Cute Overload!

Emma’s received a lot of great presents but something extra-cute arrived in the mail today from the Japan-dwellers, my brother Nökkvi and family.  They sent Emma Ósk a present to celebrate her naming, and on the outside was a card hand-drawn by Jóhanna the artist which I may have to have framed or something.  Isn’t this the cutest thing ever? 🙂

Adorable drawing by Jóhanna, my sister-in-law.

Cutest card ever with Emma in the background! 🙂

Emma herself wasn’t feeling very photogenic (i.e smiling) in spite of having slept through the entire afternoon.  She was mostly tired and cranky still when the camera was up and about.

Bjarki on the other hand was feeling model-y, so here are a bunch of Bjarka pics.  He has a small bump under one of his eyes, some infection or other, and we’re hoping it’ll go away on it’s own since both myself and one of my brothers had something similar happen a couple of weeks ago.

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Seasons

The weather is having a hard time deciding if it’s winter or spring… and if there’ll even be a summer.Read more

The Girls

Two pics from a Wednesday:Read more

New Numbers – Nine Weeks Old

We took Ms. Emma to the health clinic today for her well-baby check-up.  She’s now 6.760 g and 61 cm long, up from 5.805 g and 58 cm three weeks ago. Just for kicks, I found a growth chart program from the WHO, and here’s Emma: Interestingly, the health system in Iceland uses growth chartsRead more

On the Changing Mat

All of our children have at the very beginnings of their lives really liked doing their ‘big business’ into an open diaper while lying on the changing mat.  Emma is no exception.  So we spend quite a bit of time every day sitting by the mat, jiggling her feet, aka ‘poopy charming’ her. 🙂 HereRead more

The Confirmation of Ásdís Sól

[Written 14 April 2013]

Easter brings with it the Season of Confirmations, aka teenagers ‘confirm’ their belief in God etc, aka teenagers get a ton of really great presents and tons of money.  (Did I get confirmed way back when?  Yes.  Am I now jaded and sarcastic and basically an atheist?  Yes.)

Not every teen gets religiously confirmed, but it’s very common in Iceland, although it’s now also possible to just ‘confirm’ that you’ve indeed turned 13 years old without having to pledge allegiance to some sort of deity (a ‘civil confirmation‘) and still get all the presents.

Anyway.  This past Sunday, Ásdís Sól, daughter of my aunt Hulda, got religiously confirmed, and her parents threw her a big party to celebrate.  We of course showed up, and got very lucky in that Emma slept through 95% of the party, so I was free to chat and take pictures. 🙂

Here is the FULL SET OF PICTURES ON GOOGLE PLUS, and sampling of which (of just my family really) follows here:

Apparently they were dipping strawberries in chocolate, and ended up with leftover chocolate, which resulted in chocolate letters! 🙂

Ásdís Sól with her parents, Ágúst and Hulda.

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Haircut

[Written 08 April 2013] I stupidly neglected to get a haircut before Emma was born, forgetting just how tricky it is to leave a newborn at a predetermined time.  When Finnur was home, I planned on calling in to get a same-day appointment sometime in the afternoon while she was sleeping, but that just neverRead more

Logi and Tassanee

[Written 08 April 2013] Logi and Tassanee (Logi was a fellow EE student at Stanford), who now live in Canada, came for a short dinner visit with their two kids.  The last time we saw them we were living in a different apartment, and Tassanee was pregnant!  How time flies!!Read more

Picnic-time

[Written 08 April 2013] Anna and her friend hosted a small picnic in our front-yard with Bjarki.  I snapped a photo though the window.Read more

Easter Day

[Written 08 April 2013]

This year the wait for Easter was almost as difficult for the kids as the wait for Christmas, because they knew they would each be getting two large Easter chocolate eggs on Easter day, courtesy of my parents.  Just to be on the safe side, we therefore told them the night before that there would be no eating of Easter chocolate eggs until after 8 am (no waking up at 6 am to eat chocolate!).  They seemed to get the message because they woke up at the same time as usual, and Finnur took them down to have breakfast, and then hunt for the eggs.

Emma in her lounger on Easter morning.

Looking for eggs.

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