Note! The main page with current pictures is here and the pictures from other years are here: 2002, 2003, and 2004.
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.
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.
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.
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.).
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.
Oliver fashions some of his gifts
Another pressie (the yellow suit); this time from the Indicii Salus folks. | |
Oliver finally fits into the suit from James and Andrea. |
Other pics:
Oliver in his new cot. | |
Oliver and Mama |
You might also want to have a look at the pictures with Oliver and Louisa.
Oliver learns to sit properly and practices his standing up.
Ready for the party. | |
Starting early for his PhD... | |
Yummy fingers | |
Showing off his teddy bear suit | |
Look! I can sit on a swing! | |
Oliver and his friend Alex | |
Yeah! Winter's over! |
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.) | |
Sunday was already cooler but the Cotswolds are pretty anyway |
Intercontinental guests: Sid and Karolina (who still haven't sent us copies of their pictures). | |
Bread is one of his favourite foods. He eats it and wears it. | |
Look! I can stand! |
In May we had our 2 week holiday in Germany.
Back in London, Margarita comes for a visit.
Unpacking the pressies | |
Visiting the maedieval fayre | |
Afternoon tea in the garden | |
Two cheeses for the camera! |
Hey! That's mine! | |
Learning to use a spoon... usually not a pretty sight | |
Oliver's newest method of locomotion. He sometimes even 'walks' sideways like a crab. | |
Sometimes we wish we would see this more often... | |
Mama tells Oliver about the flowers and the bees | |
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). | |
Oliver, eager to get into his bath. | |
Day out at Willows farm with Margarita, Anne and the children. | |
more fun at Willows,,, | |
Oliver trying to escape (maybe it's bedtime?). | |
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. |
I am the boss! | |
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. | |
The rocky cliffs in Hovs Hallar. | |
Visiting Fredriksdal museum. | |
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!). | |
After a long climb in Söderåsen national park. |
The big event in August was Oliver's first birthday for which we had a big party.
Vovo | |
Exploring the new sandpit | |
Cousins Bella and Gabi... | |
Party food! | |
Having fun with birthday boy | |
Oliver's birthday party - view of the garden. | |
Oliver's birthday 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 | |
Me a messy eater? | |
Playing with Fifi |
In the beginning of September we were in France.
Najac | |
Oliver and Jack - partners in crime | |
Before leaving we still had a nice day in the Montagne Noire and a good meal. |
Other pics from September
Bathtime | |
Joshua's birthday party |
Jim visits us | |
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. | |
Oliver tries out the slides |
Pre-Xmas celebration with Oma, Opa, Anne and the children. | |
Winter fashion |
We spent Christmas in Sweden in Fjällnäs.
Having fun on the sled | |
... and afterwards, warming up inside | |
Oliver enjoying the delicious food at the hotel (here: smoked reindeer quiche) | |
Skiers, snowboarder, walkers and sleeper. | |
December 24th: In the afternoon, Santa paid an early visit at the ski slopes | |
Waiting for Santa | |
Santa brought a present! | |
Recovering after the good Christmas dinner | |
Group pictures | |
Our hotel | |
One night we went on a sleigh ride (in Norway!) | |
In the Funäsdalen museum they had a great play area. |