After a week of studying ash clouds and various airlines websites Adam's parents finally made it back to Australia and Adam back to Sweden. They met somewhere in the air between Stockholm and Luleå Thursday afternoon. Adam ended up having a pretty good week at a golf resort in Wales and even though it was a bit stressful not knowing when they would get back home, I think he had a good time there. Jane and John flew down to Stockholm Tuesday night but caught the night train back to Luleå since their Stockholm-Paris flight got canceled after they left Luleå. Who would have thought that a volcano eruption could cause so many problems?
Having Jane and John here for longer than planned meant that I could continue to go for my walks by myself nearly every day and I also went riding one day. John looked after Jakob and Jane Isak. It also meant that I had some company while Adam was away and got lots of help with the kids and they got to see Jakob and Isak for a bit longer than planned. Jakob has been obsessed with playing with John and he didn't get a moment to himself apart from when Jakob was a dagis. Jakob's English has been getting better and better and before they left he spoke at leastut 50% English (do you agree Jane and John?) when speaking to grandma and poppa. From only saying a few words he started saying 3-4 word sentences in English.
Yesterday I went to my work's conference/leisure place just outside Luleå for a get together with my department at work. My collegues were there all day but Isak and I turned up after lunch. We did some work in groups and Isak slept for a big part of the afternoon so I could be a part of some of it. Nice to see everyone again and also nice to hear about what's happening at work. I stayed for dinner as well and Isak entertained by farting loudly when laying on the table when we were eating.
Today I have been for a walk, been out shopping boxes and storage containers etc, taken Jakob out for a ride on his bike (and Isak to sleep in the pram), had mum and dad over for a coffee, had a nice dinner and dessert cooked by Adam. After the kids gone to bed I spent the rest of the night cleaning out drawers, the cupboard in the bathroom and organising some folders and boxes etc. Not often I feel like doing things like that so better get on with it when I feel like it, even though it happened to be Saturday night.
Jens came over for dinner one night last week. Can you see Isak on the table?
After spending some time at the riding club we went straigth to Andreas and Carina's house to celebrate her birthday. Mum and dad were also invited so they got to see their new house for the first time.
Yesterday I finally managed to get Jakob to have a ride. He has always liked being around horses but has never been keen on riding. The day before yesterday I asked him if he wanted to go riding and he said yes. Didn't think he would do it, but he surprised me and was not scared at all! he picked the biggest horse and was really confident in the saddle.
Isak is now nearly 2 1/2 months old. He is growing every day and his legs don't look like bird legs anymore and his face has filled out a lot. He is starting to be awake a lot more during the days and when we are at home he only sleeps for 20 min to 45 min at a time. When outside he can go for a little bit longer but he hasn't had a 3 hours sleep now for nearly a week. He is happy most of the time but has started to show more of a personality and can go from being asleep to screaming in a second. He doesn't like being in the pram when he is awake so I now have to try to avoid having him there when he is not due for a sleep. Unless I want to carry him.
This is the first photo we have taken of the four of us. Not very easy to get Jakob to sit still for more than a couple of seconds.
Grandma and poppa with Jakob and Isak.
So far Jakob has been really really good to Isak and doesn't show any signs of being jealous. On the other hand he has always had lots of people around him giving him attention. Will be interesting to see what happens when grandma and poppa go back to Australia and Adam gets more busy at work. I am positive though and think it will be ok but I am sure there will be some challenging times.
Last Sunday we all went to Ale to have a look at the sheep and all the newborn lambs. When we got there the water had just broke on one of the sheep so we waited and hoped we would get to see the birth.
Åke found out that the first lamb was breech so he had to help it out.
The sheep was having triplets so Åke helped her to deliever another 2 beautiful little lambs.
I am so glad we got to see it all, what an experience! Jakob really enjoyed it too and both him and I wanted to go in there and help.
When Adam and his mum got home we just got changed and started walking over to my brother's place where we were invited for dinner. Jakob and Moa haven't played together for quite some time and Jakob was so happy to get to see Moa again. They played really well and had lots of fun.
Lucas getting to know Isak...
Today we took some family photos. We were supposed to get some of the kids as well but it is nearly impossible to get them all to sit still at the same time. It was hard enough with the adults...
Lucas can now walk by himself but he loves pushing this little trolley around.
It takes about 15 minutes to walk home from their place. A nice walk, not too far but long enough to feel a bit better after a big dinner.
I knew I had missed riding a lot but it wasn't until I had a go again that I rememberd exactly how fun it is! Thursday afternoon Jane came with me to the riding club to look after Isak and I had my first ride in nearly a year and on a horse I have never ridden before. Bettan (see photo) who ownes Rubin had done all the work and had the horse ready for me so I just had to get on.
Rubin was amazing to ride! he is a really really nice horse and even though I felt very uncoordinated and a bit all over the place it was great fun!
Thursday morning we went to visit Anneli. We were only supposed to go for a "fika" but Anneli decided to make it in to a lunch. And what a lunch! little sandwiches as entree, elk casserole with rice, salad and bread for main and a really nice Sweden cake for dessert. Jakob who stayed home from dagis because of a cold, was very hungry and ate a lot. Not sure if he has tried elk before but he loved it. Thanks Anneli for a really nice day!
Isak is now 2 months old and everything is going really well. He is happy most of the time, sleeps a lot during the day and quite a lot at night (look forward to less feeding at night though). Tomorrow we are going for a doctor's check up so after that I will have more information on how long he is and his weight.
