On our own!

So we are back in Ormond without any grandparents. We are on our own with three boys!!! And I must say - So far so good! Gabriel does not sleep very good at night (a lot better during the day) and both Marlee and Noah comes in to sleep in our bed at night, so I have plenty of breaks during my night sleep and of course I am not very good at going to bed early or napping during the day. But so far, coffee has been enough to keep me up and going :-) Alex is helping as much as he can and took Marlee and Noah to the beach last night so that I could rest. Today the preschool had its yearly Fall festival and the theme was circus. It was sooo much fun!!! Both kids and teachers were dressed up as clowns.

 

Gabriel, who I keep calling Noah for some reason, is growing and now weighs more than 9lbs/4kg. Marlee and Noah are very good brothers and give Gabriel a lot of attention. Especially Noah who likes to "pet" him and talk to him.

The Hibiscuses are already blooming in the back yard. Thank you farmor for planting them!!

Marlee can spy on the neighbors from our palm trees... :-)

He still sleeps most of the time...

20 days old - first proper bath in the bathtub with brothers

All dressed up!

Chilling with pappa

Our own little "Rumpnisse" (sorry Americans, Swedish "joke")

Look at these eyelashes!!

Our two little clowns!!!

Teachers and kids (Find Marlee!)

Teachers only (and a tall guy...). Marlee's teachers are bottom left, bottom right and top right. Noah's teacher is bottom middle.

There was a petting zoo at the fall festival.

So cute!!!

Last but not least, a greeting from our cousin Ailo in Sweden, who got snowboard boots for his birthday :-)

Spending time with farmor and farfar in Miami

We decided to stay with farmor and farfar until Saturday instead of going back Thursday. The weather today has been really windy and rainy but I decided to go to the grocery store with all three boys to see what it would be like :-) Gabriel was sleeping and Marlee and Noah did very good so (this time) it was no problem at all, except for the rain that made us wet :-)

Later I got a good nap with Noah and Gabriel while Marlee was with farmor and farfar so maybe I will be able to stay awake after Marlee and Noah go to sleep!?

 

Drive through stores are the best when there are sleeping babies in the car!

<3 <3 <3

Smiling?

Bad dream!?

Sad dreams?

Dreaming!

First Stroller walk, First mini golf, First beach day etc... (picture medley)

It has been a while since the last post and we have done a lot of things. Gabriel has seen and "experienced" a lot of new things and Marlee and Noah have enjoyed mormor's and morfar's company. Noah is still mamma's boy and he makes sure to spend a lot of time with me but he has been happy swimming and playing with mormor and morfar, too. Marlee has gone down to the beach most mornings with mormor and morfar to take a morning swim before breakfast. Mormor has made sure that we have had breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday and I have never rested as much as I have the last two weeks. Though, that does not mean that I have slept a lot.... I only managed to stay awake after Marlee and Noah one night during the last two week and we spent it playing Trivial Pursuit :-)

In addition to helping us with the boys and the everyday shores morfar also took some time helping us getting things in order in the house. We could never have moved in to this house and taken care of the new born without the help of farmor, mormor and morfar. We are so grateful for all the help we have gotten/are getting!!!

6 days old - first walk outside (over to Uncle Mike's house and back). Noah is such a good walker!

While Marlee enjoyed the beach with mormor and morfar

7 days old

7 days old - Alex, Noah, me and Gabriel watched the sunrise.

Noah on the beach in St Augustine

7 days old - First beach day (St Augustine)

Windy day in St Augustine :-)

Visiting the fort with mormor and morfar while mamma and Gabriel is resting and eating.



Going home after a long day in St Augustine

Marlee in a fire truck that came to the pre school one day

Noah with the fire truck and the fire men :-)

8 days old

True happiness!

Going to a fall festival

Hay maze

8 days old - First hay ride

9 days old - First game of mini golf

Big brothers!

10 days old



Mormor and Noah on the beach in Ormond Beach

Me and Marlee

11 days old

Bad hair day?

Visiting Blue Springs (Marlee and morfar)

Noah and morfar

12 days old - First visit to Blue Springs

Gator spotting at River Grille Restaurant

River Grille restaurant - Great place!!!

Story time!

Going down to Ft Lauderdale to drop off mormor and morfar at the airport :-( And continue to Miami to visit farmor and farfar :-)

Made a stop at Cocoa beach to have lunch and go swimming

Sweet Noah is holding Gabriel's hand in the car  <3 <3

Gabriel brought Marlee and Noah a present when he first met him. Let me say that it was popular!!

At the fall festival

Now we are in Miami, spending time with farmor and farfar. Me and Noah called Ailo today to wish him a happy birthday (he turned two today!!) while Marlee was out with farmor.