Saturday, August 28, 2010

All is well

Oscar and Tanja are doing really well. Tanja is much more mobile today, and feeling quite a bit better. Oscar is a champion eater: he gained 60g since yesterday, and is now up to 3210g (7lb 1oz)! Here I am weighing him with the scale our home-visit midwife Nadia brought.


And he's SO strong! Today when we put him on his belly he lifted his head several times and turned it from side to side!


Tanja's mom is visiting and helping out right now, but Clara has also been a big little helper! This morning she set the table for breakfast (the only thing I put down was the placemats, while she was on the potty). I love how she put the peanut butter on a coaster!


Clara really loves her little brother. Here she is giving him the ball she picked out as a present before he was born:


And here she is holding him for the first time:





The kiss was her own idea - it happened before we had a chance to say anything, and I'm so glad I happened to be taking photos at the exact right second!

Tanja picked out a special child-sized sling for Clara to have as a present for when Oscar came. The other night when Oncle Robert and Tante Nadine were visiting we tried it out for the first time, and she loved it! If Tanja's up for going out for a walk tomorrow maybe Clara will get a chance to use it outside.


Oh the kisses! So sweet! All is well from Berlin,


4 comments:

Anonymous said...

These pictures are so sweet. My best wishes to all of you.

Anonymous said...

Really sweet! (And I didn't know that Clara has her own UPenn shirt...)

Tanja said...

Thanks! And as for that sweater: It's a size 6 months, which she picked out herself from the bottom of her dresser, and as you can see the sleeves are about two inches too short. I have since moved it into a closet to wait for Oscar to grow into. =)

Anonymous said...

So glad that all is well. You have beautiful children.
Love from cousin Colleen