8 months and Easter

Nico, you are now 8 months and 4 days old! In this month you became officially mobile.  You army-crawl all around the house, but your favorite places to explore are the kitchen and under the dinning table. We have had to adjust our wire-systems because cables really attract your curious eyes. Out of all your toys, you prefer none.  It is much more fun to play with wooden spoons, mommy's hair brush and key holder. You learned how to clap, pull yourself from furniture and dance on your knees. Mommy and Daddy are extremely proud of you and love you with all their hearts.

This month also marked the end of my classes.  Now I am spending my days at home with you while dad goes to work full time.  I am extremely grateful that you could spend so much time bonding with your daddy, but I am really happy to be the one that gets to be with you all day. I am planning on starting to write for my research project, but for now i'll just enjoy being only a mom for a little while. 

During Easter we went to Helsinki to visit some friends and have a little vacation. We got to stay at a cool hotel with cracking floors that kept us tip-toeing around to not disturb the baby.  We saw some very cool buildings and ate amazing food including Norwegian salmon ;) 

We also took Nico to the Helsinki Sea Life aquarium to see fish, sharks and other creatures.  He really enjoyed it.

Octopus

The Elevator

Sea Horse is funny

Cool baby

We had a safe flight home and then we all slept a long long nap.  This week has been filled with beautiful weather.  Nico strolled in a big boy stroller without his winter suit for the first time! He was very interested in playing with his bare feet.  We are loving Spring!