Saturday, July 26, 2008

Growing, growing...

Finally some time for a little update! Yannick is now 2 weeks and 4 days old and he is growing and growing! It is wonderful to see how he literally unfolds and becomes more aware of the world every day. He loves to nurse and makes it very clear when he is ready for more milk. It seems that he doesn't wait until his tummy is empty, but that he decides he wants more whenever it's not completely full. At his 10 day check up he already weighed 9 lbs (almost 4100 g).

Today Yannick went on his first "real" outing. He has already been on some walks around the neighbourhood, to the grocery store and the daycare to drop off his big brother, but today we took him to the Turkish Festival. Yannick was perfectly content in the sling and even though we were a bit worried about his ears, the loud music didn't seem to bother him. Kai had a blast: he went on a bouncy castle for the first time in his life. It took him a little while to get used to it, but when he did he just loved it and would not come off. Kai also loved the Turkish music. He couldn't wait to join the dancing people, but when we took him to the dance floor he was too shy to really dance and also declined the singer's invitation to come up on stage. We are now wondering if Yannick will become a little dancer just like his big brother.

Unfortunately we didn't bring our camera to the festival, but here are some pictures of the last week or so:

Daddy and his boys:


"Don't disturb me when I'm eating!"


Showing off the cute shorties our friend Michi made for him:



The big brother wears a sling too!


Wednesday, July 16, 2008

NEW PICTURES!!!

We are still pretty busy and don't have much computer time, but click HERE to see some more pics of Yannick's first week.

Thursday, July 10, 2008

He's here!

Our sweet Yannick was born at home on July 8th, 2008 at 10:48 pm with the support of our wonderful midwives Diane and Fabienne. He weighed in at 8lbs 10 oz (3900 g) and is 54 cm long. Everyone is doing well and Kai loves his little brother. We are taking it easy right now and are trying to settle into our new routine as a family of four. More pictures and updates will follow soon!

In labour


And there he was!


Being weighed.


Some cuddle time with daddy.


Kai loves his little brother.