Four Month Teddy Bear Pictures!




What Michael normally does with all of his toys:

If you have a baby and want a great camera, get the Nikon D50 or D80 DSLR.

It is FANTASTIC and will not miss any of baby's funniest moments. I am LOVIN' mine.

More pics are available in our photo album, linked to the right. See March 2007 Album.

Enjoy,

P

Today, Michael is talking! He is starting to babble, "ba..ba...ptha...da...pttthhhaaa....ba..." It is amazing! He is an actual PERSON now and not just a mini-bioreactor! We are constantly surprised by this little fat baby!

After breakfast, our nuclear family went to the market on Rue Mouffetard, where we invested in our most favorite item: FOOD.

1. Rotisserie chicken, pork tenderloin, pork ribs
2. Small potatoes seasoned with the fat drippings of the above things roasting in the rotisserie
3. Croissant, sugar brioche, baguette, small apricot tarte
4. 6 different cheeses
5. Milk
6. Bananas, apples, pears
7. Fresh french salad greens

We also went to another open air market at Place Monge. Next week, we will go again and I will post pictures.

Until then, revel in Brian's favorite way to hold The Boy. I call it The Football Hold:

Voila,
P

Items accomplished in one day PRIOR to getting internet in the house:
Took care of Michael, played with him, and moisturized him 4 times a day
Ate my 2 day time meals
Dinner/baguette for the day purchased
5-6 loads of laundry washed/dried/folded/put away
4 boxes unpacked

Items accomplished in one day AFTER getting internet in the house:
Took care of Michael, played with him, moisturized him 4 times a day
Ate my 2 day time meals
Dinner/baguette for the day purchased

In other words, my efficiency and accomplishments has drastically reduced. But on the UP side, I get to keep in touch with my most fabulous family and friends from back home.

Love to all,
P

Brian is at IKEA today buying us buttloads of stuff for our apartment! In France, almost everything is closed on Sunday EXCEPT IKEA! So last Sunday, we rented our Citroen C4 and went as a nuclear family to check things out. IKEA is as crazy here as it is in the U.S.


I felt like I was in a river where the current of people took you through the store, and the only way to stop was to grab onto a branch, which at IKEA is like grabbing onto the armoire that you are looking at.

We are getting this couch and matching "recliners." Unfortunately, they will not arrive until AFTER April 13th, so we will be sitting in our Target camping folding chairs until then! YEAH Target!
Yesterday, Michael had his first cell phone conversation! I put Brian on the speakerphone of my cell phone and Michael would laugh and coo back every time Brian would say something! It was hilarious. And to make sure Michael wasn't just laughing at the cell phone, I put it on the voice message voice and he just stared at it with a furrowed brow. How neat that he knows his Dad's voice, even on a cell phone!

Speaking of cell phones, I got the girliest cell phone I have ever seen:

Random Finding for Today:
There are MORE Outback Steakhouses in Korea than all of Europe. NONE in Paris. :o(

A free night stay at the Besancon Paris B&B for the person who knows where this quote comes from:
"How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different the saints."

Post your answers in the "Comments!" Thanks goes out to Amy Bowman who noticed that I didn't enable Comments in my blog! Now, everyone can post to their desire...

Have a most GLORIOUS FRIDAY!
P

Welcome to the Paris Besancons Blog!

I decided that instead of bombarding everyone's e-mail Inbox with family SPAM and shameless pictures of Baby Michael, I would start a blog where people can check in on us at their own leisure.

I do solemnly swear to post often (at least 2-3 times a week) so that it would be worth your while to visit. No one likes to go to a blog and find that it's not been updated in the last 30 days. :o)

So welcome to our lives and we hope you enjoy! Post comments too!

Love,
B&P