You guys! I’ve finally purchased a new domain! I’ve been thinking about what to call my new place on the web for months, and it’s been driving me crazy. It was really hard to decide what to get since almost everything’s taken by now. Is it wrong of me to have flutters in the pit of my stomach just because I finally got a new domain? Yes? I don’t care.

Now I only need to get a new design and set everything else up. Can’t wait to merge my blogs to one, and blog in Norwegian. I created an account on tumblr, but I’m not sure if I’ll only use it to keep track of other tumblrs or if I’ll make some decent posts there in English.

SQUEE!

My little baby will start kindergarten in four months. I still find it hard to believe. Wasn’t she born just a few weeks ago?! I’ve been telling myself that it’s a looong time until she starts kindergarten, but since I can’t relate to time like I did before I had a child, I see now that I’ve been lying to myself. It’s only four months. Less than half a year. It’s way too soon!

Yesterday we visited the kindergarten she’ll start in January. I just put her on the floor and she started to pull out toys from a box, tasting every single one of them, watching the other grown-ups, and playing some more. We stayed for two and a half hours, and she cried three times (twice because she hurt her gums on a wooden toy, once because one of the kids screamed), but she only searched the room once for me (I sat behind her), and I thought she did really good.

If I had the chance to stay at home for just a few more months, I would, but we aren’t able make it financially. It’s really hard for me to think about the fact that someone else will see my little girl more than me through the day. I will only have a few precious hours after kindergarten and until she needs to be tucked in.

Last night, after we’d read her a bedtime story I hugged her for a long time. A really long time. She’s just such a good kid. I know probably all parents say that about their children, but she is. I wonder how on earth I once could have made the statement that I didn’t want kids. Nothing even comes close to how wonderful it is to be a mom.

Dear Emeline,

You are my sunshine! You are such a good kid. Really. It is so wonderful to watch you study the world, to see how you’re learning how everything works, or doesn’t work.

As many already know you said “Mama” at 7 months and 11 days. It just melts my heart when you speak. You know, real words! Two days later you said “Papa”. And let me tell you this; Your dad is almost impossible to get any sense of when he’s tired. He’s completely in a daze and speaks nonsense, and he’s also grumpy if I wake him up before the alarm clock goes off, but the other day you said “Papa” really early in the morning, and he just rolled over and said: “YES?!” Haha, should have had that on tape.

Yesterday I’m pretty sure you said “Pippi”, too, but no one was around to confirm it, and you didn’t want to repeat it. I’m trying to teach you to say “Aurora” or “Rora”, but I guess that’s a bit difficult. I also think you say “Hi!” sometimes when we greet you, but then again, I used to joke that you said “hello” at 5 months cause it sounded like that. You do try to wave though

You’ve now got three teeth and you’re able to really take a bite at us! I sometimes forget that you have teeth, and let you gnaw on my finger, ouch! When I tell you that it hurts you examine my face and I can see you’re really wondering what I’m saying. So cute.

When you were just a few months old I started asking you how tall you were, and replied with: “Thiiiiis taaall!” stretching your arms over your head. You always laughed, but for some reason I hadn’t done it for a month or two, so when I suddenly started again, you thought it was hilarious. And while I was at my parents house a week ago I noticed that you kept stretching your arms up to your forehead with your palms facing away from you. I thought it was a bit strange and asked my mom what she thought it was. You did it a couple more times until I understood, and said: “Oh, you’re soooo tall!” And you smiled your biggest smile and laughed. How adorable isn’t that?

It’s hard to grasp that you one day will be grown up. Hell, it’s even hard to believe that you’ll start kindergarten in a few months. I just want to stay in this moment for a little bit longer. Sometimes while you’re playing with your toys, I just hug you for such a long time that you start complaining. And I let go and just smell your skin, kiss your cheek and watch you play again.

Yes, you are my sunshine. My precious little girl.

Love,
Mama.

I’m visiting my parents at the moment, and Emeline is all over the place. If she isn’t where you put her, you should look in the nearest corner, cause that’s probably where she’ll be. She’s also throwing tantrums when something doesn’t go her way, usually when I’m not available to pick her up.

She has her grandparents wrapped around her finger, which means that I’ll get some spare time to do some reading And also more free clothes!

I’m really excited to start this new chapter in my blogging career, although I’m sad not everybody will follow me there Stay tuned!

Today we were at the grocery store. I was looking at the shelves when suddenly Emeline coughed, and when I looked at her she was kinda red in the face, so I asked her: “Cutie pie, are you okay?” She coughed again and said: “Mama.”

(And also, I have once again decided to start blogging in Norwegian only. Let’s see how long I’ll be able to get used to that idea this time around. I also need a new domain. I think my head might explode…)

Gotta love bright summer days!

Emeline has started to say “baba” and “dada” It’s so wonderful to hear sounds that eventually will be real words! I’m trying to teach her “mama”, cause she’s closer and closer to what dad is in Norwegian (“pappa”), and damn, I want to win that race

I have this intense craving for jalapeños nowadays, plus I make the weirdest things for breakfast, that my husband thinks I’m pregnant again.