Nora is learning how to stand. She uses her baby fence for support and can stand for long periods of time, even with using just one hand.
We've been practicing the Dutch animal sounds this weekend, and she now knows the right answer to "wat zegt het eendje?" en "wat zegt de poes?". We mix languages sometimes, but she knows what sound an elephant makes: "wat zegt слончо?".
This wasn't the most healthy weekend. We went to bed late, which is something we can't do without getting 'punished' for it. That and the logistics and stress of meeting two candidate nannies made for a pretty exhausting weekend.
I went for a run tonight and it was nice. Pretty slow -- 42 minutes -- but relaxing.
At one point a girl, who was talking on the phone, didn't hold her dog on a short leash and he sort of jumped at me. Playfully, but I jumped! I gave the girl an accusing look but didn't say anything and she apologized.
Friday night Nora kept us up and yesterday morning I caught up on some much needed sleep. Last night was much better and I went for a run. Still didn't feel very strong, after my cold, so I told myself to take it easy and didn't look at my watch the entire run. Quite surprisingly I ended up with a very good time, 39:28 minutes.
This also makes it the fastest run this year, haha.
We've translated several American children's books into Dutch and Bulgarian for our daughter Nora. For copyright reasons we cannot distribute these translations.
It always feels strange, using the new year in a title or date, but here we go! Today was also the first run after my cold (which started the day after my last run, when I could already feel it coming).
Yesterday we celebrated New Year's Eve with a nice family dinner with Milan and Nadia. Food was our beloved traditional set of dishes -- mlechna and ruska salad, roasted turkey on home-made sauerkraut and Nadia made a great baklava dessert. A bowl with oliebollen complimented the meal.
I've had a cold the last few days and while I've recovered, Nora just started having a stuffy nose so she wasn't sleeping well. At 11:30 pm she woke up, angry that she couldn't breathe through her nose, and we picked her up and we welcomed the New Year with her. We saw the ball drop on Times Square for a few minutes, and then danced to welcome 2013.
We'd like to wish our readers a happy 2013 and all the best for the new year.
Nora is learning how to stand. She uses her baby fence for support and can stand for long periods of time, even with using just one hand. 
Yesterday we celebrated New Year's Eve with a nice family dinner with Milan and Nadia. Food was our beloved traditional set of dishes -- mlechna and ruska salad, roasted turkey on home-made sauerkraut and Nadia made a great baklava dessert. A bowl with oliebollen complimented the meal. 
