So we have been out tobogganing almost nightly (after we get home from work/barnehage) and tonight we decided to do the BIG hill so went right up the top of the hill near the Våland tower (for those of you familiar with it) and skied all the way down to the bottom near the hospital. We also took some video to capture what could have been our last ever footage.
Enjoy the ride!
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
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Monday, December 03, 2012
Cami's Pre-Christmas Present
So I went out and bought myself Cami a speed-demon-toboggan sedate sleigh for death-defying races gentle meanders out in the snow. Fortunately for both of us the snow came early and so did the present! Here is some video of me Cami enjoying a lovely little tour.
She loves it! We have been out twice a day and having heaps of fun!
She loves it! We have been out twice a day and having heaps of fun!
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Happy Anniversary!
Today (21st of November) Emma and I celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. Leather is the traditional anniversary symbol/gift for the 3rd year so I got her some leather maternity hot pants (just kidding).
I look back on my 3 wonderful years of marriage filled with love, laughter, adventures, Cami, and more and I look forward to the years ahead.
Happy anniversary to my lovely wifey!
I look back on my 3 wonderful years of marriage filled with love, laughter, adventures, Cami, and more and I look forward to the years ahead.
Happy anniversary to my lovely wifey!
Sunday, November 04, 2012
Marathon Man
Joel ran a marathon in September. Quite an easy sentence to write isn't it? Well I don't think it was quite so easy to accomplish. He trained for months and months (since January really) and did an incredible 3hr23min time, a massive accomplishment. Here are some photos from the weekend.
We can blame our friend Tristan Miller (www.runlikecrazy.com) who we met a couple of years ago when he stayed with us while in the middle of his crazy mission - 52 marathons in 52 weeks - you can read our blog post on that here (http://skandyadventures.blogspot.no/2010/09/interesting-visitor-52-marathons-in-52.html). Joel running into Tristan along the beach in Melbourne planted the seed that would end up with them running the Oslo marathon together.
We had a fantastic weekend, Joel made it through in one piece...just.
We can blame our friend Tristan Miller (www.runlikecrazy.com) who we met a couple of years ago when he stayed with us while in the middle of his crazy mission - 52 marathons in 52 weeks - you can read our blog post on that here (http://skandyadventures.blogspot.no/2010/09/interesting-visitor-52-marathons-in-52.html). Joel running into Tristan along the beach in Melbourne planted the seed that would end up with them running the Oslo marathon together.
We had a fantastic weekend, Joel made it through in one piece...just.
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| Tristan and Claes cruising along at 3:10ish pace |
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| Daddy waving hi to Cami at the 2.5km mark |
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| Relief, celebration, pain, emotion, and more |
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| Still enough energy for a special cuddle |
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| Waiting for Pappa with the boxing kangaroo |
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| Tristan and Claes (Swedish friend of Tristans living in Oslo) at the end |
Weekend at Randøy Cabin
We were fortunate to get away just the four (or 5 if you include the bump) of us to Laerdal's gorgeous cabin at Randøy, a little island about 90 minutes drive from home. We had a really relaxing weekend, Joel put out some crab pots off the little pier on Friday night, and we were all very excited to find some crabs in there on Saturday morning. We ate delicious chilli crab for dinner!
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| Crabs! |
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| The lone fisherman |
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| ...a handsome one at that! |
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| Mmmm salty rock |
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| Snow! Also yum. |
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| This one is for Cami's cousin Lenny! |
Exciting News
We are very happy to 'go public' with our news that we are pregnant again, and looking forward to welcoming a new baby into our little (but rapidly expanding) family in early May 2013.
We think we will once again choose not to find out whether it's a boy or a girl, truthfully a healthy baby is all we wish for.
We are especially thrilled that he/she is due to arrive just a few weeks after Emma's brother Brett and his wife Sam's baby. Their little girl is due on Emma's birthday, 12th April. It is a very exciting and happy time for the Ireland/Cousins family next year! Here are some videos of our little bub at our 12.5 week scan a couple of weeks ago.
We think we will once again choose not to find out whether it's a boy or a girl, truthfully a healthy baby is all we wish for.
We are especially thrilled that he/she is due to arrive just a few weeks after Emma's brother Brett and his wife Sam's baby. Their little girl is due on Emma's birthday, 12th April. It is a very exciting and happy time for the Ireland/Cousins family next year! Here are some videos of our little bub at our 12.5 week scan a couple of weeks ago.
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Summer with Grandma and Grandad
Such a long time since the last blog! Summer is flying by, Joel is back to work, my (Emma's) parents are visiting and have survived 3 weeks of Grandparent Daycare!
We have found the new pace quite busy with both of us working full time. It's the small things that suffer - keeping the washing pile to a managable sized mountain, keeping the fridge stocked, paying the bills, all those small but important things that Joel and I managed to squeeze in when we were home during the day while Cami was sleeping or occupied for a few minutes. But the big things are chugging along as per usual, lots of playing and drawing and cuddles with Cami, catching up with friends, attempting to get/stay fit (Joel is training for the Oslo Marathon, and I have signed up for the 10km in Stavanger).
Ann and Nigel have been here just over 3 weeks now and are doing a wonderful job looking after Cami. They have taken her every weekday, and she loves spending time with her "namma" and "nammad" (Grandma and Grandad)! Her speech is developing so much every day, it's amazing to hear her parotting off little phrases and new words. Some of her latest favourites - donkey, noisy, yummy, mummy (no longer mumma), shoulder. It's really quite adorable and she has us entertained 24/7. Not so adorable is the whingeing and clinginess that seems to peak when I pick her up after work. It's understandable, it's a huge change in her routine to no longer have Joel or I with her every day. We just have to work through it and make sure she feels secure and knows we will be there for her.
We have a wedding in Stockholm to look forward to for our friends Regina and Ulf. We are travelling there on Wednesday and returning on Sunday. Then Monday morning is Cami's first day at barnehage. We were out shopping for all the things on the barnehage's 'list' like waterproof overalls, gumboots, and of course everything has to be labelled. We have 3 days of orientation where we go with her and stay there, gradually starting to go away for a short time then coming back. We hope it will go smoothly but of course have to brace ourselves for a few tears and tantrums (likely mine)!
And last but not least happy birthday to my mum! We are so lucky to have her here to celebrate with.
We have found the new pace quite busy with both of us working full time. It's the small things that suffer - keeping the washing pile to a managable sized mountain, keeping the fridge stocked, paying the bills, all those small but important things that Joel and I managed to squeeze in when we were home during the day while Cami was sleeping or occupied for a few minutes. But the big things are chugging along as per usual, lots of playing and drawing and cuddles with Cami, catching up with friends, attempting to get/stay fit (Joel is training for the Oslo Marathon, and I have signed up for the 10km in Stavanger).
Ann and Nigel have been here just over 3 weeks now and are doing a wonderful job looking after Cami. They have taken her every weekday, and she loves spending time with her "namma" and "nammad" (Grandma and Grandad)! Her speech is developing so much every day, it's amazing to hear her parotting off little phrases and new words. Some of her latest favourites - donkey, noisy, yummy, mummy (no longer mumma), shoulder. It's really quite adorable and she has us entertained 24/7. Not so adorable is the whingeing and clinginess that seems to peak when I pick her up after work. It's understandable, it's a huge change in her routine to no longer have Joel or I with her every day. We just have to work through it and make sure she feels secure and knows we will be there for her.
We have a wedding in Stockholm to look forward to for our friends Regina and Ulf. We are travelling there on Wednesday and returning on Sunday. Then Monday morning is Cami's first day at barnehage. We were out shopping for all the things on the barnehage's 'list' like waterproof overalls, gumboots, and of course everything has to be labelled. We have 3 days of orientation where we go with her and stay there, gradually starting to go away for a short time then coming back. We hope it will go smoothly but of course have to brace ourselves for a few tears and tantrums (likely mine)!
And last but not least happy birthday to my mum! We are so lucky to have her here to celebrate with.
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| With Namma and Nammad |
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| Those eyes!! |
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| Tennis? |
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| Grandad in tow |
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| How do parents with twins manage? Cami with her mate Bianca |
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| Fun with Grandma |
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| Swiiiing |
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| Teeth! |
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| Helping Bianca with some gardening |
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| With her buddy Max at the Soma Gård childrens farm |
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| Pat pat |
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| Counting eggs |
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| Bouncy bouncy |
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| Gorgeous lunch at Sola Beach Hotel for Regina's Hens Party |
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| The beautiful bride to be, Regina |
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| Weekend at Laerdal's cabin at Randøy Island |
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| Quiet time with Grandad |
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| Bianca getting to know her little brother, due December this year |
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| Bianca helping clean up the little berry muncher |
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Pappaperm ... Part 1
So, being the good Norwegian resident that I am, I have finally decided to take out some Pappapermisjon (paternity leave) and this just happened to coincide with summer in Stavanger. I am taking 6 weeks leave and will then go back to work in mid-July. Emma has just returned to work which was both daunting and exciting for her, but I think it made it a little easier knowing I was home to look after Cami. Cami's grandparents (Grandma Ann and Granddad Nigel) will then look after Cami for 4 weeks before she starts with her exciting barnehage (kindergarten) in mid August.
So the first 3 days in and how is it?
Well it has been FANTASTIC and ever so much fun. The first day we went cycling to Vaulen on a sunnyish but windy day, the second day we went feeding ducks at the lake and today we have been soaking up the sun, swimming in the fjord, BBQing and bike riding round the coast in Godalen. We also went to a street festival called jærdagen down in Bryne on the weekend (whilst Emma was in London) and pappaperm hadn't officially started yet and got to play with some baby animals.
Cami has been great and has loved exploring (particularly on the bike) everywhere with her daddy. She is a little sweetheart at the moment (she always is I know) and with her walking and talking she is really a lot of fun to be with whether it is out on the bike, in the sandpit, or on the beach.
Here are some pics from the first couple of days.
So the first 3 days in and how is it?
Well it has been FANTASTIC and ever so much fun. The first day we went cycling to Vaulen on a sunnyish but windy day, the second day we went feeding ducks at the lake and today we have been soaking up the sun, swimming in the fjord, BBQing and bike riding round the coast in Godalen. We also went to a street festival called jærdagen down in Bryne on the weekend (whilst Emma was in London) and pappaperm hadn't officially started yet and got to play with some baby animals.
Cami has been great and has loved exploring (particularly on the bike) everywhere with her daddy. She is a little sweetheart at the moment (she always is I know) and with her walking and talking she is really a lot of fun to be with whether it is out on the bike, in the sandpit, or on the beach.
Here are some pics from the first couple of days.
First day of pappaperm and off to vaulen on the bike.
The funny things daddy can do with my hair!
Feeding the ducks at Mosvannet (1 for you, 1 for me)
Arrived at godalen for a BBQ picnic with dad!
With fresh strawberries and cherries
And polse med brød!
Splashing in the fjord
Right before she needed a change of clothes!
A future cyclist on our hands?
And finding rocks in our reserve suit!
Getting ready to cycle home.
Vegie on bread - yum!
Playing with the baby goats at jærdagen
And baby chickens - berk berk kykkelikili!
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