Gaizka 4 years old !!!

Gaizka is 4 years old !!!

Here he is already playing with his new present. A Lego garage.

And of course playing with Antonio is part of a good day..and that goes for everybody. So during his party all the kids played with Antonio !

That also means; Goodbey daycare...goodbey Rolykids.
He has had a wonderful time and gladly will still be coming along when we pick up Iker.

just another day in paradise

Gaizka is biking around in Rotterdam, part 2; be aware!

Only 3,5 years old and already riding a bike.

How dutch can you be?

No, just good balance is the answer.

first shot at H1N1

This is a serie of pictures of the morning we went to Ahoy Rotterdam to vaccinate Iker Alvaro and Gaizka Wibo against the influenza virus H1N1 aka "mexican flu"
It went okay in a very rainy morning. We were wondering if the kids would catch a cold from the rain...
In the Netherlands this has been a huge national health operation, with massive vaccinations for risk groups and children.
So, we still have to go for the second shot in a couple of weeks!

the entertainer

Gaizka, making his parents dance!

at the supermarket

I guess this is something that my parents did with me too..

tumbling down, getting up

Gaikza likes to ride around, sitting in his car, or driving it. Sometimes he stumbles..



But he quickly gets up, and rides again.

Gaizka's babywalker.....

Finally we have a good video of how the babywalker should be used correctly according to Gaizka and Antonio.....










Or maybe it should be used like this.............

one year old

Gaikza is now one year old. He had his little party, his cake, cards, visitors and lots of presents. From the start of the day, until the last minute it was a big special day for him and us.
He got a toy telephone from Margreet and me. He loves it. So, some time soon, he will start making those distance calls to say hello...
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Gaikza at the Bijenkorf's restaurant

Sometimes we have lunch at the Bijenkorf. We walk around the city centre, shopping, looking around, having fun. I have a nice sandwich or a strawberry tart, Gaikza has his fruit, sandwich or bottle. Anyway, he always gets a bit of my food... he likes strawberries.

Gaizka and Mila

Mila and Gaizka were born on the same day, in the same hospital. Their mothers, Margreet and Ciska were roommates at the hospital. On those very first hours we realised that Mila and Gaizka were neighbours. Mila and her parents live right across the park where Gaikza plays.

A couple of weeks ago we got to Mila's house for coffee (and cookies, of course). We were there looking at the house, their appartment is for sale and we were looking around to see if it was interesting for us. Margreet loves it! She wants to buy it. But how do we get the money right?

Happy in the park

A nice sunday, Margreet went for a family visit, Antonio went to the boat for maintainance. And still we got the time in the afternoon to spend an hour on the small park in the neighbourhood, Witteveenplein. Gaizka is very happy...

the flu

Gaizka Wibo is most of time a strong healthy baby. Even now that he has a little cold he keeps his good spirit.
This morning I brought Gaizka to the doctor, because in recent nights he has had a running nose and some coughing. Fortunately, there is nothing to worry about. It is just the flu (that I also got!). Now that Gaizka is going twice a week to the crèche he has more contact with other babies, more people, and of course, more chances to catch a flu.
But apart from that, Gaizka has no fever, he eats well, he plays, he smiles as always and he is happy. The only thing is that we have some difficult nights. He'll get better!

We are all waiting for a little bit of nice weather, to get healthy and strong again!

six months old!

Tomorrow is Gaizka six months old. He can roll, and he can eat a baby biscuit. He eats baby food; like apple, carrots, peas, pears, and bananas. He is as happy as always.
And he sleeps now in a new bed! We got the Leander bed, which "grows" with the baby. It is a present from his grandparents Hubert. Thank you opa and oma!

Strolling in the park

Gaizka is 5 months old, it is sunday, and the weather is nice.
So we went for a short stroll in the park. It is just 12 degrees Celsius (it would be a freezing time according to Caracas' standards) but for us down here is wonderful... and it isn't March yet!

saturday's round with Antonio

If is possible, Gaizka does a saturday's morning round with Antonio.
We go to Fitness First across the river, that's a walk of about 25 minutes. Then I drop Gaizka by the babysitting service at Fitness First and I go for an hour of exercises. Every now and then I check with Gaizka if everything is going alright.

After that we go to the central library of Rotterdam and go to the centrale discotheek, a huge music CD library where we loan our music. Then we go to the Coolsingel, the main commercial street of Rotterdam. Sometimes we go to the Bijenkorf and have lunch there, sometimes we meet with Margreet somewhere and have lunch with her, it can vary, and it is nice fun.

The last couple of times we have come back home with the metro. Gaizka is a city baby, so why not? There is always someone who smiles at Antonio and Gaizka. The metro father and the metro baby?

Beurs station in Rotterdam's centrum

A metro passenger and Gaizka

Wilhenminaplein Station at Rotterdam Kop van Zuid (where we all live)

Gaizka in the newspaper!

Yesterday the Algemeen Dagblad (AD) ran the article about the dunstan method in their Family pages. Remember that a few months ago we posted a blog about this? Gaizka and Margreet for the first time together in a newspaper article. Cool, isn't it? Here they are...