Helgen

Så var det mandag igjen. I helgen hadde vi besøk av et vennepar som har en sønn på Emelines alder. De var naboene våre i byen, som vi ikke hadde sett siden vi flyttet. Det tok litt tid før de ble enige om hvem som kunne leke med hvilke leker, men etter en stund hadde vi to barn høye på sukker (“vaffe med dyltedøøøy”) som løp rundt. Kona skal en måned til New York, og jeg ble invitert til å komme en tur siden hun har et eget sted å bo mens hun er der, og herregud, så lyst jeg har, men jeg må nok bare slå det fra meg. Det var veldig koselig å se dem igjen, og håper det ikke blir så lenge mellom hver gang vi treffes.

Morsdagen ble feiret med blomster til mamma fra mine søte, dekket til frokost da jeg kom fra badet (vi liker ikke smuler i senga ;) ), utelek med Emeline og hundene, og sushi til middag. Mmmm! Helga skulle vart litt lengre…

Ha en fin uke, dere!

Oppløftende ord

I bursdagen i går fortalte jeg en venn av meg hvor ille det var å levere Emeline i barnehagen, om hvor mye hun gråt, og hvor klengete og avhengig hun var av meg når vi er hjemme også. Jeg kan ikke gå ut av rommet uten at hun hyler og gråter og kommer krabbende etter. Slitsomt for oss alle, skal jeg si deg.

Da sa han: “Da har du i alle fall gjort noe riktig det første året.”

Tusen takk, kjære deg! For en fantastisk herlig og positiv måte å se denne tunge tiden på! :love:

An eventful couple of weeks

The past weeks have been eventful. First we had the in-laws over before they drove to the cabin, and we went up there for the weekend. The weather was super nice, but the mosquitoes were on a mission to get me.

On a walk away from the mosquitoes. Hot, hot, hot.

Emeline had watermelon for the first time :crush:

Oh, about that picture. We were eating at this place and suddenly a girl came up to us asking if she could film us while we ate. It was for a video on their Facebook page, and somebody said yes. It wasn’t me, that’s for sure. I just watched Emeline having that watermelon for a whole three minutes while she was filming, just so I didn’t have to look at the camera. At least Emeline was adorable in that clip ;)

Then, back in Oslo, we had my parents over for a week. I’d been feeling very PMSy, so that was bad timing… I felt so bad for being so grumpy when they all came to visit us :(

Last Saturday we had a little get-together with everybody; my parents and the in-laws. In Norway we call it a name celebration, it’s a non-religious way to celebrate the birth of a child when you don’t baptize it. We had tapas and cakes, and it was soo good :) Poor Emeline couldn’t have anything we had, but she seemed satisfied with the usual cereal.

It was so hot inside that I didn’t know what to dress her in. The fancy dress I’d had in mind would’ve be cruel to put on her, but this one was pretty cute :hehe:

They all left on Sunday, which was sad, but the moment they went out the door, Hanne-Lill and her baby girl, Vilde came to visit us :) We went for a stroll, but it started pouring down, so we ran to the nearest café since none of us had appropriate clothes to walk around in the rain on. In the evening, after the girls had gone to sleep, we ordered thai food and watched the World Cup finals and just talked about everything and nothing. Ah, how I wish I lived closer to my best friends :(

The next day they were off again, and I hurried downtown to meet Sunniva, my old classmate, who has a one-year-old, whom I’ve never met. We went to a pizza place where we met up with Karina, also an old classmate. It was so nice to meet them both again, I miss hanging with those girls! And little Sofie was so adorable! I forgot to bring my camera. Boo me.

On Tuesday we went back to the cabin, and it was really nice to just relax with a book, alone with our tiny family :)

Little miss Cutie Pie!

And now we’re finally back in Oslo again :) Ah, I love summer.

Randomness

It’s so weird to think about that it’s a year since I got pregnant… It feels like forever I was working nights shifts and all that. Tuesday is the 3 month checkup for Emeline, and she’s getting poked with scary needles :( I must admit I’m not handling her crying very well, so I’m thinking it’ll be a nightmare for us both. Hm, would you look at that. I’m a mom blogger now. How did that happen? I mean, what did I blog about before? I can’t even remember.

Easter has been lazy here. Line visited us from Monday to Wednesday, we took Rora to the vet (she still has food allergy problems) on Wednesday afternoon, and drove to the cabin on Thursday morning. Left Trysil Saturday and has done nothing since then :) Oh, and Line pushed me into buying tons of scrapping material while she was here, so I guess I’m trying out scrapbooking whenever I get some time to sit down. Anyone who’s into scrapping? I don’t know how to start. I mean, how to actually start. How. Help. Mommy brain is hard on my usual sloppy one.

I just randomly sent a text message to a friend I haven’t seen in years (he moved from the city). Turns out he just moved back and I’m meeting him sometime this week. Excited!

Let’s see, what else? I desperately want a new wardrobe. Haven’t used my normal clothes since.. Well, almost a year ago. Want. To. Go. Shopping. Can I afford some new clothes? Yes? Maybe.

Constitution Day 2009

We were at Søren and Dagfinn’s Eurovision Song Contest party on Saturday, and boy, people was screaming when the points for Norway came in. It was quite fun to watch, especially since one of the dancers is a vet student and I know who he is.

The next day is Constitution Day in Norway, so we had a breakfast at our place, and while Søren and Dagfinn went downtown for the madness, Fiancé and I took the dogs for a walk in the woods. We had (veggie) hotdogs and it was perfect.

London will have to wait…

Working shift, as bitchy as it can be, means that I have a week off every now and then. My first whole week off (as the first was one day off here and one day off there) is next week, and Fiancé and I planned on going to London. I’ve been there before, but I was about 12 years old and with my family, which means the usual sightseeing and looking around at Harrods. We didn’t even get to see the Madame Tussauds :(

Anyway, we can’t go as Fiancé didn’t want to take the week off from work, and we didn’t have somewhere to place Aurora, so we’re planning on going on my next week off, in late April.

We’re gonna stay at the cabin in Trysil for the first part of the week, then I’m going home to visit my parents, and meet little Ulrik (Ellisiv’s little charmer), so I get to travel a bit. And then, two weeks later I’m visiting Line in Stavanger :) Can’t wait to see her again!

This time on Life: Good news!

As I looked through my few LJ entries I found this life quiz I did 3 years ago (Feb 19, 2006):

This Is My Life, Rated
Life: 6.2
Mind: 6.2
Body: 7.3
Spirit: 6.5
Friends/Family: 4.1
Love: 0
Finance: 5.2
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

So I took it again to see how my life had changed:

This Is My Life, Rated
Life: 6.9
Mind: 6.3
Body: 6.6
Spirit: 6.5
Friends/Family: 4.4
Love: 6.9
Finance: 8.7
Take the Rate My Life Quiz

Yay, for +6.9 Love and the +3.5 on Finance even though it feels worse than when I was a student…

Sukk!

Jeg sier det bare; Det å ha hund er som å ha barn… Jeg er så reisesyk at jeg holder på å krepere! Ja da, i fjor reiste jeg til utlandet to ganger, men når den ene er til svigers vet jeg ikke helt om det teller… Det er så mange steder jeg har planlagt å dra, men jeg innser jo nå at det blir færre og færre sjanser nå. Enten så har jeg ikke reisefølge eller så har jeg ikke råd, eller så har jeg ikke fri. Nå som jeg får friuker innimellom står det egentlig mest på reisefølge. Folk begynner jo å danne familier eller så vil de, som jeg godt kan skjønne, tilbringe fridagene sine med sin kjære. Så hvordan kan en jente som meg få sett verden? For jeg reiser IKKE alene. Nei, jeg får vel drømme meg bort med Travel Chanel og se misunnelig på bilder fra Facebook-bekjentes studieturer.

Christmas v27

My mom and dad is coming here for the first weekend in December. It’s my mom’s first time in the new apartment, and I’m really looking forward to seeing them again. We’re going to see Søren sing (if he’s decided to join the choir this year too), and I know that my mom will love it!

Because we’re spending Christmas in Oslo this year and cause my parents are coming to visit now, I’m trying to finish as many Christmas presents as possible so they can take them home with them when they leave. Posting gifts are such a drag, with both the cost and the hassle before Christmas. We’re driving to Gothenburg next weekend to get inspired to do some shopping, so I hope I’ll be done with the gifts early this year. I don’t even have much time anyway if I’m not done by next weekend as all my days are packed until Christmas.

I have gotten two half gifts for my parents and Boyfriend already, and Hanne-Lill gave me the longest list ever, so I’m sure I’ll manage to find something for her ;)

I can’t believe it’s soon Christmas! Excited ‘r’ Us!

It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to.. eh.

It’s my birthday on Saturday. I’m not looking forward to turning 27, cause then I’m officially in my “late twenties”.. Blah. I’m actually going out to dinner with some of my colleague. Should be fun. I might go out with Sunniva afterwards. Yes, she’s in town tomorrow and we’re taking a course together and I’m super excited! Haven’t seen her since we graduated, which if almost a year ago. Wow, time flies!

This birthday I wish for books (like always, but then I almost never get any), maybe clothes and bling for my ears. That’s all.