ella

Teddy bear

2011-03-06T10:10:00.000-08:00

Posting on my blog

2011-03-06T10:08:00.001-08:00

Wait mom, I've got to finish this post and then I'll go to bed.

Just hanging....

2011-03-06T10:05:00.000-08:00

Some more expression

2011-02-19T02:48:00.001-08:00

What are you doing?

What's is mamma doing?

Oh, she's coming over here.

Yeah, she's coming....

I like my mamma!!

Soft carpet

2010-11-29T10:20:00.000-08:00

My grandparents had a party (they were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary) and I really enjoyed myself. They have such a nice soft carpet.

Trapped....

2010-11-05T13:30:00.001-07:00

relaxing....

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.... in the shade.

.... on mama's shoulder.

.... on the beach.

But sometimes I'm awake, looking around, interested in everything.

Anatomy....

2010-11-05T12:36:00.001-07:00

Ella's first trip abroad....

2010-11-05T12:04:00.000-07:00

We went to Germany for a few days. The idea was to do a lot of walking through the forest and the mountains. But lot's of rain and fog changed our plans slightly. But all in all we had a nice time in 'Sauerland'.

Prepared for a walk.

It was the beginning of September, but it was very cold.... brrrrr

Little miss Red Riding Hood....

.... in the dark forest.

Typical German houses.

Sleepy on the way back home.

Visitors from Portugal

2010-10-06T02:04:00.000-07:00

My grandmother and my aunt came over from Portugal for a week in the end of September.

Off course we drove around to visit 'tourist attractions'.

To 'Kinderdijk', a world heritage group of windmills.

To Veere, a beautiful old city.

And for a walk in the dunes.

Just some poses....

2010-09-16T13:24:00.000-07:00

Here are just some poses my mom and dad took pictures from.

This is me quietly waiting for my supper.

Why are you taking my picture? I wet and it's cold. Hurry up!!

What? You want to vote?

All in favor, please raise your hand!

I've got a new little doll....

Yeah, I know she's cute too....

Hehehe, just joking!!

Some of the people that love me....

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Off course my daddy (it's just the first picture where you can really see his face)

Bente and Mads, my cousins.

Walking

2010-08-15T12:01:00.000-07:00

We try to walk a bit everyday. Some fresh air is good for her and for her parents.

She usually loves to be in the wagon.

But sometimes not ;-)

And while walking you get a chance for some stunning views, like a typical dutch scenery....

.... or these "god rays" at the end of the afternoon.

We try to walk a bit everyday. Some fresh air is good for her and for her parents.

Smiling

2010-08-15T11:56:00.000-07:00

Like I said before she smiles, but t's difficult to get in on camera. Here are a few attempts. Well she has a happy face :-)

Sometimes she's half asleep and gives us a sweet smile....

Me with daddy

2010-08-07T02:51:00.000-07:00

People have been complaining about the fact that daddy hasn't shown up in the pictures yet. So for these critics:

Me with my daddy :-)

Temperament

2010-08-07T02:38:00.000-07:00

Ella has quite some temperament. This comes with a wide variety of different facial expressions. We have tried to captured a few of these, but some are difficult to get. For example, she smiles, but never in front of the camera :-(

Girl power!!!

Stinky diapers, hehehe....

practicing some Portuguese folk dancing ;-)

I don't trust you, you are going to put me to bed, am I right?

First bath

2010-08-03T13:57:00.001-07:00

Because of the drain they put at the intensive care, Ella couldn't take a bath before yesterday. Needless to say I was curious how she would react to water. I wasn't dissapointed ;-) She only dislikes washing her hair....

Today....

2010-07-29T09:07:00.001-07:00

While I am writing this I am thinking about the lyrics of one of my favorite songs. A song I often sing out loud when I am having fun on the water. It's a "Smashing Pumpkins"-song called "Today". And it's the beginning of the song that keeps going through my mind.

"Today is the greatest day I've ever known...."

This morning started great. We got the news that Ella had fully recovered and is in perfect health. An emotional moment. Two days after her birth, it felt like she was born twice. This time we could take her with us. No more tubes, electrodes and monitors. And right now, she is sleeping quietly in the room with us.

It's a great day for two other reasons as well. It's my father's 65th birthday. So he, my mother, my brother and his whole family came over here to see Ella. The other reason is our anniversary. It's 15 years to the day that Ana and I had our first date. Like I said: "Today is the greatest day I've ever known...."

Her last bottle at the Intensive Care....

She sleeps well, in all kinds of positions....

She likes her mom, she can't stop looking at her. In that she's just like me ;-)

Like I said, she can sleep in any position....

Ella....

2010-07-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

27th july 2010, 03h47

After a difficult delivery Ella arrived in this world. We thought we had had the hard part, but things turned out different.

Where babies normally start crying almost right away, Ella had a difficult start. She had quite a bit of thick saliva in her longs which made breathing hard. The extra oxygen she needed because of that seemed to be able to enter her lungs, but not exit. As a result her left lung collapsed and she could not breath on her own. So instead of holding her in our arms we were taking her to the intensive care. So the first photos taken of her were with an x-ray machine, definitely not what we had hoped. But good news came quick. It was a collapsed lung and it wasn't dangerous.

After a few hours of treatment she was already breathing by herself and slowly the tubes where coming out one by one. Except for the collapsed lung she was in perfect condition. Hopefully tomorrow she will be off intensive care and we can take her.

Not nice to see your baby with all these tubes, but she was doing very well. Trying to take the tubes out and actually succeeding :-)

She was closely monitored. The big 98 was the most impartant thing. The oxygen levels in her blood.

A proud mom.....

So sweet....

Her first bottle...

She likes to sleep, in all kinds of positions :-)

Her comfy bed....

Her new buddy, or should I say bunny..... Hello Ella! Hello bunny!