Wednesday, March 16, 2011

long overdue photo update

The last few days have had us glued to the news with everything that is going on in Japan vis a vis the earthquake, tsunami and the Fukushima power plant. There are some devastating images, and though it looks like life is calming down in Tokyo (so says Nao), the northern parts of Honshu and the island of Hokkaido are, to make a drastic understatement, struggling.

And what's new here? As he approaches the four month mark, Hendrik has been pouring on the cuteness - he's a pretty happy little dude, which makes for happy, well-rested parents (lucky us). He wasn't all that enthused with our decision to try out cloth diapers for the week (see pic below), and I'm really glad that we did a trial before making the decision before the gaffer was born. We rented a bag of assorted cloth diapers (there are way too many options - cotton, bamboo, all-in-one, pre-folds, with insert or without, organic, microfleece and the list goes on and on) and made it through hmmm... maybe five diapers before kind of making our decision. Hendrik was fussy, constantly wet (diaper, clothes), and showed signs of an impending rash - and neither of us wanted to deal with unhappiness or pee everywhere SO! we're back to disposables.

Before cloth diapers...

and after

Steve's knee is on the mend and the man is off crutches - yay. Other things I've been stoked about: the weather is getting warmer (8 degrees yesterday - woot! I saw a guy wearing shorts and a t-shirt... a crazy but sure sign that spring may is on its way), I had a great conversation with Lindsey yesterday, went out for sushi with a good friend who was in town for a conference, I breast fed Hendrik AT the restaurant while eating tempura at the same time (double amazing), and hm, what else. There has to be more. Anyways, pics below and I'm going to try to fit in some time with my neglected library book before the dude wakes up from his nap. Hasta la proxima!



He LOVES being on his feet - loves!! PS thanks auntie Claire for the boots!

This is how dad sits on the couch - works for me too!





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