Introducing My As Yet Unnamed Niece

SOOOO tiny and cute! It is incredibily easy to forget how fragile and soft these little critters are when they first arrive in this world...
And yes, I am dying of curiosity about what she is going to be named!!! Any day now, peeps!

Exciting News!

I just wanted to share that I am the proud auntie to another beautiful little girl!!
My sister-in-law gave birth this evening at about 10:40 pm GMT.
No stats or pictures to share as of yet, but will post them as soon as I have them.
Hope everyone is doing well!

Little Man on a Little Island

Not that all of you don´t know this by now, but we made it to Iceland in one piece! I was terrified - and I mean losing sleep at night mortified - of flying alone with the little bugger, but he did alright. We had some rough moments wandering the aisle of the Icelandair plane in the middle of the night, but all in all, it was ok. As I told someone the other day, I have almost forgotten my fear.
And on top of the decent flight, he is sleeping pretty darn well! You have to disregard the fact that he wakes up 2-3 hours after he goes down and gets into bed with me for the rest of the night...but he is sleeping 11.5-12 hours straight! Since he is going to bed between 9:00-10:00 at night, that means I have been getting more sleep than I have basically since he was born! It is all very exciting, despite the fact that some serious sleep training is likely to take place once we return to the States.
Here are a couple of photos of him taking an extraordinarily long nap today with our favorite fat cat in the world, Stulli.

Markus Falls Asleep in his Stroller - Never Happens!

We had a busy morning today, including a trip to the gym where Markus made a b-line, on his own, to the day care for the first time (yay!). The gym was followed by a rockin' Music for Aardvrark's class where he had a very good time. I was a little curious about how quiet the little man was being in his stroller covered with plastic (rain cover, that is)...that curiosity was answered when I got home to find this scene in the Bugaboo.
Not only was he asleep - he was using the bar as a forehead rest!! Poor little dude...

Parent's Party Night!

Well, Dave and I went out with 2 other couples for a night out on the town in the city for last Friday the first time in...well, in a really long time. We went with Susan, Scott, Christine and Robert - parents of 2 of Markus' good buddies from the park (and playgroup, of course!).

We had Korean BBQ (which was awesome) and I had too much wine at dinner...followed by too much at the bar we went to afterwards...which is fairly apparent from the photos here (stolen from Christine's blog - because of course I forgot our camera!).

We stayed out until 3 am. WHAT!?!?! I know, we're crazy. And we paid dearly for it the next day. Good times were had by all, though, and we hope to do it again.

Potty Trouble Part Deux

This happened during the same bathroom "experience". He's starting to play with his potty much more these days, which is supposed to be a positive first step towards potty training, but I'm not sure he's getting the point of it...at all.

What do you think?

Things I Shouldn't Be Doing or...Potty Trouble

I wasn't quite sure which to name this entry, so I decided to go with both. I was folding laundry in the bedroom while little man got in trouble in the bathroom. Thankfully I got the camera in time to document, although I'm not quite sure I should be sharing them ;)

On some level I know Markus Kari knows that he's doing something wrong...but it really doesn't seem to phase him at all!

Judge away, ya'll!

p.s. Check out his sweet new Adidas track jacket!