Napping

As I said in my last post, Silje really doesn't nap anymore. I'm not sure why. I think yesterday she slept for about 30 min during the day. The only way I got her to do that was to lie down with her. She will fall asleep if she's tired enough, but I can't get much work done as I have to lie there with her. And I can't really nap with her there as I'm too paranoid about rolling over on her or something. Thank goodness for iphones, so I can at least entertain myself a little while I lie there. And take pictures.

Here she was napping today:



And then two minutes later. "Mommy, can we get up now?" This was about 18 minutes after she had fallen asleep. Oy.

Some pictures

I haven't had much of a chance to update this lately. Silje has decided that she no longer naps, and she doesn't go to bed until fairly late at night. I'm not sure how she functions on so little sleep. For the most part she is still a pretty happy baby though, so I'm not too worried about it. But it does mean that my time on the computer is limited. She's still asleep this morning, so I thought I'd take a minute to put these pictures up and make the grandmas happy.

A cute picture of Silje from the other day:



A wacky sunset:



And then my futile attempt to get a decent picture of the three of them last night. Stian's new favorite stalling technique for bedtime is to pay attention to his sister. He more or less ignores her the rest of the time they are together, but at bedtime, when he's supposed to be doing something else, she suddenly becomes fascinating. He'll talk to her, and touch her, and look at her. Of course we sort of indulge him because we do want him to have some interest in her, so his stalling technique works. Last night after I was done reading him stories, and it was time to go upstairs and get in his jammies and brush his teeth, he crawled up into the chair with Daddy for a little bit instead.











That's my goof ball boy. Oh, and those are Kris's glasses, Stian thinks it's pretty fun to play with them. They are just drug store cheaters, so Kris isn't too terribly worried about him destroying them.

Chillin' in the shade

Well, not exactly "chillin'" - it was about 95 degrees and humid when I took this picture. But Kris and Stian often take a break in the shade here when out riding bikes. Hard to believe Kris planted that tree from seed.

The Fair

We made it over to the fair today. Stian had a great time. When we were walking to the car after we were all done I asked him if he had had fun and his response was "I really loved it!" We didn't make it past the midway as it was very, very hot. So Stian and Kris did the rides and played some games, and then we headed home again. It would have been fun to go look at the tractors and animals and all of that, but I thought Silje had had about enough at that point. Though she was a trooper and wasn't complaining, I was worried about her overheating.

We had to go straight to the bumper cars because Stian wanted to know if he would be big enough this year to ride them. Sadly, he was not. He'll have to grow another two inches by next summer to ride them then. He took the news pretty well.



So we wandered off and found a bunch of rides that he could go on.





I was really surprised he wanted to go on this one. He was okay with it at first.





But then it got to be too much for him and Kris asked them to stop it so they could get off. Fortunately they were the only ones on the ride, so it was no big deal. Stian didn't cry or anything, but when he came over to me after he got off he said "it was a bit much for me."



Back to more tame rides.







And games. Stian won a little stuffed duck, and Kris won him a Winnie the Pooh Bear.











And then finally a treat.



Yes, Silje and I were there too - but we spent most of the time jumping from shady spot to shady spot. And I kept wetting her down with water and fanning her. I didn't even get any fun fair food this year (that's Kris's ice cream cone in my hand in the next picture, I don't like soft serve). I really wanted mini doughnuts and they didn't have any. So I had a fresh squeezed lemonaid and that was it. Ah well. Better for my cholesterol I guess!

Columbian Park

The Tippecanoe County 4H fair started today. So we loaded up and headed over there only to discover that I had read the schedule wrong and the midway - the part with the rides, the games and the food - doesn't open until tomorrow. Stian was pretty disappointed. Me too - I was looking forward to eating horrible-for-me-but-oh-so-yummy fair food. So we decided to head over to Columbian Park, which isn't too far away, and check out the few rides they have there all the time.











Stian enjoyed the rides, but hopefully we will make it to the fair tomorrow when they are actually open!

More tummy time

I took some pictures of Silje doing tummy time after her bath this afternoon. She's not a big fan of it, but will put up with it for a little while.







I also took a video of her complaining at me. She will eventually cry if I let her go on too much after she reaches the complaining stage. But I think the complaining stage is pretty darn funny, so I have a hard time rolling her over and not just sitting there giggling at her.

She found her thumb

It was only a matter of time since she likes to sleep with her hands up to her face. She did in utero too - we never really got a good look at her face on the ultrasounds because she always had her hands over her face.

Tummy Time

Tummy time wears a girl out.

Blueberries, Baseball and Cooing

It's blueberry season! We loaded up early this morning (well, fairly early, we wanted to beat the heat) and went over to the blueberry farm to pick blueberries. We picked quite a few. Kris did most of the picking. I was wearing Silje in a MeiTei, so I was able to pick some, but the mosquitos were pretty bad so she and I went back to the car after a little while. Kris and Stian had bug spray on, but Silje couldn't have any, and I didn't think I ought to while wearing her. We didn't bother with the big camera, so I just snapped a few pictures with the iphone. Stian put as many blueberries that he had picked into his mouth as he did in his bucket. Kris gave the farmer a little extra money to pay for those!





We had a busy day. After blueberry picking we went to the farmers' market, then the library, then the grocery store, then home for a nap. After naptime we played outside and went for a walk/bike ride and chatted with a neighbor. Then we went out for Indian food (Stian isn't all that crazy about Indian food, but he loves a Mango Lassi!). After dinner Kris and Stian played baseball. Stian is getting surprisingly good.



We also finally got a little video of Silje "talking" tonight. She'll sit and chat away in your arms, but as soon as you pull out the phone to record her she gets quiet. Tonight she's more complaining than talking. But she does often coo away in a happy little voice. You can hardly blame her for complaining though - she has a bad cold.

Awwww

Some old stuff

Kris found these pictures and I thought I'd put these on here just as a record.

First, here is a picture of the ambulance Silje took from Lafayette to Indianapolis. The transport team was very impressive. They came in in their black jumpsuits and were very efficient and in control. The team is made up of a doctor, an RN, a respiratory therapist and an EMT.



And here are two pictures one of the transport team members took and gave to us. She's only about 36 hours old in these pictures. They are hard to look at now, especially when you realize they probably took these pictures and gave them to us because they weren't sure she would survive the ambulance ride and wanted to be sure we had pictures of her. They are also a reminder of all that she has gone through and how far she has come.





I also am surprised by her hair in these pictures - it's so thick! No wonder I was so floored by it when I first saw her. It's not nearly that thick anymore. I wonder if that means it's falling out? Will she lose it all? Will it grow back blonde?

Cute picture

Just a cute picture of Stian and Silje together. It was taken with Karin's cell phone, so it's a little grainy, but it's still super cute.

Grandma's Birthday

Grandma's birthday was actually on the 1st, but we didn't get coordinated enough to celebrate that day. So we celebrated yesterday. We had a full day. First Peter and Loretta stopped by Chris and Betsy's house.



Cousin Peter is funny!



Later we went to the hospital and Silje got lots of cuddles. With Auntie Karin:



With Grandpa:







With Auntie Trudy:



Finally we got around to celebrating Grandma's birthday.



Stian and Grandpa have a chat:



Grandma opening presents:



Grandpa's gift to Grandma (made by Karin):



Then later in the evening we went over to Karin and Brad's and formed a band. We're coming to a venue near you - consider yourself warned!