tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68641232062997900692024-02-20T21:14:23.361+01:00 Tandoori VikingOctober 6th 2009 we got a wonderful baby girl, Jennifer. Barely 3 months later I was diagnosed with cervical cancer. A great uterus was lost and mourned. January 2011, longing for a sibbling to our little girl, life brought us to Mumbai and the wonderful team of Surrogacy India. January 2nd, 2012 our "Little Viking", Erik, was born. Welcome to my world!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-11243001171858667782015-01-11T21:24:00.000+01:002015-01-11T21:36:35.313+01:003 years!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Amazing how time flies. It is 3 years ago since we got this wonderful gift of a new family member. Our little miracle is getting big and still, not a day passes by without thanking our surrogate, N, our doctors, Dr. Sudhir Ajja and dr. Yashodhara Mhatre with the superb team of Surrogacy India.<br />
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The uncertain legal situation in India makes me so happy over that we never waited with our surrogacy process. Today everything is so much more complicated and I'm not even sure we could. It sure is a strange development.<br />
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To tell you the truth, I still miss Mumbai very much. Even though it's been a while - and feels so too - I somehow feel very close to the country anyway. I highly cherish my brother, Sudhir, how we have kept in touch.<br />
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Erik. Our wonderful Erik. He is a little humorous guy. Still extremely interested in cars, tractors and all other kind of vechicles. He sings so well, loves to snuggle. He is a mommy's boy which makes his daddy somewhat sad and maybe even a bit jealous. As it comes to diapers, we practiced the whole summer with varying results. In the beginning of September, anyhow, while eating dinner, I mentioned for Erik that Santas Little Helpers were already peeking in the window to see if the children behave. Unexpectedly, this became a source of motivation for our little guy. He declared that he wished SO SO much for a HUGE truck from Santa and that he would go to the potty every time. The next morning he refused to wear his pull-ons and I quickly had to gather 5 pairs of underwear, pants and socks to bring to the daycare. Everything has went very smoothly since then.<br />
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I can, of course, not make a post without writing about our 5-years old Jennifer, too! Our lovely little clever girl. I am so amazed of how you have grown into such a wonderful human being. I love your flexibility, musicality, thoughtfulness and how emphatetic you truly are. Jennifer has finally started to read, too. Not fast and not very well, but still, she understands how it's done and is very interested. You go, girl!<br />
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On December 1st, we had to say our last goodbye to our beloved four-legged friend and family member, Bessie. She was almost 12 years but still going strong, guarding us every single moment. She went through an uterus surgery (due to an uterus infection it was removed along with ovaries) in August and recovered pretty well. Nevertheless she never totally stopped bleeding and suffered from several urinary tract infections post operation. On December 1st we went to the vet because of increased bleeding. She was slightly sedated in order to be able to look for the reason and was diagnosed with uterine fibroids, an easy thing to fix in her case. Unfortunately, also a huge spleen tumor was discovered and she was put to sleep immediately. Of course, it has been a sad time for all of us but we are so glad that the whole family could be there, next to her as she passed on to a better place.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-73156816733622571802014-10-06T20:56:00.001+02:002014-10-06T20:56:36.011+02:00Probably the best daughter in the World!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today is a very, very special day. 5 years ago, an extremely sweet little girl was born. The best job I've ever done -carrying and giving birth to my firstborn, our JENNIFER.<br />
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Every day with you is a blessing. Every night I sing my Estonian lullaby for you, I look at you and feel so grateful to be your mother. You are such a ray of sunshine in our lives. You are a fantastic person, thoughtful, clever and smart. I admire your flexibility and your wonderful way of including everyone around you to play and explore the world. You sing so beautifully and I think you've given the singing bug to your little brother, too :) We love your versatility and creativity as you draw, paint, glue and create loads of art every single day (and we thank IKEA of Sweden for all the pens, pencils, paint, papers, aprons and everything else we need, without being totally ruined, haha).<br />
When it was time for you to choose a theme for your first birthday party with your friends, we were <strike>afraid</strike> sure you would suggest something pink and "princessy". Instead, you surprised us totally with your Halloween Birthday party idea, out of nowhere. (In Sweden, Halloween is not celebrated that much and we still don't know where you got this idea). Nevertheless, we were just as excited as you and thank the Amazing Internet for diversity of Halloween decorations and stuff. So much fun :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-7555480470481086612014-06-05T17:26:00.000+02:002014-06-05T23:54:04.725+02:00Wherever I am...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Just like most of my fellow bloggers who were racing their surrogacy road about the same time as us, my posts don't come that often any more. But I'm still here, believe me.<br />
I'm currently 1200 km North from home, in Umeå. It's a wonderful city in the North of Sweden. I've been here this week for finishing my studies at Umeå University and can now titulate myself as an advanced level diabetes nurse specialist. I'm very excited about it, I have learned so much. When I first came to Umeå in the beginning of April (for one week of lectures and training), I had never been here before. Today, I must admit, I'm a big fan of this town. I kinda thought it would be lots of people who hardly ever speak (well, that's what people in the South of Sweden think of those up in North), really cold and boring. I understand that the weather part has been a fortuity but all my preconceptions were noncence. People here are really talkative (but the dialect is really differenent, being very charming with its characteristic melody), the weather has been wonderful and the town is nothing but dull. As you may have noticed, Sweden is narrow (maximum width is only about 500km) but long (stretching 1572km from North to South). One very funny thing I've noticed here, is that people in the Northern part of the country have equally poor awareness about Southern Sweden as we living in South are of North. This became especially distinct when a university lecturer referred to Gothenburg as a town in the very South of Sweden. Well, Gothenburg is about 350km northwest from where I live. It kind of made me wonder if I was considered as Danish according to her :)<br />
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Initially and especially during my first week here, I was a bit worried about how Jennifer and Erik would handle me being away for so many days. It turned out very well and hearing their happy voices and seeing them via FaceTime has been as a balm for my soul. My husband rocks as a full-time dad.<br />
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So, what made me write the title of this post? During this week I have realized something a bit odd but maybe not surprising about myself: <b>Wherever I go, I always look for India.</b> I look for Indian restaurants, those little asian stores on narrow streets, I wear Indian clothes, shoes and a bindi etc. Wearing a bindi makes me feel complete in a strange way that I am unable to explain. Eating kulfi and drinking chai makes me happy as a child on Christmas Eve. Call me silly if you please!<br />
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting a wonderful couple that we met in Mumbai, during our second trip, when Erik was a newborn. It was such a joy to see their twins smiling at me. Such perfect little miracles! So nice to speak to people who share so many experiences with me. No explanations needed, whether it's about waiting for ultrasound reports, doorkeeper at the Rodas hotel, or visiting FRRO.<br />
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Our kids are growing crazy kind of fast. I can't understand how they have managed to turn 4,5 and (soon) 2,5 while I'm not that much older. Jennifer is a wonderful, happy girl who loves the trampoline, strawberries and drawing. She is friends with everyone at the preschool and loved by her friends.<br />
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Erik is a great talker. He expresses himself in long centences, using adjectives and words like "unfortunately". He is still crazy about vehicles. Still a biter - at least when getting tired. He loves water and both kids have attended swimming lessons during the past semester which as been lots of fun. In the beginning of April, Erik got a big-boy bed. He was so happy and proud about it. Initially, we sat next to him until he fell asleep, just to avoid bringing up the habit of getting up. We have always sought a clear evening routine. Nowadays, Erik and Jennifer listen to a storybook, hear one Swedish and one Estonian lullaby and then go to each room and bed. Some nights Erik wakes up in very early morning and wants to come to our bed, which is ok. Jennifer always sleeps through the night. Aah, and I almost forgot - Erik is really good at potty training, too. It was sometime in early April, I think, when he understood the point of going to the toilet. He still wears pull-ons during nights and at daycare (in order to make it easier for the staff). But at home he is really good at taking care of that business. Nevertheless, he is not that fond of underwear and prefers to run around without any pants at all. Also, when wearing underwear, he sometimes still forgets that he is not having pull-ons and accidents do happen because of that. We need to stop using diapers, a vacation project :)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Umeå, Sverige63.8258471 20.26303540000003563.713785599999994 19.940311900000037 63.9379086 20.585758900000034tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-67080884049461443662014-01-25T20:59:00.002+01:002014-01-25T20:59:52.315+01:00Just a few new pictures :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So so proud Erik for me letting him walk Bessie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When the first snow FINALLY came, I could'nt resist to, after shoveling our drive,<br /> play a bit on my own :) My snow lantern</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-89637622106821260732014-01-03T00:33:00.002+01:002014-01-03T00:33:33.152+01:00Little Viking's big day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This morning when I woke up in order to get ready for a working day, my head and heart were filled with amazing memories from this day 2 years ago. How we standed outside the operation room doors, holding Jennifer and waiting for OUR new baby to be put into our arms by dr. Yashodhara. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of the moment when I spotted her coming towards us. If you have standed there, you know what I mean! I remember the true joy that I saw in the eyes of dr. Yash and dr. Sudhir. I remember the first time I kissed and inhaled (yes!) my Little Viking and how proud it felt to say his name out loud to the nurse who needed to fill in some papers.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">ERIK JOHN ANDERS</span></b>,</div>
we are so proud and happy to have you. Today you are a big boy, weighting 14kg, with 20 teeth and a huge obsession of everything that rolls. You already sing beautifully and I can tell that you will be a very good singer. You speak so very well and understand so much about life.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erik with his beloved Noni<br />Photo by photographer Johan Lindvall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our birthday boy driving his tractor and Jennifer cheering :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My self-made tractor- birthday cake</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-80271316695962830742013-11-01T22:28:00.000+01:002013-11-03T01:47:31.425+01:00It's time for celebrations!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday was Jennifer's 4th birthday. We celebrated a wonderful day with her and had extended familiy visiting in the afternoon/evening. I believe she was very happy :)<br />
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The day before her birthday Jennifer bursted out that she loooonged for her birthday to come. I asked her what exactly she was waiting for (thinking she would probably long for presents). "I'm longing for my birthday, because everybody will come to visit and they will sing for me and say happy birthday" :)</div>
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Our little peanut, we love you SO much and feel incredibly blessed for having the honor of being your parents. Thank you for the laughter, love and sunshine you bring into our lives. For the challenges to learn from. For loving music and singing just as much as we dreamed of!</div>
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Early morning birthday gift, a new bunny that works :)</div>
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A very busy doc mcStuffins :) No time for posing AT ALL. I saw that she pushed the stetoscope's heart button several times, looking at her favourite toys, kind of hoping for them to wake up. She knew it wouldn't happen but still couldn't resist to try. What if it works?<br />
My mother herself has sewn the doctors coat for Jennifer!<br />
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Jennifer wished for a birthday cake with butterflies and ladybugs. Here it is! Home made from scratch. (But the decoration is from amazon)</div>
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I know, I know, it's a looong time ago since I wrote. Or maybe you haven't even noticed because just like us, you are busy with your babies growing faster than you run.<br />
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Our babies are doing just fine. Jennifer is enjoying her summer vacation and Erik is still unaware about his pre-school career soon to begin. As probably most children, they too have developed so much during these months. In the beginning of the summer we got ourselves a trampoline. It has been great for them - Jennifer is now a much better climber and Erik has fantastic balance for his age. He jumps, climbs and skips as a much older child. Erik has developed quite a vocabulary, especially when it comes to vehicles. He is passionate about tractors. Most days, "Tatto" is his first and last word. He is a very quick learner and immediately tries to immitate what you're saying or doing. He's still a biter and a pincher. He runs really fast and manages stairs so well. Even the ladder up to the trampoline is nemas problemas! Both I and my husband are daily fascinated by how much of a "boy" he is. Jennifer has never been as girlish like he is boyish. Still, he has been exposed to same toys from beginning.<br />
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Both children have been playing a lot with water - both in our backyard aswell as on the beach.<br />
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We have made several sea tours watching my father-in-law baiting eel. I'm so proud and happy that my children get to see and experience this old craftmanship that might be lost forever sooner than we can imagine. There are only few in Sweden who are permitted to caugh eel. My father-in-law is one of them.<br />
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Besides staying close to the sea, we have also been to the Astrid Lindgren World in Vimmerby. You know, this fantastic lady who wrote the books about Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, Children of Noisy Village and Emil of Lönneberga. We had so much fun and our kids were so happy and SO exhausted after two whole days there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer Longstocking</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenni-Pippi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jennifer, dressed as Emil's little sister, Ida.</td></tr>
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Jennifer also has taken a few horseback riding lessons, which we both enjoyed very much.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's a natural, if you ask me. Here with a shetland pony "Lisa".<br />
Jennifers favourite horse at the riding school.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents visited us during 2 weeks in July. Wonderful days!<br />
Here's Jennifer with my mother</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting our windows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erik with my father</td></tr>
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This summer really has been fantastic when it comes to weather. Most people can't even remember when we had such a sunny and warm summer last time. It's also my last summer on maternity leave. EVER. Wow!, I better don't think of it in this way during these last weeks of freedom. It's a new beginning and maybe one could also say that we are going to take a step into the real world, being two working parents and children at pre-school. Most people do it. But for us it was going to be a bit extra tricky due to our working hours. With my husband working as a medical sales rep., he often travelles with very short notice. Making a monthly or even a weekly schedule for him is rather complicated since most operations and procedures that he needs to attend (in order to guide doctors) are planned from day to day. Considering my own extremely early or late (or whole night) working hours at the hospital and the lack of family members/friends who coud step in and leave or pick up our children at the pre-school, one of us must work part time. Due to the salary, it's me. Believe me, I don't mind at all. But I'm sick and tired of being poor. The one who rarely has own money. That's me.<br />
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So, at the same time as I was looking forward to start working 50% at my hospital ward again, I also dreamed of either finding a job in India or Bangladesh and take my family for a year or two abroad. Or a job, closer to my home, with "normal" working hours so that I could earn more. I sent so many emails and got wonderful help from our friends abroad, too.(Thank you SO SO much!) I was even offered a very interesting job in Dhaka but the thing was, it was voluntary. Almost no salary at all. Sadly, we could not afford it.<br />
And then something very weird happened one morning. I got a phone call from a lady who said that she called from our local health centre. She had got a tip about calling me from her colleague (who used to be our childrens nurse). She wondered whether I could consider working there this summer. I could, but I also mentioned that it would be great if that would lead to something permanent, too. I met the boss. We agreed on the summer schedule and I started to work when my husband could stay at home with Jennifer and Erik - just a few days a week. And then, one of the last days of July, I was offered to continue working there. And I agreed!!! As resigning must be done 3 months in advance here, I'm still going to work 7 weeks at my ward before I will start at my new job in November but I'm absolutely thrilled! I know my guardian angel has been involved in this :) Not only am I going to work about 1,5 km from home (I need to buy a bicycle!), I'm also getting to study an university course over a year, in order to get Asthma/allergy/cronical obstructive lung disease speciality (my second, next to diabetes).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So, if you call me at the Health Centre, I probably look something like this :)</td></tr>
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Today was a fantastic day for both me and Jennifer - and for our Little Viking aswell! Oh, we all loved to be on the horse back...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was so happy on the horse back!</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-91678923902604202092013-06-07T22:30:00.001+02:002013-10-07T13:07:56.955+02:00Almost 1 1/2!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Oh, Erik is 17 months already. Time goes fast when you're having fun!<br />
After a very late spring, the summer weather really has hit us with wonderful, sunny days. This time of the year is the most pleasant. The most of the summer is yet ahead and the days are SOOO long. I love it!<br />
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At the end of May we had the joy of being at a little new family members baptism. It was very nice. The funny thing is, each time we attend a baptising ceremony, both me and my husband say to each other that we are so happy for not letting our kids be baptised. As I have mentioned before, I am most certainly spiritual and believe in some kind of higher power and Guardian Angels but neither me nor my husband go to church. We just feel no need of ceremonies and rituals and I strongly believe that baptism is not needed for being loved and protected by higher powers. A prayer or a small talk, asking for advice from God or Guardian Angel can take place any time and anywhere. In the same way we feel that being baptised is something we wish our children to deside by themselves as they grow bigger. I was baptised when I was 11 and wanted to. It feels great to remember it.<br />
Nevertheless, we got some cute pics of our sweethearts!<br />
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Nowadays our kids are outdoors most hours of the days and it is so great to have our own garden and backyard. We bought a small slide for the kids and it is very popular.<br />
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Erik has very quickly learned how to handle the slide by him own - aswell as getting up and down the stairs to the garden (or the front door aswell). He is a quick learner and I'm surprised by his ability to immitate everything very fast - both good things and bad. One of the sweetest things that he tries to pronounce right now is "mellanmål", meaning "snack". Hard to explain, but believe me, it is extremely cute when such a small child says such a long word or actually two words put together. He also seems to be very much ready for daycare. Every time when we go to leave or pick up Jennifer, he just "joins the party" and forgets me. It must be mentioned here that he is other ways very much mommy's boy and always makes sure that he knows where I am. I deeply hope that he will like being at daycare when September comes. But it sure looks promising. :)<br />
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Jennifer is currently testing us many times, every day. It's a good thing that both me and my husband are evenly consequent as it comes to not giving in and going the easy way. We do believe that LOTS of love and clear borders are something that makes children feel safe and good. But aaah, sometimes I just don't know what to say any more.<br />
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Erik LOVES the lawnmover. It takes about an hour to cut our grass and each time my husband does it, he is dutyfully followed by Erik. Jennifer never did this. Well, maybe for a minute or two but certainly not in an hour! I hope that he will like this job as much when he is old enough to handle the real lawnmover, too!!!<br />
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That's all for this time, folks! No certain news on the job front yet. I'll let you know when I got news.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-48751403900995087952013-05-06T22:55:00.002+02:002013-05-06T23:05:53.285+02:0016 months and finally, SPRING!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well, hello there :)<br />
A few little landmarks have been reached, again. On May 2nd, our Little Viking turned 16 months. He is just fantastic. Such a smart little guy. He mimics everything we do and surely tries to say so much. His favourite word is, of course, "mamma" and he repeats it very often. Usually, he calles for me, saying "mamma" whichafter I reply with a "mmmh?" (remember, Swedish is a language with "melody", hence I sound rather joyful with my "boring" answer :-). It was kind of funny the other day, when I noticed that he was sitting and playing, repeating "mamma! - mmmmh?" No need for me to fill in, haha!<br />
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As the good weather has arrived (FINALLY!) we have been outside as much as possible. Since my last post, where I was whining about Jennifer not wanting to ride her bicycle, things have really changed! After observing how Jennifer was trying to ride her trike without further success, I decided that we would try a bigger bike with support wheels instead. A couple of hours later she was happily biking and declared clearly that Erik can have the trike now. A perfect solution, truly! Nowadays, Jennifer rides a couple of kilometers every day (she is still so proud when she can show everyone at the daycare how she is going to ride home). Erik is being pushed on his trike and he LOVES it! His legs are still a bit too short to reach the pedals but he is so happy when sitting there, with his helmet on :)<br />
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On May 4th, it was our fantastic surrogate, N's, birthday. On the same day, it was also 2 years since the embryo transfer that resulted in our little miracle. We sent her flowers, dry fruits (the only "gift" she spontanously said that she liked during her pregnancy) and a card with our greetings, of course. Also, our dear friends, who are currently in Mumbai and fresh parents of a little miracle girl, were kind enough to bring a photo book about Eriks first year and some more fresh photos of him for N. I am SO very happy that SI is helping us to keep in touch with N! Our gratitude is huge and we would be sad if there was no possibility to let her know how much we think of her.<br />
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While the summer is approaching, I'm thinking more and more about my working situation. I must get back to work in september. I do love my job and my ward, colleagues and my boss deeply and feel a great loyality towards them. But I'm very worried for how everything will be. Due to my husbands frequent business leaves, I could not work more than 50% - if we don't want that our kids would be at the daycare day and night. Working 50% might sound great for you, but for me this means working almost only at weekends and getting paid less than I get now, during my maternity leave. My economy is so poor already and I would really need a lift here. IF I would get a job with daytime working hours, I could work a lot more - easily 75% or even full time if I want and our children could be at the daycare. A lot to think about for me here, but I am looking for other alternatives. I have to - even if I love working at the hospital.<br />
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I know, I know. Long time since my last post. Days pass by so quickly and I guess nothing special has happened. Both kids had a cold during and after Easter so we were at home most of the holidays. Now everything is back to normal and we eagerly wait for the warmer weather so the spring can really come and stay - until summer takes over.<br />
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Right before Easter, I was to my gynaecologist for a routine check-up, which I must do every 6 months. On February 17th this year it was 3 years since my hysterectomy (due to cervical cancer diagnosed 3 months after Jennifer was born). This means, it's 2 more years to go until I'm free from my diagnosis. Last friday I got my PAP test result aswell and for my great relief, everything was fine. I hate those days between test and results. They really remind me of how I lost my uterus, how sick I was - without even feeling ill. It's still kind of abstract for me. I remember looking at tampon and Always advertisements, thinking how unfair it is that I will never need any of those again. At the same time, I'm happy to be a survivor. And despite the sad story, I'm still a mother of two wonderful children that both are purely ours. It's so amazing, isn't it? All of you having surrogate babies, I'm sure you understand how this sometimes can overwhealm you: IT IS SO FANTASTIC that our children do exist!<br />
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About the children, Erik is a great runner nowadays. He has learned how to safely climb up to the sofa and Jennifers bed - and down. He also gets safely down from our bed, even if it's to high for him in order to climb back up again. Jennifer never has been a climber. She kind of needs to be motivated an pushed to do physical activity like biking on her three-wheeler. She knows how to do it but just doesn't care. Also when it comes to climbing and running at daycare, she rather sits in the sandbox, playing and singing. Erik is not a monster climber either but since he wants to do everything that Jennifer does, he has to appy himself. This way he learns some things much earlier. Also, we might be a bit cooler as parents and let him manage by himself. :)<br />
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Right now, Jennifer absolutely loves when we tell her about words she couldn't pronounce properly when she was smaller. It is so cute when she tells us that she couldn't say words like "avocado" saying "cado" instead etc. I guess this theme is kind of exciting now when Erik is learning to speak. He says quite a few words now, in his own way of course, but still!<br />
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Erik is very facinated by the vacuumer. He often "tells me" which closet it's hidden in and wants me to take it out. when I do so, he loudly demands me to start vacuuming. It's so silly and funny. Especially as Jennifer at the same time runs to her room, shuts the door and plays alone with her Fisher-Price farm until I'm done. She doesn't like noise. But Erik seems to love machines. Even when I'm making fresh carrot/apple juice, he comes running to see what's the "wonderful" sound, haha.<br />
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Well, yes, we are back, and so almost 2 weeks already. I was planning to make a blog post for a while ago, but little Hayden's final flight put me in respectful silence (www.rastalesstravelled.com). This little hero really has touched my heart during his short but so intensive life. Not the least, his incredible mother and her wonderful talent for writing has impressed me a lot. Bernadette and your family - you will ALWAYS have a place in my heart! Now, take time to live, love, sleep and heal. Your Mighty Superhero will always be with you, probably guarding his sister from the skies.<br />
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Our trip to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was absolutely wonderful. We had peaceful, happy days together. As my husband is travelling a lot, our family time is from time to time a bit limited. Therefore just being all together was so nice. All 6 flights went very good. We already knew that Jennifer is a very good traveller. She continues to repeat that she wants to become a pilot. But it was pleasant to learn that also her little brother has absolutely no trouble with flying. Our wonderful stuardesses made it also possible for Jennifer to see the cockpit on almost every plane, which was so exciting for her. But most of the time, our kids just slept throgh the flights :)<br />
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In Dhaka, we had wonderful time with my husbands best friends family. We had plenty of pool-time and so-so much relaxation! As the family already had a nanny, they kindly hired one more aaya during our visit so that we had a chance to leave the kids at home and just do things on our own. This almost never happens at home hence it felt both very wierd and fantastic. Most of all, it gave us a possibility to make day trips to places that would either be interesting nor even suitable for children. Dhaka is a megacity and just sitting in a car in order to get out of town could take hours and hours. Some areas were dangerous due to demonstrations and/or hartal. Therefore, it felt great that our children could be safe in our friends apartment in a quite secure area. But for us, those trips were very interesting and pleasant.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My happy little girl had so much fun in the pool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Erik loved this!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a normal day in Dhaka traffic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dhaka river harbour. Stinky but still beautiful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A river boat</td></tr>
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Erik got his very first haircut in Dhaka. As Jennifer had her first in Mumbai, we thought this would be an interesting place for him so that he won't need to be jelous at his big sister in the future. I used to go to a ladies beauty saloon in the area close to our Dhaka residence. So one day I just brought him with me and asked whether they wanted to give him a nice hairstyle, which they did :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yes, I had a bad hair day and yes, I got a haircut too, the day after :))</td></tr>
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After a week in Dhaka, both us and our friends family flew to Colombo, Sri Lanka. We had plans of taking the train from Colombo to Galle but as it was getting very late in the afternoon, we decided instead to let a taxi drive us all the way to the very Southern point on this Paradise-like island. We stayed at a hotel at Koggala Beach. It must be one of the most beautiful beaches in the world! Hearing the Indian Ocean sing it's lullaby when we were going to sleep and waking up to it's sound was mighty and still so meditative. Everybody who knows me, knows how keen I am about water and swimming. But these powerful, strong waves of salty, very warm, blue ocean just took my breath away. We stayed at the beach as much as possible, as also our kids had so much fun in the sand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's me! Wheeeee!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just so wonderful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Could it be more beautiful?</td></tr>
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One early morning, we took a cab to Galle in order to join a whale safari. It was a 3-4 hour tour with a great boat belonging to the Sri Lankan Navy. We spotted several blue whales (WOW!!!) and also a group of dolphins. Unfortunately, I have no good pictures of it. But I have a few of us on the tour!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise over Galle harbour, Sri Lanka</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One tired sailor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spotting for whales :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On our way back to Galle</td></tr>
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The same afternoon, we visited a Sea Turtle Hatchery nearby, which was very interesting and exciting, too. It was wonderful for our kids to be able to see those amazing animals. I have always been so facinated by them and it was rather emotional for me to hear how the staff was truly passionated by saving them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Behind this fence there are hundreds of eggs waiting to hatch. The staff buys eggs from local people who other ways would use them for food. This way they both get help and can save the little miracles from being eaten. As the sea turtles have hatched, they keep them for 5-6 days, so that their shield gets harder and more resistant.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most amazing thing, seen by my husband and his friend during a late night walk on Koggala beach: a wild sea turtle, who came up in the moonlight in order to lay her eggs. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated my husbands 40th birthday on Sri Lanka and had a fantastic day!!!</td></tr>
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Back in Dhaka, we had one more week of day trips, relaxing and shopping. It was fabulous, I must say it again. We also had a photographer coming to our friends residence in order to take some photos of our kids. I will make a new post with some of those pics next time.<br />
I'm sitting right now at my kitchen table, listening to the storm rising outside. Plenty of snow is on it's way this night. Knowing this, it really warms my heart that 2 weeks ago I thought that 25 degrees of Celcius in our bedroom in Dhaka was quite cold...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-78731505954328307732013-02-16T17:32:00.001+01:002013-02-16T17:32:38.449+01:00Late night greetings from Dhaka!We really, really enjoy our trip so far. The flight went very well, our life here is wonderful. Here are a few pictures from today :)<br />
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Our Little Viking is walking really good now and clearly prefers this new mode of moving ahead. He manages turning around, carrying things and is about to start running, too. Cute as an apple!!<br />
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Yesterday, on his 13-months-day, he got his 4th molar. Which means that he has 12 teeth now. I was truly surprised as I read Jennifers baby book the other day and realized that she had only 8 teeth on her 1st birthday. Erik had 11, still he got his first teeth a good month later than she did. Jennifer was an extremely poor eater, especially when there was another teeth on it's way - which it constantly was. Erik, on the other hand, is an exellent eater and used to pop a new teeth the 18th every month followed by bad sleep and refusing to eat from a spoon for a day or two before the teeth was out.<br />
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It is so amazing how kids are different, still so alike. Jennifer was very interested in books, balls and animals, learning to imitate their sounds very early. She also adored Pingu and loved to play simple animal-learning games on my iPhone. Erik looooves everything on wheels. If it rolls, it's fun and brings the "car sound" to his lips. He doesn't care much about books, even though I really try to have book-time with him anyway. He doesn't want to look at the pictures or learn what's on them. I so hope he will discover books some day.<br />
Right now the only thing he likes about books is to open and close them, again and again.<br />
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Balls are fun, too, but he isn't as obsessed about them as Jenni was. Erik is also not that interested in TV, which is actually great.<br />
Erik loves milk. He goes nuts if he sees the milk package on the dinner table and you won't give him his zippy cup fast enough. Jenni doesn't care about milk. She likes "bubble water", allthough she drinks her milk anyway, with a whole lot of pep talk about strong bones, good teeth and growing, cows sending their milk to her etc. etc.<br />
Erik loves bread. Jenni would never finish a sandwich or even a cinnamon bun, if you please. A typical situation at our dinner table is one kid being fussy because she must eat (faster than a snail, please!) and the other one being a drama queen since he is not being fed fast enough. :) But both of them like music, eating fruits, kicking ball, drawing, sledding, playing in water and getting their nails done.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, just getting my weekly manicure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Singing together is an important part of our days</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute in her hair, Jennifer is showing off her coloring book :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With his big sister looking so cute in hairclips,<br />
Erik wanted to have his hair fixed,too. At least Jennifer thought so :)</td></tr>
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A couple of weeks ago, Jennifer (3 years) found an anatomy book for kids. It's a book for children about double her age but she insisted on reading it and as a nurse, I couldn't resist it either. So, we looked on all the pictures - you know, the ones with our sceleton, muscles, nervous system, digestive system etc. She was very interested and asked me a LOT. Especially about digestive system and fetal development. I didn't think she'd understand it but she surprised me by explaining it pretty much as it is for daddy afterwards. Next day she wanted to read the book again. And again. Then she started to draw the digestive system. And yesterday she obviously decided it was time to teach her little brother, too. She made a sketch (which, by the way was totally understandable) and wanted him to sit and learn. Talk about her frustration when Erik was just not that interested! Nevertheless, this really made me thinking of how much children can learn and understand if you just let them to.<br />
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In January, I've also started to put Erik on the potty after his meals. Here's our potty odyssey aka what to do when mommy is waiting for poop and pee :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Put rings on a stick...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...watch Pingu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... read (=chew) a book</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...drive my car</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...eeeee, what more...</td></tr>
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Outside, it's still cold winter and we try to enjoy it as much as possible. Getting dressed is not our favourite but we try our best.<br />
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Continuing on this boring getting-dressed theme, we are happy not to need to dress our kids Micheline-man-style for a while soon. In 10 days, we are leaving the cold Sweden. My husbands best friend is posted at the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and we are going to visit him and his lovely family there. We are so excited and look very much forward to the trip. We are also planning a long weekend to Sri Lanka all together. Our primary plan was to visit Mumbai, but unfortunately there was a big risk that our visas wouldn't be ready and sent back to us on time before we leave. Hence we just didn't dare to take a chance, allthough we are so sad not to be able to meet our very missed and beloved friends in Mumbai - and of course our surrogate, N. I so hope we meet again some day.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-54489134262678159532013-01-11T10:25:00.000+01:002013-01-11T10:25:06.958+01:00On January 7th...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
...our Little Viking took his first steps :)<br />
Yesterday he also built a brick tower with 3 bricks. He loves putting things into or upon eachother. He has 11 teeth. Intrestingly, all of his teeth in the left side of lower jaw seem to come a bit later than all of his other teeth. Hence, the last of the first set of molars is missing yet.<br />
Erik loves to sleep while holding my hand. Most of all, he loves to put my hand under his cheek and hold it with both of his hands while falling asleep. Very, very cute but not practical at all when I'm home alone with both children.<br />
He really really loves everything on wheels. He often crawls, rolling a big truck in each hand.<br />
Erik is both a biter and pincher but "fortunately" he does it mostly on mommy who obviously tastes and feels very very good. I'm thinking of pasting myself full of mustard....<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-46282134231124890342013-01-02T23:29:00.000+01:002013-01-03T21:27:26.742+01:001 year ago...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
... we standed, with huge excitement, weak knees and bumping hearts, waiting for a new miracle to be <b>born</b>. <b>Born</b> in a completely different way compared to our first child. <b>Born</b> thanks to a very brave and kind lady, who will be in our hearts <b>forever</b>. <b style="color: #990000;">N</b>,<b style="color: #990000;"> </b>not a day passes by without thinking of you and your family.<br />
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It was dr. Yash who brought our Little Viking to us, wrapped in a green operation sheet. "It's your little brother," she softly told Jennifer. Our family was complete - two precious miracles. No matter how they are created and <b>born</b>, they are made of <span style="color: #660000; font-weight: bold;">LOVE</span>.<br />
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The arrival of two past years - 2011 and 2012 - my hubby, Jennifer and I celebrated in Mumbai with fantastic, huge, delicious dinners. Hence it was almost a bit strange to be in the cold Sweden to welcome 2013. But it was wonderful as we could be with good friends. </div>
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These past weeks truly have been hectic and we realized, that's how life is going to be every year: it starts with my birthday celebrations (=dinner) on December 18th, continues with Christmas Eve (=tons of food preparations), then New Years Eve (=fancy dinner, again) and on January 2nd, Eriks birthday (well, you guessed right, dinner again). </div>
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Back to today, we have a big boy now and no more baby! Indeed, even if it's hard to realize, also these longed for miracle babies, made in India, grow and turn one. As you wait for your little bundle of joy and happiness, you don't think of them turning 1. At least I was very much focused on the moment of holding my new baby, breastfeeding and feeling the "complete family feeling", which obviously was going to overwhealm us totally (which it did, too!). Today, I looked at my cheeky little boy as he was admiring his birthday balloons, saying little (real) words, I was overwhealmed by pride, joy and <b style="color: #990000;">LOVE</b>. He got many extra hugs, while I was thinking of how grateful I am for him being our son. We love you so much, little Erik! And, you have the <b>best big sister</b> in the world. A big sister, who gladly helped you with blowing out your candle today and opening your presents, too :) We are the luckiest parents on Earth!</div>
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.... and I'm so so sorry, but tomorrow it's time for your vaccinations. I'll return with his weight and length tomorrow!<br />
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Weight at 1 year: 11 505g, height 75cm, head circumference 46,5cm<br />
Erik doesn't walk by himself yet, but he rises up from the floor without support, walks along furniture and can walk next to us when we hold one of his hands. Cuteness all over! He loves to say "Hej" and "Där!" ("there"). He has got 2 new teeth (molars) (10 teeth totally) and there is more to come soon. The only trouble right now is actually hes slee. He is weaned - I stopped breastfeeding on December 11th which went great. After a week he slept really well in his own crib all throgh the night. Unfortunately, right now he wants to hold hands (with me) when he sleeps and wakes up many times in his crib before we go to bed around midnight. Inbetween us he sleeps tightly and well. I suppose, it is a combination of guests in the house, learning so much new, a slight cold and teething. I spoke to our childrens nurse today at our appointment and she recommended to give him the extra closeness he obviously needs at the moment, wait until teething and his cold are over and our everyday life is back to normal. She said, Erik will probably sleep better again since he just won't wake up as easily if nothing bothers him. Longing for a good-sleep-period!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-43888944080610530532012-12-02T10:25:00.000+01:002012-12-02T22:59:28.499+01:00It's....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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DECEMBER 2ND, ERIK IS 11 MONTHS AND IT'S SNOWING!!</div>
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Erik is such a strong little boy. He gets and stands up very easily now. He has been standing without support a couple of times but yet it's nothing he seems to desire to do, really. (Which is a bit funny, since Jennifer was standing without support at 9 and walking by 10 months of age). He's a super quick crawler and a real p..n in the a.. for Bessie since he loves to climb up on her too, which she strongly dislikes. Our Little Viking really loves a big plastic police car. He makes car noise and drives it around a LOT. As it comes to words and sounds part, he definitely says "Hej" (Hi), "Mamma" (mommy), "Oj" (wow/oops), "Nej" (no). Besides that, he can make different funny sounds which we have learned him. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-63399968380599165252012-11-19T21:57:00.004+01:002012-11-19T21:57:57.840+01:00Eye candy :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-86690382408895174992012-11-02T22:21:00.000+01:002012-11-02T22:21:07.587+01:0010 months! (picture heavy)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At 10 months, Erik:<br />
* Weights 10540 grams<br />
* Measures 72,5 cm<br />
* Has been crawling for several weeks now<br />
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* Can stand up against furniture - or me<br />
* Loves to walk with support<br />
* Is still breastfed but only a few times per day - mainly between 3-7 AM<br />
* Loves the bath time with his big sister<br />
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* Continues to be a good eater. At the same age, Jennifer weighted 2 kg less than Erik, while being almost as tall as he. Jennifer, on the other hand, has never been a big eater - at least not after 6 months of age when we introduced solid food. Today Erik most often eats as much as she does - at the age of 3. And I wouldn't say he eats supersize portions. Here we really need to think, what's normal for Jennifer and what's for Erik. They are SO different when it comes to food.<br />
* Loves to bite my shoulder when he sits on my hip. He bites HARD. He also fancies my other body parts and I have bite marks that look like snake bites here and there. Nevertheless, he is clever enough not to bite when he is being breastfed.<br />
* Tries to say "tack" ("thanks" in swedish) - "tah-tah," he says. Cute!<br />
* Is getting pretty good at going to sleep in the evening and can self soothe, at least until early morning hours. At that time I just want him to fall asleep ASAP so I pick him up from the crib and nurse him back to sleep as we co-sleep the rest of the night. It works good for us right now. He goes to sleep at 8PM and sleeps until 7-8AM, waking up 2-3 times. During daytime, he has his first nap around 10:30AM as we walk to the daycare to pick up Jennifer. He usually only sleeps around 30 minutes or so. In the afternoon he sleeps somewhere between 2-5PM. Sometimes he sleeps really well, about 2-2,5 hours, sometimes only an hour.<br />
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* Has got his BCG vaccination which is developing perfectly<br />
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November is one of the worst months of the year here in the South of Sweden. The weather is really <b>ugly</b>, being windy, rainy, cold and <b>dark </b>as there is no snow here yet. The days are so short and the trees are naked. We have raked the most of our cherry tree leaves past weekend and there is only a little left for this weekend ahead - if it won't pour the whole time. I wish we could pack our bags and fly to Mumbai...<br />
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Jennifer has discovered baking and I try to do that with her as often as I possibly can. It's a lot of fun! I wish she would eat what we have baked though, which she rarely does...<br />
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Sending a lot of love to you all. Tons of baby dust to those who still are on the bumpy road of infertility. I deeply hope you will be able to snuggle your own babies soon!!!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864123206299790069.post-59504510878865448922012-10-07T22:44:00.000+02:002012-10-07T22:49:12.671+02:00Jennifer 3 years!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our little Viking is 9 months. It's incredible, truly!<br />
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Erik has 6 teeth. He is still in high level training in order to start crawling properly, BUT he is definitely on the move. If I sit him down at his toy box, I can be sure of finding him several meters away from it and probably not sitting any more. He is very good att turning around in sitting position, comes easily up to crawling position, can move backwards but has just not taken this first step forward. We are waiting with great excitement! :) He also has truly discovered and LOVES to walk when we hold his hands. I think this is his favourite thing right now.<br />
He is more and more expressing himself with "mamama" and "dadada" and similar sounds. He also says "heeey", especially when he sees our cats or dog. He loves when we imitate him and laughs so easily. He's our chubby happy boy. Even now when he has got a slight cold from me (I have been way more sick than he or Jennifer), he eats and sleeps quite allright. Despite my constant coughing. Somewhere around midnight he usually wakes up and we co-sleep after that. It works best for us as he is not weaned yet. He loves both breastfeeding and co-sleeping, hence, right now I'm happy that he sleeps in his own bed until I go to bed.<br />
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Erik loves toys on wheels. His favourite thing at the moment is a truck that I once bought for Jennifer and which she loved aswell. It plays more than 12 different sounds and melodies. But I think Erik likes it because of the wheels. He loves to sit and roll it forward and back. Today we also rolled the car between us - so much fun. He can not push it properly yet but he knows how to clap on it so it rolls away bit.<br />
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Erik loves bath-time. He splashes so the floor is wet and laughs a lot while doing it. Jennifer and Erik always bathe together, something they both appreciate very much.<br />
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Tomorrow it's time for his BCG vaccination (against tuberculosis). Hope his immunization process goes as smoothly as it did for Jennifer.<br />
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In the middle of September we visited a Viking market close by. It was a lot of fun, a great day outdoors. Jennifer enjoyed horseback-riding, as always :) She is already so stable on the horse back, sitting straight and keeping the balance.<br />
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As Erik is growing, Jennifer and he associate more and more. Jennifer really tries to entertain him or to involve him in a game. It's cute but we really must watch them carefully as Jennifer can be somewhat tuff on him sometimes when he doesn't do as she hopes him to do. But they do have a lot of fun together already!<br />
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Jennifer has given Bessie some extra attention lately.<br />
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She grows so quickly - on Saturday she will be 3 years. Incredible. 3 years ago they put her on my chest as she took her first breath of air. 3 years ago we planned to get pregnant again very soon. I had the most perfect uterus and was happily unaware of my cervical cancer that was obviously there, waiting to be diagnosed. So much has happened since that day. So much indeed. We have achieved so much!<br />
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And the second idea of today :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, they put me in Jennifers bed?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ammmm....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">gotta have.....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.... a big bite of her bed :)</td></tr>
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