Happy birthday Quinny!

Quinn has something to say!

Happy New Year to all!

More to come soon... I promise! But for now....




All our warm wishes for a beautiful 2010!

And away we go...

Well, it's officially autumn now. The days are getting shorter, the sun is shining lower in the sky (but still shining!) and we've had to get the sweaters down from the attic. In the fall there's always such an exciting buzz in the air... everyone's off to school, back to work and on to new projects. This year it all felt a bit strange and overwhelming launching head-on into a thousand new things without having had a proper summer rest. I have jumped into rehearsals and preparations for my company's new piece, Jos has been on tour with his wildly successful one man show, The Art of Laughter, and Quinn of course has been up to all sorts of shenanigans. When Q's nanny got sick during my first week of rehearsals I almost had a mental break-down, but luckily my amazing parents came to the rescue and took care of the little one all week. Thank goodness for grandparents!!
Mr. Q's autumn has been full of excitement. He has his first tooth, more and more hair and he's crawling like nobody's business. Quinn's favorite thing though is his new-found ability of standing up. He reaches out for anything and everything he can get his hands on in order to pull himself upright... chairs, tablecloths, house plants, the oven, me...
Here are a couple videos of Quinn's exploits as well as some new photos of Mr. Adorable...

Movin' & Shakin'

When you have a baby everybody always says, "it goes so fast"... and wow, it sure does. I can't even believe that Quinn was ever a tiny little baby-thing. I can barely remember what that was like. And it was only 8 months ago. Give me 18 years and I'll really be in trouble!
In his newest leap out of babyness, Quinn has started crawling! It's so much fun. And he seems much less frustrated now that he's mobile. He does seem to like to go mostly for power chords, house plants and dirty shoes of course... and "no" doesn't really seem to be part of his vocabulary, but we're working on that. He's also sitting up and can play and concentrate on one thing for much longer... not that that's all too long of course... but it's definitely all relative! Soon this phase will just be a blur as well. Better get it all on video!

yum yum yum!

After a month and a half of purees and mashed food we have decided to go for the real stuff. So, for the past two weeks Quinn has been eating like a big boy... stuffing his face with chunks of steamed sweet potato and wedges of kiwi. We put several things on his tray in front of him and he chooses what he wants to eat and feeds himself. He seems to love it. It's perfect for a baby like Quinn who wants to do everything himself. He's now eating three meals a day of solids. His appetite varies from meal to meal and day to day, but he does seem to enjoy eating and likes just about everything so far.

Summer travels

Since June Quinn has been quite the cosmopolitan traveler...
Naples, Brussels, the South of France, San Francisco, Amsterdam...

Here he is in the plane for the first time on the way to Naples:





Enjoying the italian lifestyle...



Swimming in the South of France while I was on tour...



Eating oysters, chilling on the beach and visiting friends and family in San Francisco...

In Loving Memory

Jos' dad, Hubert Houben left this world on Sunday, August 9th at 4:00a.m.
He was a kind, caring and lovng man.
Jos, Quinn and I and the rest of the family were with him when he passed away.
Our hearts and thoughts are with him.
Always.