November pictures

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Here are some pictures of what we've been doing in our neck of the woods.

Lily is absolutely certain she does not need ... a ... naaaap ... :)

So we tried without a nap. She lasted until about 4:30pm, then she landed with her head in the bananas at snacktime. We let her sleep for an hour and now it's back to bed after lunch, even if she complains.

A Saturday morning in the city: chasing pigeons

watching them build the Christmas market booths (already!?)


having a good healthy Bavarian breakfast

and feeding the rest of it to the pigeons.

A much-loved classic in our house: the puppet show!

Just hanging out together on the swing. They really do play together nicely now. (Sometimes.)

Mama and Finn after a (much needed) haircut.

Finn's arm is doing well, we think. He does not complain that it hurts and now that the stitches are out he can finally enjoy bubble baths again. We will have another check-up at the hospital next Monday.

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And - we will have to go to the Munich University hospital to have his hearing checked. After he failed the routine hearing test at his 4-year-check and then again a month later we saw a specialist yesterday. They did more tests and there really seems to be something wrong with his left ear, although the eardrum is o.k. He passed his newborn hearing test, has never had a severe ear infection or any of the childhood diseases that can cause deafness, so we don't know where this could be coming from. The doctor said we might look at profound hearing loss or even deafness, but it could be something as easily fixed as fluid build up behind the ear drum or something as severe as nerve damage. They might have to put him under again to find out. It never ends, does it?