Quite a few of you will already have heard the news but for others it'll be the first time, so bear with me... We found out we were pregnant on September 3rd 2009 - a day I'll never forget!! 
It had taken us a while to get to this point, and we still can't believe that we're here!
Earlier this year we discovered that I have a blood clotting disorder, so for the first three months I had to give myself daily injections in my tummy. The injections resulted in the most amazing bruises, but they also helped ensure that there was good bloodflow through to the uterus and through the tiny little veins of our little baby.
It had taken us a while to get to this point, and we still can't believe that we're here!Earlier this year we discovered that I have a blood clotting disorder, so for the first three months I had to give myself daily injections in my tummy. The injections resulted in the most amazing bruises, but they also helped ensure that there was good bloodflow through to the uterus and through the tiny little veins of our little baby.
I must admit that the last few months have been both very exciting and very scary.... oh, and the cause of much nausea. We prayed so long for this little miracle and are so aware that it's all so vulnerable. I'm slowly but surely starting to feel more relaxed though. We've passed the 4-month mark, our little girl (yes, it's a girl!!) is growing and is a good week ahead of schedule, and all seems fine. We also have an AngelSounds baby monitor, which allows us to listen to the baby's heartbeat. I find it very re-assuring and it's become a night time ritual for me to just listen to her for a few minutes before I go to sleep. The monitor instructions compare a baby's heart beat to the sound of "horses galloping" ... actually a fairly accurate description ;).
The pregnancy
is not the only exciting thing in our lives in the last few months (though definitely the most exciting!!); in September, there was our trip to the UK ... We spent a few days in Aberdeen, just long enough for me to catch up on a few work things. We then flew down to London, spent time with our friends Antony & Alex, Craig & Tanya, and Nick & Sam. This was followed by a week in Portugal, together with Brigid & Rob, Caroline, Dan & Sacha, and Paul & Bee, to attend Bruce & Lucy Fletcher's wedding. What an amazing place to get married ... and what a great idea to make it a week of wedding festivities. Most people arrived only a day or two before the wedding and stayed until a week after (including Bruce & Lucy), so it was just perfect for everyone to catch up with each other ... we basically met at a different beach every day.I wasn't feeling fantastic in Portugal (ever-present morning sickness), but we still had an absolutely amazing time ... which was sadly followed too quickly by Tim going back to the rig. The Angola project has meanwhile ended and Tim left a week ago for a 5-week hitch in Ghana on a new project (see Tim's post below). Better rig, better conditions, friendly people ... so nice to know he's on to a great project!
I'm meanwhile keeping busy in Cape Town. I have a few local projects on the go, including a small company for whom I'm doing a fair amount of facilitation work and some coaching. When you see a client regularly, you sort of start feeling part of their team, which is nice. Most of my time though is still spent working virtually with Exceed (no more air travel for me). On that note, the team at Exceed keeps trying to persuade us to move to the UK, so we finally decided to put together a little video for them that explains why we like living in Cape Town and prefer our backgarden over a stuffy office ... If you want to see it, we've posted it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LJW4wSJEAY
Tim will be back in Cape Town on Dec 29, so though we won't be together for Christmas, at least we'll be together for New Year. This year, we'll be in Zim, flying up on Dec 30, to spend a good week with Tim's Dad as well as Paul & Bee and the entire Martin family. Tim's aunt Rona is celebrating a special birthday this year, so we'll all be together on New Year's Eve, which we're immensely looking forward to. We were going to drive and take Gandalf with, but since traveling long-distance isn't really adviseable with the blood clotting, poor Gandalf will have to stay behind and will be with our friend and house-sitter Catherine for New Year's.
I'm very sad Tim & I will be apart for Christmas, but the good news is that this means we'll definitely be together next Christmas when we're a real family :). This year, I'm hoping to help out at our Church with reaching out to the community. It seems like the right thing to do and I'm quite looking forward to it.
Last bit of sad news: our friends Jason & Natalie and their family are moving back to Zim in less than two weeks' time. Though we're excited for them, we're very sad to have to say goodbye. They live "just around the corner" (also in Tokai) and I just hate the thought of no longer being able to quickly pop by.
For the rest, we're fine, healthy, and so much looking forward to the year in which our lives are going to change forever!
Hope this finds you all well ... love from Cape Town!
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