Møver -- Soldier move

Tumble in the Jungle

Locally we have a great playgroup called Tumble in the Jungle. We go there every week meeting with different people. Today it was Heidi and the girls who came to play. The picture was taken during a well earned break. Magnus had stood up solo for the first time and soon after the picture was taken he crashed out and slept two hours.

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Ikke så langt fra hvor vi bor er der en rigtig god legestue, der hedder Tumble in the Jungle. Vi tager derhen hver uge og mødes med forskellige venner. Idag var det Heidi og pigerne, der var med til at lege. Billedet er taget ved en velfortjent pause. Magnus rejste sig selv op uden hjælp for første gang and ikke så lang tid efter billedet blev taget faldt han i søvn og sov i to timer.

Bedstefar og Magnus

Hygge med Bedstefar - de brugte en masse tid på at sidde sammen og små snakke. Endnu engang et billed hvor der er mange ligheder.

Hanging out with Bedstefar - they used a lot of time just being together. Yet another picture with lots of similarities.

Magnus og kattene -- Magnus and the cats

Magnus fik pludselig øje for katte, da vi var på ferie hos mormor. Nu, da han kan kravle, blev vi nød til at passe extra på, da hans motorik ikke rigtig er til det med at være forsigtig. Kattene syntes ikke rigtig om det med at blive håndteret voldsomt.

Whilst in Denmark Magnus started to notice cats. Now when he can crawl we have to be extra careful as his motor skills does not lent themselves to careful play. The cats didn't care much for rough handling by Magnus.

Faster og Jørgen

When visiting Denmark we went to see Rikke's aunt and uncle (Ingrid & Jørgen). Magnus got spoiled and was allowed things Rikke never was as a child (see also picture of Jørgen and Magnus)!!! They all seemed to get on very well and we are looking forward to seeing them next time we are in Denmark.

Da vi var i Danmark havde vi en rigtig hyggelig dag sammen med Faster og Jørgen (Rikkes faster og onkel). Magnus blev forkælet og fik lov til ting som Rikke aldrig fik da hun var lille (se billed af Jørgen og Magnus)!!! De kom alle godt ud af det med hinanden og vi glæder os til at se dem igen næste gang vi er i Danmark.

Ferie hos mormor -- holiday with mormor

Nyder sit bad med sit nye legetøj - en gulerod og helosan!

Enjoying the bath and new toys - a carrot and hand creme!

Jul i Danmark -- Christmas in Denmark

I starten af december tog hele familien tilbage til Danmark for at fejre jul. Vi mødtes med hele vores nærmeste familie og fik masser af godt mad. Mormor fandt også på en ny tradition, hvor der blev danset om juletræet udenfor. Magnus nød sangene og dansen meget og smilede hele vejen igennem. Han klarede hele dagen godt og begyndte til sidst at finde sin egen stemme. Da alle sad og snakkede hørte vi pludselig nogle høje lyde. Det var Magnus måde at blive hørt på.

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In early December the whole family went to Denmark to celebrate Christmas. We met with the Danish side of the family and had lost of good food. Mormor came up with a new tradition where the carols were sung outside infront of the Christmas tree. Magnus liked the singing and dancing a lot and smiled the whole way through. He did really well throughout and at the end started to find his own voice. When everyone were talking we started to hear loud noises which we think was his way of getting attention.

First Thanksgiving -- Første Thanksgiving

Magnus had his first Thanksgiving here in London and even though it was not as celebratory as if he had been in America with his family we still tried to celebrate the event. To be fair it was mainly Rikke and Matt who had some good food but we still thought the day was worth remembering with this photo. We want Magnus to enjoy the best of both his heritages.

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Magnus oplevede hans første Thanksgiving her i London og selvom det nok ikke var så festligt som, hvis han havde været i USA med den amerikanske del af familien, så syntes vi alligevel, at dagen var værd at mindes med dette foto. Vi vil ha, at Magnus få traditioner fra begge sine forældres kulture.

Siden sidst -- Since last

Siden bloggen blev opdateret sidst er vi kommet vidre med vores planer for 2008. Vi har fået lejet vores lejlighed ud og billeterne til det caraibiske øhav er købt. Rikke er ved at få støvet spindlevævet af sit spanske fra gymnasiet. Den gamle vittighed fra 90'erne "skraldespansk" er nok meget passende. Vi glæder os meget og idag fik Magnus sit sidste check fra sundhedsplejersken. Vi kan nu stolt meddele at han vejer 9.6kg.

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Since the blog was updated last we have progressed in our plans for 2008. We have rented out our flat and bought the tickets for the Caribbean islands. Rikke is trying to remember her Spanish from high school which is not coming easy. We are very excited and today Magnus had his last check-up with the health visitor. We are proud to announce he now weighs a whopping 9.6kg.

Har lige lært at sidde -- Just learned to sit

Første gyngetur -- First time on the swings

Vi har brugt meget tid på at mødes med Heidi og andre venner med størrer børn. Nu da Magnus kan sidde (næsten) for sig selv, kan han være med til at lege. Billedet er af hans første gynge tur. Han kunne godt li det og det er nok ikke sidste gang vi bruger tid på legepladsen.

We have spent a lot of time meeting with Heidi and other friends with kids. Since Magnus has been able to sit up unaided (almost) he can join in with the playing. The picture is of his first time on the swings. He liked it and we are sure it won't be the last time we will be at the playground.

Magnus og hans ven -- Magnus and his friend

Magnus with his dad -- Magnus med hans far

We realised some of the recent blogs have Rikke on them so we thought it was about time Matt was on one for once. Here is one of the two Alberts together.

Vi synes, at på det seneste, det er Rikke, som er med på de forskellige blogs så vi tænkte det var på tide, at der var en med Matt på. Her har vi så de to Alberter sammen.

Magnus og Mogens -- Magnus and Mogens

Magnus er meget interesseret i spejle og en smule forundret over det han ser. Vi har givet drengen i spejlbilledet navnet Mogens (fordansket Magnus) hvilket nu er hans alter ego.

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Magnus is very interested in mirrors and a little perplexed of what he sees. We have named the boy in the reflexion Mogens (a danish variation of Magnus) which is now his alter ego.

Hallowen -- "Fastelavn"

En meget træt Magnus efter en dag som ko. Magnus havde været til sidst første hallowen fest (amerikansk fastelavn).

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A very tired Magnus after a day as a cow. Magnus had been to his first halloween party.

Fartdjævle -- Speed demon

Magnus and his friends -- Magnus og hans venner

Magnus and Rikke meet up weekly with friends who have babies all born in May of this year. On this picture are a few of his friends. It is amazing to see how they are all developing every week. It is clockwise from magnus - Elanor, Adair and Luke.

Magnus og Rikke mødes hver uge med venner der har børn der er alle født i maj. Billedet er af nogle af hans venner. Det er sjovt at se hvor de alle udvikler sig fra uge til uge. Det er i urets retning fra Magnus - Elanor, Adair og Luke.

Going home -- På vej hjem

As you can see from the photo going to American was tiring business. Magnus slept most of the way home allowing us to watch a film - what a luxury! He managed the flying really well and we hope he will continue enjoying the travelling so he can become the Erasmus of the Albert family.

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Som i sikkert kan se så var turen til USA en udmattende fornøjelse. Magnus sov det meste af vejen hjem så vi nåede at se en film - hvilken luxus! Han klarede at flyve rigtig godt og vi håber han vil fortsætte med at kunne li at rejse så kan kan blive Albert familiens Erasmus.

Lamb and Abbi

Lamb is one of Matt's oldest friends and is embarking on the journey of parenthood the same time as us. We were happy to meet the lovely Abbi and hope in years to come her and Magnus will be as good friends as Matt and Lamb are.

Lamb er en af matts ældeste venner som er blevet forælder samme tid som os. Vi fik den lille Abbi at se og håber at i fremtiden Magnus og Abbi vil blive lige så gode venner som Matt og Lamb er.

Ynglings leg -- favorite game

Best of the seventies -- det bedste af 70'erne

Perhaps something Magnus will find less funny than his parents in the years to come!!!

Måske Magnus vil synes billedet er mindre sjovt end hans forældre når han bliver ældre!!

Visit to Spokane -- Besøg i Spokane

In one of our first blogs we talked about looking forward to Magnus meeting our friends and family. As you have seen on the different blogs he has met many of our friends and family. Not all are on the site but we have had lots of good times seeing Magnus interacting with all the ones we hold dear. We are looking forward to even more meetings with our friends and family. This blog is of some of our family in the States.

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I en af vores første blog skrev vi om hvordan vi glædede os til at Magnus skulle møde vores familie og venner. Som i nok har set så har han mødt mange. Ikke alle er med på bloggen, men vi har haft mange gode stunder hvor Magnus har mødt mange af dem vi holder af. Vi glæder os til mange flere gode stunder. Denne blog er af nogen af vores familie i USA.

Papa Rick -- Farfar Rick

Grandma Corinne -- Olde Corinne

Aunt Cheryl -- Matts moster

Auntie Ange -- Faster Ange

As mentioned in an earlier blog Matt's sister Ange took many priceless photos of Magnus. We thought this one of our own is apt in showing the relationship they had whilst taking the photos. It is great to see how happy and smiley he was and it only shows the close relationship they developed during our time together.

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Vi har tidligere nævnt at Matts søster Ange tog mange rigtige gode billeder af Magnus. Vi synes at dette foto som vi tog viser det forhold de havde mens der blev taget billeder. Det er dejligt at se hvor glad og smilende Magnus var og det viser hvor tæt deres forhold er blevet gennem den tid vi brugte sammen.

First foods -- første vælling

Magnus really enjoyed his first taste of baby rice as you can probably see from the picture. Since returning to London he has started to drink from a cup and finds holding it very facinating.

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Magnus nød sin første vælling som i sikkert kan se på billedet. Siden vi er kommet hjem er han begyndt på at drikke af en kop hvilket han synes er vældig spændende. Der er dog lang vej til at han er Emma Gad kyndig!!

American cousins -- Amerikanske fætre

We have only just returned from our visit to Matt's hometown. We spent a lot of time with the family and were very excited to see how Magnus would get on with his cousins. We had a really good time and Magnus seemed to enjoy it. Since being with all the boys Magnus has developed in leaps and bounds - it was a good way to keep up with them.

Vi er lige kommet hjem efter vores ferie i Matts hjemby. Vi brugte meget tid sammen med familien og var spændte på at se hvordan Magnus kom ud af det med sine fætre. Vi havde det rigtig hyggeligt og Magnus havde det sjovt sammen med sine fætre. Efter vi var så meget sammen med drengene har Magnus udviklet sig rigtig meget - det var en god måde at følge med på.

Anthony

Willie

Tanner

Magnus, Anthony and Willie

Willie

Tanner and Anthony

Matt's sister (Ange) ia a professional photographer. Guess who took what photos!! She spent a lot of time getting many priceless photos of Magnus of which you will probably see more of on this page.

Matts søster (Ange) er fotograf. Gæt hvem der har taget de forskellige billeder!! Hun brugte meget tid på at tage nogle vidunderlige billeder af Magnus. Dem får i nok mere at se af på vores hjemmeside.

First swim - første gang i svømmehal

Magnus has been for his first swim. He attended the "Water babies" session in the local swimmingpool. He was not very keen but we hope with practice he might like it a bit better. We thought you all might like his swimming outfit.

Magnus har været ude og svømme for første gang. Han var til "Water babies" i den lokale svømmehal. Han var ikke helt vild med vandet, men vi håber med tiden at det kommer til at gå lidt bedre. Vi tænkte at alle nok vil værdsætte et billed af hans nye badebukser.

Nyt legetøj - New toy

Flyver Kaptain -- Biggles

Lise

Lise er en af Rikkes gamle venner fra folkeskolen. Hun er en hyppig gæst her i London og vi nyder altid at have hende og Karin på besøg. Lise var syg mens vi var i Danmark, men tilbudet om at sige hej til Magnus var nok til at hun stod ud af sygesengen og kom ud for at hilse på ham i lufthavnen.

Lise is an old friend of Rikke's from school. She is a regular visitor to London and we always enjoy having her and Karin on holiday. Lise was sick whilst we were in Denmark but the offer of saying hello to Magnus was enough to get her to leave her sickbed and meet us in the airport.

Pepper

Overskriften hentyder til det kælenavn Heidi og Rikke fandt på til Lisbeth da vi var små. Det kom sig af at vi ikke kunne udtale hendes navn og hendes navn blev derfor udtalt Pep (og senere Pepper). Lisbeth er vores ældeste ven og det var derfor rigtig dejligt at hun fik set Magnus. Lisbeths første kommentar var med stor latter at han ligner Rikke meget. Det måtte vi begge give hende ret i.

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The title hints at the nickname Rikke (and Heidi) came up with for Lisbeth when we were little. The name stems from us not being able to pronounce her name and it became Pep (and later Pepper). Lisbeth is Rikke's oldest friend and it was therefore very nice she got to meet Magnus. Lisbeth first comment was that Magnus looks like Rikke a lot and we had to agree with her.

Og til danskerne -- Lisbeth's Voldsomme Volvo!! Den er rigtig flot og en vi vil gerne have en her i london.

The last picture is a joke for the Danes which is difficult to translate and relates to a comedy programme from the 80's.

Olde Lisa -- Greatgrandma Lisa

Det var dejligt at se hvor glad farmor blev da hun mødte Magnus. Magnus var som sædvalig glad og smilede til hende så det lod til de begge fik meget ud af stunden sammen. Magnus er det syvende oldebarn i familien. Vi havde en god dag til Magnus' bedstefars fødselsdag, men fik desværre ikke taget billeder af resten af familien. Det var dog dejligt at få snakket med jer alle.

Børnene på det nedereste billed er (fra Magnus i urets retning) - Tobias, Caroline, Bastian og Nanna. J og B var ikke med, men var med i ånden via det billed farmor sidder med.

It was really nice seeing how happy Farmor (Rikke's grandmother) was when she met Magnus. Magnus was as usual happy and smiled a lot. It seemed like they both enjoyed the time together. Magnus is the seventh great-grand child in the family.

The children on the last picture are all great-grand children (clockwise from Magnus) - Tobias, Caroline, Bastian and Nanna. Heidi's girls couln't be there but were there in spirit via the picture Farmor is sitting with.

Fætter Bastian -- Cousin Bastian

Magnus og Bastian brugte så det meste af tiden på at se på hinanden, men det er sikkert noget der vil ændre sig når de begge er lidt størrer og kan lege sammen. Det bliver sjovt at se hvilken frækheder de kan finde på sammen.

Magnus and Bastian used most of the time looking at each other which we are sure will change when they get a bit bigger and can play with each other. It will be fun to see what mischief they will get up to.

Mødet med den danske familie - meeting the Danes

Mormor og Jan holdt stor sommerfest og Magnus kom derved til at møde sin danske familie. Billedet er af morbror Dan. Magnus fik brugt en masse tid sammen med Dan og vi glæder os til endnu flere gode tider sammen. De næste billeder er af de forskellige danske familie medlemmer på Rikkes mors side.

Mormor and Jan had a big garden gettogether where Magnus got to meet some of his Danish family. Magnus got to spend time with his uncle Dan and we are looking forward to many more good times together. The following pictures are of some of the many Danish family members.

Anders og Magnus (Rikke's brother)

Stine og Magnus (Rikke's sister)

Mia og Nikolaj (Rikkes kusine og fætter -- Rikke's cousins).

Søren (Rikke's brother)

Moster Gitte og Niels (Rikke's aunt and uncle)

Anne og Bastian (Magnus fætter) -- Anne and Bastian (Magnus' cousin)

How to use your time in the airport -- sådan får man tiden til at gå i lufthavnen

Tillykke til Chiara & Nick -- Congratulations to Chiara & Nick

Nick and Chiara got married in Italy on the first of September - congratulations. We really appreciated you taking time out to visit us before your wedding (the picture was taken two days before Chiara went home to prepare for the wedding). In addition we are sure Magnus will also appreciate meeting a fellow viking in London (Nick).

Nick & Chiara bliv gift i Italien den 1 september - mange gange tillykke. Vi værdsatte virkeligt at i kom forbi et par dage før jeres bryllup (billedet blev taget et par dage før Chiara rejste hjem til de sidste forberedelser). Vi tror også at Magnus vil værdsætte at have mødt en anden viking i London (Nick).

Uncle Tony

Magnus got to meet uncle Tony when he came to London on a business trip. Tony comes to see us regularily and we really enjoy spending the time together. Now Magnus just has to meet the rest of the De Genner family when we go home in september. Tony is married to Matt's, aunt Cheryl.

Magnus mødte Onkel Tony da han kom til London på forretnings rejse. Tony kommer på besøg often og vi nyder disse besøg meget. Magnus mangler nu kun at møde resten af De Genner familien her til september når vi tager til USA igen. Tony er gift med Matts moster, Cheryl.

Emma & Ewan

Emma and Ewan got to meet Magnus and brought a lovely elephant for his already growing collection of soft toys. Ewan is an old work colleague of Matt's. Nowadays Matt and Ewan fool themselves into thinking they can play golf (this remains to be seen as they appear to spend more time entering petty bets and going to the pub together). Best of luck to Emma and Ewan as they embark on new opportunities in Africa.

Emma og Ewan mødte Magnus og gav ham en elefant til hans allerede voksende samling af bamser. Ewan er en gammel arbejds kammerat af Matt. Nutildags bruger de mest tid på at spille golf (dog er jeg ikke sikker på at de er så gode da det virker som de bruger det meste tiden på at indgå små vædemål og tage på pubben). Held og lykke til Emma og Ewan med deres nye liv i Afrika.

Brooks City Farm

Today we went to the City Farm whose main attarction is a lama. We met with Heidi, Mark and the girls and were later joined by Kath and her daughters. Magnus is a little too young to join in but Erin played with him which he really seemed to enjoy. The picture of Magnus shows his new preferred activity - putting his spit cloth in his mouth.

Idag var vi på den locale City Farm. Deres hoved attraction er en lama (minder det dig om noget Dan?). Vi mødtes med Heidi, Mark og pigerne og senere kom Kath og hendes døtre. Magnus er lidt for lille til at lege med dyrene men Erin legede med ham hvilket han nød. Billedet af Magnus viser hans nyeste ynglings leg - at putte hans spytteklud i munden.