What they did...

This is what elly m. did the whole time sharla was here. stare at her in amazement! I think she was either amazed that i had a friend or just surprised every time she woke up in the morning that there was someone else here, but anyways, we definitely have a little baby that gets a little overstimulated when people are around. She is catching up on her sleep right now. She went to bed around 11 p.m. every night sharla was here and would not go down without a fight. How dare i put her in bed when she has a friend over. She will probably play catch up the next couple days... i mean it is 8 in the morning now and she usually wakes up at 7, I am a little in shock.

The second picture is what sharla felt like she did the whole time she was here.... EAT! She ate well while she was here, what else is there to do in a cold dark climate????

The third one is of elly m. crawling through rocky and elizabeth's table over and over and over again... how many times can she do the same thing and not get bored.

Jonathan's great feat!!

While Sharla was here we went to the polkapig town where the town is filled with factories that make things called "polkagrisar", which translates into polka-pigs. It is the hard candy that you suck on like candy canes, but all different flavors. we went there with jonathan's uncle peter, aunt helen and their daughter vendela. i am not sure why i fail every time i am with them to take pictures, but i do. We have spent a lot of time with this family too. silly me. anyways.... afterwards we went for a walk to this old place and jonathan posed for these pictures in front of a beautiful windmill. We had a nice sunny day, it was wonderful......

A visitor to Sweden!

I realize it has taken me a little more time this time to update the blog, but i actually had some things to do. I had a friend here in Tidaholm. My friend Sharla, that I met in high school youth group, went to Ireland with on a missions trip and have kept in touch with, but haven't seen for about 4 years came to visit. She is now married to a french man, serving beside him as a missionary to help the people of france. Hats off to her for liking europe, it is a very hard place, I think for an american to live. Anways, i am most thankful for her visit. I tried to take some pics, but they are mostly from her camera... hey sharla, when you read this, thank you so much for coming, it was so nice to have someone to talk to and hang out with!!! I loved your time here, even though, we didn't do much, it meant the world to me. Could you send me your pics, or put them on facebook, so that i can steal them for the blog????thanks.

The first pic. is of sharla eating her first dose, and only mind you of princess cake. She enjoyed her many "fikas" here I am sure. the next one is of a birch tree that is in the Hjo town square, I think that sharla and i were both pretty confused about cutting down huge trees to attach feathers to it for the sake of what???? easter i guess. so that is why i look so confused.

the last one is a good ol' family photo, we don't get those so often for the viewing pleasure of our audience, but here it is. more to come soon, i promise. elly m. and i are readjusting to life all by ourselves all day again, it might be hard, but i do believe, we only have a little over three weeks left. hmmmmm... that isn't very long is it?

A friend!!!

Here is Elly M.'s first friend that is not her cousin. This lovely girl that grew up in jonathan's hometown was home for 3 weeks while her husband was somewhere in africa... i forget where. But anyways, we got to spend some time together. The little boy's name is Simon and they were cute together. I am so glad that we got to spend time with them, they were both great.

The last three pics. are from today, i was hoping to capture the little dracula teeth, but didn't really succeed. But i also think the little clip in her hair is exceptionally cute and well, necessary.

The latest!!!

The latest at the Schmit household..... Jonathan is at work... surprise, surprise, surprise. you would think he was one of those men that were work-aholics... but he is the farthest thing from it! I am feeling pretty good, the only thing with this pregnancy is the headaches, jonathan says it is the way i sleep at night on such a pillow. I told him that maybe my mom has some more feathers so that i can fluff it up when i get to iowa, he kind of implied that maybe i just need a new pillow all together... maybe i have some sentimental attachment issues after all. My friend Sharla, that is from Iowa originally, but now lives in France is coming on Wednesday.... I am SUPER excited to have a friend here... it will be fun. i'll post a few pics. of that week after she comes. yeah for people who speak english in europe.

Elly M.'s latest is getting one more bottom tooth and one more top tooth! She just gets cuter, I am sure every mom thinks that, but it is true. She is cruising along the furniture like nobody's business. I do believe that the days of crawling are coming to a close rather rapidly....maybe more rapidly than i wanted...

the face in the pictures is the latest face we make at each other.... elly m. often whistles while she is making it, which makes her do it even more. She is so funny.

Only33 days until we leave sweden, i look around and see a lot that needs to be done, but of course, it will all wait until last minute....i mean who wants to clean when you can play games on the computer while the baby is taking a nap.

pitter patter

here are a few pics. of elly m.'s feet. she was playing on the vacuum cleaner this morning and i just couldn't resist those chubby little feet. i love to squeeze them and kiss them. I just think they are the cutest feet.

The new "work in progress"

Well, it isn't the same as when i got my ultrasound with elly m. where they put all the pics on a cd so that i could look at them all the time and it definitely wasn't the same experience, but i suppose when i get to america, they will want to photograph the new baby too, so maybe i will have better quality photos for everyone. but here are the makeshift photos. i photographed the photo!!!

Big Elly and little Elly M.

Here is Mormor and little Elly M. So cute! I am just not sure who is more wore out from the party????

PaRTAAAAAAAYYYYY!!! cont.

a few more pics from the party. I realize everything shows up in backwards order. I mean who cares, as long as you see pictures!!!

PARTAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!

This is a picture of Jonathan's Uncle Tomas, Jonathan's Mormor, and jonathan's mom!!!


We had jonathan's birthday party last night and it was a hit. The fam came over and ate some good food and we had a good time. Here are a few pics from the evening. Elly Märta has a hard time with the camera flash, maybe someday she will get used to it!!!! so some pics, her eyes are closed.. okay half of our pictures that you don't see, her eyes are closed.