Nadja has started to count. Okay, she can say the numbers in correct order. However, we were really surprised when Christiane was counting while changing the diapers: “One… two… three” and Nadja – out of the blue – continued with “Four!” First we thought it was a misunderstanding or coincidence. So we tested again: “One, two, three” – “Four” was Nadjas answer again. Meanwhile we can do this till “Five”, supported by fingers. ;-)
Lea Sophie is my brother’s daughter and a big fan of her cousin Nadja. Or course Nadja is a big fan of Lea, too ;-). Monday is Grandma & Grandpa-Day. That means my parents pick up Nadja from Kindergarten. Usually Lea will join them as soon as school is out. Luckily everything is very close. School, kindergarten and the flats of my brother and my parents are within less than 5 min walking distance.
Having both girls under control is quite a challenge, which Grandma and Grandpa can meet phantasticly. And they are rewarded with many beautiful moments. Some of them they could save on zelluloid memory cards. The pictures were taken in March, however enjoy Lea and Nadja in action!
We hesitated a little before announcing it here. Probably because we could not believe it ourselves. Or better: needed some time to realize it, to believe it. And maybe because we wanted the first 12 weeks, which are said to be critical, to pass by. However, a lot of people around us already know it, and now it’s time to “tell it the world”: We are going to be parents again!
“Okay, great, congratulations. But “miracle“? Isn’t that a bit overreacting?” some of you may think. Especially as we have already a wonderful daughter, Nadja. That’s right, somehow! However then I may recommend to read this blog post dated 6th February 2008. Maybe then you understand why we call it a miracle… because we were told by the doctors that we will never be able to get birth to a baby. “Doing it naturally” we were told the chances would be 1:1.000.000 - okay, this was not a proven statistical figure. However, after even test-tube fertizilation did not work for us, we “closed that file”… and then we got this (positive) shock!
So, what’s left?
1) “Mother nature” plays her own game – doctors can only do something, but not everything.
2) You are officially promoted to the circle of people who can tell any couple planning to adopt a baby: “Yes, go ahead. After adoption you will get pregnant then. I know a couple…” ;-)
This is an article about the new German law against child sexual abuse and why it is not only useless but dangerous. As this is a German-only topic I won’t translate it to English. However, if you are interested in that topic I can recommend this article which explains the topic in English.
Nadja has a ‘green thumb’. Or at least she is working to get one. In any case, at the moment nothing is more interesting than watering the flowers. Very carefully (and even quite successfully) Nadja is taking care for the plants on the balcony. Because they shall grow. And Nadja shall grow as well. Suddenly, the rest of the watering can (or cannikin) was spilled out all over her. First there was a short moment of shock. Then she was laughing loud, even if she was like a drowned rat. And as soon as we (after having a laugh as well) changed her dress she immediately went to water the remaining flowers.
No, it has nothing to do with the creativity concept of Nadja’s kindergarten. I guess Christiane is waiting for very long time to finally tinker with Nadja. And painting Easter eggs is a classic start, at least in Germany. Blowing the eggs was really hard (is there any trick to make this easier?!?), the scrambled eggs we made were delicious. Painting the eggs was the best – by far! Seeing how much fun Nadja had, hopefully it can be seen on the pictures…
The first holiday with Nadja. Okay, we had two long weekends with her and our friends at Whitsun and New Year’s Eve. However, this was the first long holiday as a family. After some research we followed a recommendation of Tom finally: the Familotel (family hotel) “Rookhus” at the “Great Labus Lake” near Wesenberg, located in the Mueritz National Park.
Although the weather was not the best – nearly 0°C, stormy, rainy, even snowy days with only few hours of sun – we really enjoyed the time. As the saying goes: There is no bad weather, only wrong clothing. Still, a little more sun would have been great. However, the hotel offered indoor playgrounds so we were not stuck in the room only. In general the “Familotel” was well prepared for children, even the little ones. Our “Babyroom” was a spacious double room with a seperate chamber which featured a baby bed and a diaper changing table. So we could bring Nadja to bed and stay in the hotel room without disturbing her sleep. Very friendly and helpful was the staff who was used to handle the children well. And if you wounder how “romantic hotel” and “family hotel” go together… yes, it sounds like antipodes, but it worked fine. How? Find out yourself – with or without kids :-)
Okay, I have to admit, the video is not really spectacular. At least not for you, probably. A little child walks some distance. So what?
Why I recorded it anyway and even posted it here? On one hand side I like the colours, on the other hand side yesterday was the first sunny day here in Berlin for a long time. And, probably the main reason: because I am still fascinated that Nadja can walk now. And I am (still) surprised when she just stands up and starts to walk around ;-)
UPDATE: I uploaded some more pictures taken this weekend. Nadja driving her Bobbycar and the first “sessions” on the potty.
It took a long time. First, I did not find time for blogging. Then, when I started to write on Saturday, I got problems with my system. I just could not upload any pictures anymore! After a long sunday evening, which turned into an even longer sunday night, I was lost and desparate. I had tried to upgrade the system to the latest version (which failed due to some small mistake by myself) and finally had to rollback to the previous (back-uped) version. Today I finally found the reason. It is not WordPress, it is also not my beloved NextGenGallyer-Plugin. The reason is 1&1, my hoster. Luckily I found a workaround, if you are interested.
Fact 1: Now I definitely will change my hoster with the end of my running contract. The price-service-ratio is miserable. My new blog is running at Strato already.
Fact 2: Nothing of this is probably at any interest of you. You were looking for updates from Nadja, so here they are:
I started another website recently: www.binomsc.com. bino-what? binomsc! Pronounced “bino-m-s-c”.
Why “binomsc”, what does that mean? Well, this is my “unique user name”. A name which I use for more than 10 years when surfing the net. Whenever someone ask for “user name”, “login name”, “nickname” or something like that, it’s time for binomsc. And as a look at Google confirms, it seems that I am the only one using that strange name. So, if you come across “binomsc”, its 99% me: Martin Scholz from Berlin ;-) But, again, what is the story behind that name? Well, it is a long one…
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