So we were in a restaurant this weekend. A cute little place with a fire in the fireplace, only about 10 tables in the place, very cosy, mostly "older" blue haired crowd. I was thorougly enjoying my salmon and rice and it was only out of "gourmandise" as the french say that I decided to ... horror of horrors... swipe a french fry off my 2 year olds plate.  OH THE HOROR of it! Kristof stuck out his lower lip, his whole mouth turned down in a perfect upside down U of a frown, tears welled in his eyes and his hand raised to point one little finger at mommy. He did not put the finger down. He just kept pointing at mommy. A man at another table noticed and said "oh what's wrong with the little guy?". Daddy explained that mommy had stolen a fry. within about 5 minutes the whole restaurant was crowded around our table to see the 2 year old point out the guilty party... me. Well, basically, Kristof did not budge, tears rolled down, his finger pointed and he sat there completely overwhelmed with sadness. I was bright red and nearly crying myself partly because it was so funny but partly because I was feeling so guilty to have upset him so much. Someone from another table gave us one of his fries and Kristof without letting down his pointing finger, stuffed all at once the new fry and 3 others in his tiny little mouth in a frantic attempt to protect his fries.

Wow it has been a long long time.  So obviously much has happened since my last post in July. The cousins came to visit, the russians came to visit and I got pregnant! Pretty busy.

So, I have been feeling really nauseous pretty much from the beginning. But atleast no vommiting. Food cravings and food aversions have been very strong. Went through a grilled cheese and pickle week, a chinese food week, a potatoe chip week, a tuna fish month, a salad week and now a salad and sandwich week.

 Kristof has been talking more and more especially since the cousins visit. He was not a big fan of disneyland but that may be because mommy and papa were not that into it. too hot, too many people, lines too long.

Well it has been quite a while since I posted. I have to admit I have been taking fewer and fewer photos. For one, the super duper iphone that I love does not take pictures as well as my old phone. But, I don't care, I love it. I've been gradually installing my new computer and that takes a lot lot of time.  The weather has been pretty great. At this point we are hoping for rain if only to save our lawn. The kitchen has started to move forward. The pool is almost covered, as in we are covering it with a wood terrace until we can figure out what to do with it. Our dressing rooms are installed (kind of) and Kristof has moved to a new room.  I am ready to start buying furniture for the house, but alas, remi is not... he is still in ikea mode and does not appreciate the midcentury modern danish design I want... "if you are going to buy scandinavian why not just get ikea" he says. grrr. So, I am fed up with having to "ask daddy" in order to buy things and so i want more money so I am going to work full time for a while starting in the fall. It will be a real hassle with the nanny situation. And it puts baby 2 on hold just a leeeetle bit longer.