Last weekend we went to Levi, Finland for the winter season opening. Alex worked while Christian and I stayed inside our cozy little cabin and relaxed. Christian is teething so I was a bit worried he might be really fussy over the weekend but he was great! He actually turned 15 weeks old last Friday and his first tooth was at the surface of his gums! Both of his bottom teeth are coming in - one is visible under the gums still but we are just waiting for them to break through the gums. No one believed me when I said I thought he was already teething before he reached three months old but now looks who's laughing! Seems like mommy really knows her baby unlike anyone else - regardless what the doctors and others say.
Over our weekend Alex and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe that we got married in Rovaniemi six years ago and are still here. Even when we got married we had no idea we'd still be here but we've had a great life here so far and we celebrated with the best anniversary present of all, Christian! I love you, Alex, and I love you more and more each year!!
Sunday was Father's Day in Finland so Christian made a little present for his papa. The pic below shows what we made. It was easy and fun to make but a little bit difficult to get a good handprint since he wanted to swing his hands around. It was also a matter of speed because I had to quickly stamp his prints and clean him up before he could smear paint everywhere. We used watercolor paint so it was really easy to paint on and clean off. To finish off the artwork I gave C a marker and he scribbled his little signature. Alex loved it and now he has something special to remember the day by plus I imagine we can make one each year and we'll have something to compare the prints to.
He wore the shirt on Father's Day - I love Daddy, but I don't love when Mama takes so many pictures!
We also wrote a message on the back of the page but Alex has to take it out of the frame if he wants to know what it says.
Christian playing with his little duck (courtesy of his Aunt Birgitt) while in Levi.
And of course I couldn't only buy the "I Love Daddy" shirt:). Since most of you reading this are in the US you are probably wondering why it says Mummy and not Mommy - it's the British way of writing it.
