Sophia Stats

Sophia Stats
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We took Sophie to the GGD (Dutch equivalent of state sponsored pediatician). She had her second round of innoculations, which she really doesn't enjoy but they also weigh and measure her so we can send out her latest stats...

Weight - 6.2KG (13.6Lbs)

Height - 62CM (24.4IN)

Sophia Blake Long Part II...and other news...

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.

Sophie and Tristan

Last Friday Kindra and I went to her friend Jana's house. Jana just gave birth to her son Tristan 9 days ago. Sophie has met one other baby before (Molly and Gregg's son Gus), but she was asleep the whole time...kind of like Tristan this time. Kindra and Jana's friend Helen was also there. Helen is expecting her first baby two weeks from now, so soon we won't have any friends without kids.



Although Tristan is much younger, seeing Sophie next to another baby makes her look massive...







See the whole set by CLICKING HERE.

A Family Visit

Last Sunday Nick (Henne's Brother), Lisbet, Brit, Lizzie, Donnie, Rick and Jeffrey came to visit. Sophie was in good form and we had a great time hanging out with the family.



Sophie's also starting to chub up a bit. Nice and healthy...



Some more recent shots can be seen by CLICKING HERE.

Katie's Visit and Footprints

It was great having Kate here to help with Sophie. She was the ultimate doting Aunt and spent a ton of time with her new niece. One thing we decided to do while she was here was to get Sophie's footprints. It was a dirty affair but Sophie didn't seem to mind and in the end we got some good ones.





Kindra pointed out the large size of her feet. It would appear that young Sophie has inherited the curse of large Norwegian extremities. She is above the curve in height and weight but really above the curve in head size. Kindra attributes this to my massive cranium as her's is rather small. Interesting as she is very smart.

Despite our confidence after successfully capturing the feet, we gave up on the handprints after a couple attempts. Sophie just wasn't having it so this alien looking one is the best that we got. Probably just as well as baby handprints remind me of the Blaire Witch Project and scare me.


We also made it out with some friends of mine from work and a couple of their friends that were visiting from Spain. This is us with Jab, Ferran and Marcos. Unfortunately, Jose is not featured.