Will I miss the stairs?

Lately I find myself going up and down the stairs wherever I go. Instead of choosing the elevator, which some people like to remind me I should. Thankfully I find no offense on the comment and just say "no thank you, I prefer the stairs". In a few days I will have a stroller attached to me most of the time and I wont have the option ;-) 

 
So here, a toast to all the stairs, which help me keep moving !

- A

The belly is almost ready

My doctor says it could be anytime. It's week 38 and I am enjoying the pregnancy except for the odd neck pain. After the first 5 nauseous months, this is the good part! so baby #2 can stay a little longer if she needs to.

I took these photos with my phone, and I guess it shows a tiny belly. It's a little bigger but auto-photography with an iPhone is not my thing :)
 

Things at home are as ready as they will be, hmmm ... true, we don't have the stroller yet, but the store has said it will arrive near my due date: October 18th. Will I make it until then?

There is a full moon on October 12th, and that's what started my labour last time with Sebastian, so who knows? In the meantime, let's just enjoy ...

- A

36 weeks and still "running!"

This is a totally obnoxiously ME post. So I am hoping not too many people are reading. This is to remind myself how good I felt through the pregnancy and relish on this part! As opposed to the first five months where I just had this "I-am-going-to-vomit-on-you" face (right now!) with no vomiting actually, which made things even worse... (for me of course).

Since I don't have a picture of me running, here is a photo taken yesterday (14/09/2011) :

About 2-3 times a week, after dropping off Sebastian at school I sneak out to park my car near the Grund and run. It is getting silly for two reasons:

1) I feel a little silly telling people what I am really off to when they ask me to join them for coffee, so I just say I have an appointment. And I am a terrible liar, so they probably see that I am lying just by looking at my face. I just cannot bear  the whole "what???? running??? " and then I feel like I am showing off. So I prefer a little white lie :)

2) It's actually pretty funny to see me running. Firstly because it's no longer a run, and secondly because a lot of people point or just look at me with their mouths open. It embarrasses me a little and also makes me a liiiitle proud.

Anyway, my doctor is totally fine with me running, he is also a runner and advised me to listen to my body and to watch out for uneven surfaces. The biggest risk is to fall. It's pretty incredible how good I feel during and after my runs. Most of the pains associated with the pregnancy: back pain, sciatica, joint pain, go away. And I am refreshed and feeling cheerful.

So that's about it, a completely pat-on-the back ME post.

Just got back from my check-up and all looks well. Due date 18 of October.

- A

what's up?

... our blog needs an update. Between our last post "Snack time" and now, a lot has happened. For starters, we need to change the title of this blog to Where are Chuck, Ale & Sebastian?

Seriously, between "Snack time" and now, Ale got pregnant, had the all-day sickness, rushed herself back to the comforts of Luxembourg, her belly grew, we skipped our annual ski holiday (can't take a pregnant woman skiing?), her belly grew more, we escaped to Miami, her hormones went out of the roof, we moved apartments, her belly grew even more, and then at 9:30am on Wednesday 29 of August, with the support of her extremely brave husband - who happened to watch all the epidural procedure - she gave birth to a tiny and cute little boy which we named Sebastian Charles.

A whole year since our last post. Can't blame us ... Sebastian is now almost 3 months old and the bags under our eyes are starting to turn from deep black to light green.

so, that's why, we decided that perhaps it was time to pick up where we left and re-start the blog for the third time.

Sebastian is doing well and I am sure he's glad to have his name finally included in the blog.


- A & C