Up and down.

Very cold today. When we left, after 10.00, it was -13 degC or 8.6 degF. :) During our 75 minute drive, it did get to -16 degC (3.2 degF). Not sure how cold it is now, but it has been a very cold Winter thus far.

Leia was very cranky this morning. We've discovered that her new diet is not supplementing her hunger.. at all. She is eating constantly, but who wouldn't if you were only eating: toast, yoghurt, apples and peas?

Today she has eaten:
- 3 yoghurt cups
- 4 pieces of toast
- 1 apple
- ½ cup boiled peas
- 1 portion (200 mL / 1 cup) majsvälling (corn based thick formula) (supposed to help her stomach)

Those of you that know Leia, she is not a light eater. Since she was 10 months old, she's been eating 2 portions of 15 month old gröt (breakfast, oatmeal mixture) and a banana for breakfast. Two hours later and she is ready for a snack. So this allotted food is not acceptable to her. :/ :) The nurse never said how long to continue this restricting diet, but since Leia is seeming much more herself (when her belly is full); we hope to implement some normal foods tomorrow.

She screamed the whole 75 minute drive to Trollhättan. :( Not very fun for any of us. After we got there, and after she had more food, she was very pleasant. :)

We enjoyed looking around in the few stores that applied to us. :P I bought Leia a Metallica shirt. :) Also more of her favorite pacifiers. We also found a couple of cheap movies to buy. There were some sales, but we were not looking for anything specific to buy, but keeping our eyes open. We are going to soon need a new DVD player, ours is about to die, so we kept our eyes open for good deals but nothing was appealing.















Leia is on the mend, and Fredrik and I are feeling ill. Typical.
We both have most of the same symptoms: hard bellies, pain/discomfort in the stomach/abdominal region, but I have some back pain as well. We are assuming we have some kind of bug.

Tomorrow is a holiday in Sweden, "trettondagen."
"Thirteenth day."
It is a holiday because it is the 13th day after Christmas, the day the wise men visited the baby Jesus. In English, I believe it is called "Epiphany." The celebration of the night before Epiphany is called "Twelth Night," which probably sounds more familiar to my English speakers.
After January 6th, in Sweden, you are then allowed to remove Christmas decorations. (I'm sure the tradition exists in other countries as well.) We all know how many Swedish traditions Fredrik and I follow.. ;) .. We took down our Christmas decorations.. on Saturday I believe.. :D

On Wednesday, Fredrik returns to work....... :( and Leia will return to daycare. I will be at home by myself, cleaning from our 2½ weeks of vacation. :)

Yesterday I made 4 quiche and 2 loaves of bread; I hope to do the same tomorrow.

That is enough for tonight! More soon. :)