More visits

On Saturday we got another visitor from England, this time it was Grannie Annie that came to see little Milly. Bestemor and Bestefar from Hamar also came down that day, so there were lots of attention for the little princess. In fact so much that she refused to go to sleep, stayed awake for hours and ended up being over tired... But that's what happens when you don't wanna miss the action! Here are some pictures of the little angel with her two grandmothers :-)

Today Grannie Annie, mummy and Milly went shopping in Oslo. It was Milly's first trip into town, and she even got to go on a bus both ways. She obviously didn't find it that exciting, since she slept her way through that as well... It's still extremely hot here, and it's hard to be a little girl in this weather, but she's coping fairly well. It just means extra milk duty for mummy as she needs refills quite often.

Nearly smiling....

It's been a few days since the last entry. We've had a bit of a heat wave..... which Milly took a little time to get used to. She didn't want to sleep at all on Tuesday..... but since then she's been sleeping pretty well. Today is the first day we haven't actually been out at all..... Marit was feeling a bit under the weather, which we think is a combination of the heat and the extreme events of the last 2 weeks. We have started making a list of all the gifts and cards...... she's been a very lucky girl!! Tomorrow is my last day of paternity leave.... although I have been working a bit so hopefully I can take a little bit of time off soon. Will be strange to go back to work...... for those of you that have seen "The Good Life"..... I feel a bit the same way as Tom did!!

But I expect the bank will be expecting a mortgage payment any time soon :-(

Milly at home

The first couple of days at home have been quite eventful, well at least for a one week old girl that spent her first week more or less stationary in one room!


Auntie Helen arrived on Saturday afternoon, which was really nice. In the evening we went to Kristin's 40th birthday party for a couple of hours. On Sunday we had our first stroll in the park, and also had two lots of visitors dropping by. And today we have enjoyed lunch at Ekebergrestauranten. But Milly seems to work on the basis that she sleeps her way through all these events, so I guess it's mummy and daddy that find them the most exciting...

Breaking news.....

Milly has been cleared to leave hospital..... more to follow

We are now home!!! It´s so lovely to finally be able to take our little girl home. And also extremely nice for mummy to get out of that room... as I was going slightly mad. But the main thing is that Milly is fine. We are now trying to sort out the facilities for feeding and changing at home, but as she´s now had both a feed and a nappy change it seems to work here as well! 

We are waiting for auntie Helen to arrive in a couple of hours, and I think Andrew is trying to push on nappy duty to her while she´s staying.... We will post some pictures of Milly in her new home later!

On the beach....

Why did we think it would be any other way...... she arrived 2 weeks late..... when whe did arrive it took ages to get her out and now we have to wait and wait and wait to get her home!! Last night Milly took a trip to the solarium to try and clear up the jaundice (gulsott)......... it is a common thing.... over 50 % of babies have it but that didn't make it any easier to leave her on the sun bed in someone else's care. She's now had yet another blood test so we have to wait and see..... we are so desparate to get her home now. Marit is climbing the walls in the hospital hotel!!

Little bit longer....

We had hoped that Milly would be home today but we´re slightly delayed. She is still a little bit "yellow" and the staff at the hospital won´t let us out until the blood tests show that the jaundice levels are lower... or she may have to have a bit of a go on the sun bed. She´s had several blood tests.... which she really "enjoys"..... bless her, it´s not the most pleasant thing to have blood taken from your foot. Apart from that though, she is feeding properly..... Marit cracked the technique a little before Milly but they are now in perfect sync..... she is also filling her nappies with some really unpleasant liquids, as chief nappy changer I can safely confirm that. Sorry that the blog is getting slightly graphic, but if you´d seen what I have over the last few days then you would realise this is a very tame description!! Hopefully we will have a homecoming blog entry tomorrow

Milly Jørdre-Roberts

Sorry for the delay there bloggers...... typical isn't it..... you login for news and get my drivel for days upon end, and then the big event finally it happens and the blog goes quiet!!

The statistics are (bean counters privilege).... 15 hours of labour...... 3.856 kilos, 51 cm long..... born 13.00 or 13.06.... depending on which clock you were looking at...... 2 eyes, 10 fingers, 10 toes, and one gorgoeus little girl :-)

Am very proud of my wife and daughter..... Marit for not complaining once through the whole thing and being braver than anything I've seen or am likely to see..... and Milly because she's Milly.

We hope to come home tomorrow, if Milly isn't too yellow. More news then.... but I'm sure everybody's more interested in the pictures than the words.........

Blog requests...

On the blog we always aim to please. A request came in via e-mail today..... why is there no picture of the "bungy" carrier in full bloom??

Day 11......

....... yesterday saw two potential names for "bungy" crossed off the list...... Cristiano and Ronaldo are now unlikely to figure in the final shake up.
One thing is now certain..... this will be my last day at work for a couple of weeks...... as we have an appointment at the hospital to "encourage" old lazy bones to come out.

Day 10......

..... the house mates are bored and don't know what to do...... perhaps we should have a jelly eating contest to pass the time..... It's worse for the "bungy" carrier than it is for me, as I've got slightly less stomach to carry around (although not by much). If any of the bloggers out there need their photo albums organising then Marit is now an expert in the field. All of our photos which have been sitting around for years are now beautifully catelogued. I never thought I'd see the day.

It nows looks like Uncle Kristoffer is going to be on holiday when "bungy" does finally arrive..... and the way things are going it's not going to be very many days old before Aunty Helen gets here. I suppose we should get used to having our time schedule determined by the little ankle biter..... !!

Old wives tales.....

we continue to explode the myths of accelerating child birth...... the last 2 to go were reflexology and rhubarb..... any more suggestions??

Cousins.....

..... I should have mentioned..... on my review of the weekend, that "bungy's" cousin ended up in hospital on Friday night after a trampolining accident. Arthur has a double fracture of his left arm..... but he was extremely brave through the whole ordeal and is now back at home, skiving off school! According to William, he was asked by 27 people at school yesterday to explain what happened..... sometimes it's not easy to have an injured brother, is it Helen!!

Get well soon Arth

Day 7.....

.... and the house mates are getting restless...... just imagine that you're watching big brother and none of the contestants ever got evicted from the house..... Welcome to our world! Not that I've ever watched big brother..... but waiting for "bungy" to come out is what I imagine it to be like..... BORING!! One of my colleagues sent me some reflexology tips for accelerating child birth..... maybe we'll give that a try today.

Patience

Not even born and already "bungy" is testing our patience. 6 days late..... let's hope this isn't a sign of what's to come during the teenage years. On the positive side..... we managed to do lots of small jobs over the weekend which would probably have taken another 10 years had the birth happened on time.
As this is not just a blog but a historical record of our family expansion here is a news update of the weekend. We watched a football snooze fest on Saturday, as Norway drew 0-0 with the might of Macedonia.... England splattered Kazakhstan 4-0..... A little bit of fatherly advice here "bungy" don't get carried away when England win, they will generally find some way of disappointing you any time soon. The cricket over the weekend was a better example..... beaten by Netherlands (who can only just about manage to get a team together) and then wallop Pakistan (for whom cricket is a religion)..... makes no sense.... but you'll learn this soon enough.

Waiting for the great leap forward

This is the first entry in the blog in which we hope to chart the progress of Jørdre-Roberts junior. The blog will get first access to pictures, thoughts of the parents, and expert analysis from various baby experts...... having fought off stiff competition from Hello! magazine for exclusive rights.

Watch this space