Pooh!!

Her er lige et billede af Emma med hendes elskede Pooh. De sidder og ser Peter Plys film:-)
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Here is a picture of Emma with her beloved Pooh. They are watching Winnie the Pooh together:-)

Jul/Christmas 2011

Vi har haft en stille og rolig juleaften i vores lille hjem. Juleaftensdag var vi i den danske kirke til dansk julegudstjeneste (det insisterer jeg paa hvert aar, naar jeg nu ikke kan vaere hjemme i Dk til jul). Emma var temmelig hoejlydt saa farmand og Emse brugte det meste af tiden i kirkekaelderen, mens jeg noed at synge med paa de gode gamle juleviser.

Jule aften var vi bare os 3, hvilket var helt ok med os, idet Emma har vaeret snot forkoelet paa det sidste og traengte til lidt fred og ro. Vi aabnede julegaver lige foer aftensmaden, og da Emma var kommet i seng, saa Aaron og jeg "Miracle on 34th Street" - en rigtig god julefilm.
Stille og rolig, men rigtig hyggelig aften:-)
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We had a very quiet Christmas Eve in our home. Christmas Eve's day we went to the Danish church to the Danish Christmas service (I insist on this every year, now that I do not get to celebrate Christmas in Denmark). Emma was a bit loud, so her and daddy spent most of the service downstairs in the church basement, while I thoroughly enjoyed singing along to the good old Christmas Hymns. 

On Christmas Eve we were just the 3 of us, which was totally okay with us, as Emma has had a really bad cold in the last few days and needed some peace and quiet. We opened up our Christmas presents just before supper, and after Emma was in bed Aaron and I watched " Miracle on 34th Street" - a really good Christmas Movie. 
A quiet, but really cozy Christmas Eve:-)

Julelys/Christmas Lights

Her kommer lige en video af os der koere igennem nabolaget og kigger paa julelysene paa alle husene. Billed kvaliteten er ret ringe, men det er nu ogsaa mest Emma's begejstring vi proevede at optage. Hun kalder alle lysene "trees":-)
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Here is a video of us driving through the neighborhood looking at the Christmas lights. The picture quality is pretty bad, but it was more to capture Emma's excitement than anything else. She calls all the lights "trees":-)

Emma og Far/Emma and Daddy

Hvad laver Emma og Far naar de skal hygge sig??? De danser selvfoelgelig:-)
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What do Emma and daddy do when they are having a good time?? They dance of course:-)

 

Emma's foerste moede med Julemanden/Emma's first visit with Santa

Billedet siger alt:-) Emma var ikke saerlig imponeret, og kunne ikke forstaa hvorfor vi som foraeldre ville have hende til at sidde oppe ved den underlige mand. Og det kan man jo godt forstaa:-)
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The photo speaks for itself:-) Emma was not impressed, and did not understand why her parents wanted her to sit on this stranger's lap. Who can blame her:-) 

En tur paa legepladsen/A trip to the playground

Vejret var rigtig dejligt i dag med blaa himmel, solskin og omkring 3 graders varme. Vinden var godt nok lidt kold, men stadig rigtig godt vejr til at komme en tur paa legepladsen. Emma blev helt vildt begejstret da hun fik oeje paa legepladsen:-)
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The weather was really nice today with blue skies, sunshine and temperatures around 3 degrees Celsius. The wind was a bit chilly, but still a nice day for a trip to the playground. Emma was so excited when she realized where we were going:-)

Farmand var i Phoenix, Arizona her i weekenden med sit arbejde. Da han kom hjem havde han en soed lille Peter Plys Bjoern med hjem til Emma pigen. Foerst ville hun ikke have noget med den at goere, men nu ELSKER hun sin lille Pooh.
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Daddy was in Phoenix this past weekend with work. When he returned he had a cute pooh bear for Emma with him. At first she wanted nothing to do with it, but now she LOVES her little pooh. 

 

November

November og endelig sne:-)

Vi har haft hamrende travlt i den sidste tid med diverse messer, fester og foedselsdage, hvilket vi selvfoelgelig ikke har faaet taget nogle billeder af. I stedet for kommer der lige lidt billeder af maven, Emma og foerste tur i sneen. God fornoejelse:-)

(Yep jeg er lige saa traet som jeg ser ud. LAAAANG uge. Nu 26 uger henne i graviditeten)
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November and finally snow:-)

We have been extremely busy the last couple of weeks with tradeshows, parties and birthdays which we of course have not been able to capture on video. Instead you will find below a few pics of the stomach, Emma and the first day out in the snow. Enjoy:-)  

(Yep, I am just as exhausted as I look. Has been a VERY LONG week. I am now 26 weeks pregnant)

Halloween

Eftersom at vi var i Danmark sidste aar paa Halloween var dette Emma's foerste Halloween. Hun syntes det var ok at gaa rundt til de forskellige huse og holde boetten ud mens mor sagde Trick or treat (Emma sagde Treat), men det hun syntes var det allermest fantastiske var at udlevere slik til de andre boern.

Her kommer lidt billeder og video fra Halloween aften:
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We were in Denmark on Halloween last year, so this year was Emma's first. She thought it was okay to walk around to the neighbors "trick and treating", but what she found the most fun was to hand out candy to the other kids. 

Here are some pictures and videos from Halloween evening:

Emma's pretty Jacket:-)

This one is for the Verbaan Family.
Thank you so much for the beautiful jacket. We have received so many nice comments on it:-)

Vores naeste barn er.....en baby/Our next child is a....baby!!!

Aaron, Emma og jeg var helt vild begejstret da vi skulle til laegen i sidste uge, da vi troede at vi ville finde ud af hvad baby van der Vaart er...MEN det er baby van der Vaart bare overhovedet ikke med paa, for den sad med krydsede ben i de 40 minutter vi var der. OEV. Saa vi maa tage til takke med at vide at barnet indtil videre ser sund og rask ud og er en livlig lille en. Billederne er ikke naer saa gode som Emma's, men de er ogsaa taget knap 2 uger foer Emma's var.

Terminsdatoen er nu 29 Februar, 2012. 
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Aaron, Emma and I were so excited when we went to the doctor last week as we thought we were going to find out the sex of baby van der Vaart...BUT baby van der Vaart did not agree, as it was cross legged the entire time (btw that was 40 minutes). ARGHH. But we did find out that so far the baby seems to be healthy and a lively little one. The pictures are not as good as Emma's were, but they are also taken 2 weeks earlier than Emma's. 

New due date based on pictures is February 29, 2012:-) 

Vores lille abe:-)/Our Little Monkey:-)

Emma er efterhaanden rigtig god til at kravle:-)
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Emma is getting really good at climbing:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRsz7aaUqAo

(kunne ikke faa videoen til at virke paa bloggen, saa klik paa linket isf/Could not make the video work on the blog, so please click on the link)
 

Sommer - Fortsat/Summer continued

Her er der stadig laekkert sommervejr - naesten for laekket med temperaturer omkring de 30 grader hver dag. Det gode er at I endelig kan faa lov at se nogle billeder fra Emma i spray parken, samt hvor dygtig Emma er til at hjaelpe med at vaske groentsager, blomster m.m. Vores have har givet et godt udbud i aar af guleroedder, tomater og rodbeder - men vores squash der var saa flotte sidste aar skal vi godt nok se laenge efter. Vi har ogsaa haft god hoest af salat og kartofler:-)

Der er ogsaa nogle faa billeder af Emma sammen med Moster og Onkel Mads fra deres tur herover for et par uger siden:-)
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We are still having some awesome summer weather here - almost too nice with temperatures around 30 degrees every day. The good news is that because of this you will be able to see some photos of Emma at the spray park, as well as some pics of how good she is at helping with washing the vegetables, plants etc. Our garden has given us a nice amount of carrots, beets, tomatoes, potatoes and salad, but the zucchini that was soo nice last year, is almost non existent.   

There are also a couple of pictures of Emma with "Moster" and Uncle Mads from their visits a few weeks ago:-)

 

Og for jer der gerne vil vide hvordan graviditeten gaar? Ja maven er begyndt at vokse:-) (15 uger)
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If you want to know how the pregnancy is going? well the stomach is def starting to grow:-) (15 weeks)

Opdatering - Emma-Update

For 2 uger siden var vi til halvaarlig undersoegelse med Emma. Hun er nu 84 cm hoej og vejer 11.5 kg. Emma har i oejeblikket jordbaer og citrus frugt allergi, men laegen tror at det er noget hun kan vokse fra, saa vi proever at introducere det igen om et par mdr. Ellers er hun bare super sund og frisk:-)
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We went to Emma's Semi-yearly health visit 2 weeks ago. She is now 84 cm and weighs 25.2 lb. Emma is currently allergic to strawberries and citrus fruits, but the doctor thinks she might grow out of it, so we will try and re-introduce them to her in a couple of months. Otherwise Emma is a super healthy and active child:-)

Emma siger nu foelgende ord/Emma is now saying the following):
Mama (selvom jeg har proevet meget ihaerdigt at faa hende til at sige mor/Ive tried to get her to say Mor = mom in Danish)
Bar (Far) (daddy)
mere (og tegnsproget der hoere til) (more and the sign language that goes with it)
Please (og tegnsproget der hoere til)
amazing
oh wow
you ready
nej (no)
ja (bliver brugt rigtig rigtig meget) (yes, this she uses A LOT)
bog (book)
tog (train)
Bubble/bobble 
oh yeah 
pandekage (pancakes) 

Som en lille side bemaerkning saa hoerte vi hjertelyden til baby van der Vaart for foerste gang i onsdags - laegen sagde at det er en livlig lille en, hvilket ikke kommer bag paa nogen af os:-)/as a side note we heard the heartbeat of baby van der Vaart for the first time on wednesday - the doctor said it is a lively one, which does not surprise us one bit:-)

En soenday i august/A Sunday in August

Vi proever paa at nyde de sidste varme sommer dage, saa i gaar var vi en tur paa legepladsen. Hvad vi ikke lige havde forberedt vores lille familie paa var at der ogsaa var en "Spray Park" der sproejter med vand, og selvfoelgelig ville Emma ogsaa proeve det. Hun blev temmelig vaad, og foraeldrene fik da ogsaa nogle straaler vand:-) Var faktisk meget positivt overrasket over hvor sjovt Emma syntes det var. Fik taget en rigtig god video med Aarons tlf, men desvaerre saa er filen for stor til at jeg kan uploade den til baade email og youtube, saa I maa bare tro mig naa jeg siger hun hyggede sig. Hun stod midt i vandstraalerne og lappede vandet i sig:-)

Bagefter var det af med toejet (fik jeg naevnt hun var vaad) og hjem og hygge med Odin - det har vi trods alt et billede af. Super hyggelig soendag:
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We are trying to enjoy the last hot summer days of the year, so yesterday we went to the playground. What we did not think about beforehand was that this playground also has a spray park, which of course Emma had to try out. Needless to say that Emma got really wet, and her parents were a little soaked as well. I did take a really good video of this with Aaron's phone, but unfortunately the file is too large to upload to email or youtube, so you just have to trust me when I say Emma had fun. She was standing in the middle of the water streams drinking the water:-)

Afterwards it was off with the clothes (because she was that wet) and home to have some cozy time with Odin, which we do have pictures/video of. Great Sunday:-)