A new life....

YOH - these last few weeks have been rather hectic, stressful and full of excitement!! A new life is forming inside me and it blows my mind!! MIKE AND I ARE HAVING A BABY!!!

 We found out on the 7th August and its been a whirlwind since, on the same day we took the midstream pregnancy test I went for a blood test just to make sure.... and it came out positive straight away!!

 MAN are we excited - its been a really long journey for us actually - we starting trying for a baby 15month ago and finally out little baby bean is here! You should see Mike, he has this twinkle in his eye and he just beams all the time!!!

 We went for our first scan / check up on Wednesday and everything is totally fine! Look at out little bean, isn't it the most beautiful blob you have ever seen?? The top blob is the sack that gives our bean its food and the bottom blob is little bean him / herself!! We saw the heart pulsating - amazing!!!

We are blown away about this life growing inside of me - we are amazed about how God has created us and created me to carry a child!! Its overwhelming at times actually!!!

We are taking weekly pictures to see how little bean grows and makes my tummy bigger!!

Hee hee, we didnt want mike to feel left out :)

We are 7 weeks already and our due date is about 11 April - so exciting!!!!!!
The day we found out we had a little bean on board I went out and got a journal to keep as a baby journal - I want to document every step of the way for our baby one day! The one way I am doing this is writing letters to our baby instead of just writing how I am feeling etc... I have added letters to mike as well and eventually i would love to make this into a photo book!

 I am also keeping all receipts, photos, scrips etc for anything and everything baby related!

Den and Lyndal gave us a little gift when they found out we were pregs - these awesome car stickers.... hope you can see the little lady sticker is pregnant! Such a precious gift!!

 We added out pups so for now its out whole family!!!

 We have spent some time browsing baby shops and fell in love with this pram / car seat / carry cot set! - we'll save up for a few months then hopefully by these stylish new wheels for our baby bean!!

WOW - these last few weeks have been awesome, scary, panicked, humbling and so exciting!! I have to say though they have NOT been easy - I have really been battling with morning sickness and I am just praying that after 12 weeks they morning sickness will fade away and I'll be able to enjoy my baby bean properly!! I think God made us wait a little bit for our bean just to give me time to adjust to the idea of my body changing, our life changing, the reality of a baby and the blessing of having a little bean growing inside of me!! WHAT a privilege to have our baby growing inside of me!!
It has also made me realize just how lucky i am to have Mike in my life, he has been FANTASTIC with me and my morning sickness - I have never felt more lucky to have Mike as my husband!! This has definitely brought us closer together (which i didn't think was possible) and has made us fall even deeper in love!! Sometimes I just have to stop and take a breath....

Little pressie

I love getting presents - little or big i dig them!!!
Mike came home the other day with this new water bottle - its my new favorite thing!

Saterday brunch...

This morning we had a lovely quite one, we have had a hectic week and we just needed some home time! We slept in and chilled for the rest of the morning!
Mike made us breakfast... crumpets (yum)...
There were some goodies....

 and some not so goodies....

 Eventually they came out just perfectly!!

A perfect way to start the weekend :)
Love this man!

Happiness is...

Today happiness is... popcorn!! I havent been feeling very well and battling to keep my food down but today popcorn is making me happy!!

 The pups also enjoyed some (by the way - this is Nala, we're babysitting her for my mom and dad)

 My boy LOVES popcorn.... LOVE LOVE LOVES it!!

Thank you popcorn for filling me up right now and making me happy!!

Family time..

When Mikes brother, sister in law and kids came down things were rather hectic BUT we did get to spend some lovely time together!! I didn't have my camera with me at all but managed to snap a few pics!
We stole the kiddies away from their parents and they came to sleep by us - as is out tradition we just made a huge christmas bed and slept in the lounge - tooo much fun!! The pups loved it too cause they got to sleep with us much to the kids delight!!! We fell asleep watching "planet 59"....

 The next day we went back to mikes parents for breakfast and to spend the rest of the day with them! We were just happy to have some aunty and uncle time with our favorite niece and nephew!

The boys playing table tennis on the parents dining room table :)

I wish they were still here - miss them SO SO much!!!!

Some randoms from the last few weeks...

Some randoms from the last few weeks........

I was walking in Musgrave the other day and my shoe broke - gosh!! So I walked half way around the shop with one shoe off and one shoe on. I had to pop into woolies and buy a new pair and walk around with one new shoe and one old one until I paid!

 Waiting to pay - an old broken shoe, one new shoe and a tub of peanut butter!

 I got me a magic slushy maker! Just add juice or milkshake or whatever, add the ice cubes, shake and it turns into slushy! It comes with a spoon straw - awesome!

I got a steering wheel cover- from some guys on the side of the road - mike nearly had a heart attack! Love it!!

 I got to order something from our work brand shop... and it arrived!!!

 I ordered a shower radio baby!! Its awesome!!!

My very calm husband left this note on someones car because they parked him in!! It says "next time you park like a tool please leave me tin opener so I can get out" - tooo funny!!!

My new screen saver - makes me smile!

 Mug and Bean coffee has kept me sane the last couple of weeks!

 Some party prep!!

 Our precious pups napping while I party prep - please just excuse the sock in the background :)

Tim-ba-licious!

 Holly bear!

A tough couple of weeks...

Oh my, things have been hectic the last few weeks but I have happy to say the worst is over and hopefully we'll be back on track soon and having time to blog and enjoy some stress free times...
Our tough weeks started with Mikes mom having a stroke and being hospitalized - what a shock that was and it just broke our hearts to know Mom was in pain!! Scary scary time.... on top of that she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and that came as even more as a shock!! YOH!! Thanks for all our friends praying and for Gods grace mom is ok and her tumor is benign! She is home and recovering well.... this is going to be a new journey we will have to walk with her but we are SO SO grateful that she is doing well! We thank God every day for her and that her health will continue to get better and she continues to get stronger!
So yes, is has been a tough time BUT we have all came out of it with more faith and trust in the God we love and who loves us! These last couple of weeks have been rather hectic, mom being in hospital, Mikes brother, sister-in-law and the kids came to visit from Dubai to visit, we threw dad a surprise 70th birthday... so things have been busy!! It might take me some time to catch up on all the blogging I missed out on.
Mom was in hospital for just under a week... she has so many visitors and phones calls!! The hospital staff were also amazing to mom!!

 My very stressed husband - even in times of stress he has the most beautiful eyes and smile!

 Mom looking good and comfy in her bed :)

 We snuck a pic of moms file to see if we could figure out how serious this all was - we came away more confused than when we started!!

I brought mom a flower to make her hospital room a little brighter... and the first heart i ever sewed also became moms...

Holly didn't want to give it up but for her Granny she did :)

Happy to have you home and feeling a bit better mom!!! You scared us bigtime! Hell yeah for many many more years of health and happiness!