Papa and Andrin

I guess Mami still has some hope that baby girl will look a little bit like her ...
But there is no question who Andrin looks alike.

I just had to add this picture - Andrin loves to sit behind Mami's chair on a little crate and munch his snack (here, he is eating some sticks (pretzels) and listening to Peter and the Wolf).

We are getting close!

Mami feels rather pregnant lately. And of course our little baby girl is constantly a subject in our home. Andrin is so excited, giving his baby sister kisses and hugs (Mami got used to him pulling up her shirt in public and giving his baby sister some cuddles:). We talked with Andrin about the fact that Mami and Papi will have to go to the hospital once baby sister is ready to enter this world. He knows that he will be staying with our friends Beau and Becky and he is so excited about that. But Andrin is also ready to wait for his baby sister and keeps saying that she will not come out of Mami's tummy yet, but soon. In the meantime, he is practicing as well all his skills as the perfect caretaker and sympathizes with Mami having a big tummy!

Happy Ending!

We had some drama in our house for the last two days. Drama, because Raccoon suddenly disappeared. Unfortunately, we discovered it at bedtime when Andrin needs his friend most. And bedtime was pretty rough that night. We looked in the entire house and Mami started to question if her pregnancy brain is really kicking in. I was pretty sure that we had not taken Raccoon out of the house, but who knew ... The following day, we went to our grocery store to ask if someone found Andrin's Raccoon: no. And the search at home was still not fruitful. So we went to the store to see if we could find another Raccoon. We settled on a Lemur that has the same tail and is called Raccoon in our house now. Andrin was really excited about it and called it Mama Raccoon since it is bigger than the other Raccoon which was officially on vacation now. (Initially, Andrin was asking if Raccoon went to the hospital.) Just before bedtime, Mami took a break and was sitting in the chair in the living room and suddenly feels something bumpy underneath the chair cushion ... Well, I guess we do not have to say what it was. I now know one more hiding spot. And I am certain that I did not put the Raccoon there!

Mama Raccoon is welcoming baby Raccoon back!

Duck fever ...

Mami could hardly believe her eyes (and ears) last night. Our University football team made it to the National Championship and suddenly there was even in our home interest in football (I guess Papa just proved to some friends that he is a man after all...). Andrin and Papa watched the game and Papa got so caught up in the game that he asked Mama to put Andrin to bed, even though it was his turn ...

Good luck, Papa!

Papa and Clemens!

We wish you all the best,
good luck,
iron nerves,
and we believe in you!

Love, Andrin, Baby girl & Mama Femeke

Petteson och Findus

Ever since Opa introduced me to the wonderful stories of Petterson and Findus, I am a big fan of them. Fortunately, I got two new books from Opa and Oma for Christmas. Mami told me that the books remind her of the books that she loved as a child by Astrid Lindgren, another Swedish author (Swedish, not Swiss ...:)!) For Christmas, I also got some puzzles from Petterson and Findus. I still need some help from Mami, I am doing a wonderful job. She just has to point out what I am looking for, and then I am fine. I think I am making her really proud because she loves to do puzzles and feels like I inherited at least that skill from her ...

Is this the piece, Mama?

My Bebe ...

I have been really practicing for the arrival of my younger sister. At the moment, my Bebe is a monkey. He also has a special blanket. He shows my Mami really well how I would like to be treated. The monkey wants to be put to bed in a certain way and he often cries and then I have to take care of him. In the morning, Monkey likes to sit with me on the big chair and I read him stories. Whenever he would like to have some milk, I usually nurse him but sometimes, I also give him my bottle to drink from. I think I am really getting ready for my sister!

Reading to Monkey.

Getting Monkey ready to take a nap.