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I am very happy to announce the birth of Little Invader Sophie. She arrived in the world just a few days ago and has already made both her parents extremely happy. I myself am extra happy with this of course because it fulfills stage two of my invasion plans: introduce an undercover sleeper agent in to Dutch society.
I’ve experienced this whole childhood thing before from the point of view of the kid. Now it’s time to experience it from the point of view of the parent.
My blogging schedule is bound to be in flux for a little while (you might have already noticed) as we adjust to our new family life. Those nappies won’t change themselves. This means there might be the occasional gap and some posts might be shorter than normal for a little while but fear not, this blog is not going anywhere. I enjoy writing for it way too much. Plus, I still have those exciting new plans I keep on teasing about (which are in motion).
This blog will not suddenly turn into a Daddy blog either. There might be the occasional Daddy post but for the most part I don’t think Sophie will be very happy with me if twenty years from now a potential boss googles her just before job interview and finds a story about her first bath or the time she decided to decorate the living room walls with crayon and called everything Elmo.
Our lives have changed forever. It’s going to be scary. It’s going to be exciting. It’s going to be a great adventure.
And now, a very Dutch tradition, Alex eating a beschuit met muisjes:
Yaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! Mes félicitations! :D Little Sophie is lucky to have such awesome and creative parents like you two!
(I also seriously hope those biscuits aren’t covered in mouse bits.)
Congratulations Stu!!! To you and your family! Sophie is too one of my favorite names! I wish you all the best in this new adventure! Enjoy it to the fullest!
Congratulations! I’ve become a mother myself,just a month ago and I can say that this adventure is indeed very scary and hard, but what you get in return is totally worth it. I would not trade it for anything:) Happiness to the three of you!
Congratulations!
Curious to see if cartoon baby Sophie is going to be a redhead like her parents ;) and don’t tell her too early on that she’s a princess cause her dad is the King of Holland, it might go to her head.
Congratulations. Enjoy the adventure together :)
Congratulations!
I’m due in a few weeks myself…and we decided that we’ll mess with tradition and serve cupcakes with muisjes, rather than beschuit.
Thank you so much for all the amazing messages of congratulations everyone. I’m really touched. It’s been almost two weeks now and we are enjoying parenthood a lot. We’ve not slept much but every time we look at her we know it is worth it.
Oh… and I forgot to mention something. She’s ginger too! :D
Congrats!!
Oh, wonderful news!! Not only a beautiful baby girl invader, but a ginger one at that!! ;D
Congratulations to you both, and welcome to the world Sophie…
Congrats! May you have many happy moments together!
Aww, congratulations mom and dad!
So sweet! Welcome Sophie & congratulations mom and dad!
Congratulations!
Awesome news this, as it means that at least one European country is becoming saner by virtue of invasion.
Question for you: How much of a “sleeper” agent is she?
Tardy… Late,.. I know and I’ m so sorry.. But still, WELCOME TO THE WORLD, SOPHIE, SOPHIETJE, have a life as sweet as cotton candy, smooth as silk, and happy as it will be filled only with Saturdays.. :)) What i can quarantee is that, your life WILL BE FILLED OF LAUGHTER AND COUNTLESS ‘LOLS’, knowing your parents… :))) You are a lucky little girl! And, coming from another Sophie (I), you must take it AS A FACT, as i am older then you, being five, also bilingual, and loving your papa’s blog because my mother is always laughing in tears… Goed gedaan, Sophitje, met een ritje, op een Amsterdam terras.. :))