Jättebebis.

Giant Baby.

In Romania, a baby was born weighing 14 pounds (6,4kg), by C-Section of course (kejsarsnitt). Everyone was completely surprised, as ultrasounds showed nothing unusual.

Jättebebis född

Sleep crawling.

We think Leia sleep-crawls.. :D

She ends up in the strangest positions during the night.



Why you should never throw anything away:

Fun facts.

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.
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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.

Congrats to Rachel and Jason!

A big CONGRATULATIONS to Rachel and Jason on their adorable little girl, Micah Kathleen. :)



Even though I am a bit late with the post.

I think she is now about 3 weeks old, with dark hair and eyes like her mom and dad.
Rachel and her mom threw Leia's Baby Shower while we were in the US. And now Rachel has her own little girl and Vicki has her first grandchild. :)




And a picture of Micah sporting some baby-wear from Sweden. :)

Hair.

6 months.

Happy Birthday,
Leia!

Today you are 6 months old.
Half-way to One. :)

Crazy.

In Finnish, "periodical" is: aikakauslehti
:/

My favorite Swedish word is:
flaggstångsknoppsförgyllare

It is the person that shines the ball at the top of a flag pole. :)

Back-blogging.

I took this picture of Leia on Thursday while we were at the Baby Café. Took it with my cell phone, sent it to Fredrik, and then he has the cords to upload it.

It was a little boring in the beginning, there weren't many to show up for my group. Obviously they usually had a guitar, but they didn't last week. They had it on Thursday and Leia was not very fond of it. :/ It made her cry but it was easy to calm her down. I gave her a book to hold.

If she isn't eating, then she doesn't want to sit still, especially in a high chair. So, I took her and let her play and crawl around in a little play area in one of the rooms. (The Baby Café is run by the Swedish church in town, and the "play-dates" are in a building next to the church.)

So, the babies that are Leia's age are sitting quietly on their mommy's laps. But my 5 month old (soon to be 6!) is wanting to crawl all over the place. A few of the mom's with older babies (12 months+) brought their babies in to the room, and Leia "played" with them. :)

I got to talk to a few new people. I've learned that it is impossible to make friends if there is more than 1 person together. But if you manage to get around someone that is by themselves, then it is easy to talk and get to know someone, but as soon as a friend comes around, then it is impossible to be taken seriously. I guess that is just the way it is here. Not sure if it is limited to Åmål, or small towns in general, or to Sweden. I know that that would absolutely never happen in the US.

But everyone there is really, really nice. :) And I hope to keep going back. :) And once I am there more often.. Hopefully I will be in the "in-crowd."

Leia has... changed her sleeping schedule completely. Not sure what is going on with her. She has been sleeping straight through the night for a long time now. Wakes up at a decent time, even though Fredrik and I think it is too early.. ;)

She is sleeping in the mornings when she gets her milk, but she usually almost always wakes up soon after being put in bed. And then she is wide awake and DOES NOT want to sleep. So, we are trying to figure out what she is wanting with naps. She did nap today, but in the middle of the day, and a long nap, too. So we'll just have to see what is working for her best right now.

And she looooooooooves South Park..... This child is addicted to it.. :/ Which really isn't that good.. but she loves it so much.

And she is saying "da da dahh da dahhhh dahh" like crazy. :) I'm trying to get her to replace at least one of those with a "m" .. ;)

I've been trying to get school work done. Half way through another module for my computer class. I'm reading about Excel now. And the other two left are Excel Database, and Power Point. I am still bad about not working on the Swedish stuff.. :/ Most of the work is silly and pointless. Trying to tell me to pronounce "svårt" as "svåt" ....... No.

And I got to chapter 9 (of 12) with my book keeping class. It is about revenue (intäkt) and expense (kostnad) ... periodiserad inkomst och utgift.. whatever that is in English..... :P It is a little confusing. So, before I continue, I decided to go back over all the other chapters, just to make sure that I remember all the little things that I might have forgotten. Since the chapters aren't continual. They are each separate, and don't really just add something new. Each is its own "entity."

Hmm...

That didn't make any sense at all did it?

The review questions at the end of the chapter are only about that chapter, it doesn't include anything you might have needed to know from previous chapters, besides the "base" learning chapters.
Hopefully that made more sense. :)

So, I thought it best to go over all the chapter questions. Just to make sure I haven't forgotten how to do something. Or which sums do or don't go in a result/balance report.. :P Etc... etc......

Today I cleaned silver. Yupp.. that is what I did to take a relaxing, enjoying break from school work. :) No joke.. :P We "stole" a few serving platters from the summer house last summer by accident (didn't intend to bring them home), and I sat in the living room floor and polished them. And Leia sat and watched. :) And I did a couple of candle holders, too.

We also cleaned up our extra food room. Finally got the other two curtains up.

Fredrik made a very yummy dinner today. And I got to rest and watch someone else run after Leia. :)

She has discovered the hallway. :) She crawls into there now. Mostly I think because the ficus is sitting in there.... We had to completely remove it from the living room. And she attempted to crawl out of her bedroom before her father caught her. :)

Work is going well for Fredrik i think. :) He isn't complaining at least. :) Most days are the same. Not like when he worked with Skanska. Lots more happens within a day in construction.

The snow this morning stuck for awhile, but left pretty quickly. Really annoying with the weather. It is almost the middle of April.. and we are still having snow. The kind of snow that we should have had in November. It is cold and nasty, and rains most every day. I want the sun. I want Spring. I want to GRILL.

For me, grilling season has arrived. And I am annoyed that the Swedish weather isn't cooperating. I found a new grill I want. Charcoal of course. I would never, ever buy a gas grill.
So I want this new grill. Ours is a few years old. This new one is huge. And it has two separate sides where you can adjust the height. I want it.
:P

Hmm.. maybe that is enough for tonight.. :P
Maybe I can get a little work done. Some Swedish. I promise.

You know you're in Sweden...

...When you can buy baby food consisting of potato and salmon puré.. :/

Leia was not fond of it. :/
She ended up throwing it up.



But her greenbean face is even worse. :D


After the green beans she stuffed her bib in her mouth. :D
NOW see if you can get any of that nasty stuff in my mouth!!

Snow.

Yupp. It is snowing right now. Snowing and raining at the same time.

I hate this country.


Cat napping in the sun (yesterday, obviously):




And Leia trying to eat a spoon:



I'll post again later, with a little more substance.