Isn't this always the way

New toy:


Box it came in:

Relaxing weekend at home- ALL of us :)

Matt's busy season just ended, so we finally have him back on the weekends. We didn't do anything too exciting- just relaxed, went for a walk, played. It was nice to just spend some time as a family.

7 Months Old Today!!

All I can say is: wow. 7 months.

Not sure why I bothered with shoes...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Matt got me these beautiful flowers for Valentine's Day- which more or less made up for the fact that he had a work event tonight. Not his fault, but stinky :(

In other news, Noah has become a better crawler, but I am slightly worried that he may be taking his cues from Boston. Is it normal for kids to pant like dogs when they crawl?!

And now pulling to standing has progressed to pushing boxes around the house... maybe if I put some Swiffer cloths on the bottom he could clean the floors?

Today...

I was going to post this video of Noah exploring his leg strength (apologies in advance for the mid-video coughing fit, he is just getting over a virus).

But right before bedtime, I put him in his crib while I filled up his humidifier, and he did this:

...which more or less trumped the video.
I then proceeded to move the mattress down to the bottom. I'm not even sure how we got to this point already- him pulling himself on to his feet literally happened in a matter of hours!

Happy Birthday Matt!

This post is a few days late, but better late than never. Happy 33rd Birthday Matt! We love you :)

Matt asked his intern to make a cake at work, so I decided instead of a traditional cake, we would have a Salted Caramel Sprüngli truffle "cake." 

And so it begins...

Noah can now move in and out of sitting position with ease, which naturally has shown him that the crawling position is much more convenient than inching around like an injured soldier. Unfortunately this also means he no longer wants to sleep since practicing new skills is so much more interesting. This was not good news for exhausted mommy who has had two late nights in a row and was counting on napping while Noah napped.

In non-baby news, on Friday night friends of ours (Mike & Nicolette) who own a restaurant here that we frequent, came over and showed us how to make sushi. AMAZING. Mike made us the most ridiculous array of sushi and his fish was unbeatably fresh.  They also have a son just a few months older than Noah. Now that they are both older and more mobile, things should get more interesting for them.

Aidan & Noah

Then last night Matt & I went to the thermal baths then out to a restaurant called 'Spice' for a super nice dinner to celebrate his birthday on Monday (busy season prohibits night of celebration). The food was absolutely incredible and they had 'big as your head' wine glasses.

Sorry for the dark photo-  we felt weird unleashing the flash

Swimming is exhausting!

Noah fell asleep on the way home from swimming while gnawing dried apple. Ha.



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Location:Hornhaldenstrasse,Kilchberg (ZH),Switzerland

Big Weekend of Firsts

It has been quite a busy weekend for Noah (so far, since it's only Saturday). Yesterday he was playing around on the floor and suddenly started blowing raspberries like it was his job (he had never done this before). It was so sudden and he did it for so long that I was actually worried he was having some sort of allergic reaction to one of the new foods we had introduced.

Then, today, we got home from the grocery store and I lay him down in the living room to play while we put things away. I came back a few minutes later and he was sitting. My mind was blown. He had never gotten from laying down to sitting on his own, in fact, I was just thinking yesterday how I felt like he was nowhere near being able to do that (clearly I was quite wrong). Of course, I had to make him do it again to make sure I wasn't going crazy (I wasn't) and then a third time for posterity. The video is long because it's still a bit of a slow process, but be patient ;o)

Noah-in-a-Box

Sixth Month in Review

No, it's not a scarf... it's a drool bib. It's a Swiss thing.

The Boston obsession has begun.

Our big boy- holding a bottle on his own!

Musings from the Bumbo

Reading with Dad 

Where to start??!

Happy Half-Birthday Kiddo!

This progression pretty much shows the theme of the sixth month.... aware of EVERYTHING and completely distracted by it. 

Sleep Training

We've spent the past 1+ weeks sleep training Noah. Painful as it was to see him so upset, it needed to be done. I now have a lot more time on my hands because he is actually napping and I am not spending insane amounts of time doing circus tricks trying to get him to nap. On my to-do list was catch up on the blog, so as anyone who gets update emails can clearly see, I've been busy today/yesterday (sorry for all the emails). I back dated the posts, so there may be intermittent new posts back to Nov. 15th even if you have been checking the blog regularly.

Still trying to get somewhere (generally after Boston's toys)

Noah is nearly 6 months old, so naturally he is working on his mobility. He still can't get anywhere quickly, but he is working on it. I know that fateful day will be here before I know it!

Intentional or lost in translation?

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Location:Seestrasse,Zurich,Switzerland

Happy New Year!

We flew back to Zürich on the 30th (meaning we arrived on the 31st). Just in time to ring in the new year by the lake. 

Unfortunately, Matt was still in major pain, so getting on and off the airplane was a bit complex. LUCKILY a friend of ours that lives here in Zürich happened to be on our flight and helped us with bags. I'm not really sure what we would have done without her! Noah was great on the flight home. He got lots of little Swiss Air gifts on the way home from the stewardesses. Though I find their seats more cramped, Swiss Air still has some of the old school niceties that you lose on the American airlines.

We had grandiose plans to ring in the new year at a party, but we were exhausted and Matt was hurting, so we just went down to the lake with a nice bottle of champagne and watched the fireworks. Naturally, Noah slept through the extremely loud fireworks.

Boston hoping no one noticed she found a warmer seat...

We miss the ball dropping, but there is something to be said for fireworks & no 'open container' laws

Noah fell asleep just in time for the fireworks