The last year has been a pretty eventful one. The major event of course being the arrival of our little American baby. We've been on fun adventures, celebrated holidays and had quite a few visitors from home. In fact, today my best friend in the whole wide world will be arriving to visit! I can't wait, but more on that later.
Here's a look at some of the highlights from year number three in America. I won't lie, there are a lot of photos, so get yourself a coffee, get comfy on the couch and enjoy...
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| We started year number three in New York with friends |
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| Hooray for New York! |
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| Hanging out in Brooklyn |
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| Halloween 2013 |
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| In November we shared some exciting news! |
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| Visiting the Googleplex |
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| My little sister Kylie visited in November |
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| Ava passed her first karate belt test in November |
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| In December we spent a day at the Christmas Festival in Nevada City |
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| Feeling festive at the Fairmont Hotel |
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| Visiting Santa at Macy's |
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| Our 2013 Christmas card photo |
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| Lola and her snowman at "Snow? In Berkeley?" |
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| Choosing a Christmas Tree |
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| Meeting Santa at the Christmas tree farm |
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| Over the Christmas break we looked after Gecky, Ava's class pet |
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| Santa brought an American Girl doll for Ava... |
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| ...And one for Lola too |
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| On New Year's Eve we visited Winchester Mystery House in San Jose |
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| In January we had a trip to Children's Hospital Oakland when Lola got Lego stuck up her nose! |
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| For her 7th birthday we got Ava her very own pet: Cookie the Leopard Gecko |
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| Ava met some creepy crawly friends at her 7th birthday party... |
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| ...And a few slithery friends! |
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| The girls always love finding new hearts in Union Square. This one is their all time favourite! |
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| In February Lola's preschool had a pyjama day |
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| In March Ava's school had a career day. Lola joined in too as a cupcake maker! |
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| In March we spent an afternoon in Crissy Field enjoying the sculptures by Mark di Suvero |
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| We celebrated St Patrick's Day by attending the parade in San Francisco |
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| Not long before Mathilde's arrival I was treated to a baby shower at the Claremont Hotel with friends |
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| In March Ava passed another karate belt test |
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| In April the girls were treated to a day out at the American Girl store |
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| Not long to go before Mathilde's arrival and the girls drew pictures of her on my belly |
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| In April we attended the Cal Open Day |
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| Ava finally lost a tooth! |
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| The girls were excited to see that the Easter Bunny had visited our home |
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| Mathilde decided to stay put for Easter... |
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| ...But made her debut a week later on April 24th. Welcome Little One. |
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| Now that Mathilde has grown out of her original baby seat it's amazing to think she ever looked this tiny in it! |
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| In late April we visited Indian Rock here in Berkeley for the first time. |
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| Sisterly love |
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| In May Ava competed in the Berkeley Kids Triathlon again |
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| In May we attended Maker Faire. 3 week old Mathilde was the littlest maker there! |
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| One month old |
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| Mathilde's first carousel ride in Golden Gate Park in May |
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| The big girls rode the carousel too... |
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| ...And the concrete slides! |
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| At the end of May Ava took part in the Berkeley Chocolate & Chalk Art Festival |
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| We all settled in to being a family of five |
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| In June our family wheels got a make over |
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| In mid-June the school year finished and my parents came to visit! |
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| With Mamma & Papa we toured the city on Ride the Ducks... |
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| ...went to the baseball... |
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| ...climbed Indian Rock... |
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| ...hung out in Dolores Park... |
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| ...took a boat cruise on the bay... |
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| (which went under the Golden Gate Bridge!) |
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| ...and took a road trip to Big Sur and Monterey. |
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| Two months old |
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| We celebrated Mathilde's first Fourth of July at Berkeley Marina |
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| In July we took in the amazing Tara Donovan exhibition in Menlo Park |
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| In July we visited the Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park |
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| In July we attended Pedalfest in Oakland... |
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| ...followed by the Berkeley Kite Festival the following day. |
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| Three Months Old |
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| Just after she turned three months Mathilde started sitting on her own |
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| In August Lola had her hair cut short |
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| In August the girls had a lemonade stand at Totland and made a killing! |
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| In August we visited Seattle for the first time |
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| We took in the views from the top of the Space Needle... |
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| ...and played in the most amazing fountain ever at the base. |
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| Even Mathilde enjoyed the fountain |
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| We took a harbour cruise in Seattle |
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| After a few days in Seattle we took Amtrak down to Portland |
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| The girls enjoyed the many public gardens in Portland... |
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| ...and the street art |
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| At the end of August our friends Mark & Mart visited |
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| We visited Muir Woods with Mark & Marta - and our best duck face poses! |
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| Having visitors is great for getting out and seeing more of this beautiful area |
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| Mathilde loves the Golden Gate Bridge |
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| Four months old |
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| At the end of August Ava started Second Grade |
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| In September Lola started back at preschool |
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| In September we attended a Tinkerlab book launch party and got creative |
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| Mathilde has been eager to grow up so fast |
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| Five months old |
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| At five months Mathilde started solids |
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| In October we attended the Hoes Down Harvest Festival |
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| In October we took the girls camping for the first time |
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| Lola started karate too and in October both girls passed another belt test |
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| We celebrated Lola's fourth birthday with an ice cream party |
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| We celebrated the season with pumpkins galore |
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| Our last adventure for year number three |
Another year gone by and a lot of wonderful memories.
You can see our first year in America here and our second year here.
Here's to a great start to year number four!
Love to see all your happy snaps! The time has flown and we still miss you guys and hope you will one day return back home! Lol, probably the day we move to Norway you will announce you are coming back :D
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