Fall Attire

Finlay, last week, right before going out leaf hunting.

Couch Potatoes Reloaded

There is an earlier post on this blog of Finlay and father sacked out on the couch. Here's the next instalment from last weekend. Look closely at the bottom left of the photo (and ignore Finlay's open-mouthed snoring - he had a cold).

Why it's Turnip - equally tired! She's probably exhausted from Finlay crawling all around the apartment in pursuit of her that day. That's a new hobby.

Finlay now has an all-purpose word for everything: "da!". As in - point at the cat and say "da!" Look out the window of a streetcar and say "da!"

We guess it will take him a year to differentiate between "der", "das" and "die". Lord knows his father needed about 15 years, and still gets lots of them wrong.

Finlay and his Grandfather

Finlay was in Tübingen two weeks ago for the wedding of Christine's brother - these are two quick shots of him with his grandfather, Jupp. We see a resemblance... Finlay apparently slept through the wedding, but stayed awake at the reception until 2 am. Also a family tradition (at least on his father's side...)

The Finlaybabysitter

In German, that's probably all one word. This is Lara with Finlay - Lara is Finlay's godmother's responsible daughter who has looked after Finlay on several occasions. We are immensely grateful to Lara for helping us out on short notice and at odd hours, and for letting us have a few very nice dinners with friends (and just friends) in the last while. Dinners that have not involved pureed spinach, bibs or spitting up afterwards.

Thank you Lara!

Photogenic Finlay

This instalment of the Finlayblog contains more photos from the previous weekend, where Big American Andrew visited us and was kind enough to send us a dime bag of good material. Our digital camera, and indeed, the Little Prince himself, were off at a wedding in Tübingen this past weekend, so new material will be forthcoming soon.

Here's Finlay about to set off on a bike ride in his new child bike seat, model "East Berlin Cheap" (just kidding - he did not go biking), and Finlay engaging both of his parents at the Weihenstephan on Hackescher Markt.

One of our friends mentioned that there are no photos of Finlay crying or carrying on in a tantrum on this blog. That's largely true, save for a few from the distant past. We've tried to get a few to show at his wedding, but the camera flash works so poorly at 3 am that nothing has turned out well so far. He's now teething again, so some will probably be forthcoming very soon.

Finlay Looking Statesmanlike

That was the title of this photo, shot by Andrew. He does look like he is resolutely staring into the distance, perhaps at those who would threaten the Mother(land) or contend that Früchte-Duett is not the best brand of baby yogurt. This was an odd pose for him, seeing as we weren't anywhere near the Lenin statues, and were in fact in front of Ixthys, the devoutly Christian Korean restaurant in Schöneberg. Even Finlay eventually found that the hand-lettered descriptions of Christ awash in the blood of sinners made him...hungry.

More later this week. Everyone is hungry in our household right now.

Finlay flying about

This is Finlay on Saturday, as taken by our friend Andrew. Here he is being danced and tossed all about a corner of the Gendarmenmarkt. Flying around is the new big thing for Finlay - exhausting for the parents, but he loves it.

Thanks so muuch, Andrew, for all of the photos! It was a good weekend, and we very much appreciate the memories!