On the 4th day after christmas..... my true love said to me.....

.... have your waters broken?? Not yet.... 10 days to go.

We had Kåre, Dagrun and Kristoffer here for christmas. There wasn´t enough room around the tree for all the presents of course..... in fact, there wasn´t enough room in the house. Milly´s new kitchen was down in the shed, and our new lamp (courtesy of K & D) was out in the car. This almost fully functioning kitchen took 3 days to build..... but Milly thinks it was worth it!!

Opening presents was a long and arduous process.... particularly as we opened some lego first which was really interesting to play with....

Altogether around the tree on christmas eve..... and further below, Milly mistakes me for a tree and starts decorating me....

Today was "Nisse-fest" at kindergarten. Milly was well prepared this morning.... dress, hat and rosy red cheeks!! It was also Grampy´s birthday.... so we all web-cammed together tonight. Still a bit more preapration to do for christmas... but we´re getting there.

Oh Christmas tree....

We decided beforehand that this year the tree would be discreet.... and once again that went out of the window when we actually completed the purchase. Still, you only have a tree in the house once a year.... and now I´ve done my bit.... it is standing up and the lights are on.... over to you wifey.....

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For blog followers.... this is the only place you will get full details of forthcoming events. We will try and indicate when updates take place on FB, but in our house the blog rules.

Marit and the "Wriggler" have been for a check up today.... the 2 of them will stop work on Friday..... and that's it for Mamma work-wise until next December!! That is of course if you don't count looking after a new born and the demands of Milly the elf as work :-)

The Christmas spirit begins to build

Father Christmas has employed a new elf....

Sunday was pepperkaker (gingerbread biscuit) making day. We all had a bit of a go and as usual they tasted fantastic....

Milly was her usual helpful self.... generally eating the dough and singing christmas songs.

Time to reinvigorate the blog. Christmas is a coming..... and there are only 35 days (ish) until the "Lille Baby" is due to arrive.

So here we go......

.... we left the story in June. We celebrated the wedding of Mats and Rita later in the month in Oslo which was a really nice day.

In July we took our holidays in Spain, followed by England and Wales. The holiday was overshadowed by the events taking place in Oslo whilst we were away.

We came back to the grim summer weather. In August we went for an ultra sound and discovered that we'll be having another daughter.

In September the weather finally perked up a little bit and work finally began on the garden. It continued into October..... and we're very happy with the progress. Maybe next summer we'll be able to enjoy the garden rather than work in it.

In November we took the pre-christmas trip to England.

.... and here we are at the beginning of December!!