Tractor driver

Maya got to play with the small tractor.....

First steps

Maya has started taking her first few steps here in Sweden. Yesterday and today she's been able to take a step or two of her own.

Farm animals

Maya has been busy getting to know a bunch of animals. Much better to see, touch, feel, smell and hear them in real life, rather than just look at pictures in a book.

Feeding the pigs:


Checking out the geese:


Helping prepare the ducks that godfather Johan came by to give Maya:


Checking out some sheep at Skanes Djurpark:


Petting calves at Skanes Djurpark:

Cats and dogs

Maya has been very busy playing with all the animals at my parents place. It's like a mini petting zoo.

One of the cats, Felix, is the nicest cat I've ever seen. He lets Maya pet him, climb over him, sit on him, pull on him etc and just keeps coming back to her. They both really seem to enjoy each others company.





The dog Lukas on the other hand is still a bit scary. She pets him but is very careful around him as he is rather large. She is excited to see him and greats him with a "woof, woof" when he comes by:

Gammelfarmor

Maya got a chance to visit her gammelfarmor (great grandma). Gammelfarmor was very tired but once we took her out in the sun she perked up and started saying hej, hej, hej to little Maya and reached out to hold her. They got a few nice moments of contact and it was very nice to see four generations of our family all together. We'll go see her at least weekly and spend some time with her.

First meal with farmor

Maya quickly settled in and adore her farmor, farfar and faster Malin.

Since dad was very naive and thought Maya would instantly like Swedish Välling (which she of course hates with a passion) we didn't bring enough American formula to last us the whole stay. After a few days of panicked experimentation we've now settled on an increased solid food intake and a Swedish version of formula that we found. It took a few tries and we now have every size of bottle nipples that the store has to accomodate the thickness of the formula and Maya's speed of eating.

On our way over

Finally able to post some pictures. Had to buy a new memory card reader for my parents as someone had spilled coffee on the computer and destroyed the built in reader....

Maya checking out the suitcase:


Arrived in Amsterdam and waiting for our next flight to Copenhagen: