Secrets

At last I can share the wonderful exciting news

Rebecca and Antoni are expecting again

She is now 23 weeks and little one is due 14th January 

It is truly wonderful to be able to say this and although the weeks leading up to this have not been without their trials obviously due to the traumas with Rose, those mile stones have now been passed and I must say that she is being well looked after by her maternity team, who have offered her scans etc every 4 weeks and detection tests were carried out early, all with very positive results.   

They are also giving extra consultations to her to make sure of her own well being and support for any concerns she may have, especially as it is tinged with sadness over Rose.  I am relieved that they are doing this, especially with the damage caused by the cancer, so cardiologists, they even fitted her up with a halter for 24 hour testing, hematologists, you name it and she has been sent 

Rebecca is now beginning to relax and the excitment is creeping in as she is now feeling movements.

We enjoyed looking through various baby sites together, planning our shopping trip as I am going over in a few weeks and building lists for all those necessary items and planning her baby shower in a couple of months.

Positively Blooming, as they say

I have been busy over the weeks making baby blankets, mainly smaller ones that can be used in a car seat or Moses basket, along with her caterpillar, which she was delighted with.

But now, even more exciting, at the 20 weeks scan they decided to find out what they were expecting

and.... drum roll........

It´s a boy!

I had fun looking through the Deramores site for yarns now we know what colours to have and together we choose various blends, including cotton and bamboo.

I shall just have to be patient now for it to arrive.

The delivery is quite good, about 5 days and with orders over 40.00, and it´s sooo easy to go over that! it is post free

In the meantime I have a couple of projects in mind so I don´t think I will have idle fingers.

Well better be off and start them then!

take care

xcx

Stop the clock

So enjoying having Rebecca and Antoni here

Just need to slow the clock down as the week is disappearing so fast

A couple of days visiting the beach before the weather broke. The sea is at its warmest now and although it was very windy it was pleasant to swim.

Antoni took his go pro into the sea and filmed all the fish darting about, including some rather large ones

He had bought a super duper snorkel mask which enabled him to really explore the sea bed

whilst doing so he found a wallet, wedged between two rocks

Someone had obviously forgotten to empty their pockets before swimming

Amongst the contents  was a work pass so he intends to ring the company asking to speak to the person, hopefully being able to return his property.

Its always difficult to keep personal things safe on the beach, unless one of the party always stays with the bags, but we have some very good waterproof pouches which hang around the neck, big enough to keep keys, cards money and even the phone safe.

Unfortunately, after weeks of high temps and blazing sunshine, the weather broke on Thursday and we have had gota fria (cold drop) storms, where the cold air meets with warm and the warm sea.

We have had absolute downpours, but because we are between two mountain ranges, we have been saved from the awful destruction of some of our nearby towns and villages.

Even Denia, about 45 minutes away, where we were on Wednesday, was hit by a tornado, roads were like rivers with cars being tossed around and carried away in the torrential rain, just like toys.

Anyone unlucky enough to have left their cars in the underground car parks they favour here, would have seen them completely ruined.

Further south towards Alicante and Murcia have been hit hard.

The same with north, Valencia area took a hammering. That region has quite high rainfall anyway which the orange groves and rice fields love.

But it hasn´t diminished the joy of having Rebecca here, chatting every day on the phone doesn´t come anywhere near being face to face and collecting lots of huggles, chatting and sharing and just doing everyday tasks together.

They are taking the opportunity to catch up with some friends to, so the next few days will be busy.

take care

xcx

I did it!!!!

I did it!!

With the kind help and patience of Jo at Through the Keyhole, I realised that I was so fixated on the right hand gap that I failed to see the one on the left

It made sense then and I completed the heel and moved on towards the toes

Haven´t completed it yet, been doing other
 things, but I am determined to.

Getting quite excited now
Two more sleeps and Rebecca and Antoni will be here, yeah!!!!

They are on a very late flight that doesn´t land until 12.45am Sunday
but it does mean we shall get another day together
Antoni can only stay a week, but we get 10 whole days with Rebecca

Can´t wait to collect and give loads of huggles and hours of catching up

Groceries ordered, being delivered tomorrow
Water received, after the last fiasco of waiting we got it in early
Linens done, just need to spruce up the guest room
and wait!
Might try the socks again to pass the time!

take care
xcx