het wordt spannend!!

hello everybody! dag allemaal!

Wij zijn in de 7de maand en het wordt alsmaar spannender...we kopen spulltjes, kleertjes, speelgoed, beddegoed, een bedje:het huis wordt te klein! Nu al! En dan leggen we ook nog gauw een nieuwe vloer, in bamboe, en de badkamer krijgt nieuwe tegels op de muur. Zoveel is nieuw, blij, vol verwachting. En als we de stad in gaan zien we niets dan
baby's, overal baby's!!
We zijn nog niet helemaal vast besloten hoe het ventje zal heten, maar de lijst wordt kleiner. Desalniettemin blijven nog alle voorstellen welkom, als het maar goed klinkt in het Frans, Engels en Nederlands!

We are now well into the 7th month en things are getting more and more exciting..we are busy buying things, clothes, toys, bedding, a pram: the house is getting too small! Already! And we are also putting in a new floor - in beautiful, natural bamboo- and fresh tiles on the bathroom wall.
So much is new, joyful and full of expectation. And when we go into town we see nothing else than babies, everywhere!
We have not yet decided on a name for the little man, but the list is getting shorter. However, all suggestions are still welcome, as long as it sounds nice in French, English and Dutch!

Jos

Craft time!

In between my escapades around Europe my mom and I have been busy with needle, thread, paint and brush. Here are the projects we've churned out so far (most of the credit goes to my mom of course)....


The Quilt.
We made this in September. It wasn't so easy to find all our quilting supplies in France, but we were happy with how it turned out.




Elephants on Parade.
These guys will hang above the crib... or something. They were inspired by a string of elephants that my mom bought for me when I was a baby.




The Mural.
My mom just finished it this week! I love it! I keep walking into the room to stare at it. I think it's going to be so fun for the little one. I'm sure he'll have names for all of the animals.

I'm back

Sorry to have been away for so long. It's been a long and exhausting three weeks. I was teaching long hours in England at Warwick University and spending all my spare time trying to finish up several grant proposals for our new show next year. Now it's all over though. oof. I'm so happy to be home and to have free time and space in front of me. I'm exhausted. Time to settle down I think. Now it looks like the only thing in my calendar for the next few months is endless doctor's appointments.
As I write this the little guy is kicking away. He has become quite the acrobat over the past few weeks. It's probably getting tight in there for him.
When I went to see my midwife before I left for England she took one look at my ultrasound and said, "Whoa, you've got a big one there!" I guess I should have figured that out by the gigantic size of my ever growing belly.
So now it's time to start some serious nesting! I've spent hours surfing on the web trying to find the perfect crib, the nicest clothes... There's a great French site that has all sorts of ecologically/baby friendly things. I think we're going to get one of their cribs... Here it is...
Tell me what you think:
http://www.natiloo.com/berceau-banquette-duovolo-p-6100836.html?cPath=10_135&osCsid=a337c58eb9bb50f7f9829f1a5d7d1b34