Walking & Talking

Bjorn out in the snow, loves the taste of it, hehehehe

It has been 2 weeks now since Bjorn's first birthday party, we had so much fun and he had a lot of fun playing with his friends who were here. He has started walking more and more now since he started taking a couple of steps before Christmas, now he gets up and goes, still a little wobbly, but overall better for each day. It is so much fun watching his expressions and how mobile he is, and he is saying several words now, most of them are in English, but I can hear him say "lampa" and "kopp", and I believe he understands what I say to him in Swedish, the other day when we were in the car I asked him "vart ar mossan" and he pointed down on the floor and said "daah", which could be "dar" or there, not sure yet, but he knows what frukost is, middag, bada, etc. I guess with time we will know if he can speak Swedish or not.

Trying on a shower cap

This morning we watched Saltkrakan for a little while, he loved hearing the children sing, Tjorven, Pelle, m fl. Now when we go to Sweden in April, we have to make sure to buy some more classics, such as Pippi, Emil, Madicken, and some of the other great Swedish movies.



For those of you who may now know, we are taking Bjorn over to Sweden for the very first time this April, we are staying for 10 days and I know it will be hectic visiting everyone, but while we are there, we have planned a dop for him (baptizing), so that will make for a good opportunity to meet with everyone.

The Bjornado

Laura coined a new term for our little bear the other night, the Bjornado, which he truly is now, every night when I come home from work, the living room looks like a tornado, or in this case, a Bjornado, went through. There are toys everywhere, books on the floor, toys in the kitchen, sometimes a shoe, socks, and much more, but most importantly, a smiling baby greeting me when I walk through that door. He has been calling me "Baba" and the other night, Laura heard him call me Pappa for the first time :- ) .

The Bjornado leaving his crime scene

This coming weekend is his birthday weekend, his actual 1st birthday is not until Tuesday the 15th, but we are going to celebrate with everyone this coming Sunday, which will be fun. We finally got the rocking moose for his birthday, they did not have it at IKEA before Christmas, but when I went down there after dropping off my dad and Moniqa, they had it in stock, so I bought one for his birthday (pictures will be posted after this weekend). Of course, with both of us having some time off over the Holidays, we had a lot of quality time to spend with Bjorn, and opportunities for pictures were plenty, below are some samples of our latest favorites:




Laura had her first sonogram this week, we went to the Doctor's on Monday, Laura is seeing the same Doctor as with Bjorn, we both really liked her and felt comfortable with her, even if it means driving down to Portland, we both felt it would be worth it. We saw the pictures of the baby, which was very active and moving a lot, its heartbeat was a lot faster than Bjorn, and everything looked really good so far. We will not know for another 7 weeks whether it is a boy or girl, either way it is very exciting for us and for Bjorn to have a sibling coming.

Pappa and Bjorn cooking pizza dough on New Year's eve