We spent yesterday at a place called Havsvidden (find it here) here in Åland. It was such a lovely place and it's a place I'll definitely go to again.

We had their VIP villa for the day and while Thomas was working and Nate was napping I had some me-time and took a long bath in the jacuzzi on the terrace. The best part was the sea view, it's almost like therapy for me!

My dad's archipelago has a similar view to this villa and I remember that already as a 5-year-old I thought it was the most relaxing view in the world. I could sit outside and watch the sea for hours. So whenever I have a sea view and an archipelago environment I feel at home. <3

Anyways, it was lovely to get some me-time and relax. It was the first day in a long time I've been able to just sit back and have some calm moments. I also had like 3l pepsi max haha...

The view from our bedroom also reminded me so much of our archipelago and even though I'm not an outdoors person I really like this view. But even better I obviously like the view of my lil bubba taking a second nap in my lap haha.

Nate has started to sleep a lot less during the days so it's rare that I get some me-time when I'm at home alone with him these days. The first weeks I almost got bored since he just slept, slept and slept all day long. Now he's full of energy and only takes a couple of 20-minute naps during the day but always sleeps super deeply in the car no matter if it's for 5 minutes or 2 hours we drive hehe.

In the evening we tried Havsvidden restaurant's tasting menu and the vegan menu I got was actually really good! I'm often sceptic to vegan menus at new restaurants since you never know what to expect. Some places has great vegan food while some places barely know what vegan means haha. So the food yesterday was great and I was positively surprised by their vegan menu!

We were 6 people + Nate at the dinner and Nate usually falls asleep around 9-11 so he fell asleep in my arms a couple of times but always woke up when it got too cold/I needed to move etc. But on the way back "home" he fell asleep deeply and this night I really got to sleep well and got 9 hours of deeeeeep lovely sleep.

Right now I'm at our hotel room with Nate while Thomas is working the whole evening. We've already been to a nice lunch restaurant, walked through almost the entire Mariehamn and explored the city. I could easily take a 3 hour nap now but I don't think Nate likes that idea haha... :)

Have a great day loves!

The last vacation we went on was both good and bad. I love Los Angeles and we had a really good time but I was pregnant with Nate at the time and on LOTS of medication because I suffered from hyperemesis. So it was also very rough to travel and I got stressed out because I wanted to enjoy every minute but the last couple of days I mostly stayed in our hotel room. Luckily we had a great hotel so it made the last days great as well.

Now we're planning our first trip as as family since we're going to spend a whole month in Marbella this winter. What do you do with a baby on vacation? What do you need to think of? What area is the most family friendly? How do I get all the baby stuff I need to bring on the flight? How do we get a stroller on the flight? There's so many questions and things we need to think about that simply didn't exist before Nate arrived. So going away means 100 more planning and you can't just go with the flow like we used to before.

I notice this because this Friday we're leaving for Finland and although we're just going to stay there for 5 days we need to bring so much stuff and plan everything so much haha. At the same time it's SO MUCH COZIER to plan a trip and go somewhere with this little bubba. So basically parent life means 100 more planning and 1000 more love!

I'm back in Stockholm after a great (and hectic) vacation. It feels kind of depressing to get back home when it's pitch dark outside and you see zero people on the street. But the best part of getting back home was definitely to meet my doggo again, although he was a little moody since he didn't get to come on vacation with us.

The 11 hour flight to Stockholm felt like a week. I'm one of these people that simply can't sleep on the plane. So during the first hours I sit there trying to enjoy myself, eating snacks and just getting comfy. Then it always takes this weird turn when 90% of the plane has fallen asleep and I'm over tired but still can't sleep. The thing is that I laugh at everything when I'm too tired, so I sat there on the plane watching a semi good movie and just screamed of laughter while the rest of the plane was dead quiet.

A thing that has been very difficult this past week is that so many emotions I've avoided have kind of hit me now. Talking to the media, to friends and family about everything that has happened these past 6 years brings more and more painful memories to the surface. Some good ones as well though. My story has gotten so much reactions from every corner that it feels like I need to remind people that I'm just this human being going through that story you read about. I'm not just a face and a story. And I just realized that before all this, I haven't even stopped and reflected that much on what's really happened. I've been so caught up in my own roller-coaster that I haven't reflected on what's happened. Until now.

Now I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be asleep before 9PM because of jetlag. I'm excited to get back to my work routine tomorrow but at the same time I'd be so up to having one more day off, just laying in bed watching series. But that will have to wait until christmas or something!!

Ps. This is such a weird year. It's the first time I'm enjoying autumn and the first time I'm looking forward to christmas?! I'm so confused. Bye. <3 (Here's two last pictures from LA)