It's (a) Spring Baby

We are very happy and feel very blessed to say that we are going to have a baby! We just had our first ultrasound yesterday and it was amazing! The minute she put the little thingy on my stomach our baby just popped up on a screen in front of us! The technician said right away..."wow, we have a little lively one" and you could see him/her hop like a magic jumping bean on the screen.  The technician also showed us all the parts of our little one: brain, heart, legs, arms, and we could even see a close up of one hand and all 5 fingers! It was truly incredible!!!! Our baby was really flailing it's arms too, so we think it's going to be a little drummerboy or girl! It just seems so real after seeing him/her move!

Baby Madsen -12 weeks


 As for myself, I have not been having the easiest 1st trimester.  I have had a lot of nausea, pretty much 24 hours a day, and that has made it hard to function at times.  But now I am officially in week 12, as my due date is May 20th, so I'm hoping for some relief soon.  Søren has been incredibly helpful with many things, but especially with cooking and meals as I am having a diversion to the smell of our refrigerator. We are really excited about this new adventure in our lives (and maybe a little nervous too).

Otherwise we have had a week full of playing music for 2 different  Praise and Worship events in neighboring towns.  We love that we get to go out and play music together and share our talents for the glory of God. 

Some other really exciting news is that we have bought 2 plane tickets to MN for DECEMBER! So we will be celebrating Christmas in Minnesota this year! I am flying in the 13th of December and Søren is coming the 19th after he is done with his student teaching for the year.  We are really looking forward to freezing our butts off this Christmas!  :)

2 Americans with their pumpkins (Søren carved one too)

Søren and his Dad golfing in Skanderborg (a very beautiful course)