torsdag 19. desember 2013

Ecuador!

Our little family travelled to Ecuador the past weekend.  It was a very long trip, but totally worth it.  We get to spend Christmas, New Year´s Eve, Christian´s birthday and my birthday with my family and friends.

The flight was not as horrible as I had imagined.  Yes it was long, and yes we got sick from the air conditioning, but we made it!

Waiting to board

Slept through the first 2 flights!

Yay! we made it!

He took the entire hotel bed to himself :)
When we arrived in Quito we were greeted by my parents and nieces.  They were so happy to meet Nico! And this whole week has been spent meeting friends and family and showing-off our baby boy.

Reunion de primos 

They are 9 days-old apart!

I also got to enjoy some of my favorite ecuadorian things: Mangos! and try out the new flavor of beer.  It was pretty good. I missed a lot of foods from Ecuador, so we are trying to have a taste of everything while we are here.  Christian is a big fan of ecuadorian food too.


Digging through my old things I found the teddy bear that I used to love when I was little.  I decided to share him with Nico now, and he loved it!

Best friends

Enjoying each other 

This baby boy will be 4 months old this Saturday! Me and Christian can not believe how fast he has grown.  We have loved every day with him :)

No longer a new born
Since the time difference is 7 hours between Norway and Ecuador, we have terrible sleeping schedules right now.  Nico wakes up around 3 in the morning, thinking that its time to get up and play.  It doesn't help that we all have a cold.  But luckily we are on vacation, so we can catch up on sleep by napping during the day.  Both boys are asleep right now, so I am going to join them too!

torsdag 12. desember 2013

First semester: Completed!

This tuesday marked the end of my first semester as a masters student.  As soon as I submitted my home exam I was done for the year, and it was an amazing feeling! Now I get to enjoy the holidays with my family.  Right now we are packing and getting ready because our journey to Ecuador starts tomorrow.

Nico helps me pack
This last weeks have been crazy.  Staying up until the early morning hours to finish papers, read, feed the baby... and then start all over again! A long vacation is exactly what we all need.  

However, we did manage to sneak in some joyful time with friends and family that we won´t see until after the winter break.  Here are some pictures of the Christmas night with our norwegian family.


Christmas dinner

Nico in a bow-tie

Santa came early this year


The first snow!

Another event that I want to mention is the end of Movember. Christian grew his beard and kept it the whole month! He was sad to shave and now he looks 18 again.  Here is the change:





And a little surprise!


Ok, back to packing! Wish us luck on Nico´s first flight :)