Sleepless in Sweden

One of our biggest challenges is the sleeping. We knew this going in but boy it is rough. We thought we were making some progress on Saturday since we weren't too far off but Sunday was much worse. We didn't make it out of the house until 4 or 5 pm and mostly it was because someone was sleeping at one time. Linnea would be awake and then Davin would be asleep or Fredrik would be taking a nap. Right now, Fredrik and I are sleeping in about 4-5 hour increments and switching who will be awake in the middle of the night to watch the kids. It almost makes me question if this trip was worth it!! Still, it was nice to finally get out of the house on Sunday.

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Monday we tried to take a little trip to Vadstena, Sweden which is about 15 or 20 minutes by car from where we are staying. It is a quaint little town that is full of history and charm. It was however much colder there than it was in Motala so walking around was not any fun for the kids. Actually, I think Linnea quite enjoyed looking around as she was bundled up snugly but her nose did get red after a while. Davin was a pill though and constantly complained the whole way. We decided to get something to eat even though it wasn't quite 3pm yet. Unfortunately, no restaurants were open except a pizzaria and a chinese place. Neither which anyone was excited about. So, we went back to Motala and ate dinner at a place Monika and Jan (pronounced "yawn") like a lot. It was good food and we barely made it through our meal before Davin had a meltdown. He was pretty much up all night and we had to wake him up to leave for Vadstena. That made him very grumpy the rest of the day and he pretty much crashed when we got home at 6pm. I also fell asleep too since I was up with him most of the night.

So, now we are up at midnight and will probably be awake until the wee hours of the morning.