This was the last weekend before Finnur would return to work. Yup, we splurged on a four-week long paternity leave for him! Originally it was only supposed to be three weeks, but we were both exhausted at the beginning of last week, I was barely walking, and the kids were about to have a mid-weekRead more
Once a year the daycare invites ‘women’ (mothers, sisters, grandmothers…) to join their kids at school for an hour to enjoy some snacks, view projects, and have a sing-a-long. They also do a separate day for the men. I left Ms. Bambino awake with Finnur (which is always a slightly scary thing, he has noRead more
This has been a very snow-light winter, at least on our corner of Iceland. So ‘winter’ apparently decided it needed to go out with a bang, and we had one-day-long snow-blizzard, which caused massive traffic problems and other snow-and-wind related incidences.
The big adventure of the day was Finnur taking Bjarki to the dentist early in the morning, not realizing just how crappy the driving conditions were. They made it to the dentist (only getting stuck once), but on the way back they ran into a right turn lane that was blocked with cars, so they had to keep going straight. They ended up spending about an hour or two at a gas station (thankfully with a Subway) while the traffic eased up a bit, and then got super lucky and made it home in one piece around lunchtime.
Lots of pictures from the day below.
The view out of our bedroom window that morning. The windows themselves looked like somebody had sprayed shaving foam on them…
As luck would have it, both Anna’s school and Bjarki’s daycare were having ‘staff days’ so they were both home. Anna used the opportunity and went out to play with the boys from next door. This is them coming in for a bit.
This little lady is now three weeks old (and yes, she’s not cute and calm all the time – just most of the time) 🙂Read more
The nurse just visited to weigh the littlest one and check how she’s doing. She weighed in at a whopping 4580 g (10 lbs 2 oz), up from 4060 g (9 lbs) a week ago, which prompted the nurse to remark that apparently my milk is all cream. Yeah, well, the littlest one has beenRead more
My birthday passed pretty uneventfully. My mom and grandmother both visited in the afternoon and aside from that I tried (mostly unsuccessfully) to nap. A handful of pictures got taken:Read more
Yup, I’m 36 years old today! My presents so far is my doctor removing the second of three blood pressure meds (only Darin remains) and giving me hope that I’ll be drug-free in 1-2 weeks – and breakfast in bed (which, to be fair, has become standard with Finnur still home and my bum leftRead more
We changed the sheets on our big bed, so the wee one test drove her own bed for a little while.Read more
We heard from one of the midwives at the hospital that the hospital is designed to accommodate about 2000 births per year, but in fact handles closer to 3000 births per year. They make it work by letting people go home the same day or the day after the birth, and then have midwives visitRead more
[Written 26 February 2013] Anna and Ms. Bambino during one Sunday evening:Read more