Summer time blizz

Who wouldn’t say yes to ice-cold lemonade on a warm summer day.

Spring and summer always inspire me do create new projects for the outdoors.

Appeltarts saves the day

I finally gained 4 lbs, yay! My new found likeness of appletarts are working out I guess. And it’s a good one.

Week 17 is already here…

Mother-in-law’s breakfast was awesome for the growing stomach. My appetite is coming back and I’m hoping it will stay for a while.

The weekend was great and the walk on the beach was so relaxing.

Not only for babies

When it get’s really quiet I know he’s in the bassinet :).

Prince.. or Princess

… we are still in the unknown of what is inside that little baby bump showing on my belly. I would like to keep it a secret until fall when we have the baby in our hands. It is so much fun to go around and guess, and ask other people what they think, and read funny folklore about what the ‘olden days’ would have thought you are carrying. Like, “eating a lot of salt means you’re having a boy”, or “if you were very nauseous the first months you are having a girl”. In that case my baby will be half-half as I was super nauseous the first 2 months, but crave salt and can’t stand sweets or sodas.  This will sure be an interesting time. In one way I wish it would fo faster, but on the other hand I probably need the time to get used to be a parent. Only six more months to go.

To make it feel more real, we actually went to Ikea and got a crib. I might even start to move things around in the room to make space for it. I have it all planned out, and to make it clear: the room will neither have a pink or blue decor. the baby doesn’t know what the colors stand for anyway, plus I never had that and turned out fine :).

Instead of choosing a white finish on the crib we decided to go with more gray/brown, as that matches the rest of the furnitures in the house better.

This is the very same crib but in the right color (but somewhat cut off):

 

Can’t wait to see what ideas that pop into mu head over the next 6 months, regarding room decor etc, I just know that the room should in the future have a bean bag for the child (they are so much fun!), a basket filled with different books, a nicely colored bed sheets. We’ll see if that actually comes true or not, right now we are more focusing on my eating habits and gaining some weight after the nauseous period instead of thinking about any type of decoration. Plus names of course, but they will stay secret until the baby is born. :)

Not so affordable, but well worth waiting for !

Three months have gone by, so no harm in telling the world we will be welcoming a wonderful person to the world this fall. Yay!

http://shine.yahoo.com/financially-fit/afford-baby-021900297.html

 

Things and Style

New month, new year, new hair. I now have bangs. Just to let the world now. Important stuff…

I would really like to make myself a top or sun-dress looking something like the girl’s top in the picture. Really loving the pattern of the fabric. My problem is that I usually get stuck when I am making the arms.

Another favorite of mine is this lovely dress:

Who knew that those to patterns of fabric would match? They looked almost too ‘busy’ together, but with the small flowers only on the hem of the dress it turned out great. So wish I could have enough time and energy to make the dress.

And how cute is this!

All from:   http://www.stoffochstil.se/

 

Vancouver, Canada

We had a wonderful time visiting family in Vancouver, Canada, and as this was the only two weeks of joined vacation we had this year, the husband and I went on a three-day road trip in each direction. Next time we’ve decided to fly as the cops on the way up through Oregon and Washington seem to think it is a sport to catch as many people on the freeway as possible.

Rhubarb Pie Dreams

Two days ago eight students were sent home from school with stomach flu, and yesterday I sent home two more with the same illness. Now I’m home with a stomach that isn’t really sick, but is acting a bit different from its usual self. We’ll see how this turns out, but I’m hoping for the best. As of now my stomach doesn’t want to eat anything that I (or my brain) want to dig into, like this:

                              Homemade Rhubarb Pie with Hints of Blueberries

Mmm… perhaps I’ll make a trip to the kitchen later.

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” ~Robin Williams

Glad that Spring time is coming around, and let today be a pretty sunny but chilly day.

Not only does Spring bring a feeling of new items, it also brings some lovely colors as Easter decorations are popping up here and there. Can’t wait to put ours up.