Now he can voice himself

Yesterday, Matthias made his first reall sounds. It's a Bu sound with lots and lots of spit. Experts say babies master saying Ba ba, Mama and Dada first. I'm hoping he says mama first. I think my heart would break if he says Dada. Even though it often happens this way mothers still feel like they're the ones that spend the most time with the little one and most of that time is spent repeating the word mama over and over again in the hopes of making it stick.
Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see. My baby is on a roll and the way things are going now, he'll never stop :)

In Norway

Haukur was in Norway last weekend, because his grandfather on this fathers side was sick and in hospital. It had been a long time since Haukur last saw his grandfather and was glad to have spoken to him. Even though I have never met him, my heart goes out to him and to the rest of the family.


Haukur and his grandmother Didda


Haukur and his dad Halfdan


Haukur and his sisters Johanna and Herdís

Look at me, I'm eating

Matthias' first spoonfull of food. Boy what a mess.

Happy Birthday Dad

Happy birthday dad
I really wish we could have been there to celebrate this with you. We'll just have to wait till Christmas. Mean while, enjoy your blank cheque:)
Hugs and kisses
Matthias, Haukur and Me

5 Months old and eating

I know it has been too long and everyone is getting angry with me for not writing. So here goes. Matthias is now 5 months old and starting to eat solids. We started off with one teaspoon of rice porridge. That seems so little, but for babies it was enough. That night, boy did we suffer. Matthias kept waking up every hour and would not go back to sleep. It was hardest on, because I had to do all the waking up and feeding. Well at least I knew I could wake Haukur up if need be. Things only seemed to get worse in the days that followed. But the worst was when Haukur had to go to Norway for the weekend and for the first time in 5 months I had to take care of Matthias solo. The second night Haukur was away, Matthias decided that he would wake up every half hour and scream bloody murder. This continued till 5 in the morning. Oh how I long for the days where he sleeps through the night. With my luck, that won't happen till he's a year old.:)

Since we started feeding Matthias porridge, he is also starting to eat some fruits and veggies. Let me tall you, that is not a pretty sight.
Yesterday was Matthias' 5 month vaccinations and he was so brave. Didn't cry, just smiled and laughed like it was nothing. The only troubling news was that he is still under the average weight for babies his age. He weighs 6150g and is 63cm. Everyone says he is going to be tall and skinny like his daddy, thank god, because I'm short and round:).