A Walk in the Park

I'm 11 days old and its about time I head out into the big wide world! At least, that's what we think Zander would have said, given the option of speech.

Saturday was our first official outing, with a visit to the doctor (everything is fantastic, he's gaining weight at a good pace, etc etc) and a trip to the mall to help Oma Tonny find some new threads at Marks and Spencer. We even had lunch at Macaroni Grill, which made Big Mama happy, too!

On Sunday we decided to take advantage of the great weather, so the three of us loaded up the car and headed out to Mushrif Park, a funny little green space just down the road. Funny because one of its unique features involves a collection of child-sized houses from around the world. Kids can wander around in a German house, an American Indian house (a teepee) or a Netherlands house (oddly, that's a windmill). The park also had a number of rides and slides, but he's a bit young for that at this point, I suppose. Here are Zander and Oma pausing for a photo op.


Sunday was another first, this time for me: my first cappucino since September! I have to admit it was worth the wait and perhaps I'll have another one today (may as well take advantage of the Starbucks and Caribou that are just downstairs!). The picture is a bit grainy because we used my mobile, but I think you can easily see the big grin on my face.


Some of you have asked how Eliot has been handling our new addition, and I am happy to say that he's been surprisingly good about this whole thing. Our strategy has been to act as normal as possible, giving Eliot as much love and attention as we can. For his part, Eliot sniffs at Zander whenever they're near one another and when Zander cries Eliot tends to join in the chorus and run around the room, trying to get our attention if he feels we aren't fixing the problem quickly enough. For the most part, though, he's still a big fan of lap time, even if he has to share...