Blog about work and babies

Hey everyone! This fall I've been super busy with my job, kids being sick a lot and jugling between two different homes (for the kids, that is). Right now I've been at my new job for a little over a month now so everything's still new and I keep learning new things on everyday basis. It's very challenging yet exciting but also very demanding as I work as a project manager in a new field I'm not familiar with. As for now, my youngest son is sick at the moment with fever and staying home with me. So far I thank Paw patrol, gingerbread cookies and a kid with great sleeping skills ;) I mean, he slept for 1,5 hours yesterday while I had a meeting so thumbs up he'll manage to do the same today too :) *This post contains ads.* Christmas and holiday break is coming How's everyone's xmas plans this year? I just talked to my husband this morning (yes, the one that officially lives in his own place ;)) about santa claus and whether we should have him over on christ...

Monday and new week is here, and this week it's filled with work, flu and snow. I returned to work last monday after vacationing and spending almost 2 weeks with the family. January definitely is here and strong with upcoming work projects but kids being sick at the same time - it happens everytime! I'm so lucky to have a participating father for my three kids so we can always arrange the time for our kids but also for ourselves depending on our work schedule. This week is super busy for me and I just received a call from my kids daycare that my youngest is sick with flu. And that means workday is over for me and my youngest needs to be taken to the doctor but it also means a covid-test is needed. Ouch!  Work, flu and snow My work is very flexible and I'm very lucky about that. Meaning I work from home (just like everyone else at the moment due to the covid-situation) and can arrange my days if emergency situations like this appear. So first I'll take my kid to see a pr...

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Time flies - I'm almost half way through my pregnancy! We also found out we're having another boy so that kinda makes it more real :) I've been feeling much better, this second trimester sure is the best trimester so I've been able to workout (just a little) and run with my kiddos - not complaining at all :) This has been a busy week at work and this friday I have this super-important seminar (or webinar) coming up for 100 people online so that's kinda scary :) Not only speaking to that many people but the fact my older son had a stomach and is in fact at home with me right now. Luckily, it was a quick bug but let's hope it's not contagious so I wont catch it and then I have to cancel the seminar :( We also had a fun weekend last weekend since I turned 40 (middle-age, here I come!) and my parents had a garden-party for close family. What a nice get-together with kids and adults, and a nice to celebrate my birthday too. And we have another celebration com...

Hey y'all! What a week with deadlines at work, planning on what to pack for our upcoming week in Estonia and eventually going on the trip itself! This week I have my first event at work that I host and I'm getting so nervous! Luckily, this week will go by so fast with all this stuff going on :) Last week I wrote about our dream of having one more child and yeah - the project is still on :) Right now I'm in the middle of my cycle so let's keep our fingers crossed this will be the cycle that's gonna the take us closer on our dream <3 If not, then I'm not sure if we're gonna try anymore since it's always so depressing to find out you're now and your periods start :( Especially at this age it's sorta going 'flying away' the possibility of getting pregnant. But still, let's not lose all our hope! Funny thing is that I've been focusing on how that monthly cycle really works for me, meaning what are the best days to get pregnant....

Hey everyone! Hope y'all been healthy and able to avoid this horrific fluseason. We haven't and so far, in the past 3 weeks, both boys have had ear infections, fever and flu. Not to mention, that requires 24/7 care for them both (goodbye goodnight's sleep!) Luckily, this antibiotics we got for my older son last night seems like it's working already. Yay! And now my husband is sick..with the worst of them all: the mamflu :D No really, hope it goes away really fast. So this going back to work from maternity leave -thing hasn't quite worked out that well for our family. I know, going back is always hard and I have to blame myself for bringing all the stress back home. That's never a good combo: mother, who's never at home anymore and when she is, she's so stressed out :( Feel bad for my kids but I got a feeling this will get better soon as springtime gets closer. Soon we'll all be healthy again! And besides all that, kids really seem to like their...

Hey everyone! It's been a crazy month so far: I returned back to work from my maternity leave and my youngest son (aka 'the baby') started at daycare - full time. I gotta say, things are slowly getting better and we're all adjusting to this change but it surely has had an impact on all of us. Boys are very tired at night after daycare and so am I. I'm used to spending my days outdoors, not indoors, and that makes me tired! I mean, I pretty much do the same stuff at the same project as a project manager but things have gone forward so I do need to take the time and learn new stuff. But all in all, things are going well :) What actually surpised me was that how easily (and fast!) days would go. My husband takes the kids to daycare in the morning and I get to leave for work at 7 am so I'm there early and therefore get to leave early in order to pick up my kids early. So days go really fast, not to mention I have meetings 90% of my worktime. I only work 4 days a...

Hey there! It's been a while since I wrote last time. It's been kinda hectic lately, with one child teething and having a flu (and therefore not sleeping through the night), and the other one only half day in day care. I know, my own choices and not complaining about life, but 'me'-time is kinda limited these days :) Anyway, we made it and booked a flight and a hotel to Greece in april. Yay!! Love this feeling when you're actually waiting for something fun to happen. We'll be there for a week and it wont be too hot in that time of year but we don't like hot, steamy weather so it's perfect. And it's a change for our daily routines so double-yay :) Another new thing in our lives is that I'll be going back to work in january 2018 which is not like tomorrow but something I've been thinking about for a while now. My baby's gonna be 1,5 years old then so we're gonna hire a nanny for 6 months and then, after summer, he'll be joining ...

Good evening! I have a rare evening just for myself: little L is still sick (yes, still) and went to bed super early, and my husband has a sports night with his buddies. So I'm here and I was thinking, what should I write about? I had a short day at work cause I wanted to come home early to be with my little guy and tomorrow I'm staying home with him. I have one online meeting which I hope I can attend so let's just hope L wont miss his naptime tomorrow at noon! On thursday he'll stay at home as well but my parents are coming here. Lucky me :) And once again - let's hope this will be the last time L is sick this spring. Lauran Pikku Putiikki online store So anyway, back to business. I was wondering what I should write about tonight and I ended up with baby/kid gear and especially this one: Lauran Pikku Putiikki . It's an online store that sells everything from diaper bags to bathing, and from baby blankets to toys with a wide variety of different brands. T...

Good evening! Today I had my team day and met all my colleagues from my work - I was congratulated many times since my belly's getting really big :) I guess this is the only time in a woman's life when she can take it as compliment: getting a big belly, that is. I also got in touch with old contacts from my previous work life. My work used to be in the ICT-business and those contacts are more than valuable right now because of my husband's work situation. I wrote yesterday about his training in which he got accepted in and it's more towards the ICT-business, and that's why I'm helping him with my contacts. Nothing's for sure yet but let's keep our fingers crossed - again :) I have a feeling we're on the right track and something good will come up. Always positive, never give up :) Boozt Giveaway: By Malene Birger So as the title says, Boozt has a special Giveaway: when you items worth at least 185€ from By Malene Birger, you'll be able to...

Yes, today I worked from my home office which was nice in a way that I didn't have to get ready to go to work. That usually saves a lot of time, even though my actual work place is very close to my home. Today especially it was nice to be able to work from home since we had a rough night: L has a flu and he coughing a lot last night. My husband took care of him the half day and I started after I was done with my work - talk about shifts! I only had to work half day today so it made this a bit easier. I hate to always call the grandparents to come and help us when L is sick, even though they're more than willing to do so, but they're getting older too so I don't always want to bother them. L is not the easiest to put into sleep during the day but luckily we have a safe balcony and another set of strollers inside the apartment so he fell easily asleep outside. Let's hope he'll get better soon and that I'll be able to go to work tomorrow for my team work day ...

Hi everyone! It's finally friday, yay! I worked at my home office today because I had some writing to do which required some major focusing on - and I'm done :) We also found out that we wont be granted for a new loan, because of my husband's work situation, so that's it for now :( I'm not that surprised but hopefully things will get better soon and we'll be able to move - we desperately need a bigger place! I have to say I'm a bit disappointed since I was really looking forward going to that open-house I wrote about yesterday. Anyway, that's life. Shopping So in the meantime, lets focus on some shopping with great offers. That usually makes me feel better :) It's day three at Stockmann and Hullut päivät -shopping spree and lot's of good stuff for great price. Also another one is Offerilla and their offers. I just received my daily letter from them and here's one I found interesting: a makeover for your hair here in Helsinki. You can u...

Good evening! My friday's been really good. First a quite productive day at work and got everything done on time what I was supposed to do. It's always comforting to start a weekend after day like that :) Then I went to pick up L from day care (the best part of my day, always) and go see an old friend of mine and her newborn son. I used to see this friend a lot 4-5 years ago when we were both single and basically had much more time to socialize than nowadays :) Then we both got married (not the same guy, hah haa!) and started a family and we all know how that works: if you don't keep in touch enough you just don't see your friends anymore. Sad but that's what happened. So we finally managed to see today after my work and it was so good to see her. And the baby..well, 4 weeks olds are very cute :) Thank god I'm already pregnant and gonna one of those on my own - too cute! And little. L seemed like a big guy compared to him so yes..tiny he was. L had fun too c...

Good evening! Almost done with the week what comes to work and really enjoyed my two days at a seminar. I'll have to write a post about it - conversations during lunch or coffee break are usually very productive. But that'll come later and my thoughts on different views on work when being a stay-at-home mom and new sort of business ideas. But, as the title says, it back to business with strollers. And not any stroller but bugaboo one and especially a donkey one. I keep following conversations on Facebook about Bugaboo strollers and everyone's saying good things about them. Things like they really act like a donkey (side-basket, basket underseat) and they can carry two children (a baby, two babies, a toddler or two toddlers). I already wrote a post about the essentials so I wont go further now. If interested, please look here  (you can easily change to your own language on this Babyshop web-site). So anyway, I keep thinking: do I really need those?...

Good morning! It's always great to wake up after a good nights sleep, and this working I did! Morning coffee and breakfast just for me before heading to work - perfect. I'm attending another work-related seminar today and tomorrow, and it's always great for mingling with people from your area of work. Great speeches, lots of new information on healthcare and social welfare in Finland and good food :) I do need to work on couple of my project plans as well during the seminar, but still..it's nice to have something different during the week instead of always either attending a meeting or working on usual stuff. I also need to go back to see the nurse that checked me on monday for my pregnancy. Just to make sure my contractions were nothing to worry about - like she said, baby needs to stay put and grow much more until he's ready for this world :) I don't thing there's really anything to worry about and I'm sure those contractions happened just becaus...

This week is awesome what comes to work: only 4 days of work and a 3-day weekend :) And this morning started off really well since I got to sleep like a baby and when I got to work, I was able to find a parking spot!! What better way to start off this day :) I'm also working from home tomorrow so I don't need to worry about getting into traffic tomorrow morning. Good things ahead! Since I have a day off on friday, I might go and see an old friend of mine who lives very close to us (or, to be exact, my close to my in-laws where we're staying at right now). This place we're staying at is near my old house and school I went to in elementary school and some of my old friends are still living in that area. This friend who I might see, just had a baby like 2-3 weeks ago and she's currently a stay-at-home mom. We haven't seen each other for a long time so it's gonna be fun! Now what to buy to a little baby? Speaking of that, Lekmer  has a special offer this wee...

Good morning you all! Today's a seminar day for me - no working at the office but meeting other people on my field of work. Very exciting! I don't attend seminars that often so when there's one that really interests me and helps me with my work, I'm in :) It's always a great opportunity to get to listen to professionals and maybe ask some questions too that are going on in my mind. Luckily last night went so much better and L actually slept (almost) all night so I feel so much better too. Our bathroom renovation project is also moving forward, and today a plumber is coming to check those pipes I mentioned on my previous post. I just hope those wont be an issue and we can start re-building the bathroom next week already! Okay, that's all I'm gonna write about this time because I need to hurry now. Have a great day, everyone! :)

Today I finally went back to work after being sick for almost a week. Can't be believe how I actually missed being at work and doing something other than sleeping or reading magazines  (all though good ones). Writing this blog helped me too and it's nice to see people find it too - many new readers again! I have a job that I really enjoy and it was nice to see my colleagues again. Yesterday, when I went to that thrift store I told you about on my last post, I found out that someone had broken the wingmirror. It doesn't cost too much to fix it but still..that kinda made me angry. Why people need to break things? Oh well, things happen. Today's a laundry day for me because our bathroom renovation project starts tomorrow so there will be no laundrymachine in our apartment :) We're moving out of the apartment on saturday for a month, or at least I hope it's only gonna last for a month! We're so used to living close to the city so I'm sure it's gonn...