Hello blog. Sorry it's been a couple months. Firstly, the latest stats on the little one. As of December 9th Sophie is...
Weight - 5.18 Kg (11.4 Lbs)
Height - 58.7 Cm (23.1 In)
Given that these are now a month old she is probably about twice these.
Secondly, there are even more babies on the scene here in Amsterdam. Another friend/coworker of Kindra's, Helen, just had a little girl named Edie. That makes three babies within two months of each other at Kindra's agency. Pretty cool as they are going to put in a pump room for the gals to get all topless and hang out in. :)
In early December, Deb and Jim arrived for their first visit with Sophie. We had a great time cruising around the city and luckily Dad was over for his birthday so we were able to celebrate with a great dinner at Restaurant Incanto. We've eaten there once before with Kindra's Aunt Daryl and Aunt Pat and her family. It's a great spot and is up there with De Kas (De Kas remains our favorite but we were able to go there as well).
While Jim and Deb were here we also went to the Hard Rock cafe to see Sophie's first Santa. Santa was some American guy that was randomly saying "Go Ducks" to the little Dutch kids which I thought was pretty funny. Turns out he's from the Oregon coast but his 'elves' got mad at him when we started talking about where he lived and it wasn't the North Pole. When I handed Sophie to him for a photo he said, "Wow. I haven't held a baby in years." I didn't find that funny but he did a fine job as you can see from the shots below...
Later in December Henne, Nikky, Amanda and Josh came for a visit. Henne and Nikky ended up spending Christmas in the UK but it was great to have Amanda and Josh here for the big day. We also threw an early Christmas Eve dinner while everyone was here which was great. Due to our tiny kitchen we ordered out for the turkey...again.
After Henne and Nikky headed to the UK we went with Sophie, Amanda and Josh over to Leiden to have Christmas dinner with Kindra's uncle Nick. It was a nice day with great food, great wine and even a nap on the floor during a 'Christmas Story'.
On the 28th we are rented a car and headed to Belgium. We stayed a couple days in Brussels and a couple days in Brugge but unfortunately packed a stomach flu and spent most of our time in the hotel room. Luckily Sophie didn't catch anything which is probably due to the anti-bodies in breast milk. Amazing stuff.
For some more recent photos CLICK HERE and for the latest video please see below.
Hope everyone is good and stay in touch.
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