eczema.
He had a blood test.
Since yesterday we we know that he is allergic to lactose.

1. Not to diversify its food before he is 6 months old.
2. Give to him therapeutic milk until it is one year old.
3. As soon as diversification has begun, carefully read all labels on products that we buy to make sure they do not contain lactose (even a minute amount and negligible).

In a few weeks, he will meet an allergist who will make tests and will tell us if it is allergic to other products or not.

It is possible that allergies disappear once a year, what we hope with all our heart!

A baby boy is so pretty,
He is beyond imagination,
He brings life into a house,
Congratulations.

Otherwise, it is doing very well: it took 4 months ago 3 days and yesterday at the pediatrician, he weighed 6340 kg and measured 65 cm ....
He also had his Second vaccinations without any side effects !

XXth Century Memories ... (3)

I am working at sorting a huge amount of pictures and I remember....

During summer 1997, I met my fiancé family and he met my own family at the occasion of our engagement.

That was not a fully happy summer. A couple of days only before our engagement lunch, Lady Diana died in a car crash in Paris.

According to English jurors, the drunk car driver and the paparazzi are responsible for the accident.
Now both William and Harry are young well-balanced men despite the fact they grew up without their loving mum and under pressure of their destiny.

I can't think about Diana's death without thinking also about my engagement lunch and ... vice versa.