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Daddy’s Blue eyes…

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Marius’s eye color have changed…. I think he will get his dad’s pretty blue eyes…  What do you think?

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In the 1st picture Marius is app 1,5months and in the 2nd his is app. 3 months.

Marius’ Christening…

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

p1050848.jpgIt has been a while since I wrote a post, but we have been busy with Marius christening and Mikkels birthsday.

As you know we had Marius christning last sunday, so we have been busy cleaning and getting the house and garden ready for all the guests, we had the party here in our house, and the weather was just perfect we could sit in the garden and it was app 77degrees, really good for the months of May here in DK… He was so good doing the cermoni in the church he was sleeping most of the time and didn’t even wake up when the minister put water on his head… 😀 the last couple of weeks he has started to cry if someone who he didn’t know was sitting with him or even looking at him… so we were a bit worried how he would handle all the people at the party but he was so good and only started to cry once or twice and he was held by a lot of different people…. So we were so happy… We made the starter but the rest of the food we got from a catering company, but it was still a lot of work… But we had a really nice day. I have uploaded some pictures but I will upload more soon.

Mikkels birthsday was monday he turned 27…. so we had his parents over for coffie, and on Saturday most of Mikkels family will come here for dinner to celebrate me and mikkels birthsday. My is at the end of June. We will proberly make some food on the grill and then I will make a cheese cake… 😀

The weather here has not been so nice since the christening it is app. 15C (60F) and a lot of clouds, but it sould get a bit warmer at the end of the week, hope it is good Saturday so we can sit outside.

Marius is so cute, he is getting really god at grabbing a toy with boths hands and he smiles and “talks” (make sounds) a lot. He can hold his head so well and lay on his stomage for several minuts with out getting tired and therefore angry… 🙂

I went to a birthsday at one of our neighbors on Saturday, she had a woman only dinner, so Mikkel had to take care of Marius alone for an evening, but I was only next door so I could easily come home. I feed hime before I left at 6pm and then mikkel should give him a bottle at around 8pm when he was hungry, it was hard to get him to take the bottle and he did not eat much, and was grying a bit. Around 10pm I call home and mikkel said that Marius just got a bit more to eat and had just fallen a sleep, but has been crying quite a bit. So I said to call me when he woke up, after 10min Mikkel called me, Marius was awake and crying. So I went home and Marius was awake but quiet when I got home, so he got some food.  He was so tired but, had not been sleeping since I left but it still took a while before he fell asleep, I sang to him and he just stared and smilled at me with his eyes almost closed….  so sweet, he missed his mother… 😀 Mikkel said it was harder then he thought to take care of him, but I think it is beacuse it was only the first time Marius had to get a whole meal from the bottle and it took a long time for him to eat, and it was the first time I was away from hime for so long. I have been away from him but I has only been for max 2 hours and he has been sleeping most of the time when I have been gone.

A short video…

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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5700g and 61.5cm

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

p1050289.jpgThis is just a quick update, thought I would let you know how big Marius is getting. The home nurse was here on Wednesday and his now 61.5cm (24.21inch) he has grown 6cm (2.36inch) in 4 weeks, that is a lot I think. His weight is 5700g (12.56lb) that is 730g(1.6lb) in 4 weeks. He is a bit bigger than the avarage baby… 😀

 The day before yesterday he found out how to put his left hand in his mouth, and he makes the funniest sound when sucks it… he did it after I gave him some food in the midle of the night and I couldn’t help laughing…

His starting to sleep really well at night, the last week almost every night he has sleept 5-6 hours without eating, so that is nice for me, I don’t have to get up some many times at night, some times I have to give him his soother. (not sure if that is what you call it) 

Marius is 8 weeks and 1 day…

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

p1050197-1.jpg Every thing is still going well, right now Marius is sleeping outside in his stroller… yes outside that is normal here in Denmark, and he sleeps so well outside, normally 3 hours, when he sleeps inside he only sleeps for app. 1 hour at a time. The stroller is different than the oncs you can get in most contries because we use them to have our babys sleep outside in them. You can see them here, they are well isolated and he sleeps with a jacket, hat, mittens and a comforter… So he is not cold… 😀

He is getting big, but I bet you can see that from the pictures, we have not had him weighed since he was 5 weeks, but the home nurce is coming here next week, so I can’t wait to see who much he has gained… his thigh are getting to look like the michelin man… so cute…  he he…

He is has started to make a lot of sounds and smile a lot when we talk to him, that is so nice to get some feed back…

We are starting to plan his christening, which will be on May 11th. We will invite our closest familiy, parents, grandpartents and siblings, so we will be a total of 20 people incl. 3 kids. We will get the food from a catering company and have the party here at our house. I am really looking forward to that day… I think I wrote it but his full name will be Marius Thorbjørn Andersen…

I will put some more pictures in the picture folder soon, but for some reason I can not do it from the computer I am writing from now.

Can you see the change…

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Today we went to the movies to see a danish movie about the 2nd world war. Mikkel had the day off and the movie have a baby movie every other week where it is okay to bring your baby, the sounds is lower and there are some lights in the room, so you can see the baby. It went well and Marius did not cry to much 😀 Afterwards we did some shopping and eat dinner in the city, Marius was asleep the whole time doing the shopping and dinner and until we got home, so that was perfect…

Here are two pictures of Marius the first one he is 6 weeks and 1 day and on the 2nd one he is 6 days old…

There are a few new pictures under pictures…

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6 weeks old…

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

p1040981.jpgToday Marius is 6 weeks old and he is getting big.

We went to the doctors on wedensday for the 5 weeks check that babys get here in DK and he is good and healthy, they check for different births defects if you can say that. His weight is now 4970g (10.95lb) and 55,5cm (21.85inchs) so he is getting bit fast. He is also starting to give us real smiles when we talk to him, that is so great.  

He sleeps well most nights but I still get up every 3 hours to feed him, that can be tough so I am tired in the morning. Mikkel started work yesterdat after the easter holiday but is is so nice when he is off, he take care of him a few hours in the morning so I can sleep and don’t have to worry about him waking up. The is nice… So I am looking forward to the weekends were I can sleep a bit longer.

Doing the easter holiday we got some work done in the garden, the weather was really nice the first days, but at the end of the holiday we got snow and it got cold so we could not do anything. This is the most snow we have had this winter and we only got 3-4 inches…

Tomorrow I am going on my first trip but my self I am going to meet some other moms and learn how to use a babycarrier. It is going to be nice to get out and meet some new people, the days look at lot alike when you are home all day…

There are some new pictures of Marius under pictures…

Marius is now 1 Months old…

Friday, March 14th, 2008

p1040812.jpgWow, can not belive he is one months old, the time has gone by so fast…  We had a visit from the home nurse yesterday and he is getting big… He now weighs 4750g (10.47lb) and is 55cm (21.65inch) so he is growing fast… can not believe that he as almost gaind 1 kg… I am nursing him so I am happy that I have enough food for him.

Not a lot is going on here other that Marius takes up all our time… but that is fine too we really enjoy it. He is getting better to hold his head and yesterday he turned from his stomage to his back twice, got one of them on video… I think that is really early to do that, he was just kicking with his legs and them he turned so it is proberly more luck that he did, but he has a strong back and neck we can feel that when he gets crys and gets angry he bend backwords… he sure has a temper the little guy… 😀

As you know it is easter soon, in Denmark we are off on Tursday, good friday and the manday after easter sunday, so it is only a 3 day work week next week and Mikkel took these day off so he is off for a week from tomorrow that will be nice. I hope that we can do some work in our garden if the weather is nice.

Here is the video of Marius turning from his stomage to his back.

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3 weeks…

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Today Marius is 3 weeks and one day old… and thought I would share some pictures with you. The one to the left was taken yesterday and the other one was taken today. We are not sure what his weight is now but we think that he cheeks are getting bigger. He will be weight again on monday…

Things are still going well, Mikkel has started to work and I am okay being alone with him he does not cry to much and he take some good naps so I have time to relax and do some things arond the house.  

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2 weeks old…

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Today Marius is 2 weeks old…. can not believe that he is already 2 weeks.

Things are still going well. Mikkel will start work on Friday, I think I am ready to be alone with Marius, but it has been so nice to have Mikkel home. I have not been feeling so well since the delivery, my pelvis has been really sore and I had a hard time standing and changing Marius diper or walking around with him, it is better now but I can still not stand or do to much with out getting tired and need to sit down.  

Today we had a visit from our health visitor (In denmark a nurse comes and check if the baby is doing well several times doing the first year) and Marius is doing good and his has gained 300grams (10.5oz) in one week, so that is really well. I am so happy about that… 😀

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