Another bun in the oven

I haven't written in a long time as I only really had one thing to write about and that thing... I wanted to wait a bit with.the news is that K is becoming an older brother and D and myself parents for the second time. We are very happy and so far, things are going OK. The pregnancy has been very different compared to the one with K with morning sickness and being generally uncomfortable. Now, the worst has passed as I'm in the second trimester.

K doesn't quite understand yet that he will become an older brother. We have tried to explain to him that mummy has a baby in the belly but then he lifts his own t-shirt up and says he also has one in his belly :-) He still think it's a game we're playing. I guess he'll see on the big day!

Things I hope I never forget - but might

There are so many things about little K that I adore. So many funny little things he does that just cracks me up. I take for granted that I will remember them because they are a natural part of our lives, but i know myself - I will probably forget the odd thing here and there. I don't want to forget anything! These are ten things he is doing right now at 21 months:

1. He says "putt" when he farts and then laughs with me - It is for Prutt in Swedish. I don't care if people think it's rude or bad manners - it's funny!
2. He says "Mmm!" when he eats something he likes - just like mum and dad
3. If he spills, he wants to clean up his own mess with a paper towel - such a good boy!
4. He calls all cars and trucks "Nee noo" because we taught him that the fire truck says "nee noo, nee noo" - He took that as all cars are Nee noo's
5. He loves dancing to music - especially music with a powerful base. Eros Ramazotti is also a favourite
6. He always wants to share food. If he can feed you directly - even better!
7. Spices are fun! He will ask me to take down spices from the shelf and then he smells them and lets me and D smell them as well. Everyone has to smell them!
8. His favourite food is Spaghetti Bolognese made by daddy. He also likes our vegetable Paella made in our Thermomix
9. He strokes my cheek when I say "snäll" which means kind in Swedish
10. He knows how to imitate someone who is hysterical. I just say "hysterisk" and he starts waving and shouting hysterically - it's so funny!

The below pictures are from our holidays in Salento, South of Italy a couple of weeks ago.

July is here

We are now in the first week of July! I can't believe how quickly summer came.

We have already had a week of holidays in June, when we went to Mallorca and myself and D went on a 3 day romantic getaway to the lovely island of Formentera. I was really  nervous about leaving our little K behind - not for his sake but for mine. I had never spent a single night away from him. I almost cried when I kissed him goodbye, but after a few hours I was fine. Me and D had a lovely time in Formentera with the pristine beaches and the amazing food. We ate fish every day! Meanwhile, K was having a ball with his aunties going to the beach and the swimming pool. He loved it. He even learned to dive with his head under the water and just kept saying "mas! mas!"(="more! more!") in Spanish. A little dolphin is what he turned into :-)

Now we are in the month  of July and hoping for better weather so we can go to the parks and play with K. Fingers x-ed we get some proper good weather soon!

Selfie

We had a long weekend as the first Monday in May is a bank holiday. So needed. It's been a good few busy weeks at work and at home so we just needed some good family time. We took K took the swimming pool since it's been a while since we last took him. He didn't remember what to do and didn't like it at all at first. After about 10 minutes he started relaxing a bit more and enjoyed splashing around for a bit chasing daddy with me holding him and helping him chase. I'm happy he finally enjoyed it as we'll soon be going to Majorca and there we'll hopefully be able to swim some more with him in the sea.

Another thing we did, that we haven't done in a while is go out for dinner just me and D. We have just had date nights in Spain when the grandparents can babysit. Now we found a babysitter in London who lives close to where we live. Brilliant! So me and D went out on a date. We went to a restaurant that I chose - Arbutus in SoHo with a Michelin star. Food was amazing and we had  great time. K had gone to sleep well with the babysitter. He understood that it wasn't like every other night as someone new was there, but he seemed to have accepted it. Hopefully we can do this more often now, that we can leave K with the babysitter. A big step for all of us!