Surprise present
Kimiko sent me a Facebook chat message today. There was something at our door… Huh? What will be in there? A pile of wonderful presents! And when I say a pile, I mean a pile: Thanks so much, Kimiko....
View ArticleOskar Noah Gabriel [updated]
I am dead. Absolutely beat. I’ll add the story to this handsome-like-his-daddy face tomorrow. I hope. Now I am just too tired… Edit September 17: And here’s what happened that eventful night and the...
View ArticleVisitors
So many colleagues and friends took the time to drop by today. Thanks so much for sharing this moment with us!
View ArticleOur fantastic gynaecologist
We were fortunate enough to have Dr. Claudine Tan as our gynaecologist. Not only is she the most relaxed and down to earth doctor I have ever met, but she’s also really fun and it’s simply a pleasure...
View ArticleOskar is coming home
The driver was a bit too chatty, but really super nice. He insisted on us taking a photo of the German baby boy with the German car that took him on his first ride ever. Looking at the photo, it...
View ArticleSecuring the royal jelly
Another anecdote of Monday night which I forgot to mention in my update to Oskar’s birth: After we had arrived and got settled in the delivery suite at Thomson Medical, the nurse was asking whether...
View ArticleLittle surprises
It’s really touching how people think of us with Oskar being there. Here a card with good wishes from my team at work… … and here another special gift: a book for toddlers. In Japanese.
View ArticleHow I got an iPhone 5s at launch day
I wanted to get that new iPhone 5s. Normally I would have waited at least one more generation. My 4S works perfectly fine and even with iOS 7 which I installed Thursday this phone is still a great...
View ArticleHow are we doing?
Oskar is now with us at home since Wednesday. So how are we doing? We’re tired. So far we had three really bad nights in a row. Feeding did not go that well and Oskar was subsequently increasingly...
View ArticlePresent from the grandparents
Feli and Nagi went to see the F1 qualification runs tonight. They came back amazed and happy and brought this shirt for Oskar to wear in a few years from now… Thank you very much!
View ArticleTime Capsule
In celebration of moving to the new site everybody was encouraged to write a message that will go into a “time capsule”. In 10 years from now it will be opened and the messages from the past will be… I...
View ArticleOffice visit
Lamia Oskar passed by the office with Oskar today and he caused quite some hoopla. Lamia timed the visit perfectly with his daily rhythm and while there were tons of people looking at him and touching...
View ArticlePhoto messages part 9a
With Oskar visiting the company today, it was just too tempting to make him the surprise guest in the photo game with Sue and Faezah. This is actually a great photo: I could not make a print of this...
View ArticleLinda is cleaning shit up
This afternoon we had Linda visiting Oskar. Seems like the little heartbreaker is working his way through all the girls from work. And like with every visitor we have for Oskar, I casually mentioned...
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