Bad habit

Hmmm, getting to be a bit of a bad habit this. I always seem to be playing catch up with blog entries these days, i honestly thought that a teeny tiny little baby would be more work than a 9 month old but that just aint the case, Maud is no longer happy with amusing herself as much as she was and she moves around so fast these days that i can't turn my back for a second and it's this which causes the blogging backlog.
So what else is new around here...

Competition for cuddle time with Silje is becoming a bit of a battle between Pireus and Maud now and neither is particularly willing to give way.

 


 
It's rained and rained the last few days so much in fact that the river through the city has burst its banks in a few places. The ducks don't seem to mind though.

 
In anticipation of high waters Maud donned her diving helmet.

 

Luckily we were safe up on the fourth floor so Maud got back to chewing her book. 

Book worm

Don't worry Maud doesn't always chew her books in fact she loves reading stuff and will happily sit still for a good few minutes reading with somebody.

 
 
 
  

Roll with it

Well at last Maud has mastered the art of rolling over from her back to her front. This really should have happened a long long time ago (well according to all the baby user manuals i've been reading anyway) and i remember blogging saying that it would be anyday now way back in June.
Just shows you what i know........ anyhow she missed out this step somewhere along the way and she really wasn't happy being put on her back knowing full well that if she was on her front she could scoot off where she pleased. So after a bit of intensive roll over training she has now got it and our last remaining hope of her being still in one place disappeared too. Ho hum.

Kitchen (the sequel)

Well, guessed you'd all forgotten about my marathon kitchen build in the summer hadn't you ....(how could you?)
I just know you've all missed these fascinating tales of daring, on the edge DIY escapades....... No?... Oh.
Well you may remember that i never got it finished and since then things have stopped ....still......for a long time.
Well on sunday battle recommenced and i geared up for a tiling session. The window of opportunity was small only 3 hours to get it done from the time Silje and Maud left the flat to when the footy began (United v Chelsea for you not in the know)
Don't be fooled by it's messy appearance, it isn't finished yet, they are stuck to the wall but the grouting is still missing.


 
  

Tricky slippers

Auntie Sarah requested more video footage....so as i always do what my big sister tells me.......... here is more.
Maud really gets around fast these days, she even has time for a little wave once shes up.
Nobody likes a show off Maud.

Oslowood

Our backyard has become a film set.
NRK (the Norwegian equivalent of the BBC) are filming a couple of scenes for a childrens drama series in our and our neighbours back yards.
They picked a lousy day to start though, pesky cold and raining.
You really don't realise how much work and how many people go into making something like this until you see it for yourself. The few scenes they are shooting are probably only a couple of minutes long but this is going to take 2 days.
As the pictures show there is mostly lots of faffing about (a technical term in the film industry i'm sure) and a few seconds of filming.

 
 
 
 
and for all of you who don't give a hoot about NRK and their filming here is a picture of Maud. 

World of Maud

Not much new in the world of Maud recently, except to say that we are now all fit and healthy again after the last couple of weeks illness.
Just the usual everyday things happening.

Out and about ...
 


 

Lunch time....
 
Vist from Ylva
 
Oslo in the winter sun.