T-50 days.

Around 7 weeks left now.. :/ :)

We decided to not work on the room tonight. :/ :) We are both pretty tired, because I didn't sleep well last night, and if I toss and turn, then he doesn't sleep very well either.. :/ I have decided to give in and ask the midwife for something to help me sleep, or something to help me fall asleep. Until then, I think I am going to sleep downstairs, so that Fredrik can get a good nights rest without me disturbing him.. :/

But a break on the room - we will definately finish it this weekend, and probably start some painting, so no time worries, and I think we need to rest. :) I've done lots of cleaning the last couple of days and it has been super warm.

Fredrik is going through an obsessive phase with Blocket and he found some puppies on there and taunted me with them.. :(
I want puppies.. :(
(but they are only for sale for hunters) .. :(

Fredrik was maybe going to Smögen today, but he will be going on Monday instead. And on Monday we have our 2nd parent group meeting (föräldrarutbildning).

*think*

I talked to some Americans in Sweden, and asked around if anyone has ever given birth at the hospital we are going to (Näl in Trollhättan) - and a woman actually knows several people that have given birth there and she said that everyone was very pleased with the hospital and staff. And she said that Fredrik WILL be able to stay there with us! YAY! :) But she also gave me two hotel/hostel places that he can stay at in town just incase. :) So that was some good information to receive. :)

And I also talked with another woman, she has a 4 month old, and I talked with her about getting the American passport. She said she thought like I did - if we don't register the baby's birth in the first place, then it technically isn't a US citizen then we don't have to go through the process of getting a passport, etc --- She said she ended up calling the Embassy and asking, and got laughed at - because I guess the Immigration people in the States aren't as unclever as one might hope, and it can't and won't happen that the child can get through Immigration without its American passport. Since I am the mom, and the mom is American, then the child has to have an American passport to enter the US. So, it seems like we are going to have to go through the whole process afterall... :/

But the woman did give me some good info. She gave me a number to call to speed up the interview date. And she said it didn't take but 3 weeks after the interview to get the passport in the mail. She said that even if they don't get everything in time, then you can contact them, and they will give us a temporary passport that is good only for the trip, until we get the real one. She said that they had as much time as we will have (less than 2 months) to get all the paperwork done, filled, the interview scheduled, and passport in-hand- before their trip to the US this past Spring.

So, annoying that we have to get it done, but good to know that time won't be that much of a problem!

I still have to get my Swedish passport.. :/ :) But luckily our police station in town takes applications.

I've written my birthing plan for us to put in our folder to take to the hospital. :) And today I translated it to Swedish. I think I might have Fredrik look over it though, just to make sure I didn't accidently write something strange, like, "Don't put jello on my toes."

We still have to call and reserve a car seat, but still plenty of time for that.

We've been looking at birth announcements and trying to narrow down our choices so that that process will be easier after Karl-Astrid arrives.

I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of stuff, but right now I want to go make some chocolate-oatmeal cookies. :) MMMmmmm... :)