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Sofie art work ......... and our summer house

2010-03-05T20:25:00.010+01:00

Sofie has been working on a few paintings (with Mums help) see photos below.

Pasta .... everywhere!

Sofie got some great presents from Crista-Lee and Carlos (warm boots and two books)

Wearing her new shoes .....

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Daycare

2010-02-23T21:16:00.004+01:00

The photos below are a collection taken in Daycare of Sofie in the period October 2009 to February 2010. Lots of fun seeing how much she has developed gone from sitting to crawling to walking to running among a whole lot of other things like craft, painting, rythmics, baking, walks, play .....

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Valentines Day Brunch with Anne, Ulrik and Anders and Fastelavn

2010-02-15T17:14:00.032+01:00

On Valentines Day we visited Anne, Ulrik and Anders for Brunch. Anders is now 5 months old and has grown a lot. Sofie tried effortlessly to get him to play with her and couldn't understand why he wouldn't ....... see a few of the photos and video below.

For more photos see Ulrik og Annes blog by clicking here

It is also the Fastelavn celebration for children in Denmark. All the children in DayCare got dressed up Monday and Sofie went as a Reindeer. See the photos below.

Photos taken in daycare:

Sofie received a little table and chair as a Fastelavn present from Grandma and Grandpa and she loves it .........

Sofie just loves Luna ......

Sofie turned 1.5 years old today (February 20th).

She is developing her motorical skills very quickly now and climbs, jumps and runs all the time. See video of her climbing into her high chair.

Checking out the snow on our balcony .....

Sofie is really good at this now

Hopla ...

We bought Sofie a little bucket, spade etc for the sandbox we intend getting her in our summer house. She spent hours carrying the bucket around and putting all her lego people into it

On Sunday we had planned to go skiiing ....... but Dad woke up feeling sick which is the never ending story of our lives this winter as it seems we rotate and never have a long period where the whole family is well. We ended up going to the pool and spending time in the playground in our courtyard. Mum also baked some bread rolls. See videos and photo below.

Sofie on the slippery slide .......

Sofie is now longer afraid of this tunnel.

Sofie was nicely surprised when Dad came down to take a look.

Walking with ski suit and boots on seems less tedious now.

.... and showing off for Dad.

Sofie has started helping Mum when she bakes bread and is good at getting utensils ready and clapping at Mum ....in this photo she watches the rolls bake.

Sofie's funny walk .....

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Dronningmølle

2010-01-31T20:45:00.011+01:00

Denmark is having a very cold and snowy winter. Pretty in the countryside but a real drag when one has to cycle through it daily!

Dad shovelling snow off the balcony so Sofie can have her nap in fresh air.

Sofie watching Dad....

Dance, dance dance ...... Sofie is learning to spin !

Our search for our summer house continues. This weekend we were again in Dronning Mølle to check out a house.

Dad and Sofie outside the summer house we are looking at - lokking very wintry!

Photos of the views around the summer house

360 degree view seen from behind the house

360 degree video of the area seem outside the front door of the summer house

We have started swimming with Sofie again but are making sure that her ears are well protected. Her original protests faded as she started enjoying the water. Check out the photo and videos below.

Sofie and mum enjoying the water.

Sofie with Dad - she now kicks her legs.

1,2,3 hop!

The following weekend was another with visits to the hospital. Sofie has a mild case of pneumonia so she got to spend the morning in her house-coat.

The next videos were taken in our apartment ....... Sofie now loves running around and around furniture and also climbing up onto things.

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A weekend in Jutland celebrating Grandma's brithday

2010-01-25T21:02:00.006+01:00

The second last weekend in January we spent our weekend visiting Grandma and Grandpa to celebrate Grandma's birthday.

Sofie managed to hit her head on the fireplace in the house - OUCH!! Luckily her teeth are OK after her fall in care last week and she did well at the dentists.

A video of the beach 2 minutes walk from the summerhouse we are looking at buying in Dronningmølle, north of Copenhagen.

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January 2010

2010-01-03T20:52:00.014+01:00

Our first weekend of 2010 was spent visiting Hornbæk in Northern Zealand and also visiting the Greenpeace flagship 'Rainbow Warrior II'. Below are a few photos.

On our second weekend in 2010 Dad left the girls to go on his annual boys weekend away. This time the trip went to Sweden and he won the trophy. Whilst away Mum took Sofie to the Zoo using her new annual pass. Unfortunately the camera froze so only one photo was taken. See below

Playing with Sofie's Christmas presents was on the top of the list among other games. See videos below.

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New years Eve in Norway

2010-01-02T20:58:00.009+01:00

After spending Christmas in Jutland we headed North to Norway to do some Cross Country skiing and to celebrate New Years Eve.

Some goodies from Santa who visited the Hotel on his way back to the North Pole

Eating some yummie sultanas from the goodie bag with the help of Dad

Skiiing in minus 26 degree temperatures made Mums hair freeze!

Check out the rosy red cheeks Mum has after getting into the warm after the first day skiing.

The next five photos are impressions of how beautiful the landscape was.

Mum and Sofie on their way to the New Years Eve dinner

Skål/Cheers - welcome drinks

Dad and Sofie relaxing on the sofa before dinner

Sofie walks very well now.

... she is also good at blowing out candles now.

On this vacation Sofie tried dessert for the first time and loved it!!

Sailing home from Oslo. Luckily their was lots of activities for children on-board. Here Sofie plays with a lego bus

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Christmas in Jutland

2010-01-02T20:22:00.009+01:00

We celebrated Christmas in Jutland with Dads family. Despite both Sofie and Dad having a stomach virus we all had a very Happy Christmas together.

Sofie decorating the tree

....... and then its time to open presents. Here Sofie gets a little help.

Ski goggles for Daniel and Oliver.

A present handmade by Sofie for Mum and Dad.

A Brio train set from Grandma and Grandpa!!

Lego Zoo from Uncle Ole and Anutie Jette

......Timmy!! - Sofie just loves him

These stacking cups from Grandma and Grandpa were a very big success ..... Sofie just received so many wonderful presents and not all are shown here.

Kissing Mum under the Mistletoe

Round and round the garden .......

How big are you ....

Playing the music set from Uncle Ole and Auntie Jette

Stacking cups with the help of Grandpa

Every time Sofie sees Grandpa she gets some money for her savings .....her she puts some of the coins in her piggy bank - 'Bodil'

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Sofie's operation .........

2009-12-14T16:03:00.022+01:00

On December 5, Sofie went to our GP to have her ears checked out (a routine check always done 3 weeks after a middle ear infection). She was automatically referred to an ear-nose-throat specialist who decided that she needed to have an operation done on her ears to remove all the puss behind her ear drums and also to place small 'Grommets' in each of the ear drums. These will help Sofie equilibrating pressure on both sides of her ear drum which she has a problem doing at the moment.
The operation was scheduled for December 14, which was ideal as the operation and the check could be completed before Christmas and our vacation in Norway (at altitude which aggravates the condition).

Three days prior to her operation Sofie had relapse of her middle ear infection.

In this photo one can see Sofie on her way to 'vagtlægen' (Sat, December 12) at the Hospital in Amager. We kept our finger crossed and hoped that her operation wouldn't be cancelled.

The situation seemed even more aggravated Sunday morning as can be seen here so we again headed off to the Hospital 'vagtlægen'.

Luckily her temperature fell late Sunday so Monday morning at 7.oo am after a fasting for 6 hours we got Sofie prepared. Her she is insisting we take 'Kaninus' as well.

It was really tough seeing Sofie be fully anesthetized and Mum cried. Luckily the procedure went really well and we could sit with her while she slowly came to.

In this photo she has just opened her eyes crawled into Mums arms.

.......... enjoying the comfort of Dads arms.

They suggested we walk her home in her pram to give her lots of fresh air. She fell asleep on the 30 minute walk.

After sleeping 2 hours Sofie awoke and unfortunately her fever was high and she started vomiting again. Her she is trying to keep her chin up. Notice the bear she has in the videos. This was a present from the Doctor after she awoke.

...... Sofie still has a sore throat as can be heard here

After a very sleepless night for Mum and Dad they were both exhausted but very relieved as Sofie's temperature was finally 36.3!! Here she is eating some breakfast.

Her walk is still a little wobbly but her Doctor says her balance should quickly improve.

Later that day Sofie looked much more confident walking.

Sofie loves sorting Mums tea bags

..... and playing with her blocks

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United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen 2009

2009-12-12T20:33:00.007+01:00

We aren't attending the Conference in Copenhagen but Dad is a member of Greenpeace and this banner was hung up on our veranda in full view of the COP guests (Brazilian delegation - the worlds 4th largest CO2 emitter) at the SAS hotel across the road.
Hopefully 'we can change our future!'

On Saturday, December 12. All three of us intended participating in the peaceful demonstrations in Copenhagen - the largest ever in Copenhagen with over 100 000 participants. Sofie was ill so only Dad participated in the demonstrations. Below are some photos and videos.

Starting at Christiansborg, here Dad met the other members of Greenpeace.

This snow man doesn't want to melt due to climate change

The march ..

.. a video of the march

Dad with his 'bla bla sign ...'

Outside Bella Center.

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The first weekend of advent and Christmas celebrations at Sofie's daycare

2009-11-28T19:29:00.026+01:00

Christmas is getting closer and we celebrated the first weekend of advent with Christmas parties and a lovely hand made present (An Elf) from Grandma/-pa for Sofie.

Sofie opening her present.

The Elf.

After breakfast we walked to Sofie's Daycare center to attend the Christmas celebrations. We started outside lighting the Christmas tree and singing songs while we danced around the tree. Then played a little after which we went inside to eat home made bread (baked by the Center leader Bjarne), glögg (for the adults) ....

Sofie having a ride on the new swing at the Day care center.

Slippery slide ....

..... more walking!

It's been a busy week. Sofie is getting better at walking and also loves walking around the flat kicking her football. She has also started talking ALOT. Check out the videos below.

More presents....

Sofie modelling her new vest - hand made by Grandma.

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One step, two steps, three steps, four .....

2009-11-22T16:47:00.002+01:00

Sofie has started taking even more independent steps and can now finally drink out of a regular cup without help.

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The first weeks of November

2009-11-08T20:10:00.028+01:00

On the first weekend of November we had a brief visit from Luna, below are a few photos and videos.

Sofie and Luna on the floor.

Sofie loves dancing and her moves are advancing.

Luna quickly found out that if she hung around Sofie at lunch time something would fall sooner or later.

More dancing...

On the second weekend we visited Ulrik, Anne and Anders to celebrate Ulriks 40th birthday. Anders has doubled his birth weight now and is getting very strong. Below are a few photos of the evening and also the next day at home.

Sofie helps Ulrik open his present from us which was a book on the Science and history of Sushi written by one of Hans' colleagues.

The dinner table looked beautiful, notice the table decorations made by Annes' mum from her own garden.

Sofie eating rice wirh safarin and a meat sauce!
For more photos of the evening click here.

The next day Sofie and mum went to the play ground in the courtyard.

Sofie spends most of her time up-right now and walks with the support of anything in sight. Here she uses the slippery slide.

Sofie has started talking and in this video the second 'hi' is actually Sofie.

Walkimg seems pretty close now.

Some wobbly steps caught on video.

One can see that Sofie has her fathers eyes in these two photos.

Tomorrow Dad leaves for a 1 week meeting with the Danish Medical Council. In this photo he poses beside the boxes of fund applications he has read through during the past months.

Whilst Hans was away. Grandma/-pa visited and they made a advents present calender for Sofie. Here is Sofie checking out the presents after Baba hung them up.

Sofie swimming with a floatie on. Mostly she swims backwards!

Rolly polly .... Sofie isn't afraid of water at all and even though she floats around independently we always keep a close eye on her!

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The last 2 weeks of October

2009-11-01T17:18:00.019+01:00

The last two weeks of autumn have been dominated by coughs, runny noses and high temperatures ...... Sofie seems to be bringing home her fair share of viruses and bacteria and it seems at least one of us is sick at all times. Sofie turned 14 months on October 20 but hasn't cracked the walking code yet. Below are a few photos and videos of the last weeks of October.

The last Friday in October Mum (and Sofie's) mothers group met for the second time without their babies. Coffee and cake were substituted with red wine, beer and snacks. It was a great night.

Louise and Mum

All four of us.

Rebecca and Anne-Dorthe.

Sofie playing with mega blocks and a little dancing - Sofie just loves to rock

She has also worked out how to get her 4 small cars to move!

Hammering onto pegs still needs some more work :)

After a week Sofie still had fever and she didn't seem to get better over the weekend so we took her to the doctor on Monday and we found out she had a middle ear and throat infection. This photo was taken the day after. Her fever had dropped but she still hadn't gotten her wonderful appetite back. However at lunchtime she did eat half a banana and some bread.

Sofie has a Brio dog she is very good at assembling now.

Sofie is now good at clinking glasses to say cheers or 'skål'

Sofie's new front facing isofix child seat arrived today. It was a christening present from Grandma and Grandpa and she had finally grown too long for the old seat.

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Harvest Festival in Day Care and a visit with Dorte

2009-10-22T19:58:00.013+02:00

On October 22, 2009 Sofie's daycare center had a Harvest Festival. All the children had picked and prepared fruit and the adults made apple pie, cake and rolls. It was a great opportunity to meet the other parents of the children Sofie is in care with. Below are a few photos and videos.

The children wait for their cake.

Sofie eating her cake with a small spoon.

Yummie ......

Video of Sofie and Anton playing before the festival.

A view of some of the parents. Sofie sits in the middle of the room and managed to crawl on almost every parent in the room.

One of the bigger boys preparing the 'æblekage' which is a type of trifle without jelly. Using layers of apple, crushed macaroons and whipped cream.

Waiting to get their cake

Sofie enjoyed 'æblekage' and didn't want any dinner that night

More play afterwards ...

The next day we visited Dorte and Filipa in Frederiksberg

Sofie and Filippa (1 year old) eating lunch

Playing after lunch

The attic in their house was a play room with balls, matresses and a swing!! Sofie loved the swing

Filipa did too even though she gets to swing daily

Sunday at breakfast and Sofie shows Mum and Dad how 'waiting for a meal' is carried out in care

Playing with mega blocks.

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Getting used to new routines in daycare and a ride on a slippery dip

2009-10-05T13:06:00.022+02:00

Today, Monday October 5 was Sofie's third day in public care. She spent half of the morning alone and it went well with no tears or drama. Below are a few photos mum took before she left Sofie alone.

Last week Sofie spent all her time indoors but this week she will be slowly getting used to the routine of getting out into the play area every morning before lunch. Sofie was very fascinated by the two chooks that have a pen in the play ground.

........ and she also loved giving this old horse some grass. These horses live right next to the childrens play ground which the children just love.

A video of Sofie and the other children in the child care play ground

Sofie standing up in the middle of the swing-tyre

October 6, was a big day for Sofie as it was the first time she slept at the childcare center. She did really well and actually slept for two hours which is great considering the center and the cots there are new for her.

Below are a few videos of the morning before mum left.

Back at home that afternoon....

All of Sofie's toys now have a place and this dog made by her cousin Daniel now lives in the box her Ecco boots arrived in. We aren't too sure why she drums the box everytime she closes it.

Sofie checking to see whether all her passengers are OK. Notice the hat she is wearing which arrived with the post today and was handmade by grandma.

A close-up of the great hat that will keep Sofie's head nice and warm.

Playing with lego bricks is popular.

Last lesson at level 2 and it was play time and Sofie got to have a ride on a slippery dip.

Relaxing an a floating mat!

More walking exercises. Sofie stands up on her own now!

A trip to the beach and Sofie keeps warm in her Chariot now equipped with a very warm sleeping bag ready for winter.

Hands and head keep warm in gloves and hat given to her by one of Mums girlfriend. These along with the great hat from grandma are sure to keep her warm this winter.

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The first weekend of October

2009-10-04T17:20:00.010+02:00

Autumn has definitely arrived in Denmark with stormy winds and lots of rain. We spent Saturday of the first stormy weekend of October visiting our friends Anne and Ulrik and their 4 week old son, Anders. We all had a good time, below are a few photos and videos.

Anne with Anders who is just a wonderful baby boy whom seems to just sleep and eat.

Anders sleeping.

Sofie seemed quite unsure about Anders and I don't think she realised he was a baby but she really wanted to show him her book of Australian animals.

Dad and Sofie playing with the ambulance we gave Anders.

Mum also got to hold Anders. Amazing to think that when Sofie weighed 4 kg we thought she was so big. Now 4kg just feels like nothing.

Then it was time to make dinner and Sofie enjoyed sitting up on the counter watching everything be prepared.

For more photos of the evening see Anne and Ulrik's blog here

Sunday, October 4 was spent relaxing and ringing one of mums sisters on Skype.

A photo of Sofie. As can be seen in this photo we are putting shoes on her more often and she has stopped trying to pull them off.

Sofie loves to rock - just check out those dance moves.

Sofie needs boots that can support her feet so we bought this pair of Ecco boots for her. They are waterproof and warm so should be perfect for all the outdoor activities she'll be participating in with the daycare centre. They were on special and reduced from 600 kr to 350 kr!!!

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Sofie's first two days in public daycare (vuggestue)

2009-10-01T14:31:00.023+02:00

On Thursday, October 1, 2009 Sofie had her first day in public daycare. It went really well and surprisingly enough she started eating with a fork at lunchtime!! Amazing how quickly children learn from each other. Drinking water from a cup is still a challenge for her. Until now Sofie has been in private care with a little boy who is 8 months older than her. She must really be used to older boys now as she only wanted to play with the two oldest boys in her group.

Sofie playing with some of the older boys in her group.

A video of their game putting nuts into containers kept them busy for ages.

Waiting patiently for lunch.

A video of all the children at Sofie's lunch table

Yummie food. Today the menu was salmon and potatoes served with green string beans. The kitchen staff work at the center so the food at lunch is always warm.

Eating breakfast with a spoon before her second day in care.

The Olympic Congress 2009 was held in Copenhagen. On Friday while we were eating breakfast we heard people ranting 'Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo ... ' when we went out on our balcony we could see that all the Japenese visitors were outside the SAS Radisson hotel.

Rebecca with a bowl on her head.

Zoe turns 2 years old on Sunday so it was time to celebrate her with morning fruit and freshly baked carrot rolls.

Itzy bitzy spider (in Danish)

Happy Birthday to you (in Danish).

Sofie seemed quite shy when she was offered a roll with a nice little flag in it.

One of the bigger boys that Sofie plays with (Tristan) built a very nice wall.

Lunchtime and the babies/toddlers were impatient.

Sofie gets a farewell kiss from Anton. Another good day in care and today Sofie was alone for 1.5hours. Next week she will have her first full day so we are hoping that goes just as well.

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New sounds and Sofie's grandparents on a weeks visit

2009-09-26T21:41:00.007+02:00

Sofie learns some new sounds!

Today mum taught Sofie the brr brr sound! She caught on really quickly

Grandma and grandpa visited this week and taught Sofie to indicate how big she is with her arms

They also practiced saying 'tak' (thank you), which she now says when we give her something.

Grandma/-pa took Sofie on daily walks to visit the swans.

Sofie continues to practice walking.

Play group, Sofie catches up with Emil and Louise from Mums mothers group.

Play group

Sofie in a double stroller with Wilem on her last day in private care.

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Meeting Jonaton

2009-09-16T20:55:00.018+02:00

Wednesday September 16, 2009

Today Sofie gets to meet Jonaton who is 5 weeks old. We all met at Zorana's apartment as Jonatons Dad was ill and we couldn't meet there.

A photo of Jonaton and his Mum (Rikke).

Jonaton seemed a little nervous whilst lying on Kirtsen's lap.

Then it was time for some cake.

Zorana and Filip who is 12 weeks older than Sofie.

Below are two videos of Sebastian, Filip and Sofie. These three spent some time together (yoga and mothers group) when they were younger but couldn't recognise each other.

Below are some of the videos of Sofie earlier that day in play group.

Sunday September 20, 2009

Today Sofie turns 13 months! We spent the morning visiting Mums work and riding around Copenhagen, The weather is still very stabke and warm and it still feels like spring. Hurra for global warming!!!

Sofie in Mums office

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Saying goodbye to Luna

2009-09-13T14:24:00.013+02:00

The week flew by very quickly and on Saturday it was time to say goodbye to Luna whose next stop was Jutland. Sofie really misses her soft furry coat. I think she feels like Luna is a big teddy bear. Below are some videos of our trip to Fynen where we met Dads parents who are looking after Luna this week.

We arrived 30 minutes earlier than Grandma/-pa which gave us ample opportunity to play in the playground. Check out the 5 vidoes below.

Luna is pretty old now so we were surprised that she recognised and warmly welcomed Hans' parents when they arrived.

We all had lunch together and in this video Sofie is finger wrestling with Dad who she feels never feeds her fast enough!

Sunday September 13, 2009.
We spent the day relaxing and Dad had to work a little. Mum and Sofie started the day having a nice walk in the beautiful September autumn weather. As can be seen in this photo Sofie wanted to keep an eye on Mum but also managed a quick 40 minute power nap.

Sofie's walking has now progressed further. When she gets stuck she now turns around and waits for one of us to turn her Chariot instead of just sitting down. See these 2 videos.

We dropped off some plants at my office 'The Cancer Research Society' and Sofie got a ride in the post trolley.

Sofie has a great appetite and here she eats corn on the cob.

'Goodnight Baby Einstein' is one of Sofie's favourites,just look at her face as she watches the puppets go to sleep.

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Another busy week for Sofie

2009-09-09T20:25:00.013+02:00

Ever since Mum started back at work things at home seem flat out. I surprisingly really enjoy getting back to work BUT it is difficult juggling this with being a full time house mum as well. Luckily daycare seems to be getting less and less tiring for Sofie so it's fun seeing her so happy when we get home in the afternoons. Well hopefully we'll all soon get used to our new routines.

This week we started the week with a quick visit to Jutland on Sunday

Sofie and mum took the two hour train ride to meet Hans and Grandma and Granddad there for lunch. In this photo Sofie sits in her back-pack while we wait for the express train to arrive at the station.

Sofie eating some banana on the train ride. She was actually like a bag of worms on this trip which kept Mum pretty busy. Makes one appreciate how lucky we were as she behaved so perfectly on our recent long flight to California.

Sofie dances now when we play music. This is often VERY entertaining

Hopla with Granddad.

On the way home from Jutland we picked up Luna as we are dog-sitting her this week. Sofie really enjoys having Luna here and its fun seeing her trying to interact (see videos below).
Just look at the way Sofie admires Luna. It is as though she has never seen something that beautiful......

...... unfortunately the feeling of adoration aren't mutual and Luna spends most of her time trying to avoid Sofie's adoring gaze and sometimes not so tender touch.

Our friends Ulrik and Anne had a little baby boy on Saturday so Monday after work we visited them at the hospital. Here Ulrik is opening the wooden fire engine we gave them. Its for the baby when he is a little older.
For more photos of the baby check out Ulrik and Annes homepage here.

It was amazing for us to think that one year ago our Sofie was this small. Check out how tiny the little baby face is compared to Sofie.

We have loosened the brakes on Sofies 'push-car' and now she walks even faster....

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More family birthday celebrations

2009-09-01T21:53:00.019+02:00

On the last weekend in August the Danish side of the family came to Copenhagen to visit. This is really rare as we usually all meet in Jutland so we had lots of reason to celebrate.

Sofie received more wonderful presents and this 'walker' was amongst them. A great present from Grandma/-pa

The view from the top of Frelsens church tower.

The view from the top of Frelsens church tower.

We spent Saturday morning walking up to the top of 'Frelsenskirke' tower

Saturday afternoon we all went to the sports ground to watch Oliver compete in soccer. In this photo he is in blue and white to the far left.

A close-up of Sofie.

Patrick, Oliver and Sofie.

Then it was time to open more presents.

On Sunday we all went to the harbour for the last swim of the season. Water temperatures were 18 degrees celsius!

Daniel jumping from the 5 m block

...... Dad tried as well.

After a quick dip the three boys bought ice-cream.

Oliver, Daniel and Sofie.

More ice-cream in 'Bakken'.

Daniel and Oliver on one of the many rides.

Sofie with Uncle Ole.

Sofie also had her first ride on a carousel.

Sofie walking for the first time with the help of the push chariot from Grandma and Grandpa.

Back in daycare Sofie tries on Wilems bicycle helmet and decides she wants one for Christmas!

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August 22, 2009: Dad's birthday

2009-08-22T14:03:00.026+02:00

It has been a big week in the Bräuner household with mum starting back at work, Sofie going to care 4 days a week. BUT it's a very happy time with lots of celebrations and today it was Dads turn to be celebrated. We started the day eating breakfast on the balcony whilst Dad opened all his presents. Then headed off to the beach to enjoy as much of the good weather we could.

Sofie and Dad

Dad got a new bike helmet from Sofie and a new digital camera from Mum. Sofie and Mum also chipped in together to buy Dad a new climbing technical backpack.

Dad riding his bike at the beach with his new helmet.

Mum & Sofie on the beach at Amager Strandpark. At first Sofie hated the sand .....

A video of Sofie the first time we put her on the sand. I think it felt weird on her hands, just look at the way she is lifting them whilst she crawls.

.... but she quickly got used to it check out this photo and the following 2 videos of her after about 10 minutes of getting used to the sand.

Dad & Sofie enjoying a moment together looking out at the view.

..... and then it was Hopla time.

The birthday father and daughter enjoying dinner. Dad requested BBQ food so we had BBQ sausages, fish and beetroots. In this photo Sofie copies what Dad does with his hands.

August 23, 2009
The next day was also super weather so we started the day eating breakfast on our balcony and then going for a run with Sofie in the jogger. Dad also installed the security doors to our balcony. This was something Sofie was very curious about and even though she wanted to help I think Dad would have preferred that she kept her distance.

Sofie (Nosey pants) watching Dad install the security doors.

Furniture walking is become very popular. Check out Sofie doing her exercises in the next two videos.

Sofie walking exercises.

ET phone home ....

Monday August 24, 2009
Then it was suddenly Monday again and back to day care for Sofie. Here she shows Dad how well she can clean her plate!

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