Christening

So it has been confirmed that the christening is going to be the first weekend of August, here in Sweden.  I do not know if it will be Saturday or Sunday, but we will be sending out an e-invite closer to the time with more details.  This is more of a "save the date" message and book your flights message!  I really hope lots of family and friends will be able to join us, both for the christening and for the party afterwards :)

The twins are doing really well :)  Eva is learning new things every day.  Her latest thing is firing her dummy out of her mouth and sticking out her tongue.  She smiled at her own feet for the first time this morning.  Things are happening so fast now that I don't want to miss a second.

Emilia has had a bit of a tough ride of it!  Ha ha, what am I writing and thinking!  What I mean to say is that I have had and am still having a tough ride of learning what my daughter needs and is trying to tell me. I think she has been having a great time :)  She really is the picture of health, rosy cheeks and so so smiley.  I am just so hung up on feeding her and just think she is hungry all the time.  I am getting better though and am going to try and focus on helping her sleep more and then hopefully the rest will fall into place.  For the past few weeks I have recorded every single meal she has eaten, the time and how much.  Even on days when it has been a struggle (or I have been trying to feed her when she isn't hungry) she ends up eating the same amount!  Telling me that she knows exactly what she needs and that I just need to chill out!  New week, new plan :) Oh and Emilia has now hit the 5kg mark :)

Toni bought me a wonderful birthday present, a book called Momma Zen.  She wrote in her card that she didn't think it would come close to my pram charm, ukelele books and dinner service.  To be honest, I didn't think so either.  Oh, how wrong I was.  This book, I can recommend to all new Mums as it puts things into perspective in such a wonderfully, uplifting way.  It has helped me to see how this time is a gift to be treasured and not hurried away.  It is easy to focus on the never-ending feeds, nappy changes, lack of sleep etc, but mixed in with all of that are the smiles, the new things, the cuddles and all the small triumphs.  It has made me want to be a better Mum and person - the best gift ever!

My Mum came for a visit last week and we had such a lovely time. Here are a few pictures from our precious time together :)