June 20, 2021
Happy First Father’s Day to my husband! And Happy Father’s Day to all the other dads out there.
On Friday, we drove to Greenwich to see a specialist at a Children’s Hospital. We got our temperatures checked at the entrance and was sent up to the third floor. We checked in and they told us that only one parent could go in with Lily and the other one had to leave the building. So I went to sit outside on a park bench in their little garden. Her appointment lasted for like 45 minutes cause apparently the doctor wanted to tell Jim in detail about all the stuff it could be even though she was absolutely fine. I didn’t mind, I enjoyed my time spent alone meditating under a tree:) So yes, Lily is ok, nothing to worry about. If she gets any new marks in her face we have to take her back, but these current ones are fine and they may disappear over time.
Jim told me later that the doctor had said that “he was so good with her” and she had sounded surprised. Eh what? That might sound like a complement but no, that’s a pretty bad thing to say. Why is that a surprise? He’s a great parent, it’s his child just as much as mine. Either all the other dads she meet are terrible fathers or her ideas of men is wrong…
Non-alcoholic IPA from Athletic Brewing Co
If everything goes right, we’ll have a house to move into in less than a month. We have already signed the papers, now we are just waiting for inspection and stuff. So in the evening on Friday, we sat on the terrace again and celebrated yet another day with great news. Or, well, Thor was throwing up, pooping blood and didn’t want to eat that day which of course wasn’t great. We think he’s depressed:( Cause now when we have made an even bigger effort this weekend to snuggle, play and include him more he seems happier and he’s eating and he gets excited to go for walks. He still hides under the couch and yells at Jim if he is holding Lily when she’s crying but we have to keep making him feel loved and included. Our little fluffy love♥
Yesterday I didn’t do much. It was quite hot and sticky outside most of the day so Lily and I hung out inside. Other than cleaning up in the apartment, ordering and eating sushi during one of her longer naps, I was pretty much only feeding L and then sat there with her sleeping on top of me basically all day. It’s lovely and hard at the same time.
This morning, Lily woke up at 5 am (Jimmy had apparently changed her diaper 1.5 hour before that but she stayed asleep, so I got a good night sleep). She ate, pooped, I tried to put her back to bed but had to feed more. Eventually she fell asleep and I could put her back in her crib. At 6:15 am I left the three sleeping beauties, ate a banana and made myself a cup of tea. I sat down by the opened balcony door and listened to the birds. A lovely morning.
After we were done with half of our breakfast, we all decided to go for a walk to the baseball park before it got too hot outside. Thor was happy and Lily took a half an hour nappy.
Jim has mentioned Father’s Day all week, I guess he’s been excited:) To celebrate this day he grilled us some steaks and I made pasta with Swedish béarnaise sauce, a strange combination maybe but we are trying to finish everything we have in the cabinets before moving. That’s why I didn’t get hubby a gift for today cause I don’t want to pack more shit:)
Never seen blue school busses before. They also had pink garbage cans instead of black
This coming week will be yet another busy one. We have a few appointments scheduled, the air conditioner in the car is getting fixed and on Friday it’s Midsummer. It’ll be my 11th year celebrating in America which is a bit weird, I barely remember how it is in Sweden this day anymore haha. And I’m hoping to be able to introduce my friend to Lily next weekend, but first I need my vaccine.