Fall and sickness

During these last few weeks we have been battling all sorts of sicknesses at home.  From a common cold to teething and a stomach bug, it seems that we can't catch a break! Nico has been feeling down and we are doing the best we can to keep him healthy, but being in touch with so many kids at daycare only increases the amount of viruses he is exposed to.

It hasn't helped that it got cold and dark really fast here in Norway.  The days are really short and we have been lucky to see the sun maybe three days this month.  Rain and clouds surround us and we are all longing for some sunshine again.

I have been at home with Nico more days than at school this month.  That means that i'm a bit behind on transcribing interviews and analyzing my data.  I am going to have to be extra efficient when Nico feels better.

Today me and Nico had a stay-at-home day.  Since he's been too sick to go to daycare, I postponed school and we spent the day reading books, watching cartoons and napping.  We took a walk to catch some fresh air and we were pleasantly surprised by some fall sunshine.  I had to take pictures of him since its been so long since we had nice weather.  So here they are!

For Halloween this year Nico was a Ninja Turtle.  We celebrated with a group of international mothers in Oslo and also with our neighbors.  I couldn't take a picture of Nico on the actual party because it was outdoors and completely dark.  So I took a picture of him in his second costume:

It has taken about an hour for me to write this post because this sick baby keeps waking up.  It really sucks to have a sick kid and not be able to offer much help.  He doesn't understand why he feels that way and there is nothing I can do now but cuddle him and help him back to sleep.  It's going to be another long night.

A few interesting things that happened this month:

-First hair cut
-Top teeth appeared, finally!
-Learned how to say "moo" like a cow
-Second visit to the emergency room
-We got tickets to Ecuador! We're coming all of January 2015 :)