The Sorensens

This evening I was enjoying my common pastime these days, trying to settle Master Trygve to sleep. A little burping, tying up (I mean swaddling), rocking, etc. Whatever it takes to bring on the elusive state of sleep. I have tried telling him to just close his eyes and pretend he is asleep, or maybe count sheep, but he doesn’t seem to understand the finer points of reason yet. Finally success arrived, he was sleeping quietly and peacfully. One thing we’ve found that seems to help is an astonishingly loud clock. It is the ol’ manual wind up kind that gives you dreams that you are Captain Hook and that a crocodile is relentlessly pursuing you night and day. Not having read Peter Pan, Trygve seems to find it to be a pleasant bit of steady white noise.

As I stealthily stood up to leave the room, the stillness was shattered by the self same clock ringing itself mightily in joyous abandon, sound reverberating through the room for what seemed an eternity. I desperately grabbed it and attempted to muffle it as best I could but to no avail. Trygve had experienced his first alarm clock, and with good success. In the words of Mr. Castanza, “Serenity now!”

I thought I would post a picture of the offending clock and it wasn’t until I saw the picture that I chuckled at the irony of the situation.

~haakon

We are pleased to announce the arrival of the newest member of the Sorensen family. Trygve Anders Peter made his arrival into the world at 9:05 (BST) at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz. and a whopping 22 inches long! He has been a joy so far and loves to sleep and eat. Our lives have been forever changed and we feel blessed greatly by it.

As some have wondered at the name, here is a quick run-down on what it means, why we chose it, and the all important…how to pronounce it!

Name guide

Trygve is a old-school Norwegian name that means “True or Trustworthy”. Anders is the Scandinavian form of Andrew (the patron saint of Scotland) and it means “Strong and Manly”. Peter is one of Haakon’s middle names and means “Rock”. So all put together it roughly means “true/trustworthy strong rock”. A lot to live up to, we know…we expect his personality to be very gentle, compliant, etc. :)

Also, we have had some requests for a pronunciation guide. We are pronouncing his name ‘trigvee’, though the proper scandinavian is a bit different. You can listen to http://www.thesorensens.org/stuff/trygve.wav for an example. We mostly plan on calling him Tryg (trig), except I’m sure later in life when the whole Trygve Anders Peter will come out at appropriate times. :) We also find ourselves using the nick name ‘Trigger’, so don’t feel like you can’t call him that at times. For you maths heads out there, Haakon’s dad suggested we can make reference to ‘Trig functions’ at appropriate times. :) Goofy engineering/surveyor joke. I have always loved the name Trygve! It’s funny because most people have never heard this name, but I’ve come across two different people with this name in my life and both were well respected and role models for those around them. Trygve Johnson from my high school was an amazing Christian who stood up for his beliefs, loved others around him unconditionally, and still managed to be a stellar student, ASB president, and respected by people of all walks of life. I haven’t kept up with him, but from what I hear, he’s serving God as a pastor now. I hope our son has the same love for others and Christlike attitude to people as him.

~Jenny