This is the first post of the New Year and the first post on the new domain - googee.org. I know, it lookes awfully like google, but no, it has nothing to do with it (actually googee.com is owned by google; I guess it helps with all those typos...). goo and gee are the first sounds our son has made, and is still making when talking to his animals and his hands, on occasion.

This year I counted down to the new year together with my parents. So why is this special, you ask? Because my parents live 9 (nine) time zones away. Thinking about the time zones always makes me sad because it reminds me of how far away we live. When I want to call my mom to tell her that her (only) grnadson has learned how to grab things with both his hands, I realize that it's the middle of the night there, because they are 9 hours ahead of us. But this time it was actually nice. I called them from the beach at 10 minutes before midnight their time, and I actually could get through and we counted down together. Over the phone, but I still felt close to them...

Happy New Year everybody. And lets hope for no earthquakes, big waves, fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural (and other, not so natural) disasters...