18 months

Being with a toddler who just starts to learn how to talk is great fun. Everyday I find "conversations" that melt my heart and make me chuckle. Here are some examples:

Baby: bike bike
Mama: no, that's a car
Baby: I know

Baby: hello hello mama *holding a toy phone*
Mama: oh hello. who's calling? what do you want?
Baby: milk (breast milk addict forever lol-_-)

Baby makes his own version of row row row your boat:
row row row your boat
gently down the waterfall
if you see an elephant
don't forget to stomp

On sunny days we went to Sonsbeekpark (the biggest park in the city) for a walk. Whenever we saw ducks, we fed them bread. Among the birds we fed there were some very aggressive geese. One of them came so close to Dillon that stood nose to nose with him. Dillon offered the goose a piece of bread, which the goose pecked out of his hand aggressively, including his finger. Poor Dillon cried and was then too scared to feed birds after that.
He said: "afraid bite....byebye goose," dropped the last bits of bread and walked away.

This month was also a marking point as I managed to quit breastfeeding!!! It wasn't exactly hard. He begged for it and still does sometimes, but my breasts just dried up on their own and it wasn't pleasant anymore when he pulled back his head as an attempt to get more milk out of them >_< In the beginning, I felt guilty and missed my full breasts (they are now back to their original size). But even if I want to breastfeed him, I can't anymore. That chapter of the book is read and closed. Move on.
Unfortunately, he doesn't eat more without breastfeeding. In fact, he doesn't eat much, especially for dinner.

Another event that happened this month is that we found a new job (or rather, my husband found a new job-_-) and we are going to move ABROAD, to SWEDEN! It all went down like a whirlwind. Basically, I spent weeks looking for jobs and writing applications for him, to no avail. In the end, he got an interview from a company in the UK through a recruiter and a second one through a Swedish company, where his former colleague works at. He flew to both locations in one single week and it was very stressful for the both of us. Both companies were fantastic and equally good for his career and our life. We eventually chose for Sweden because he didn't want to work as a contractor. Now we have only 1 month left to pack our stuff and get things sorted. My feelings are mixed about this. On the one hand, I'm extremely happy for him and Sweden seems a good place to raise children. On the other hand, it'll be very hard for me to find a job there, without speaking Swedish. I was planning to start teaching again in September this year, but that is out of the window now. Could this mean the end of my career? I'm not exactly young anymore and Sweden doesn't need my skills (hell, they speak better English than I do>_<). With one income, we'll have to downgrade to a smaller flat and live frugally due to Sweden's high expenses. Poor baby won't have so much space to run in and we'll have to live far away from the city center as we simply can't afford a flat in Stockholm city. Should I stay behind with baby and work in NL or should I follow and keep my family and relationship as a whole?