Friday update

Wow… I look at our blog and see its ages since I posted anything. The year has started quite peacefully and only a few bad colds to mark the calendar. Even Liam had one, which he seemed to shrug-off with out any big fuss. Hannah came back from England at Christmas and had decided not return to continue with her University course in Manchester. She’s decided she wants to consider a new University course after the summer, probably somewhere in Sweden. She’s started working part time and plans to fill in the gap to the summer with this.
One of Caroline’s friends from Cologne, Christiane, came to stay for a long weekend at the end of January. Being a painter herself, she was very interested in all the arty things in Stockholm, so we visited some art galleries with her. She also found her way around very competently and visited several of her selected locations on her own. Liam joined us on a trip to Millesgården, which is his third arty outing to date. He’s really into art and managed to stay awake long enough to see at least the first two or three exhibits before falling asleep again in the carrier.

Liam is now 4 months old and is simply the cutest baby ever. He’s almost always happy and quick to smile when he sees you. He’s still very interested in everything going on around him, especially what’s behind him and can twist his head in all directions to get a look at whatever’s captivating his attention. On his changing table he’s always fun and talking and playing with Mrs Cow, who he can now grab him self to chew. It’s fascinating watching him with his dummy, which he now passes from one hand to the other and turns until he gets it the right way round to fit in his mouth. He still doesn’t seem to understand the point in legs and doesn’t appear to be very interested in his feet. He kicks them and wiggles his toes, but he can’t reach them himself yet. I guess there is no rush and plenty of time for him to get the hang of them later on. He’s also sleeping really well at night, which is a relief.

This close-up was taken in the gallery at Millesgården.