my child and I

January 27, 2021

Dear Lilliput, I promise to always be there for you, always care for you, always listen to you, always love you. We will dance this life together, always. My child, I am here for you, I am here with you.

We made it to South Carolina

January 26, 2021

We are in South Carolina on a little island. It is sooo cute here. Yesterday when we arrived it was 21°c degrees here and it will be the same all day today. We will have a thunderstorm after 4pm and for the rest of the trip it looks like the temperatures will be down to like 16°c or lower, so we are gonna enjoy today as much as we possibly can. 
Jim is working this morning so that’s why I’m on the laptop now. He doesn’t have to work for the full vacation, but today and Monday next week he does and then just check in every once in awhile. 

Since today is the only warmer day we are going to try to do my “photoshoots” today. So I kinda have to start to get ready. I’ll update you more later tonight, ok. Have a wonderful day! 

I did yoga during sunrise this morning. After two days of sitting in the car I needed to move my body
We walked over to this cute cafe to get coffee this morning

Ultrasound, week 26

January 23, 2021

Yesterday I went in for an extra ultrasound. They told me on my last one that it’s because of my partial molar history, just to check that everything looks good. 
The scary news that we got about baby the last time in week 19 was now all good. The choroid plexus cysts had disappeared. They usually do and it’s not uncommon for babies to get these. If there had been some other red flags before my previous ultrasound it could mean differently but all my test (including NIPT and plenty of scans) has all been great so we were not really worried. But I’m super happy now to know that the baby is healthy, her/his heartbeat was really strong and it seems to be a really active little one in there♥

It’s so sad that partners can’t come with, they are missing out:(
First thing I noticed when she put the 3D on was babys nose that took up the whole screen haha

99

January 20, 2021

And we are down to a two digit countdown. 

Time will probably fly by from here. And we have basically nothing prepared for baby. We have a stroller, a baby bouncer and some clothes. We won’t order anything else until mid February, hopefully that isn’t going to be too late to prepare for lilliputs arrival. When should one start to get things? I always said that I don’t want to get anything until like the 8th month of pregnancy, but once we got pregnant this time I realized that’s probably not smart. You hear about premature babies all the time for example. Plus you know, pandemic doesn’t make it very easy to shop.
We have a long list of potential items to get. I’ve spent countless of hours researching baby products and watched so many youtube videos on what moms recommend for this and that. Just need to make decisions. 

We have also been asked to make a baby registry and we are considering maybe to have a virtual baby shower at some point, but we don’t really have anything on the list. When we decided back in 2018 to try for a baby I imagined a more minimal approach, meaning, we don’t want things other than what’s necessary. The kid will be spoiled eventually, just look at Thor, he has so many toys he often doesn’t know what to play with haha, but I’d like to start baby life on the minimal side. Babies don’t need much. 

Girl or Boy? Names?

January 19, 2021 – 100 days left til due date
What do you think, are we having a girl or a boy? ♀️ ♂️
I’m someone who loves surprises so I don’t want to know the gender until the baby arrives. Sure it’s a surprise no matter what time you’ll find out, but 9 months of guessing is kinda fun. (I am however thinking to maybe find out on my next ultrasound cause I’m sooo curious 🤪)
But, what about a name?
If it’s a girl I have a name picked out and have loved since I was like 12-13 years old. We were ready to give the baby girl that we lost that name (hubby just knew it was a girl then)
But if it’s a boy, he’ll be nameless hahah🙈
My husband suggested the same boy name both during the last pregnancy and this one but I’m not really on board. I came up with a middle name for a boy and I have started to think we should use it as a first name but I have to convince hubby (and myself haha). And then we have absolute no other options🥴
So, please, if you have any boy name suggestions then send them our way! A name less than 4-5 letters, no names starting on A or B and preferably one that fits with our last name, please and thank you!
If you have any girl name suggestions, comment them as well. We know several people who are expecting girls and of course there’s a chance someone will use the one we want before us, so it’s good to have a backup (or we just use the same name 😉 😉 )
#babygirl”L” or #namelessbabyboy