This morning my alarm watch went off at 7:38 and I got up between Markus and Ivan which had cuddled with me a good fraction of the night. We had the cleaning crew come in this morning at 8 and after setting them up and getting the kids dressed, Mum and I put them into the car and went out to Jam’n Java to enjoy a royal breakfast. It was awesome: great orange juice, muffins, cinnamon swirls and croissants.
As we were planning to pick up Ana and Blake around 11:00-12:30 we needed to ‘do some time’. I took Mum and the kids to MIT. We got out of the car and at a -7 C with gusty winds we were very glad to get onto the infinite corridor inside the main building. The kids enjoyed the big white board for some serious drawings while Mum and I got a great espresso out of our machine at the office. Finally we walked back through the gusty winds to the car and made our way to the hospital. Ana was already ready for about an hour (since 10:00) and was not very happy with my choice of clothes for Blake, as I did not have any serious jacket for our new family member. Anyway, he got into the warm car through the 30m walk in the cold just fine.
Each of the kids brought a little present for Blake and they were all very excited to see finally see him in person. They had seen him on my video and the photos from the delivery, and they really loved him. They all received a little present from Blake when we arrived home an were very very happy. So, this time it looks like we have succeeded in setting up the family extension properly. As a small reminder, that did not come over well at all with Markus when Gisele was born.
We prepared our bed room to make sure that Ana can smoothly deal with Blake. I also cleaned up my act in our bedroom and the office, just for the hack of it, I guess. So, we are now all home, Ana feels great and everybody had a great rest of the day. A little siesta, a late little afternoon coffee and some good conversations.