From peanut to big girl!

Sanna is growing - seems like she is getting a little bit bigger every day that passes. We went to the 3-months control at Helsestasjonen (local PIP) and everything was fine. She is now 6,3 kilo/14 pound and 63 cm/24,8 inches. Helsesøster (PIP) also gave Sanna her first vaccines, one in each leg. She cried a bit, but then happy again shortly after. The next appointment is in the end of August, then there will be more vaccines... Poor little girl :)

She is smiling :)

Time to go to bed

Sanna used to go to bed around ten and eleven, same as her parents. With a little bit of adjusting we have taught her to take the night a little bit earlier. Now she is sleeping around 8.30. Suddenly the parents got a few hours with time of their own. Its nice, even though we just love to spend time with our princess :)

Happy Fathers Day to all dad`s in the US

Today all the Americans celebrate Fathers Day. We especially want to congratulate Sanna`s surrogate father and Godfather to be, mister JP.



And Sanna even got a surrogate grandpa, Glenn, and we congratulate him too. Enjoy your well deserved day, pink hugs from Sanna and parents in Norway!

Daddy`s little girl

They are a very sweet couple, father and daughter...

Summer party in Frydenbergveien

June is giving us many days with temperatures around 8 c (46 Fahrenheit) and rain. Still the neighborhood-society had planned a summer party this saturday. With a newly bought party tent we had a nice little gathering there.

Una the artist

Our niece Una (5) went to a painting class for kids every saturday this winter. This weekend they had a final exhibition that we could enjoy. The proud painter showed us this picture with a big smile on her mouth. Maybe a coming creative artist in the family :)

I hope to see some of Sanna`s big smiles on this blogg soon!

Testing - testing; any sound?

Finding my arms :)

Happy weekend!

Plus some videos :)

A quick (very quick!) trip through the "farmer side"...

And an even quicker through the inside... Bare with me :)

A few more pictures...

The living room window on the west facade is 12 feet long and 5,3 feet tall. Double glazed from 1962! Should have been renewed but we'll see when that happens... Not this year :)

Street side, a small garage just in front of the car. A tiny garage, no room for a big cadillac :)

Pictures from our garden/house for our American "family"

We promised a loooong time ago to post some pictures of the house and garden in Trondheim, here goes:



The picture of the greenhouse is taken from the bath room window on the second floor. To the right in the picture you can see the common playground for the 20 houses that our "complex" is made up of. The houses are built in 1962, the architect is some 90 yrs. old (still going strong) and lives in one of the houses with his Finish (!) wife. So, come visit Glenn and Sue! :)

Gone fishing...

Sanna is giving the "flying fishes" more and more attention every day. She is also more generous with her sweet smiles (that could melt the North pole) than she was just a couple of weeks ago. She is a happy camper, indeed! Her parents too :)

Not completely in focus, but still... sweet! :)

Sanna and Sivert

The cousins Sanna and Sivert met for a stroller ride and lunch at aunt Åse& Co today. Love to take pictures of the two of them together :)

Meeting grand parents at the airport

Yesterday we went to meet Sanna`s grand parents at the airport. They came back from a two week holiday in their apartment in Tyrkia/Turkey. Normally Sanna is happy and smiling, though this night she was a bit fuzzy. We wanted to calm her by giving her some food. But, can you believe it... the parents had forgotten her bag with food and diapers... OMG. We will never do that again, alway cross check and report from now on. We just had to drive back home right away... the meeting with grand parents became very short and that is why we don`t have picture of them.

Sanna is finding her fingers (hand!) :)