Russell Solberg

Long time no updates, but that can be explained! Things in the Solberg household have been insanely crazy for the past 6 months. Between some health issues like faulty gallbladders, leaving my job at PACCAR, and moving into our new home in Vancouver, there just hasn’t been too much time for some updates. Oh, and [...]

These were taken back in June for our official 6 month photos of little man. I’m one day removed from having my gallbladder out as well in these photos. Enjoy.

Time is simply flying. No stopping it… Owen is now officially 3 months old. It seems like it was just yesterday that we were looking at the embryo smaller than a pea on the ultrasound, and now I have a 12 pound bundle of joy to play with. I am now excited to wake up [...]

Time is absolutely flying! I guess that means that we are simply having fun. Actually, I’m not guessing that’s the case, I know that’s the case. Despite some of the challenges that parenting brings with a newborn, it is way underrated. Waking up in the morning is amazing just to pick him up out of [...]

After 3 weeks of parenting, I think it is fair to say that it has been way harder than I thought it would be.  While it has been tough, it certainly has been rewarding.  The sense of pride you get when just looking at the little guy or even changing his diaper is almost overwhelming. [...]

Owen Russell Solberg was born at 2:40 AM (Pacific Time) on Wednesday November 3rd weighing in at 8 pounds and was 21 inches long.  There were slight complications during birth such as Owen simply not fitting through momma’s birth canal which forced us to have a c-section for the safety of mother and baby.  Melissa [...]

I’m sure that being a parent doesn’t get any easier than when the kid is in utero, but the nerves are certainly getting pushed to the max right now.  We’re now seeing the doctor every week and will until our little guy is here.  At today’s appointment, we learned the baby hasn’t begun to drop [...]

We made it to 34 weeks.  I know we’re not the first, but it feels like the light at the end of the tunnel is drawing us in by the day.  Time is absolutely flying right now and we’re trying to enjoy our last few weeks together before we become mom and dad for the [...]

In short, the weather around here hasn’t been normal.  Seattle is certainly living up to the general stereotypes about being wet and gray, but this is September!  We’re supposed to be able to count on some sunshine!  On the bright side though, I was able to snap this photo of a Frog on my sunroof [...]

Little baby Solberg is 33.5 weeks along at this point.  We’re really looking forward to meeting him within the next 2 months.  Seems like just yesterday we found out Melissa was pregnant.