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26th of November - ..and a star was born!

8:59 AM was the magic moment when my beautiful little daughter Klara Månstråle was — literally — lifted out to see this world as we know it. It was marvelous. I got to cut the umbilical cord, an old Swedish tradition. My daughter was now real, the sound of her baby scream made it clear to me. She weighted 1765 grams, and reached 42 centimeters from top to toe. Just incredible.

Now, there's just so much more to this. But due to some unclarity circulating around us, I'm still too anxious to spell my heart. Time will tell what the next move will be.

However..

Since we'll be stuck at the NICU for at least another week, I haven't had a chance on dragging the DSC photos we've taken over to my laptop (I forgot the darn cable). This snapshot (taken with a [VGA/640x480] phone lens) will definitely pass though.



Isn't she just wonderful?

Loveshots!

I'm happy to announce these images of my unborn baby.

29th of May

The summer hadn't even started yet.

28th of July

In the middle of the summer.
Baby has grown a lot since the last time.

31th of October

You can see the babyfoot clearly now, with toes and everything.

14th of November

An astonishing profile image.

21th of November

Another profile image, a so called close-up.

Lunch

Soup and a piece of bread with sausage.

Busy days!

It's been a lot lately. Helping my fiancé moving in to her new apartment. Lots of furniture to be assembled. Also, I've made my first masonry drill work (incl. wall plugging) ever. I feel like such a hardware expert. Even bought myself a cordless drill. Brrrrrrrrmmm... I'm also pleased to announce a few snapshots.

The great - full tower - fridge, holding its first item.

Assembling the kitchen furniture (table w. chairs).


Kitchen set complete.


Assembling the television bench.



Preliminary living room setup.

Form One isn't to be forgotten!

As I wrote earlier, Timbuktu released his new album ten days ago. Anyhow, also thge Swedish emcee Form One (previously known as Formula One) dropped a new full length album - Behind Blue Eyes - on the very same day.

I will definitely buy my own copy, very soon. Anyways, already this autumn Form One decided to make a pre-release available for free through Kingsize Magazine. I've made the image below a direct hotlink to the .zip archive. So, grab it and listen.

The show must go on

It's been two days since I went to my grandmother's funeral. The ceremony was being held flawless. It's the first time that I actually sit on the front row during a funeral. Felt kind of strange. However, my beloved grandmother reached a remarkable age, and will always be remembered.

Actually, I did videotape big parts of the ceremony. I had thought about doing this for quite some time, but I wasn't really sure. I asked my fiancé for guidance regarding standard ethics and suchlike. At first, she was like: "Say what?? Filming a funeral? It's really not something people want to look back at."

Made sense when I thought closer about it. Really wicked idea. But still, I couldn't drop it entirely. So, I brought the DV camera with me when I made the over-day trip up north. Then I asked my closest relatives for their opinion. No one was really sure about anything such as "standard ethics" on this. However, we very shortly came to the conclusion that it really didn't matter what people thought. We did it because we wanted to. Besides, the decision about right or wrong regarding this is really up to us. So, I did shoot it on tape, for the archive of history to come. Today, I feel that I would probably never have forgiven myself if I hadn't been filming. The result turned out great. Now, I will make the final cut out of the footage, and then screen DVD/VHS copies for relatives. Marvelous!

Today, Thursday, me and my fiancé laid our signatures on the piece of paper closing the issue of paternity. A day worth remembering.