Kyan

A little brother

2011-10-08T00:29:00.000+02:00

On Wednesday 5 October 2011, Kyan's little brother, Noah is born.
Follow their adventures on
http://kyan-and-noah.blogspot.com

Holidays

2010-08-16T23:40:00.001+02:00

Last week, we went camping in Wales, UK. Check out the pictures in picasa.

Three years old

2010-07-09T23:18:00.002+02:00

Kyan is three years old now! Time flies. His first school year (actually only half a year) is over, and now it's summer holidays till September. He's still a happy and active boy, challenging us at every opportunity. If you ask him to get dressed, to eat, to tidy up,... he's answer is most of the time either "no" or he ignores us completely, continuing with whatever he was doing.

Pictures

2010-05-15T00:34:00.001+02:00

Finally, I've uploaded some new pictures (from January till now) in Picasa.
Kyan is fine, very active as always. He enjoys going to school.

Last day in Brazil

2010-01-08T02:51:00.001+01:00

Tomorrow, Friday, is our last day in Brazil. We will take off in the evening and arrive in Belgium on Saturday in the late afternoon. Kyan had a great time here. He got to know his family better and improved his Portuguese a lot.
He got used to the hot weather over here, so it will be a shock for him (and us) to return to Belgium, where the maximum temperature is currently -2 degrees Celcius.
Here are some pictures of the past days in Brazil.

In Brazil

2009-12-24T03:35:00.002+01:00

We are staying in Brazil for three weeks, spending Christmas with Andréa´s family. Kyan enjoys the attention of the family. He needed some time to adapt to the time difference and he´s not used to the hot weather, but he enjoys his holidays :-)

Two year!

2009-07-08T23:33:00.001+02:00

Last week, Kyan turned two! And last Saturday, we celebrated this with a great party. Have a look at the pictures.
Kyan is currently 84 cm tall and he weights 10,5 kg, which is light for his age. But he's healthy and active and happy :-) He speaks Dutch to me and Portuguese to Andréa. It's funny to hear how he says something to me in Dutch and then repeats the same in Portuguese to Andréa.

Holiday in the Provence

2009-06-25T22:33:00.001+02:00

A few weeks ago, we went on a two-week holiday to the Provence, South-France. We went by car and camped with our tent. Kyan enjoyed his holiday a lot, and so did we. It was intensive to travel with him, but also great fun. Have a look at the pictures.

Small update

2009-04-07T23:51:00.001+02:00

It's been ages ago since I last posted some news about Kyan. He's very fine. Happy and growing, and learning new words every day, both in Portuguese and Dutch! It's very cute how he can express himself with words better and better.
I've uploaded new pictures in picasa, dating from January till now. Check out the last ones: Kyan at the Blaarmeersen, our local "beach" in Gent. They're taken last Sunday, it was a sunny and quite warm day.

One month has passed again

2008-10-30T00:59:00.004+01:00

Kyan is almost one year and four months old! He's changing fast, learning new things and immitating us more and more. It's so funny!

In the below video, he's eating soup, slurping loudly as if the soup was hot :-)

In the beginning of this month, Kyan made a bad fall. He fell on his face and shoulder and we had to take him to the hospital for x-rays and examination. It turned out that he had broken his clavicle (sleutelbeen).

He had to ware a foam band around his shoulders. Fortionately he didn't suffer much. Just the first day was awful for him, but the next day he was playing again.

He got a black eye as well, as you can see on the pictures.

Now, he's completely recovered.

Big fun

2008-09-30T22:34:00.002+02:00

It's amazing how quick Kyan changes. He learns new things, new words... And he's very good at expressing what he wants. And when he doesn't get what he wants, he makes a big drama.
But we have lots of fun, as you can see in this video clip.

Walking on his own

2008-08-19T00:02:00.001+02:00

Today, Kyan started walking on his own! The past weeks, he used to walk a lot on our hand (or finger). And recently, he now and then made a couple of small steps without support. But today, he really got the trick of walking by himself!

One year!

2008-07-16T23:14:00.001+02:00

On July 2, Kyan became one year old! It went so fast. Last year, he was a tiny little baby and now he is already a "big" boy! On the 5th of July, we had a big birthday party to celebrate his first birthday. Andréa's family came over from Brazil and Kyan was very very happy with all the attention and presents he got.
Last week, we went 4 days to Paris with Andréa's family. It was wonderful. It was Kyan's second trip to Paris! He enjoyed a lot. So many things to see and being surrounded by his family all the time.

Teeth

2008-04-22T23:21:00.001+02:00

Kyan is doing very fine. He sleeps most nights continuously, giving us some more rest. Except the past weekend, when he was not well due to new teeth coming out. He already had two lower teeth for a while. Now, he's getting upper teeth. Apart from that, he's a very happy and playful boy, interested in exploring new things every day. The past days, he learned to clap his hands. That was big fun, both for him and for us.

Crawling

2008-02-24T11:40:00.001+01:00

Time for some news. Kyan has changed a lot in the past month! In January, he got two teeth. Also, his motoric skills have enhanced a lot. He's able to stand up by himself, he sits at the table in his own chair, and since yesterday, he started crawling.

He is eating very well and he loves to eat a variety of vegetables (pumpkin, brocoli, beetroot, parsnip, carrots,..) mixed in a porridge with potatoes and meat or fish.

Everyday he surprises us with new things he learns, like nodding his head, waving goodbye, ...

Back in Belgium

2008-01-08T00:45:00.000+01:00

Kyan and Andréa are back in Belgium since December 16. After a more than 2-month stay in Brazil, we were all very happy to be reunited. Kyan has changed a lot! He has become a big boy :-) He's not that little baby any more. It's really big fun. He's happy all the time. He smiles to everyone. And he's "talking" a lot, exploring new sounds with his mouth all the time.
The first week back in Belgium was hard for both Andréa and Kyan. The temperature difference with Brazil was huge (it was freezing a lot over here that week). And there was no heating in our house. So they were staying in the appartment of a friend, Yara.
Now, it's better, it's less cold and we have a warm house. Kyan has gone through a lot of changes the past week: he started drinking milk from the bottle (alternating with breast feeding), and he started eating fruit porridge and potatoes. The beginning was a bit tough, but now he's getting used to his new food and his appetite for it imporves day by day.
He also started going to the nanny during the day. And he starts making his teeth. Not that his teeth are there yet, but his getting uncomfortable by the teeth preparing to come. Hence, he doesn't sleep well at night, he often wakes up crying. (and we are getting exhausted...)

Itajubá - MG

2007-12-10T17:09:00.000+01:00

Last weekend we went to Itajubá to spend the weekend with my cousin Cláudia. Kyan enjoyed a lot the nature, the cows, birds and of course Davi, his "little cousin". There are some photos.... In this album there are also some photos of us in S.P, with Rê Hydalgo and his beautiful family.Here you can see Kyan with Gabriel, the son of Re and Dani. Check them out.

Again in Rio

2007-12-05T02:33:00.000+01:00

Take a look at the photos of our second trip to Rio. It was amazing - as usual. This time I walked with Kyan every morning from Leblon to Arpoador. Really nice!!!!!

2007-11-21T01:29:00.000+01:00

Kyan is wonderful. He has grown a lot and now everyone says that he looks like his daddy. I still think he has a lot of me :) I have to addmit that these people are right though :) Kyan is always happy and very communicative. He spends his afternoons playing with my 95 year-old grandma. They have a lot of fun together. It´s cute to see their relationship. I have been seeing some old friends, with their children, partners.... It´s nice to see all of us with kids around.... and funny to remmember our adventures from some good years ago. So, check the pics.

Kyan in São Paulo and Rio

2007-11-12T16:56:00.000+01:00

Kyan is doing great. We have been to SP at Camila´s and then to Rio. Both trips were wonderful.. We didn´t do anything special, but just spending some days with my sis and my nieces and sister-in-law was wonderful.Kyan talks much more, he grabs his toys more firmly and he´s able to turn on his belly. There are some pics at Picassa. Take a look at them.

Baptize

2007-10-29T16:15:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday, Oct 28th we had Kyan baptized. The church was full of good friends and family. The words of the "diácono"- a kind of priest- were really beautiful. Everything was nice, but again, Pascal was missing. It was very hard and painful not having him there with us. It was like a wedding without the groom. I´m posting some pics. Take a look at Kyan in Brazil album.

Brazil

2007-10-23T02:52:00.000+02:00

Kyan and I are enjoying Brazil a lot. It´s really warm here and the sun shines almost everyday.Of course nothing is perfect. To be perfect daddy/huzzy Pascal should be here with us. Anyway, Kyan is doing very very well. He sleeps a lot more than in België...He smiles to everyone and he is taking advantage of grandma´s lap. Gi- the only one who always posts comments on this blog- came to Brazil for 10 days to see Kyan and me... and her parents and friends :) It was wonderful!!! I am very happy to be home, it´s like I´ve never been away. I am even happier to see Kyan with his Brazilian family. He is getting totally Brazilian :) I have much more pics but they are in someone else´s camera. I´ll try to post them this week. But u can have a look at the album and see already some.

Kyan in Brazil

2007-10-11T18:55:00.000+02:00

Yesterday - Wednesday - Andréa and Kyan went to Brazil. They will stay there for one month! We left very early in the morning to the Brussels airport. The airplane took off at 6 am. We had some troubles in the airport, as the travel agency had only given an electronic ticket for Kyan, and they required a paper ticket. Finally I had to buy another ticket for Kyan. We are quite pissed-off with the travel agency (Connections), they are so unprofessional and made so many mistakes...

But everything went fine at last and Kyan behaved very well on the long journey to Brazil. They arrived well and Andréa's family was very happy to see Kyan.Unfortionately, I'm staying at home: I have one month holiday, I will be installing a new heating system in the house. You can follow my adventures on my own blog: http://pascalsplace.blogspot.com

Pictures of the past week

2007-09-23T22:44:00.000+02:00

Kyan is a very happy boy. He laughs a lot and he interacts a lot with us. I have uploaded some pictures of the past week.

Missing grandma

2007-09-16T23:18:00.000+02:00

Last Friday, vovó Vera went back to Brazil. When I arrived home from work that evening, I found Deia, Kyan, and Mariska crying... These three months with her in our house were wonderful! Now Deia is counting the days till she goes to Brazil.
Today I took some cute pictures of Kyan. Have a look at them on the web album.

Kyan starts participating more and more in our conversations. Here's a video clip from today:

Pictures of Paris

2007-09-12T23:29:00.000+02:00

Finally, I managed to upload some pictures of Paris from last week. Our trip was great, by the way, and last Tuesday we returned via the Champagne region. We visited the champagne caves of Pommery in Reims.

Kyan is changing quickly. When we look back at the pictures from when he was just born, we realise how much he has changed and how fast it goes. Currently he's suffering from reflux (=spitting up after a meal). He always had it, but today it's really bad. We don't know if it has to do with the three vacinations he got last week and that made him a little bit sick.

Paris

2007-09-03T11:51:00.000+02:00

We are in Paris with the four of us. We arrived on Saturday and we'll stay till tomorrow, Tuesday. Vera is having a great time, as visiting Paris was always one of her big dreams.

And Kyan is enjoying as well. Though his interests are different than ours. Rather than visiting the Louvre or the Notre Dame, he loves to watch the cars passing by on the periférique from the hotel room.

More pictures will follow.

Last Friday was our civil marriage. We had a small party at home with the family. I've uploaded the pictures in a picasa album.

Happy boy

2007-08-29T23:17:00.000+02:00

Wow, time goes fast. More than a week since I last blogged. I've been so busy.... Meanwhile, our little Kyan doesn't stop evoluting. It's fun, as every week there's something new. Sometimes it's good, sometimes less good (like his crying times).
Fortionately, he's crying much less now. He doesn't cry systematically every night between 8pm and 11pm, like he used to do. He sometimes cries a bit, and then he sleeps.
He's more active and interactive. He starts playing with his toys, he hits the little puppets hanging above him. And he reacts very well when you talk to him. He laughs or he responds with a shout. It's so cute when he laughs with his big eyes at you. Priceless... Overall, he's a happy boy. Check out some new pictures of him!

At night, he' s still not sleeping very deeply. We can put him in his bed, but he's often moving and making noises, searching for his mummy in his sleep.

Next weekend, we're going to Paris with the four of us (Deia, Kyan, Vera and I). It will be our first "bigger" (four days) trip with him. I have a couple of days off, because we have our civil marriage this Friday :-)

Sleeping, at last

2007-08-19T23:48:00.000+02:00

Thank god, Kyan is sleeping for the moment :-) He's been crying a lot this weekend. He was tired, but he didn't want to sleep. The three of us (Vera, Andréa and I) have tried everyting to comfort him, but most of the times he was ony happy for a short time, until he started crying again... Now he's finally sleeping on Andréa's chest. He's not sleeping deeply enough to put him in his bed.

Pictures of last week

2007-08-15T00:09:00.000+02:00

Not much news - I'm too busy and too tired too blog, these days. And when I'm not busy, we go out for a citytrip with Kyan and vovo Vera. Well, at least, I have uploaded some pictures of the past week in a new Picasa album. :)

2007-08-14

Kyan is doing fine. Except in the evening: then he has his crying time. He doesn't want to eat or sleep or play or anything, just cry. That's a part of having a baby...

4,88kg

2007-08-08T23:40:00.000+02:00

Tonight, we went to the health care centre to check how Kyan is doing. Everything is very fine with him. He now weights 4,88 kg and he's 55 cm tall.

Nowadays, he starts to interact more. He starts to laugh and of course we're very happy to see him smiling at us :-)

Last weekend we took advantage of the beatiful (and hot weather) to show Vera a bit of Europe. On Saturday, we went to Amsterdam, and on Sunday, we visited a couple of towns in the south of Belgium: Dinant and Namur. Kyan enjoys travelling - he's sleeping most of the time in the car.

One month old!

2007-08-02T23:34:00.001+02:00

Today, our son is already one month old. Unbelievable how fast it goes, and how much our life has changed the past month. And Kyan's been changing a lot in a month's time.

He's getting more active. Especially in the early morning and in the evening. He doesn't want to sleep then. He wants to be entertained. I walk with him in the street or I play with his toys... Not always easy, at 6 in the morning ;-)

Almost 4 weeks

2007-07-30T00:16:00.001+02:00

One week later again. Time flies. Today(Monday) Kyan will be four weeks old!
He has changed a lot, compared to a couple of weeks ago. Now he's much more awake, and then he wants to look around. He vision has improved a lot.

Unlike in the beginning, our nights are shorter, as he doesn't fall asleep straight after the feeding. Now we need to walk around with him in our arms, dance, or play with his toys.

Here's a video clip of him, last Saturday, early in the morning, when I was on "entertainment duty" and I shared with him some good old music of Deep Purple. He seems to enjoy it ;-) Note his wild hand gestures!

Since a couple of days, he also gets cramps in his belly, after his feeding, keeping himself and us awake...

Ok, now it's time to sleep. Kyan is sleeping, so I have to take advantage of this...

PS: I have uploaded last weeks pictures in a new album on picasa.

About the name "Kyan"

2007-07-21T18:17:00.001+02:00

A lot of people ask us questions about the name "Kyan". This doesn't really come as a surprise, as we choose such an uncommon name ;-)

Here are some FAQ that might help you out in your confusion about our son's name :-)

How do you pronounce it?

We pronounce his name as [key-an] or [kee-an], with the stress on the first syllable [key], and the second part, [an] pronounced more or less like the a in France, but shorter.

What does it mean?

Actually, we don't know well what it means, and we don't give so much importance to what names probably mean.
According to yeahbaby.com, it means "little king"

Is this name popular in Belgium, Brazil, or anywhere else?

Don't know, it looks like it's uncommon in Belgium and very uncommon in Brazil. I found some ranking information:

223rd - as a boy's name in Belgium (2004)
226th - as a boy's name in Belgium (2005)
273rd - as a boy's name in Canada (BC) (2005)
380th - as a boy's name in Belgium (2003)
457th - as a boy's name in Belgium (2002)
526th - as a boy's name in Australia (NSW) (1998)
537th - as a boy's name in Australia (NSW) (1997)
720th - as a girl's name in Australia (NSW) (2000)

The name also appears to be used as a boy's first name in South-East Asia.
And there's an American actor, called Kyan Douglas.

Some web-sites of other Kyans:
http://mysonkyan.wordpress.com/
http://oursonkyan.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/noulakaz/sets/72157594503569091/

He's hearing well

2007-07-19T15:40:00.000+02:00

Today we went with Kyan to the local health centre (Kind & Gezin) for a hearing test, which is standard for newborn babies. His hearing is fine. So is his weight. He's now 4,28 kg (he put on 400 g in 10 days!) and he's 51 cm tall.
Andréa's condition is improving as well, the wound of the cesarian is curing bit by bit. Yesterday, we went for a walk at the recreational nature domain Blaarmeersen and Kyan slept all the way. He enjoys riding in his pram. He sleeps all the time and doesn't mind the shaking of the pram on the bumpy pathway.

Kyan is getting more active. He's staying awake for longer periods and somtimes he doesn't want to sleep, even when tired, keeping us out of our sleep as wel:-)

I have added a new album to his photo collection.

One week later

2007-07-15T17:29:00.000+02:00

Kyan is almost two weeks old now, and he's over a week at home. He's happy and doing very well.

The Gentse Feesten, the 10-day festival in the centre of Gent, started yesterday, and we had a stroll in Gent with Kyan.

Today it's very hot. We'll take advantage of the sunny weather and have another walk in Gent. (tomorrow, they forecast rain again...)

Arrival at home

2007-07-08T23:31:00.000+02:00

Yesterday (Saturday) around noon, Andréa and Kyan left the hospital. Kyan enjoyed his first car trip, sleeping like an angel. Once at home, he kept sleeping for the next four hours! Andréa and I took advantage to have a good nap as well. It looked as if the three of us were so relaxed to be at home that we could catch up with the sleep we had been missing in the hospital.
Kyan slept nearly the whole day yesterday, and even last night, we all had a good sleep! Kyan seems to feel very comfortable at home.
And Mariska is quite relaxed as well. She's still wondering what is moving and making noise in that little bed, but she's not too stressed about it.

Now that I'm back at home, I have found some time to upload more pictures of Kyan in my picase web albums: http://picasaweb.google.com/pascal1703

And I have also uploaded a movie clip on YouTube:

Enjoy :-)

Preparing to go home

2007-07-06T21:36:00.000+02:00

Andréa and Kyan are going home tomorrow (Saturday)! Andréa is recovering well. Of course, it will take time before she's able to do everything, the cut of the cesarian needs to heal. But she'll be in good hands at home, with her husband and mum by her side :-)

Kyan is happy that his mother now produces more milk than in the first days, because he's a hungry boy.

Daddy Pascal and grandma Vera are preparing the house and our cat Mariska is anxiously waiting to see the new member of the family :-)

Ok, now I have to leave to spend the last night in the hospital...

Three days old

2007-07-05T13:45:00.000+02:00

Kyan is three days old and he's doing very fine and so are we. Andréa is recovering well from the surgery. She's happy she can eat again and she is now able to get up from her bed.

I am rushing from one place to another to get everything arranged. Of course we don't sleep much, but it's so full on that we forget we're tired :-).

A lot of people are visiting Kyan in the hospital, including godmother Sabien and godfather Lieven.

We get a lot of cute clothes for Kyan (boy's clothes :)).

Thanks everyone for visiting us, for your presents, for your cards, for your messages (which currently remain mostly unanswered, we need some time to catch up...)

Muito obrigrado, todo mundo, por suas messagens. A gente vai responder, mas agora não tem muito tempo, é a gente não tem internet no hospital...

Mercie iedereen voor julder gelukwensen en berichtjes. Oltied welkom om nuze kléèn te komn bekieken. Toet in 'n droai :)

Nobody believes it's a boy :-)

2007-07-03T16:32:00.001+02:00

Day two of Kyan's life. He's a very peaceful and active baby. He hardly screams, but he's quite active, making funny faces and noises and moving with his strong arms and legs.

Everyone is surprised it is a boy. So were we, because the doctors were convinced it would be a girl. Although a big surprise, we are so happy with our little boy! He appears very healthy, since the first minute of his life.

I added a picture for the non-believers so they can see it's a boy ;-) This picture was taken in the surgery room, when he was just born.

02 July 2007 - 16:41 Kyan is born!

2007-07-02T22:56:00.001+02:00

This afternoon, Andréa and Pascal became the happy parents of a son, Kyan.
He's strong an healthy, weights 4,085 kg and is 49,5 cm tall.

Doesn't he look cute?! :-)

Andréa is currently recuperating from the cesarian.