28 week baby bump!

I can't believe how fast time is flying with this pregnancy...  only 12ish more weeks to go!  (Emphasis on the ish, and hoping it's less not more than 12 weeks!)  :o)

We are so excited to meet our newest little man!

Goodness I love this baby so much!

He is already so different from Bjørn...  so much more active in the womb, and much more responsive to our sounds and noises.

Of course Bjørn was just saving up all his energy for the outside world, so we'll see how this little man's personality shines through!

I can't wait to meet him in a few months, and introduce him to you all!

dessert tonight and a teaser...

This is what we had for dessert tonight.  Warm nectarine-blackberry crumble with fresh whipped cream...  (using my peach blueberry crumble recipe).  It was so good!

Oh, and here's a teaser for ya!  You are looking at the best cookies that we have possibly ever eaten.  So good, in fact, that I don't know when or if I will be able to share the recipe with you.  This might just be our million dollar cookie!  ;o)

Or more realistically maybe this will be my standing bribe to get you to come visit us!

Andrew called these "the best cookies he's ever had".  And trust me...  he's had a lot of cookies!!

16 month old vocab and a new friend!

As I was telling our new favorite person (Bjørn's very first real babysitter!) about Bjørn's lack of speech so far, I was reminded of the few words he does say and the fact that I haven't written them down yet!

The only 'real' word he says (real as in clearly and the same as you and I would say it) is:

"Bye!"

The rest (in order of usage...):

"Da" = Dad
"Do" = Dora
"Boo-a, boo-a, boo-a" = Bua, bua, bua.
          (part of a norwegian lullabye - his bedtime song!)
"Ma" = Map
"Ba" = Backpack

and that's about it!  Can you tell he has a slight love-affair with Dora the Explorer?

Oh, and here's his newest friend on his very first night being babysat (by non-family).  He loved her from the beginning and cried when she left, not when we left!  :o)