Teaching Me About Stuff...

Attempting to Crawl

And REALLY wants to crawl and the fact that he can't crawl is just pissing him off.  He has been a VERY cranky little man lately.  We are working with him each day in the hopes that he will get it, soon!  Currently he can get up on all fours and move himself back and forth but has not figured out how to shift his weight onto his knees and move everything forward.  At night he wakes up and practices until he gets mad and cries.  It is making for some long nights for Mommy.  Hopefully in the next week (or day) he will get things figured out!!

Spring is finally here!

We have been waiting a long time for spring to arrive in Trondheim.  Last week, out of nowhere, it finally appeared.  We went from a few feet of snow to 40 degree weather overnight.  Some days we have even been in the 50s!  It is amazing to have sunshine and to be able to get our butts outside.  Avery has been soaking it up and spending lots of time on her bike and in the sandbox.  She has also started giving me "lessons" again.  I have attached a video of one for you!  

Winter, still, really!

We decided to take advantage of the late winter over the weekend. Instead of moping inside we got out into the cold. Even though I'm really not happy with the weather, at least it was not raining. Ave in a man made tree fort.
Dad carrying Anders and pulling Ave.
Not so sure about this...
The snow was a little damp so Avery decided she needed her umbrella and her Easter toy which she named Peepee.

View from our house

We have had some cool light in Trondheim lately. At night the moon has been full and twilight has creates a glow. We have also had a ton of winter weather which I am so done with. At least it makes for some beautiful pictures.

New Things

Anders is really getting big. After what seems like months of teething he finally had a tooth break through and then another one broke right after. Teething has been a real trial for the little man so we were soooo happy that something finally happened. He is also getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth, uh oh! We better watch out I think crawling is just around the corner. The little guy tummy crawls all over the place right now so it's finally time to baby proof. His new words are ba ba and na na but the favorite is still da da. Ma ma is only said when pissed off, go figure. The first tooth.

Standing like a big boy!!
Both teeth and a happy boy :)

Birthday Girl!

Ave turned five in March! Five, I know I can't even believe my baby is getting so big. All of the sudden she is a little girl and I get glimpses of the woman she will one day be. There are so many big thoughts in that little body some days I just laugh at the questions she asks. Everything intrigues her and sometimes she asks really difficult questions. She is the most amazing big sister and I'm so proud of her for that. It is like Anders has a second Mom. Although I did catch her one day pushing his fist lightly into his face while she said, "stop hitting yourself." So we will see how the relationship develops. Happy Birthday my baby girl you are the best thing that ever happened to your Dad and I. Birthday dinner, she choose shrimp and pasta.
The cake, she insisted on it being strawberry with pink frosting. Ave had a wonderful day and received many great presents. Thanks again to all our family that paid crazy shipping rates to make sure she had a wonderful day. She even got Burger King for lunch ( a huge splurge in Norway, like a $30 splurge.)