A visit to see Christine

My good friend Jonathan (from my Schlumberger days) and his lovely wife Ilse just had a new daughter, Christine. Margreet, Noa and I went to visit them last Thursday. It was a beautiful day outside (not many of those this summer), so we took the bikes and rode the 15 minute ride to their house in The Hague.

Their first child, Cillian, is a regular playmate of Noa, as they are only 3 weeks apart in age and get along great. So while Margreet and I were ooh-ing and aah-ing over little Christine, Noa and Cillian were running all over the place, climbing all over the furniture, eating tons of cookies, making chocolate handprints on the nice white furniture and carpets.

Christine is a big baby (over 4 kg / 9 lbs) with a lot of hair! But holding her, she felt sooo light. I forgot how light a baby is supposed to weigh. Or is it that Noa is getting so big?

So anyway, I just wanted to post a little blog entry (hopefully the first!) to welcome Christine McCann to the world!

Me (holding Christine) with Ilse and Margreet

Me, Jonathan and Margreet (holding Christine, Cillian and Noa respectively)

The two rascals :)

Mother and Daughter

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