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WE ARE PREGNANT!!
Written November 28, 2018, published in February 2019
We had decided that I would take a test today. Jim got up, got in the shower to get ready for work. He kinda seemed like he had forgot about it. So I asked “Should I take a test today or not?” and he said his usual “Sure”.
I peed right on the stick, put it on top of the toilet and walked into the kitchen where J and Thor was. We put a timer on the phone. 3 minutes.
We walked into the bathroom. TWO LINES! I picked up the instruction paper to try to read if two lines meant pregnant or not. I was so nervous and excited that I didn’t realize that it actually said right on the test next to the two lines that one meant not pregnant and two means pregnant.
Aaahhh!! We are having a baby! With a quick calculation on first day of last menstruation it seems like our due date is August 5th. Hahaha, what if it’s two days later, then my sister would become an aunt on her 30th birthday, how cool would that be:)
Holy moly macaroni! We are pregnant! A little baby Sura. And oh shit, we have a lot of work to do now. I have to find a doctor and a hospital to give birth at. I have looked before and it doesn’t seem like there are any midwives near here and the closest birthing center is like 48 minutes away which means over an hour away if you include the terrible Stamford traffic lights, that won’t work. I have to do some research today. I will be 8 weeks around the holidays so the quicker I can call and book an appointment the better. And then we have to figure out where to move and build a house. Time is running out. But I feel unusually calm. Until yesterday I have been quite stressed about everything, but right now I feel extremely calm. What’s up with that?:)
Hihih, I have a tiny human in my belly that is half of me and half of Jim ♥
Whiskey in a Teacup
Very soft four day weekend. Ok, well, Jim was working from home on Friday and I have been busy as well, but it’s been relaxing.
We went to play basketball together on Friday. I haven’t played since high school and of course I jammed my finger in the ball when trying to take it away from Jim dribbling. My right middle finger is swollen and blue. I’m trying to use it like I normally would to not get stiff joints but avoid lifting and other movements that hurts. I’m also taping it together with the ring finger if I know I’m going to do a lot of stuff.
Yesterday (Saturday) my cold sore looked horrible and my finger was blue and I was not at all in the mood to go out doing a bunch of stuff, so we stayed at home and got a lot of things done. Very productive week actually.
Today, we went for a walk over to Target around 9am. I finally found decent candles and a few other things. One thing was the book Whiskey in a Teacup by Reese Wihterspoon. She’s such an inspiration, a real business woman and she’s just too cute. Since I got a gift card from my mother in law I thought I could buy that as a gift to myself. I have to read up on the southern lifestyle for our future move;)
>> The candle holders on the second picture is something I put together myself. Very easy to make and so cute for Christmas.
Our Thanksgiving 2018
Good Morning and Happy (day after) Thanksgiving! Hope you are doing awesome!
Yesterday was Thanksgiving Day here in America. We slept in a little, cause why not:) I woke up with a cold sore on my nose (fifth one since August, what is going on?) and I was quite upset about it at first, but when Jim came home from the grocery store with coffee from donut delight he bought on the way home, I decided to forget about it and be happy instead, even if I could feel the pain.
We watched the Thanksgiving Parade on tv with our coffees. Marching band after marching band, they all sound the same and I don’t see the point, but that’s very American I guess. After that, we put our workout clothes on and went down to the gym.
We started cooking around noon. Jim bought a small turkey breast this time, it took about 2.5 hours in the oven. Lauren came over at some point to drop off a few things and then took Thor for a walk. Jim watched football. When it was getting closer for the bird to be done, I started cooking the other food. We had mashed potatoes, green beans, carrots and peas, gravy, stuffing, cranberry and biscuits. Very simple but it was perfect for us.
Jim didn’t get to play football last year on Thanksgiving and I think that was the first year ever he missed it, so I told him to play with Thor, so after dinner we went down to the lobby. A British family that we know here was down there. Their daughter just learned to walk kinda so she was walking after Thor barking back at him. Eventually lots of people showed up, so we had to bring Thor home.
We had pumpkin pie that we bought at a bakery nearby, played some rounds of HIVE (a two player strategy game) and then watched football for the rest of the night.
Very relaxing day actually. And I love this kind of cooking, cause you can clean up while you’re waiting on something to be done and it’s easy cleanup after the meal, so our kitchen was basically clean the whole time which I like. I hate when there’s a mess:)
Jim is working from home today. Nice to have him home even if we are only sitting by our computers. I made coffee, had some leftover food for breakfast, watched a youtube video and now I have things to do on my laptop. L might come over this morning again to borrow Thor for a walk. T makes everyone happy and people are always asking us if they can take care of him or take him for walks, maybe we should take advantage of that more, hahah.
I hope you’ll have a wonderful weekend. Be thankful for what you have and let your loved ones know that you care about them.
Hugs / F
God morgon och Happy (dag efter) Thanksgiving! Hoppas du har det awesome!
Igar var det Thanksgiving Day har i Amerika. Vi tog en liten sovmorgon, varfor inte lixom:) Jag vaknade med “munsar” pa nasan (femte sedan augusti, vad pagar egentligen?) och jag var ganska upprord over det forst, men nar Jim kom hem fran mataffaren med kaffe fran donut delight han kopt pa vag hem, bestamde jag mig for att glomma det och va glad istallet, aven om jag kunde kanna smartan.
Vi tittade pa Thanksgiving Parade pa tv med vara kaffen. Marching band efter marsching band, de later alla detsamma och jag ser inte poangen, men det ar valdigt Amerikanskt antar jag. Darefter satte vi pa oss traningsklader och gick ner till gymmet.
Vi borjade laga mat runt lunchtid. Jim kopte ett litet kalkonbrost den har gangen, det tog ca 2,5 timmar i ugnen. Lauren kom aver en stund och lamnade nagra saker och tog sedan Thor pa promenad. Jim tittade pa football. Nar det narmade sig for fageln att bli klar, borjade jag laga den andra maten. Vi hade potatismos, grona bonor, morotter och artor, sas, stuffing, tranbar och biscuits. Mycket simpelt men det var perfekt for oss.
Jim fick inte spela football forra aret pa Thanksgiving och jag tror att det var forsta aret nagonsin han missade det, sa jag sa till honom att spela med Thor, sa efter middagen gick vi ner till lobbyn. En brittisk familj som vi kanner har var dar nere. Deras dotter larde sig nyligen att ga, sa hon gick efter att Thor och skallde tillbaka pa honom. Sa smaningom dok mer folk upp, sa vi var tog med oss Thor hem.
Vi at pumpkin paj som vi kopt pa ett bageri i narheten, spelade nagra rundor av HIVE (ett strategispel for tva spelare) och tittade sedan pa football resten av kvallen.
Mycket avkopplande dag faktiskt. Och jag alskar den har typen av matlagning, for du kan stada upp medans du vantar pa att nagot tilllagas och det ar latt att stada upp efter maltiden, sa varat kok var i princip rent hela tiden vilket jag gillar. Jag hatar nar det ar rorigt:)
Jim jobbar hemifran idag. Trevligt att fa ha honom hemma aven om vi bara sitter vid vara datorer. Jag gjorde kaffe, at lite rester till frukost, tittade pa en youtube video och nu har jag saker att gora pa min laptop. L kanske kommer over denna morgon igen for att lana Thor for en promenad. T gor alla glada och folk fragar oss alltid om de kan fa ta hand om honom eller ga pa promenader, kanske borde vi dra nytta av det mer, hahah.
Jag hoppas att du far en underbar helg. Var tacksam for vad du har och lat dina nara och kara veta att du bryr dig om dem.
Kramar / F
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