We love Jaja!!

Mom H (Jaja) was here for two weeks after Mattias's birth. Amazingly, she arrived the very day that Mattias was born, even though she had purchased her flights in advance when we were just hoping that Tuesday, Oct 28th would work out for a good arrival. Or maybe I mentioned that already in the last post...but really, isn't that cool?!

Mom of course was a huge help and encouragement during her visit. Most days she kept very busy cooking up a storm in the kitchen, always with 2 or 3 pots on the stove going at the same time and maybe some bread baking in the oven too. I only wish we could have purchased an extra freezer so that we would have had more room for more food!! We quickly ate up all the bread and dahl and now she needs to come back and make more for us! In between all that cooking, she also managed to do all our laundry, play and read with Timo (including an hour every morning when he woke up so I could sleep in longer), do grocery shopping, take a few neighborhood walks, and help out at the two doctor's appointments we had to go to in the first two weeks. 

Walking down to a neighborhood park. It was Mattias's 1st time in the carrier. We had great weather while Jaja was here!

Jaja did her best to teach Timo how to ROLL the balls instead of throw them around the house...

Meanwhile, this is what Mattias and I were up to.

We had great autumn weather almost every day that Mom was here. It really helped us all in our energy levels to be able to play outside or go for short walks. But then the day that Mom left, we woke up to very cold temps and lots of snow! We got 6 inches of snow that day, but fortunately Mom was still able to catch all her flights and not get stuck in Colorado.

View from our porch, across our front yard and down the street

Bye, Jaja! We love you!