Blog about work and babies

Hey everyone! Time sure is flying and pregnancy week 23 is almost done :) Fall has arrived here in Finland and it's getting colder for sure.  Kids have already had their share of flu and other unwanted visitors from day care, and last night my younger son woke up at 2 am just to throw up :( It's always fun to clean during night but luckily poor little guy is fine and at day care today. I'm hoping I won't catch it :) I also had my 4D ultrasound this week at Femeda which is one of the only places in Helsinki where you can get your 3D/4D done. They have the best doctor I know to do this, Bruno Cacciatore, and he's so charming and obviously very intelligent to do his job. He was so nice when welcoming us to our appointment when he said 'Hello again!' We've had this 4D ultrasound with all of our babies so we just had to do it again. Why? Well, even though it's not NIPT, it's very accurate when it comes to 'just' an ultrasound and it s...

Hey everyone! I just had an awesome weekend: on friday my friends had their 40 year party and our kids stayed at their grandparents overnight so that meant staying out longer (until 11 pm!) and sleeping in much longer (until 8am!!) Momlife, you know :D Not only that, my husband and I were able to do grocery shopping on saturday morning, in no hurry. Of course, I missed my boys like hell but you know - sometimes you just need your alone time with your hubby. No kids. And what even better, everything had gone just about right as in kids slept through the night and no crying over 'where's my mommy/daddy' -kinda things. Perfect :) We're so lucky & blessed to have grandparents in our lives <3 Yesterday, on sunday, kids and I went out with and they had their bikes and then to the park and back. It's so nice now that they both have bikes and we don't always need a stroller with us. Kids sleep so much better at night when they have these kinda activities all...

Fall is almost here, supposedly after this week and it's getting time to get your house cleaned :) No, you can clean your house anytime but this swift from summer to fall is a perfect time for that, if you ask me. Only thing is I hate cleaning: first you have to move all the toys near and far the couch so you actually have to clean before cleaning. Crazy, and who has time for that? Well, I do since I do it everyday but that's only for making this house liveable but that's not ebough, no. I need to have deep-cleaning and that's when I call a cleaner for help :) Not only it saves you time, it's actually quite affordable these days - not only for the rich and famous but for us 'regular' human beings as well. Second question is, which company do I choose? I don't have an answer to that but I can recommend Moppi cleaning services here in Finland. Why? Because they have an excellent online booking system. Is it affordable? I can't answer you on tha...

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 everyone! It's been a loooong time since I last time wrote and that's solely because my early pregnancy in may until the end of july was so difficult. Yes, morning and all-the-time -lasting pregnancy related sickness :( Luckily, it has almost stopped now and I can finally be happy about my pregnancy :) This summer me and my family travelled to Bulgaria, Sunny beach. If you've been following on my instagram, you'll see some fun pics from that vacay :) We also travelled to Estonia , Hotel Sveitsi in Hyvinkää here in Finland (top notch!) and after that we just relaxed here at home. Or, if you can relax with a 2 and 4 year olds, then good job :D After all, we had a great summer and we did so many fun things as a family of four - things will be quite different next summer as a family of five, yikes! :) This summer I've also put an effort on growing my belly :D I was also diagnosed again with gestational diabetes so no more growing my belly with pizza or cand...

Finally but little too early - a positive pregnancy test, that is :) I actually started testing yesterday and I got a very fain test-line which darkened today, with three tests taken :D Very interesting and cant wait for the final result -kinda feeling going on in my head. So hard to focus on work today since my period is supposed to start on friday or saturday so let's keep our fingers crossed they wont start this time! This cycle has been different compared to the previous ones. First of all, I felt when my ovulation happened around cycle day 11-12, and I've never before felt that. I actually thought I wasn't ovulating anymore and already had a doctor at the fertility clinic prescribe me clomid in order me to ovulate on my next cycle. Let's hope for that one too that I don't need to start them!! There's always side-effects on everything so if I can avoid these I most certainly will. What else comes to ovulating is the fact that timing of sex was..well, on tim...

Hey everyone! Mother's day is just around the corner so what better reason to buy something for yourself :) Pinkorblue  has s special 10% discount code on selected items - check the ones on their site, and it's valid only on the 13-14 of May, 2018. Use the code AITI7877 to get this discount :) Pinkorblue is definitely one the best online stores I know since they have it all on their site - strollers, toys and clothers among other stuff. How about getting in shape at the same time your little one is taking a nap? Then Thule Glide 2 running stroller might be your answer. Or even if you're not that into running these will definitely work in the middle of winter as well what comes to its big tires. Thule Glide 2 There's so much more great stuff in their site so please check them out and save this weekend! Happy weekend, everyone and happy mother's day! It looks like it's gonna be a hot day here in Finland! :) Love it!!