Family Madsen Blog: Mother’s Day

Today is Mother’s Day and I guess I am officially a mother now, even if our baby has not shown it’s face to the world yet. Søren surprised me this morning with a bouquet of flowers and a sweet card wishing me a happy Mother’s Day. That was strange. But the life inside of me is my child and I am his mother, so I guess it is appropriate, but it will take some getting used to. I’m sure I’ll feel the motherly instinct even more when we finally get to meet him, but it is such a beautiful things that I can love another human being so much without even having met him. Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers!

Flowers at the breakfast table!

The past week and a half has been quite relaxing as I am finally learning to take breaks and take care of myself and our baby. I’ve just been taking care of some baby stuff: washing clothes, painting the crib, buying last minute things, packing for the hospital, etc. It’s been fun to see it all come together and now there is just time to wait.

Sorting all the clothes we have borrowed!

The Nursery (now equipped with crib)

The other half of the nursery

As for Søren, he probably has a different way of describing the last week and a half. He has been working feverishly to get his Bachelor assignment finished. He has spent many hours in the office and finally on May 4th he was finished and ready to hand it in! I went with him to school to hand it in, and we went out for a celebratory lunch afterwards. He now has a few exams he must prepare for, but the end is near and he will soon be an official teacher! Yay!!

Ready to hand in!!

Oh and actually just a week ago some of my Danish friends held a baby shower for me! It was so sweet of them. Because baby showers are not a tradition here, they were able to look up some information on the internet and put together a whole party!! There was a sports theme and everyone had some type of sports jersey on. There were many Vikings jerseys represented and other MN clothes that people had found. There were American flags hanging on all over and I felt very much at home. We played some different games like: Who knows Mommy best, put on the diaper fastest while blindfolded, guess the baby food, pregnant belly pick-up pasta, and there were some crafts where we drew on one-sies and made posters of what our child would be like. (see the pictures for a clearer idea of these games!) It was all very fun and I was also given a lot of wonderful presents. We ended the night singing some worship songs and they all prayed for us and our baby to come. It was truly a very special night!