4 Day Party with Kamille!

Kamille is an old roommate from college who contacted me months ago, saying she would be in Sweden for a few days and wanted to come visit me!! My first American friend to come and see where I live! I was beyond excited!! And kinda nervous... we hadn't seen each other for 4(ish) years, so we realized this could be potentially awkward or super fun. Luckily as soon as I picked her up we couldn't stop talking and catching up. We were talking so much that I even took the wrong exit and 30 minutes later, I noticed I was driving the wrong way! #oops

We had too much fun while Kamille was here. Emma really enjoyed the extra company to entertain her!

The first day Emma and I took Kamille to see a few castles!! I've been to both a few times, and I was surprised how I am so used to driving past them and not paying attention. It was fun to see the castles through Kamille's eyes for the first time I guess! I really came to appreciate them more. It really hit me when I thought, "I can be to one castle within 5 minutes, and the other 20 minutes. Woah. And why don't I come here more often??" These castles are beyond picturesque, I couldn't help but take a million pictures. And Emma couldn't help but bring me all the cool rocks she found! A win win for sure ;)

Finding rocks of course.

And more rocks.

We call this the pink castle, and I drive past it multiple times a week. It is on the way to my in-laws house and soooo pretty!

And more rocks...

This is Tjolöholms Slott, and is about 20 minutes from my house. So big and so beautiful!! It is right on the ocean.

Emma was in heaven with all the exploring she could do!

Next we hurried and went to a little hill where you can see the ocean on one side and a beautiful lake on the other.

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Day 2 with Kamille was walking around Göteborg (Sweden's 2nd biggest city- about 20 minutes away from where I live) and all the "must see's". We walked SO MUCH that the next few days we were totally fine relaxing and taking it easy. Which ended up working out perfectly since we had some family parties to attend to!

Trying to get Emma to take a nap... which she didn't. #turd

These trees are in downtown Göteborg, and they are very old trees but so pretty. They are my favorite to walk between!

Had to take a few pictures of my growing baby bump of course!

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On the 2nd and 3rd day we had a couple of family parties to attend to! Kamille met a good chunk of Joel's family and even extended family! Which was weird yet cool at the same time. Weird because it was so random to have two parties on the same weekend, and cool because she got to meet my family here in Sweden! Who love me obviously ;)

Before Kamille came to Göteborg, her family saw old town Stockholm. Her dad then said, "The city is pretty, but I really wish we could see some of the Swedish countryside!" Or he said something along those lines... Once Kamille told me that, I knew where to take her on her last day in Sweden! Joel's grandparent's live in the most beautiful and a very typical looking Swedish countryside home.  They fed us a great dinner while we enjoyed the peacefulness of the countryside. Every time I visit their house I love it more and more! I think I love it so much because it reminds me of my grandparents home back in Utah, which I miss terribly of course!

Emma was definitely our entertainment for the night.

By far my favorite picture of these two^^

"MOOOM!!! Put me down I want to go explore!!"

I know this is a weird picture... but I think it is funny because Emma lurched out of my arms and I almost dropped her. Of course Kamille took a picture at the perfect moment ;)

Thanks for staying  and visiting Kamille, we had so much fun while you were here!! Come back already!!!

Baby #2 Bumpdate: Week 20... The Accidental Gender Reveal

I announced on every social media I use, that we were not going to find out the gender of this new babe. I did that for a security propose, knowing I would chicken out if I didn't announce it and promise everyone haha! Well, we actually found out on accident (if I could use any emoji right know, I'd be slapping myself in the forehead...haha). When we arrived to have our ultrasound, I was so excited to see the little baby that I forgot to mention to the technician we did not want to know the gender. I didn't know that Joel said in Swedish we didn't want to find out, but I definitely missed out on that part haha.

The technician started by measuring and looking over everything, to make sure the baby was on schedule! Starting with the head, looking over the kidneys, heart, and such. That's when I saw a little somethin when she was measuring how long the leg was. I turned to Joel and said, "I KNOW I saw something!!! Did you see the same thing as me?! I am pretty sure I know what I saw!" I was freaking out. My heart was pounding so fast because I wanted to be surprised, but I knew deep down what the gender was... like 99% positive. It was soooo obvious, you couldn't miss it! It was definitely a BOY. Since this pregnancy has been a bit different than Emma's, I had a feeling the baby was a boy. Since I kind of knew what the gender was without really knowing, it was almost a comfort to me so I could mentally start preparing, haha!! Little things like getting clothes ready. It makes a big difference when you feel like you can start preparing for a new baby! I wanted to start buying some boy clothes just in case the baby was a boy, but now I know for sure!!! And I feel so good about it.

At first I felt super sad and sentimental about all the girly things I have! All the bows and dresses... what if they never get used again?? What if we only have boys from here on out? A few days ago I mourned a bit for all the adorable small clothes and bows of Emma's that won't be used again for a while. After I had my few minutes of feeling sad, that's when I started freaking out. What do I do with a boy?! I have ZERO experience in little boys. I now have 6 little sisters (my parents adopted two sweet little girls back in November), and to say I have no experience with boys is an understatement! On the 9th try my family finally is getting a little boy in the family! Joel acted completely natural to hear the news we were having a boy... he has 4 brothers ;) I think I'm still in shock a bit, just because having a boy is so new to me. I don't know how many times a day I turn to Joel and say, "You're going to have a SON!!!" Which usually results in me hugging him and squealing with joy because I'm so excited.

It is so typical that we are having a boy, since we have like 20 (ok, ok... maybe we don't have 20, but we still have a lot!) girl names we like and no boy names we can agree on. I have my 3 favorite, but I'm not sure we agree on them haha! Well we have a few months to figure out a name anyway!

The weirdest part of this pregnancy is I found out the placenta is towards the outside of my stomach. I have been feeling the baby move around since week 11, and the movements always seemed off somehow... only on the side of my stomach. It didn't click in my head that it was because of the placenta in the way! I was always pushing on my stomach like, "Move little baby, I want to feel you move!" and I only felt little flutters on the side... now I know why ;)

Hey there my little boy, we can't wait to meet you!!!