I'm thankfull for...thanksgiving!

Today we had an amazing American/Danish thanksgiving dinner courtesy of emilia's (linn's cousin) mother and father. From the cranberry sauce to the pumpkin pie...it was all there. I was highly dreading the grim thought of missing thanksgiving, but thanks to the fact that emilia's father is from Texas......we were able to eat until I could see the tip of the turkey leg in the back of my throat. Yes, I ate everything that was on my plate...

A day at the park...

Before church we spent the morning enjoying the fresh snow and wonderful Frederiksberg Have.

First snow......first snowball fight.

And the winner is......

Just can't stay awake...

It was about 5:30 pm and emil still had about 2 hours still until bed. So I thought it would be best to attempt keeping him awake for fear that come 4:00 am he would be wide awake. Much help I was...

Fun Fridays in CPH

Yesterday, Kyle and I went to a CSS concert at Lille Vega in Copenhagen. We had so much fun. For some reason I was expecting the singer to be this really cool looking french singer, (I really don't know what I was thinking, since they are a Brazilian band???) but she was this little dark haired tomboyish girl, that was just jumping around the stage dancing however she felt like it, while laughing in between singing. Everyone in the band was just wearing jeans and t-shirt and some of the girls had randomly painted themselves with gold dust on their faces. They were all just so laid back and so much fun. I guess it makes sense, since CSS is for Cansei de ser sexy - tired of being sexy. I just never put two and two together before. In concert the music had a real garage band feel to it, which is cool since all music seems to be so overproduced lately. I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!! If anyone has the chance to go and see them: GO!!!

Speechless...

happy birthday to me!

It was a good birthday! I started the day with linn, taking part in two separate brunches......one with the family and the other with of few of our good friends. After stuffing our faces full of nice danish roles and pastry's, I opened some pretty cool gifts. This is what I received:

1. A pair of CSS tickets from linn.
2. A Bodom stove-top espresso maker from myself via my wonderful mother.
3. A stove-top milk frother from linn.
4. A children's book in Danish from linn's parents...with all sorts of great stuff to learn (I now know how to say airplane and dump truck!).
5. A HC Anderson short story book in Danish from linn's parents (I could be wrong, but I think they may been hinting at something...?).

Later that night after hanging out with friends and indulging in tasty, yet way-to-expensive cheese and bread at around 6'ish or 7'sh, me and linn then went out to the most wonderful and cozy French restaurant for dinner. We opted for a 3 course menu......having duck, salmon, scallops, and a chocolate cake with mango sorbet that nearly made me wet myself. In all, it was a wonderfully spontaneous birthday. Something I think I ought to do more often...?

le pavé restaurant

Matt sent this to me this morning...

Perhaps it's not that bad after all...

Nothing like waking up at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning! Can you sense the sarcasm? Well yeah, sure my ideal Saturday morning doesn't consist of a 5:30 am wake up call and three dirty diapers. But at the same time, the feeling of being with the little one, watching the sun rise, feeling the cold morning Copenhagen air, and having my morning latté......somehow felt, nostalgic. Though i'd rather not admit the defeat of my pride, I kind of enjoyed it...despite being quite negative about the thought of it the night before.

Anyways, here's a quick video I took off my phone, of which has been the source of all my photos and videos (in case you were wondering). Please forgive the excessive puffy eyes and bed head.

Not Really a Halloween Party...

It's Halloween!!!!! Unfortunately for my young American husband to be, it's not a very celebrated holiday in Denmark. We don't like to be scared all that much... We like our mood to be on an even level at all times. I tried to surprise him with a little Halloween celebration, so I thought I would make crepes for him, carve a pumpkin and then we could watch a scary movie. However I didn't have time to go and rent a movie so we had to watch Corpse Bride. Which I personally find a little scary at times, but I don't think Kyle felt the same.

Then there was the pumpkin. All the pumpkins where green and way too expensive. A medium size greenish orange pumpkin which should have been sold two months ago, costs 15 dollars at my local corner store. Therefore I figured that I would save my money and just make my apartment look really dark. It didn't really have the same Halloween effect though. It just looked dreary.(Speaking of carved pumpkins; yesterday I saw a pumpkin carved as Barack Obama - pretty impressive I must say.)

Anyways, back to our night: So we had no pumpkin, no scary movie but at least we had crepes - kind of... Everyone knows that Kyle is the crepe master, so I had a lot of pressure on my shoulders trying to make him crepes. I really did my best but the crepes however ended up either not sticking together or burn, but only in the middle so they had big holes in them. They were a sorry looking little bunch. Here's my thought though: Maybe crepes aren't suppose to be perfect on Halloween. These crepes would have scared any other of the fancy looking crepes that Kyle usually produces. Hence I think they were actually perfect in the spirit of Halloween. In spite of this I must say that I would prefer the crepes Kyle makes any day.

The Church

After writing a bunch of different churches and fearing that we would have to have our wedding in the 70's catacomb-like church building that we usually attend, a very nice young Priest said that we could borrow his church for the wedding. We thought that this church at least was a little bit better, so we accepted. Notice the sky-high arches. I love it!!! I think it'll do for a simple wedding ceremony.

http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehemskirken

There seems to be a common theme...?

This was in the film section in the newspaper this morning on the S train. I thought it was quite funny. In case you can't seem to find the obvious, i'll give you a clue......6 of these films have one thing in common.

Hanging out at the apartment with the little one.

just a latté.

Me and linn's attempt at latté perfection.

Good times on the S train.

Though he looks rather confused and scared, he was actually quite happy...or at least I think so...:-)

The support runs far and wide.

This was on the train yesterday.

It's a beautiful thing!

Sick child at 5:30 a.m. (WARNING)

This morning I was woke up at 5:30 a.m. and was asked to take care of Emil, since he had been up all night, not giving his mom and dad much option for sleep. So of course without "much" hesitation I jumped out of bed as though I was a prisoner of war, and started my day of with a smash. As the first minutes went by, I could only imagine how nice it was to be sleeping and not, to be blunt, the current parent of an awfully sleep deprived and sick, though sweet little baby. So the hours went by, as I fought with him to get him to grab a little sleep before he was back in his parents care. Eventually though I gave up after he continued to prove that playing with my computer was indeed far more interesting than grabbing some zzz's. After putting him back down on the floor to let him roam around, minutes later I smelled what I had soon come to know as I my first poopy diaper. Hurray! So I took him to the changing table after debating on weather or not I should wait for his parents to wake up and act oblivious or just man up to it. So yes, I manned up to it and changed not only my first poopy diaper, but also my first "sick" poopy diaper, which to be perfectly honest in my opinion looks, and indeed smells a whole lot different from the regular business. My gag reflexes were on high alert...

Party time at the Petterson Household!

Early Morning Christmas Mood

Could it be that I am already exited about christmas. As I woke up this morning way too early for my taste, it was still dark outside. For some reason that brought me back to the early december mornings in the kitchen of my parents house, where we would sit with candles on the tables and try to forget that in just a few moments we would have to walk outside in the cold and participate in a new days obligations. I'm ready for candles, sweets, christmas music and cheasy christmas movies... Bring it on. I should have stayed in Chicago. Americans understand the early need for indulging in christmas. They'll probably start decorating soon. Here it might take a whole month still. I'll have to be patient.