Happy Birthday

Because my birthday falls on a Tuesday this year, we celebrated on the 25th because we were all home. B was very sweet and went to b2's room at 4:30am to make sure he didn't wake me up early on my "birthday". Unfortunately b3 was in a kicky mood and had me up earlier than I would like, but had it not been to my pregnancy related insomnia, I wouldn't have missed the sweetest thing ever from b1 who had come to our bed in the middle of the night.

 At 7:00am, b1 wakes up and whispers to herself: "Oh! it's Mamma's birthday today". And then she very quietly crept out of bed, tip toed around the bottom of our bed and then stood next to my head (as I pretended to sleep, with my eye cracked open). She stood there very quietly for about 30 seconds with her hands clasped in front of her heart. She then took a very deep slow breath, held it in... let it out, and then silently left the room. It was sooo sweet!

 Another wonderful birthday treat is listening to b2 sing Happy Birthday. It is just so sweet and enthusiastic.   I will try to catch and share it on video today.

I also love how Beck says "Yes" and how he mixes Swedish and English. Here is a video of this!

little boy b's milestones

Rolled over: 8 weeks Crawled: 5 months Walked 8 1/2 months Started daycare: 11 months Words at 13 months Mamma Water (wa wa) Baby signs at 13 months More Milk Food Water All done

General b'isms

Some of the cute things Bea says. Back yard = backyarden Cupcake = pupcake

Long time no post

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've updated this blog. Well, surprise! I'm pregnant again!

Things b says

I've decided to start a series of entries on things that b says (and things that b does) that I love.

Whenever we say surprise she says "no bajs!" (which means no poop).

"Surprise! No Bajs!"

Be careful what you ask for

Right now we are living in corporate housing while waiting for our house renovation to be completed. Looking for anything to help entertain and keep b occupied, B asked b to put his dirty socks in the bathroom (toaletten in Swedish). She shook her head yes and walked to the bathroom. We were quiet listening to her help out her pappa. Suddenly we heard the toilet seat bang shut. b had put B's socks in the toilet. When she came back into the living room she looked so proud of herself. She should be! My smart girl ;-)

Bea - 17 months

b talks all the time now. Her vocabulary is so large I can't create an adequate list. She loves to say Maya, Lilla Emelia (lilllill emillia), Olive (Ah-lum), Bajs (when she has a dirty diaper), up, mamma'sh (mamma's), pappa'sh (pappa's), pants, poon (spoon), mer tack.

She is constantly talking about her family and naming them (Mormor, Bass(FarMor), Pop, Grammy, Oompah, Lala, Titi, Kori, Jaimie, Ica, Dea, M'issa, Donny, Sharon (She doesn't say Eric or FarFar yet...).

B and I like to call her our little wildling. She will climb, and jump from anything we will let her. The other day she was diving head first off the couch into Lala's lap. She likes to dive over our legs. In the elevator, she holds on to the railing and tries to climb the walls. She successfully climbs B's legs when he holds her hands and does backward flips.

One of her favorite things to do is to stand on a stool and help us or copy us. When ever we are cooking, she is there asking to go up. Then she will stir in bowls, play in the water at the sink filling containers or "washing" the potatoes. In the bathroom, she "shaves" with the bladeless razor while B shaves, and puts on eye makeup with a closed mascara while I put on my eyebrow gel and eyeliner.

She's been putting her socks on by herself for a while now. Sometimes she screams when a sock gets stuck on a toe, but she's usually successful on her own. She recently started putting on her pants by herself. She gets both legs in the correct hole and tries to pull them up. She has trouble pulling them up past her butt, but she sure does try.

She is obsessed with Pippi Longstocking. In fact, she was Pippi for Halloween. Every night she begs for Pippi. At first we gave into most requests. Now B and I are trying to limit the amount she views. We read the Pippi book, sing the Pippi songs. And when we are done with a sing she claps and cheers "YAAAAY!"

I love my little girl. She's awesome.