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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

mayratalk

Mayra has started babbling her own language. It mostly consists of “gheeghee, googoo, ghaaaaa” at the moment, and she tells us her stories with a very serious and convinced look in her eyes. So cute. It’ll be interesting to see how she will cope with the trilinguality (is that a…

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

mayra 2 months!

Our girlie turned 2 months today. Incredible how time flies, and how fast Mayra develops.
She is very curious and loooooves being walked around so she can see things. With as a result…

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Monday, March 09, 2009

hungry

Mayra Dilan at almost 8 weeks. Since a couple of days we have a new way of finding out that the little lady is hungry!

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Wednesday, March 04, 2009

mohican anyone?

Don’t know how or why, but Mayra’s hair has been standing up straight. No need for gel! Curly when wet though.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

first cherry blossoms

Mayra, Nicolette and I went for a walk in Rinshi-no-mori Koen, our local park, where we spotted some sakura trees (cherry blossoms) blooming early. It’s still cold, but spring is upon us!

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Tuesday, February 03, 2009

from a proud dad

Although is a cold and wet winter’s morning here in Tokyo, our home is filled with love and all the warm wishes we have received from all of you. Thank you from the three of us. Mayra is a happy little bundle who enjoys breast milk on demand, peeing while…

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Mayra’s birth

Go to our Flickr account to see photos of Mayra’s birth! Click ‘show info’ to see the captions.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Meet Mayra Dilan!

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Mayra Dilan Viasus Zoet

We are overjoyed to share with you the news of the birth of our baby girl Mayra Dilan, born gently by water birth thanks to the heroics of Brechtje, on Wednesday January 14th (promptly…

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40-week babybump

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belly at 40 weeks
...During contractions of second stage labour…

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Sunday, January 11, 2009

39-week babybump

All is calm on the belly front.
Despite sometimes having a tired lower back and waking up a couple of times a night to either go pee or flip to my other side, I totally continue to enjoy my big round belly. At the same time Manuel and…

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Ode to My Wonderful Man

I must share with you how great a man I have.
My Wonderful Man supports and has been taking tremendous care of me by joining me to birth classes and the prenatal checkups, preparing me baths, massaging my belly and back, making sure I eat healthy and that…

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Sunday, January 04, 2009

happy new year

Manuel and I wish you a positive, healthy and green 2009.
It’s the year of the cow, and it’s going to be an exciting one!

After a calm and relaxing Christmas and NYE, for us the real big countdown has started. I could pop anytime now,…

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Friday, November 14, 2008

31-week babybump

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belly at 31 weeks

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

22-week babybump

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belly at 22 weeks
We are halfway through, about 4 months left to go!
The photo doesn’t show it that clearly, but the bump is slowly starting to look more than ‘just having had a big…

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Friday, September 12, 2008

Paper or Cotton?

... Though the question also applies to baby nappies, this one is about the fact that we just had our 1-year wedding anniversary!  How time flies.
Last year 07.09.07 (I love that date) was our big day. After some googling I learn that…

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