Victors 1 year birthday!

So I am posting this about a month too late. I have no excuse more than been busy.. or maybe lazy. On March 28th we went to Hässlås and visited my Friend Sofia and here family to celebrate her son's 1 year birthday. It was great seeing them and her family since I basically grew up with them. It was also fun to see how well Oliver got along with the children at this party.

I was a bit worried how he would react to kids. He seemed to have grown e

specially fond of the birthday boy Victor.. he is of course a charming young man but I also think it was the fact that he kept on sneaking food down to Oliver from his plate :). Sofia was a great hostess with lots of food and fancy decorations.

Tjejhelg med Linda i Mars

Min första tjejkompis från Stockholm kom på besök och jag försökte charma henne med uteserveringar i snöyran på lilla torgoch turistig dag inne i Köpenhamn. Det var jättekul att ha Linda på besök och gästrummet är ledigt när som helst nästa gång du kommer. Vi hade även en väldigt tjejig lördag med melodifestival och massor av godis och glass.

Familjen

Oj, nu har jag inte bloggat på länge. Men tyvärr fick vi hemska nyheter i februari och min mamma har blivit diagnoserad med cancer. Hon har metastaser på tarmar och livmoder och kommer att få börja med cellgifter. Jag har försökt stödja så mycket jag kan men man känner sig lite hjälplös ibland. I mars så kom mamma och pappa ner till Malmö och hälsade på så jag passar på att sätta in lite foton från den helgen. Min söta systerdotter som är höggravid kom även förbi på frukost :)

Sälen skiing

Matt, I and the dog took a couple of days off and drove up to the mountains of Sweden to go skiing. It was such a great time. Sunny and just a few degrees below freezing. Oliver got to stay in the cabin while we were having fun skiing but he did have his fun in the snow too.. He definitely loves the taste of snow.. if there really is a taste. It was a great valentine's weekend with lots of outdoor fun, good eating and lazy nights with the family. 

Hemmakväll (Home night ... )

Friday night was going to be a night just for me. A girly movie and popcorn. Just me and the puppy. Well, I ended up meeting up Matt and his friends for a concert instead, but I am really glad I did. We saw the band Club Killers and Titiyo and it was such a good time... well, it was kind of scary with the 'mosh pit like' dancing we did in front of the stage.  But no bruises just some good times. 

US in January

I went back to the US for a conference in Orlando, FL and a meeting in Chicago in January. Matt came with me so the trip was both play and work. Orlando was fabulous in the way that Disney always is.. no financial crisis, bad people .. just a very happy clean place on earth. Matt's parents and brother drove down from South Carolina to hang out with us and we went to Epcot park together. We also met up with Amy and Jeff for drinks, it was good to see them again. After a few days in Orlando we drove south.. in search for warm weather and sun. It was only in the 40s F in Orlando. I felt yipped. We drove all the way to key west and it was such a nice and scenic drive. I instantly fell in love with this laid back town. We took a boat tour to Dry Tortugas and went to ship wreck museums. This is truly paradise. Then we went to Chicago where it was freezing. I went back to work, had lunch with my friends and went out to dinner etc.. it was just like being back at my old life. Kind of weird but it really felt good to see everyone again. They did a surprise birthday celebration for me on the last night at Full Shilling. It was so good to see everyone!  

Xmas and New years

The holidays was spent just the way I liked it.. lots of relaxing times, family and friends. We took the train up to Gothemburg where we stayed with our friends Elin and Nish and then we spent Christmas eve at my sisters house where she had cooked food for a small village. Of course Santa was there to give out presents.. no one wanted to be Santa so my niece who is the youngest one dressed up.. It was hilarious.

Then we went back to stockholm and stayed with my parents until after new years. I met up with some old chicago friends; Mia and Elisa and got to see their adorable little babies. For my birthday we went to a sushi restaurant on Söder i stockholm and had yummy drinks all night. Linda, Leila, Paula, Katti and Matt was with me and it was great to have some girl talk.. Matt probably did not enjoy the girltalk as much as I did.

On new years we gave Oliver his first haircut. We got soma clippers and tried to do it ourselves. It was a pain.. He hated it, it took 2 hours and there was hair everywhere.. but in the end I actually think we did a pretty good job. I think that Oliver lost half his body weight with the haircut.. We will not let him become such a wholly beast again before we give him his next hair cut. That night we went over to Linda's for some champange, food and board games.. Matt and I totally lost the charades game but it was lots of fun.