We moved!

And have been without communication (phone and internet) until now. Unpacking is coming along, a little slower than usual.

37 weeks

I can view pictures of myself as pregnant without mental pain about 1 year after the baby is born. This is for my family members in Sweden. And since it is my last time being pregnant, I might as well have it commemorated. June 4 is the day.

(That's a light behind my head - Isak, 6, took this picture)

It is easy to see why packing boxes is sort of hard right now. But I am thankful we can move before the baby is born. I do feel like a million bucks when the baby is out, compared to when I am pregnant, but still, 6 hours of nursing a day I'd rather be doing after a move, than during, if you know what I mean.

I have almost no pictures to prove that I have been pregnant, because not only do I gain 60 lbs each time (55 and counting at the moment), but I also suffer from extreme edema - swelling of every appendage of my body, including my nose/face, and that starts very early in the pregnancy. Right now I do sorely miss my waist from last summer, but more than anything I long to get my nose and face back, which will return to me in some sort of normal fashion in mid-June, about two weeks post partum. The 45 lbs of maternal stores take a bit longer to go away, though... I'm hoping Christmas '09 may not be too unrealistic.

Kid Bowling

"Ja, må hon leva..."

Anja turned 2 on May 2nd and we went bowling as a family. At Andy Alligator is where kids are primed for gambling, I soon found out. But there is also great kid lanes and bumper cars. Don't know if I can ever face all the arcade sounds again, though. I thought I would have a seizure by the end.

Anja is the family sport enthusiast.

Elina was full of confidence, as usual.

Focused.

Isak got the evening's only strike.

Bumpercars. For once, Elina was glad to be a big kid, because she passed the height requirement with ease. Isak is driving the car behind her, out of view.

Anja sings at Grandma Donna's house

Moving

For those who may not have heard: we are moving across town. What should have been okay timing ended up being dragged out a bit because of our buyer's bank and their super-slow appraiser. But it looks like we're moving on May 16th. I will be 38 weeks pregnant. Volunteers accepted. Pizza and drinks served, of course.