Is winter really here already?

Uuugggghhhhh.....winter.

Todays weather forcast showed that the first minus tempuratures and, this is the depressing bit, snow, are creeping ever closer to us here in central Oslo.
(Those of you who have been here might remember that Gardermoen is where the airpot is, about 45km away.)
I supose we should consider ourselves lucky really, compared to others in Norway it really is relatively mild in Oslo.
Still.... even without minus temperatures it was a real cold day today this meant we had to break out the winter woolies for the first time.

 
 
 
Maud is back to her best after being poorly this week but still she needed to wrap up warm.....she would probably be toasty warm even if the temperature fell to -50 in this outfit.
No prizes for guessing who knitted this for her!

 
Cold weather means getting the fire going in our flat too, yes, we are lucky enough to have a real fireplace and even luckier for us Maud's grandfather spends his summer chopping wood so we can be warm in winter. 

Alive and kicking

After a quiet day at home yesterday Maud finally realised that she was pretty much well again at about midnight and was determined to share her rediscovered verve with us until about 2:30am.

Maud would setlle for no less than a full english breakfast this morning.

  

The (half) English patient

Maud is poorly!

8 months of life and Maud has her first real bad day.
Half an hour crying just before we were going to go out yesterday afternoon really isn't like Maud at all.
So a quick temperature check showed 38.5 ....Oh
a couple of hours later and its risen to 39.2 ....Oh, time to break out the paracetamol.
4 o'clock feed went down without a problem, and then came straight back up again with all the rest of the days food in tow, i never knew a babies stomach could hold soooooo much. Maud is officially sick.
Still, the paracetamol seems to be working and she is down to 38.6 and not looking quite so bad as before.
A couple of hours later and Maud starts burning up, 39.4 and crying again ...eek, and we can't give her any more paracetamol. A trip down the doctors revealed nothing serious amiss, but she wouldn't drink and wouldn't eat so not much else to do other than wait, give her another paracetamol, put her to bed and let her sleep it off.

As before Maud gets my place in the bed and i get the living room floor.

Today shows a much improved little Maud, hungry as a bear but still not tip top, until i got the camera out......


 
 
 
  

DIY

Maud still isn't so keen on letting any body else brush her teeth, I quite agree, if you want a job doing properly you have to do it yourself.

 
  

Up, up and away

OK, it's time for some serious tidying up in our flat now as Maud is now reaching previously unreachable territory.
She managed to get here by herself.

 
  

Getting out and about

Plenty more meeting and greeting this week too....

a party on Satuday,

 
Nina tells Ylva and Maud a story.

 
Maud tries to fit in with the big kids and watches childrens TV.

 

Maud had her mates round for a chin wag on Wednesday,

 

and we took a long walk uo to my work (in the pouring rain) on Friday.

Maud meets Mona. 

The hungry caterpillar

We have now reached the stage where nothing is safe from Mauds grabby little hands and this is how she gets about, not so much of a crawl but more of a cross between a breakdance and a caterpillar shuffle....still very effective though.

Upwardly mobile

Despite carrying lots of extra weight these days Maud manages to get around quite well and as uncle Tim pointed out last week, Maud keeps her eyes firmly fixed on the prize at all times.

Weigh in

I know, i know.
It's been a whole week since my last blog posting, it was difficult to get computer time with Auntie Sarah and Uncle Tim both needing their 'fix' of computer nerd time last week, oh erm, and my hard disk was full too...Doh.

Up bright and early this morning for a 9:00 am appointment at the clinic, another vaccination and and Maud's 8 month control.... I know she strictly speaking isn't 8 months old until tomorrow but who didn't lie about their age when they were small?
Come on, you all remember saying you were 10 when you were really only 9¾

Anyhow Maud's new vital stats are
Weight: 8.2kg (about 13lb 10oz)
Length: 69cm
Head circumference: 43.6cm

Everything else fine and dandy despite having me as her father....amazing.

 
little 'wing nut' Maud
 

Maud getting measured. 

Maud and her public

Maud meets two of her biggest fans at the same time, Auntie Sarah and Uncle Tim.

Maud knows when she is on to a good thing, she gets all the attention and gets presents too.

 
 
 
  

Maud pulls the strings

Maud still has time for her mum and dad though.



 
If i pull this string will these two lazy bones get up and play?
 
Nope, nothing happening.....
 
so i'll just have to pull harder.
  

Afternoon tea

It's been a busy few days for Maud, she loves getting visitors and spends her days hanging out at the hippest places in town.

 
 
 
  

Family portrait

Today is our anniversary..... yes really, it is 10 years ago today since mine and Silje's eyes met across a crowded, smokey dancefloor in a nightclub in Manchester called 42nd Street, the rest as they say, is history.

To mark this momentus occasion i thought it would be nice to take a family portrait just to show how grown up a we have become, i should have known better.

Our Family.

 
 
 
  

Teeth cleaning

Maud has another gleaming new tooth poking through her gums so she does her best to keep them clean.

Auntie training, day 3

After yesterdays water adventure Sarah was now ready to see how Maud looked soaking wet.

 
Not sure she was so pleased with the service here......

 

but this seems more fun. 

Autumn

The first real autumn day today, great for a trip out to Sognsvann
We managed to stay dry today too.

Big news today was that Maud got her third tooth, an upper one this time, more photos in due course when there is actually something to see.