Category Archives: Children

Eloïse’s fourth week on Earth draws to a close today, so we’ve whipped up some more photos to satisfy the grandparents. Taking photos is something we need to be more disciplined about or else we might regret it later. We’ve … Continue reading →

Barbara Walters, a talk show host in the US, recently commented on-air that she had recently had the misfortune of sitting next to a woman on a plane who was breastfeeding her baby. “It made me very nervous,” Walters said … Continue reading →

Eloïse continues to demand all of our time and attention. I can’t really tell whether she’s growing, but I assume she is. The only obvious sign to me that she is aging at all is that her strawberry blond hair … Continue reading →

We finished filing the current spate of paperwork for Eloïse this morning, with the submission of her application for an American passport. The document in question should arrive around six weeks from now. Even if her Dutch passport arrives first, … Continue reading →

Sarah and I handed in Eloïse’s Dutch passport application at the Dutch Consulate in San Mateo this morning. A huge pile of original papers, apostilles, passports, photographs and photocopies were handed over the counter, verified and finally accepted. Because Sarah … Continue reading →