Throw back Thursday:Weekend in Stockholm

I've been meaning to participate with Erica in one of these for a long time, and am finally getting around to it! 

A weekend at the end of February, 2009 while we were studying abroad in Karlstad, Sweden I took the 3 hour train ride to Stockholm to meet my childhood best friends, Sofie, Jessica and Kerstin. Jessica and Kerstin lived there (but hadn't seen each other in 5-6 years) and Sofie took the 4 hr train ride down from Ljusdal (where we all grew up.) It was my first time ever leaving Jasper for more than a few hours (he was 18 months) and I almost didn't want to go for that reason alone, but I'm so glad I went, it was the most amazing weekend!

We jam packed the entire weekend with sight seeing, even though it was in the 20's and 30's all weekend. Two of the girls lived there but they were still more than willing to do all the touristy things for me! 

We took a double decker tour bus around, which was a great deal. You pay one price and you can get on and off at any of the stops for 48 hrs! 

On top of doing the normal touristy things, we did a lot of shopping, eating at amazing places (like this famous Chinese food place where the prime minister was murdered (in the 80's I believe) and non touristy things also, like a house party for Kertin's friend's birthday. 

We took buses, subways, and even a boat to get from island to island. This is why I love Stockholm, it's made up of a bunch of islands, (maybe 14? or 9? I can't remember) and they are all connected my bridges, but taking a boat across is sometimes just as fast if not faster, and a much more enjoyable form of travel. 

 I definitely recommend going to this tower, we went up to the top to see the amazing views of the city. 

 Fried bananas and ice cream with carmel sauce. It's been 4 years and I can still remember the taste. 

 My dad used to be a chef for one of the Viking Line cruises and we (as a family) used to take weekend trips to Helsinki, Finland all the time. We had free reign of most of the boat and I used to pretend it was my own personal floating castle. 

An unforgettable weekend! We had another one when the weather was nicer that I will have to share on another Throwback Thursday!

Mamma Style

Today I'm linking up with Casey and 7 other mamma's with style, so go check all their blogs out!

My 'style' has definitely changed since becoming a mother, but I was also 21 and in college, so I think my style was bound to change no matter what! 

My biggest fashion rule (and probably my only one) is that I have to be comfortable. I absolutely refuse to be uncomfortable all day.

I need to be able to do the monkey bars at the park, push a double stroller (often while carrying a child), crawl around on the floor, give underdogs on the swings and so much more, so I need to be comfortable. 

I'm a jeans and t-shirt girl. And a sweater and colored skinny's girl. And a maxi dress girl. And a love of short (but long enough!) dresses. I love black and grey. And bright colors. Flats, boots, heels, wedges Basically, I love it all! 

As you can see!

I married my best friends boyfriend.

And my husband married HIS best friends girlfriend.

Sounds more scandalous than it really is, but it's true.

In junior high, one of of my BFF's, Ellyse, was dating Drew. And I was dating Derek, Drew's best friend since diapers. 

We would double date, and Ellyse and I even had silly nick names for Derek and Drew. For some reason we called them Skip and Dip. NO idea why. 

Naturally, neither of those relationships 'worked out', I mean, what 8th grade relationship does? And it wasn't for another 4-5 years that Drew and I started hanging out Senior year, but isn't that kind of fun that we went on double dates when we were 13-14?


And for fun, had to throw in some pictures of us from high school and freshman year of college. We look like such babies!

Favorite Juice recipes?

Drew and I are trying out a mini juice cleanse. I say mini because we are only doing it for two meals a day. Breakfast and lunch for the past three days have consisted of a juice, then we will have a snack around 2-3 and then dinner, and usually another snack around 8-9.

So far it's not too bad! Oh and I've been drinking a LOT of coffee as well. I actually feel great and feel like I have more energy!

Only negative is I've been making the same two juices a day (one for breakfast one for lunch) and I'm ready for some new recipes? Have any favorites to share?

9 Months!

And I guess 8 since I didn't do an 8 month update.. 

Teeth: No new ones, some days you seem to be teething like crazy, other days not so much. By this time I think Jasper had like 8 teeth so quite a difference there!

Food: Still Loving to eat! You eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, along with some snacks throughout the day. 4-5 oz of purees (made by mamma!) and some table food with lunch and dinner as well. And since nursing usually 6 times a day, sometimes 7. And a bottle of pumped milk. Like I said you eat a LOT. Some days I feel like all I do is feed you! We haven't come across anything yet you don't like though, which is awesome! 

Sleep: Waking up anytime between 6 and 7, taking a 2 hour nap two hours after waking up and an hour afternoon nap, sometimes a little more, and then in bed between 7 and 7:30.

Play: Oh boy this is where it's gotten fun. You are SO much fun to play with now! You are all over the place. About 6 weeks ago you started sitting 100% on your own. Then you started army crawling, and now? Crawling all over the place. You still prefer to army crawl the most though, you can do that the fastest. The last few days you have been pulling yourself from sitting to standing, I can't leave you alone for a second now! You get into Everything!

You had your second dose of the flue shot today and a foot prick and you did fantastic. Just a few quick tears then you were good to go. 

Stats:

28 inches long, 80th%

16 lbs 4 oz 20th %

Head 17.5 70th %