3D-ultrasound

Our 3rd and last ultrasound session today gave us quite some cool pictures and videos.


The little one is healthy, has a heartbeat of 140 bpm and likes to cover his face with his tiny hands. ;)








PS: Got told to add another picture because he "smiles" on it.
(You wouldn't argue with a pregnant woman, would you?)

Barnevogn bought and most other stuff too

We are quite on the way to finish preparations for our little boy. Meanwhile we have bought a barnevogn (baby buggy), lots of clothes (probably too much) and many other things.

So the to-be-bought-list is rather short now:
- diaper changing table
- baby bottles and accessories
- bed and bed clothes

Cass is feeling quite fine meanwhile, even though the little one keeps kicking her during the night which makes sleeping a bit of a problem at times for her.

2nd ultrasound session ...

and we'll have a baby boy most likely.

On the ultrasound monitor it was pretty clear, at least to my amateurish eyes, that it is a little boy growing in Cass' belly.
Everything was looking fine, the jordmor (midwife) was happy about everything - and so are we. :D
She confirmed 2/2 as the estimated birthday. We'll see what junior thinks about it.

1st ultrasound picture

Monday last week (28/07) we had our very first ultrasound checkup and saw some amazing pictures. At that time the little one was 72mm long and the new estimated birth date is 02/02/2009.

Back to work ...

After 10 days vacation in Bergen I'm now back to work in the office. A lot of stuff has piled up so I'm really busy.
The new internet connection (we now have 1 GBit fiber from fasthost in the office) seems to work fine.

Cass is also feeling better now in general and the 1st "real" doctor's checkup (last Saturday) was positive too. The 1st ultrasonic check will be in 2 weeks ... wonder if I will see anything. ;)

Breaking news: viking in production ...

A bit early to spread the news but I'm so excited that I need to tell the world:
Cass is pregnant (production cycle started 14/05/2008, expected delivery date early February 2009).
Backdraw: she's feeling really crappy the last 2 weeks and spends a lot of time talking on the big white telephone. :(

Now cross your fingers so everything will be fine!

Update: The big white telephone gets less calls now. Not perfect yet but at least a little improvement.

17. mai - national holiday

It's snowing, lots of snow.

The whole last week was sunny with 20 degree and more and since yesterday evening it's cold and snowing.

more pictures

Pinseaften at home

Oslo and the Oslofjord in the background, taken right in front of the kitchen door.




more pictures

Pretty much everything moved ...

Meanwhile we live in our new apartment and really enjoy it. It's such a wonderful place.
Some final cleanup in the old apartment is left and we also lack quite some furniture. The delivery from Bohus is delayed, so we have an empty living room for now and still sleep on an inflatable bed (which is astonishingly comfortable).

Some works needs to be done before the new apartment looks really good and many boxes haven't been unpacked yet (especially because we have nothing to put the stuff in yet).

The doggies got used to the new area as well as it seems. During daytime when we both are out working they have some music so they do not get confused by the slightest sounds outside which tends to make them bark.

pictures of the apartment

Packing stuff

Almost exactly one year after gathering all stuff in boxes to move to Norway we are now doing exactly the same. Gladly this time we only move a few kilometers and not half a continent away. :)

With a bit of luck we will manage to get everything up to our new home during the next weekend already.

New furniture (our current apartment is fully equipped while the new one is more or less empty, except for the kitchen and bathroom) has been ordered already and should arrive during the next week. Until then we will probably use some temporarily solutions.

We are moving!

Finally we found a new apartment.
(Buying a house is currently to expensive, the prices are unreasonably high at the moment.)

Voksenlia (Holmenkollen) will be our new home.
105 sqm for less than what we pay now, a t-bane (metro) right around the corner and an awesome view over Oslo and the Oslofjord - just great!

I'll post some pictures as soon as we have moved in (planned for early May).

looking for a new home

Due to our landlord being in financial problems and therefor being required to rise the rent to a whopping 12.000 nok we are forced to search for a now home now. That's far more than I'm willing to pay so we agreed on moving out end of May.

This also means that our search for a house will be intensified.

Good bye grandpa!

Thanks for everything, you were the best grandpa in the world!
I love you and miss you.

Happy New Year!

Almost forgot to make a posting to welcome 2008.
We've been to Bergen during New Years Eve. This town is really a beauty. more pictures

Looking for a house ...

Our landlord informed us about an upcoming increase of the rent for our appartment. He seriously plans to raise it by 20%.
Since we do not plan to waste another 2.000 kr we decided to search for a house to buy somewhere around Oslo.

Alternatively we might also consider to build a house.