2012-12-27, post-xmas with the Rüll family!

Grandfather Gyuri met his second grandchild
for the first time.

We had a second Christmas so to speak when my parents and
my brother came to visit. We should have spent the holidays
with them in Skåne but since Gustaf came so late (well to be
fair, right on time but to late for us to travel with a newborn)
we stayed in Stockholm and they had to come to us instead.

Oli reads one of his new books. He loves to
listen to stories, look at pictures and talking
about it, so books are always a welcome gift. 

An extremely loud "airplane" that he loved! Oh joy... 

Oliver with his uncle Zoli. 

Grandmother Gyöngyi with Gusti. Love at first
sight! 

2012-12-24, Christmas Eve at the Agerlund mansion.

Me and my boys!

Father Christmas made an appearance and Oliver was intrigued.

"For Oli?" Oli kept asking that until one or two presents truly
were for Oli..

I received Gusti's presents, and a kiss!

Play dough, to be creative!

Woooooow...

...a new Lego Duplo train...

Gusti slept through the whole present opening
thing. Some of his presents were bigger than he
was!

SO many presents! It was too much.The frenzy with which the
children opened the gifts was almost vulgar, but they had a
blast. Oliver was in a daze from all his new toys and books. 

Gusti, chilling on the sofa...

Erik, happy and content with his present, a new
suit from Boss. I was also very happy with my
gift from him; a very feminine Burberry dressing-
gown!

Oliver sat for hours and played with his train, totally oblivious
to what happened around him. 

Hélène, the hostess with the mostess, prepared
almost everything on this huge smorgasbord of
christmasy tastes!

Dinnertime!

2012-12-23, pre-xmas with Ingela and Ernst.

We had dinner together and Oliver got a pre-Christmas present, much to everyone's joy. It was a balancing bike, that is one without pedals so that he can practice his balancing skills before trying out the actual thing. 

2012-12-22, baking with two kids..

Step one, make sure the older one is occupied
in something he finds entertaining and still
somewhat safe (the chair in this case was
constantly slipping away under Oli's feet so I
had to push it back just in time so that he didn't fall).

Step two; while pushing in the chair keep
rocking the toddler in the babysitter and
in the meanwhile stir together whatever you
are baking and...

...tadaaaa! The seasonal saffron biscottis are
done. Piece of cake! Right? ;)

One day old..

...and total cuteness! 

2012-12-16; Gustaf is born!

Here he is, Gustaf Erik Vilhelm! He was born at 10.09 o'clock
 in the morning of December 16. He weighed 3360 g and was
 51 cm long. Every bit of him is absolutely wonderful!

Only a couple of hours old he hugs me the first time...

...then yawns, eats and falls asleep. Adorable. 

Big brother Oliver came to visit with grandmother Ingela and
grandfather Ernst.

Gusti was interesting but not as much as his new furry toy..

Sweet little Oli, so happy and loving!

2012-12-14, Oliver enjoys the snow.