Monday 27 July 2009

ONE

Still on our hols so this is just a quick update since it is an extra special day, Henny's first birthday!
Been an actioned packed few weeks what with one thing and another, thrills and spills aplenty, a whole lifetime of events packed into 4 short weeks - which will hopefully be covered fully in blog updates next week when we get home.

Can't really decide whether Henny's first year has gone fast or not, it seems an lifetime away that we were sitting in hospital clutching the hands of a baby covered in tubes, but at the same time still very fresh in the memory.
Still here we are the day she turned one and do i really need to tell you how proud we are of her, no probably not.
Time to get to grips with birthday present opening, plenty of help is at hand for this task of course as Maud, a veteran of 3 of her own birthdays, knows how things are done.

What!? Pull the ribbon as hard as i can and rip the paper into tiny little pieces, like this?




Maybe some more practice and expert guidance is needed after all.




Henny's new toys tested by Maud.



Henny trying not to look too disappointed that her parents bought her shoes for her first birthday.



Disappointment didn't last long she got her party frock on and welcomed her many guests, all of whom very kindly bought presents along too.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

Casualty

those that don't like to see injuries requiring stitches should read something else.....

Had many a visit over the last 3 weeks; mormor and morfar, G&T and Family Flikka Tjorteland have all been guests at I&I HQ. The last was the most action packed and involved a trip to the A & E. Henrik in the wars again not more than a month since he'd had to have 4 stitches in his cheek.

This time 4 more stitches in a leg wound obtained on a wire mesh fence.... nice.

I chauffeured Trond and Henrik down to A&E in the Pasta wagon and documented the action as we went along.

The injury, a gash on the back of the knee.



the patient taking it all in his stride, looking forward to ice cream and pop.



All cleaned up ready for the doctor to stitch it together.



All neatly back together.



good job by the bods down at the A&E we were in and out in an hour and Henrik got another bravery diploma to add to his expanding collection.
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Scorcher

The weekend was a hotty and the kids got to wear much less clothes than usual, i think the official high temperature recorded in oslo over the weekend was 31 our thermometer showed at a smidge over 32.



Henny played with the big kids.





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Henny, Penny, Lenny and Benny




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High life

Henny's agent called while she was driving her cabriolet-sports-cruiser-SUV-TURBO around the living room, i think the phone pre-dates handsfree so we'll let her off just this once.

Ja darling, waddaya want?



Can you believe this, they want me to work ....today!



Now listen up i'm on holiday and besides it's almost time for my mid morning sleep and since when did i need to work weekends. Blimey.

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