Swedish love affair

100 days

Antonia — Sat, 18 May 2013 17:30:39 +0000

Today is a 1oo day anniversary of Hannes and I being parents and our parents being grandparents. Johannes is 100 days old and he’s been getting presents all day! At the moment, however, he’s finally sleeping (while listening to water sounds on my iphone).

Here he’s wearing one of the new caps knitted by my mum, and below you can see the baby socks she’s made, too.

Metropolitans I met and liked

Antonia — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:52 +0000

I bought these necklaces for presents recently!

Joseph Joseph Lotus Folding Steamer Basket

Antonia — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:01 +0000

Joseph Joseph Lotus Folding Steamer Basket

I got this steamer from my little brother for Christmas and I’ve been using it a lot lately. It’s called Lotus Folding Steamer Basket from Joseph Joseph. If you’re into healthy food, I highly recommend you getting one too.
This is a great device for any kitchen! It fits most pans when unfolded, but it’s super easy to store, since it takes no space at all when folded. It has a nice sturdy feel to it and a nice design. I use it to steam vegetables (anything I’d normally boil or pan fry) and fish or meat.

Joseph Joseph Lotus Folding Steamer Basket

This is home

Antonia — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:45:34 +0000

Today it’s time for some mandatory photos of me and my baby! I think Johannes might learn to crawl any day now.

PS. If you’re are not following me on Instagram yet, please do! It’s swedishloveaffair in one word. I post photos all the time!

New morning coffee routine

Antonia — Sun, 12 May 2013 18:14:01 +0000

Ever since Hannes got a coffee grinder for his birthday, our life has changed for good! Every morning we can have freshly ground coffee any way we like (normally, we like our coffee black, but recently I started adding some soya milk to mine). What a neat little machine! The only downside to it is the horrible noise it makes any time you use it, which potentially can wake the baby!

And today’s breakfast! Avocado sandwich again, this time with fresh spinach and aged cheddar cheese.

New Zespà python Oxford shoes

Antonia — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:34:04 +0000

New Zespà python Oxford shoes

My new shoes from Zespà. They are so comfortable that I can wear them with no socks! That’s very unusual for me with this kind of shoes.

February, March and April

Antonia — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:07:51 +0000

Johannes turns three months today! Time flies, right? He’s now very aware about everything around him, can play with toys and he’s trying to sit up already!

By the way, many readers ask me how we picked the name for our baby boy. Well, Johannes is the full version of the name Hannes, so our son is basically named after his father. Hannes and Johannes, perfect!

25 flower art work

Antonia — Sun, 05 May 2013 19:35:24 +0000

Hannes has turned 25 a couple of days ago, so now both of us are a quarter of a century old! One of the things he got for his birthday was this flower art work from me. Beautiful, time consuming to create yet fleeting, that is so contemporary!

From my mum he got a new set of satin bed linen:

And of course, we had the obligatory birthday Princess cake!

Newborn Johannes, first eleven days baby photography. Very picture heavy!

Antonia — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:46:18 +0000

He definitely loves me to read aloud for him, which I do every night. But then again, he falls asleep easily...

I get a lot of emails with questions about Johannes, about his eating habits and what he wears, what he likes and what he doesn’t like, about my ways with him and a lot more. Some day soon I’ll try to write all these things down and make a separate post.
Today, however, I’m posting some photos from his first days.

Johannes, 2 days old, born one week too early:

3 days old, swaddled (I used to swaddle him a lot, and still do sometimes):

5 days old (you can see more here and here):

6 days old, first day at home (you can see more in this post):

7 days old:

10 days old:

11 days old:

What a big difference in just two months if you compare these photos to the ones in the previous post!

Welcome spring

Antonia — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:41:57 +0000

Spring has been slow to come this year, but it seems like it’s finally here. I’m out walking several hours a day and I can’t help but notice all its different signs. For Johannes it’s his first spring ever and it makes me appreciate it even more. This is him today, two and a half months exactly.