We had snow!

This weekend we went to the mountains to be together with Steinar's family. unfortunately we had heard that there were no snow. We then decided that it did not matter, because they had a swimming pool, so we were going to have a great time.

Rebekka met a Troll.

We left Marianne's home town with its beautiful fall weather, and drove into a slugged snow storm. In Norway the east (where we came from) has very stable weather and has few problems related to that. In the west how ever (where Steinar's family lives) they are currently having a storm. With the consequence: the mountains were closed. They did however find a way and about four hours later than planed they could arrive to the huts.

We woke up to snow (but someone had made a pattern, maybe the first two to get up?)

In hindsight I think we were all happy about the storm, because the next day we had a lot of snow to play in! We had a great time and the rain over the night took away a lot of the snow so the roads weren't to bad when we were traveling home either.

The snow was cold and interesting.

A snowman in front of our cabin.

In between the weekends we usually just hang out and try to relax and get a rhythm to our days. Rebekka is adorable as always. Marianne is tired and in some pain due to kicking and pelviolysis and Steinar is trying his best to take care of the whole family while organizing and doing other important stuff as well. This video is from today. This is usually how our meals go:)

Is it Tuesday already

We are back in the hometown of Marianne's parents. It is nice to not have that many plans left before the baby comes. Maybe Rebekka will have time to settle a bit, and maybe us grownups will be able to rest some and get some kind of routines in our lives before it all shuffles up again.

Dad and Rebekka is having a lot of fun.

This is the city where we met, and went to university.

We have been on the road a lot. This is a map of Norway, it shows all the places where we have slept since we came. Altogether we have been on the road at least 40 hours (Steinar has about 16 more hours than that) and that is not counting the long stops we have taken playing, eating and walking. So now we only have about 9 more hours (the coming weekend) and then Marianne and Rebekka will be staying here and relaxing.

Purple is where we have slept, green is where we have driven. The purple closest to Sweden is where we are.

Rebekka and Mom driving the car.

This last week Rebekka has had a big week, she has been playing with a cat, and a calf. She is so cute with the animals. And she also got to try to be Bambi on ice:)

Isn't he cute!

Ice is so much fun!

On the road again

After relaxing with Marianne's parents for almost two weeks we are back on the road. This time we are going north to the middle of Norway to see some student friends of us, and Marianne's aunt and uncle who lives on the island where Marianne's mother was born and raised (Mariannes holiday paradise from childhood).

Just picture this a nice summers day, paradise. 

Summer by the fjord.

We are still OK driving, so that is fine, but Marianne ruined Rebekka's sleep by blogging about it last week, so we are back to 2-3 awakenings at night now. A bit tiring and frustrating, but that's life.

Mum and Dad might get tired, but I am happy:)

Last week we forgot to take pictures of Rebekka, so this week we have taken a lot of pictures. We went for a walk and tried a swing, Rebekka is really enjoying the company of both her parents. She is also glad to have a belly to cuddle with. We try to tell her about her comming brother, but we don't know how much she understands.

I still love the swing.

Rebekka, her mum and the baby.

Rebekka is loving the puddles that comes after rain (Her daddy might love it to):

A good night sleep

As a lot of people know Rebekka has not been a good sleeper. Ever since she was born this has been an ongoing struggle for the parents. She has had a few nights where we have accepted it as a full night. So when we were thinking of coming back to Norway we planned a night without Rebekka to get a much needed good night sleep. As you also might know Marianne is pregnant with (hopefully) less than six weeks to go, so a good night sleep is not really realistic, but just knowing that you wont be woken by anyone outside yourself is helpful.

Rebekka at about six weeks (what we think our boy will be when we come to China)

So from Friday to Saturday the parents went to Oslo leaving Rebekka in the care of her grandparents. It went so easy, and Rebekka did not wake up that night, she woke at 6 but Marianne's mum said, "no it is still night" and Rebekka was at least quiet until 7 what a luxury. After we came back that luxury has continued. She has woken at 6 some mornings, but we have not had to get up at 11, 12, 3, 5 or any other very bad times during the night. So maybe Rebekka is very much like her older cousin Alva who was a bad sleeper until she was 1 1/2 years old and started to sleep the night trough. PTL! Now we can get ready for the next midnight-screamer:)

Rebekka and her grandmother enjoying each other.

As you all can see this has been an exciting week, we have had a calm stable week, and forgotten to take pictures, so all these are old, but you can enjoy them anyhow.

Calming down in the east of Norway

This week (we start our blog week with Wednesday) we all started with traveling. Steinar two days by car, and Rebekka and Marianne took the plane over to the east. It was a trouble free trip, but so nice when we all could join together again knowing that now we were going to spend the next days together without so many "shoulds".

Rebekka and her mum with new glasses:)

Mariannes sister and her husband joined us here in the weekend and Rebekkas grandparents had a great time with the two kids, one a little more active than the other.

Mariannes parents and some grandchildren.

Today we have been to the health station, catching up on Rebekkas vaccines and doing some measuring. If you are thinking about us, you might remember Rebekkas sleeping witch is very varying and Mariannes hips and back are starting to feel the pregnancy. Steinar is probably feeling the pressure to take a load bigger than he would like, so we need help with the balance:)

Rebekka with a new hat and sweater. 

Rebekka is cute as always and is starting to say ball instead of baa. And she is a good helper with cleaning up toys and setting the table:) Her Chinese is fading, but that will probably return when we go back to China.