Just a few moments of my first summer Jan-Feb-Mar 2014. Enjoy!
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My first winter
As you know I live in the southern hemisphere where winters are July-August-September; now winters in Valparaiso are mild and pretty sunny – and when it rains, heaven comes down for 24 hours. I love going out, and being carried around in my Baby carrier.
Inside the comfort of home, I feel very at ease and like to express myself:
Meeting Oma
At the time of writing this article – December ’13 – I’m 9 months old, but I first want to tell you about my early stages and my Oma Reintjen’s visit from Holland, she arrived here in Chile by the end of April, autumn, I was barely 6 six weeks old. That sounds very young, but being the youngest of two I consider myself a fast learner and I act consequently; so soon I will catch up with my brother Dante – only 1,5 years older – and in no time I will be as skilled, funny and smiley, and probably a bit wilder..
I am 6 months old!
Today Tue. Sept. 17th, 2013, is a special day for me and family as I am now half a year old.
This is not for me, but the ambience here is in Valparaiso is of big festivity, almost euphoric, with chilean flags waving from every house and building; tomorrow Sept. 18th is Fiestas Patria in Chile – Independence Day, a somewhat overdone expression of glory of the Nation – September has become “mes de la Patria”. A curiously “shared” love for a country by a profoundly divided society, living with wounds that were never cured; last week was the conmemoration of 40 years after the military regime seized power (Sept. 11th, 1973) – a black page in modern history (f.i. until today over a 1000 people are disappeared, justice was never done to the victims of the dictatorship).
And yet, everyone is waving the flag and partying for the next 5 days. Viva Chile, mierda!
On a more positive note, today I went with Mom and Dad and my brother Dante to see his class mates at the Waldorf kinder garden, Dante started last week and seems to have a great time; can’t wait to join him and learn while playing, life is all good and happy for the next years!
Hey Bro!
This is me coming home after hospital release, a week old; a meeting between the 2 brothers, my big brother Dante does the talking!
To make things easier on my brother, I bought him a present:
At home!
So I was born on a Sunday, March 17th, 2013. With 35 weeks of pregnancy, just when my Mom started to get hopes of having me at full term, I became restless and decided this was the day; Mom and Dad drove with my brother Dante from home in Valparaiso to the next coastal town Viña del Mar, to Clinica Ciudad del Mar, where Mom’s gynecologist attends.
No holding back, and at 23:00h the same day I am born. The next morning I am taken of respiratory assistance, and at 21:00h I am transferred by ambulance to public Hospital van Buren in Valparaíso, around the corner from home. Only Moms and Dads are allowed in the Neonal unit, so when after a week I am released from hospital, Monday March 25th, I really look forward to meeting my brother Dante and other family members and friends.
How exciting to meet my big brother, it looks like he is somewhat uncertain about this new situation; my Neonatologist recommended me to buy my brother Dante a present, to become friends and partners, what a grand idea! So I got him a fire station with a ramp, 2 cars and a door, his favorite items: doors and wheels. Upon arrival, although he wanted to touch me and seemed a bit invaded in his territory, he liked the gift, and with a few days I guess we will become hermanos amigos.
