*As usual - nothing is in order...I'm just bloggin' it all out of my system.
Been in Finland now for over 4 months already...today is New Year's Eve - wow! I had no idea as yesterday we spent time with Sulevi to keep him entertained while Jessica and Taneli ran errands and did some major packing. I only noticed it's NYE because of my Facebook friends' statuses about cooking, drinking, and finding something to wear and meet up.
I got some more cloth diapers and thankfully they're the pocket style - you slip a liner in the back and velcro up the sucker - and you're done.
We are hosting T/S/J's DVD collection presently - which is uber fabulous as there's so many!!! I'm presently on the hunt for a cheap TV and DVD player (hopefully with delivery included) on Tori. So far we saw the Big Lebowski - enh is what I say.
V�in� is growing like a weed....he doesn't get any formula or baby cereal or anything else but breast milk - which I'm glad I'm able to produce...but wow he has the gut. I've decided to cut out bacon from my diet to test my stomach and to test V�in�'s. Whenever I have an upset stomach from something - either one too many slices of bacon or in general too much of anything spicy etc - V�in� seems to get a reaction too. Which usually doesn't kick in until 2-3 AM.
Presently Tim is cooking the bacon - so I won't be tempted to sneak a piece...I've been bacon-free for about a week now - which is okay...I'm not addicted or anything. Then I'll cook the eggs - as he doesn't have confidence in doing so. Nor does he enjoy it.
Jessica suggested I cut out dairy for a few days - just to see if it'll ease his upset stomach and whatnot - but I really don't think it's the dairy...I drink about 1-2 tall glasses of milk a day- but not always everyday as they only sell lactose-free milk in 1L cartons - nothing bigger. And definitely not in bags. I'll try it maybe when I'm done this carton I just picked up a couple days ago. I really love my milk.
Something I also haven't eaten in ages are nuts. Primarily because of my braces - and my orthodontist always warning me not to eat nuts, skittles, M&M's or Smarties (I do have a friend who broke a bracket clean off with one), nachos etc. Well - Jessica kindly emptied out her cupboards while packing yesterday and sent us home with a bag full of every kind of flavoured tea you can imagine along with a bag of dried goodies. Gluten-free wafter bits, cashews, pitsachios, biscuits of various types, beans etc. I'm so excited to try some of these things - like the lentils - as I've never cooked them before.
I plan on making another batch of chicken soup - with lentils added!
Yesterday I went d/t to meet a lady for diapers and saw a great trailer - by the creators of the Matrix trilogy...some Asian movie - opening up scene with two little kids sparring practically to the death - and they get older and bigger - looks good. I forget the title unfortunately - and there were Finnish subtitles but the volume was muted on the TV.
Anyways - I went on the hunt for stuffing after that - so I could finally finish up the amigurumi (Japanese "cute" crochet) - and no such luck. I'm very frustrated as I'd love to keep making toys for V�in� - but can't complete individual projects for some reason or another.
I suppose I should've asked Jessica and Taneli this question when we first got here - but I just asked yesterday: "What is the equivalent of '911' here in Finland?"
It's 112.
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