I’ve finally gotten around to updating the kids’ site to include Brynja. You can find the new and improved page here. There aren’t too many new pictures there yet, but I think it’s still worth a look.

Despite my best hoping, Olof and Petra were waylaid by the dread stomach virus last night.  That makes half of us who’ve been hit.  It’s been a rough couple of days.

The stomach flu has reared its ugly head here at our place.  So far only Tage has been afflicted, and I’d like nothing more than for it to stay that way.  Olof and Lydia and I are all feeling a bit under the weather this evening, but it may just be the result of the… Read More Sick

Last Friday I got up a little after seven to get the kids up and ready for school. Some time in the next hour or so I noticed that I was feeling contractions fairly regularly. Since I’d been having contractions off and on for a couple of weeks, I didn’t think too much of it… Read More The rest of the story

We celebrate Valentine’s Day–and Asbjørn’s birthday–in style ’round these parts.

It’s starting to feel a bit one-step-forward-two-steps-back around here, at least as far as appliances and the like are concerned.  No sooner did we get our washing machine fixed yesterday, than Olof’s Nintendo DS Lite got broken and my hard drive crashed.  Gah!

I left the house this morning at 8:15 to take Brynja to town for her PKU blood test and a check-up with the pediatrician.  Our appointment was for 8:45;  you’d think that they wouldn’t have had time to get terribly behind schedule at that hour of the morning, but you’d be quite wrong.  The doctor… Read More Hectic

Yesterday evening I walked around the corner into the living room, and was met by this cozy scene: I have to admit, though, that I was more startled than appreciative of the cuteness. I actually shook my head to clear it and blinked my eyes a few times before I believed what I was seeing,… Read More Déjà vu all over again …