New look blog

I hope you like the new look for my blog – just in time for the New Year!

English Mamma

Amazing photography

Lennart Nilsson is a leading medical photographer who started his career as a photojournalist. In 1953 he published his first photographs of a human embryo. His website shows some pictures from his 1965 book A Child Is Born. I think the pictures are just stunning and offer a fascinating glimpse into the world inside the womb.

Not so little now?

Growing by the hour...?

Well, it seems that little gyermek will not be so little after all given the size of my belly now, only in week 22.

Some of this may be down to bloating but I feel huge!

Even though Husband definitely does not want to know if gyermek is boy or girl and I don’t really, I am still open to predictions, interpretations and pure speculation. So, what do you think? Boy or girl? (My work colleague who claims a 90% success rate with predicting the sex is on holiday until after the New Year!)

Just at this moment…

I’m listening to drilling and roadworks outside the window

I’m buying trousers for gyermek, since I forgot to pick any up when I was in London, and a new coat for me to grow into!

I’m excited about heading out in about an hour to look at prams

I’m spending time trying to fill the time – these “mellandagar” between Christmas and New Year are just so quiet

I’m eating a scone from Espresso House

I’m drinking not enough water

I’m readingAtt Föda” by Gudrun Abascal

I’m watching the clock…

I’m giving up eating so much chocolate (and this time I mean it!)

I can’t live without chocolate, most likely…

Merry Christmas!

Off to visit Husband’s family for Christmas, first stopping for a few days at a spa hotel (bliss!), so I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

English Mamma

Little pot-bellied me

The pot belly

So this is my little belly in week 20.  Strangely enough, I’ve had varying comments on it – everything from “There’s barely anything there!” to “My god, if you’re that size now, what will you be full term?!”

Too soon…?

Too adorable for words...

It was probably far too early to be buying up baby items (in week 18/19) but offer of a trip to London came up and who can say no to a shopping weekend in London?

I just have not been impressed by the selection of baby and maternity clothes available here in Sweden (with the exception of Polarn O. Pyret, which unfortunately fails on price). London, on the other hand, surpassed all my expectations between the £20 black skinny leg maternity jeans from Mothercare and the 30% off maternity wear in Mamas & Papas.

My only disappointment was that so many baby clothes still come in just three colours - pink, blue or yellow – making it harder since we don’t know if we’re having a boy or a girl. I did succumb and purchase one pink item, but if a baby boy cannot wear pink here in Sweden, then where can he?

How could I resist?

The trip was a great success though. I had not believed that I’d bought so much (truly) until Husband asked me how often I was planning on changing little gyermek each day…

But how about you? Have you bought clothes for your little one before their arrival? Or did you wait until nearer/after the birth?

Right now…

I’m listening to Roxy Music (I think – ipod on shuffle)

I’m buying nothing much as I am shopped out from last weekend’s shopping extravaganza in London

I’m holding on to my little, but rapidly growing, bump

I’m excited about Christmas after yesterday’s Lucia concert

I’m spending time tidying up

I’m eating too many Turkish Delight Thins

I’m drinking Earl Grey Tea

I’m reading too many books

I’m shopping, or planning to shop, tomorrow as I still have not located the main part of Husband’s Christmas present

I’m watching the last few episodes of Series 1 of Rome as soon as I finish writing this

I’m giving up being messy (let’s see how long that lasts…)

I’m collecting together all the rubbish that Husband and I have been hoarding for far too long

I can’t live without my husband

I’m travelling to Ulriksdals Wärdhus tomorrow for the work Christmas Party