Meat pies, lamingtons, anzac biscuits and Tim Tams...this is how we ate on Australia Day. Unfortunately Nathan didn't get a holiday :(
We had further reason to celebrate - Owen is finally an Australian Citizen. Since many of you have asked, Owen cannot get German citizenship because we are not German citizens. He could get it if we stay here for 8 years (as if!), and for the privelege he would have to relinquish his Australian citizenship - Germany does not allow dual citizenship.
When Owen's birth was registered, the German government considered him Australian, but up until 19 January, 2006, he wasn't considered so by the Australian government. Owen had to apply for Australian citizenship by descent, because he was not born on Australian soil. This required him to have a birth certificate from the Germans, which took about 1 month, then the embassy took over a month to process his application. So Owen was officially a citizen of no country for over 2 months. Fortunately we didn't plan a trip back to Australia during this time, or he would have been kept in a detention centre as an illegal immigrant!
We have thrown in a few more photos of Owen for good measure. First is a father-son penguin imitation.
Next is a comparison of their feet. It never ceases to amaze us just how tiny Owen's features are.
Not only are his feet small, but his fingers too. Here, Nathan is giving Owen a piano lesson. (The keyboard isn't ours - we have borrowed it.)
Even though he's little, you can get an idea of how much he's filling out. This is Owen in his muscle singlet.In German, the country Australia is called "Australien", and an Australian is "ein Australier". It's pronounced almost exactly the opposite. So it's a bit strange when we feel like we are saying (in German) "I'm Australia", or "I come from Australian".
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