Yesterday Marlee was standing on his own for the first time

Yesterday Marlee was standing on his own for the first time for about 10s!!! He did it a few times but unfortunately both the camera and videocamera was out of battery (they are both being charged now). Today he has not been very interested in doing it again so still no evidence... Today we spent the day baking and playing in the snow. There is so much snow!!! Marlee seems to enjoy it :-)

"Lussekatter", supposed to be for Christmas
but since I was not in Sweden then I just
thought I could make some now :-)

Snow, Snow and snow

It was getting warmer for a while and the snow was melting. Maybe some people thought that spring was coming. But they could not have been more wrong. A few nights ago we got 30cm (about a foot) of snow and everything was covered in white fluffy snow. Me like! We have been outside a lot playing in all kinds of ways in the snow. Below are some pictures of what we have been up to. Today it was -23C (-9,5F) when we woke up but the sun warmed it up pretty quickly. I was sitting in the sun reading a book while Marlee was sleeping in the stroller.



Trying out the "pulka"



Ice skating on the lake

Trying to get to the stairs

Snow...



Taking a nap in the stroller



Starting to get back to normal

We have been home a little more than 2 weeks now and things are slowly getting back to normal here. Marlee's sleeping has gotten a lot better. He goes to sleep around nine every day now after going through the daily routine including pyjamas, porrige, brushing teeth and good night story. He is doing very good. He normally takes two naps during the day but we still have some work to do there. He also wakes up during the night but I hope that that, too, will change soon.



Marlee found the perfect toy when visiting his
Gammel mormor last week.



Yesterday we went snow racing with  mormor and morfar and tomorrow we are going to the open preschool to play with some other children. There is still a lot of snow here  but not so cold at the moment. Marlee seems to like the snow and it does not bother him that it is freezing cold.

Busy week

We have had a cold but good and sunny week! Marlee and I have visited the open pre school two times and played with a lot of other children. We spend one day with my friend Johanna and her son Gustaf (15 months old). Yesterday Marlee played in the snow while I was shoveling snow. Today we went to the closest playground to check out the swings. It was a very difficult walk through the forrest and snow and fun swings!

Thanks Jackie and Doug for the nice "winter suit"

Making sure mummy made a good job

I have bough Marlee a toothbrush and toothpaste since he is getting more and more teeth. Tonight was the first time we used it. It was mor fun to suck on the toothbrush than to let me brush his teeth, but I am sure we will get better at this :-)



Look at my new teethis!!



About time to catch up!

It is about time to get back here and give you an update. I hope that you have not given up on us!! As you know we are back in Sweden. Before leaving Miami we took a quick trip to Costa Rica, Marlee, Alex, Cory (Alex's brother) and I. Very nice and warm! Stayed at some very nice hotels, one close to the airport and capital (which we never visited), one next to a river in the rainforrest and one very charming hotel close to the ocean. When staying in the rainforrest we went Canopying, which means that you hang on to a wire and slide between trees. It was a lot of fun! We also went swimming in the pacific ocean. Even Marlee! He really loved it!! Unfortunately, we did not have the camera with us to the beach... The only bad adventure we had was a car crush. It was a little scary but luckely no one got hurt bad and the car company handled it excellent. We got a new car and the insurance paid for everything! Marlee took the crash very well. He stopped crying as soon as I took him out of his seat and did not seem to be affected at all.

Picture taken by a small local restaurant

Iguanas, they were everywhere!!

Just another iguana. This one can walk (run)
on the water when it is baby

Cory Canopying

(Cory has all the pictures on his facebook)

Now we are back in Sweden where it has been pretty cold. We are all still jetlagged. I am trying to figure out how to help Marlee to get back on track but it is not very easy. He seems to very confused and takes short but many naps during the day. Today me and him went on a long walk in the beautiful sunshine! A lot of people was ice skating or just out walking. Marlee went crawling on the ice and dipped his face in the snow a few times :-)

Taking off...

Yummy!!

Break

I am sorry that it has been so long since I wrote something here, and I will not really do it now either... I have just been so so busy. First with our trip to Costa Rica. Fun! Fun! and then with our house in Sweden. After "traveling" for 3 months it was very nice to be back HOME but we have had some unpleasant surprises since we got back... Car battery totally dead, septictank completely full (seems like the toilet has been leaking a little water the whole time..) and the washing machine does not work properly... But I like our little house...

I'll be back soon with some fun updates!!! Until then, there are pictures from Costa Rica on Cory's facebook for those of you who have that!

Marlee in Costa Rica (it is actually very steep outside
the fence on which Marlee is standing)

Marlee update

I have been so focused of writing what we have done and has not written very much about Marlee, this is, after all, his blog and I think he deserves some attention :-) Hrm, like he does not get attention every single second he is awake... Well, he is coping with all the traveling, exitement, people, new places etc etc very well. It is only the sleeping that I am still not happy with, but it is getting better, too. On top of all that he is teething, poor thing. I believe that is the reason for him having some fever as well as a cold. Though, the couph that has been bothering him since we got to Miami is still not good which worries me a little...

The last few days he has been able to fall a sleep on his own in his bed a few times, without nursing or being rocked to sleep. That is great progress!

Two days ago when Linn and I went to Gainesville for the basket ball, my parents took care of Marlee (Alex was working) and he manage to go to sleep good as well as going back to sleep when he woke up, with some help from mormor and morfar. More progress...

Now it is time to make some porridge / baby cereal for Marlee! After that we are taking off for Callahan and then Miami. See you later!!