In March, after just three months, we can clearly see someone is in there! And just in case we were unsure it danced and jumped for the camera. 000-2005-01--0002.jpg	For our batch of June photos we decided to get a bit of a glamour look going - not bad, eh? 001-2005-06-24--0018.jpg	On the 3rd of July 2006 it all got under way. Waters had broken overnight and we were at the hospital around 8am. By 12:16 our son was out in the world with us. At 52cm and 3730g he's on the solid side of average (but just you wait!). Here he's catching his first breaths after some hard work together with his mum. 002-2005-07-03--0005.jpg
A good 10 minutes into the world and having his first nap with air, light, clothes, duvet and us. 003-2005-07-03--0019.jpg	After about an hour we were driven (battery powered three-in-a-line seater) through some corridors to the patient-hotel. First time mothers are allowed 4 days in the patient-hotel in normal circumstances with their new baby. Fathers can stay as well for a good price. So, here is our boy sleeping in our hotel room. 004-2005-07-03--0020.jpg	Day one, and our little boy is meeting Maj Britt's father (Hans Peter Schmidt) 005-2005-07-03--0022.jpg
Meeting Maj Britts mother (Birgitte Schmidt) 006-2005-07-03--0024.jpg	Remember this face little guy. That's who all your food will be comming from for quite a while. 007-2005-07-03--0025.jpg	Sleeping again, he's come down from the adrenalin rush of birth. I hope you're prepared for lots of these cutsie pictures... 008-2005-07-04--0011.jpg
We're proud as punch. He's just glad the hard work (for him) is over. As you can see the hospital clothes only come in one size, and even our big boy was too small for them. 009-2005-07-04--0021.jpg	"After all that feeding and nappy fuss a guy gets tired!" 010-2005-07-05.jpg	Duncan getting used to changing nappies again, one advantage of having been an older brother: "been there, done that." He looks a bit puzzled, he's not used to things leaking out of him like that. 011-2005-07-05--pusle01.jpg
The greenstone necklace I bought in NZ for Maj Britt on our first christmas together. The double spiral symbolises strength and growth. 012-2005-07-07--0063.JPG	Maj Britt's sister Linda and boyfriend Søren came for a visit and our little prince got a bath. We haven't got very far with choosing a name yet so he's still our "little prince". He likes having baths, but quickly outgrew this one. Next step: baby swimming 013-2005-07-09-0152.jpg	Whew! End of week one. Weight 3900g, length 52cm, head circumference 36cm. 014-2005-07-11-0248.jpg
The little guy still sleeps a lot, I wonder where he gets that from? Or is he posing for the camera? 015-2005-07-12-0283.jpg	He's practicing for a Calvin Klein photo shoot. (Anyone got Calvins phone number?) 016-2005-07-17-0289-black.png	"Horray for me!" (End of week two) 017-2005-07-17-0300.jpg
Sleeping as sound as a baby, and the baby is sleeping well too. 018-2005-07-23--0001.jpg	"What about this pose dad? This is fun!" (End of week four) Weight 4600g, length 56cm, head circumference 36.8cm. 019-2005-08-01-0389.jpg	Father and son day at the fairground. Duncan and son came in matching tops with blue eyes, red cheeks and bald patches. 020-2005-08-02-0404.jpg
"I know what you're thinking. But I like my skin like this!" 021-2005-08-06-0416.jpg	"What's that out the window?" (End of week five) Weight 5200g, length 59cm, head circumference 38.5cm. 022-2005-08-07-0427.jpg	Arty photo of his eyes... 023-2005-08-07-0444.jpg
"Where did all that water come from mum?" Mother and son have both had a wash 024-2005-08-07-0451.jpg	"Hey dad, what about this Gene Kelly heel click, does that work for the camera?" (End of week six) 025-2005-08-14-0537.jpg	Duncan's asleep but the little guy is trying not to be. He's not always that keen to sleep. 026-2005-08-16-0569.jpg
End of week seven 027-2005-08-22-0738.jpg	He likes watching his forest fairies from the Waitakere Bush 028-2005-08-23-0751.jpg	"Fish? Ha! That's a good one dad, tell me another joke." (End of week eight) 029-2005-08-29-0772.jpg
"Look me in the eyes and say I'm not cute. You can't can you." (End of week eight) 030-2005-08-29-0785.jpg	"Dad. Why does the nurse smile each time she weighs me?" (End of week nine) Weight 6350g, length 62cm, head circumference 40cm. He's gained 2900g ang grown 10cm in 8 weeks. 031-2005-09-05-0893trimmed.jpg	Sebastian came with Maj Britt and I when I went to do some painting on a friends summer house. He enjoyed sitting in a beanbag very much. 032-2005-09-09-0912trimmed.jpg
Sebastian always likes his baths, we'll be starting baby-swimming soon as well. 033-2005-09-10-0920.jpg	Sebastian was given a forest fairy mobile from Steffi & Stuart. He's mad about his mobiles and smiles and talks to them. 034-2005-09-10-0931trimmed.jpg	"You talking to me? Hey, you wanna a piece of me, huh? Go ahead make my day!" (End of week eleven) 035-2005-09-20-1152trimmed.jpg
In order to for Maj Britt to go on a study trip with her colleagues, the prince had to go as well, and Duncan as the baby sitter. That meant a passport for the little guy, and a passport means a name. So we welcome Sebastian Lithgow Schmidt. 036-2005-09-28--0051.jpg	This is we get around with him until he gets a bit bigger. Works quite well, but we're not sure that it's all that safe. He he's on his way to go for a swim at the local pool. (3 months old) 037-2005-10-13-1230.jpg	Now Sebastian has started holding himself up a bit on his tummy. He always sleeps on his back, so we have to keep remembering to put him on his tummy to get ready for crawling. 038-2005-10-26-1267.jpg
We live near Riis Skov (An city edge forested area) Weight 8900g, length 67.5cm, head circumference 42.5cm. 039-2005-10-29-1275.jpg	4 months old. 040-2005-11-13-1300.jpg	Now Sebastian can extend his arms to hold himself up, getting slowly closer to crawling. 041-2005-11-24-1322.jpg
In November we visited my half brother Hans and his mother Steffi in Hamburg (Germany). Steffi says that Hans is used to be the youngest and getting all the cuddles - so he was glad to meet his little nephew and give him a cuddle. 042-2005-11-26-1333.jpg	While visiting Hamburg (Germany) Sebastian got to try sitting in a high chair. "No problem guys, I can use one of these." So now he has one at home. 043-2005-11-27-1361.jpg	Sebastian has been sitting for a while now, but I didn't think to have a picture of him - so here it is. He much prefers this to lying on his stomach. (5 months old) 044-2005-12-09-1392.jpg
"Hey dad, what is this thing? It feels funny." (We were all visiting an indoor tropical biosphere.) 045-2005-12-10-1404trimmed.jpg	For Duncan and Anne Maries birthdays Maj Britts parents took the family away to a summer house for the weekend. Lot's of food, fun and laughter. It must be said that it's getting a bit cold. 046-2005-12-11-1447.jpg	At Christmas it's compulsory to make a pixie picture like this. This is the bare bottom edition. 047-2005-12-14-1480.jpg
Sebastian at around 21 weeks. 048-2005-12-14-1487.jpg	December 20th and Sebastians Kiwi Grandmother (Fiona) comes to visit us. Sebastian, being the social little lad he is, was quickly charmed and they started laughing together quickly. 049-2005-12-20-1491.JPG	Being in Copenhagen with Fiona and for Sebastians first christmas, visiting Tivoli for the christmas market was a must do. It was full of lovely lights everywhere - but Sebastian slept almost non-stop. 050-2005-12-21-1495.JPG
Of course a tourist trip to Copenhagen isn't complete without visiting the little mermaid (at least that's what they told me). 051-2005-12-22-1543.jpg	Here we are in Middelfart for christmas with Maj Britts family. Sebastian felt a bit left out of the meal, so we gave him a bone to chew on. That kept him happy for a bit. 052-2005-12-24-100.jpg	Sebastian entertaining his grandfather (Hans Peter) 053-2005-12-24-108.jpg
There was a lovely rocking horse wrapped up in that paper - Sebastian was more interested in the paper. Maybe he'll try the rocking horse later. 054-2005-12-24-111.jpg	As you can see we had a bit of snow fall this Christmas, but the little guy didn't seem to mind. 055-2005-12-29-1596.JPG	He's asleep and he's cute, what more can I say? (6 months old) 056-2006-01-06--1660.jpg
Looking very dashing in the trousers his mother made him, this bonny wee lad knows how lucky he is. 057-2006-01-16--1682.jpg	Sebastian's Christening with both grandmothers and his maternal grandfather 058-2006-01-22--.jpg	The christening, here with his godmother and (free thinking) thought-provoker. Just imagine the negotiation that lead up to this christening. 059-2006-01-22--1724.jpg
Thai food at a local restaurant. "Don't I get any chili-chicken?" 060-2006-01-25--1756.jpg	"Yay! I'm going to have a bath soon! (I'm just keeping warm until then.) Do you like the fishhook uncle Cam gave me?" 061-2006-02-01--1791.jpg	"This is soo cool! Look dad I can get the water all the way over there by the door. You don't mind cleaning up after me, do you?" (~7 months old) 062-2006-02-01--1816_small.jpg
Still quite cold outside in late February 063-2006-02-25--1864.jpg	"Sure it hurt, but you should see the coffee table!" (8 months old) 064-2006-03-31--1926.jpg	"So that's what the teeth are for!" (9 months old) 065-2006-04-09--1957.jpg
Visiting the stormy West Coast of Jylland 066-2006-04-14--1966.jpg	We had a picnic in this not-very-shaded-from-the-wind spot here. 067-2006-04-14--1967.jpg	"Shostakovich's second, what did you think I was playing?" 068-2006-04-18--1981.jpg
"What do you mean you didn't recognise the tune?" 069-2006-04-18--1986.jpg	He loves emptying these drawers. You can see his skin's a bit bad. 070-2006-04-25--2010.jpg	Finally it's warm enough to sit outside and get some sun. "Don't forget to mention that the grass tastes fresh." (10 months old) 071-2006-05-04--2024_edited.jpg
Going for a walk during Maj Britt's birthday lunch. 072-2006-05-04--2086.jpg	Two slightly proud and slightly bald fellows 073-2006-05-13--2115.jpg	Sebastian was not so wild about the seafarers museum, until he saw the models of how different fishing boats set their nets. 074-2006-05-26--2243.jpg
On holiday at Denmark's northmost point, he's eating chips and lemon slices, and sometimes prawns. 075-2006-05-27--2319.jpg	On holiday, on the way to have a shower. 076-2006-05-27--2350.jpg	Sebastian's monday morning playgroup. (11 months old) 077-2006-06-12--2405.jpg
Sebastian in a contemplative mode. 078-2006-06-19--2429.jpg	In the garden receiving words of wisdom from the croud are Sebastian and his wee friend Elias. 079-2006-06-20--2432.jpg	Here he's visiting a local children playground. They've got a big sandpit. 080-2006-06-28--2444.jpg
...and now he's on his way to the swings. 081-2006-06-28--2445.jpg	"Hello? Helllloooo?" That's a door telephone Sebastian. 082-2006-07-01--2473.jpg	"Hey, Jonathan. What do we do when we've walked around the garden for the 10th time?" (At Sebastian's 1st birthday) 083-2006-07-02--2474.jpg
Playing with neighbour, Manne and friend Jonathan. 084-2006-07-02--2482.jpg	Guess what we're eating for lunch. 085-2006-07-05--2490.jpg	"Hmm, food!" 086-2006-07-06--2500.jpg
"This is fun, what's this wet stuff called again?" 087-2006-07-06--2509.jpg	"What are you diong down there? Get back in here!" 088-2006-07-06--2517.jpg	"That's right guys. I'll play anywhere, I'm not fussy" (Middle of a dirt track.) 089-2006-07-08--2552.jpg
"Hey you! No overtaking on the inside lane!" 090-2006-07-08--2593.jpg	"I wonder what that is? I wonder if I can catch it!" 091-2006-07-15--2708.jpg	092-2006-07-16_0431.jpg
"They know I like cars, right? I wonder if I'll get one of those for Christmas..." 093-2006-07-16-0432.jpg	"Hmm, sunshine, a warm breeze, waves lapping on the beach, girls... oh wait I'm only two" 094-2006-07-16--2926.jpg	"Hey Granddad, why have you still got your trousers on?" 095-2006-07-17--2982.jpg
"So. Push, er, no pull and then er... Dad, help!" 096-2006-07-21--2994.jpg	097-2006-07-21--3026.jpg	"Why doesn't mine sound like that mum?" 098-2006-09-23--3044.jpg
Sebastian going for a trip with his daycare group. 099-2006-10-10-Legepladsen S.Billestorv 009.jpg	"Poo in a hole! And I have to dig it myself! Holidays...!" 100-2006-10-14--3062.jpg	One of Sebastian's favourite passtimes in the garden is making patterns and digging in the gravel. 101-2006-10-20--3073.jpg
Just a quiet lunch in the garden 102-2006-10-20--3078.jpg	A very nice formal shot from a photographer who visited Sebastian's daycare. 103-2006-11-25--portrait_1_mod.png	"But mum, I want to play in the rain!" 104-2006-12-02--3245.jpg
Everyone has a picture of their children doing the vaccuum cleaning - but not over the age of about six! 105-2006-12-17--3295.jpg	"This water stuff is cool fun!" 106-2006-12-21--3311.jpg	"Dad, stop making me smile. I'm supposed to be going to sleep." (He sleeps outside, but only down to minus 10) 107-2006-12-31--3317.jpg
Standard winter outfit for children 108-2006-12-fuglereden 005.jpg	"I'm not too big for this. And meet my friend Viggo, Viggo Mortensen" 109-2007-01-07--3357.jpg	"Dad... Dad! Have you borrowed my book on Object Oriented Programming again? I have to have this penguin game finished by tomorrow" 110-2007-02-05--10.53.37.jpg
Sebastian got Chickenpocs and the drain work outside was our entertainment. I can confim that Duncan now finally has aquired a natural immunity to chickenpocs. 111-2007-02-05--11.26.19.jpg	"Duncan, can you move that spike there so I can get going?" 112-2007-03-01--17.14.08.jpg	"Right, let's get started! First gear..." 113-2007-03-01--17.15.58.jpg
These are the solid oak supports for a reconstructed Viking Longhouse at a large viking site called Vikingeborgen Fyrkat. 114-2007-04-02--11.09.10.jpg	At Vikingeborgen Fyrkat the sites of building are marked with these painted stones. 115-2007-04-02--11.28.19.jpg	116-2007-04-02--15.16.37.jpg
Just a quick stop to eat some cabin bread 117-2007-04-02--15.17.43.jpg	At the youth hostel we pushed the bunks together to make a sleeping cave. Sebastian approved very much of that idea. 118-2007-04-02--18.21.43.jpg	'Troldeskoven' is an enchanted forest of these knotted beech trees 119-2007-04-03--10.19.41.jpg
A stone and some nuts, what more does a child need to have fun? (PS. The jacket from GAP is second hand) 120-2007-04-03--10.40.47.jpg	Here's us all on the way through the forest. 121-2007-04-03--10.48.22.jpg	Drawing in the dirt. 122-2007-04-03--10.58.52.jpg
Sebastian and his prefered mode of transport when walking uphill (or when tired, grumpy, hungry, etc). Did you notice that the branch grows from one stem to the other? It's meant to bring luck walking under them. It didn't for Sebastian, when he tried it himself he fell flat on his face, and guess who had to carry him... 123-2007-04-03--11.06.25.jpg	Our favourite family shot to date, not bad for holding out the camera in front of us. 124-2007-04-03--17-40-39_mod.jpg	Down from our trip up into the forest and time for the little man to have a snack. 125-2007-04-04--09.46.49.jpg
"... and this one, and this one, and this one looks nice..." 126-2007-04-04--12.02.18.jpg	- "Dad, do you think you could carry the rest of the stones? I don't think I can carry any more." - "Of course I will Sebastian". 127-2007-04-04--12.07.14.jpg	At daycare Sebastian is wild about the tracktors. This one looks like it's getting a bit small for him. 128-2007-04-16_018.jpg
It's alway fun playing with other peoples things. 129-2007-05-12--10.09.54.jpg	"Stop fooling around dad and put away that camera". 130-2007-05-17--08.37.56.jpg	Bedtime stories with mum. 131-2007-05-20--18.44.58.jpg
Sebastian sorting blocks in his secret cave. 132-2007-06-05--13.54.11.jpg	Guess who's getting a haircut soon. 133-2007-06-10--19.07.51.jpg	Watching the world go by, strawberries included. 134-2007-06-22--16.50.23.jpg
Simon says: fingers together... 135-2007-07-06--18.16.22.jpg	... hands on knees ... 136-2007-07-06--18.16.32.jpg	... palms up ... 137-2007-07-06--18.16.42.jpg
... give me five! 138-2007-07-06--18.16.47.jpg	Sebastian's second birthday. 139-2007-07-08--10.54.32.jpg	Yes, tracktors again. 140-2007-07-055.jpg
"They go around looking like this down under? Cool, I can do that!" 141-2007-08-07--19.21.47.jpg	"There it is dad, the little duck is by the boat!" 142-2007-08-11--08.56.13.jpg	- "How did that happen Sebastian?" - "Dad said to go fast. He didn't say don't put your foot in front of the wheel! So I went donk, ouch!" 143-2007-08-20--17.57.38.jpg
Tracktors, diggers and sand... 144-2007-09-01--10.24.55.jpg	Århus Festival, among the attractions were animated mechanical dools from Spain, a parent-pedal powered carousal and these acrobats which Sebastian was happy to watch for ages. 145-2007-09-07--17.47.21.jpg	Most of the children of the 'card club' at a holiday centre in Rønbjerg, North Jylland. 146-2007-10-06--14.02.07.jpg
Not one to Paris Fashion Week, Sebastian combines swimming goggles, skeleton pyjamas, chinese lanterns and a hairbrush in this attention grabbing outfit. 147-2007-10-13--09.50.01.jpg	Out for an autumn walk in the nearby forest, lunch included. 148-2007-10-14--09.37.50.jpg	On our walk in the forest we bumped into Sine from Sebastian's daycare, and her friend Frederick. 149-2007-10-14--10.54.28.jpg
A little kiwi 150-2007-10-17--16.52.01.jpg	"... and this is the last one!" (It did stay standing.) 151-2007-11-04--19.02.35.jpg	Always pitching in with a helpful hand is our little Sebastian. 152-2007-11-06--17.24.53.jpg
Helping mum make christmas cookies. 153-2007-12-09--12.54.39.jpg	"I want a star one now". 154-2007-12-09--12.54.58.jpg	"Søren's giving me lots of ice cream. And there's nothing you can do about it dad!" 155-2007-12-24--19.31.12.jpg
"That one's for me, it's for me, it's for me!" 156-2007-12-24--21.08.02.jpg	"Mum, look what I've painted. With my fingers!" 157-2007-12-25--10.57.25.jpg	"But the crocodiles want to go that way!" (Visiting his grandfather's brother, at his great grandfather's farmhouse) 158-2007-12-25--15.38.35.jpg
"... when can we open them ..." 159-2007-12-25--16.30.12.jpg	"You can open it now Sebastian." (Or "How to destroy wrapping paper faster than the human eye can see.") 160-2007-12-25--16.40.20.jpg	Bedtime every night starts with time for bare-bottom hopping. The diciplin includes hop-hop bom (landing on bottom), hop-hop cuddle, hop-hop turn, hop-hop kiss and just plain regular hopping for ages when it's the last hop before the nappy. The order of events is usually as follows: - Trousers off then hop. - Top off then hop. - Nappy on then hop. - Pyjamas on then hop-hop-hop-hop-hop. All remaining energy is now used and he's ready to sit with one of us and look in a book and/or sing songs. 161-2008-01-09--19.34.59.jpg
Sebastian is so proud that he's now allowed to use mum and dad's pliers, and real nails and hammer! Here he has hammered some nails into a cardboard box and is pulling them out again with great concentration and mum and dad's pliers. 162-2008-01-11--10.07.01.jpg