Saturday, August 25, 2012
Just a funny story.
This morning we were able to have a relaxing morning. After Silas woke up we brought him into bed with us just to play for a bit. After like 15 minutes I said to him. "Silas, should we go get some breakfast?". Right away, he climbed off the bed and walked away. A minute later we hear him opening a drawer in the kitchen. Suddenly we saw him in the doorway holding the bag of oatmeal with a huge smile on his face. We all had a good laugh.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Vesterhavet (The West Coast)
We had a great Sunday out at Family Andersen's cabin. It is right near the ocean on the beautiful west coast of Jutland. We had a great day relaxing, eating great food, and swimming in the quite cold ocean. Silas loved the waves and didn’t seem to be bothered by the cold. Quite oppositely, he did NOT want to leave the beach.
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| Hanging out before dinner |
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| Yummy, strawberries |
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| Heading down to the beach |
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
One of them
Yes, its official. We are now a real family with a silver station wagon! We need 2 cars when I go back to work full time in August, and have been looking for awhile. Finally the (almost) perfect car came along for the right price. It is a 2007 Opel Astra and it has a huge trunk which we are definitely going to appreciate. The one down fall for me was the color, but hey we can't have it all. We pick it up in August after our US trip.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Silas 13 months
Okay I know I said I would write every month for the first year, but so much has happened this month that I want to document it. So I’m writing it here for others to see.
Silas is as active as ever. Climbing over everything, walking around every table, chair, wall, fence, whatever. He walks around so proudly with the biggest grin on his face. Then on monday July 2nd, he took his very first steps! He took 4 steps from Søren over to me, so we both got to see it. It was so incredible the proudness I felt and the happiness I had in my heart for my little boy who is growing so fast. Since then he has taken a step or two from a piece of furniture over to us, and breathes excitedly with a huge smile on his face the whole time. He also likes to open and shut the doors while walking and pushing the doors back and forth.
He has also started repeating a lot of what we say. The most recognizable er Hi and Thank You, and Bye. He says a lot of other things but we can’t quite pick them out yet. His favorite new game is to pick up about anything, hold it to his ear, and say HI! He also says hi to pictures of other babies or kids.
Silas’ temper has also evolved in the past month. Although he is still an incredibly happy and charming boy, he now throws tantrums when he doesn’t get what he wants. He arches his back and throws himself back, onto the ground yelling and throwing a small fit. However, he is pretty good at calming down again if we give him something else to occupy him.
Bedtime is still very easy, after changing his afternoon rythym so that he doesn’t sleep past 2:30pm. He found the small pacifier bag that hangs at the end of his crib, so everynight as soon as we lay him down, he stands up and looks into the bag grabbing ALL of the pacifiers inside. It’s a sweet little routine.
Silas has enjoyed some nice days outside and especially loves walking around with his wagon, or pushing his tractor. His sand box and swing are also big hits, as well as playing in the mulch and rock beds.
This month we took Silas to a photographer to get some 1 year photos. She gave us permission to publish the edited ones so those are most of the pictures for this month. Enjoy.
Silas is as active as ever. Climbing over everything, walking around every table, chair, wall, fence, whatever. He walks around so proudly with the biggest grin on his face. Then on monday July 2nd, he took his very first steps! He took 4 steps from Søren over to me, so we both got to see it. It was so incredible the proudness I felt and the happiness I had in my heart for my little boy who is growing so fast. Since then he has taken a step or two from a piece of furniture over to us, and breathes excitedly with a huge smile on his face the whole time. He also likes to open and shut the doors while walking and pushing the doors back and forth.
He has also started repeating a lot of what we say. The most recognizable er Hi and Thank You, and Bye. He says a lot of other things but we can’t quite pick them out yet. His favorite new game is to pick up about anything, hold it to his ear, and say HI! He also says hi to pictures of other babies or kids.
Silas’ temper has also evolved in the past month. Although he is still an incredibly happy and charming boy, he now throws tantrums when he doesn’t get what he wants. He arches his back and throws himself back, onto the ground yelling and throwing a small fit. However, he is pretty good at calming down again if we give him something else to occupy him.
Bedtime is still very easy, after changing his afternoon rythym so that he doesn’t sleep past 2:30pm. He found the small pacifier bag that hangs at the end of his crib, so everynight as soon as we lay him down, he stands up and looks into the bag grabbing ALL of the pacifiers inside. It’s a sweet little routine.
Silas has enjoyed some nice days outside and especially loves walking around with his wagon, or pushing his tractor. His sand box and swing are also big hits, as well as playing in the mulch and rock beds.
This month we took Silas to a photographer to get some 1 year photos. She gave us permission to publish the edited ones so those are most of the pictures for this month. Enjoy.
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| Climbing on any... |
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| ... and everything |
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| Hej! |
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| Walking with Dad |
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| Spaghetti face |
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tur til Fur…
Yeah that one just sounds better in Danish. Last weekend we took our annual family trip. This time our trip took us to a little island off the west coast of Jutland, called Fur. Fur is also the island where Søren’s mom, Inger, and her older brothers grew up. Inger moved early on in elementary school, but there were a lot of memorable places to visit. Inger’s brother Ole and his wife Ruth now have a cabin on the island, and they were there that weekend, so we had them as tour guides.
We took the short 3½ minute ferry ride from Jutland to Fur and arrived at Ole and Ruth’s cabin for a delicious lunch on the grill. Then we went of to see the sights. I don’t really remember any of the names of things, but we got to see a lot of beautiful landscape. We were in and out of the car a lot, as we had to drive to the different views, but Silas did just fine and we got to see a lot.
At one point we went down to the sea and had a snack and coffee on a picnic table near the shore. It was the only time we got rained on, and luckily we were almost done eating when it came.
We had a few more stops and ended our tour at the old harbor where you could see all the old tools that were used to fish and build the harbor over 100 years ago.
We had a light dinner back at the cabin before heading home. It was fun to see so many different things on Fur. And nice to know that Silas can manage an afternoon trip without his normal 2½ hour nap.
We took the short 3½ minute ferry ride from Jutland to Fur and arrived at Ole and Ruth’s cabin for a delicious lunch on the grill. Then we went of to see the sights. I don’t really remember any of the names of things, but we got to see a lot of beautiful landscape. We were in and out of the car a lot, as we had to drive to the different views, but Silas did just fine and we got to see a lot.
At one point we went down to the sea and had a snack and coffee on a picnic table near the shore. It was the only time we got rained on, and luckily we were almost done eating when it came.
We had a few more stops and ended our tour at the old harbor where you could see all the old tools that were used to fish and build the harbor over 100 years ago.
We had a light dinner back at the cabin before heading home. It was fun to see so many different things on Fur. And nice to know that Silas can manage an afternoon trip without his normal 2½ hour nap.
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| Playing together |
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| Silas and Lukas |
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| We had some company in the car: Lukas and Ruth |
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| Silas and Great Uncle Ole |
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| Cuddling with my blanket on the way home |
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
A year in pictures
Every month I took a picture of Silas on the bean bag chair to get a reference of size. Here is a year in review. From left to right 1 month-12 months.
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