The swedish mountains

Vacation time in Vemdalen - in the Swedish mountains

Those crazy Thorens!

Yes, we are crazy and we know it! But i would not trade the chaos for another life. I truly adore the madness our children have bought. We are off on our yearly trip to the more "northern" parts of sweden. Three kids, two dogs, and a kitten make for a full car!

Three years later...

Well, what can I say. I am a slacker, a procrastinator, and an excuse maker.  BUT I am back. Been a crazy three years. Three kids makes it so much more exciting. I love having a little boy in the family, personality shoots out of him like rocket ships. But now he is a bit bigger and life is calming down, so thought I would finally get back to blogging as I find it a great way for us to document our lives, our little digital journal. Let's see how long I last this time shall we?

Me and my guys...

three.... it´s a magic number

he has arrived! welcome to the world baby boy thorén! 
checked into kristianstads hospital with a really big tummy...

 a few hours later we had our amazing  (not so little) little boy!

 the little man and man and his dad, tired after a hard days work,  time to celebrate!

 we enjoyed a wonderfully snuggly morning with our newest family member.

 but now it is time for his first car ride.  going home to röke to meet his big sisters!

last bit of fun before baby boy thoren arrives...

well, it is really coming down to the line.  the baby is due the 10th of april, so it is just a waiting game now.  the girls are so excited to have a little brother.  and i am always a bit nervous about the delivery, but is going to be fun to have a baby around again.

the österströms came over for an early spring picnic and a bit of playtime.

 farmor and farfar came up to give the belly a good luck belly rub!

 and the girls are just waiting, waiting, waiting...

 but zoe keeps losing her teeth.  wonder if she will have any left before her little brother comes!

baby boy thoren´s first fotoshoot

okay, so not quite,  he is still in the belly. but it was fun to finally get some belly shots, which i never did with the girls... and he is due in less than a week!  so excited!

self portrait belly shots were not as easy to take as i was expecting, but they were a lot of fun.  and i am glad to have them.

april fool´s buse!

the signs of snow are disappearing and the air is getting warmer, so we set up the trampoline for the season.  a sign that spring is finally here.  they girls loved it and jumped like crazy monkeys.  hello spring we are so glad that you are here!

easter weekend in bjärred

farmor was having an utställning at otto pers gård this weekend.  so we stopped by for a little bit of fun.  zoe got to use the farmor´s pottery wheel and made a cup and a small bowl.  she is excited to see what they look like after farmor has glaced and burned them.

 they had tiny small easter chicks as decorations that eijla fell madly in love with.  she could not stop snuggling with them and giving them kisses.  silly girl.

Thanks for everything farmor and farfar.  happy easter!

melting snow and climbing trees

the snow is very nearly gone, but our forest walks are still cold, cold, cold.  zoe has become quite the monkey climbing in the trees.  scares me everytime.

 just back from a long forest walk...

snow angels and toothfairies

mid march and the snow is still here.  looking forward to spring and planting our garden, but still trying to have as much fun in the snow as we can.

 and zoe has lost one of her front teeth.  the other one is going soon!  watch out toothfairy, there is a whole mouth of teeth heading your way soon!

party time!

march is party time around here.  mormor spent her birthday with us.  chocolate cupcakes and bungee cords to celebrate!  happy birthday mormor!

 and then mormor threw the new baby a baby shower!  our swedish friends got to have a little fun with american culture.  thanks for the party mormor!

finally a big enough bed for the whole family!

after a few days work, and with a lot of help from the girls, our new bedroom is already for our new family member.  we bought another 80cm bed, and now we have bedding wall to wall. that is right 240 cm of pure bed, and no one can fall out cause there is no way out!  looking forward to some good night sleeps!

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.