Entre 4 semaines et un mois

Les sourirs commencent a poindre, mais c'est encore difficile de les photographier, alors en attendant voila 2 grimaces:




Et demain c'est la visite chez le pediatre... curieuse de savoir quel poid il fait mon poulet :)

Here are three more pictures of this third week :)

Nandu keeps being a little champion, doint everything he is supposed to be doing.. which at this stage is all about eating pooping and sleeping, but he is a champion at all of these things. And we are just proud of him like only parents can be!



According to the friends who were visiting (and who took the picture), Nandu seemed to be in extasy in my arms.. (trick for later, this is a very good thing to say to a first time mom.. it made me quite happy).


And when I am not available, Vishal sooth him with a pinky. It seems to do the trick, but I don't think we fooled him.

Up to now

Because a few people asked for more pictures, here is a little selection taken over the last two weeks. Nandu is not quite able to smile yet, but he is pretty good at making funny faces. Unfortunately I am especially bad at taking pictures of these funny faces.

So, this one is "Why are you taking a picture instead of feeding me"


There you have "Why on earth did you wake me up, when dad is still sleeping in the background"


And this is Nandu trying to explain something to Vishal but I didn't quite get what they were discussing.

Nandu Robin Sood is here :)

So here is the before picture

And a few after pictures :)



And a few hours later when Vishal annouce it in India:


And this is this morning, starting to be a little bit more interactive.


In summary, he was born at 12.35 pm on March 2nd 2011. A big guy of 3.750 kg and 51 cm.

What to do on your due date (2)

Since nothing happens apart from one tiny cramp that could maybe resemble a contraction... we went on to cook the fish:




Well, the fish ( a fera from the lake) was a bit too big for the pot we had, so we had to go to some drastic measures...



The rest was a thai sauce with a lot of ginger, coriander and chilis.. very good, tried to make it as hot as I could handle to maybe speed up labor... but of course forgot to take a picture of the cooked meal, so you'll have to imagine.

And I think this is the end of my due day.

What to do on your due date...

OK, so what do you do on your due date, when the bean has no intention of coming out.

First you go eat breakfast at the best bakery in town, since you might not have a chance to go there often over the next few weeks:



Then you go by the farmer's market and by a 1.5 kg fish, that you plan to cook with thai spices in the evening. (Maybe pictures of that meal will come after tonight). You get 2 kgs of random leafy green stuff because your husband can't help but inventing saag with leafy green stuff every week. You buy a macaroon because it's so good and then you go home for lunch.

But before cooking lunch, you tell your inside shrimp that it's time to get out now. It's not so cold outside, winter is nearly over, and we are getting impatient to know if you are a she or a he!

Belly contest with the futur grandpa

So here is a picture taken at 38 weeks and 1 day... I do beat the future grand-pa easily but you have to admit he put up a good fight!