Pozoriste u kuci :)/Chaos runs free :)

Kad ti kazem ja.../ Tattletale...


Sto ja volim taj eurokrem.../Jana and her best friend - chocolate spread


Una i Pavle u igraonici/Una and Pavle at the playground


Teorija zavere/Conspiracy theory

Tina na ivici zivaca :)/Tina trying to stay sane :)

Sto cujes i vidis nikom ne govori/Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil...

Random photos/Razne fotografije

Una tilting at windmills in Kinderdijk :) / Una napada vetrenjace u Kinderdijku :)


Una goofing around with Daddy/ Una se glupira sa tatom


A brilliant gift Una got from Christelle and Johan. It says: "Ik lijk op mijn vader maar het komt weer wel goet segt de dokteur" (in kids version of Dutch: "I look like my father but the doctor says it is going to be okay :))
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Super poklon koji je Una dobila od Christelle i Johana. Na majici pise: Ja licim na tatu, ali doktor kaze da ce ipak sve biti OK :)).


First trip to the beach.../ Prvi put na plazi...

The most beautiful smile in the world.../ Najlepsi osmeh na ceeeelom svetu....

This pillow is really comfy... /Bas mi je udobno na ovom jastuku...

My two favourite people in the whole world.../ Moji najdrazi....

Una with her ouma/Una sa bakom

A new phase in Una's life has begun, my maternity leave is over and I am back at work :( . The good news is that I am allowed to work from home when not in the lab as long as I breastfeed Una. So even though I don't get to spend the whole day with her anymore, I am still around which makes it easier on her. Mark's Mum is here with us, looking after Una and it looks like they are both enjoying their time together. Una gives her ouma bigger smiles than she gives to her mum and dad and ouma is incredibly patient and loving with her.

Here are some photos.....

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Pocela je nova faza u Uninom zivotu, moje porodiljsko se zavrsilo i vratila sam se na posao :(. Ono sto je dobro je da mi je dozvoljeno da radim kod kuce kad nisam u laboratoriji sve dok dojim Unu. Tako da iako nisam sa njom citav dan ipak sam u kuci, ona me vidi sto olaksava situaciju. Markova mama se brine o njoj tokom dana i izgleda da i unuka i baka uzivaju u medjusobnom druzenju. Baka je jako strpljiva i pazljiva sa Unom pa joj se Una raduje vise nego mami i tati.

Evo i nekoliko slicica...

Antenatal class reunion/ Sastanak grupe sa porodjajnog kursa

On Saturday, the 15th of September was our antenatal class reunion. It was wonderful seeing all the new arrivals and catching up with the new parents. The babies were all so different but all absolutely gorgeous! Renee, one of the girls from the class took lots of photos and made this amazing video.

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U subotu, 15-og septembra smo se skupili svi sa porodjajnog kursa. Upoznali smo sve nove bebice, koje su toliko razlicite i istovremeno preslatke. Renee, jedna od mama, je napravila dosta fotografija i kompajlirala ovaj mali video-klip.

Play date/Igramo se...

Una and Tobias met again, looking bigger, more serious and ever so cute! Lisa and I spent a lovely afternoon chatting about all stuff baby related and much more. Una and Tobias behaved like perfect angels much to their mums' surprise. One of these days they will actually be able to play with each other, for now the extent of their interaction is leaning on each other as you can see in the photos :)

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Una i Tobias su se ponovo sreli, ovaj put veci, ozbiljniji i i dalje preslatki! Lisa i ja smo provele prijatno popodne caskajuci o bebi-temama i svemu ostalom. Una i Tobias su bili super-bebe citavo popodne, na veliko iznenadjenje njihovih mama. Nadamo se da ce uskoro moci i da se igraju zajedno, za sad njihovo "druzenje" se svodi na medjusobno podupiranje, kao sto se vidi na slikama :)

Una is 2 months old! (And Mummy turned 30....) / Una je napunila 2 meseca! (Mama je napunila 30 godina...)

Today, the 2nd September 2007, was a very special day. Today, not only did Una turn 2 months old, but her Mom also celebrated her 30th birthday. We spent the day in the company of our friends eating and drinking and just enjoying eachothers company. We all had a great time and Jelena thoroughly enjoyed the last moments of her twenties.

Una particularly enjoyed all the company being handed from one set of hand to the next with an ever growing smile. She enjoyed all the new faces and was particulary taken by Danilo and Frederik wondering why they are small while all the rest of us are relatively huge to her.

Here are a few photos...

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Danas, 2 septembra 2007 je bio poseban dan. Ne samo sto je bio Una napunila 2 meseca, nego je i njena mama slavila 30-i rodjendan. Nasi prijatelji su nam se pridruzili i proveli smo prijatno popodne uz hranu i pice a Jelena je uzivala u poslednjim trenucima svojih dvadesetih.

Uni se najvise dopalo to sto je isla od jednih do drugih ruku, smejuci se sve vise i vise. Sve nove (i i ne tako nove) face su joj bile interesantne, posebno Danilo i Frederik, pitajuci se zasto su oni mali dok su ostali gosti ogromni u poredjenju sa njom.

Evo i nekoliko slicica...

Una with friends.../Una sa drugarima...

We will keep on adding photos as more people work up the courage to hold Una :).

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Dodavacemo slike kako se drugari budu ohrabrivali da uzmu Unu u ruke :).

Una's first video clip/Unin prvi video klip

Una meets Tobias/Una upoznaje Tobiasa

Yesterday Una met Tobias, a sweet little boy. This actually wasn't their first meeting as they "knew" each other while they were both still in their mummies' bellies (Tobias's mum and dad, Lisa and Feiko, did the childbirth course with us and Tobias was born excatly one week after Una). So yesterday we spent a lovely afternoon with Lisa, Feiko and Tobias in their new housie, exchanging the experiences and scares of first time parents. Una and Tobias didn't care too much about the meeting and spent most of the time sleeping :). Tobias is absolutely gorgeous and looks like a real little man rather than a 5 week old baby.

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Una je juce upoznala Tobiasa, slatkog malog deckica. Ovo i nije njihov prvi sastanak, jer se "znaju" od vremena kad su jos bili u maminim stomacima (Tobiasovi mama i tata, Lisa i Feiko su bili sa nama na prenatalnom kursu i Tobias se rodio tacno nedelju dana posle Une). I tako smo nas troje proveli prijatno popodne sa Lisom, Feikom i Tobiasom u njihovoj novoj kuci, pricajuci o iskustvima novopecenih roditelja. Una i Tobias se nisu puno potresali oko sastanka jer su ga uglavnom prespavali :). Tobias je presladak i izgleda kao pravi mali decko a ne beba od 5 nedelja.

Una smesko prvi put.../Una is smiling for the first time...

Za fotoaparat! Sve vise i vise reaguje na nas, kad joj pricamo ili pravimo face...

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For the camera! She is reacting more and more to us when we talk to her or make funny faces...

Una is one month old!/Una je napunila mesec dana!

Yesterday we celebrated Una's one month birthday. It is hard to believe that it's already been that "long", the time has really flown by. The day before yesterday Una had her first check-up in consultatie bureau (antenatal clinic). She now weighs 5555g (just above one kg more than at birth) and is 57.5 cm tall. The doctor was very happy with everything except our sleeping story (shortly - Una sleeps well and in her crib at night but during the day she will only fall asleep in our arms). She told us that we have to teach her to fall asleep on her own even if it means letting her cry up to 5 minutes. No idea how we are going to do this :(. Other than that, she is a happy and healthy little baby and we are enjoying every moment with her!

* Una's shirt in the first photo says "50% Mummy, 50% Daddy, 100% cute". Right :). Next week I will post one of Mark's baby photos next to Una's and you will see that Mummy can pretty much be taken out of the math :)

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Juce smo proslavili Unin mali rodjendan. Neverovatno je da je vec toliko vremena proslo, nama se cini kao da je juce bilo. Prekjuce smo isli na prvu kontrolu u consultatie burau (pedijatrijska klinika). Una je teska 5555g i visoka 57.5cm. Doktorka je bila super zadovoljna svim aspektima Uninog napretka osim nase price sa spavanjem u toku dana (ukratko - Una spava u toku noci u svom krevecu ali u toku dana zaspi samo kad je drzimo). Doktorka nam je rekla da moramo da je naucimo da zaspi sama i da je ostavimo da place do 5 minuta. Nemam pojma kako cemo skupiti snagu za to :(. Osim toga, Una je jedna zadovoljna i zdrava beba i mi uzivamo u svakom trenutku sa njom!

*Na Uninoj majici pise "50% mama, 50% tata, 100% slatka". Kako da ne. Sledece nedelje cu skenirati i postaviti Markovu sliku kad je bio beba pa ce biti sasvim jasno da mama moze sasvim da se izostavi iz te matematike :)

Una started dancing/Una je pocela da igra

In her playpen though and with her arms only but not too bad for a three weeks old... It looks like Serbian/Greek dancing style, blood is thicker than water :)

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U ogradici doduse i samo rukicama ali nije los za nekog ko ima samo tri nedelje ... I to na srpski/grcki nacin, krv nije voda :)

Unina prva setnja/Una's first outting

Una je danas isla u setnju po prvi put! Isli smo u grad jer smo morali kod fotografa da Unu slikamo za pasos. Ova akcija joj se nije dopala jer smo morali da je budimo da bi imala otvorene oci na slici a i fotograf nije bio bas najspretniji. Posle smo se setali po gradu, jeli sladoled i cak pojeli sendvice i popili kafu u jednom od divnih kafica u Delftu. Dan je bio divan i Una je uzivala (spavajuci doduse :)).

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Today was Una's first outting! We went to town because we had to have photos of Una taken for her passport. She did not like it at all because we had to wake her so that her eyes are open in the photos. The photographer was rather clumsy and slow which did not help. After this we took a walk in town, had some ice cream and had lunch and coffee in one of the cozy coffee shops in Delft. It was a beautiful day and Una enjoyed it thoroughly (although she was sleeping :)).

Una is one week old! Una je napunila nedelju dana!

Today we celebrate Una's one week birthday! She weighs 4680gr which is 130gr more than her birth weight. The lady in the photo was our kraamvergzorster (maternity care nurse). She left today so from tomorrow we are on our own!

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Una je danas napunila nedelju dana! Teska je 4680gr sto je 130gr vise nego tezina pri rodjenju. Zena na fotografiji je nasa kraamvergzorster (patronazna sestra). Danas joj je bio zadnji dan, od sutra smo sami!

Una has arrived!!! Stigla nam je Una!!!

We welcomed Una into this world on the 2nd of July 2007, at 23:16 at the hospital Reiner de Graaf in Delft. She came after more than 30 hours of labour and is worth every moment of it. She weighed whopping 4550gr and was the most amazing thing we had ever seen.

The whole labour experience wasn't easy but we made it! Although we planned and prepared for a natural drug-free birth it didn't quite work out that way due to the stalled labour after more than 20 hours. The midwife had to turn us over to the hospital staff which was followed by syntocin drip, epidural and a bunch of instruments strapped onto my body. Everything ended well and when they put Una into our arms all of it was forgotten and I felt I could do it all over again. The hospital staff was absolutely amazing which made the experience a lot more pleasant.

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Una nam je stigla 2 jula 2007 u 11:16 uvece u bolnici Reiner de Graaf u Delftu. Porodjaj je trajao vise od 30 sati ali smo sve zaboravili kad su mi je stavili na grudi. Teska je 4550gr i osecaj koji smo imali kad su nam je dali je jednostavno neopisiv.

Porodjaj definitivno nije bio lak ali smo se izborili! Iako smo planirali i pripremali se za prirodan porodjaj bez instrumenata, anestetika i ostalih cuda moderne medicine, nije bas ispalo tako zbog toga sto je progres potpuno stao posle 20 sati kontrakcija. Babica je morala da preda dalju brigu osoblju bolnice, sto je bilo praceno ukljucivanjem sintocina za pojacavanje kontrakcija, epiduralom i cudom instrumenata i infuzija prikacenim na mene. Na kraju se sve dobro zavrsilo i kad su mi je spustili na grudi cinilo mi se da bih mogla sve ponovo. Osoblje bolnice je bilo sjajno sto je ucinilo citavo iskustvo prijatnijim.

Waiting for Una... Cekajuci Unu...

Today is 23.06.2007. We have set up this blog and are still waiting for Una's imminent arrival!

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Danas je 23.06.2007. Postavili smo ovaj blog i samo cekamo da nam dodje Una!