Eijla is 3!

Happy Birthday to our dear Eijla!  woke her with song and of course a princess crown!  she was so cute and got excited about every little present. love what a positive girl she is.

 she had to give some birthday snuggles to her little brother...

 zoe and eijla decorated the cake themselves.  eijla said she did not want frosting, so they made all kinds of pretty decorations out of mandelmassa.  creative little monkeys.

 we hope all your wishes come true eijla!

we are so glad that you exist and for the the love and fun you bring to our family.  there is only one eijla!  happy, happy birthday to our unique and amazing eijla!

construction time again...

(thanks for the title Martin Gore!).  Yep,  what else do we do when we come home from a trip but tear a wall down?  this time we are making our master bedroom bigger.  there is not enough space for our growing family in our little bed anymore!  everybody helped out.  it is going to be great!

 when everyone helps out it goes really quickly.  only a wall to build, a floor to lay, and walls to paint.  going to so nice to have a big enough space for a big enough bed for all of us!

the long journey home...

well, it should not have been such a long journey.  there was a bit of a misunderstanding due to how far i was along in my pregnancy.  qatar airlines had informed us that we could fly until week 36, when we called and asked before the trip.  they did not tell us however that we would need a doctors note after week 32.  and we never thought to ask.  so they let us fly out of goa in the middle of night, but when we arrived in qatar, they would not let us on our connecting flight.  Instead after hours of back and forth arguing and heated discussions, they finally fixed visas for all of us to go out of the airport and sent me to a doctor where i had to have an ultrasound to prove i was not about to go into labor (luckily the airline paid for everything but the ultrasound, or it could have been a very expensive layover).   after being awake all night and then fighting with them all day, and then the long wait for the ultrasound, they put us up in a very nice hotel for a few hours before our next flight. i believe that i fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow and did not wake up till they started banging on our door that our ride back to the airport was there.  too bad we were too tired to appreciate the hotel, or the food, or even qatar!  cannot remember that last time i was THAT tired!

 well, once we finally could fly, we came up to a bunch of snow!  talk about weather shock!  the girls loved it though.  glad we manage to stock up on sun and beach before coming home to this cold.

goa, you will be missed...

it has been fun and you will be missed... but the memories remain...

 good friends...

 fun shopping...

 and great wishes...

good bye, hope to see you next year...

squeezing in the beach time...

our trip is winding down, and a cold spring awaits us home in sweden.  so we are getting in as much beach time as humanly possible to stock up on the fun in the sun before we leave!

 

 

 

life in southern goa...

is full to the brim with adventures. oh no it just not all just fun and games while swimming at the beach.  there are motorcycle rides to be had.

 and hair dressers to visit to get that perfect look.

 there are piles upon piles of chillies to contemplate eating.

 and lots of strawberries, every morning, delivered to your breakfast table!

 but you cannot forget about the ice creams.  oh yes, one does enjoy their ice cream here, on the beach, at sunset, just about any time and any place,  just ask zoe and eijla.

and the new one this year, how many more days until mom can´t squeeze her belly through the door!

time for a little education

today we sent the girlies off to to school and kindergarten.  they were pretty excited.  new friends, new adventures.

eijla was very excited that she got to play with chloe all day and not just in the evenings at the beach!

relaxing...

so now it is the last days of freedom before we send zoe to school and eijla to dagis.  so we are just soaking it up. 

 zoe and i got ourselves some beach pedicures...

 thomas and eijla kept themselves busy too...

 zoe and lorn are nearly inseparable.  she was pretty excited to make such a great friend on the beach.  school starts on monday!

farmor and farfars last days on the beach

all good things must come to an end, including farmor and farfar´s vacation.  however we had the most fun we could in those last days.  lots of laying around, eating good food, swimming, and relaxing.  not a bad way to spend your days.

eijla seemed to think that licking zoe´s face tasted better that drinking their coke.

 and of course dinner that last night was crab, which satay had the guys fix up super yummy for two of his favorite customers.

 thanks for another great trip farmor and farfar.  looking forward to another one next year!  safe travels!