Rolling Over

Just in the past few days, Bas has become a rolling machine! As soon as we put him down on his back, he rolls onto his front. We also never know what postion he will be in when we go to get him at the end of his nap -- sometimes his head is where his feet were and he is often on his tummy. Not long now until he learns a new trick: being mobile. (And that will be the end of the days of leisure for Mama!).

Bas is still the happiest baby I've ever seen -- he goes to sleep happy, he plays happily, and most of all feeds happily (he is 5 months old and weighs 16 and a half pounds!). He sleeps from 7:00 at night until about 3:00 in the morning and then sleeps until about 7:00 in the morning. Johan had a 45-minute sleep schedule and 5:15 wake-up at this age -- so I think Bas is a real star!

Speaking of Johan, he is a wonderful big brother (which I hope won't change when Bas is able to get his hands on his toys). He loves swimming, playing with trucks and most of all, the steam train that goes by our house twice a day in the summer. As soon as he hears the "choo-choo" noise, we run down to the tracks with him and wave at the passengers and the train. The one blessing is that he has learned to sleep through the train that goes by at naptime -- the first time it went by, he woke up yelling, "Choo-choo traaaaain!!".

At the beginning of June, Bas and I went to British Columbia for a week to stay at my uncle John's beautiful summer house overlooking Desolation Sound on Cortes Island. We had a wonderful, relaxing time, and I took advantage of the built-in babysitters (my mother came too) and got out in a sea kayak a few times, read lots of books and enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere.

Our next trip is fast approaching -- all four of us will head out to the Netherlands on July 6th for just over 3 weeks. We can't wait to for our two wonderful boys to spend time with their Oma and Opa and their Oom Arvid and Tante Merle!

Andrea