Sorry this isn’t giving you news of Bean Sprouts arrival, she apparently has her own schedule going. As of this morning’s doctor’s appointment, everything is just fine – Bean Sprout is just not ready to come out yet! So the plan now is to have the same type of monitoring and test on Saturday morning at the hospital, if nothing else has happened during the week. They won’t know the next step until the see the results of the test on Saturday.
Today we are trying to get the last of the paperwork together in order to get Bean Sprout’s birth certificate, when she decides to join us. We had hopped that my residency visa would have come in last week, but it did not, so I have to go to the Mayor’s office and try and get some sort of special affidavit of my residency here. The Swiss have perfected the bureaucratic system! Firmenich is sending someone to help me in this process, since it is not part of the usual procedures, I’m sure my 50 word French vocabulary won’t be able to get the job done.
So in an effort to keep ourselves busy while we were waiting this weekend, we did a bit of Christmas window shopping and saw some Geneva history celebrations. This weekend reenacted the events of a 1602 defeat of Savoyard troops, which were trying to invade the city of Geneva. The legend has it that La Mere Royaume (a stout-hearted housewife) reportedly poured hot soup, followed by the Marmite (caldron) onto the invaders heads. There were lots of folks dressed up in period costumes – and of course every street vendor was selling hot wine! Melissa started rating them! It is in what they call the “old city”, which has lots of secret passageways and such that are only opened up for this weekend’s events. It is also -2 C right now, with a strong Bris (the blustery winds that come down the Alps and across the lake!) – Basically it’s really cold! ;-)
We also went over to a friend’s house on Sunday evening to welcome her 10 day old baby girl. It was a nice time and I had hopped that holding the new born, would help motivate Bean Sprout to come out and play – no such luck.
We did confirm our new flat and our move date. We get the keys to the new place on 12/15! It is a different flat then we had been originally assigned, but it has the washer & dryer hook-ups - which we decided were essential with a new baby in the house. It is a bit smaller, but that also makes it a bit cheaper too! The movers will move in our things from storage on 12/20 and unpack everything the same day. We are not sure what day they will be moving the things from this flat. Melissa is also supposed to get the new leased car tomorrow. I was not on the rental contract, so I had not been doing any of the driving so far. I am on the lease contract, so I will be able to have the car now, when I need it.
I guess that is all for now. Best of luck to John on his interview this week – we’ll be thinking of you! Love ~ K
