My friend Catherine did some maternity photos for me which I will do in a separate post but in the set was the kids decorating #Koos with face paint which I thought was kind of sweet.
#Koos is going to have plenty of decorating by the time he arrives I am busy looking at henna belly designs and will do a poll to see what you guys think I should do
We have decided to have a baby celebration, it is less of a traditional baby shower and more of a braai and celebration with our friends. It Is The Geeks first baby and I really wanted him to be involved and not just a ladies only thing.
For us it is not about the gifts, we have had such generous donations from friends and family with clothes and stuff we are just about sorted. For us we want to share the day and have fun.
I wanted to decide on a theme or what decorations we were going to make so I thought of doing a geek baby shower. I think since we met on line and The Geek is well… a geek it was fitting.
Some of my ideas so far
- Greek alphabet cupcakes
- Tetras cake
- kubik’s cube, computer stuff, abacus, ABC blocks decorations
- Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock competition for a cool prize
- formula and equations and stuff on the walls and some problem to solve at the loo for those who fancy.
Other ideas? my poor brain is hot and not working that well
I have also decided to add my own more Hippy tenancies as The geek calls them and have a belly cast done before and get everyone to sign it. I also want to get a henna belly done earlier in the day and have the #Koos house all decorated for the day.
I am quite excited it should be fun so if you are in CT on 5 Feb and want to come join us please shout so I can send you the details, this is a relaxed fun afternoon so feel free to join
9 months always feels like a ridiculously long time to be pregnant but in some ways it is a really good thing. Seeing as this was a lot sooner than expected it gave The Geek and I a chance to settle in more and of course the Pinklets too. I can honestly report that with Christmas under the belt and 7 more months of time together this feel like a real family. Sure we have our ups and downs but for the most part I think that is just normal family life.
Now suddenly the sand is running out of the hour glass and I can’t keep putting off actually planning and buying stuff with the excuse that we have ages left. That said WOW I have been bowled over by the kindness of others. With all the stuff from my sister, Cazpi, Shelly, Megan, Meea, Coral-Leigh, Tamiya and Leigh-Ann we are sorted for all clothes 0-3 months, a lot of 3-6months, cot, pram, car seat, high chair, bumbo, breast pump, baby monitors and more. I am so overwhelmed with peoples kindness. Money is tight and we would have managed but it would have been a scrap, now with so many of these big things people have passed on the stress is a lot less.
I must start a list of the things that we do need and truth be told I am actually getting quite excited. Yes the thought of a tiny baby, 2 Pinklets, home schooling, writing and running 2 small business from home, does scare me a little but I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that The Geek will do everything he can to help as much as possible.
72 days to go, but given that Pinklet boy was 2 weeks early I am thinking end of Feb, beginning of March rather than mid March but who knows. That is one thing that #koos will keep us guessing on until the moment everything is ready and our birthing journey begins.
So what is your list of essentials that I need to remember? It has been a while since I did this
Well as long as one of us does not change our minds, which is always a possibility, but seeing as this is the ONLY boys name we have even vaguely agreed on, I think it might just stay. The Geek said he suggested it before and I said no but I can’t remember. Maybe I am more desperate now. I heard the name on the radio and phoned The Geek and was sure he would say no, but he didn’t. He said oh he likes it, I was floored, so just like that we seem to have a name. Many of you have been in our our name discussions before and they were not always pretty, but seems like we did the impossible, the 2 most stubborn people in the world actually agree.
We pronounce it the same, we both like it, it has a lovely meaning – Honorable.
We are not going to share it yet, it was so hard to find that we don’t want to hear any negative thoughts on what we decided, at least after the birth and he is named then people tend not to tell you they think the name sucks.
And we have to keep some surprises, seeing as we know he is a boy, but he gets to keep is all guessing as for his actually birthday and then we will share his name. I feel so much better knowing we have at least 1 option. #Koos will not be nameless. Yay!
to have a baby shower for a third baby? Well technically my third but The Geek’s first. Traditionally the guys are not involved in the whole baby shower thing.
I had one with Rachel, not a big surprise and no embarrassing games, but all just women, got some really useful gifts.
I did not have one with Caleb as it is not a custom in the UK at all. I did do a belly cast and henna belly with my sister and friend. Ex was uninvolved as always.
This time it feels different, I want to celebrate with my friends more than it being about gifts. I want The Geek to be involved and included after all this is all new to him.
Our house is starting to look like a baby may be joining the ranks, Cazpi lent us a high chair, we have a pram, Bumbo, electric pump and monitors from Shelly, and #Koos even has a few clothes. My sister brought all the things my nephew out grew from the UK.
For our baby celebation I want to do a henna belly and have a braai celebrate this new family with our friends. Is it odd or rude if I organize this myself?
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