Blueberries! (and Eggs, and Flowers, too)

As usual, life has kept me busy, and my energy and brain cells are sapped trying to outsmart a toddler. Oh well! Recently, I had two opportunities to go blueberry picking with my closest friends here in Switzerland (both of whom are also mommies). I haven’t gone berry picking since I was a kid living [...]

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Children’s Car on SBB

I’ve already lauded the impressive Swiss train system for it’s accuracy, cleanliness, and ease of use. Another unique feature is the Family Car. It is only available on a few trains, and depending on how long the train is, you can’t always run to that end of the train in time to board the car. [...]

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Albanifest 2009

We went to see what the buzz was about Albanifest here in Switzerland. It is the largest annual festival in a historic town in Switzerland, is named after St Alban, one of the city’s four saints. Mostly, it is an excuse for all the area restaurants to showcase their menus and to have fun on [...]

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A Day with Edward

Earlier this week, I got word that my grandmother was ill in hospital. We had recently picked up a small photo printer, and I’d been meaning to print some photos anyway of my son to send to my grandparents, as they’re not really whizzes on the internet. As I wanted to get the pictures in [...]

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An Edward Post…

I have a funny story to relay about our son that happened earlier this week. One of my friends here has a daughter that is just a month younger than Edward. We’ve gotten them together a few times for playdates, and I really think Edward gets a lot out of his time with this little [...]

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An Update

Well, we’re zooming right along with Edward and he’s nearly 11 months old. Last month we realized that he was too big for the Bumbo seat when he leaned forward too far and fell out of it. So now it is down in storage until we have a second child. It was definitely a great [...]

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Just a quick update

I know I’m long overdue for updating our travelogue here, and I hope to find time in the next two weeks to play catch up. Heath will be home from work and can help out more with the baby and stuff. For now, I’ll leave you with a few little tidbits about our son. First, [...]

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Edward’s First Word

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Change of seasons

We’ve had a few rainstorms knock most of the leaves off the trees. Yeah, fall is nearly over here in northern Switzerland. I don’t think I’ll find any more photos to go in my Fall in Switzerland album. Hard to believe that fall is moving into winter already. It is still 80 degrees back home. [...]

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Eddie – 7 Month Update

Just a little note – Eddie is learning how to sit on his own right now. He’s almost got it, but we still keep our hands hovering behind him in case he doesn’t keep his balance. We have hard laminate floors, so it would be a pretty nasty bump if he leaned too far. He [...]

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Baby Update

For those of you following along back home… I traveled to Zurich for the first time with the baby all by myself yesterday to meet up with an alumni from my high school, and I breezed right through the trek. I didn’t get to take one of the trains that is level with the platform, but [...]

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a laid-back weekend

Yesterday we met one of Heath’s co-workers for breakfast. He’s a British guy that we met when we came to Switzerland last January. We split at the train station, as he had to catch his flight home, and we were on a baby equipment hunt. I found out through an expat group that there is [...]

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And a new adventure begins!

We’re gearing up to start our son on solid foods after his six month check-up. Most doctors recommend starting at six months for breast-fed babies. Eddie has already sampled some avocado, apple, pear, carrot, and rice cereal (not all at once of course). He was confused by the change in texture and taste at first, [...]

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Ramblings about nursing a child in Switzerland

Up until recently, I was lucky enough to be employed by two business owners that worked out of their homes. They had no problem whatsoever with me bringing my infant with me to work, and of course nursing him whenever needed. That was a blessing. I am still breastfeeding my five month old. No one [...]

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Eddie’s First Tooth!

More picture of Eddie here.

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