Visit to the doctor X 3 and a blood draw X 2

This month is full of doctor's visits. We saw Dr Rosen last week and she was very happy with Maya's development and growth. Maya is following the normal growth curve without compensation for prematurity.

We also did one blood test last week but had to go back again last night to do the test again since Dr Kidney wasn't happy with the results (and neither was mom and dad). It's time for all of you to again keep your fingers crossed, hall tummarna, pray, send positive thoughts etc for our little girl so the results come out better on Thursday when we go to see Dr Kidney.

The week after next we have a follow up with the Dr Development at the high-risk-infant-follow-up-clinic.

We'll keep you posted on the progress....

Playing in the sand

Farfar had some left over sand from a project at home which left a fun sand hill in the garden. Maya was having a great time playing in the sand with Malin and farmor.




I guess white pants are a bad idea when you play in the sand....

Visiting the godfather

Back to updates from Sweden...

Maya got to see her godfather, Johan, along with Karolina, Noa och Vera.


Maya had tons of fun with Noa & Vera. She really enjoyed playing with the big girls and didn't want it to end.


Noa's and Vera's slide was a favorite and she just threw herself down the slide over and over again. Fearless!!


Johan and Karolina have a really steep set of stairs that of course Maya thought was great fun to climb. Our house is one-story only but Maya figured out how to climb stairs right away.




Thanks Johan and Karolina for a great evening and sorry for keeping you up so late on a work day.

A dress from Bente

Farmor and farfar's very close friends, Bente & Gert, gave Maya this dress for Christmas. Bente is obviously a master seamstress as she made this outfit herself, with a matching ball which Maya loves to play with. We forgot to take pictures of Maya in this dress but finally got around to doing so. Get well soon Bente, we are all thinking of you.





We are not quite sure what Maya is doing here... stretching? or maybe trying to push the wall out of the way?

Horses and cats

Farfar and Maya went to check out the horses that are on summer break and left free to roam the meadows. Maya was probably less intimated by them than Lukas the dog. However, Lukas made a lasting impression so now whenever we show a picture of a dog Maya says "Woff, Woff" with great emphasis.











Maya and her loyal friend Felix taking a nap. Felix stuck closely to Maya most of the time and curled up next to her during nap time every day.

Wedding & Maya party!

My dear parents organized a party for us while we were in Sweden. It was a combination of a wedding party for us and a welcome-to-the-world party for Maya. It was a very nice event with lots of family and friends. It was great to see family that we normally wouldn't have time to go visit. I really enjoyed seeing aunts, uncles and my cousins and their kids which I haven't seen for years.

Due to the very unreliable Swedish summer weather my parents had arranged for a big party tent. The crew came out and had it up in no time. During our 3,5 week stay in Sweden it only rained one afternoon.....and of course it was the afternoon of the party so the tent was definately worth it.



After a few hours of work by the decoration crew the tent was done with both Swedish and Chinese decorations:



Filled with family and friends:



Maya eating cake with her godmother Xinran:



Three little Maya/Maja's from the Cedergren clan:



My dear parents with Xinran:



Thank you mamma & pappa for the wonderful party! We had a great time!

Faster Malin

Faster (aunt in Swedish) Malin and Maya hanging out in Sweden:



Maya absolutely adored her faster Malin. I really hope they get to spend a lot of time together in the future. I know they will be wonderful friends.