About Me

Oslo, Norway
Welcome to my blog! I am a wife and a Mommy of three. We have 2 daughters, Reagan and Hayden and a son, Grasyon. Here I write about our life happenings and try to capture memories the best I can. I hope this helps keep those close to us, in Texas, Iowa, Illinois, and beyond, a little more up to date while we're away. Enjoy!

Friday, December 14, 2012

Phone Dump



37 Weeks

Grayson is obsessed with farm animals!

Daddy being a horse


Watching the Aggies


Making brownies while Grayson naps



Fun Sunday




First morning Elf came back!


Reagan's Christmas list (which changes daily) 








Christmas party with the neighbors

38 weeks

38 weeks
I guess this makes it official! First thing monogrammed.
38 Weeks (I took alot of belly pics this week) 



Wondering who Hayden will look like? Reagan - left, Grayson - Right

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

37 Weeks

37 weeks and I am finally writing a blog on this pregnancy alone. I guess there hasn't really been much to say about it. Everything has been going great and as I remembered. Nausea until about 30 weeks and taking zophran until then, then around 36 weeks it came back. The one thing that has been totally different this time is the cramping. It started at around 27 weeks and was often. It seemed every time I tried to get out I was cramping and couldn't do much walking. I never really had that with Reagan and Grayson. I do seem to be more tired this time, but I am sure that is just due to already having 2 kids.

Packing, packing, and more packing. Listing, listing and more listing. Planning, planning and more planning. These past 2 weeks we have been getting ready for baby girl as much as possible. Packing a hospital bag for me and baby girl, and also putting a bag together for both Reagan and Grayson. They both have clothes packed for 2 days, Reagan has arts and crafts, snacks, cards and things to do at the hospital since she will be up there with us during the day. Grayson will be at school during the days (as long as I go into labor during the week) but he has clothes, diapers, wipes, and a juice cup all laid out. Since I'm not sure who will be helping out, I wanted to make sure everything was set out as much as it could be. Darrin hardly knows where everything is in the house and he lives here! 

All Christmas presents have been bought, and we have a few decorations up. We don't have many here (which I hate) and in Norway they don't put up their tree until a few days before Christmas. But we are working on it, this weekend we plan to go to the tree farm and pick one out.

Other than that I am making a  few freezer meals for Darrin and the kids, and narrowing down our to do lists. Trying to have all our ducks in a row with 2 other kids with no family and not many friends here is tough. I just wish I could be induced so I knew exactly when I would be in the hospital. I am hoping she is early like her brother and sister, but watch me go the full 40 weeks with her and be in the hospital on Christmas Eve.

Other than that we are just waiting. I am guessing between the 10th and the 15th. The 12th would be kinda fun 12-12-12! 

Monday, November 12, 2012

Phone Picture Dump

I've been wanting to take a bunch of pictures off my phone and put them on here, but every time I looked at how many I had I got overwhelmed and said, eh I'll do it tomorrow.   

I am going to try and post all my phone pictures on here once a week. Try. 

Here are 'some' from the past 2 months. 




Helping me organize some of the stuff we brought for baby girl.



28 weeks - entering the third trimester!














Full day of shopping, getting ready for baby girl! 
















31 Weeks







One of the first times Reagan has ever left me and not cried. She went with our neighbor friend Julia and her mom to the park. She just waved bye to me. :(


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32 weeks









Darrin turns 31!!





Our first Norwegian snow. 




Reagan's first salon hair cut.




Happy Halloween!!