Manga bilder blir det.../So many photos

Man tanker att man ska ta en bild sa man klickar for fullt med sin digital kamera. Sen nar man ska valja den bild man gillar bast sa gar det ju bara inte. Hur ska man kunna radera nagon utav dem nar man gillar nastan alla.

Nar Layla var 6 manader brande jag alla de bilder som jag gillade pa en CD skiva. De ska jag (nar jag val kommer till skott) satta i ett album. Kan ni dock fatta att det var over 300 bilder som jag tankt att framkalla! Nar man ar fodd pa 70-talet har man tur om man har 300 bilder pa sig sjalv fran man foddes till man var typ 10 ar! Men det ar som sagt omojligt att valja bort nagra av dessa 300 bilder, man vill ju ha kvar alla. Dessutom sa tar dessa bilder upp hur mycket minne pa datorn som helst som blir helt seg nar man startar igang den. Men det ar vart varenda sekund for jag alskar att ta kort pa min lilla gullunge. Gladjen som dessa kort skapar nar de varmer mormor, morfar, moster Anettes hjartan och alla andra som tittar har....det ar vart det. Eller hur? Kram, Agneta

You know the feeling. Ahhh, she/he looks so cute. Let's take a nice photo. I will delete the other photos and keep just one or a few and off you go, clicking away on your digital camera. When it comes down to deleting some photos it is really hard to do so. So what happens, you end up having 10 different, yet very similar photos.

When Layla was 6 months I went through all the photos I had taken of her since she was born and I burnt these pictures onto a CD. These photos I will put in an album. Can you believe that it ended up being 300+ photos. For the first 6 months!!! When you are born in the 70:s you are lucky to have 300+ photos of yourself from when you were born until you are 10! Yet when you try to reduce the 300 odd photos, it is impossible. You just want to keep all the photos. What happens next? These photos then slow down the computer. The conclusion? I am willing to put up with every second longer it takes for my computer to do anything as I love to take photos of my little princess. It is so worth it and my family loves sharing her every move. Love, Agneta x

Pa vag mot...On the way towards...

Mammas ta/Mummy's toe

Laylas nya bil barnstol/Layla's new carseat

Efter manga manaders angest sa var jag tillbaka med barnstolen vi hyrt och installerade Laylas nya bilbarnstol. Jag har forsokt att dra ut pa det sa lange som mojligt for har kan man vanda pa barnen nar de ar over 8kg. Det kanns hemskt att vanda pa Layla nar man vet att i Sverige sa rekommenderar man inte att man vander barn forran vid 3 ars alder. Men har vander de flesta sina barn vid 6 manader. For att dampa var angest kopte vi den stol som ska vara allra sakrast och har fatt en massa priser. Resultatet kan ni se nedan. Layla (aven om hon ser allvarlig ut pa bilden) tycker det ar superkul att aka framat. Hon kvittar och sjunger for fullt dar bak nar man kor.

After many months of putting it off I finally took the hired baby capsule back to the Child Safehouse on Monday. I have tried to put it off for as long as possible as it causes a lot of anxiety thinking about it knowing that in Sweden they don't consider it safe to turn children around until they are about 3 years old. This is to do with the size of the head in relation to the rest of their body. If you crash this could then cause obvious damage to the baby's neck. Anyway, in Australia most people turn their children around as soon as they are over 8kg. To reduce our anxiety we bought the best and safest carseat on the market. You can see the result below. Even if Layla looks a bit serious in the photo, she loves sitting forwards. She sings and talks and think it is so much fun seeing where she is going.

Layla & Lily

Har ar Layla och hennes svenska kompis Lily. Jag undrar varfor barn tycker det ar sa himla kul att sitta under koksbordet?
Here is Layla and her fellow Swedish friend Lily. I wonder why so many kids think it is so much fun to sit under the kitchen table and chairs?

Layla fortsatter att ova sina nya fardigheter...swisch
Layla continues to practice her new skill

Vilket kladd!!!/Messy eater

Harom kvallen gjorde jag en massa smaskig barnmat. Korde kyckling i mixern och blandade med en massa goda saser. Nar det val var klart sa skulle jag mata Layla men hon var inte alls sugen pa min "goda" mat. Jag tror den var lite for tjock for ikvall at hon den med god apptit. Naval, den kvallen erbjod jag henne en massa olika matratter men hon ville inte ha nagot av dem. Suck, till slut sa at hon baby yoghurt men bara om hon fick hjalpa till sjalv. Sa har slutade det hela...

The other night I made some yummy homemade babyfood. When it came down to eating it Layla was not interested at all in my wholesome dishes...grrr...tried a few other things but in the end she was happy eating a baby yoghurt but only if she could help out herself. Luckily this evening she was happy eating the food I had made before. Anayway, here is the result of the other night...

En jattebra film/A great movie

Hyrde "Lars and the real girl" igar. Har velat sett den har filmen ganska lange nu men jag kan varmt rekommendera den om du gillar filmer som ar lite annorlunda. Kram Agneta.

Got "Lars and the real girl" out on DVD yesterday. I have wanted to see this movie for some time now and it was great! If you like quirky movies like I do you will love this one. Cheers, Agneta X

Blandat/A mixture of old photos

Idag var jag och Layla pa biblioteket pa rim och rams stund. Det var faktiskt himla kul. Det ar nyttigt for oss bada att lara oss lite ramsor och sanger pa engelska for jag sjunger bara de svenska. Fick en bra ide att ga dit for att fa lite motion for det ar sa backig vag dit. Det var lite svettigt men skont att rora pa sig. For er som varit har gick jag den dar raka berg-och-dalbanevagen dit. De ar harliga backar att aka med i bil men inte lika harliga att skjuta en vagn upp och nerfor.

Igar var vi pa simning igen och det var lika roligt som vanligt. Layla alskar vattnet sa jag maste nog ga till en pool nar jag i Sverige sa att hon inte glommer sina fardigheter.

Ha det bra. Kramar, Agneta

Hi,

Today Layla and I went to Arana hills library to attend the nursery rhyme session. It was great fun and we met some other nice babies and mums. It is also very good for both of us to go as I don't know hardly any english nursery rhymes and songs so I will try to take Layla every week from now on.

Take care,
Agneta X

Layla alskar att sta upp och trana sig att ga. Har tranar hon sig med pappas lurviga ben.
Layla loves to stand up and practice walking. Here she is improving her skills with daddy.

Aven om hon nu har borjat att krypa sa kor hon pa med sin rumphasning ocksa.
Even if she has started to crawl she also continues her bum crawling

Layla och hennes pappas stoooora toffel
Layla and her daddy's biiiiig slipper

Had nagra kompisar over pa brunch i lordags. Sa har stor har Matayo blivit. Han ar 4 manader och vager lika mycket som Layla.
Had some friends over for brunch on Sunday. This is how bit Matayo has become. He is 4 months but weigh as much or more than Layla.

Matayo och hans mamma Zidia
Matayo and his mum Zidia

Layla kryper!
Layla is crawling

Layla har alat sig fram ett bra tag nu och i lordags tog hon 2 krypsteg. Men idag tog hon manga fler. Sa har ser hon ut nar hon kryper. Hon ar sa duktig. Kram, Agneta

After having rolled around and done commando-style crawling Layla can now crawl properly! She is such a clever girl. Check it out. Love, Agneta

Skor fran kusinen Felix/Shoes from cousin Felix

Layla fick de har fina skorna fran Felix. Hon ser valdigt stolt ut eller hur?
Layla got these shoes as a gift from her cousin Felix. She looks very proud wearing them.

Narbild - de passar!
Close-up - they fit!

Gick pa promenad i New Farm. Det har ar Storey Bridge.
Went for a walk in New Farm. Stopped and had a look at Storey Bridge.

Layla sov
Layla slept and missed out

Layla utan underlapp
Layla with no bottom lip

Layla och jag
Layla and I

Vi motte Liz och hennes kompisar och at lunch. Liz aker tillbaka till England pa tisdag. Forhoppningsvis sa kommer hon tillbaka men det ar inte riktigt bestamt annu.
We met Liz and her friends for lunch. Liz goes home to England on Tuesday. We are hoping she will come back to live in Brisbane.

Nu har jag antligen hittat en pipmugg som inte lacker och som Layla kan halla i sjalv.
I have finally found a sippycup that does not leak while Layla holds it herself.

GRATTIS MAMMA/MORMOR/SVARMOR PA FODELSEDAGEN!!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM/GRANDMOTHER/MOTHER-IN-LAW ON YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY!

Hoppas att du far/fick en trevlig dag. Kom min present fram i tid? Jag hoppas det. Har en ide (eller stal Anettes ide) for en liten present till som jag tar med mig nar jag kommer hem.

Massor med pussar och kramar fran Agneta, Greg och Layla-loo.

Sa har skulle tartan ha sett ut som jag skulle ha bakat om jag varit dar och firat med dig...
This is how the cake would have looked that I would have made if I were able to be there to celebrate with you.

Layla sager "Grattis mormor!"
Layla says "happy birthday granma"

Delfin ljud redo att krossa glas. Varning, anvand oronskydd.
Layla making very high pitch noises - Only watch if wearing earplugs.

Layla gar pa konstmuseum/Layla at GOMA

Medan det sporegnade ute sa gick jag, Layla, Anette, Oscar och Paulina (en svensk tjej fran Varberg) pa museum pa Southbank. Det var jattekul men jag hade nog kunnat spendera mer tid dar sa vi far ga tillbaka en annan dag sa vi hinner se annu mer. Jag hade inte varit dar sedan jag var pa Andy Warhole utstallingen samma vecka som jag fick Layla. Just nu har de en utstallning av kinesiskt modern konst och den var super. Kul att se hur konsten har andrats dar sedan Kina har blivit ett mer "oppet" land. Kram, Agneta

While it rained cats and dogs outside, Layla, Anette, Oscar, Paulina (another Swedish girl) and myself went to the Gallery of Modern Art on Southbank. It was really good, I hadn't been there since the Warhole exhibition the week Layla was born so it was great fun. At the moment they had a really good Contemporary Chineese Art Exhibition that was really interesting and educational. Would like to go back another day to have another look as I didn't feel like I had enough time to see it all. Cheers, Agneta x

Anette, Oscar, Paulina & Layla

Modern konst
Modern Art

Det har var en del av den kinesiska utstallingen
This is from the Chineese Exhibition-The Chineese Project

Det har ar fran en fladdermus utstallning som var for barn for att fira Queensland som fyller 150 ar i ar. Det fanns en massa aktiviteter att ta del i ocksa fast det var for lite storre barn. Men det var sa himla lackert gjort tycker jag.
This is from the Release the bats exhibition for children to celebrate Queensland's 150 year birthday this year. There were some activites that went along with it for older children. The set-up was really spooky but cool.

Regn, regn, regn...och sa lite mer regn/Rain, rain, rain...and a bit more rain

Kolla in bilderna pa den har lanken/Check out the photos on this link:

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/gallery/0,23816,5053798-17382-99,00.html

Idag sken solen igen precis som ingenting hade hant. Men under gardagen sa var det en annan historia. Det regnade motsvarande 1/3 av hur mycket det brukar regna pa ett helt ar har...fast det foll pa mindre an 24 timmar. Sjalv gick och Layla runt pa olika konstmuseer pa Southbank inne i stan. Det var inte forran jag korde hem som jag insag hur mycket det hade regnat nar jag akte genom the Gap sa sag man vatten...mycket vatten. Har i Ferny Grove var det inte sa farligt. Hundparken ar under vatten (hundarna far skaffa sig en eka) men annars sa ligger FG nog ganska hogt upp sa vi klarade oss utan problem. Varre ar de for dem som bor nara ett vattendrag...notera...kop aldrig ett hus i Brisbane vid ett vattendrag.

Ha det bra. Kramar, Agneta

Ny baddrakt/On our way to swimming lessons

Min nya baddrakt/My new swimsuit

Sot som en karamell
Cute like a button

Det var lite regnigt idag sa mamma satte pa mig min varma lurviga pyjamas
It was a rainy and a little bit chilly so mum put on my warm fluffy pj

Jag kanner mig lite som en Tellytubby...eller en kanin - pinsamt
I feel a bit like a Tellytubby...or a fluffy rabbit - how embarrassing

Efter att vi simmade sov Layla i 3 timmar. Det regnade hela dagen sa vi lekte titt-ut.
After we went swimming, Layla slept for 3 hours! It rained almost all day so we played peek-a-boo.

Francesca & Lachlan's dop/christening

Igar sa var vi till Boonah pa dop. Bade Francesca Silvia och Lachlan Scott Kostecki doptes. Jag och Greg blev faddrar till Lachlan och Peta och Anthony (Scotts syster och man) blev faddrar till Francesca. Det var ett trevligt dop och mottagning. Kram, Agneta

Yesterday we attended Francesca, Silvia and Lachlan, Scott Kostecki's christening in Boonah. Greg and I became godparents to Lachlan and Peta and Anthony (Scott's sister and husband) became godparents to Francesca. It was a lovely day. Cheers, Agneta X

Francesca i sin dopklanning/Francesca wearing her cute little christening gown

I kyrkan/In the church

Layla & Nonno Aldo

Claude & Michael

Greg & Francesca

Lachlan och Layla busar/Lachlan and Layla playing

"Round and round the garden like a teddybear"

"One step, two step..."

Tickle you under there.

Bortskamda...

Anette beklagade sig lite over att jag inte lagt ut nagra bilder...pa flera dagar!!!! Sa jag tar mig val i kragen da och lagger ut nagra bilder pa varat lilla gryn. Jag har blivit lite lat och har inte orkat bara. Men for att matta moster och sakert mormor och farmors Laylabegar se nedan. Kramar, Agneta.

Spoilt...

My sister complained a little over the phone that I hadn't updated the blog with new photos...for days!!!! So I had to get my act together so here are some new photos of our little princess. I guess I have been a bit slack but I just ran out of steam for a bit. Anyway, here are some photos to satisfy auntie Anette and grandmum Erna (and probably Nonna Silvia's) hunger for photos of lovely Layla. Cheers, Angie X

Smaskens...jag fick en kaka for forsta gangen den dagen mamma vagde mig och insag att jag inte gatt upp i vikt pa en manad. Man branner manga kalorier nar man alar runt pa golvet.
Yummy...I got to taste a biscuit for the first time on the day my mummy weighed me and realised that I had not put on a single gram for a month. You burn lots of calories rolling around on the floor.

Tjoho, jag alskar skor!!!
Yihaa...I love shoes!!

Provar ny varm jacka. Kanske blir det tillrackligt kallt for att anvanda den snart. Fast idag var det +26 grader.
Trying out a new hoodie. Perhaps if it gets cold enough she can use it soon. Today it was +26 degrees, one can only hope.

Drommer om kallare vader...
Dreaming about colder weather...Smile!

Vi traffade Rob och Carmen pa Chermside
We saw Rob and Carmen at Chermside

Layla med sina kompisar Tia och Emily fran mammagruppen
Layla with her friends Tia and Emily from our mother's group