New addition

He didn't really want to come out, 13 days overdue and still no sign of an appearance meant that it was time to force the issue. Silje, the doctors, midwives and nurses did their stuff and at 01:56 Thursday 15th September out he came 'Jazz Hands' style. And no he didn't appear wearing that hat.

two minutes old..

 

Seems like he has made the most of his extended time inside his mother, he tipped the scales at healthy 4.212kg
Measured 53cm from top to toe and 38cm around his head.

 

 

 

Of course he had a couple of older sisters who were very eager to meet him and for once they did actually seem lost for words.

 

 

 

 

Untitled from matt on Vimeo.

Still no name at the time of writing but this is soon to be decided.

King for a day

I don't know about you other 'grown ups' but i'm asking myself, how did i actually get here? Only 20 short years ago i was, well 20, with the world at my Dr. Marten booted feet. And whoosh suddenly 40, eh? what happened.
No denying that i have been a grumpy old man since, actually always, so this is only my age finally cathcing up with itself.

I must now also sadly concede at the age og 40 and 1 day that i will never play in goal for United.

So king for a day, i had a bonfire on a cake.

and Silje kindly made me a crown, just to make feel that litte bit more superior, i know everybody at the table was jealous.

During our summer holidays somebody.........

saw a red sky at night,

smiled a lot,

overcame their fear of boats,

felt the wind in their (never been cut) hair

got bigger,

didn't catch anything again,

got the fishing line caught in the outboard engine,

got hugged,

ate too much jelly and squirty cream,

perfected thier 'fake come on just take the picture' smile,

rode on a donkey

overcame thier fear of holding animals,

and then wouldn't put them down,

went to the beach,

got wet,




celebrated their 3rd birthday,

had a proud older sister for company,

got an umbrella for their birthday,

 

opened some more presents,

 

squirted themselves in the eye with a water pistol,

perfected their bikini pose at the age of 5½

marveled at top quality chinese craftmanship.

went to the beach again,

 

layed low on a lilo,

 

pushed thier father in the sea.

 

22.07.11

Ummmm, blimey.
We were thankfully 500km away at Silje's parents summer house at the time of the explosion so weren't directly affected.
The handicap of no internet connection there has hindered me from being able to update our status until now.
Not much else to add that hasn't been reported in the media so far, Oslo, Norway and maybe even all of Europe was caught unawares.

Summer starts here

A visit of the Conibear clan from various parts of the world was the catalyst for a few days away from Oslo for a change, first up Vrådal not so far from Oslo really but a good 4 hours or so drive due to the twisting roads. The forecast for the week hadn't been good but besides a rainy journey down it wasn't too bad at all.

A BBQ supper is always part of a summer trip away right?

 

Our livingroom with a view.

Lots of jumping was done, this being one of Mauds favourite pastimes.

 

Whereas eating is probably one of Hennys least favourite pastimes, except when it is icecream naturally.

Plenty of wildlife for us city types to see out in the country too, absolutely no idea what this actually is though.

This is a snake, that i know.

This is an ever popular pastime too.

Boat trip.
A quick trip on MS Fram

Sticks and water, i could probably have left them there for hours.

Midsummer celebrations

It was then on to the next stop just outside of Sandifjord, lucky we hired a minibus eh.

Where... there was a beach, for kite flying....

sitting about....

 

sandcastle making

and in the evening another midsummer celebration, even tough it no longer actually was.