Martin Gumucio

It’s fun to play isn’t it?

We took a stop by the studio with the little kids, since we were playing in a nearby park anyway and it started to rain. Turned out Aron is now big enough to really enjoy being around instruments. I heard about that they have been playing musical games at kindgarten, that now became obvious as he immediately claimed the guitar on the wall as his own.

The resulting beautiful music was recorded, mixed and mastered on the trusty Zoom R16. Aron ends the set full of confidence with “That was a good song! It’s fun to play isn’t it?”

Simon was a good sport and enjoyed chewing cables and tormenting various percussion instruments while me and Aron were jamming.

AronSpelar by Perseid

December was such a cramped month, that I haven’t had the chance to blog about this before. The 13:th of december 2009, we baptised Simon Alexander Gumucio Bergström!

Three babies were getting baptised during the ceremony that took place in the church of Helga Trefaldighet, a sweet little chapel from the 11:th century.  Aron was a champion and sat with us at the front the whole time without making a scene. December is a difficult month, and Simon can count many relatives that live outside of town, but to our great joy almost everybody could attend,  making this a great party.

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First of all, to all parents that has kids that sleep normally. Be thankful for the blessing you have recieved! When I talk to friends that tell me their kids have always gone to sleep at 8pm and then slept peacefully to 8am I am always undecided if I should congratulate them or give them a punch in the face.

I’m starting to write this at 20.20 after putting little prince Aron to sleep. All his life he has been suffering from insomnia of some kind, making both himself and us suffer the consequences. So this weekend we took it upon ourselves to try to change this behaviour.  Since we have a second little baby coming in just a few weeks this is a “now or never” type of situation.

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Our dear grandma Anna left us yesterday after a period of illness. She gave us so much, and she will be much missed.

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It is very hard to believe, but two years have past since little Aron came to us. In one way the time has gone by so very quickly, and in another it is hard to even imagine what your life was like without him. So radical is the change in a parents heart that life without your kid turns into a faded memory.

With cake and champagne (for the older children..), we took up a little table in the sun where the kids could run freely and the grownups talk more or less calmly. Many friends and family joined us and Aron could well have been entirely without toys before this party, since there was a veritable flood of trinkets, toys, and adorable books for him. Extra fun was also the presence of the many other kids. Aron is a bit rough now, never late to push och pinch people of his own size, but the party managed to pass without great incidents.

Thanks to all of you who were there and made our evening a great one. Aron got so many impressions that it was very hard for him to go to sleep.  

Photos by Gabriel, here is the full gallery