Swinging and eating and a new job!

These are Alices two favourites at the moment, swinging and eating on her own.


Alice has recently conquered another word: ga-ga. (Swe: gunga = swing/going on the swing)
Every time we pass a swing set she says ga-ga. She would sit on the swing 24 hours a day if she could. She kicks her legs, laughs out loud and sings ga-ga, ga-ga, ga-ga.

The fleece and matching hat & gloves are birthday presents from all of Alice's great grandparents. Isn't she a doll?


Eating is another favourite. Today Alice said ticka (Swe: dricka = drink) and pointed to her cup. She prefers to eat all by her self now that she has realised that she can. The fish fingers went down like nothing, but the rice, peas and broccoli stayed on the tray even though those are things she normally likes. I think it's something to do with her discovering that she has a will, and that she can express it. Preferrably with a scream. Challenging times for a parent, I'll say.

Speaking of parents - big news: I've got a job! I as in Johanna, that is. I'm starting on Monday as a business teacher in High school. I'll be teaching Business and International business, which is not something I have ever done before. So there's another challenge altogether. But I'm really excited about it and I think it will be a lot of fun too! 

Why English?

Some people ask me why this page is in English. It's simple - it's because Alice has a whole bunch of friends and family all around the world outside Sweden who don't speak Swedish. They all want to know how Alice is doing, and watch pictures of her grow, and so on. English is the common denominator, since I don't speak Portugese, or Greek, or well enough Estonian, and even if I did I lack the time to make a page in each language. So English it is.

Alice's First Birthday

Congratulations Alice - you've been around for a whole year now!

Isn't it amazing how much a child can learn in just a year? Having a child has really given us a different perspective on time. A year has never been so long before, or so short. I can't believe it's only a year since this sweet little baby (well, not a baby anymore) was born on our living room floor. And then again, so much has happened in this year, it feels like much longer.

Alice, once just a little package, seemingly just lying there uncapable of doing anything but breethe, breast feed and mayby wiggle a little. Now she walks, she eats by her self (it's a huge mess, but still), she plays, she draws, she can say "good" ("gott gott" in swedish) . She goes on the potty (with backup diapers, of course), she points at things we ask her to, such as the lamp or mummy and daddy. She can even drive a car ;)



What can this be, this huge colorful package? It looks so nice!



Oh, no, what have you done? You've ruined my beautiful package! (Alice actually started crying when we started to rip open the paper). What do you mean, is there something inside? What can this be?




Aha - it's a car! And look at this, it has a horn. Honk honk! (More like bleep bleep, but who cares). I like it!



Time to blow out the candle.
Hmm, I think I need mummys help. And this plate looks very nice, too!

We had a great party, and Alice got a whole bunch of super presents.
Thank you everyone who came for a great day! 

The Godmother's Visit

Alice's godmother Susanne came to visit from Gotland for a couple of days. This is us when we tried to go to "Fjärilshuset", which is sort of a "Butterfly Zoo". A large greenhouse like building full of butterflies fluttering around. None of us had ever been there before and we thought it would be a nice excursion. Now we still haven't been there, since the place is apparantly closed on Mondays. So we ended up going to IKEA instead...