The dentist

The other morning I took Jakob to the dentist to start fixing the two holes he had last time we went. The dentist took some pictures of his teeth and it showed that he had 8 holes!!!! I couldn't believe it! Poor little angel had 8 holes!
The dentist was very patient and did a great job to slowly go through the process of fixing the problems. He put some "sleeping cream" on his hand first for 2 mintues and then he tried it in his mouth. Than he put some "sleeping liquid" on his hand before he gave the injection in his mouth. Jakob did not quite understand what was happening but he did what the dentist told him to do and he only got a bit scared when he started grinding the tooth.
This time it was all about training and getting used to the process but there will be many more visits before all 8 holes are fixed!

Tired boys

Jakob and Isak tired after a long day at dagis. They are both coping really well with long days but they are often very tired at the end of the day. Isak has now done nearly 2 months at dagis, hard to believe that he is such a big boy now!

Cars cars cars

I thought Jakob's interest for cars would die out or at least slow down over the years but he still loves them!

Mum's new apartment

Mum's new apartment is really really nice and homey. It is really well planned and has lots of cupboard and wardrobe space which is not so common in city apartments. It is quite amazing that dad actually grew up in this apartment building! I am sure he is smiling somewhere up there feeling quite good that mum is now living in the same building.
A small but nice kitchen!

Heaven

Last weekend Jakob found his new favourite place in Luleå! the new built skate park not far away from where we live. Jakob loves his kick bike and this place was just the perfect place for having fun with a kick.

I was constantly scared and it was more luck than anything else that we got away with only a couple of bruises.

Next time we go I don't think Isak will be allowed to come because me running after him trying not to get run over by a bike, kick bike or a skate board was not easy. Isak loved the place as much as Jakob but not for the right reasons. I don't think I need to say that he didn't listen to anything I said and I must have looked like a hysterical mum around boys just having a bit of fun.

Boys having fun

Sunday last week we had a nice day at Zara's. The boys played and had lots of fun and Zara cooked us a nice lunch with sweets for dessert. Can't complain about that.

Happy Isak!

Ale

Last weekend Adam was on a boys trip for 2 days so Jakob, Isak and I had lots of quality time and made the most of the weekend. On Saturday we did some work both inside and outside the house in the morning and when Isak had his sleep Jakob and I fell asleep together on the couch. We didn't quite have a "3 hours Isak nap" but nearly an hour and it was amazing. After nearly 3 hours we had to wake Isak up since we had planned to go to Ale with mormor.

Maggi was looking after little Vilmer who is now 3 months and real cutie. This time we even got to see him awake for a few minutes!

Åsa has a new border collie puppie!

We also stopped down to road in Ale to have a look at the house Maggi and Åke are moving in to in the next couple of months.

Looking good :-)

This is what I have been looking like for the last few weeks. Getting back to work after maternity leave wasn't a slow start. After only 4 days I started working 12 hours night shifts for a time that felt like forever. It was great fun (not so fun for the company though) and a challenge for me since it was work that I don't normally do. Tomorrow I go back to my normal job and I think I will appreciate things like sitting down, wearing jeans and having proper lunch, even though I will miss getting dirty, working with my hands and eating hot dogs at 2 in the morning.
During this time mum has moved to her new apartment and because of my work load we haven't been much help. Luckily there are others in the family that are willing to help!
Isak is doing great at dagis. He waves goodbye every day with a smile and is happy when we pick him up. He doesn't sleep as much as he does at home and they have to build a wall of pillows around him and the other children that sleep during the day. Otherwise he wakes them all up if he wakes up before everyone else. Not so popular. He is getting much more determined and gets very angry if he doesn't get what he wants when he wants it. He still loves sleeping and nowdays he walks to the bed himself as soon as we talk about going to bed. doesn't matter if it is in the middle of the day or in the evening. He is a freak. Jakob has never ever been like that, sleeping is just not so high up on the list of things to do for our oldest son.

The other day I booked flights to London so in November when Adam and the kids are in Australia I am going to visit Isabel for a long weekend. I need to have something fun to do while they are away.

Autumn!

Today we had a nice day at home, I am starting to get used to not working night shifts which is nice. Zara and the rest of the family came for lunch and after sitting inside for too many hours Zara and I took the kids outside and realised that the weather was really really nice. It felt like I hadn't been outside or seen the sun for a month.
Lykke and Isak in the cubby house!