Summer in Dávod, Zombor and Szabadka, 2011.

Oliver eats by himself in Dávod.

With my grandparents, Gizella (aka Mami) and
Pál (aka Tati) in Zombor.

Oliver and Mami, sharing a moment.

Tati and Mami at restaurant Slon. 

Fresh fish at the restaurant and Oli is
very interested..

Cevapcici and much much more, yummy!

Bathing in our backyard in Dávod.

Mom and Oli, bathing in Püspökpuszta (the bath is
around 100 metres from our summer house).

Mmm, fresh watermelon!!

Oliver eats his first lángos.

Mom and Erik.

Dad, me and the biggest chestnut puré dessert I
have ever had!

Shopping day with a drinking pause in Baja.

Walking in a park in Zombor.

Erik and I after lunch in Szabadka.

Oliver, me and my uncle (also my godfather) Stefan.

My cousin Attila with Oliver. They got
along very well!

The Rüll brothers. My dad with his 11
months older big brother in his home
town Szabadka. 

At city center in Szabadka. 

Mom and dad.

Visiting the Kosztolányi Dezsö statue in Szabadka,
which was the author's home town. He was the uncle
of my grandmother, Kosztolányi Vera. 

Oliver tries ice cream for the first time, but not just
any ice cream, it was from Pelivan and freshly made
that day!

Zombor...

Mom and Biljana.

Dad with his cousin Oszkár.

More summer in Langesund, 2011.

Fishing trip, 4th July 2011.

Oliver, properly equipped, unlike his daddy..

Ingela and Ernst.

MemyselfandI.

The water was very interesting.

Erik with the catch of the day.

Oliver couldn't get enough of the water so when we got
back from the sea, he insisted on getting into his pool. I
obliged, to his great joy.

I cought two fish today. Ernst prepared
them and we just ate them for dinner. It
doesn't get more fresh than that!

 

How to trick Oliver into crawling: put a keyboard in front of him...

He has never been keen on laying on his stomach and as a result never been interested in crawling. Until now. It took a keybord for him to make the effort to crawl.

Today's activity: afternoon excursion to Kragerö.

It was hot but stuffy today and we were going mad from being inside so much lately (it has been raining like crazy for a couple of days). Oliver has been tricky too, probably from being bored when confided in one (living-) room for too long, so we decided to get out a little bit. Kragerö is a very cute little fishing village that I have only seen from the water when passing by, so it was nice to walk around and see what it really looks like. When we got back to our own little fishing village, Langesund, the sun had come out. I took a nap on a sunbed and Oliver swam in the pool with Erik's mom. At eight o'clock it was time for Oliver to go to bed. We started a new regimen for him a couple of days ago, which means that we follow a strict schedule of when he is supposed to eat and sleep. As a result, Oliver sleeps 12 hours every night and also naps twice during the day! It was after I read the book "A good night's sleep" by Anna Wahlgren that I decided to go for the method and I have nothing but praise for it!

Oliver learns to walk! Step one: building up the confidence to do it by himself.