five months

the unconditional love for your children

Ilia is five months today. Time flies when you're having a wee one. He's becoming more and more alive, eats veggie and fruit mash now, doesn't drink as much milk anymore. Takes everything into his wee little hands and puts it into his mouth. He's grown, weighs more - 6k340 yesterday, gets the hamstercheeks ;)

His godfather, who has a son of his own, and i were talking just this afternoon, and we're both quite fed up with relationships... Either your heart gets broken, or you break someone elses heart, you're being cheated on, betrayed, eventually lied to and mistrusted... (doesn't sound too good really) but there's a bright side to all this misery, and that it from the moment you have a kid, that doesn't really matter anymore, cause you feel a love that you've never felt before and will never know with anyone except your own flesh and blood... I love Ilia so much, I love the way he smiles at me first thing in the morning, I love the little screams he produces when he's laughing, I love everything about him. First day in daycare, I cried. He didn't, because he doesn't really realise it yet, but i cried, almost the entire way to work (that's more than 50 km). I never cried so much over a boy before...
Even when i'm in a bad mood, or very tired and grumpy, Ilia can always make me smile. That is the unconditional love from a mum to her son. This and nothing else ;)

until i find you

'until i find you, i keep on dreaming

until i find you, i keep on breathing'

Wonderful lyrics by Tim Vanhamel, former Evil Superstart and dEUS. Normally Tim is a funky weirdo with even stranger but super music (Millionaire... brings back a load of memories about deliciuos cookies (Lama ;)) and great strip acts... but this song is so real, so emotional. First time i heard it, i even cried in the car... And the clip was shot in the vooruit in gent... check it out!

dummies

As you asked

something interesting is bound to happen

Tomorrow Ilia will go to daycare for the very first time. It will be a radical change in both our lives, but i guess we will get used to it. Me, going back to work, getting up early, and for Ilia, meeting his future friends, and playing all day with the nurses and other kiddies. I kind of look forward to it, and yet not. Time flies when you're having fun, or when you're raising kids ;) He's 4 months already, my gorgeous precious little spaceman...

another girlfriend ;)

The other day a friend and her daughter came to visit Ilia and me. It was FUN!

fly me to the moon... on the hoover

Here you see how tiny he is. The astronautsuit was made for 3 months, my precious boy is 4 months now and it's still way too big ;) He's quite tall - 62 cm - but quite light - 5,4 kg. but if he keeps on eating his veggies and potatoes as he is now, he will soon be the biggest kid of the block. ANd he will help me vaccuumclean, as he absolutely adores the machine!

veggies... love them

I love carrots and potatoes and courgette and god knows what else mum gives me...

elf-mas?

ilia wishes you all an elvish christmas, his first on this planet ;)

check http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1747444063

and have a very fairy xmas but beware of the ghastly goblins...

who are you calling a chicken? me??

my sweet (second) cousin

My cousin sophie, gave birth to a baby girl on the 31st of august. Last week, Amber and Ilia finally met. Great afternoon with loads of babytalk, coffee and cake and ... two three months olds ;)

sitting, standing... boy what a tiring life

Finnish outfit

being cheerful on a cheerful day!

wearing a finnish marimekko outfit and looking gorgeous ;)

like always

3 months - dressed as Rudolf Part 1

Ilia dressed up as Rudolf. not very cheerful but didn't expect what was coming ...

3 months - attacked by igor part 2

And then Igor attacked Ilia. It was a big huge fight but eventually, the stongest lion won... And

he even has the scratchmarks to prove it...

3 months - igor suffered part 3

Ilia fought the big lion, and won. Now officially known as lioncatcher ;) but he's knackered ...

professional photoshoot?

my dad has taken some pictures, which isn't easy with a 12week old baby, cause they don't intend to do whatever it is that you want. But the results aren't bad!

to be continued...

pictures - 10 to 12 weeks

bibi and the ardennes

We went with bibi - ilia's fairy godmother- to the ardennes in the beginning of november. he enjoyed it! But then again, he's always cheerful and happy (except when he's hungry or sleepy - he'll cry his lungs out then)

and he loves to 'talk' to his bibi

2 months and counting

He's a bundle of joy to have around...

29 september : welcome wee guy ;)

my sweetest friend, the famous lama, took some pictures on ilia's babyshower, where it rained babies, sweets and bubbly...

Enjoy! I know we did x

finnish girlfriend

Ilia and Elviira sitting in a tree, K I S S I N G ...

smiling

Yes, we went to get his international pasport yesterday, so that means that he can travel... booking already, can't decide between france, england or turkey... Or maybe somewhere else, who knows... Anyway, the idea alone put a smile on his face ;)

in the jungle ...

I've beaten igor, the lion... Yesterday it was my first month birthday (quite a special day) and i showed igor who's boss... hehe... He's quite soft and squicky really, and he's got an ant on his tongue... Funny little animal, well... little ? ;)

out

I'm tiny, i'm small, but already walked in Mummu's garden! My first babysteps to see the world, yay!!!

cute ;)

bathtime

football fan?

Ilia will be a great big footballfreak. If he doesn't like it, his grandad and most of my friends will make him ;) His dad subscribed him for Club Brugge already, my uncle will train him in his team, and I got this send in the mail by Andy. Guess he'll have some time to make up his mind, right?

I'm still hoping that he will be a balletdancer ;))

the last soviet

I got this hat from a chechen friend of mine... I think it's gorgeous and suits him quite well ;)

my first week

Ilia's really a dream... Eats, sleeps, never complains... I'm so relieved and amazingly happy ;)

the first pictures

ilia's first minutes on this planet, it was a terrible delivery, took me more than 36 hours, but finally, at 15.27 he decided to pop out...

mum to be

well, it's the final days for me and my big belly ;) Soon the wee one will be out, and my life will change drastically. It all happened so fast, getting pregnant as by accident, and now i'm about to give birth to a wee human being, or at least, i hope... what if it is a frog or a turtle? ;)) (my worst reoccuring nightmare)

If the muppet isn't coming out by itself, then they will start the delivery on tuesdaynight, the 21st... They don't want to risk it staying in there for too long (placenta failures, breathingproblems, hazards for both me and the little monster...)

I've enjoyed my pregnancy, wasn't sick, only had some moodswings caused by pregnancyhormones (yes, they do excist and they're hell when they start being , well, moody...), loved the many friendly words that were said to me by complete and utter strangers, loved the tons of caressings my belly had to endure during the last two months ;) As funny as it may sound, i'll miss being pregnant, but i'll love my wee little freggle when it's finally out...

now, only hope for the best, that he/she is in good health, has a good appetite and is a sound sleeper ;) I'll keep you posted...

ilia louis verlinde

Ready to explore the world...

here he is, my baby, the most precious little thing i've ever seen...

born on thursday 23rd of august 2007 weighing 2,950 kg measuring 48 cm...

he's adorable.

my finnish gang ;)

aren't they adorable?

6 weeks to go

Here's me, just 6 more weeks to go before the wee one gets out. I'm getting sooo nervous just thinking about it...

18.08.1990 - 7.6.2007

Odie has come to pass. My lovely white fluffy deaf blind senile dog has passed away. Even in his old days he still tried to swim, but he couldn't play footy anymore. Every time you cuddled him he trembled.

He has had a wonderful life, he was almost 17, that's 116 in human years...

I will miss him, he's been a big part of my life afterall... Met zijn pootjes en vooral zijn nageltjes op het parket, trippel trippel... So please, when you this, take a moment and think about him, even if you didn't know the smelly dog...

But i absolutely adored his nose, which was the only part of him that still worked

and still was as black as when he was a puppy...

kiezen?

Kies diervriendelijk, ze hebben ons tenslotte nooit iets verkeerd gedaan... En de website heeft de meest schattige katjes ;)

Mijn hartje smelt al bij het zien van de kittens...

Check de diervriendelijkheid van jouw partij and laugh or weep ;)

all families are psychotic

"Our lives are geared mainly to deflect the darts thrown at us by the laws of probability. The moment we're able, we insulate ourselves from random acts of hate and destruction. It's always been there - in the neighbourhoods we built, the walls between our houses, the wariness with which we treat the unknown.

Ond person in six million will be struck by lightning. Fifteen people in a hundred will experience clinical depression. One women in sixteen will experience breast cancer. (...)

A day in which nothing bad happens is a miracle, a day in which all the things that could have gone wrong didn't. The dull day is a triumph of the human spirit, and boredom is a luxury unprecendented in the history of our species"

Quote from 'all families are psychotic'

wonderful novel by douglas coupland

the book was litteraly devoured by my cats,

thank god i already finished the first chapter

books

Ok, need some advice on which books to buy. I've recently bought two 'easy reading' novels (good laughs, or a great emotional crusade)

'Actually Merde' about a Englishguy in France, and

'Queen Mum'. I also bought

'all families are neurotic' by the lovely douglas coupland. Haven't read it so far,but since we've got a very long weekend, and it will rain cats and dogs (as long as they're not my cats ;o)) i will have loads of time to read, but unfortunately, no inspiration....

Now, I like the weird, funny novels, so if you've got some advice what to buy... SHOOT! Thanks a bunch (of daisies).

blind melon

I don't feel the suns comin' out today

its staying in,

its gonna find another way.

As I sit here in this misery,

I don't think I'll ever see the sun from here.

And oh as I fade away,

they'll all look at me and say,

and they'll say,

Hey look at him!

I'll never live that way.

But that's okay

they're just afraid to change.

When you feel your life ain't worth living

you've got to stand up

and take a look around you

then a look way up to the sky.

And when your deepest thoughts are broken,

keep on dreaming boy,

cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die.

And as we all play parts of tomorrow,

some ways will work

and other ways we'll play.

But I know we all can't stay here forever,

so I want to write my words on the face of today.

and then they'll paint it

And oh as I fade away,

they'll all look at me and

they'll say,

Hey look at him and where he is these days.

When life is hard, you have to change.

Written in 1989 by shannon hoon, and altho he tragically died on october 1995, his lyrics are brilliant and so true.