Lots and Lots of changes!

We have recently purchased a home. Our very first house! It's very exciting and we are loving every minute of it. It is a humble home in a city called Tooele, far away from everything:)

We also have had our little girl Liana. She is now 4 months old and is such a joy! She is very calm and sleeps well. We are so lucky.

Our little Eila is in preschool now and is learning so much. She is 2 1/2 and already can count to 20, do her ABC's and knows her shapes.

We are getting ready for christmas and the new year. I have plans for next year already!

40 Weeks and no baby!

Oh my goodness! I can't believe I have waited so long to write on this blog! Sorry about that. I will do better : )

Well I am 40 weeks and 3 days pregnant! Still no baby. I don't know what it is but I just can't seem to get these kids out on time. Eila was 4 days late so maybe it will happen today. I have an induction scheduled for August 3rd if the baby still hasn't arrived. I am so ansy to see what she looks like and to hold her. We are very blessed to have so many friends and family members concerned about how I am doing. I recieved a call from my RS president and was told that I would get a few meals brought to me for our family. I am excited. It will be so nice to relax a bit.

Sad news

My Brother and his fiance told us about 2 weeks ago that they are having a baby. We were a bit shocked at first because she already has 2 kids from a previous marriage. Both are under 3 years old. I was worried about her stress level because I know how hard it is with one child alone.

She was having pains and some bleeding so she went to the hospital today. They found out she miscarried. Luckily she was only 1 month along so it wasn't painful. She and my Brother are sad but they will be okay.

Decorating is so fun!

Antti and I have been getting more and more excited about moving. We have now purchased a washer and dryer, couch and loveseat, kitchen table & chairs, entertainment center, Eila's new bed and my favorite thing! A decorative bookshelf! I am also planning on buying some cute frames for our pictures and some plants to give the house some color. We would love to buy a new bed but we need to wait a little while. That gets pretty expensive. The picture shows the decorative bookshelf. I wanted to buy 2 but maybe later.

Happy Birthday!

Antti turned 27 yesterday. We had so much fun! I planned a surprise retreat for us at a hotel called Little America. It's one of the more romantic hotels in Salt Lake. It was a bit expensive, but I figured it was worth it because when my birthday and our anniverary rolls around, we won't have the opportunity to go anywhere. The baby will be about 1 month old then. The hotel room was gorgeous! We had a 600 sq. ft. room and an oval tub. To bad we couldn't have stayed longer!

I remember how hard it was when Antti and I went to Helsinki for our one year anniversary. Eila was only 3 months old, I got a breast infection because my milk got to full. I had a fever the whole night and couldn't eat until morning. We did have fun though.

We also went to dinner and rented a movie from the hotel. We saw a funny show called "The Ringer", it's about a guy who hires an old co-worker to mow his lawn, when one day while mowing the guy sliced off 3 of his fingers. The guy who hired him didn't have insurance so he had to figure out a way to pay for surgery. His Uncle talked him into fixing the special olympics so that he could win on a bet. It was cute and very funny.

On Saturday we had family over for cake. I got Antti an ice cream cake with a finnish flag on top. I had the baker write Paljon Onnea Antti! I was impressed that she was up for it. He liked the cake and thought it was very sweet. My Grandma gave him 2 short sleeved church shirts and 2 ties. My Mom and Dad gave him a head razor so that I can cut his hair. My brother and his fiance got him a shirt and a sunglass necklace. I planned the weekend but he's still getting either sunglasses or a shooting pass from me.

A new bed for Eila

Eila is growing so fast! Antti and I have decided that it's time to take away her crib and give her a toddler bed. We know that we will deal with a few nights of adjustment and hopefully not to much crying. It's cute, I bought it at walmart.

What is wrong with us?

First, Eila was sick all saturday night. Now Antti and I are both sick. It's always disgusting to clean up other people's throw up! However, when it's your own child it's not as bad. I used to always fear that when I had my own kids that I wouldn't be able to clean it up.

So anyway, on Saturday night Eila woke us up at 2 am because she had thrown up all her milk. It was horrible. I had to take her bed apart and wash all of her bedding. Antti and I stayed up and watched Chicken Little all the way through. She was so tired after that movie. We ended up sleeping in until 9 am. We didn't go to church because we didn't want her to throw up again. Antti gave her a blessing and she was fine after that.

I thought Easter might be ruined but fortunately it went okay. We went to my Grandma Boulden's house and had a barbecue. All the grandkids were together (Cheyenne, Bailey, Carlee, Eila). Also my brother Jason introduced his new girlfriend Kim and her two kids Alyssa & Abby to the family. It was a great party. We also had an egg hunt for the kids. It was hilarious. Bailey crushed an egg during pictures and started eating it. Eila was taking eggs out of the cartons and throwing them behind her. Carlee was fascinated by the colors and excitement. It was almost impossible to get the kids to hold still for a picture. I will post some pictures of the day as soon as I get a CD made.

I am very sick today. My back has a dull aching pain that won't go away and I am dizzy! I worry when I am pregnant that something could be wrong but how do you really know when to call the doctor. I hate going to the doctor just in case and then it ends up being nothing.

Antti was sent home from work today. After he tried to stay his boss sent him home because he threw up all over the pavement. I hope he's okay. He was just in the doctor for a possible ulcer. We are hoping it is just stomach acids and nothing more. We will see. He is going to the doctor tomorrow. It seems like we are always sick. Time to use more soap and water I guess.

Rain Rain, go away!

It has been raining on and off for a few days here. I think it's a good sign because at least there is no more snow falling. The flowers are starting to bloom in our front yard so that definitely means spring is here. I can't wait for it to get hot, I love going outside in light clothes and flip flops. I remember when Antti and I went to Mesquite, NV on our honeymoon, it was so hot that we would run from our hotel room to the lobby because those few seconds outside were so scorching! Antti even ran to the car barefoot to get something. It was so funny watching him run back into the room hopping and dancing around.

We bought Eila a swimsuit yesterday. It's so cute! It is a Winnie the Pooh suit with a robe. The sides are open so that you can see her stomach. Antti doesn't know if it will keep her warm because it's 50% cotton and 50% nylon. It will stay wet longer so I guess she could get cold. Oh well, it's cute! What us women will do for fashion!!!!

We are going to the conference center tomorrow for the evening session. We are excited because we have never gone together. Eila is getting babysat by some friends. I will write on here on it goes.

Goodbye and God Speed

Our Brother Hannu will be leaving Finland tommorow for a new adventure. He has been called to serve in Birmingham England. Good luck and enjoy your time there. It will go by faster than you think! : )

Snow fun

We took these about a month ago up in the canyon. We wanted Eila to get the mountain snow experience. She loved it! We took so many pictures but these were our favorites.

Now I can breathe

Well the presentation at the expo went well and now we are getting prepared for another week. I am going to be working during the mornings and Antti will be doing some overtime. We are happy about the progress we are making in our financial security but it's not always fun to be pushing yourself all the time. Especially when your pregnant : )

The baby has started kicking more and more. She was jumping on my bladder during church today. I was not happy because I had to read a scripture that was coming up so I couldn't just run to the bathroom. Though it was nice to feel her kicking because she doesn't really move much. She usually wakes up when I am about to go to bed.

Eila was not a happy girl today. She was crying and whining about everything. She didn't want to eat or play. We realized later that she had a stomach ache. She is better now after eating some light yogurt with blueberries. She doesn't really like the blueberries much. She kept wanting me to take them off her tongue.. HA HA it was funny.

I am thinking about becoming a scrapbooking consultant. That is where I can hold parties and give out catologs that advertise easy to use scrapbook items. I need to finish Eila's book up so I can get started on the new baby. I used to write so much about my 1st pregnancy and lately I just haven't thought about with my 2nd.

What a week!

Okay so I am ready for a two day nap! Antti and I have been preparing for a geneology expo for the past couple of weeks and now we are up to the last day before the event. I have to make 100 Karelian rice pasties for a presentation Antti will be doing about Finland. I also had to put together a poster with information on Finland and its customs! Man, since I am a perfectionist I can't do it quickly. I will put some pictures of the poster on here soon. I need to go to the store and make a CD.

Eila has been waking me up at 6:30 or 7 am everyday the past week or so. I need rest! Being pregnant you don't sleep all that well and you get hungry at night. I couldn't take naps this week because I was so busy with preparing everything for the expo. Antti has been working tons of overtime and is enjoying it because we are making DANG good money with time and a half. We are feeling blessed at the moment.

I miss Finland when spring starts to come. I miss the fresh air and the trees the most. I loved taking Eila for walks to downtown. It was our time to be at peace. Funny thing is I also miss our old apartment. even though it was older and not that big. I miss that comfort. Hopefully we get that back when we move in May. I am so excited to move.

I am thinking about names and I have found one I really like. I want to name the baby Isabelle. I love that name it so feminine. Antti likes it but hasn't said much about it yet. We'll see. I think he's still getting over that we're not having a boy.

Well tonight we are going to a birthday party for two friends. Laura and Wendy. Laura is my ex-boyfriend's girlfriend. (yes he's the one I left for Antti). We have become good friends and I am happy that he has found a nice girl. It's St. Patty's day so wear your green!

Our new home!!!

Okay so Antti and I have been waiting and waiting to move out of my parents house. I love them but we NEED our own space. We have decided on a 3 bedroom apartment in Herriman. Herriman is a small little town west of everything. It's a in a fast growing area. This is where all the new shops and homes are being built. We are excited for the change.

We are having fun picking out furniture, so far we agree on what we want but I can tell that there will be problems with colors! Antti loves multi colored items. I am more basic like tan, red, black and etc. I want to use a couple of bold colors and then accent them with others. He would probably buy a couch with striped colored patterns if I let him!!! Just kidding he's not that bad.

Our Apartment Complex is called Legacy Springs. It's cute with an onsite daycare and playground. Our ward is like one building. It's so crazy to come from Finland and back to America when you are in the church. It's such a change.

Inspired to do more

I have never really given much thought to doing family history work. I know that it's important to do but I guess I don't know where to start... Anyway the point of this post is to explain my feelings when listening to our Relief Society President talking about her father who passed away. Our President has been trying to encourage the sisters to focus more on researching our own families, so that we can share with our children experiences and challenges our ancestors faced.

She spoke about how much she loved her Father, but never really told her own children about who he was. Her Father was in Honalulu at the time Pearl Harbor was bombed, he was a airplane mechanic for the Navy. Her Mother told her that he assisted in cleaning up the mess that was left behind. The President mentioned that her Father never told her this because it may have been a painful memory to drudge up again. He wasn't proud or boastful that he was there. This was something she never would have knew if her Mother hadn't told her.

I want to be the kind of Mother that my children can come to and ask questions about who they are and where they come from.

I also need to start doing temple work for those in my family who are gone. I know of a few tools I can use to start. Hopefully I can get some help through the ward. People say you can become addicted to it because it becomes so fascinating.... We'll see.

A blog! What a great idea!

Okay so I have to admit that creating a blog didn't just come to me. I have so many friends that use one so I guess you could say i'm a follower : ) ha ha (thanks Daniela!)

Actually I need somewhere to write down my experiences. I also want to allow others to see how we are doing in our family. Hopefully there will be some interesting stuff to read.

Today Antti, Eila and I went to pick up a ceiling fan that we are going to install in our new apartment. It's so cute! We are planning on doing the kitchen and dining area in blue, silver & a bit of red. We are excited to move, it's time to move away from the old parents... Anyway we are planning on so many things for our new home. I hope it turns out well.