Last week Tristan and me have been to a short surprise visit at my parents in Germany. Great success! Seeing mom's jaws drop was very much worth it. ;)
tirsdag 17. november 2009
Surprise visit at my parents
Last week Tristan and me have been to a short surprise visit at my parents in Germany. Great success! Seeing mom's jaws drop was very much worth it. ;)
onsdag 14. oktober 2009
Next week: visiting Germany again
We plan to fly to Germany again. This time to visit my grandaunt and -uncle near Stuttgart. He is turning 85 and we thought that it might be really a nice present to see little Tristan "live".
So we've booked tickets with Lufthansa and will fly Friday-Sunday next week.
A friend of ours will take care of our little fur ball (Wiggles) again. This way we don't have to worry about all the paper stuff (vaccinations, etc.) when taking him with us. And we will be quite busy with Tristan already ...
Oh, that reminds me: Loki has moved. He is now living with Cass' brother. Wiggles was torturing him too much and we had to split those to guys. At the end Loki only ate from my hand directly because he was too afraid to go even near the food pots. Within the last 2 months he quickly gained quite some weight and appears to be much happier.
Update: Sadly the visit had to be cancelled. My granduncle had to go to the hospital instead of celebrating his 85th birthday. :(
So we've booked tickets with Lufthansa and will fly Friday-Sunday next week.
A friend of ours will take care of our little fur ball (Wiggles) again. This way we don't have to worry about all the paper stuff (vaccinations, etc.) when taking him with us. And we will be quite busy with Tristan already ...
Oh, that reminds me: Loki has moved. He is now living with Cass' brother. Wiggles was torturing him too much and we had to split those to guys. At the end Loki only ate from my hand directly because he was too afraid to go even near the food pots. Within the last 2 months he quickly gained quite some weight and appears to be much happier.
Update: Sadly the visit had to be cancelled. My granduncle had to go to the hospital instead of celebrating his 85th birthday. :(
Relocated, again!
Yes, we have moved again. It happened in August already. Thanks to my parents for helping us to move all the stuff over. It would have been a nightmare without you!
This time we've moved to Kolsås, a suburb of Oslo, a much more child friendly area. We are now living in a 120 sqm row house with a small garden. No traffic around and a lot of green - just perfect!
Ok, the rent is a whooping 13.000 kr but it's really worth it. :)
This time we've moved to Kolsås, a suburb of Oslo, a much more child friendly area. We are now living in a 120 sqm row house with a small garden. No traffic around and a lot of green - just perfect!
Ok, the rent is a whooping 13.000 kr but it's really worth it. :)
The last 2 months: grøt, crawling and the battle over the night schedule
I'm really getting lazy - I apologize!
So a summarized update over the last 2 months and what happened:
1. Eating
Tristan's meals have changed. The everyday milk has been replaced by 2 grøt (pap) meals in the morning and evening. Additionally he still gets 2 bottles of milk in between. The big benefit of this change - and that brings me to the next topic ...
2. Sleeping
Tristan is now sleeping during the night. It took no longer than 3 (exhausting) nights to teach him to sleep in the night instead of waking up every 2-3h for food. He still wakes up occasionally but normally it's no real problem to make him fall asleep again.
Meanwhile we bring him to bed around 7 (it used to be 6 until recently) and he sleep until 7, sometimes even 8.
3. Crawling
Yes, our little baby boy has now started to crawl, just 2 days ago. He is already astonishingly fast and it's a lot of fun. I cannot wait until he's really all over the place. :)
So a summarized update over the last 2 months and what happened:
1. Eating
Tristan's meals have changed. The everyday milk has been replaced by 2 grøt (pap) meals in the morning and evening. Additionally he still gets 2 bottles of milk in between. The big benefit of this change - and that brings me to the next topic ...
2. Sleeping
Tristan is now sleeping during the night. It took no longer than 3 (exhausting) nights to teach him to sleep in the night instead of waking up every 2-3h for food. He still wakes up occasionally but normally it's no real problem to make him fall asleep again.
Meanwhile we bring him to bed around 7 (it used to be 6 until recently) and he sleep until 7, sometimes even 8.
3. Crawling
Yes, our little baby boy has now started to crawl, just 2 days ago. He is already astonishingly fast and it's a lot of fun. I cannot wait until he's really all over the place. :)
fredag 7. august 2009
Back home after a very long and exhausting travel
From 20/7 - 29/7 we've been travelling almost trough whole Norway, 3 days up north and 3 days back home, with a short stop in Stokmarknes (Cassandra's home town) to get Tristan baptized. First I was considering to do the whole travel up north in 1 turn and just take a break to nap and eat but (gladly) we changed our minds and decided to split the travel into 3 stages.
The first stage was Oslo-Trondheim, about 50 Norwegian miles (500 km). This took us more than 8h (as expected) and we were dead tired and exhausted when we arrived at the hytte (cabin) that my parents, who travelled the same route but at their own pace, had rented. We went to bed pretty early (I think around 8 or 9) and started around 9:30 next morning towards Mo i Rana, another 8h travel. When we arrived there (my parents decided to stay one day in Trondheim to visit the city) we almost instantly went to bed again, even earlier. The last stage from Mo to Stokmarknes took us longest even though it's the shortest of the 3 stages. We were already pretty exhausted and Tristan was really not too happy to be all tied up for the 3rd day in a row in his bilstol (baby seat). We arrived pretty late, around 9 in the evening and didn't do much else but going to bed.
The next days were mostly filled with preparations for the dåp, buying stuff, carrying chairs and tables around, etc.
My parents took a long detour and arrived very late in the evening.
The weather wasn't on our side most of the time but on Saturday we took a boat trip to the Trollfjord, one of the smallest but nicest fjords around.
On 26/7 around 11 am the dåp finally started, a very touching ceremony. Tristan was clearly not impressed and slept most of the time.
On Monday we started to travel back, same stages backwards. This part of the travel went a bit better because we were more experienced now in what to do to keep Tristan happy and when to take breaks.
We arrived late on Wednesday but didn't have much time to relax. The very next day I got a small truck from bilutlei Bislet and with my parents help we moved to the rekehus (row house) that we rent now in Kolsås, near Oslo.
I'll add some pictures later.
The first stage was Oslo-Trondheim, about 50 Norwegian miles (500 km). This took us more than 8h (as expected) and we were dead tired and exhausted when we arrived at the hytte (cabin) that my parents, who travelled the same route but at their own pace, had rented. We went to bed pretty early (I think around 8 or 9) and started around 9:30 next morning towards Mo i Rana, another 8h travel. When we arrived there (my parents decided to stay one day in Trondheim to visit the city) we almost instantly went to bed again, even earlier. The last stage from Mo to Stokmarknes took us longest even though it's the shortest of the 3 stages. We were already pretty exhausted and Tristan was really not too happy to be all tied up for the 3rd day in a row in his bilstol (baby seat). We arrived pretty late, around 9 in the evening and didn't do much else but going to bed.
The next days were mostly filled with preparations for the dåp, buying stuff, carrying chairs and tables around, etc.
My parents took a long detour and arrived very late in the evening.
The weather wasn't on our side most of the time but on Saturday we took a boat trip to the Trollfjord, one of the smallest but nicest fjords around.
On 26/7 around 11 am the dåp finally started, a very touching ceremony. Tristan was clearly not impressed and slept most of the time.
On Monday we started to travel back, same stages backwards. This part of the travel went a bit better because we were more experienced now in what to do to keep Tristan happy and when to take breaks.
We arrived late on Wednesday but didn't have much time to relax. The very next day I got a small truck from bilutlei Bislet and with my parents help we moved to the rekehus (row house) that we rent now in Kolsås, near Oslo.
I'll add some pictures later.
lørdag 11. juli 2009
Long time since I posted something ...
I've been pretty busy with my little sunshine, work and life in general. And I have to admit that I was too lazy to post anything so far.
In 2 weeks little Tristan will join the Stensland family tradition and will get baptized. We'll drive up north to Stokmarknes where the whole procedure will take place. My parents will join as well and travel all the way from Germany with their car.
I'm considering to stream the even live for all friends that want to see it and cannot join in. Please contact me via eMail, telephone or otherwise and I'll let you know how to join. Sadly I cannot guarantee that this will work because I'll need proper 3G coverage in the church - I'm not sure if that will be the case.
If it's not possible then I'll try to get some video coverage and make that available instead.
The dåp (Norwegian for baptism) will be held on 27/07 around 11:00.
Meanwhile there are a few videos of Tristan available on Youtube:
I'll add more once in a while.
In 2 weeks little Tristan will join the Stensland family tradition and will get baptized. We'll drive up north to Stokmarknes where the whole procedure will take place. My parents will join as well and travel all the way from Germany with their car.
I'm considering to stream the even live for all friends that want to see it and cannot join in. Please contact me via eMail, telephone or otherwise and I'll let you know how to join. Sadly I cannot guarantee that this will work because I'll need proper 3G coverage in the church - I'm not sure if that will be the case.
If it's not possible then I'll try to get some video coverage and make that available instead.
The dåp (Norwegian for baptism) will be held on 27/07 around 11:00.
Meanwhile there are a few videos of Tristan available on Youtube:
I'll add more once in a while.
mandag 16. mars 2009
Life as a father
Everything is new, exciting, thrilling, entertaining, fun - a new life has started.
Being responsible for a tiny new born human turns the whole life around. Sleeping schedules don't really exist anymore, everything is focused and centered around Tristan and every little smile is more than a reward for all of this.
It's truely hard to describe in words only.
Being responsible for a tiny new born human turns the whole life around. Sleeping schedules don't really exist anymore, everything is focused and centered around Tristan and every little smile is more than a reward for all of this.
It's truely hard to describe in words only.
lørdag 14. februar 2009
fredag 13. februar 2009
Won't have to wait much longer - it's starting!
At 6 this morning the little one finally decided that it's better to prepare for birth. Everything is packed for the hospital and we will drive somewhen today.
Get your Champagne ready!
Get your Champagne ready!
torsdag 5. februar 2009
Waiting ...
3 days overtime now and no news yet. The next appointment with the jordmor is next Thursday. She'll send us to the hospital if nothing has happened until then for further checkups.
UPDATE: As expected the jordmor is sending us to the hospital now for a check to make sure that everything is really ok. So we'll be in the hospital Friday afternoon.
UPDATE: As expected the jordmor is sending us to the hospital now for a check to make sure that everything is really ok. So we'll be in the hospital Friday afternoon.
onsdag 28. januar 2009
Snow everywhere!
On and off during the last weeks we got quite some snow. 2 days ago the assorted collection on the roof of our house decided that it's time to move on ...
... and smashed down right in front of our entrance. After half an hour of intense work with a shovel I was able to reach the door again ...
fredag 2. januar 2009
God jul og godt nytt år!
Another year gone by but this one was special and the next one will be even more. I'm really looking forward for our little one to get born in a few weeks, can't wait to hold him in my arms.
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