We're about a week past Laura's "by the calendar" due date now. The good thing about that? Well, you know it's any day! (or maybe we should be broad and say any week!) haha!
As has been said, no one is pregnant forever, so it just takes patience!
A friend of Laura and Frederik's just had their baby, and so on Monday evening (27th) we went over to a nearby town to pay a visit.
Baby is about 2 weeks old now, and just darling. She just snoozed away while they visited and we had these.
New Baby Sprinkles!Apparently, in Holland, when you have a baby, you're meant to go round giving these sprinkle things on toast (beschuit met muisjes) to family, friends and colleagues. Pink for girls and blue for boys. They're a nice, sweet aniseed flavour, very tasty. (Copied from Google!)
Anyway, Honestly I can't say that I was terribly impressed with them, but it was fun to partake in a Dutch tradition!
Baby Charlize has some beautiful strawberry blond hair, and even opened her eyes to check out who was holding her. Maybe these two little girls will be good friends some day.
On the way home after our visit we did some touring again and managed to find a beautiful sunset! I was quite happy!
Just a countryside scene--and this corn may be knee high by the fourth of July--maybe.
What? It's a storks nest!! Quick, jump out and take a picture! The operative word was quick, due to being on the highway and thus the blurry picture. But, I was excited to actually see one. Again a first for me. I think this may have been an alpaca in the field there--it was a little to distant for me to tell for sure--and like I said I was in a hurry!
From the villages to the cities, there's always old tall steeples. They are so intriguing and beautiful!
This is the most water I've seen up close yet. This area was beautiful, and the time of day was perfect!
Putting the Sun to bed- :)
What a beautiful way to end our day!
Those stork nests sure are tall! Everyday you can wake up thinking, "today might be the day!"
ReplyDeleteoh these are just lovely...so glad to "travel" along like this!!!
ReplyDeleteThe storks nest is new to me also!!
I love your gorgeous pictures and commentary! :-)
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To bad you couldn't see inside the storks nest.. check for the baby you know :)
ReplyDeleteKeep posting! Love all the pictures and what an experience for you! Hugs!!!
ReplyDeleteMaxine, I really think you should write a book and use your photos. You do a great job of drawing me into your journey. Dibs on the first copy.
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