Janice and Sharin's Wedding

Development...

We now have a very quick crawler at home. The little man has also learnt how to stand up against almost anything and the first step is not very far away. Exciting times for mamma and pappa who keep the camera close to hand at all times!
Noah's vocabulary has expanded a little the last two weeks and "pa pa" is now a frequent word. I have picked up that he also says "atte" for "vatten" (water in Swedish), and yesterday he also made mormor very, very emotional as he called her "mo mo".

For the parents, we are now quite busy as cricket season has commenced. We have also started a little side project (more will be revealed in the near future) which we are very excited about. Other than that, we are enjoying our visitors from Sweden and try to make the most of the time while Noah's grandparents are here.

Time to celebrate!

Last Tuesday, Noah's mormor & morfar arrived from Sweden. What a first week, with stormy weather and lots of rain! Luckily, they were jet lagged so we took it easy the first couple of days. But this Sunday we had a gorgeous clear blue sky when family and friends gathered for a relaxed BBQ at Lake Monger to celebrate my 30'th birthday. Thanks to everyone for all the gifts and best wishes!

4- the magic number!

5 September Noah crawled 4 steps and now he can quickly crawl anywhere he wants. Hence, we are currently childproofing the house and moving everything in his reach.
It's a talkative little chap here at home, now saying 4 words, in Swedish! "Eejjj" for hej (=hello), "nnjää" for nej (=no), "ma ma" for mamma (=mummy) & the other word, that he pronounces perfect is "titta" (=look). We are sure that this vocabulary will grow quite quickly very soon, as my parents are flying in from Sweden next week!

Refreshing

On Skype with mormor and morfarBrushing teeth

Lunch in the garden

Nam nam

Ticklish

After a few weeks of slow internet connection, we are finally back in business. Lets celebrate with lots of laughter...

Good News Week

Good news #1: I received my PR (Permanent Resident visa) today!!!
I'm allowed to stay Down Under until 2013 on this visa. And in a year I'm also eligible to apply for citizenship, which if granted means that I'm a "Aussie" and the visa hassle is gone forever, good stuff!

Good news #2: Noah took a first step towards a crawl today. Well done bub!

Good news #3: Noah got his first two teeth on Friday 22 August. Both at the same time, ouch!

Good news #4: We have finally decided to get a second car, so we've been to a couple of auctions this week.

Good news #5: All laundry got done today, thank God for child labour... ;-)

Uploading a couple of pics sharing what funny business we've been up to lately.

Jolly Jumper

Today we went to Babyland and bought a Jolly Jumper. Babies can start using them from the age of 3 months until when they start walking so considering Noah is already 7,5 months old, it is a "late" buy. But since he has lots of energy and only cat naps during the day, this is a great way of tiring him out. We were right, it was a very tired man that went to bed tonight after plenty of fun in the Jumper. What amazed us is how quickly Noah figured out how to enjoy his latest toy, within minutes he jumped away! Check out the video below :-).