As promised.

As promised, more pictures! :) (Uploaded from Norton, Virginia!) :)


How do you work this thing?!?!?!!!

Yes, Leia is hugging the Coke can......

Leia loving the swing in Mormor and Morfar's backyard.









Leia trying to give Micah kisses. :)

Leia's first Sunday school class with "Aunt" Patsy.

Leia trying to throw away all of Mormor and Morfar's tissues.

Flight.

Finally - here are some pictures! :)


Before checking in at Arlanda.

Waiting impatiently for the plane to arrive. We left Stockholm 1 hour later than planned.

Getting ready to take off.

Leaving Sweden.

Checking out the onflight options.

The most fun was playing with all the empty plastic cups!

Over Norway.

Over Norway.

Over Norway.

A 3 hour nap for Leia.





A nap for Pappa, too.

Landing in Newark.

A view of NYC.

Leaving Newark.

Leaving Newark.

Leaving Newark.

Arriving in Cleveland.

Arriving in Cleveland.


So there are TONS of pictures left to share!! :) But I can't do them all at the same time obviously.

Today we took a day of rest and Fredrik and I went to see the new X-Men movie (Wolverine), and tomorrow we are leaving bright and early for KY. We'll be back late on Wednesday. Then Thursday we'll be spending the day with Carie and Lillie. :)) Yay! So, here's wishing Carie and Lillie a nice flight tomorrow! And hoping we have a safe and looooong drive. :)

Leaving for PA.

Today we had an absolutely wonderful day at the zoo! :) We went to the Cleveland Zoo and saw some very happy animals. Leia loved it! And every animal was a "cat" and says "roof roof" -- even the giraffs! :)) Then we had dinner at the most delicious hot dog place in the US: Hot Dog Heaven! :)

Wednesday Fredrik, Leia and I went to the mall to go shopping. We ran into only a few people that we knew. ;) But we got a few nice things and even looked at some cheap laptops, but I decided that I HAVE to have a Swedish keyboard and we opted to wait to buy a new one when we get to Sweden. Leia then had her first "Sunday school" class on Wednesday night. :) She went into the 2-3 year old class and she did great! She sat in her chair and colored and played. We were able to see lots of old friends and life long aquaintances.

Tomorrow we will be leaving for Pennsylvania. We'll spend the night tomorrow night and then on Saturday we will meet my sister, her children, and her boyfriend in Hershey, Pennsylvania. We will spend the day with them. I think on Sunday, Fredrik and I are going to try to go to the movies for the first time this trip. Our schedule is SO completely packed!

I really, really wanna add pictures. :( But we need to get a USB attachment for the computer to use the memory stick from my camera. We won't be able to get that until we get back - so you're gonna have to wait a little longer! :)

Ohio.

Sorry I didn't post yesterday! We were a little tired after our looong trip. :) I am fighting with the American keyboard but besides that we are all doing well. We've all adjusted pretty well already to the time change!

Leia was excellent on hte flight! We couldn't have asked her to have been any better. She stayed in her seat or sat on our laps. She didn't once want to run around in the aisle or get on the floor. She even slept 3 hours of the 8 hour Atlantic flight. :) She wasn't so pleasant before we got on the flight, so we were expecting the worst, but she was a champ. :)

Today we went shopping at the outlets in Lodi, and we bought lots of clothes for Leia, as well as some things for Mamma and Pappa as well of course.. :)

I do have some pictures of course from the flight to share and I'll try to get those on here when I can!

Arlanda.

We're soon leaving for Arlanda airport! First pack the car up and a little breakfast. (Yesterday was Mother's Day in Sweden!) So, hope for us a good trip and a happy baby! :)

4 Generations.

This morning we left only 15 minutes later than planned! (A new record maybe!) Especially considering how much we had to do. Not only to pack to leave for this weekend and for our flight to the US, but to have to empty the living room and clean it. They are definitely fixing it while we are away (the fireplace), but we don't know when. But it should only take a week. We are SO excited to have it be fixed. But last night when we started emptying the living room, we decided to switch the living room and dining room. At least give it a chance and see how we like it.


The day in pictures::

A stop for lunch at the Swedish hamburger chain, mAx.

Leia isn't so fond of french fries.

With final approval from Pappa, Leia got to play in the balls for a few minutes. She loved it!! :)



A stop at Leia's great-grandfather's apartment. He was very surprised and happy to see us!

Much faster to eat with two hands than one!!

Munching on grapes.

Quality time with great-grandpa.

Yummy milk!

Taking out the trash with Farmor.

She's a fast little devil.

Yummy water!

4 generations.

A stop along the road for a snack.

Running around in Farmor and Farfar's yard.

A fun day!

Leia and I had a fun day today, even though we did lots of cleaning and packing.


Leia woke up a bit earlier this morning than normal, so she was tired and well ready for a nap today!

But first we had to change her diaper!

Leia trying to change her own diaper, which she happens to refer to it as "apple." ???

Leia loves to run around with her netted clothes hamper over her head. :)

She has easily outgrown her wagon that she got for her first birthday from Mormor + Morfar.


We hope to leave at a good time tomorrow. It just takes a lot longer with a child.. :/ And we have SO much to put together still that we can't do tonight. And collect the last garbage and put out the garbage can. Fredrik mowed the yard today and I cut out the last of the tulips because it will be a nasty mess by the time we come home.

We have emptied most of the living room. Might try to empty a little more tonight and only leave Leia's toys, so she has something to do while we are packing and fixing everything tomorrow morning.

Poor Leia, she is going to be so confused with everyone speaking English and not hearing any Swedish. I can't even imagine what is going on in her little head concerning language stuff. Doesn't help either that I make her watch Baby Einstein in French and Spanish and she watches the Teletubbies in Danish and Finnish.. :D The poor child is never going to talk!

Tomorrow we just want to have everything with us we need, we don't care how well it is packed. We're going to have to repack everything at Farmor and Farfar's anyway..

Okay - it is pretty late, and we want to move some more furniture into the dining room! :)

Better later then never..!

Yeah - so here are some pictures from January! It took me awhile to put them all together.. :/ And I am still a bit behind with doing the other months.. :/ I'll eventually get it done.. :)