36 weeks and counting...

Today we had another checkup. Our little girl is now 3 kg and is growing so good! Everything looked really good.
As for my pelvic pains... they're getting worse and there's nothing they can do about it. So I spend most of my time in bed. The doctor gave me sleeping pills for the night and told me to hang on 3 more weeks. After that they might have a chance on inducing labor if necessary. But since the baby is growing so well there's always a chance that she might decide to come early all by herself. I'm really hoping for the latter :)

Josh Wilson

I wish I could play like that :)
(With thanks to Maurice for showing me the video)

Grandma's birthday part 2 - High Tea

This weekend we went to a traditional English High Tea in an old farm. It was a birthday gift to Guillaume's grandma and all of her brothers and sisters were invited too.
I had never been to such an event and I can recommend it to everyone. It's a nice relaxing time. They serve different kinds of tea and there's all kinds of little snacks to go with it, including mini-sandwiches and scones with clotted cream... yummie!


Guillaume and Tessa are "vriendjes" (=best friends) already.

Grandma's 80th birthday

Guillaume's grandma had her 80th birthday on Saturday. To celebrate she took us all on a weekend trip to Giethoorn. It's a very little town and it's famous for its canals. In fact you can't even get to the center other than on foot or by boat. Each house is built on a separate little island and all the islands are connected by high narrow bridges. The bridges are built high so locals can still transport things to their houses by boat.

Tessa also came along. Needless to say she was the center of attention :)

After the boat tour we had fun playing games.

3D Ultrasound

Yesterday we got a 3D ultrasound. It was fun! Our little girl was fast asleep and had her arms and legs in front of her face. So they could only make pictures of part of her face. They tried to wake her up and get her to change position but she wouldn't have any of it. Still there are some nice pictures.


Apparently it's comfortable to hold your foot in your hand while sleeping...


Perfectly formed foot...


Good strong heartbeat...

Tessa

We visit Tessa quit often. She's just too cute and cuddly.

Teen camp

Last weekend there was teen camp to welcome the new teens and mark the beginning of a new season. Unfortunately I couldn't go and nobody thought of bringing a camera. But by the stories I've heard I can tell it was great.

The group was picked up at church and from there they went to the campsite in Germany. They went to a mine with a guide. And at night they had a hike. The next day they packed everything and came home again.

It's a region in Germany that has lots of forrests and hills and tracks. It is particularly popular with hikers and mountain bikers. Perfect to do a hike by night. The teens had to follow a trail of little lights and every once in a while do some assignments which got them very dirty.
When they got back at the campsite they could sit by the campfire till bedtime.
Too bad I had to miss it, I love campfires.