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-