Liv in Paris

• Age: 28 weeks
  
• Weight: 7.5 kg (16 lbs 8 oz)
• Average hours of continuous sleep: 10 hours...in a wardrobe
  
• Latest tricks: Travelling the Eurostar
  

The last weekend of May saw us board a train... then the underground... then another train... then another underground... et voila, there we were in Paris. We were fortunate enough to have our good friends Juanita and Andy, and their toddler Sophia join us. The two little mademoiselles and their parents had a great time - highlights included walking around Montmartre and the Jardin du Luxembourg, a trip to Mariage Freres (speciality tea shop), a dinner out with free babysitters and, mais oui, les croissants, les eclairs et les pains aux chocolats. More photos are here.

Admiring the view over Paris from the Sacre Coeur...

... as well as the carousel in the Jardin du Luxembourg

The closest we made it to the Eiffel Tower, Liv looks underwhelmed by it all.

Sophia shares her Mummy for a nice photo

Liv'ing the high (chair) life

• Age: 27 weeks
  
• Weight: 7.45 kg (16 lbs 7 oz)
• Average hours of continuous sleep: 12 hours
  
• Latest tricks: Exhibiting Dad's sense of humour
  

This says it all really...

Aunty Ali arrives (and 6 month birthday!)

• Age: 26 weeks (6 months)
• Weight: 7.4 kg (16 lbs 5 oz)
• Average hours of continuous sleep: 9 hours and holding (or so we think, she tends not to wake us, just chatter to herself)
• Latest tricks: Sitting up - in the stroller, in the highchair, in a punt, on her Aunty Ali!

This week saw another Flaim in the household - Chris's sister Ali arrived from Seattle, providing us with the opportunity to exploit her as a free babysitter. Liv happily accepted the newest member of her entertaining squad, as you can see below.

Naked kick time was never this much fun


Liv shows off her baby banz


Chris shows off his punting skills...


Ali's a quick learner, Chris pantomimes the moves

Her royal highness enjoys the view from a nice shady spot


What a comfy couch!


Family photo op

A sotto voce rendition of goodnight moon



Ali in danger of losing some hair

Liv to eat (and play)

Today we tried Liv out on a few foodstuffs: yoghurt, broccoli and carrot. The main aim of the exercise was:
1) to have her play and experiment with food
2) to have her get used to the high chair
3) to not get food all over our apartment

Numbers 1 and 2 were pretty successful, number 3 not so much...

Oh, and before you call the puree police, we're opting for Baby Led Weaning, hence the pieces of food and self-feeding approach.

We also had a few of Liv's baby buddies over for tea and cakes - here are the highlights (and in some cases lowlights) of the event:

Siena and Livia happy sharing the baby gym

Siena and Livia not so happily sharing the baby gym

It's all fun and games before... whoops!

The whole NCT group reunited (only took 6 months!): Ceci, Siena, Liv (still pissed about the eye thing), Alex and Poppy

Alex tries to grab Siena's toy...

...but Siena successfully fights him off! (Or maybe Alex heard about Siena's fighting tactics from Liv)

Ceci, Gaby and Brigitte