Moms Helping Moms

Mondays- Babysalmesang-Baby singing at Ansgars Kirken, Vesterbro 1A, 9000 Aalborg
kl.11-11:45 and afterward there is coffee. This starts August 28 and ends November 7.This is free but you just have to sign up with Erna Nielsen she can be contacted at tlf.22182000 or email her- en@ansgarskirken.dk


Tuesdays- Playgroup  Noas Ark is a musical playgroup at AMC Kirke, Gasværksvej 5, 9000 Aalborg.
Kl. 10-12
We meet at AMC Kirke and sing play songs using rythem, dance, and rhymes. This is a musical playgroup. You can bring your own food or get some bread and coffee for 10kr.  We work on motor and language development and social development. This is for babys and toddlers up to 6yrs. old.

Thursdays- Playgroup at Ansgars Kirken, Vesterbro 1A, 9000 Aalborg
Kl.10-12:30

Here is a picture from our first Moms and Muffins on April 22. We had a great time eating some yummy Lemon Cheesecake Muffins and talking Momma talk. From Left to Right:

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Greetings in this New Year of 2010!
Hope you all are enjoying the beautiful white blanket of snow outside. A bit more challenging to get around with a baby carriage/barnevogne but still fun. I hope that the New Year is off to a wonderful start for all of you and that you had a lovely Christmas together with your families.
Since coming up with this idea to start a network for International Moms in Aalborg some new little ones have come into the world. Lilian and Isaac Arthur had a baby girl Dec.9. Flo and Angela Houget had a baby boy Dec.5 And a new Thai/Chinese couple will be expecting their baby any day now as well as a Rik and Jette (dutch/danish) couple. So it is exciting to see how our little group will develop. At the present time my daughter Lily is the oldest at 9 months so it will be a few months before they can play with each other. But we look forward to organizing some play groups and some mom time soon! If there are any of you reading this that have older babies it would be wonderful to start some play groups now if you are interested just give me a call(61460076) or write on my blog.
I shared with you a bit about who I am but now I would love to hear your story, how you ended up in Aalborg, about your family whatever you would like to share so we can get to know each other a bit better. I hope to hear from some of you soon.

I am writing this to those of you out there that have received one of my cards. I wanted to explain a little bit more about my motivation for handing these out. Since having my daughter Lily this past March it has been quite a journey being an American mom living in Aalborg, Denmark. I got the idea to create a network for International Moms in Aalborg after going on a tour of the maternity ward at the hospital with a couple friend of ours. They are from Ghana and are expecting their first baby in 2 wks. Because they do not speak much danish I went with them to translate for them. During this tour I met another American-French couple who are also here short term with the husband's company. I ended up translating for them as well. After this I thought wow maybe there are other international Mom's out there who are only here for a short time and need help adjusting to being a mom in a foreign land just like me. I am just an american mom raising our half danish/half american daughter with my loving husband Kristian. But I would really like to do whatever I can to help other moms that are maybe only here for a few years and have not mastered the danish language. I think it is still very important to have contact with other danish moms and the community. But sometimes it is nice to meet others in the same life situation that we are in. It is therefore that I would like to offer whatever assistance could be helpful to you. Translating recipes, help with grocery shopping or finding the danish word for an ingredient you are shopping for, help with understanding or communicating with midwives or the sundhedsplejesker the nurses that come to visit you after you have a baby, or just to make a play group for our kids to get to know other international families. Currently I am still on maternity leave until February so my weeks are only filled with different mom groups and play groups so I am available to chat with. It would be great if a bunch of us international moms could get together and share our stories. Please feel free to email me at fullyalive1978@yahoo.com.

I just got done reading a piece by a friend of our family who lost their 20 something son last year. As I read the words of the broken and hurt mother pouring over where the Lord has brought their lives since then i am compelled to write. I cannot help but respond with tears as this evokes new feelings in my mother's heart. I look down at my 7 month old Lily as she plays on our blue carpet her dad just bought playing with her toys. She is just at the beginning of her little life with so many dreams we have for her to love Jesus with all her heart,soul, and mind. For her to have a full life. But we never know how much time we have or how many days God has promised to give to us. Sometimes I get so caught up in getting chores done or doing other things that I forget to cherish every moment God gives us with our little girl. For none of us knows what tomorrow may bring. There is so much depth to a mother's heart that I am just learning about and experiencing. It is amazing how children can create such great joy and such great sorrow. And how it must be with God our Father and the joy and sorrow we can cause Him at times too. Oh how I think this journey of being a mom will teach me so many new aspects of God's incredible character and draw me closer to Himself. My heart goes out to this mother's broken heart Lord continue to pour your strength over this family. And thank you for these eternal reality checks on what really matters in light of eternity. Help Kristian and I to daily speak the gospel over our little Lily and live it our before her in our relationship with each other.