Now we are 6

In the week that Liam turned 6 weeks old, the weather here in Stockholm also turned, as it did in most of Europe. Temperatures dropped and by Friday night the snow had started and by Saturday morning we had 20cm of snow on the ground. Our morning view from the kitchen was transformed to one of winter. “Yippee snow” said Liam. Well that’s what he would have said if he could talk, and if he actually knew what snow was, which I doubt he does. Caroline’s friend Andrea from Cologne was staying with us for the weekend, so she also had a pleasant surprise when she woke up on Saturday morning. We drove to Djurgården and went to a gallery to see an exhibition of Swedish art from around the 1900’s. Liam is into art too. He spends a lot of time looking at Caroline’s paintings in our flat. By the way he studies them and the look on his face, I’m not sure he fully understands them yet. Anyway, he was quite interested in the paintings in the gallery, at least until the 3rd room, when he fell asleep. Art can be very tiring sometimes. The adults enjoyed all the paintings and stayed awake. We then all went on to a well known café next to the gallery for lunch. The snow picture below is taken in the garden, with Liam in the baby carrier. Now 6 weeks old, Liam started smiling in a big way. He really enjoys looking into your face and then he smiles and makes small cooing noises, which is his way of talking. Sometimes he can tell a whole story!

First snow of the year

Liam Smiles