This week in Liam

First of all, I want to wear all of Liam's clothes. Spider shirt with striped pants topped by a monkey hoodie? Yes, please!

We're using the bum genius diapers all the time now (note the HUGE bum area). It's very easy once you realize that you have to actually cinch them around his waist tight. Like a regular diaper. Duh.

In other attempts at hippie-parenting, the fabric sling is not always a success. It takes quite a bit of practice to get the tension just right... I think. Here it seemed too tight, and Liam is moments away from big-time crying. Bear hat!

Beate works her magic again.

My own 10 pound weight! In a few weeks, I'll be able to take the 'exercise with baby' class at the hospital. Liam and I are getting ready.

He loves to touch the alpaca fur bear that Jeremy brought back from Chile. Other favorites include American patriotic music, contredanses, and the Hungry Caterpillar (perhaps he sees himself in the story...)

And the exciting news---

Liam and I are heading out to Schwetzingen (near Heidelberg) on Monday where I will teach baroque dance for a week, and he will have his first ever babysitter. Whoa! It's only for an hour and a half each day, and it is in the evening, so he might even be asleep. If that goes well, I am scheming to go out with Jeremy one evening in the near future.

Anyway, the packing for this trip has the potential to drive me batty, but it feels under control at this moment- stroller, baby strapped to my front, and travel backpack for all of our stuff. Jer is going to help us onto the train on this end (why, why do they make these strollers so heavy? I guess maybe safety, but harumph.),and I booked the family compartment on the train, so hopefully it will be easy to get one of the conductors to help us with the train change at Mannheim. Someone will be meeting us then in Schwetzingen, so, yeah, easy-peasy. We're staying in an apartment in town, and I hope we can do a lot of hanging out in the gardens.