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Oliver in 2003

Note! The main page with current pictures is here and the pictures from other years are here: 2002, 2003, and 2004.

News

Sun. 5 Sept.:

Again a long wait for new pictures...

Summer was great. Lots of good weather so Oliver could be in shorts and t-shirts and without his hated sock for three months.

Since July he is now walking and his climbing skills are improving as well, so there are few places left safe from him.

Sat. 5 Jul.:

A few new pictures. Oliver is enjoying the good weather -- if you look cloesely, you'll see that we have given up on socks for the moment.

He is now almost walking. He will already do one or two steps freely if on the other side a soft sofa is waiting for him to plunge into.

Sat. 14 Jun.:

Oops. Again a long time since the last update. Lots of new pictures

Oliver is now almost 10 months old. He started crawling last week but only crawls to the next place where he can get up and walk along a wall or chair - he likes it much more to walk around than to crawl. Shouldn't be much longer until he walks unaided. We are starting to frantically secure the house.

We started to mover older things from 2003 into a separate page to keep this page bearably short.

Sat. 8 Mar.:

Sorry, Vicky has been scanning in pictures but I haven't put them up... ther is a bigger batch of new pictures now (Gesine: three new ones with you in the December section.).

Mon. 13 Jan.:

Oliver will be 5 months soon. He has started to eat solids and enjoys his bland vegetables and fruits. Last week he was just over 9kg (20 lb), i.e. he has doubled his birth weight.

Pictures from January

Oliver fashions some of his gifts

Another pressie (the yellow suit); this time from the Indicii Salus folks. Yellow-1 Yellow-5 Yellow-6 Yellow-7
Red-1 Red-2 Oliver finally fits into the suit from James and Andrea.

Other pics:

Oliver in his new cot. InBed2 InBed3 InBed4 InBed6
Oliver and Mama Oliver and Mama

You might also want to have a look at the pictures with Oliver and Louisa.

Pictures from February

Oliver learns to sit properly and practices his standing up.

Ready for the party. PartyBoy CoolDude
studious OnHisChair Starting early for his PhD...
Yummy fingers fingersucking Lumberjack
Standing Bear Sitting Teddy Showing off his teddy bear suit
Look! I can sit on a swing! Swing Swing Swing
OliverAndAlex Oliver and his friend Alex
Yeah! Winter's over! Park

Pictures from March

Enjoying the nice weather outside Cutie
Oliver & Alex With Louisa Oliver visiting friends: Alex and Louisa
Sheep riding at Rob's and Donna's I'm not Welsh
Shropshire Papa Shifnal Visiting the rellies in Shropshire
When Oma and Opa came for a visit he was spoilt with attention With Oma and Opa Guy, tell me that tractor joke again!
Rice cake Look, Oma and Opa brought me this nice cage, eh play pen!
A cutie with and without clothes hat Smart bath
Mucky chops Still working on the table manners...
Oliver is a frequent visitor at the Redshaw's Visiting Louisa With Louisa

Pictures from April

For Easter we went to the Cotswolds on a short holiday.

Good Friday was the best day and we did a long walk. (Well, two of us walked and one didn't.) Hiking1 Hiking2 resting Hiking3 Cotswolds
Cotswolds Sunday was already cooler but the Cotswolds are pretty anyway

Pictures from May

Intercontinental guests: Sid and Karolina (who still haven't sent us copies of their pictures). Sid & Karolina
Brown bread Brown bread Bread is one of his favourite foods. He eats it and wears it.
Look! I can stand! Standing

In May we had our 2 week holiday in Germany.

Waiting for the ferry, our spare driver became impatient Driving
Ferry Ferry Balls Having fun on the ferry
Not only Fynn and Ineke like to ride on Fifi Fifi
Motorway rest Taking a break on our way to the Spreewald.
Being spoit by Oma and Opa again... Spreewald Spreewald Spreewald 05
Spreewald Spreewald Spreewald Spreewald ... meanwhile Mama and Papa are having a good time as well
In the evening we all met up again at Oma's and Opa's trailer. Spreewald Spreewald
Spreewald Why do we even bother to put socks on his feet?
From the Spreewald we travelled to the Thuringian Forest. On the way we visited the Eberleins in Leipzig. Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig
Trusetal view The last part of the trip we stayed in Trusetal in the Thuringian Forest
Oliver liked the appartment, so did we. Trusetal
Wartburg Wartburg view The Wartburg - Luther, Bach and Goethe: Oliver gets his fill of German culture.
(Btw: the ink spot isn't there anymore.)

Back in London, Margarita comes for a visit.

Unpacking the pressies Gabi Oliver & us
Medieval fayre Maedieval fayre Maedieval fayre Visiting the maedieval fayre
Afternoon tea in the garden Vovo visit vovo visit
vovo visit Two cheeses for the camera!

Pictures from June

Hey! That's mine! Mama's son
bib Spoon Spoon Spoon Learning to use a spoon... usually not a pretty sight
Oliver's newest method of locomotion. He sometimes even 'walks' sideways like a crab. monkey
Sleeping Sleeping Sleeping Sometimes we wish we would see this more often...
Mama tells Oliver about the flowers and the bees FlowersBees FlowersBees
June-OhOh Parenting for newbies - today's lesson: Things you thought were safe to play with but aren't (e.g. cereal boxes)
Lisa and Greg came to visit. Oliver got a fire station to play with which he loves (also note thi big bags in the background with other goodies -- it never fails to surprise us, how many different kinds of oreos there are). Greg Greg Lisa Lisa Fire station
Bath time Oliver, eager to get into his bath.
Day out at Willows farm with Margarita, Anne and the children. Tractor racing with the cousins Feeding the goats Push harder!
more fun at Willows,,,
Oliver trying to escape (maybe it's bedtime?). Sprint
Jack, Joshua and Oliver having fun with the cooler Oliver being introduced to proper English holiday head gear At Louisa's naming party. There were lots of children and Oliver loved it even if Papa was the one who got to eat the cake.
Hiking with Lesley, Michelle, Paul and Valery. We were doing walk 52 from the TimeOut book of country walks (Princes Risborough to Wendover Walk) but having to carry Oliver Vicky and Holger did only the second half. Taking a break by the village pond Coombe hill

Pictures from July

I am the boss! Boss clapping Boss
asado 01 Asado walking At the Anglo-Argentine Society's Asado Oliver was practicing hist first steps

In July we also had our holiday in Sweden.

We enjoyed the nice weather on the beach. This was Oliver's first visit to a beach and he wasn't immediately impressed by the water's temperature, but he did enjoy playing in the sand and with his dog Sven. Sweden beach Sweden beach beach Joe cool with his uncool parents
Hovs Hallar The rocky cliffs in Hovs Hallar.
Visiting Fredriksdal museum. Fredriksdal fredriksdal Fredriksdal Fredriksdal
Crayfish Even Oliver had crayfish (and liked it, too)!
Oliver loved the stairs. In Sweden he also learned to walk confidently (and was proud of it!). Stairs cheeky
Soderasen with mama After a long climb in Söderåsen national park.

Pictures from August

The big event in August was Oliver's first birthday for which we had a big party.

Vovo bday vovo
Sandpit with Oma Exploring the new sandpit
Cousins Bella and Gabi... cousins fimbles car bday Bella
bday goodies Party food!
Having fun with birthday boy tumble
NCT friends bday party view bday party view too Oliver's birthday party - view of the garden.
Oliver's birthday cake. bday cake

August, like the other summer months was very hot so Oliver spend lots of time outdoors

A bath in the paddling pool; refreshing after a hot day paddle pool paddle pool
mucky Me a messy eater?
Playing with Fifi Fifi

Pictures from September

In the beginning of September we were in France.

Najac Najac
Oliver and Jack Oliver and Jack - partners in crime
Before leaving we still had a nice day in the Montagne Noire and a good meal. Last meal France Montagne Noire

Other pics from September

Bathtime Bathtime Can't catch the rain... Cutey
Joshua's bday Josua's bday Joshua's birthday party

Pictures from October

Jim visits us With Jim and Papa With Jim
Oli cyclist New Forest New Forest NF tired bunny Long weekend in the New Forest
The only picture from out Kent walk (we did the second half of walk 36) with Michelle, Lesley, and some friends of hers. Kent walk
playground Piggy park Playground Oliver tries out the slides

December 2003

Pre-Xmas celebration with Oma, Opa, Anne and the children. pre-xmas celeb pre xmas
Winter fashion Winter fashion

We spent Christmas in Sweden in Fjällnäs.

Having fun on the sled Sweden brrr Sled Sled
lunchbreak ... and afterwards, warming up inside
Oliver enjoying the delicious food at the hotel (here: smoked reindeer quiche) Scoffing
Skiers Skiers, snowboarder, walkers and sleeper.
December 24th: In the afternoon, Santa paid an early visit at the ski slopes Santa
Sweden 03 Sweden 04 Waiting for Santa
Santa brought a present! Sweden
With Andy, Paula Recovering after the good Christmas dinner
Group pictures Sweden group Sweden Sinclair group
Sweden hotel Our hotel
One night we went on a sleigh ride (in Norway!) Sweden sleigh ride
Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden In the Funäsdalen museum they had a great play area.