Grattis Anna!

It's hard to believe that 2 years ago today, we were cradling our new born little girl in our arms. At this very minute, she was 37 minutes old. I remember looking at her wrinkled little feet, and her chubby little face and just being awestruck that she was ours. And I remember the feeling of how fragile she seemed. 2 years later and she's a super cute and tough little girl with a strong will and a sense of humour. And I am still awestruck that she is ours.

We started the day with breakfast in bed and some gifts from Patrik and I.


One of her presents was this little purse filled with little animals and other small toys. With every one that she pulled out, we got this face...


and imagine her joy when out of the bag she pulls Caillou! He is the main character in some her favourite books.


Later, she had a birthday party with all of her Canadian cousins, some of her daycare buddies, and a few other friends.






There were two birthday cakes, a rich chocolatey one for the kids, and a Swedish kalas tårta for the parents. Anna quite enjoyed hers...



Anna was spoiled with lots of presents, including a tea set which Uncle Tim can confirm makes very very good tea.



The hit of the party was the bouncy castle that we borrowed from some friends. With 5 boys over 3, I don't know what we would have done with all of their energy without it! Of course, the girls enjoyed it too...


This was the scene at the end of the party.



A great day had by all, Anna most of all. She fell into a deep and very happy sleep at the end of the party. When she woke up, she had herself another little party on the couch with her friends apa, baby, Woody, Zoey,Bert and Elmo.


There was just one thing missing, and that was farmor, farfar, faster Malin, Daniel, Hugo, Viggo, and Frans. We missed you all very much today.