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Goeiemörge lieverd,

Waat liks te der weer lekker bie, doe begins lekker rondj te were. ich ken neet genog van dich kriege, heurde van diene papa des te al weer good woars bie gekomme, nou gank so door.

doe hoofs neet op oma te lieke, die wurt heure jas auch te groot, det haws du auch, mer he begint dich langsam aan te passen, good so!

doe bes ein ech vechterke, mer hoe kan det auch anges doe bes tensjlotte eine Hos!

doe bes noe al 61/2 week bie os terwiel ste eigelik noch 5 weken bie dien mama zows motte seen, mer noe hubbe weer dich al veul eerder kenne bewonjere es normaal, weer kriege noch get mit dich. det papa en mama zich mer vas hauwte, di kriege de henj vol aan dich, en so heurt sich det auch.

nou lieverd 2005 is biena veurbie en den beginne weer aan 2006 en weer gaon derveur det alles op zien peutjes terech kump veur os allemaol en weer dich sjnel kenne knoemele, kenn bienao neet wachte (det is weer ech oma zeen ich papa al denke)

ich kom woonsdig mit tante tini dich weer bewonjere en zaoterdig same mit opa , dee ken den ech seen hoe ste gegreujd bes.

Daag Sebastian, ich hawt heel veul van dich en schrief dich auch weer sjnel.

Dikke knuffel van Oma Ria

English

Good Morning my love,

How nice you are lying there again, you are really starting to get nice and round. I just can’t get enough of you. I just heard from your papa that you gained quite a bit of weight again, well keep it up. You do not have to look like grandma whose “coat” is getting a little large. You had the same problem earlier, but yours is starting to fit quite nicely now. Well done!

You are quite a fighter, but I would not expect any different since you are a Hos after all!

You are now already 6 1/2 weeks with us while normally you should still have been with your mama for another 5 weeks. But we have gotten to admire you much earlier now than normal. Papa and mama better hold on to something because you are going to be quite a handful and that’s the way it ought to be.

Well my love, 2005 is almost over and then we will start 2006. We are going to assume that everything is going to be alright for all of us and that we will be able to cuddle you very soon. I can hardly wait (“typically oma”, I can see your papa thinking already).

On Wednesday I’m coming together with aunt Tini to admire you again and on Saturday together with opa Paul who can than see for himself how much you have grown.

Bye Sebastian, I love you very much and I will soon write you again.

Big Hug from Oma Ria

English

Dear Sex Bear,

Today marks another proud day. You now weigh 1360 grams and for the American readers among us that means you have now passed 3 pounds. But what is much more important than that is that you have just been allowed to drink from mama’s breast for the very first time. That was so cute. That nipple was almost as big as your entire head. I immediately took a few pictures and promised mama that I would not put them on the internet. I don’t think you drank a whole lot, but that does not matter, it will be easier later on. You know how to locate the epi-center of your life for the next year and that is vital.

Kisses, Papa

English

Hi Sebastian,

You are such a good fighter! You have no need for oxygen and you only have to be on the CPAP at night. You do not like that very much, but you were very tough when that tube was inserted back into your nose. Luckily mama and papa were here to comfort you and that makes all the difference.

It is cold outside, it’s freezing and a little snow has fallen. So it is a white world out there. Luckily you are very warm and cozy in your incubator.

Sweet dreams little man,

Hug, Jolanda

English Translation

Sweetest Super-hero, Today you have reached another milestone. This morning you weighted 1310 grams. This means you are now 50% above your birth weight. If papa would gain 50% of his current weight he would have severe trouble walking. What nonsense again, what I really want to say is that I’m once again very proud of you.

You also spend 12 hours on the oxygen mustache today, of which 2 hours were spend on papa’s chest. I do love that so much much. At the moment you are resting on that nasty CPAP. Tomorrow morning you can go back to oxygen mustache and maybe you’ll be allowed to go for 15 hours then. If you keep this up, you’ll be rid of the CPAP all together.

On top of that, you’ll also attempt to start eating yourself this week. First you’ll start with a bottle. Papa does not mind that too much, because that means that I can feed you as well. You’ll also be allowed to suck on mama’s nipple every once in a while to see if you can do that already.

Well love, I do not have so much to say today besides that I’m very proud to be your father and that I love you very much. Continue as you are doing now then everything will be alright soon.

Lots of kisses and hugs from,

papa.

Gooiedaag lieverd,

Mit dit schrieve wil ich dich loate weite hoe blie det ich ben des doe bie os bes, weer hauwe al so lang verlank noa ein kleinkendj en ich denk des du doarom so vreug meugeluk gekomme bes, ich hawt noe al zo veul van dich det ut bienao pien deut, mer du hubs os , ondanks diene neet gemekkelike stjart zo gelukkig gemaak , det is neet in weurt oet te drukke.

es ich diene papa met dich bezig zeen smult ich bienao weg, kleine leeverd, greuj mer gauw sodet ich dich sjnel knoemele ken en dich misjien auch ein bietje verwenne moag solang es du nog hie bes, want du geis dalik mit dien papa en mama heel wiet weg, det vinj ich neet ech leuk mer veer komme dich deks opzeuke heur,.

ich zit dich noe al de ganse daag te bewunjere op de computer, ut este wat ich smurges doon is dich goeiemorgen wunsje, en den ben ich toch so trots op dich, du kumps der waal heur, en weer zulle der altied veur dich zeen.

nou lieverd, ich hauwt der noe effe mit op mer ich zal dich nog deks sjrieve so des te later flink kens lache om de zeiver van dien oma.

daag klein mupke van mich en tot gauw!

Oma Ria

Dutch Translation

Good day sweety,

With this letter I want to let you know how happy I am that you’re with us. We have been longing for a grand child for so long, which is, I think, why you came as quickly as possible. I already love you so much that it almost hurts. Even though your start was not so very easy, you have made us so incredibly happy, it is difficult to express in words.

Little love, I just melt when I see your papa with you. Grow fast so that I can quickly start hugging you and also spoil you a little for the time that you’re still here, because you soon will go far away with your papa and mama. I do not really like that but I promise that we will visit you often.

I’m admiring you all day long from my computer. The first thing I do when I get up is wish a good morning. I’m just so proud of you, you will make it just fine and we’ll always be there for you. Well my love, I’m going to stop now but I will write you more often so that later when you’re older you can have a good laugh at the nonsense from your oma.

Bye, little darling of mine and see you soon!

Oma Ria