Ballet

Thanks for the lovely dress Nana!

Hip update

We haven't really posted much about Sophie's hip since we moved to Norway. She has seen a specialist here and had a CT scan (she was very brave and lay perfectly still). The upshot is that the brace she is wearing is not doing the job it was intended for. She is going to need further surgery. This time she will have some pretty major hip reconstruction of both the pelvis and femur. So, the date for this operation is set for 18th November and it will be done in Bergen Hospital. Afterwards Sophie will go into a plaster cast (as before) for 6 weeks until the end of the year. She has been a very brave little girl and hopefully this will put an end to it.

Big bed

Sophie has now migrated from her cot to a new bed which she thinks is great.

Sophie's photos

Sophie has recently become a keen photographer. Here's one of Beastly she took earlier today.

The Terrace and the Guest Room

Our New Home

Here are a few more pictures of the front and back living rooms, the kitchen/dining room and the dog kitchen, the play room and Sophie's story spot on the landing.

Temporary Accomodation

Our first place here was a down-at-heel flat in Tananger, which was up a huge hill and four flights of concrete stairs (no lift). It did have a great view though.

Sophie's Playroom

We are finally back in business. Lots more pics to come...

Our new house

We just found out that we can move into the house that we liked in 3 weeks. There's room in the cellar for friends and family to visit. Here are some pictures.

We live in Norway now

We've been in Norway for a week now. The move was a big upset for Sophie and the Beast. Also with continuous rain and only a colouring book and couple of DVDs to entertain Sophie, the first couple of days were a bit of a trial for Jo. Still we have registered with the police, located a house and bought a car and things are now settling down and looking up. Also Sophie has borrowed a mountain of toys from her new friend Saskia so the ents are covered. Stavanger is in a great setting between the mountains and the sea and I think we'll be very happy here. The camera cable is in with the freight; as soon as it arrives (probably in a couple of weeks) we'll start to post some pics and get the blog entries flowing.