Thursday, March 31, 2016

Goodbye March, Hello April

I thought February flew by and then March came and went even faster. My mind is constantly running in a hundred different directions with all the planning and arrangements that have to be made for our move - the coordination and organization is almost too much for even me to handle (and that's saying a lot!).

Soon Jason will start rotating to Baku leaving me and the girls solo for ~3 weeks so things might get a bit quieter over here, but we'll be alive (hopefully) and well. ;-)



  1. Lunch date with Daddy and his girls when we had to visit the mall for visa photos for our trip to Georgia.
  2. Mom and Evy.
  3. The girls *almost* sitting up by themselves. Liv pretty much had it down at this point, but Evy wasn't far behind. Now they are both sitting up and pulling themselves up. :-/
  4. Liv's model pose with "blue steel" face. Bahaha!
  5. Madi drinking water from one of Mommy's starbucks cups.
  6. Evy playing with Hans while Madi was away at school. Shhh - don't tell her.
  7. Starting to practice her pulling up shenanigans. 
  8. Grandma arrived to hold down the fort while Jason and I visited Georgia and Azerbaijan.
  9. Liv not wanting to wake up for a bottle... even after she'd been unzipped and unbuckled. 

Evy laughing while climbing my lap. :-)



  1. Bedtime hangout with these three cuties!
  2. Sitting pretty and playing with the dancing bear - a Madi favorite as well.
  3. Courtney babysitting all three girls so the toddlers could go to gymnastics while Jason and I were still out of town. Talk about a rockstar!
  4. Babies playing together.
  5. Liv eating her lunch - she's serious about food and loves mealtime.
  6. Evy eating her lunch, but more playful and likes to laugh while she's eating, especially when Madi's there. 

Evy pulling herself to stand for the first time. Liv has also pulled herself up, but we haven't been able to capture it on video yet. 



  1. Smiling Liv!
  2. Madi loving on her sisters.
  3. Evy playing with cords while we were out of town - what happens with Grandma stays with Grandma... except when your friend Kara sends you the evidence. ;-)
  4. Madi and her bff Gabriel enjoying the sun after barnehage.
  5. Cutest little apple sisters.
  6. Zoey in a bag that she's not supposed to be in.
  7. CeCe on baby blankets that she's not supposed to lay on. (Notice a theme here ;-) )
  8. Madi with a mischievous look on her face after being caught drinking more than half of mom's iced coffee while we were busy putting the twins to bed. 
  9. Springtime dresses from our friend Chris.

And lastly, a surprise day home with all three girls. We forgot barnehage was closed Tuesday of this week after the Easter holiday and Jason called me from the school as I was driving to the grocery store. Might as well take all three, right? ;-)


  1. Suriving a first - grocery shopping with all three!
  2. Madi wanted Liv to sit next to her... then she kind of squirmed away when Liv wanted to snuggle - ha!
  3. Walking baby sisters for their nap in the rain. Madi loved puddle jumping!
  4. And finally, baby sister standing around. I love how Liv has her hand on Evy's shoulder! :-)
Goodbye March, Hello April!!

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Easter in Berlin!

After all the traveling we've been doing lately, we had two requirements for an Easter trip: nonstop and no vacation days (for Jason obviously). After that we used more convenient flight times to choose Berlin. Everything is shutdown in Norway Thursday - Monday so it was nice getting away for a few days and seeing a new city.


We arrived in Berlin mid-day on Thursday and after dropping off our stuff headed to the zoo so Madi could see animals.



Our trips with kids sure have changed and the next day we headed over to Legoland and the Aquadom and SeaLife Center. We had some time to kill before they opened so we grabbed a hot chocolate and coffee from Starbucks.




Madi was exhausted after Legoland and fell asleep on the bus ride over to the aquarium and didn't wake up the entire wait while I carried her!


The Aquadom was an elevator surrounded by water and Madi loved it! Upon asking her what she saw, she answered "Nemos and Dorys".


Saturday was our last full day in Berlin so we wanted to see a bit more of the city and decided to ride the Hop On, Hop Off bus. We lucked out with sunny weather and babies who slept the entire two hours bus ride! It was a good way to get some history of the city and see quite a bit when you have littles who can't handle a ton of walking and adult sightseeing. :-)




We grabbed lunch at a delicious pasta place where they had the tallest high chairs ever. Granted, they had a section with barstool-type seating, but the chair Evy is in is still significantly taller than the one Liv is in which is significantly taller than the third high chair I found. We were sitting right by the entrance so got quite a few stares to say the least...


The apartment we stayed at had a wonderful park close by and we took advantage of the sunshine and nice weather to play outside a bit each day.


We flew back to Stavanger Sunday morning and had a quiet Easter at home with our girls.

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Monday, March 28, 2016

Easter 2016

We arrived back in Norway after our Berlin trip on Easter morning. Once all three girls were down for a nap we got their Easter gifts ready. Thankfully my mom brought stuff from the US and I had extra goodies downstairs and a couple small things I picked up in Berlin for Madi. And let's be real - the twins' eggs are empty because, well - they are 8 months old and I'm a lazy parent. This backfired only slightly when Madi wanted to help them open their eggs. Whoops.


Madi didn't quite know what to make of the Pez dispenser, but she was thrilled to see Minnie Mouse make an appearance!




Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed!! :-)



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