A new arrival.

At 1144 CET on Saturday 26th January 2008, our beautiful little baby daughter entered the world weighing 3380g which in old money is 7 lbs 4.5 oz. Both mother and baby are doing really well and after a 1 day stay in hospital, the 3 of us returned home to start our new life together. As you can see from the photograph, she has some light brown hair and is usually the case with newborns, blue eyes. She is an inquisitive little beau who seems to be adapting to her new surroundings with nae problems, infact, all the norwegian midwives commented on how calm and contented she is. We'll let you enjoy the foties and will keep you in suspenders until the next post with regards to her name!

A sneak preview.

Hello folks, we are back on line again and have finally sorted out our landline problem - hooray! If you want to talk, give us a call on skype or the landline. Ruth-Cheryl still hasn't dropped yet but is enjoying experiencing lots of kicking from the little one. We have started to get the house tidied up which is supposedly called "nesting" - the art of preparing for the new arrival. Craig is enduring his first full week at work for ages and gets butterflies every time the office phone rings as he waits for the "my waters have broken" call! Thanks to Judipudi for being the first contributor to our blog - all nice comments are most welcome. We'll keep you updated on baby events as and when they happen. Ha det bra!

Our house is on fire.

Today we received a text telling us "your house is on fire!" Being in the house at the time meant that we weren't overly alarmed, however, after some detective work and a visit to avisanordland http://www.an.no/ (northern Norway's daily newspaper), our house was actually on fire - our old house in Bodo! For those of you who have visited the website and don't understand norsk, the fire was reported at 4 o'clock today and after having fought their way through heavy smoke, the firemen confirmed that no-one was injured in the fire. Scary biscuits...

Bump's getting bigger.

We thought you would like to see a picture of the latest addition to the family. He or she will be your new great grandson, great grandaughter, grandson, grandaughter, nephew, niece, next best friend or just someone you think is really special. Ruth-Cheryl and the little one are both doing really well with the baby kicking like a footballer most of the day. We guess that it just wants to come out and say hello to you all. As an aside, get well soon to the entire Lennie clan who seem to have a dose of the lurgy at the moment.

Lots of snowfall.

Hi everyone. We've set up this blog to keep you updated with our goings-on in Norway. As you know the baby will come soon and because it's difficult to just pop round, we'll try and keep the site updated with pictures of the little one. Anyway, we're both doing really well and have just finished painting the nursery. It still feels as if something is missing, we guess the baby will fill that void any time soon. Craig has just come off night shift and is a little tired and Ruth-Cheryl is also tired having to carry around a "2 - stone football" all day. RC was at the midwife today for some acupuncture - supposedly it helps to "ripen the cervix" and gives a greater chance of the baby arriving on time. The snow came last weekend (around half a metre in one day) and although there has been a thaw of late, everything remains white. Craig was out running this evening and slipped a couple of times but otherwise, his ankles are in one piece.