26 weeks


Yes, I'm still completely behind on my pregnancy board updates here, I know! I promised to get better and then the renovation, visitor, party and moving rooms up and down adventure started. My To-do list is still really long but we are finally getting somewhere. We switched office and bedroom locations over the last two weekends and this means disassembling everything in each room and re-assembling it again. While we are at it, we also switched the bathrooms and I fell into a major nesting phase - meaning I re-organized everything and added plastic boxes and shelves etc. I think we are both nesting....

The baby preparation class was interesting for sure. Most couples were ahead of  us at the time when we took the class and the amount of information is somewhat overwhelming. It helps to feel more prepared even though I'm not sure that I'll remember any of it when the time comes.

I have to say that the second trimester in retrospect definitely was the most comfortable one. The nausea was   lighter and the exhaustion had left. I'm not (at 34 weeks) back in full fledged exhaustion, not to mention all the parts of my body that hurt in some way or another. I am certainly slowing down now and expect to spend the majority of my time at home in the coming weeks while 'getting ready' physically and mentally. :) Still a lot of books to read to prepare.

If you haven't heard from me in a while - I truly apologize. I'm growing a baby and it takes more energy and effort of preparation than I had anticipated.

As for the coming weeks - we are just continuing to get ready. Nothing special happening around here lately - just full blown nesting mode.

23 weeks


Christmas in Germany = Too much food!

People around me pointed out that they could see my belly grow during our 2.5 weeks in Germany. I have a feeling that has to do with the constant eating over the holidays. Mini W must have gotten a lot of nutrients and calories through those holiday weeks. We were invited and went from one cake tasting to another. (At least that's how it feels). The flight over to Germany went well considering that I'm pregnant. I did wear my compression socks as advised by the doc and while it's not all that comfy - better safe than sorry. By the end of the travel it was a little difficult to still sit in the small seats but it went much better than expected.

People started to point out  my bump in Germany - it must have been obvious enough for people to feel confident to talk about it. 

I started waking up at night with my hips hurting. While I would change the side it just made me wake up with the other side hurting. As I have found out in the meantime - this also was temporary - probably about two weeks or so. 

Traditionally people like to eat goose during the Christmas holiday and we enjoyed a very fancy goose meal at the restaurant Tüschenbroicher Mühle in the city of Wegberg with the goose being partitioned at the table. First time for G. to eat goose - he liked it. :) (Not to mention the Knoedel and red cabbage!)


Got to see some of my friends, family and spent a whole lot of time with my family at home. Time that I treasure and memories that will not be forgotten!