Home again.....

Well we arrived home safely and soundly.  Our big news, which is no longer secret, is we are having our first baby in just under 2 weeks (presuming it decides to come out on time).  I was unlucky and just a few weeks ago ended up having to get a catheder put into my back due to the strong possibility of having a kidney stone.  It cannot be confirmed with the correct xray until after I give birth due to being pregnant, but the symptoms and pain match that.  I did my last growth ultrasound today, which shows the baby is growing even if it is small, but that is because I myself am only 4 foot 7 (139cm).  I've only gained 4.5kg this pregnancy, but that's ok since I am eating healthy.

I have to say I love being back in our warm apartment.  We had key issues to solve when we got home, but we got our locks change and can't believe our luck, but our landlord changed the locks on the entire building (which hasn't happened in the entire 7 years I have lived here) and our building got a new code so I feel happy that we have no more missing keys and no entry for anyone else into our building.  We just need to solve our laundry key since those got lost, but that's not the end of the world to me and won't cost a ton to replace.

When we got back to Sweden I got a message from the lady I was carpooling with that her husband passed away, which is very sad news and I felt so sad for her. 

John has been starting courses and then getting them cross credited so it's been hectic a bit for him to have to go to school, go to a class only to drop out a few weeks later.  However, there is a course he should be beginning soon and I think it begins on my due date!  That's ok though.  School isn't far from where we live and if we're lucky the baby plans its arrival where he won't need to miss too much of the only course he has to do.  The courses here seem to last a few weeks and then they are over.


I can't say honestly there is anything I miss from New Zealand.  Ok, yes I miss Katy Perry and Mike our former flatmate and that part, but I couldn't trade what I have now for them because there are too many benefits to being home again.  I believe John feels the same.  Even looking in hindsight, I also can't say there is anything I regret not seeing.  Well considering I was always working and when I had holidays, John didn't have as much as me we still weren't getting the chance to be able to see anything that didn't cost a fortune to do.

This is our 20 week sonogram picture, which I still find amazing to look at!