uugh! 08/31/2011
 I know my blog posts are Not that exciting. But sometimes one just need to share. Even if it is just to space. My day was not great. Micah is sick. And I am so so so tired ! All I can say today is " Coffee, I love you!" :) 4 Comments precious gifts 07/21/2011
 Irma. This is one of of my favorite photos so far. Kids. . They are the best thing that ever happens to us! They change our lives! Lately, there has been a lot of "life changing" going on in our around here. Terrible two´s ! I have said it before, and I don´t mean to whine, but yes..Terrible! And it goes around. We have three kids now close in age, all starting to act..yes, hmm..terrible. Haha..sometimes, all us moms can do is just to compare and laugh a little, shake our heads, and carry on..(with coffee ). I´m glad, very glad, to have other moms to talk to. People that knows what I´m talking about. ( and sees it too). But in at the end of the day, you know it is totally worth it! To watch them grow. To see them learn something new every day, discovering new things about themselves, And teaching us new hings about ourselves! I thank God for our children. Our precious gifts! summer to me 07/15/2011
I haven´t blogged in over a week :( I hope you have missed me just a little. We have had the worst case of the terrible two´s syndrome ever here..EVER! I did not, repeat, not know what I was talking about before, when I thought it was the worst before this. I had my friend Li, with her one year old, here over the weekend. Josh was off to see a friend in another town, and we thought, well, that two kids would be good and that we would have plenty of girl time together. eehmm. yeah, Not so much. Micah was horribly testy all weekend. part was probably jealousy over the other boy here, ( but he hangs out with many kids around our house , so I don´t know..) I don´t need to get in to exactly what all that happened was, but it was not at all any fun times! I guess we are in for some good times ahead...(comes with the package, ey?) This is why we try to spend as much time as possible outdoors! I took some pictures out on the playground we are spending most of our days. Seeing these kids, makes me think of my own childhood. When mess, sand, wet clothes and dirty faces didn´t matter at all. The only thing that was on our minds was playing, and pretend that we where cooking with sand, having our own little "worlds" in the bushes, and escaping from our parents. ( that last one is a popular one these days). So here is our summer. And a reminder of what summer used to be for me :)     wet 06/23/2011
 Where did summer gooo ?? It got freezing, and it got wet! I do not appreciate it! I love rain if there is a shower during a hot summerday, so you can go out and get really soaked, and then dry off in the sun ( with a little help from a towel), and I love it during the nights! But cold rain on what is supposed to be summer days..NOT! Our apartment is colder in the summer than in the winters, because they have this automatic system that turns off the heaters by a certain temperature. ( we have no AC) I had the janitor here today to see what they could do about it, and all he said was, that because we are at the bottom floor, we don´t get as much heat as the other apartments, and that we should buy a portable heater. (!) I guess I´ll just have to do that then. In between rain showers, i do hang out with my new awesome friends by the playground with all our kids! Having coffee and chatting while the kids are playing. And I went with them on a forest walk with some of the kids, all their dogs and my new D7000 (yaaay), yesterday. The dogs went nuts by the little forest pond and it was a joy to see! I´m hoping for more of those walks in any kind of weather really ! Tomorrow is midsummer nights eve. This is a BIG thing in Sweden. We eat herring and potatoes, strawberries for dessert, and we dance around a may pole singing about "little frogs that has no ears and no tails" while jumping like frogs. ( I could live without that one ). I´ll try to get to one of those celebrations for pictures to post later on.. If it´s not, ya know, raining. me 05/27/2011
 I am a very very selfconsious person. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I don´t have patience. I compare myself to others too much. I always think everyone else is always better than me. I am not living in the moment. I´m always one step ahead. (missing out on moments that will never come again). There is alot that I could change about myself. Alot that I am working on. It´s hard! I´m talking alot about this with my friend and "mentor", a very wise lady from church. Because, I always excuse myself. Like I´m excusing myself for being who I am, having the opinions I have, and actually think sometimes that I´m right. (instead of thinking it at first, and then analyse it to bits and pieces and think that maybe I should change what I just said, into something people want to hear). I often say to Josh "but, people don´t take me seriosly". He replies: " No, YOU are the one not taking yourself seriosly" He is right. I´m 30 years old. It´s time I stand up for what I believe in, and yet be humble enough to change when I need to. I want to be who i was born to be, created by God, just being me. ( there, I totally vented tonight. phew. and thanks for listening) a good place 05/15/2011
 first of all. ALWAYS click save before going back to get links for your post. Because if you don´t, you might accidently click your ongoing post awaaay! ( bitter) But , I´ll try again I have been a bit busy :) , making friends at the playground. I can´t believe what I have been missing out on the two years we lived here! First year of Micah´s life, I wasn´t prepared to smalltalk with new people. I just was not in that good of a place. Last year, we went other places alot, and when we went to the playground, I was just too shy to be around for very long. ( weird. because I´m not usually a shy person. ) But now, I´ve made some new friends. I´s been nice to talk with other mothers while Micah is making friends on his own. It seems like, in my experience, kids and dogs somehow forces you in to conversations with others. Also, i have been fixing up on our balcony. it hasn´t really been very user friendly, as the first year we lived here, well...lets just say, it wasn´t very nice out there. And last year, There was a VESPA "living" out there. But now, I fixed the balcony up. I know it is very modest. But. I can sit there with my coffee and listen to the birds singing! While I was taking these pictures, there was a bike left in the bushes. I seem to have a thing for photographing bikes, and in the picture above, you can sort of see the forest. Aren´t we lucky? So, no matter where we´ll and up in the future.. For now, This is a good place !   what´s new? 03/28/2011
 ...well, I guess nothing much really than ordinary everyday life. which is, if you think about it,- everyday extraordinary. (enough being deep now Dana) Spring is sloooowly entering sweden. Even when the temperatures were in the 30:ies the other day, the sun was warm, and the birds where twittering, and people came out from there houses and pretended it was spring! So did I. The sun was hitting our balcony , so it was warm enough that I cleaned the windows out there. And i took down all the junk to the basement. ( I had to quickly shut the storage door behind me, so all the junk that was already there, plus what I added, wouldn´t fall over me). Micah helped me clean a little bit :) It´s supposed to snow again before the warmer weather hits us. But who cares when the flowers are slowly fighting their way up and I can finally see a tiiiny bit of color outside, And we swithed over to summertime, and we biked together to the store ( Josh bought a bike finally. yay). So a little snow means nothing :) I could finally afford a study bible, so I went a bought it today. Now, I better read it too! I never thought I would go deeper in to the old testament., But i find now, that it has alot to say, is interesting ,and that it all belongs together. (yay for me. Now I´ve discoverd this) Micah is getting so big that I can hardly understand it myself. he speaks almost fluently, we have lots of interesting conversations. He is so tall, we have to get him new pants again!! It´s amazing how he turned in to a little kid instead of a baby. Wow! So here are some pictures of my big boy now :) for those of you who cares.. I can´t decide on the watermark (not that it super matters, I´m just protecting my pictures), so i´ll just alternate for now. Just needed to say that. thank you ;)    colorful 2 09/24/2010
 Happy fall! I was airing out Micahs´room this morning and look how pretty it looks outside his bedrroom window. I Like how the colors melt together when it´s not in focus! Another thing about Micahs´room : We went to IKEA today and got him a big boy bed! Super exciting! ( when it´s up tomorrow, not the going to IKEA with a tired toddler , and parents.)  sharing desk space Another thing about being a big boy is that one can sit by mommys desk and play with cars and listen to music! I have a pull-out cutting board (since my desk is actually a built in workspace in the kitchen) And that´s handy for Micah to sit by. (Not coming too close to my keyboard and monitor, since those little hands cannot help put fiddling) Fall window 09/09/2010
Today, I ironed my fall curtains (I don´t really have seasonal curtains, but these fit for fall) and hung them in the kitchen. Out with the retro big green flower power ones and in with bordeaux. And I hung some heather in the window too! aaahhh..-fall!!! (yes..NOW I am ready) So I´m sitting here with my coffee, listening to Libera and I lit my Orchard Pear Yankee candle. Life is good right in this moment!!! Tomorrow I´ll be going on that cruise! yaay! I´ll see if I will post some pictures already on sunday, or else they will be posted next week. Meanwhile, If you want to you can visit my photo gallery that I have been working on this week. There are not so very many in there yet, but I´ll be updating it from time to time. And like I mention there, If any friend or family would like some pictures -say of Micah maybe ;) , just let me know! Now, I shall enjoy this moment a bit more.  kitchen curtains and Heather  Orchard Pear Måns & Klara 08/25/2010
I was asked by a friend to come visit on saturday and take some pictures of her awesome little children. I was nervous, but.."it can´t be too hard" I thought...hahaha! ( I just know all you experienced photographers out there are laughing right now.)- They where so so easy going and easy enough to take a few pictures of. -by themselves. But together ( the way we wanted them) was not so easy. See, Her oldest is around Micahs age. And reminds me very much about Micah in the way he is! ( meaning very active). And also very very lovy with his little sister. So he either got away, or was simply hanging around her neck or being on her face! hahaha They where SO cute!! I managed to get a few ones that I think really catched their personalities. Especially Måns! What a great kid! AND, it was nice to finally get together!! Thank you Sara for wanting me to practice on your kids! I´ll be back! ;)   just ate sand   big brother hug |  MeHi, I'm Dana. I'm a Swede, married to an American, and mother of one little boy. I have just entered my 3rd decade and I'm just beginning to find out who I am. It's an ongoing process, really. To help, I have my Lord Jesus by my side. I think He must have a lot of patience. Categories:All sponsoring :
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