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On a snowy day me and Mila went to the Swedish school to go sledging and drink hot chocolate with fellow swedes. Funny how the outdoor plastic cups ( skogsmulle kåsa) still looks the same as when I was a kid. Mila was happy after one time down the hill and told me that I could go by myself next time.... On our Thursday eating dinner out day Mila from out of the blue thanked the waiter in perfect Russian "Spasiba!" and there me and my two year old are on the same level of Russian knowledge... Loren has been practice counting with Mila & on the way home the other day she pulled of her glove very determined (only -5 outside) and counted perfectly her little fingers in English and then Swedish (her granddad who is professor in Mathematics will be pleased with this progress soon ready for algebra..) My baby bump is getting bigger and bigger, week 26 now I think ( with Mila I knew exactly what week and read everything about each weeks development and this time I read...

In the Nikolovski houshold every spare minute is used for practicing the art of walking. Faster and faster along tables and chairs. From chair to mamma. From pappa to mamma and back. Holding hands and holding no hands. Bending knees up and down up and down a al going skiing but I have now skis. Careful careful practicing and getting better and better for each day.

Team Nikolovski LOVE books Loren has a special and very passionate relationship with bookstores. He can spend hours in there. He tak great proud in buying, smelling and reading books  I also love to buy, smell and read books  Mila loves to eat books... When she thinks we are not watching ( well sometimes she doesn't really care whether we are watching or not) she uses her small little teeth and eats the corners of her books. Not just like a little bite and spits it out oh no no this little girl actually eats pieces of her books and she is very fast so we won't stop her. All her books and some of ours now have eaten corners. When will she stop with this and just enjoy to smell and read them like her parents??

Det har varit lite tyst och tomt här. Vi tappade fotfästet lite. Hamnade i en mardröm som jag nu hoppas att vi är på andra sidan av. Molnen har skingrat sig och nu känns det nästan som vanligt igen. Fast jag har men, jag känner på liten pannan och tar tempen stup i kvarten. Kollar ännu oftare att hon andas och vill ha henne ännu mer nära hela tiden. Jag är räddare än räddast för bassilusker och virus. Men herregud var har hänt tänker du. Det var hemskt och det värsta jag varit med om. En torsdagsmorgon vaknar av att Mila får en attack av något som sedan visar sig vara feberkramp (snällt ord för något så otäckt) ambulans till sjukhus och blev kvar där i en vecka. Infektion, feber, tester och antibiotika. Ledsen men modig baby. Ledsen, hjälplös och rädd pappa. Ledsen, hjälplös och rädd mamma. Allt ställs på sin spets och man inser hur skört allt är. Vi har fått fantastisk vård och fint stöd från alla håll. Mila mår bra igen och är piggare än piggast. Its been a little quiet here for...

Man tager vad man haver, så löd väl ett av Kajsa Vargs uttryck ( vem var Kajsa Varg egentligen?!) Sagt och gjort. Symaskinen stod framme. Kände att jag behövde en utmaning och ta mitt symaskinskörkort, som jag tog på Säfsta skolan någon gång på slutet av 80-talet, till nya höjder. I min tyggömma hittade jag detta tuffa bomullstyg från IKEA. Tog en av Milas klänningar som en slags mall och here we go. En gammal fleece filt fick bli fodret. Spetsen längst ner införskaffade jag på en loppis någonstans i Kinna trakten för några år sedan för 30 kr. Tyckte det var ett svinbra köp då men har i ärlighetensnamn tvivlat på hur bra det köpet var tills nu!! Passar ju perfekt på denna mini kreaktion. Som grädde på moset fick mina röda plasthjärtsknappar pryda axelbanden. Inte illa pinkat av en trähäst som min gamla mattelärare Sture brukade säga alltför ofta. You take what you have - is a literally translation from an old Swedish saying. And it means basically that, use what you already have at h...

Thank you P!ink!! Thank you to making my baby stop complaining, screaming and making her fall asleep. When nothing else work we put on your songs and she will listen intense and calm down. Your CD:s has come to be one of our most important things of all things we owe ( who would think that..). Always on in the car. Some kids use dummies to relax but this crazy baby of ours listens to your music. Here comes her top three songs: "Just give me a reason" ( works every time and sometimes we have to listen to it over and over again..)  "Perfect" ( Plays over and over in the car at the moment and I am starting to get a little worried that one of her first words will be Fucking perfect..) "Don't leave me" ( she loves this rather violent but fun video)

Mila is 9 month and 1 week exactly today. As a proud mother I use this forum to show off her new development ( you know I also promised myself not to do that before having a baby, but the need is just stronger then me....) She has really expanded her interests and recognizing objects that is fun to point out. Lamp ( lampa) is still of course most interesting and fun to point out, but now in competition with her two rubber ducks ( var är ankan?..) Stevie ( named after Stevie Wonder) & Whitney ( after Whitney Houston as she has a bodyguard looking scarf on) Airplanes ( flygplan) no wondering considering we live close to Prague airport and their route for the past few months has been straight over us ( according to Mr Nikolovski they should change direction very soon, but it never seems to happen..). I could write a long post about how annoying this fly route is but lets instead be happy that Mila likes airplanes and got to see them every few minutes and that it is very very con...

Last week Team Nikolovski decided to make a little road trip to explore Budapest. To be honest i didn't know much more then it is the capital of Hungary, The Danube running through and the home-ground for the Budapest roll and goulash. I got the task to find out more and to make a rough plan for our visit. A task I took very seriously and we were ready to go.  Förra veckan begav vi oss iväg på en liten road-trip till Budapest. Om jag ska vara ärlig visste jag inte mycket mer om Budapest än att det är huvudstaden av Ungern, att Donau rinner där och att Budapestrullen och goulashen har sin ursprung där. Jag fick uppgiften att ta reda på mer och lägga upp en liten plan för vad vi vill se. Jag gjorde diverse eftersökningar och så var vi redo.  We left on Thursday morning, hoping that the little CEO would approve of a few hours in the car. We sang her favorite song "Just give me a reason" a couple of times and she was fast asleep.We made a couple of stops for food, cof...

Many new experiences for little Mila on our trip in Sweden. New faces. Friends and family members with and without fur to say hi to. Practicing to master the art of rolling. Thrilled to manage stomach to back. Lawn-mower very interesting, boat-trip pretty scary and her favorite place to swing and chilax in the sitting hammock.

As we are entering Q3 2013, Team Nikolovski is now making the new organizational structure official. We go from a flat organization to a very hierarchical organization. Mila Kristina Nikolovski is a small but powerful boss on the top. Maria Cecilia Book Nikolovski assistant and operational manager of the food supply. Mr Loren Nikolovski assistant and manager of diapers and entertainment. Lates important decission taken by the boss is that nighttime snacking is totally aloud and something she wants to continue with for at least Q3 & Q4 2013.

Sverige besöket bjöd på många intryck och upplevelser. Roligast var Chili (hunden), kramigast var mormor, Moster o mamma sjöng "Just give me a reason" (Pink) högst (varje gång dom ville att jag skulle sova..) och blötast och härligast var den varma poolen. The trip to Sweden offered a lot of exciting experiences. Funniest was Chili the dog, most hugs from grandmother, auntie Sofie and mamma sang "Just give me a reason" (Pink) the loudest (every time they wanted me to sleep..) and the warm pool was wet and extra super duper exciting.

Baby Nikolovski's smiles and laughs are to die for During the past two weeks she has offered a lot of million dollar smiles and genuine giggly laughs It makes her mamma goes silly Pappa proud as a rooster  We just simply can't have enough of it

Baby Nikolovski is a sweet little character with a mind of her own. I was at first hesitant of giving her a pacifier. Worried that it might be difficult to wean her off it in the future. When we finally tried she totally refused it. We have bought zillion five hundred different types and keep trying to convince her to use them, but no way baldy!  I am actually not sure anymore why I keep forcing them on her. She must think I am a raving lunatic who wants her to suck plastic. I promise I will give up soon, just try this new cool orange one first.. The same big no no goes for eating from a bottle. Stubborn little thing. She can play and drink from the bottle when it has water inside but as soon as it is milk she shows very clearly it is NO to even consider to drink from it. No no no!! Man we have been trying and trying but not a chance/ nema chanca !! Such a small person with such huge will, I wonder where she has got that from...

Not so easy to take a photo of baby Nikolovski for her passport... So much things to do..

When baby Nikolovski was born people kept saying "enjoy every moment because they are growing sooo fast" We thought yeah right surely she won't grow THAT fast. But o my God people were right she really is growing like crazy. A whole bunch of clothes are already outgrown and put away. She is playing away with her toys, "talking", standing on her little tiny legs with help from mum and dad, looking like a drunk when sitting and having a mind of her own. Before we know it she will be crawling, walking and running.

Mr Nikolovski is appointed as Team Nikolovski's grocery shopping manager. This is an important role and a role he takes very seriously. When the light has fallen he heads to one or two stores to do the weekly shopping. The list is written and he is taking his time touching, squeezing and smelling products of interest. We have done a through ECO hunt and are happy to say that we can find good products organic certified here in Prague. Mr Nikolovski likes his shopping and takes his time picking the right products. He is reading what everything contains and is avoiding scary E-numbers and chemicals, which is to say the least not easy these days. The other day when he came home from the store, he was a little giddy. He said " I am not sure if I am going mad or not.. but I find myself shaking and moving the shopping-cart back and forth like a crazy person.People must think I am a little cocko shaking the groceries just like the baby.." You are not mad och crazy it is ju...

Små grodorna små grodorna      Är lustiga att se Three little frogs?!

Lately people keeps asking me: "Are you sleeping? " and "How are you sleeping?" In matter of fact what they are asking is whether or not baby Nikolovski are sleeping or not.  I will tell you and illustrate this.. Already in November Team Nikolovski bought a baby crib in order to be ready for the arrival of the new mini member. We prepared it with cute little blanket and pillow. We filled it with sweet cuddly toys in different shapes. We put it close to our bed. It was really looking a million dollars and very cozy. But when little baby Nikolovski came home she did not want to sleep there. Today the bed are used as storage for dirty and clean cloths all in great big pile.. Jag får numera ganska ofta frågan om huruvida jag sover eller ej.  Ja eller rättare sagt huruvida lilltjejen sover eller ej.  Jo det ska jag ta och berätta och illustrera.. Redan i november införskaffade Team Nikolovski en fin spjälsäng redo för den nya medlemmen. Den bäddades och ...