Ormond beach now

Just wanted to say that we are now in Ormond beach. Kathy came up yesterday and Alex will come tomorrow with Buddy and Cory. The rest (Marlee, me, Linn, Lilleba and Stefan) had a beautiful drive up here today. Mostly along the coast where we stopped a few times to look at all the nice beached. Jupiter was one of them.

South Beach

Dec 27
We went to South Beach. The weather was really really cold and not even Sweded could go in the water, but we had a good day!

Miami from the car...

Lunch by Ocean Dr
             Linn                     Morfar (Grandpa)

Marlee

Marlee with mormor on South beach

Miami Ink (from TV)

Ocean Dr, Miami beach

The past days in detail


Dec 20
My parents arrived late at night
(Linn was supposed to arrive but was delayed due to snowy weather in Germany...)

Dec 21
Breakfast outside, then took off for Key West (without Linn :-(  )

Mormor (grandma) helping with breakfast

Linn arrived to Miami late and took a Greyhound bus to Key West the next day.



Dec 22

Swam in the heated pool.

Marlee exploring in his swimpants

Walked around in Key west



Southern most tip of the US
Mormor                  Marlee                 I



Linn arrived and we had dinner at a nive vegetarian restaurant.



Linn

Dec 23

Started the day by the pool.

Took a glasbottom boat ride. Nice, but nothing like snorkeling.

Watched a lot of fund aoutdoor shows before the beautiful sunset and after that we had a very good dinner att Jimmy Buffett's restaurant Margaritaville. Yummy!

Dec 24

Left early to go back to Miami.

Stopped at Bahia Honda Beach. Supposedly the second best beach in the US according to the guide book. Quite a disappointment since the weather was cold and the water was freezing!!! But, the sun was shining and we had a nice breakfast at the beach, Marlee played in the sand and everyone except me and Marlee went swimming. I am proud of my family! ;-)



Seven Mile Bridge (Florida Keys)

A very nice Chrismas dinner was waiting for us when we got back to Miami.

Marlee got to open one Christmas present... A super cute Reindeer outfit (not in the picture) from moster (aunt) Linn.

Marlee in his Christmas outfit from Aunt Jackie

Dec 25

Christmas presents for Marlee before we left for Christmas finner at Reitnauers.

Dinner at Reitnauers. Marlee was wearing his tuxedo, which he got from my friend Johanna, nice pants from Sarah and shoes from Jackie and Doug. He was the most handsome guy at the party!!

Back home again we finished opening Christmas presents.

Dec 25

Bike ride in Shark Valley with the Meyers.

Grumpy gator!

Marlee was not too exited to see the
gators... and feel asleep...

My family visiting

It is already a week ago since my parents arrived to Miami. My sister's flights could not depart as planned because of the snow in Germany so she arrived one day late. It is so much fun to have them here and we have done a lot of fun things!

The first days were spent in Key West enjoying some nice sunny days. The pool at the motel where we stayed had a heated pool which was wonderful! Marlee had a really good time :-D

Back in Miami we celebrated Christmas. Marlee got a lot of very nice Christmas presents and wore some of them (clothes) for Christmas. My family got to meet a lot of Alex's family's friends. We went to Shark Valley with the some of them for a nice bike ride. It was nice but pretty chili.

Today we took the car to Miami beach where took a walk on the cold beach (it is really cold here now!!) and walked around the city. We also went by the "Miami Ink" store from tv :-)

Tomorrow we are getting up early to head north. The plan is to watch a basket ball game in Gainesville and after that, spend some days in Ormond and the surroundings.

It is late now so unfortunately pictures will be added later, but here is a "sample".

Visit to Key West (Marlee and mormor / grandma)

Birthday, Babysitter och Christmas preparations



He refused to lay down in the stroller...

I have not written for a while and I will try to summon what we have done the last cople of days... Took walks to the bridge to watch the fish, it has almost become one of our daily routines now.

Yesterday I went to the post office to buy stamps. After waiting in line for about 30 minutes, Marlee was behaving extra ordinary, I got my stamps and went back to the car. Put the stamps on the trunk while putting Marlee in the car. Then I left... with the stamps still on the trunk... they were not there anymore when we got home... had to go back today and buy new ones (and wait in line for another 40-60 min). Today Marlee stayed home with daddy though. 

  

Baby Fish Dish Package

Last night Alex, Cory and I went out to a bar / club with some friends, called Bardot. It was the first time I went out for a few years!! AND it was the first time I really left Marlee with someone else, my mum has taken him for about 3 hours before. We had a great time but Marlee was not doing so good. He woke up shortly after we had left the house and he did not want to go back to sleep. Finally Kathy called us and we turned back home. It was already late so we got home around two.

Today we went to get the Christmas tree. It will be interesting to see what Marlee thinks about the tree once it has all the ornaments in it...

Ah, I almost forgot. It was Alex's birthday two days ago. We organised a suprise  dinner at a restaurant and  had a good. After the dinner all the friends came with us home and had some beer and wine.

Hiding in a box

I can feel a tooth!!

This morning Marlee was biting on my finger and I could feel a little tooth coming!! Maybe that is why his cold / cough will never give up? He has been crying more than normal (normal at this moment) during the last two nights and yesterday morning Alex got up with Marlee and let me stay in bed for another 1,5 hour. So nice!!!

Today is Alex's birthday! I was planning on giving him breakfast in bed and sing for him but he got up earlier than I thought he would so I made him lay down on the couch instead :-) Tonight we are going out for dinner to celebrate. Three days ago it was Cory's birthday so there is a lot of birthday cake this week :-D Yummy!

I cooked fish for Marlee two days ago, for the first time, and he liked it. So far he has liked most of the food I have made, I guess he simply likes home made food :-)

Marlee just ate on his own! (3 videos)

It is morning and Marlee and I just had breakfast together. He took a few pieces of bread to eat, on his own, for the first time!!! It is strange how he wants to put everything in his mouth but when I have put small pieces of food on his tray he does not want to touch them. Until now!

Eating with my own hands!!

The noicy little eater (drinker):

Playing with one of my favorite books:

Yesterday we went to the Swedish Lucia Celebration. All the singing in Swedish and after it they served Swedish Glögg (hot sweet wine) and pepparkakor (ginger bread). It was nice to have some Swedish celebration and hear some Swedish.



Big Lucia and small Lucia :-)