Author Archives: Thor Bjarnason

On our first day pass we went to the Beaty Biodiversity Museum on UBC campus. It was awesome! I want to go back. We had to cut it short because Nadia had her fill. Daddy was being boring and reading … Continue reading →

Today Nadia turned 2. We had a small mommy-daddy-Nadia birthday party and ate cupcakes. On the weekend Tara’s mom was in town and we had a pre-birthday cake. We are having a post-birthday cake next weekend when my parents are … Continue reading →

Just Like Home Dog Care is amazing and Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to Kim and Neezar for being amazing and so accommodating, taking Einstein in on such short notice. We left Einstein with them once or twice when … Continue reading →

I don’t remember much about the drive to Children’s. I have a feeling we were pretty quiet and Nadia almost definitely watched Scooby Doo the whole way. We left Kelowna after 2pm sometime and ended up in Vancouver well after … Continue reading →

My only parenting advice (completely unsolicited) to my brother was, “it gets easier every day.” It is such an unpreparable experience having your first kid. The sleepless nights, extra chores, loss of personal time, sleep deprived decision making, ‘kids are … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, Nadia had a cold. Throughout the day her temperature was high, and went up a bit. Just high enough to be a fever. Our instructions are to take Nadia to the hospital if she has a fever, no … Continue reading →

As you can imagine, we were caught quite off-guard with our daughter’s diagnosis, and life has been very hectic since. Having been a blood donor for the past year, I was very surprised to learn about Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch … Continue reading →