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Our little one

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Day to day, Frida, Sewing | 7 Comments »

  I have been wanting to write a bit about Frida. She's 16 months now, and still our little one, but then again, she's not all that little anymore. Her personality develops with every day that passes, and it is a ...

Walking on sunshine

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Milestones, Work life | 17 Comments »

Today was an important day for me. This morning I went to my new workplace in order to sign the contract and spend the day in the company of my new colleagues. I don't actually start until December 1st, but ...

The happy girl in her new dress

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Family, Frida, Sewing | 15 Comments »

So here is my tiny model for the Cilla leaf dress. And yep, she is standing on her own!   She doesn't walk unsupported yet, but she can stand quite well. We have been trying to encourage a bit of walking, by making ...

Big girl

Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Birthdays, Cleft Palate, Day to day, Family, Frida | 19 Comments »

  On this day last year, Frida was born. She was 1 month early, and just so tiny and fragile. She was born with a cleft palate which meant that I was unable to breastfeed her, and basically, she gave us a ...

First day of autumn

Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Sewing | 6 Comments »

This morning we had bright sunshine and blue sky, but now it's rather windy, and the sky is grey. Yesterday, when the calendar was still on the summer page, I got a shot of Frida wearing her flower girl dress.   She ...

Back from Greece – and I’m an aunt!

Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Family, Holiday, Special occasions, Travel | 16 Comments »

I know - I'm not that fast, but we're here! We got home very late Tuesday night - or perhaps I should say Wednesday morning. We did have a very nice trip to Greece - although it wasn't one without challenges.   The place was ...

Frida below the apple tree

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Holiday, Running, Sewing | 11 Comments »

At the last part of my running route, I always see two horses - well, there are quite a few horses on the trip, but these two are different. They are standing close to the road, having their grassy dinner, ...

Passport photo of a baby

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida | 10 Comments »

As some of you already know, we're going to Amsterdam a bit later this summer, because my brother and his wife - great wedding photos in that set, by the way - are having a baby. So, Frida will have ...