He walks!

Well, it's been many months since a lot of his friends started walking but today was the day that he decided to join the ranks of the upright peeps. I say "decided" because he has been very coordinated and strong walking by holding my pinky for weeks now and I knew he could do it; he's just stubborn like mama and didn't want to fall, I think. So I tricked him by holding a toy and he held onto the other end and then he would walk to me. Then after a few times I let go of the toy and he walked to me, holding his little toy, unknowing that he was doing it alone. Then when Papa came home, he improved on his skills and now can walk from Mama to Papa with a huge proud grin on his face. The only grins bigger are ours. To celebrate we got Japanese food for dinner and Boozie ate more than we did. It's his second try at Japanese and I think it's his favorite type of food so it turned out to be a good congrats meal.

My little baby is getting so big. Good thing there will be another little mini in December so I don't get too sad that these little milestones are over.

Doesn't get any better than this

[insert contented sigh] Right now I'm sitting and eating exactly what I used to eat in Sweden everyday for 1.5 years: thinly-sliced mild sourdough rye bread topped with butter, prast cheese, thin cucumber slices, and thin tomato slices. I'm in heaven. Thank you, only-30-minute-away Ikea. The only thing missing is this seasoning salt that we ate sprinkled on top and I have no idea how I would locate it. Boozie also loved Ikea and learned a new word while we were there, kaka, which means cookie. I bought some Anna's pepparkakor and Boozie really wanted some and learned to ask for them.

It is warm and sunny outside and as soon as Boozie wakes up, we're going swimming. We had a fabulous past weekend and are already planning our next weekend trip for this weekend: H&M and the beach. We are definitely loving living here, in case it wasn't obvious.

Boozie has been amazing us with all the words he picks up. He loves to repeat us; he's our little parrot. He now has even included some English words in the mix:
-klocka (clock/watch)
-kaka (cookie)
-buh-bye
-um
-so
-no

And a few pics from our fab weekend in the City:


The rooftop deck at our hotel, The Pod.

Rooftop deck

We thought a carousel ride in Central Park was a good idea. Boozie thought otherwise.

Jersey City on the Hudson River waiting for the fireworks to start.

New Joy-zee

Our first weekend up here has been great. We've enjoyed a fabulous park right by our house, a toasty coconut Dunkin Donut, swimming in the pool 4 feet from our front door, and now we'll be heading into the city to enjoy the sights, watch the Yankees play ball, and see the nation's largest patriotic pyrotechnic display over the Hudson River. The best part of it all was the lady at Dunkin Donuts gave Boozie 3 free donut holes and he proceeded to shove them in his mouth whole so half was still sticking out; he just couldn't wait to try them, I guess. Anyone want to come visit?

Gdipe extravaganza code

For all you that were interested in the gdiaper extreme clearance sale, I just got the code for us all to use. It's g544Nilsson and if you add the "Everyday g's 6 pack" to your cart and then enter the code, it will be reduced from $70 to $40. So fab. And another new thing is they started selling gcloth. So if you aren't intimidating by washing (and it's not bad at all), you can get gcloth for home (which after your first investment is free since you never have to buy more) and the flushies for out and about. And if you want a $2 off coupon, let me know and I'll send you one cos I have many.

First Limabeanhome-like Creation

Anyone who knows Bean knows she's very talented. She has a bag-making business and she makes fabulous products. I have many of her produce bags and canvas bags and am always getting compliments on them. So at our quarterly Enrichment women's church meeting when they said we could learn how to make a bag, I jumped at the chance. It took me a bit longer than one evening because I wanted to get lots of feedback so I lined it with duckcloth along with the lining fabric to make it thicker and did a few other modifications and even though it's nowhere near as good as Bean's, I think it turned out pretty good.


Isn't the fabric wild and fun?

Inside

Gdipe extravaganza

Everyone knows I love gdiapers and anyone within the sound of my voice has heard me rave about them and try convince you to use them. :) They're so easy to use, easy to wash, and good for the environment, etc... They're offering a sweet deal that I just couldn't not tell my fellow blog friends about. Especially you with babies on the way. They have a starter kit that comes with 6 gpants (the cloth outer cover w the waterproof snap-in liner) that is usually $70 that with a special code is only $40. I still can't believe it. So I'll get the code in a week and I'll send it to anyone who's interested.

And... the latest news which I think is now a good time to share is Boozie will soon have a sibling to play with! Well, not too soon, but in December. I'm almost 15 weeks so I'm into the 2nd trimester and feeling great. Actually the first was great too. Only a few days of nausea but that was when I was in the back seat of the car in New Jersey on windy small country roads; I might have been nauseous either way. So the big question... Will we find out what it is? Nope. It was too fun to wait the whole time with Boozie so we're planning on waiting again. So, since we use gdiapers and I just finished my too-skinny-for-g-diapers newborn stash, I thought I'd share some fun cloth diaper pictures and get you excited to start your own gdiaper stash. :)

some tiny newborn cloth diapers

Boozie's first gdiaper- a red one worn on Valentine's Day

"New" Toy

A few weeks ago we had a Garage Sale to try to declutter and get rid of junk before we move up to New Jersey. I was very hesitant because it seemed like such a hassle, I don't like bartering with people, and it didn't seem like the time would be worth the 50 cents for my shirt. But the whole neighborhood was doing it so we didn't have to advertise or anything so we went along. Surprisingly, it was a big success and we only ended up with 1 little suitcase of clothes left. During the yard sale I decided to walk around and check out the other neighbors' goods. T said, "Don't buy anything. We're trying to get rid of stuff!" But there were a few things I just couldn't resist. :) And isn't Boozie glad I didn't resist this fabulous Radio Flyer scooter? He looves it.

Some dear friends hosted a farewell BBQ in our and some other friends' honor who are also moving. It was filled with good food, friends, and lots and lots of sand. Boozie decided that our next house must have a sandbox.




And last but not least, our house has been on the market about a month now and we got one offer that we rejected and have shown it tons, but no buyers yet. Wish us luck. And while I'm tidying the house getting ready to show it, Boozie likes to untidy any way he knows how...