I have the best mom in the world!!

Not only does she love me... she re-decorated the baby crib, she’s always there when I need her (like last week she took the afternoon off, cause I had a rough week and just needed her to acompany me), she made the curtains for the babyroom (with aunt Thea of course), and yesterday she threw me an AW-SOME babyshower!! I loved it!!!

Last week... I think it was Sunday when Appie told me I couldn’t plan anything for the 28th. Well if you know me, I’m not that good with surprises and want to know everything. But I waited, till like Monday and I started guessing, asking questions like...’so, where are we going on sunday?’ & ‘what time do I need to be ready?’  Yeah I know...I can’t help myself. I even tried asking others when someone came over, but NO ONE and I mean no one told me a single thing and all said: ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’. Friday I asked Appie again and told me we were leaving the house around 1PM....

So yesterday I was all ready to go... and I secretly had hopes for a babyshower, but that all changed when he told me things were delayed. So instead we were going to my parents’ house to help my dad with the old bed first (they’re getting a new one today). I wasn’t sure what I was thinking, but gave up and decided to just wait and see... Until we drove into the street my parents’ live in... I saw cars... from friends, from family members, from colleagues... What???? Well my mom threw me a babyshower... my aunts, my grandma, SIL, cousins, friends & even my colleagues were all there. Like 25 people were there and I was truly a little in shock. My mom of course got a little emotional when she saw my reaction and well that makes two of us. I was truly surprised and I’m honestly not that good when it comes to surprises! LOL



There was a table filled with yummy stuff; brownies, small quiches, sandwiches, cakes, chocolate, flap jacks, scones and of course champagne & kiddy bubbles for me. We made a toast to our little ‘Dotje’ (that’s how we call the baby in the family) and it was great day! Especially when I got to unwrap the presents...hihi. We (or actually our little one) got pretty spoiled!

Cute clothes, stuffed animals, toys, blankets, showergel for mommy, a baby bouncer, a scoop for daddy (to get working on our backyard...LOL) and a beautiful diaper bag from my parents’. The diaper bag has a fun story to it. Like two weeks ago I went to the baby shop to get some last things we needed and I saw the bag. I called my mom, since she told me I was getting the diaper bag from them... I told her I found one I liked, but decided to leave since we didn’t really needed it right away. And thought we would get one together... When she was here last Thursday to put up the curtains in the babyroom (yeah they’re done!!!) She asked me where that store was and you won’t believe...but she picked (out of the 20 bags they had) out the same diaper bag I wanted!! I’m loving it!!!



I was truly exhausted when we got home last night, but it was an great babyshower!!! So I want to thank everyone for coming, for the yummy treats some people made and for all the lovely presents... I loved it! Mom, again... thanks so much for throwing me the best babyshower ever, it was awsome!!!! Love you –x-

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Now... Only 17 days before our little one gets here. Could be earlier (which I’m hoping for) or later. But honestly we’re ready for the baby’s arrival...
- The babyroom is done & cleaned... (Just wanted to share two pics from last Sunday, when we were put up the trees in the babyroom)


- Appie & I took some photos of us, with the belly of course (will show some when they’re processed)
- Our bedroom is clean and the crib is already there, waiting to be filled with our sweet little pea.
- I’m finally done with the birth announcement and patiently awaiting for a copy to arrive in the mail today.

- My little escape suitcage is packed and ready for when the time is here
- We put up the playpen in the living room. 

- Everything else I wanted to be done before the baby gets here = done.

 

The big question will be... How long will it keep us waiting before we get to hold ‘Dotje’ in our arms. I’m so curious to meet our little one... Who will it look like?!

Now before I’m going to leave you all, there’s someone I would like you to meet... This is ‘Ollie’...last week when we bought a new cabinet for the extra bedroom we found him at Ikea. He just looked at us with those sweet big eyes. We patted him on his forehead and felt sooo soft. Before I knew it, Appie grabbed him under his arm and walked to the register... Isn’t he cute?!?!

See you soon  -hugs-

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Rock the cradle...

Things are going great over here...well great, honestly I’m starting to get bored the last few days. I know there’s still lots to do around here, but it’s too much for me... I wanna do everything, but I just can’t...my body and mind just won’t let me. I’m not 100% ready for our baby to arrive, but I would be relieved when it does. But there’s nothing to do then just wait, right?

I told you last time that my mom and dad were re-doing the babycrib/cradle. It’s the old one from our neighbours and I loved it... So when I knew I was pregnant I asked them if I could use it for our little one and they said yes. It looked ok, but I could really use a little make-over. I didn’t plan to paint it and just wanted to leave it as it was, but with a new fabric canopy (hemeltje). But honestly it could use some paint too. It used to be yellowish, but I just thought it’s all a little last minute and wasn’t sure if it would be done before the baby got here.

 

My parents took it home like two weeks ago... My dad painted it and I’m really glad he did, cause it looks soooo much better and fresher now. You rock dad and it looks amazing! My mom and I went to the fabric market for some cute fabric for the canopy and I truly love how it turned out. She also made two bedsheets and it looks amazing!

Before I’m going to show you the pictures, there’s something I wanna share...

When my mom was pregnant with me, she also made the canopy for my cradle. I didn’t really realise that, when I asked her if she could make one for my baby.... So when I called her last week and she told me it wad done, she got a little emotional. I mean she made one for me as a baby and now she made one for my baby... her grandchild! And if you know me a little... I got a little emotional too. Not because of the preggo hormones, but the fact I asked her to do this and the fact I just didn’t realised it was truly special she wanted to do this for me. I mean the cradle stood in their living room for over a week and I can only imagine how it must feel like to see it everytime you walk in the room. That’s were her first & future grandchild will be sleeping in... And the fact she made it, truly means the world to me...

Mom, I’m so thankful you wanted to do this and I hope you know that it feels really special that you layed your magic hands on our baby’s cradle... and I hope when the baby gets here, you’ll also be one of the few who will be rocking the cradle when the baby needs some comforting... I love you!


    

When my dad dropped off the cradle last Tuesday... you can imagine the first thing I did was...yes, making the bed!! When it was done the first thing that ran through my mind is, this is where our little one will be peacefully sleeping in, the first months of it’s precious live.

Right now my mom & my aunt Thea are also sewing the curtains for the babyroom and I’m sure they’re going to be beautiful... I can’t hardly wait to see what it looks like when we’ve put them up...

My mom is awsome when it comes to sewing and I so wished I payed more attention when I looked over her shoulder when I was little. She made us anything back in the days... sweaters, skirts, pants, even jackets. I so wish I am able to sew... I mean I can sew a straight line, but that’s about it! And I think she taught me like a 100 times how to put in new threads, but I still don’t know. Maybe one day I will learn how to sew, so I can make our kids some pretty things too and when I do learn, I hope my mom will be the one who taught me!


Today... is a beautiful Sunday, the sun is out and although it looks windy... I think it would be a beautiful day to go for a walk outside and honestly I think we should. Maybe walk around our neighbourhood, cause we really don’t know anything around here. Well I do know where the bakery & grocery store are, but that’s about it...

Later today, my aunt Wilma & uncle peter will come over... Wilma and I (mostly Wilma) have been working on the wall decorations for the babyroom and I so can’t wait to finish it. But there are a still a few little things that need to be done...but the two white trees are done and we’re going to put those up today. Yes, there will be trees and some wooden bird-houses, but that’s all I’m going to tell you! hehe. I’m not going to show you untill it’s a 100% done!

Time to wrap this up... I wish you all a beautiful sunday and make the best of it. Will see you soon! –x-

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Back in the air...(this time in english)

Just so I won’t have to type up double posts, this will be in English today...so for our dutch folks, I know you can all read this and it’s a great way for learning too! LOL

Sooo, finally we’re back in the air after almost two weeks. These two weeks have been heavy on my heart... I mean I could go a few days without internet, but nearly two weeks, was a bit too much. Especially when I missed National scrapbooking day... and of course all my sweet online friends. But glad we’re back up after hours of phone calls, begging them to come fix it....

We moved on Oct. 30th and cleaned the old house the 31st, cause we had to turn in the key the next day... It felt great walking up all those stairs (6) for the last time. All went fine, untill the guy told me to say goodbye to our old house... That was a little hard! I mean we have lived there for like 6,5 years and it was great. We had lovely neighbours (except a few older ones, LOL), lots of memories were made there and of course we ‘created’ new life there... We already said goodbye together the day before, so I just left and walked down the stairs for the last time... *sigh*

Now, today marks the day we’ve been living here for two weeks and although I’m really starting to settle in and feel at home, I still struggle some days. Mainly for the fact my maternity leave started only 3 days after we moved in. There’e still lots to do around here and I do small things everyday... Cleaning, re-arranging cabinets, empty-ing boxes...oh and just sit & relax, read a little pregnancy magazines and things like that. But being home alone all day long, is just not me. But I manage...had some friends over a few times and just went out a lot whenever I felt like it. But it truly does start to feel like ‘our’ new home, where of course lots of new memories will be made and where our first child will grow up. Just saying that, makes it even more special!

Before I’m going to show off photos... and I know you’ve all been waiting on that, I want to let you know how our little one is doing...just a little longer peeps! LOL

Our little one is doing great and the midwifes are always positive. It’s been laying heads-down for over 4 weeks and I can truly notice the difference when it moves. I mean sometimes a little butt pops up and half of belly is hard and the other side sorta seems empty...pretty weird. We’ve got another appointment this Tuesday and we’re also getting one more growth ultrasound.

Only 33 days left of my pregnancy....IF our little one decides to stay in that long! I don’t know if everyone know my ‘guessing skills’ when it comes to births and such... Let me enlighten you. When friends or family members are pregnant, a few weeks before their due date or before their deliver their baby I know which date it's going to be and I'm 90% right. I have no clue wether it's working for me too... The first dat that came to me was dec. 17th (a day after my due date). Two weeks ago it turned into Nov 28th... Now last night, when I couldn’t sleep and lots went through my mind (mainly things which need to be done before the baby gets here) it was Nov. 14th!!!!! R U serious... I mean that is Sunday!!!!!! THIS SUNDAY!!! I somehow really hope I'm wrong... I mean we’re really not ready yet! I do have to say, that the feeling slowly faded away yesterday, but there’s still some doubts left. We’ll see when it decides to pop-up :)

Picture time!!!!

Let’s start on the ground floor... The living room & kitchen. The kitchen is done, except for the window frame, which still needs to be painted. But placing the kitchen was our main priority...all the other paiting in this floor is done. We’ve got wooden (plywood) floors, but they still need baseboards on the sides. We still need some furniture too; like a buffet cabinet, a dinner table & chairs... Also we haven’t put up lamps, curtain on the backside of the house or any decorations yet either... but that will be our last concern. Here we go...

 

The kitchen... including a dishwasher, fridge & freezer, microwave and the thing I’m most proud of... our 90cm stove!! Woot, woot!


Then the view from the kitchen to the living room... this buffet cabinet is from the old house and using this till we found a new one. Oh and our fishies are getting used to the new house also :)
 

Our lovely & comfy couch...


Oh and do you see the eased frame with the light in it?? Well there’s a fun story behind it. There wasn’t a hole in there at first. But then the week before we moved and we went to work here... There was an ‘accident’..although that’s what they told me. My dad & uncle were already working in the house, when my dad all of the sudden said that they had a little fight that morning and hammers flew through the room. I asked: ‘was is that bad’... ‘well’, my dad continued, there a hammer sticking in the wall! ‘Yeah right’, who do you think you are folling here, Uhm NOT ME! LOL... They didn’t wanted to tell me what it was about and I didn’t even looked at it, simply because I didn’t believe them... I mean they fooled me before, right? Well after about 15 minutes I did got curious and my jaw dropped a little when I saw indeed...a hammer hanging in the wall!!!! Geesh guys...well they kind of expected me to get mad (you know hormones) but I didn’t... I mean shit happens, right? And it wasn’t my problem, they did it, so they should fix it! LOL. My dad grabbed a small saw and started making the hole ever BIGGER...come on dad... Well after 5 minutes he called me to come check it out. In the whole he made (oh wait, I’ve got pictures....LOL) was a little plastic plant....
 
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mean look at HIS face! When I looked a little closer I saw there was a wooden box in there... Turns out... My dad & Peter had this idea to make a pretty eased frames there for us, to put in either a light or a plant and had asked Appie (weeeeks ago) if we would like it. So when they made the wall, they had already put this wooden box in there, but the plaster wall covered it. So E-VE-RY-BO-DY knew....except me!!! So not fair... BUT I love it!!! Thanks guys!!

So onto our stairs closet (which really is the best!!!) & my new temporary computer space...The computer will eventually go to the front room on the first floor, which is now our box & storage room....LOL


The first floor.... nothing much to see there, yet! I mean one room is full of boxes and tools, the babyroom isn’t completely done yet... it still needs curtains, wall decorations and a couple of small things. On top of that... I don’t want to show you untill our little one gets here, cause some people don’t know the sexe of the baby yet. So you’ll have to wait! *insert sneaky laugh* hehe! I did washed all baby clothes & blankets and put it all in the closets.... I can however show you our bathroom...we didn’t really do much there, except for putting up a new showerhead, a sink & cabinets... There’s also another, tall cabinet for towels and such, next to the washing bin...


The last floor... the attic, where we have our bedroom. The hall is where we have the washing machine & dryer...but honestly not worth taking a picture of that, just isn’t all that special...LOL. I am pretty proud of our bedroom and I looove the purple/greyish wall & the washbasin (which is the old one from my parents and gave it a new look with purple/grey metallic paint). On the left from the washbasin is another cabinet with drawers...but it was a little messy when I took pics...LOL. We still need some pretty decorations and as you can see, we still need to put up the second curtain...but keep forgetting it needs to be cut. That will be a great task for today :)


Now before I’m going to wrap this up... I’ve got one more picture to share. It’s big momma and her belly shot from the mirror. Took this in our bedroom too and thought it would be fun to share. We are going to take some real belly & mom/dad shots this weekend...but for now, you’ll have to do with this one :)
 

Our weekend plans will be: putting up shelves in the babyroom and cleaning it. Finishing some small things on our huge to-do-list, clean Appie’s car and we’ve also got lots of birthdays this weekend.

Oh yeah... I sooo can’t wait to see the baby crib. We’ve got two beds... a bigger bedstead in the babyroom and a cute small crib for in our bedroom....last week my mom and I went to the fabric market and bought fabric to furnish the crib and yesterday...she finished it. My dad also painted the crib... it was slightly yellow and now it’s off white. I soooooooo can’t wait to see it and when I do, I will take pics and show you :)

Have a great weekend and will see you soon.... –hugs-

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