Madeline Roqueiro: the first two months

It has been a long time since I last posted on this blog. My hands have been full with our little Madeline.

The first two months have been really challenging. She has been an extremely fussy / colicky baby! But there are signs of improvement - moments when she is awake and not screaming!!!!

Here are some pictures in not such a chronological order...


This is right after my water broke at 3:30 am on the morning of June 30th,
just before heading to the hospital:

In the hospital, after she was born:

Our walk home from the hospital, Madeline is 2 days old.

Madeline's first playgroup session - she makes friends!

Preparing for the Argentine World Cup games.

Reading time.

One of the midwives weighing her.

Hello World! pictures.

 Tongue pictures.

Hanging out in her stylish cloth diapers

Sleeping pictures.

 

Los Abuelos vinieron (The grandparents came)!!

Damian was worried about germs,
so my mom came prepared. ;)

Abuela Elvira made this for Madeline

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Since we couldn't make the Beverly Breast Cancer Walk this year, my
mom brought us the shirts so we could show our support from afar.

Madeline's first train ride

Velez Sarsfield fans.

Celebrating her first month "birthday" with tea and black forest cake.

Celebrating her second month "birthday" with an Apfelstrudel along the canal behind our apartment.

 

Music in Tübingen

In my opinion, Tübingen is a cultural capital of Germany.
When walking down the street, it is not a surprise to see a man who has attached his upright piano on his bike, trekked it to a popular pedestrian location, and started playing symphonies for passers-by.

Yesterday morning, we woke up to the Sambazug (Samba Train) that went through our town:

Every Wednesday night, the Radio Villa Musica group gets on a float and plays music along the Neckar River. We jumped on a punting boat to join the group two weeks ago. Here are some photos...

Kids playing along the Neckar

The musicians were enjoying many beers during the performance.

A sampling of their performance:

Tübingen held an impressive "Culture Night" several weeks ago. Culture night consisted of hundreds of events lasting from 4pm to 2am the next morning. Damian and I casually started the evening, strolling through the streets. Little did we realize how amazing this event would be. We were provided a map, a timeline, and a wristband to enter any of the venues. We were so amazed by the different performances, we almost skipped eating dinner so we wouldn't miss some of them.

After a violin concerto at the Hölderlinturm, building where the German poet Hölderlin lived.

An international choir

An amazing folk music band that broke out into "Sweet Home Chicago" at one point.

A choir that played with the theme of water.

Tübingen is such a unique place!