Abel

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the end of March our beautiful son Abel was born! 

We are having an amazing time getting to know Abel and getting used to our new tasks, being parents.

The stork on our window made it into the local newspaper as a full page picture, because it is a tradition they don't have in Norway. Neither are the 'beschuit met muisjes', that were imported from the Netherlands by visitors.

 

A big thank you for the kind cards, good wishes and gifts we received!

 

The boys are back in town

Because Douglas could not travel too far from Harstad due to the baby that was expected soon, Douglas' brothers came up to Harstad for a weekend of skiing, sledging and fun. They tried the slopes in both Narvik and Harstad, and were our dates for the Havets festbord, the annual sea food dinner at Statoil Harstad. All in all a great weekend. Thanks for flying up here guys!

What a difference the sun makes!

The winter is such a wonderful season, especially when it is cold, there is a bright shining sun and you are looking at a stunning view. We went for a walk to Trondenes and managed to make som nice pictures, showing an 8 months into pregnancy big belly on Claartje and eat waffles. 

4 days later it was snowing like crazy again, creating a real Christmas feeling. 

Both conditions were nice, but in very different ways.