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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sun and yardwork.
Yesterday we finally had a very warm, sunny day. It has been raining so much, that it was so nice to have a sunny day. It rains at least a little bit every day. Today it was mostly cloudy and windy, but only rained a few minutes in the afternoon. The neighbor complained yesterday about all the rain - about how unusually much it was this year.
We've been thoroughly enjoying Fredrik's time off from work. He's been working a little here and there in the evenings on his maps. He isn't going to take pay for those hours, instead he can write up the hours and take those hours some other time then. Having extra hours to take off from work here and there is necessary when you have a little one at home!
I'm going to be so sad when he returns back to work on Tuesday. It is already making me a little gloomy. It is so nice to have him home and for all 3 of us to get to spend so much time together. It makes me wish that we could be like this all the time. :)) I am thankful though that he has the opportunity to take so much time from work and that he gets so much vacation. We do get a lot more than some others, so we definitely do not take for granted the time that we have.
This week we have been working LOTS in the yard. Leia wants to be out all the time, so it is a perfect chance to try to get a few things done. Weeds and pruning and trying to figure out and plan what we wanna do with things. Today Fredrik and I dug up the slate pathway in our "garden." (Garden in the sense that it only has strawberries and raspberries.) :)) We want to redo the entire area and make a proper garden. So we lifted stones that probably haven't been moved in 50+ years and killed lots and lots of red ants. :)
Yesterday, we spent a good lot of the day talking with the neighbor. :) Nils hasn't returned yet. :( But hopefully tomorrow. :) But it was a lot of fun talking with the neighbor, Ulla's husband -- I'm not sure what his name is!! I'm sure Fredrik knows though..
But through all our talking, we found something in common - music! He plays the organ and he thinks that a sax and an organ sound fantastic together! So he is determined that we get together and play music. :))) But I don't have my sax in Sweden!! :( So we talked lots about music and his days playing in restaurants and dance clubs. Awesome! :) We talked lots about having children and that you just don't have time to do anything. He said his daughter and her husband bought their house years ago and it needed lots of work inside and out, and they haven't had a chance to do anything with it. He said that you just have to wait. :)) He loves the pictures that I gave them and he thinks I'm a great photographer. I showed him our photo printer and he really liked it, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets one now. We talked about his retirement and the job where he used to work. We found out that he grew up in the house across the street and his best friend grew up in our house. :)) And we talked about school for me and he thinks my Swedish is super-awesome! He said that it is easy to understand me and that I can say what I want to say. I said that I just wish I wasn't so shy still with speaking. I appreciated his compliment. :)) Blah blah blah blah blah blah!! :D
While we chatted, Leia was playing in their yard. *sigh* If their garage happens to be open, it doesn't take long before Leia is in there getting out all of Nils' toys! :D They don't seem to mind, for the most part at least. :))) They are so good with her and you can tell how much they like her. :)
It was lots of fun chatting with him!!!
Some pictures!
Fredrik using his work instrument to make a hole in the ground.
We've been thoroughly enjoying Fredrik's time off from work. He's been working a little here and there in the evenings on his maps. He isn't going to take pay for those hours, instead he can write up the hours and take those hours some other time then. Having extra hours to take off from work here and there is necessary when you have a little one at home!
I'm going to be so sad when he returns back to work on Tuesday. It is already making me a little gloomy. It is so nice to have him home and for all 3 of us to get to spend so much time together. It makes me wish that we could be like this all the time. :)) I am thankful though that he has the opportunity to take so much time from work and that he gets so much vacation. We do get a lot more than some others, so we definitely do not take for granted the time that we have.
This week we have been working LOTS in the yard. Leia wants to be out all the time, so it is a perfect chance to try to get a few things done. Weeds and pruning and trying to figure out and plan what we wanna do with things. Today Fredrik and I dug up the slate pathway in our "garden." (Garden in the sense that it only has strawberries and raspberries.) :)) We want to redo the entire area and make a proper garden. So we lifted stones that probably haven't been moved in 50+ years and killed lots and lots of red ants. :)
Yesterday, we spent a good lot of the day talking with the neighbor. :) Nils hasn't returned yet. :( But hopefully tomorrow. :) But it was a lot of fun talking with the neighbor, Ulla's husband -- I'm not sure what his name is!! I'm sure Fredrik knows though..
But through all our talking, we found something in common - music! He plays the organ and he thinks that a sax and an organ sound fantastic together! So he is determined that we get together and play music. :))) But I don't have my sax in Sweden!! :( So we talked lots about music and his days playing in restaurants and dance clubs. Awesome! :) We talked lots about having children and that you just don't have time to do anything. He said his daughter and her husband bought their house years ago and it needed lots of work inside and out, and they haven't had a chance to do anything with it. He said that you just have to wait. :)) He loves the pictures that I gave them and he thinks I'm a great photographer. I showed him our photo printer and he really liked it, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets one now. We talked about his retirement and the job where he used to work. We found out that he grew up in the house across the street and his best friend grew up in our house. :)) And we talked about school for me and he thinks my Swedish is super-awesome! He said that it is easy to understand me and that I can say what I want to say. I said that I just wish I wasn't so shy still with speaking. I appreciated his compliment. :)) Blah blah blah blah blah blah!! :D
While we chatted, Leia was playing in their yard. *sigh* If their garage happens to be open, it doesn't take long before Leia is in there getting out all of Nils' toys! :D They don't seem to mind, for the most part at least. :))) They are so good with her and you can tell how much they like her. :)
It was lots of fun chatting with him!!!
Some pictures!
More slide fun!
The inaugural dig.
At first Leia didn't even notice her sandbox. :)) She went to play on her slide and then we had to show her that she had a new "toy." :)
She was still a bit confused and sceptical when she saw the sandbox:
But she quickly got over it and dug right in. :))
She was still a bit confused and sceptical when she saw the sandbox:
But she quickly got over it and dug right in. :))
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Cool church.
Fredrik took a longer than normal route to Töcksfors yesterday. He wanted to take me to a neat place that he had looked at while out working one day. One of his ex-workmates had mentioned the place to him and said that it was definitely worth taking a look. It is just a normal, plain church, nothing special - except that it is built in the middle of a lake. :) We took a small road out to the church and walked around a little. :)
We had a very, very nice day yesterday out shopping! :) We got some awesome deals at Indiska. And we bought a few things here and there, but nothing special really. :) We wanted to take one of Fredrik's days off and enjoy a little day out. And it is definitely our favorite place to shop! Leia took a short nap, but woke up just in time to enjoy some ice cream. :) And Fredrik received only 2 work-related phone calls. :))
We had a very, very nice day yesterday out shopping! :) We got some awesome deals at Indiska. And we bought a few things here and there, but nothing special really. :) We wanted to take one of Fredrik's days off and enjoy a little day out. And it is definitely our favorite place to shop! Leia took a short nap, but woke up just in time to enjoy some ice cream. :) And Fredrik received only 2 work-related phone calls. :))
Sunday, July 26, 2009
A little genius.
At least we think so. :P But all parents do, right? All parents think that their baby/child is the smartest, cutest, funniest, etc.. etc.. So I suppose that Fredrik and I should be no exception. :)
Leia's progress goes back and forth (with her sleeping). Just when we think she is getting better, things backtrack A LOT. We are almost going on 2 months now. The BVC is taking this very seriously and Leia's BVC nurse keeps in constant contact with us. She calls us regularly to see how Leia is doing and to see how Fredrik and I are coping as well.
Leia never reaches a -0- ground. She constantly has issues, the severity is based on how well we can all get past those issues each night. Like tonight, when she did one of her common behaviors of continuously sticking her finger in her eye when she is about to go into deep sleep.. Tonight, she didn't scream or complain when I pulled her finger away and she let me hold her hand instead. We rate Leia's progress with how she'll let us help her with her issues. And yes, when she is about to fall asleep, she will poke her eye with one of her fingers. No idea why.. :/ :) But she does it.
But like my post a long time ago - I don't want to get too much into things here, because then I will be continuously updating about an ongoing thing, and that is just tiring and stressful. BUT. The reason why I wrote all this was to mention her appointment. She has an appointment the 1st of September with a specialist pediatrician. She only rotates to Åmål once every 7 weeks, so that is why the appointment is so far away. The BVC nurse wanted Leia to see the specialist instead of Leia's normal pediatrician. So let's hope that either they can figure out what is going on with Leia or just tell us that it will take time for whatever is going on to pass.
Besides all of the nightly problems, Leia has been extremely happy. :) She is a normal almost 2 year old. She eats like crazy.. oh my goodness.. can the child eat. :D Her personality shines through more and more every day.
Her most favorite activity is to sing. :) As you can see from the videos. (I have some more to share.) Fredrik is determined that she is going to play soccer. She LOVES to have some kind of ball with her at all times. She loves to throw and kick. And she is really, really good too! She runs and kicks with the ball. She's been throwing overhand since she started handling a ball. I don't think she's ever thrown underhanded once.
She knows her numbers 1-10!
When we were in the US, she would start counting 1-10 on her own. :) (In Swedish.) She can even point out the numbers when she sees them. Eight is by far her favorite number. :) She knows the sequence of the numbers. After she sees a 7 and says 7, she will say 8, etc.. etc.. When walking around outside, she points out the numbers on license plates!
She also says the alphabet! In English.
She brought me a book one day, one that we had never looked at before. She sat on my lap and I went through each letter, pointing at them and saying them. Right after me, she would say the letter - perfectly. All the way from A to Z and even added on the Swedish å ä ö.
B - C - D - G - J :: she most usually says these in Swedish
M - N :: these are a little difficult, you have to prompt her a couple of times
U - V - W :: these are very difficult
Y :: possibly her favorite letter :))
When I say "K" she says "katt" (cat).
When I say "T" she says "tack" (thank you).
She really, really loves letters and numbers. She has already started now pointing out letters on things she sees. She will point at a letter and try to figure out which one it is. She will look at me to see if she said the right one. She very much wants to get it right.
When she sees a B, sometimes she will say "åtta" (8). :)) The same with S, she will say "två" (2). And sometimes with 3 she will say "C." So she is trying sooo very hard to figure all this out. :) Before the age of 2.
Her vocabulary doubles almost every day. Today she threw out the word "åka" for the first time (ride). She now says "ouch." She has also started normal sentences instead of just "Leia eat." She now says "Där är katt." (there is cat). With many variations: Där är mamma/pappa, etc..
So Fredrik and I are very, very excited for her. She is now finally able to start communicating better with us. She still gets incredibly frustrated, which is understandable.
She now says "pee pee" and "poo poo" (including pointing them out on her person) so we are hoping that helps with potty training. She also said "bajs" (poo) for the first time yesterday. She also said "tjej" (girl) today, and her two new favorite words are "tja" and "tjena" (both meaning 'hi').
Today when I changed her poopy diaper, she tried to pull her diaper down and at the same time she said "bajs." So she is getting there. :) It is taking her a little longer than others her age, but she'll catch up eventually. :)
Today Leia played a little with My, the daycare neighbor baby. :)) My's mom also complained about the daycare completely shutting down! And that we have to pay even though they are closed. So that made us happy. Good to know that others think that the system isn't exactly right.
Nils (the neighbor's grandson) was gone this weekend. :( But he'll be back on Tuesday! He had a birthday party to go to, which I don't think he really wanted to go to. :) He wanted to stay at Mormor's so that he could play with Leia. Ulla told me once that he begs his mom all the time to go stay with Mormor so that he can play with Leia. :))) So sweet.
I gave Ulla some printed out pictures of Nils, Leia and Nils' sister, Alice. Ulla loved them! She was a little worried at first that I didn't give her any pictures of Leia (only Nils and Alice). :)) But I had pictures of all 3 of them. She was SO happy to get them. :)
Some shopping tomorrow in Tocksförs!
Oooh..! And she jumps! With both feet off the ground at the same time. :))
Leia's progress goes back and forth (with her sleeping). Just when we think she is getting better, things backtrack A LOT. We are almost going on 2 months now. The BVC is taking this very seriously and Leia's BVC nurse keeps in constant contact with us. She calls us regularly to see how Leia is doing and to see how Fredrik and I are coping as well.
Leia never reaches a -0- ground. She constantly has issues, the severity is based on how well we can all get past those issues each night. Like tonight, when she did one of her common behaviors of continuously sticking her finger in her eye when she is about to go into deep sleep.. Tonight, she didn't scream or complain when I pulled her finger away and she let me hold her hand instead. We rate Leia's progress with how she'll let us help her with her issues. And yes, when she is about to fall asleep, she will poke her eye with one of her fingers. No idea why.. :/ :) But she does it.
But like my post a long time ago - I don't want to get too much into things here, because then I will be continuously updating about an ongoing thing, and that is just tiring and stressful. BUT. The reason why I wrote all this was to mention her appointment. She has an appointment the 1st of September with a specialist pediatrician. She only rotates to Åmål once every 7 weeks, so that is why the appointment is so far away. The BVC nurse wanted Leia to see the specialist instead of Leia's normal pediatrician. So let's hope that either they can figure out what is going on with Leia or just tell us that it will take time for whatever is going on to pass.
Besides all of the nightly problems, Leia has been extremely happy. :) She is a normal almost 2 year old. She eats like crazy.. oh my goodness.. can the child eat. :D Her personality shines through more and more every day.
Her most favorite activity is to sing. :) As you can see from the videos. (I have some more to share.) Fredrik is determined that she is going to play soccer. She LOVES to have some kind of ball with her at all times. She loves to throw and kick. And she is really, really good too! She runs and kicks with the ball. She's been throwing overhand since she started handling a ball. I don't think she's ever thrown underhanded once.
She knows her numbers 1-10!
When we were in the US, she would start counting 1-10 on her own. :) (In Swedish.) She can even point out the numbers when she sees them. Eight is by far her favorite number. :) She knows the sequence of the numbers. After she sees a 7 and says 7, she will say 8, etc.. etc.. When walking around outside, she points out the numbers on license plates!
She also says the alphabet! In English.
She brought me a book one day, one that we had never looked at before. She sat on my lap and I went through each letter, pointing at them and saying them. Right after me, she would say the letter - perfectly. All the way from A to Z and even added on the Swedish å ä ö.
B - C - D - G - J :: she most usually says these in Swedish
M - N :: these are a little difficult, you have to prompt her a couple of times
U - V - W :: these are very difficult
Y :: possibly her favorite letter :))
When I say "K" she says "katt" (cat).
When I say "T" she says "tack" (thank you).
She really, really loves letters and numbers. She has already started now pointing out letters on things she sees. She will point at a letter and try to figure out which one it is. She will look at me to see if she said the right one. She very much wants to get it right.
When she sees a B, sometimes she will say "åtta" (8). :)) The same with S, she will say "två" (2). And sometimes with 3 she will say "C." So she is trying sooo very hard to figure all this out. :) Before the age of 2.
Her vocabulary doubles almost every day. Today she threw out the word "åka" for the first time (ride). She now says "ouch." She has also started normal sentences instead of just "Leia eat." She now says "Där är katt." (there is cat). With many variations: Där är mamma/pappa, etc..
So Fredrik and I are very, very excited for her. She is now finally able to start communicating better with us. She still gets incredibly frustrated, which is understandable.
She now says "pee pee" and "poo poo" (including pointing them out on her person) so we are hoping that helps with potty training. She also said "bajs" (poo) for the first time yesterday. She also said "tjej" (girl) today, and her two new favorite words are "tja" and "tjena" (both meaning 'hi').
Today when I changed her poopy diaper, she tried to pull her diaper down and at the same time she said "bajs." So she is getting there. :) It is taking her a little longer than others her age, but she'll catch up eventually. :)
Today Leia played a little with My, the daycare neighbor baby. :)) My's mom also complained about the daycare completely shutting down! And that we have to pay even though they are closed. So that made us happy. Good to know that others think that the system isn't exactly right.
Nils (the neighbor's grandson) was gone this weekend. :( But he'll be back on Tuesday! He had a birthday party to go to, which I don't think he really wanted to go to. :) He wanted to stay at Mormor's so that he could play with Leia. Ulla told me once that he begs his mom all the time to go stay with Mormor so that he can play with Leia. :))) So sweet.
I gave Ulla some printed out pictures of Nils, Leia and Nils' sister, Alice. Ulla loved them! She was a little worried at first that I didn't give her any pictures of Leia (only Nils and Alice). :)) But I had pictures of all 3 of them. She was SO happy to get them. :)
Some shopping tomorrow in Tocksförs!
Oooh..! And she jumps! With both feet off the ground at the same time. :))
Saturday, July 25, 2009
An early morning swim...
...fully clothed. :/ :)
You can't take your eyes off of her for a second! I turned around and she was in the rain-water filled pool. So I stripped her clothes off her and let her play. :/ :)
You can't take your eyes off of her for a second! I turned around and she was in the rain-water filled pool. So I stripped her clothes off her and let her play. :/ :)
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