Janette Abroad Vox 2008-07-23T17:40:04Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cdf7e93523094f/ A broad abroad and getting broader Weather tag:vox.com,2008-07-23:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fae8cebb47000b 2008-07-23T17:40:04Z 2008-07-23T17:40:04Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom It's pouring hard at the tennis club across the street. On my side of the road, it's not raining at all. Very weird!

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]]> One Damn Thing After Another tag:vox.com,2008-07-21:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fae8ce2fd0000b 2008-07-21T22:39:27Z 2008-07-22T23:35:28Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My poor old left breast is having a tough time of it recently. It took me 7 days of injections followed by 7 days of oral antibiotics to quell the mastitis. After I finished all the antibiotics, I spent a week engaging in regular bouts of prophy...

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]]> Famous Last Words tag:vox.com,2008-07-19:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fa968995e70003 2008-07-19T19:17:54Z 2008-07-19T19:19:01Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I used to disapprove of lounges that were cluttered with toys. If I ever had a baby thought I'd be able to resist the temptation to have lots of toys and to keep the toys I did have safely stashed in some hiding place. Guess what? My lounge is ...

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]]> It's All Happening Here tag:vox.com,2008-07-19:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fa9688e9180002 2008-07-19T16:48:00Z 2008-07-19T16:53:57Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Petra's changing more rapidly now than she has since those busy busy busy first few weeks of life. Travis commented yesterday that she suddenly doesn't look like a baby any more, she looks like a little girl. I've noticed the same thing. She's ...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Happiness Is... tag:vox.com,2008-07-16:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0100a7e91d23000e 2008-07-16T22:44:26Z 2008-07-16T22:54:32Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Petra Petra Petra Petra

Show us something happy. Submitted by L33tchica. Petra. Any excuse to post some cute pictures. Here she is this afternoon in her summer clothes. (It's 29 degrees here today and horribly humid.)

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]]> Petra at 8 Months tag:vox.com,2008-07-16:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fae8cc6328000b 2008-07-16T00:44:32Z 2008-07-17T18:20:03Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Petra's 8 months old today. We took her to see the pediatrician as a special treat. She's getting bigger and bigger, gaining a steady 100 grams a week, and is now 8.4 kg. She's 69 cm long, growing at the rate of about 1 cm a month - way down fr...

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]]> Petra Reading tag:vox.com,2008-07-15:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fae8cc4a94000b 2008-07-15T17:11:46Z 2008-07-16T20:21:47Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Petra Petra Petra Petra Petra Slinky Malinki Hairy Maclary's Caterwaul Caper (Picture Puffin) Hairy Maclary, Sit (Picture Puffin)

Travis read Petra a Hairy Maclary story last night. It was a pretty gymnastic event with Petra doing her best to contribute by eating the pages and climbing all over Dad. We've been reading a lot of Hairy Maclary books because the language is s...

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]]> Tickets to Fly tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0100a7e87e4b000e 2008-07-14T21:48:47Z 2008-07-17T00:33:06Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've just bought one-way plane tickets from San Jose to Vancouver and Vancouver to Dunedin. We're really doing it - emigrating to New Zealand. I'm a bit nervous about the whole thing, but excited as well. We're leaving here in mid-September, sp...

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]]> Vox Hunt: Vive la France! tag:vox.com,2008-07-14:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f0100a7e86607000e 2008-07-14T16:19:14Z 2008-07-16T20:31:51Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Front Door

In honor of Bastille Day, show us something French.

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]]> Teeth tag:vox.com,2008-07-13:asset-6a00cdf7e93523094f00fad699525f0005 2008-07-13T18:21:48Z 2008-07-14T18:10:17Z Janette http://janettes.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Maybe biting this was a mistake It hurts here.... Dad, fix it! Mum, fix it!

Poor old Petra's teething. She's dribbling and making squint-eyed, scrunch-nosed, purse-lipped faces, and sliding her tongue over her gums like a lizard. She's also been pooing a lot more than usual - I'm having trouble keeping up with the nappi...

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