First I want to say CONGRATULATIONS to my cousin Niki and her little boy Caleb, who after a stressful pregnancy with lots of complications had a C-section delivery at 36 weeks. So far so good even though little Caleb is in ICU it is looking good. I feel so blessed to have Mika when I think of my cousin and others who have had stressful pregnancy's and births. I was talking to a friend of mine from church who had a baby at only 30weeks and he didn't make it. I had no idea about this and when she told me her story I started to cry because I couldn't imagine that. I am really blessed to be able to have kids and so far healthy ones. I will never complain about pregnancy again I decided.  Anyways ......  things are going pretty good. Magnus is so busy with school these days and I so feel for him. He is stressed and worn out - this is his hardest semester so far and it is hard for him. He really misses Mika and I, and that is hard on him. The last couple weeks I haven't seen much of him. He leaves in the morning and doesn't get home until 9:00pm almost every night during the week and then on Friday and Saturday  I work, so are time together is minimal. I am getting use to it and feel like a single mom most of the time, but it is ok. I try to just support him and not say anything because it is harder on  him then it is for me. I do get lonely in the evenings, but so far it hasn't been too bad. I am glad this is his last year at school, but I know that realistically the next few years are going to be just as bad since he will be working and doing schooling... I just try and keep my head up and not to think about it too much. I am so in love with Mika and he keeps me going. He is at such a cute stage right now and I am loving every moment of it. He is blabbling all the time and so cute. I just love all of his sounds and actions. We are still unsure about the future and that is not a surprise knowing us and how we make decisions. Magnus has two interviews this week with firms here, so we will see how that goes. Keep us in your prayers if you think of it, we have such a big decision to make and it isn't easy. 

Here is Mika in his dresser... (we do not have a dresser so we use a suitcase, which is probably a good picture of his life right now and might be for a while) He loves to take all his clothes out a few times a day and then puts them back in. 

We had amazing weather last week. We had temperatures in the high 20's and we actually went swimming the 1st of October - crazy but it is true! Where we live ( housesit) is right in the back ground in the middle of all those houses on the peninsula.

Mika and I spent a lot of time outside and just enjoying the nice weather knowing that soon the snow will come.  yuk....

Mika just LOVES his cars and trucks. I was amazed and so where a lot of other people that I talked to. At 12 months he is in love with cars and he plays with them and makes the sounds and everything. I have no idea how he knows, because we never taught him. I guess it is just built into boys. He is just like his dad was, who knew the name and model of every car at age 3, he probably knew more then a car sells man, that is how much he knew his stuff.  I am pretty sure Mika will be following his foot steps in that department.