Christmas 2010

OK, I know that a blog entry shouldn't necessarily contain 50 million pictures, but I went through the pics from this last week and picked out "the best" and it turned out to be 27! But, I decided to post them anyway. We have just celebrated Christmas with Tim's family in a very cold, snowy Feda. So, here are some of our pics....

Here is Lillian one day last week in one of her Carter sleep/play suits that she received from Aunt Brenda and cousins Jon & Jen. (Yes, Lillian got to open this one early as the contents were put to use right away :) )

On most days, Tim takes Lexi to barnehage (daycare) in the morning and Lillian and I pick her up (earlier than normal). We have now had snow on the ground since December 10th (or thereabouts). So, getting to and from barnehage with our stroller is not always easy. A couple of days last week, I strapped Lillian in the Baby Bjørn and took Lexi's sled with me. Here is a picture from one of those days... Here's me and Lillian...Now, to Christmas. We drove to Feda Thursday night (23rd). Tim dropped Lexi, Lillian and I off at Lajla's house while he went to unload the car at the boathouse. Cousin Luna was already there, and here they are...Winter wonderland... (the river is frozen - thin layer) Here is Lexi with the packages from the US. We decided to save them for Christmas morning rather than take them to the Christmas Eve celebration at Lajla's. The hat is from Great Grandma and Grandpa Allen.Well, I promised to get back in front of the camera for Christmas - I still haven't reached my weight loss goals (have 7kgs left to go), but... a promise is a promise. (Just ignore the extra round face....) Here we are at the boathouse before we left to go to the Christmas Eve service at the church. Here is a family pic taken in front of Lajla's Christmas tree. A view out towards Feda fjord Tim and Lexi at church (Lillian slept in her carseat for the hour-long service) Luna and Lexi in front of the tree Linn and her boyfriend Abel Tom and Lajla Julenissen (Santa) came to deliver some presents (aka Luna) We received a painting from Lajla's art gallery to hang at our boathouse. A local artist painted our boathouse and the neighbor boathouse. Lexi and Luna again Tim and Lexi with Lexi's home-made gift to Tim. They make presents at barnehage during the month of December and wrap them. Lexi brought home a present for Tim that was a jar that she had painted on and marsipan (sweet candy) inside. Lexi was fighting off a cold (with cough) before we came to Feda. On Christmas Eve, her nose was running like a faucet and it continued on Christmas Day. These next pics were taken Christmas day and you can really see the red nose and sick eyes. Thankfully, she had a better night's sleep last night and was in much better form today. Here she is modelling the knitted hat from Great Grandma and Grandpa Allen and the PJs from Great Granny Bitting. Lillian slept in on Christmas morning and was enjoying some"naked time" on her changing mat. She loves to kick and lay naked (with or without diaper). She also loves her pacifier at times... Lexi tried on most all of her clothes on Christmas morning. Here she is wearing the tights and dance leotard from Aunt Brenda and Cousins Jon & Jen with the beautiful dress from Aunt Kris, Uncle John and Cousin Mark with the hat from Great Grandma and Grandpa Allen. (Playing with some of her new dollhouse furniture) So, I dressed Lillian in her matching dress (nearly so) and planned to take a picture of Lexi and Lillian together when we got to Lajla's house for brunch. Well, Lillian fell asleep in her carseat; and that is the best pic I got of her because.... (see below) ...she woke up and had a diaper blowout and I had to immediately change her outfit. So, no cute "sister" pic :( Ahh, much better. Lillian is now wearing the other sleep/play suit she received from Aunt Brenda and Counsins Jon & Jen. Alongside her is her new "taggy" doll from Grammy and Grandpa.
Here we are... The sleepsuit says "on Auntie's nice list":) The temps have been super-cold, but today they were the coldest yet. Tim and Lexi went outside to try out Lexi's new sled (Thank you Lajla). They had to bundle up and bundle up some more as it was minus 17C (1F)! Needless to say, they were not outside for very long. (It is a dry cold which helps...) Sledding with Sverre and Irma-Linn and their dads...