Pitstop

On Sunday night we came back after another successful day of travelling. Elias is behaving very well under preassure!

Since we came back we have mainly done washing and cleaning but we have also set up a savings account for Elias and started saving some of his child benifit in funds. Hopefully he will be rich by the time he turns 18! ;-)

Today we have been to the clinic to have him measured again, the results you can see in the little facts-section on the right. Now we have started packing again for our trip up north. Not really looking forward to the long drive, but hopefully Elias will be nice to us again. It will be great to see mum and dad again, and I am sure they will see a lot of change in Elias. Last time they saw him he was only 2 weeks old!

I hope you have noticed the new photo albums we have posted. All pictures from week 1-4 are now in the month 1 album.

In England

We are now in England as you may know. We were a bit nervous about the trip here but Elias was a real star the whole way. We got up really early on Friday morning and showered and had breakfast while he slept. Then I woke him up so I could feed him and get him dressed before putting him in the car seat. On the way to Arlanda he fell asleep and didn't wake up until we stood in the long queue to the "fast bag drop". A bit more food while waiting to board the plane and then he fell asleep again and slept through takeoff and most of the flight. We fed him and changed him and when it was time to land he was sound asleep again.

We collected our rental car and the whole family had a bit to eat before starting the drive to Alfriston. Guess what Elias did on the way there. Yes, that's right, he slept.

When we arrived at Joyce's the weather was great so we spent most of the afternoon in the garden relaxing. Elias was playing in the babygym lent to us by Auntie Juliet. It actually feels like we have more baby stuff here than at home because we have managed to borrow so much. Juliet even managed to sort out a pram for us which has been really great.

On Saturday Elias got to meet his cousins for the first time. I think they look forward to him getting a bit older so he can play more. :-) On Sunday we went for a pub lunch and celebrated Juliet and Oliver's 12th anniversary, and on Monday we went down to John where Elias got to meet even more aunties. He is getting a bit spoiled with presents and cuddles, but I am sure it will do him no harm.

Yesterday we went shopping and took a stroll along the beach, and today we are seeing Rosemary. Tomorrow we are spending the day with Juliet and the boys and on Friday we start heading towards London and on Saturday we are going to Darren and Louise's wedding. It will be great to see all of our friends again, just hope that Elias keep behaving as good as he has been..

I forgot the cable needed for getting pictures from the camera, but we will post pictures as soon as possible. I promise!

Since the last blog entry we have been doing quite a lot. We have met up twice with the other mum's from the parent course. It was so much fun to see all the other babies and nice to be a group of girls all wanting to talk about the same thing. Babies, babies, babies. ;-)

We have also had quite a few people visiting. On Wednesday Thomas came, on Thursday Carl came, on Friday we went to a BBQ, on Sunday Nina and Micke came, on Monday Christian came and on Tuesday we had Luke, Yoko and Vik visiting. Very nice to see all of our friends but I think we all are looking forward to a few quiet evenings before we head off to England.

Thomas and Elias

Carl and Elias

Christian and Elias

Vik and Elias

4 weeks today!

Elias is turning into a big boy, already 4 weeks old! Today we went to the clinic to weigh and measure him. He now weighs 4850 grams and is 55 cm tall. In the last week and a half he has gained one kilo and grown one cm. It is really amazing!

While Dave spent the weekend in Madrid on Darren's stag do, my sister and the dogs came here to keep me company. On Saturday we had a very nice, lazy day spending a lot of time at a café in town where we bumped into our old neighbours and their 4 month daughter. Yesterday a few friends came visiting which was really nice but unfortunately Elias wasn't in a very good mood. He wanted to eat most of the time and seemed to have a bit of tummy-ache. Today it seems to be a bit better, but we will see how the evening goes...