3 months

Nico is turning 3 months tomorrow! He is growing up way too fast. I already miss the days when he was a tiny little newborn that weighed less than 4kg.  Now he is more alert and likes to play and talk to us.  He has become really good at holding his head up, even if he only tolerates it for a few minutes at the time.
His favorite things are: his baby gym that was a gift from my exchange family in Minneapolis, and his spanish book that was a gift from my sister.

Eli the rattle

Cuenta cosas por ahi, por alla...

Tomorrow is the actual date of Nico´s third month-versary... but I did his pictures today since we got up early and the light was beautiful in the morning.  He was smiling despite the bad night he had after getting his vaccinations yesterday. He is such a brave little one! Here are some of my favorites from the shoot:

I was also able to take one of him holding his head up! With the help of daddy´s entertainment :)

After we wrapped up with the photo shoot, Nico took a lovely nap and started feeling better.  His post-vaccine fever is down and he is a happy boy again.  I have to use his nap-times very efficiently since I have to get my readings done.

I am currently looking for research topics to be able to write my proposal.  I am very interested in working in the Galapagos islands again, so we might turn into an adventurous family next year. Right now I am going to bake our (barely) famous peanut butter cupcakes to take to my night lecture/dinner.  This is the recipe we use and they always turn out great!

From: http://slowrobot.com/i/39918

Finally, let me leave you today with a piece of baby art.  I started painting this when I was pregnant, but the smell of acrylic made me nauseous.  Thankfully, a really nice Minnesotan stepped up and helped me finish it.  This is how it ended up looking: 

That´s all for today.  Now back to those books before the babe wakes up!