Visiting Bedstemor and Bedstefar in Varde

Max loves visiting Bedstemor and Bedstefar. He is a good helper out in the yard. Max's many faces!

"Whachu talkin' bout, Momma?"

Always eager to help Bedstemor water the flowers. This time he had to wear her shoes to help.

Max is so strong!

Max's big brother gift

I am, of course, late putting this on the website...anyway, Max got a big brother gift about a week and a half after Jonas was born. Max loves to open presents!

I think he knew right away what it was!

He was waiting so patiently!

"Dad, are you finished yet? I'm ready to ride!"

And the fun begins! I think Thomas was just as excited as Max!

Jonas' 5 week check up

Jonas had his five week check up last Wednesday. He is 6.1kg or around 13lbs. 7oz. and is 59cm or 23 1/4in. He weighs more than Max did but is just a bit shorter. Needless to say, I try to spend as much time as I can kissing his cheeks!

Jonas Marvin Bendixen

On his one month birthday last Saturday we finally agreed on a name for our little guy. It has not been easy to find a name that sounds good in both Danish and English. Yes, Jonas is the name of his furry cousin, but if our Jonas is even half as sweet as his cousin Jonas then we will be very lucky:) The middle name was the easy part. Marvin is my grandpa's name and he was a very special person to me. I(along with my brother and cousins) was very lucky to have a grandpa like him. I miss him everyday and giving my son his name for a middle name is my way of keeping him with me forever. I know he's looking down on us and smiling with pride!
Here Jonas is praying that his big brother Max will be quiet and leave him alone for just a few minutes so he can get some sleep! He is 1 week old in this picture.

Jonas is just relaxing on his 13th day of life!

Grandma was holding him for just a minute like this and he fell asleep. He is 3 weeks old in this picture.

It's tough being a newborn-so much to do so little time! 3 weeks old here.

This picture was taken on Jonas' one month birthday. I think he was showing how happy he was to finally have a name!

More pictures of the new addition!

It's taken me awhile to get on the computer-2 kids take a lot of time! All is well but crazy these days. The "little guy" with a cloth diaper on his head. They don't keep hats on them here like they do in the states.

Our "go to" guy, Lars holding the "little guy" and his daughter(Max's good friend), Kajsa. Thanks again, Lars, for taking good care of our "big guy"!

I don't think Thomas could be more proud!

We had the same family room for both boys! The family room is a private room with a hospital bed and a couch(for the Dad), a bathroom and a changing table.

Bringing home baby!

Max wasn't so interested in his new little brother. He was more interested in the little slide that was outside in the waiting room.

The newest Bendixen has arrived!

Wednesday morning(or night, depending on how you look at it) at 12:30am, I started feeling some pain but I thought it was something I ate...well, the pain was coming every 5-10 minutes so I then thought that it could be contractions. My water broke with Max so I expected that to happen again. Anyway, at about 1:30am I was very sure that I was in labor so I woke up Thomas and, just like with Max, he said to lay down and wait a little. Needless to say, I couldn't lay down. Thomas then called our "go to" man, Lars, to come over and take care of Max. We got to the hospital at 2:50am and our little man was born at 4:37am! The midwives thought that he was possibly looking up so it might take a while for him to turn but at 4:35 I told them I had to push and 2 minutes later he made his grand entrance! Surprised the $%#%#$ out of them!! I heard one midwife yell, "she's delivering!" It was another great birth and both Thomas and I were beyond happy to meet our little boy. Fresh out of the oven!

Proud Momma and her boy!

I'm on the phone with my parents, and feeding the little guy, and next to me is the cart they bring in after the birth. It has toast, jam and cheese and some coffee, tea and water. They really make it cozy and relaxing!

Proud Papa and his boy!

Fun before bedtime!

Max was not ready to go to bed last night after such a fun weekend. He was full of life up until 10pm! "Look Momma, I have ears like Jonas!"

"I'm coming to get you, Basso!"

Airplanes,airplanes, airplanes!

One of Max's favorite things is airplanes(helicopters as well). He can hear one coming and right away he looks up to the sky and points. Yesterday we went to the Fly Grill which is right next to one of the runways at the airport. We had lunch and watched the planes take off. Max was in heaven. He got so excited every time a plane took off. Daddy and Max pointing to an airplane.

I guess Max was trying to be as loud as the airplane.

This is his normal look and pose when he sees an airplane.

We had to take some time for the playground. Daddy played, too!

Max loves to slide!

And swing!!!!

The mountain bike race

Saturday was a great day for Max. Thomas took part in a 12 hour mountain bike race so Max and I went to see him. Max loved watching all the people go by on their bikes(Thomas has brainwashed him!). He clapped his hands and yelled "YEAH!" when they rode by. Max was so tired by the end of the day.

He played hard all day!

Here comes Daddy!

"Go Daddy Go!

Kajsa and Max enjoy each other every time they are together. I meant to take a picture but the camera was on video so it's a very short video.

Max loves to visit Kajsa!

Last night we went to Lars and Krestina's for dinner. Kajsa and Max got along so well!

Max loves his "Uncle" Lars!

The kids being silly! Max is trying to do a somersault-Thomas has been trying to teach him that.