picture 1001... i think

our little elly m. loves to take baths and i think that she looks so fresh after a bath, and she is also very happy after a bath. she has officially started sleeping every night all night.. of course now that i say that.. she will wake up again, but she has been doing great... and this morning when i went in there to her crib she had flipped over from her stomach to her back and she was so happy i think that she had done that. She is going to dread winter if she doesn't get over the fact that she has to wear a coat and something over her little cold hands. poor thing. winter is hard for everyone. it has been about 50 cold degrees here lately though... so that isn't too bad.

I often can't resist the cuteness...

Now I hope that you all realize that i have never in my life taken so many pictures. Little elly m. changed everything... now i think that i have taken at least 1000 in the last three months. crazy what children make you do... they change a person.

jonathan trying the video thing....

trying something ...

today... in her cute hippo outfit

This is a few pictures of her today after her three hour nap... of course she went to bed at 11:30 last night too....so fun.

getting the right pose

our little great one has decided to put herself to sleep everywhere now....it is great!!! then tonight i decided to take a few more pictures of her and she wouldn't keep her eyes open and she would laugh because of the flash. it was funny for both of us.... she is making me laugh more and more even though it feels miserable here lately for me. hope you enjoy the photos...we love all of you...

a few quirks about elly m.

Elly Märta is surrendering in these pictures to her new pink outfit. we tried to get a brown one, but it was going to be too small for the winter, so the only one that they had for the right size was you guessed it.. pale pink. pink is not our favorite color.... elly m. hates getting her clothes put on or taken off.. the only time she really screams during the day is during the clothing period. she especially hates having this big ol' coat put on... aaaaaaaahhhhhhh....i also put some pictures here from when i snuck into our bedroom where she was sleeping to find her sucking her thumb.. i had a feeling she did it, but i had never caught her. so cute....

a few pictures from today......her shirt says it all

hello... world! i found out today that my friend kimberly lumm finally read my blog and looked at my child.. so glad that she entered into my world. By the way, so you all know.. elly m. started teething the last couple of days.. so much fun.. i mean who doesn't enjoy some pretty loud pitched screaming, drool all over you and a low grade fever, just enough to make the child unhappy... poor thing... but we just keep givin' her the lovins... the picture of her legs is for my mom.. my mom loves her little chubby thighs....and me too of course...

a few cute pictures

hey everyone... culture shock has sunk in completely.. i am wondering if i am going to make it here this week....i am wondering why i ever moved here.. if you have any questions about culture shock.. google it and read about it. it is real for all of you who have never experienced it. it is almost crazy how real it is.....

God's beautiful sky

Here is the beautiful sunset on a beautful swedish island. I mean i thought that some of these pictures belonged in national geographic or something. i don't believe that i have ever taken pictures of the scenery so beautiful. i used to have brooke to do that, now i must take my own. But, WoW. isn't it beautful.

before the swim

I want you to take notice of just how many clothes these three have on before they go swimming in the baltic sea.. that could give you an idea of just how cold the water might be... so crazy. i have more pictures to post, but it is 12:30 at night and i need some sleep.. so check back again tomorrow...

this is after the swim...

When you get the Schmit kids together, you never know what crazy things they are going to do... so they took a swim in freezing cold water... i mean who first wears a winter coat with eskimo fur on it, then jumps into the freezing cold water... only them. the next picture is a cute one of jonathan just being himself... and then queen elly märta is being carried by two very strong men and then to wrap it up, manne couldn't decide just which volvo car was his... which one? which one?

a trip to the brother's island

Here is a picture of elly märta and her wonderful aunt heidi.... aunt heidi is from south africa and belongs to jonathan's brother manne...manne and heid got elly märta a new friend, his name is G. (short for g-raffe).

First swim....

This is Elly Märta's first swim minus the bathtub of course...she really enjoyed herself. i can't wait until she asks me to go swimming. i think we will make this a habit.

Happy birthday to me...

This is not an advertisment for the best bike in the world... jonathan got me a bike for my birthday and i love it. i guess as you get older you go full circle with many things. i guess this is not a bike with a banana seat, but do they even sell those anymore. i couldn't find one like my pink and yellow one as a child, but i did find a bike with brakes in the peddle reverse. i love it.. i guess the basket in the front will do for elly märta for now, but i think i would turn a few swedish heads... so i stick out so much already that i should probably get a normal child seat... happy birthday to me....