Crawling in Luzern

Well, just a few minutes after my last post, Jack woke up from his nap and began crawling!  In fairness to him, he has been crawling backwards now for months but has not had any interest in going forward.  I don't know if it was the carpet, being in Swiss country, or a little encouragement but he decided it was time.  Some pics of Jack crawling in Luzern.....

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

 Jack's crawl is a little less of a normal crawl and more of a crawl on all fours.  He is trying to stand up by himself.  The only problem now is that the little guy now is having a hard time sleeping because if he can't automatically fall asleep he gets up and sits and starts to play in his crib and then can't wind down.

Thursday, Jack and I played in the house because it rained all day and prepared for our day trip on Friday. The surgeon that Carl works with was out of town on Friday, and Carl had set up time to visit with one of associates in Luzern, Switzerland.  Luzerne (Lucerne to the French) is a lake side resort town that is about 45 minute train ride from Zurich.  Carl left on the early train that morning for work.

On the tram going to the main station for Luzern

Just arrived in Luzern

There is a beautiful wooden covered bridge across to the Old town with colorful flowers across

Us walking on the bridge

Just getting to the other side of the bridge for lunch

Look at the beautiful gold ornate pieces of the building

The Alps

The flowers across the bridge.  When you walk under the bridge, there are beautiful drawings and stories of the Saints from Luzern

Jack and I spent the day exploring Luzern. It has a touristy type feel but its truly beautiful.  The lake and mountains are stunning, and you feel like you are looking at a picture.

Many of the old homes had beautiful drawings on the side of the buildings.

  

Daddy finished with work!

Stopping at a local cafe

At a neat little restaurant near the water

Having so much fun with Daddy

So happy he is done with work!

On the train ride home. Jack LOVES climbing on the chairs in the tram and the trains

My Guys!

We don't have a real highchair in Zurich.  Jack loves to eat on the floor.  He makes such a MESS!

Look at his sweatshirt!

Playing with some pots and pans

Daddy studied the next day.  As a treat, we went to a close by fondue restaurant.  It was a very cozy place.

Daddy taking a picture of Mommy

The fondue restaurant was called Chasstube.  We chose the most popular option of vacherin and raclette cheeses.  It was decadent.

Jack and Mommy having fun

SO Happy!

We loved Luzern so much that we decided to go back for a weekend afternoon.  Since Jack and I had already spent a day exploring, we were the tour guides for Daddy.  

We found this great park.  Jack LOVES the swings.  I can't wait to get him one back in the U.S.

Daddy pushes him higher 

Tired after the swings

But then we found the ducky that bounced and he got his second wind!

Dad helping Jack hold on

This is the view from the playground.  The Swiss are very into nature.  Everyone here has flower and vegetable gardens, and love to be outside.

Showing Jack how to smell the flowers

Dad went to get us a great lunch.  We had a picnic in the park, and surprised me with a great bottle of Vino Nobile from Italy

After lunch, we sat on the park bench and looked out. 

Other side of the view from the bench

I had wanted to go up to the top of the mountain but it was quite foggy....maybe another day before we leave

Jack, Mommy and some vino nobile!