Summer Fun

Yep, there's our little buddy enjoying all the lovely things of a Danish summer - football, ice-cream, lots of sun (well, some sun anyway...) and fun at the playground.
All in all, it's been a fun first summer for Maximus!

Max's Action Shots

The order these pictures was taken was:
1: Glasses on. Everyone's happy.
2: Glasses get knocked off. Dad's concerned. Max is thrilled.
3: Glasses on the ground. Dad in pain. Max feeling the thrill of victory.

These were just too priceless not to share. That's our little trouble maker(s)! 100% boy.

Pirates and Treasures

Here are a few more shots of our time up in Skagen. Threw one in of me and Morten since we had an evening to ourselves to see the sunset one night while Farmor and Farfar watched Bubba.

There are a couple of shots here of the Sand Dunes out on Skagen that are quite famous there. They travel approximately 10 meters a year, so they are quite far inland now.

There is one of Max and Morten on "The SandWorm" - the tractor that pulled us out onto the tip of Skagen.

And the other is one of Max in his little pirate towel we got him. The top has a skull and crossbones on it. We all got a chance to take the kiddos swimming together in the pool that was connected to our summer house. Lots of fun and Max got dunked for the first time. Came up with a smile on his face!

The tip-top of Denmark

Here's Bubba just being basically adorable. We had great weather up at the beach that day, so we played in the ocean, got shoulder rides and ate dirt together (well, mostly Max did those things). In the back of the photo of us all three, you can see how the the two seas,North Sea and Skagerak, collide at the tip of Denmark.

Up in Skagen Day 1

Here we are at the top of Denmark, Skagen. It was here that European artists came to paint in the 1800's because of the light. And once you visit, you'll understand why. Skagen is one of those places you want to come every year.
But enough of landscape!
Here's Max, getting bigger and bigger. The one on the beach is there at the very very tip of Denmark where the two oceans collide. There is also one of Max in the tractor that drove us out to the tip over the sand (that was a blast!). And the third is with Farmor (Father's Mother) who also bought him the cute hat. They were standing together in front of one of the many lighthouses that "keep the beaches shipwreck free..." on Skagen.

What We Do Everyday

Here's Max doing all of the lovely, charming, wild and silly things he does everyday (well, thankfully for some things...not EVERYDAY). Here's the newest fun for while Max hangs out with mom in the kitchen: Banging on the Pots and Pans.
And here's the mirror in his crib that has given Max loads of laughs (and mom 2 free hands for a few minutes!).
Here's Baby's First Catastrophe as well. Don't ask us how he managed to pull down a 15lb fern from the top of our bookshelf, but he sure did. We had a good laugh about it after mommy stopped hyperventilating at the thought that it possibly hit her sweetie(s) on the way down (it didn't). And then we took a picture.
And finally, here's old blue eyes singing and dancing at the dinner table. Max has started to dance whenever he hears what he considers a good song. And that warrants just about anything - including mommy and daddy singing. He bobs his head and opens up his mouth to sing along and just generally rocks out. So as you can imagine, we do alot of singing these days just to watch the free show.

Pentacost Weekend at Farmor/Farfar's

Here's Bob the Builder!

We stayed the weekend with the in-laws for the Pentacost weekend and had a really great time. Morten and I had a date on Friday and then the whole weekend there was food prepared for us, coffee at just the right time and someone else who was just dying to hold our 20 pound bandit.

Here, Grandma has given him a colorful bowl full of clothes pins to play with. When those were all sucessfully chucked on the floor, the bowl made a great hat, we decided.

The other photo is of Maximus jamming on the organ. Anything that can be banged, rattled, shoved, slapped or otherwise make some sort of noise when hit (including mommy and daddy) is always a perfect plaything.

Sitting at the Table

Yep, Max is a big boy now and he eats at the table with the grown ups. He's a good eater and drinks very nicely from a cup. Here he's got a rice cake all of his own to chomp on. Favorites are: apple sauce (day or night!), oatmeal, carrots and recently asparagus.

Shoulder Ride!

Mommy may be good at making food and putting babies down for naps, but nobody's funner than Dad.

Here's Max at about 6 months getting a ride.

Max at 6 months

Well, we've reached the half way mark! (To the first year, anyway...) We've enjoyed his little giggles and hugs and kisses so much and have decided that he may now stop growing!


He sits up by himself now (also on daddy's shoulders), eats in the highchair and bangs and clangs on everything he can. Here he is in new clothes he got from farmor and farfar when they took their trip to Crete. Figured I better take a picture while it was still white! He also has realized that he has not just two thumbs to suck, but also two big toes. Imagine the luck!

Max has also discovered the Chinese bell we have hanging over the backdoor. When we get him ready to sleep outside he reaches up for it and gives it a good shake. Why buy toys when there are crinkle wrappers to crinkle, table tops to bang and Chinese bells to ring!

Baby Swimming

Here's Max before and after baby swimming. He loved splashing and kicking in the water and promptly fell asleep on the changing room floor afterwards. (Mommy wanted to, too....)

Easter!

Here you can see that Max got a visit from the Easter bunny (sans ears and cottontail). He got a little rattle from farfar.

He also had a visit from a family friend named Astrid (with the pink scarf). Astrid took care of Morten when he was a little tike as well, so she has really enjoyed seeing Morten's little one.

Spring Has Sprung!

Yep! It's above freezing now in Freja's Courts (Viking Mythology Jargon...), so we call it Spring. But it is getting sunnier and is much more appealing to get out. We took Max out to see the ocean for the first time. Then over to the Town Hall where all the crocus' bloom every year (Definitely one of my favorite Aarhus traditions). We managed to sweet talk two lovers in love to take our family portrait in front of the (somewhat) famous tower designed by (somewhat) famous architect Arne Jacobsen. We had a lovely Easter, decent weather, a nice anniversary (3 years!), and we are enjoying our little pumpkin more and more each day.

41/2 Months

Here are a few pictures of the last month or so. The one with the camel was on a little summerhouse trip we took to a harbor town about an hour north from here called Ebeltoft. There is a zoo out in the country and we took a little drive by to visit the camels.

The other little baby together with Max is Lucas, my friend Ann's baby. He's about 8 months old now and the two get along famously.

The close up's are of course of Max (and Daddy). He's about 4 and 1/2 months old now.