WE DID IT! We tie the knot! What an amazing day! We could not have asked for more!
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Our Non-Wedding Day is here!
Just because all parties are cancelled and we are in lockdown it does not mean we should not celebrate our almost wedding day!
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“There it is. That moment when you realise that shaving your legs has become a life-and-death struggle.”
— From: What to Expect, 9 May 2020, 30 Weeks Pregnant
Pregnancy Brain
“How is it that I can remember every lyric to every song from the 90s but I can’t remember why I just walked into the kitchen…”
— From: What to expect, on 5 May 2020, 30 Weeks Pregnant
We moved down to Salisbury
When I got pregnant, James and I planned to move to Salisbury after the wedding, around mid June. That way we will still have time to sort out everything for the baby down there and also do the improvements we were so eager to do up here. And then lockdown came in, wedding was cancelled and all construction work in the house paused, so now what?
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I am 26 weeks pregnant, 4 weeks into self-isolation for Covid-19 and we do not have no even a sock for this baby! Entering in Panic Mode in 3, 2, 1… As always, James kept it together and gave me the best solution to our problems: The Finnish Baby Box!
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Halfway
“Halfway to wine. I mean baby! I said baby, right?”
— From: What to Expect, on 25 Feb 2020, 20 Weeks Pregnant
What a baby need
The blissfulness of the unknown! We just found out we are having a baby girl (99% of certainty) and we are over the moon! As I told my family, my cousin said how wonderful it is to buy clothes for girls (and playing dress up!) and mentioned that she has a list of basic things you need for when the baby is born, just a small list…. yeah, small…
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“That moment when you have to pee, and then after you pee, you still have to pee, but you can’t pee because you just peed.”
— From: What To Expect, on 16 Feb 2020, 18 Weeks Pregnant
Welcome to the 2nd Trimester
” 2nd trimester: What they say: You’ll have so much energy! – What they mean: You’ll stop throwing up (maybe), you’ll only want 1 nap a day (not 4), you can still (sort of) bend at the waist – oh and you’ll start to glow (sweat)…”
— From: What to Expect, on Jan 8, 2020, 13 Weeks Pregnant
How I became pregnant
It was a beautiful October morning and James and I were cuddle…
…Just kidding! I am not getting into those details! Instead, I am going to tell you about the app I used as contraception and later as pregnancy aide.
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… and what an adventure it was!
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We wanted to celebrate our recent engagement with our friends so we invited them to have a tapas night at home. Because we are on a “healthy” trend we decided to do two Spanish tortillas, chorizo and corn cakes with guacamole and roast peppers hummus. For the tortillas I followed this recipe and for the guacamole I used this thermomix recipe but for the hummus I kind of mixed things up…
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… Or my firsts 5k running!
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