Getting sorted...

Time's flying, x-mas is just around the corner and there is lots to be done before then! The nursery is in a complete mess (never got around it last weekend...) and the living room area needs some "cheering up".

So last night we went to our favorite store (no need to mention it's IKEA) to pick up an armchair with a complementing footstool. As it's painful for my hips to sit in the sofa, I've been longing to get this chair.

When Shawn, the handyman, opened the package to put the chair together it became clear that we had received the wrong coloured frame! Later, back at IKEA's exchange counter, he was told that the colour we want is out of stock and won't be in store until early January!! Until then, our dear friends Moa and David are the knights in shining armour as they are lending us their armchair whilst they are in Sweden for the next three months! So all good in the end :-).

(In January we will have the same coloured frame as on the picture but with a dark brown leather seat, as leather is easier to wipe down than textile...yep, we're aware of the mess that is about to come...)

Time for Daylight Saving

Tonight we are putting our clocks one hour forward, it's time for daylight saving again! I love the fact that you can come home from work and still enjoy a few hours before sunset, it's in the late afternoon when it starts to cool down and you want to be outside.

Been over to Liza and Adam's tonight. Had a great time with lots of chit chat. Shawn is in Hong Kong playing cricket so it's nice to have some company in the evening.
It's funny how much I miss Shawn, even though he only left on Thursday morning. Even though it's hard to be apart, I think it's an important reminder of that you should not take your partner for granted. Being apart makes you realise how much you care, and you learn to better appreciate the time you actually spend together.

The weather prognos for the weekend is rain, rain and more rain. The temp has almost dropped to winter tempature and I had to turn on the heater today! Tomorrow will therefore be spent trying to sort out the nursery which is in a complete mess. Saying that, I'll also make sure there is some downtime relaxing in the sofa (not many weeks left for lazy afternoons....).

Bub is growing and so is mummy...

Added is a ultrasound picture from week 18. The woman at the hospital said that he/she had a beautiful spine and of course mummy was very proud :-).

Also adding a picture of my belly from week 26 + 3 days, Oct 6 2007. The photo is taken in Shawn's parents garden.

back in business

It's been a few months since the last post, however from now on things will be different :-). Maria is added as a author so I will make sure there will be updates including photos.
Today I'm adding an ultrasound picture taken in June 07, when I was in week 12. Little bub has of course grown heaps since then and we will having another ultrasound in week 32, which is only 3 weeks away from now!

Happiness!

It has been a strange few weeks since the last post. The feeling of father hood is there but it has not yet sunk in. I think due to the distance between Maria and myself, I have not been able experience being the supportive partner I will have to become. Once we are together again I am sure it will start to become real.
I have watch a dvd entitled "The Secret". It was on Oprah and by my surprise I new someone who had a copy. It was very strange to watch this DVD. The secrect, if you must know, is the law of attraction. You attract things you want in your life through your thoughts, feelings, emotion and actions. Sounds simple right? Well to be positive and happy ALL the time is very hard but its getting easy. Know want you REALLY want is the easy part. Seeing yourself and with it, believing you will get it is a little harder. But by far the hardest part is to integrate it into every part of your life. When you feel tired or down normally it spirals into a bad day, but today I felt this happening and turned the day on its head by acknowledging how I felt and making the effort to be happy, greatful, and positive. Since watching the secret I feel more good things are happening to me. Some will say coincidence but has anything good ever happened to them!!! I count 3 things that have happened as a result of changed thinking. I know its not wishful thinking, its positive energy!!!

Thats it from me and my inspirational blundering!!
Good night and Sweet dreams to all.

ps. I'm very Happy!!

The Happiest Day of My Life

I am going to be a DAD!!!!
Maria went to the toilet and did the pregancy test. What was my worst fear was also a dream come true. The minute that passed while waiting for the test to tell us what we both already new was not a nervous one for me. But when Maria said "Yep, thats what I thought......Its Positive" I couldn't keep the smile off my face. The whole next day I couldn't keep the smile off my face.

It is amazing feeling and to be apart from you partner when you find out is a very strange feeling to say the least. You can't give each other a hug or kiss. You can't jump up and down and shout. All you can do is say great news.....congratulations.....How do you feel about that?

Well now the real work begins! :-) While Maria is throw up and feeling nautious, I am on the other side of the world doing what I love. That hardly seems fair, but I miss her incredibly and even it sounds like she is dieing, I want to be there dieing with her. Due to genetics i'll never fully comprehend what she is going through but its harder not being physically there by her side to support her.

There ends the First Ever blog of the Calrey Family. May there be many more!!!!