Belated baby shower and blessings...

I was very blessed when my sisters and mom through me a belated baby shower. It was really fun and very enexpected! Thank you special fam!

Elias also had his blessing ceremony in church last week and after that we had a special naming ceremony for him at home. It was a special time. Here are a few photos.

Here's a few more photos. For some reason it takes a long time to upload photos here, so if you want to see more you can check them out on facebook!

Life in SA

Hey everyone!

Well, it's been a while since we've given any update! Things have been busy with settling in and moving up to Durban and Manne starting varsity. We also don't have internet where we stay yet, so we can only get online when we're visiting my parents.

It's been lovely here in the heat. We've met a lot of great people. We're staying in a lovely flat in a beautiful conservancy. we're renting a place from a lovely couple that are becoming like extra grandparents to us. There's a beautiful pool and it's very peaceful there.

Manne has now been at varsity for 1 week. It's been an interesting experience for him. Africa definately doesn't run on the same efficiency as Sweden, so he's been having some fun adventures.

Elias is doing great as well...he's a real blessing. He sleeps between 8 and 11 hours a night, so at least we get to sleep as well!!! He's getting big and strong now...and is starting to laugh a little. We'll have to try and capture it on video sometime...it melts my heart!

Anyway, we think of you all in America and Sweden often...you're in our prayers!

Lots of love and hugs!!!

An update from South Africa

Well, we're starting to all settle in well in SA. It's been wonderful being with family and friends again. And being in the heat...it's lovely. Elias seems to be enjoying the heat as well...then he can just lie and kick around in his nappy. Except he did get a bit of heat rash...

But otherwise he's been having fun hanging out with his cousin, Cayla and he loves having a bath.

We are doing well otherwise. Manne is starting varsity soon, which means that soon we'll be moving up to Durban. It's going to be quite fun living in a big city again. For New Years we went to the traditional Chinese restaurant. It was really fun. It's good being back home...but we miss Rocky and Elisabeth, and the rest of the fam, back in Sweden!

Well, it's Christmas time!!! What a wonderful cosy time of year!!! And with Christmas comes all the wonderful Christmas food. My favourite is a specially fried red cabbage...mmmm...it's SOOO good. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without it. The only problem is that it makes our little gorgeous boy so gassed up...so I guess there won't be too much of that this year;-))))

At this moment I'm sitting and taking a break from packing. We leave on Saturday for Tidaholm where we'll be for Christmas and then we leave the 29 Dec for sunny SA. We're looking forward to that...all 3 of us, but will be sad to leave farmor and farfar(gran and granddad) behind in Sweden.

Otherwise all is well with us. Elias is growing well...he weighed in at 4.3 kg at his last check-up and was 55 cm long. He's a blessing...we're enjoying being parents. At the moment he still mostly eats and sleeps...but he has given us the odd smile and gurgle...very precious!

well, back to the boxes!!!

Hope you're all blessed abd well!

More photos

Coming home...

Here are a few photos from some of Elias's first days at home. We've been on walks, gone shopping, been to a Christmas market and done other lots of fun stuff. He's growing well, weighing in at a whopping 4 kg's at just 2 weeks old! Otherwise life is a general adventure...we're all 3 learning lots and just enjoying being!!!