"Ohhhh, Sunniva!! Ohhhh, Seeny!!" This is the way I love to get your attention when you're crawling around on the floor and about to put something in your mouth that you know you shouldn't:-) I also say it when we have crawling races, which you love. But I fear that your crawling days are numbered, little one, for you have now begun to stand up on your own and support yourself on either your parents or the furniture. You may well skip the true crawling stage entirely; you've developed the cutest Kimodo dragon style army crawl with your elbows and knees, but it looks like you're ready for the big time now as you're now putting both feet forward when you practice walking between our legs.
So much has happened since I last wrote that I'm just going to have to resign myself to the fact that documenting your growth will necessarily happen through several different media, and may never be complete. That's okay, though, because it's up to you to complete your life story, isn't it?! And although it's up to you, you'll have lots of help, support and encouragement because that's what family is for: Aunt Olivia and Uncle Chris had a wonderful time with you when they were here, and now you pretend to talk to them on your toy phone every day, saying 'Biss' 'Biss'!
Olivia and Chris stayed with us during what was just about the biggest week in your life so far, and certainly for your parents - we put in lots of hours of preparation to beautify house, garden and table so we could celebrate you birthday three times - once just us, once with all your baby friends and finally a lovely 17.mai with Mormor, Morfar and Uncle Andre, too. Celebrating you in such grand style was one of the most rewarding experiences of our lives so far, and we are already looking forward to next year! Here are the pics and video that your aunt and uncle took:
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Norway 2014
After they left we went to Rauland for a long weekend and we took lots of wonderful pictures from the hidden but beautiful sandy beaches on the shores of Lognvikvatn, where I caught your second trout! You woke up just about every hour every night we were there (poor baby, you've gotten four molars over the last four weeks) but the beach, the sunshine, the pine forest, the snow-capped mountains and the solitude were the perfect remedy for all of us. We were practically alone the entire time, as very few people visit Rauland in May, and that was a real treat.
The day after coming back from Rauland you and I went up to Blektjern again - no longer in the stroller, now you sit happily in your baby backpack that your great aunt Sissel used with her kids - and the magic of our weekend continued. A school for handicapped people had brought their students on their annual trip to the pond, and you charmed them all with your babbling, paddling and splashing. You were happy to sit with them and play with puzzles while Daddy took a quick dip, and then they gave us a bucket so we could catch tadpoles, of which there were thousands!
Your language continues to explode as you learn new words every day and are able to copy just about anything we ask you to (as long as it's under three syllables:-). Mamina and Bhapu-ji arrive in just 48 hours, and after ten days with them I'm hoping that your English will have grown by even greater leaps and bounds, and that we will have written another happy chapter in your life story.
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