new words

'hello' and 'bye' - in english. so proud.

other news: i'm deaf on the right side. going to the doctor's today. i'm quitting smoking for the gazillionth time on april first (oh, you didn't know i had picked up the habit again? first thing i did after yannick was born). but i'm getting medication this time and therapy. yes, i am a weak loser to need so much help but this has to be the last time. work is HELLA BUSY. yannick and maarten are awesome.

poop.

since yannick has been telling us when he's pooping or after he has pooped, we've been confronting him with the potty. and he's been peeing on it, too! but no luck getting into his head that he needs to tell us about the poo before the act of pooping, so he can poo on the potty as well. he has one book in which the dog pooped on the sidewalk and he's pretty obsessed with it. and what about the one where the mole wants to know who pooped on his head? another favorite book. he's also peeing in the bathtub (only when he's taking a bath, people) and is pretty fascinated with all that water coming out of him.

ANYWAY. it's all part of the genital phase, i assume. oh, we've entered that phase alright. and that's all i'm saying about it because there are pretty sick people in this digital universe, as we all know.

i'm taking some classes again and i'm so stoked about it. it makes me want to go back to school for another degree, again. but we're also looking for a new house and maarten is thinking about getting another degree as well and who knows what the stork might have in store for us in the future?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

i want it all, i want it all, and i want it now.

(and still, when i read in magazines about over the top women wanting to have the great career, the great marriage, the great sex, the great children, the great house, the great friends, the great education and the great world trip, i think: this is not about me.
hee.)

it's almost april and that means that california is about to welcome a new citizen. very excited about it and it reminds me that i need to e-mail his/her parents.

love you all!

quick!

have a peek at yannick-with-hair before we shave it all off again!

nope, one more

twimc:

sfo: may 14th -> sacramento
msp: may 16th
amsterdam: may 23rd

hang out your flags.

now i really need to lower my enthusiasm and go to sleep, 'cause the yalarm will go off at 6.30 am tomorrow morning (and i'll need to prepare the yaporridge, take a quick yashower and take a yawalk in the park before we can all sit down again - tomorrow is my yaday!)

oh madeline

madeline albright just guested on a dutch show and in my next life, i will be marrying her (provided she'll be a 30 year old attractive guy).

and that's all you're getting out of me, tonight.

behold. yannick now eats his yoghurt with a spoon (he had already mastered the art of eating solids with a fork). and looks mighty proud while doing it. and white. yoghurt. everywhere.

went to the ballet yesterday - think i haven't been since i was... 12. they danced 'coppelia', of which the music was written by my step dad's ancestor léo delibes. we were there with my parents, brother and step sister and her children. the stage and costumes were awesome and it was great to finally see a choreography to the music our parents used to bore us with on sundays.

oh yes

i booked!

flying into sfo may 14, flying back home from msp may 22.

hell yeah!

(now i just need to find a really cheap flight from sfo to msp, or i'm screwed)