blissfully blessed....

Today I am 5 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Part of me cannot believe I am pregnant. Maybe it's the fact that I have not told anyone yet or because I have wanted this for so long that now it's really happening it does not feel real. The physical changes help in reminding me that I am indeed pregnant and yet it's so easy for me to believe it's all a wonderful dream. I wonder when if ever am going to stop checking when I wipe, or check that my boobs are still sore and worry every time I feel a twinge in my lower belly. I admitted this to D and he said, well the fact that you are not getting a period anymore should give you enough proof that you are PREGNANT! That is true, when my period was due I waited and waited and every time I went to the toilet I would that she would not show. My prayers were answered and I suppose it's true what they say, your period being late is the biggest sign of pregnancy!

We are moving home! We have been in the same apartment block in the middle of the city for a 3 years now and we have been looking to move for as long as we can remember. Last weekend we went to look at this new development which is in a gated community and it's all villas. The feel of the place is amazing, it's all families with children and everyone seemed so eager to make friends and form a community. I cannot believe we got so lucky to find such a place. We will finalise everything by Thursday which is also a good sign of things to come as it's our ultra sound day!!! Now we just need to organise the move and off we are off to a brand new start!! So excited!!

I don't know if it's me or the hormones but nowadays whenever I get good news or something exciting happens and likewise when I am faced with a slightly tough situation I get super emotional. So today I was picking up our new credit cards and cheque books at Aramex and the guy behind the counter could not find my order. The look on my face must have worried him enough to say: "No need to panic, it's all going to be OK and we'll find all that you are looking for". I was taken aback as I felt I reacted normally but obviously I must have over reacted! Got to love pregnancy hormones!!!

5 weeks pregnant... the joy of maternity shopping...

Today we are 5 weeks pregnant, it feels like yesterday this miracle started and every day we feel more and more blessed to be experiencing all of this. My belly is growing and I am feeling great overall. I am getting used to my boobs being so big and lumpy and they don't really bother me until I have to sleep. Even then I have found a way for them not to bother me, it includes me lying on my side with a pillow in between my legs. The new symptom that has appeared with the vengeance is this constant feeling of warmth. Now I have always been freezing cold, winter, summer anytime of the year i am cold. My hands, my feet, cold all over and it gets hot here in the summer.. we live in the desert and yet I am cold. Well that is gone and has now been replaced by incredible warmth. If one moment I am perfectly fine the next minute I am boiling but I am mainly hot. D thinks it's crazy how from day to the next my body has changed so much.

I have been complaining all week about how my bras are getting tighter by the day and how I need a new maternity bra. So today we went maternity bra shopping. I have no idea what to look for what to buy and so I got a size bigger than the one I am currently wearing now and hoped it would have fit fine. They had no changing rooms so I had to buy them and try them at home. One thing I have to say about maternity bra is how HUGE they are. I mean I am really not used to that much fabric... it seems impossible that we need all of that fabric! LOL When I got home and tried them on they fit but they make my boobs look very big indeed and they also look really far apart... if the other bras bring you breasts together the maternity bras go for comfort! I am not complaining! I wish I could go to a store where they can measure my bust size and give me the exact bra size. I'll need to shop around for such a store!

I then went into my favourite mom and baby store, it's called Mamas & Papas and I love it!!! Whenever I go to this particular mall I go into the store, most days I HATE going in there as it was just a cruel reminder of something I could not have. During the good days, I would look at all the prams and carrycots and baby clothes and dream of the day I would be going in there with D to shop for our baby. Well today the day has come and it felt like a dream come true. They had no maternity bras but they had tops and jeans and skirts... I have always loved going into this stores but now that I am pregnant it feels like I belonged there. For once I was shopping for myself not for a friend or a relative and the feeling was so intense I almost burst into tears. Part of me expected a curtain to be lifted at any moment and Ashton Kutcher to come out and say.. "Laura you have been punked"!!! I swear part of me could not believe I belonged there, that I was buying clothes because I needed them not because I was fantasizing of being pregnant. I bought two cute tops that my little belly is going to grow nicely into.. I cannot wait!!

Another GREAT thing happened today, we finally found the house we would like to move into! We have lived in the same house for almost four years and it's an apartment in a block of flats. It's nice but the neighbourhood is not the best and parking is such a BIG issue, the neighbours are not the best either and they are mainly labour works living many in one apartment... it's really not ideal and we have had enough now. We have looked out for affordable houses withing our city and finally D found this amazing new development. It's a little bit out of the city about 30 minutes but closer to my office (10 minutes drive!). D will have a longer drive but it's a nice drive with little traffic. The villa is amazing, it has 3 bedrooms and a study, one balcony, one terrace on the top floor and a large garden. We are thrilled to have found it and at such a reasonable price too. We thought we would have had to move out of the city but instead we get to stay here and have a better standard of living. The neighbours look like young families too and everyone said hello as we walked by.. it made us feel right at home. Next step is giving notice to our current landlord and then we are good to go!!!

We feel so blessed...