Baby bump

Today I'm 31+4 weeks. I've still got almost two full months to go before my due date. But I don't get how I'll be able to grow much more than this. Other people might not find me that big but when I look at myself I feel enormous! Bending down is become really hard and sleeping is not the most comfortable thing either. I can definitely not lay on my back anymore, my lungs get crushed.

But some magical way I presume I'll get even bigger. Time will tell, time will tell... :)

Luckily it's just my belly that has expanded so far. From the front you can hardly see the bump.

I can assure you though that Niels and me are getting one active kid it seems like. Sitting at work each time I look down my stomach has taken a new shape and Hilda is constantly playing the "knock, knock, who's there" game.

29th - Something you're listening to

I used to like this song but it's really getting over played now on the radio. Since we don't have tv at home yet we've started listening to the radio a lot. Especially in the mornings since our morning routine always used to involve watching Go'morgen Danmark, now we listen to some morning show on the radio instead.



But perhaps you don't listen to the radio much so enjoy!

28th - Money

I hardly carry around any cash anymore. I still used to do that a couple of years ago but now I'm basically just using those magical plastic cards you can buy anything with. I always try to have some coins in my wallet though because you never know when they might come handy. For example paying a wardrobe fee when going to concerts or doing massive grocery shopping and needin to use a shopping cart. I also happened to find 5 pounds in my wallet after my recent trip to London. I should one day when I've unpacked my travel wallet place it in there. There is SO much to still unpack and my energy levels are close to zero after work and home making dinner. I'm sure there will still be boxes laying around when Hilda arrives. It is after all only 60 days left. Yikes! :)

Moving in gift

Birna came over yesterday for a little quality tasting of my baked goods. Approved, but I'm sure that practice will make perfect so told her it wont be the last time.

But with her she brought a moving in gift. Apparently according some icelandic tradition you should bring bread and salt when first time visiting a new place. Bread represents not ever running our of food and salt is for flavoring the porridge. Did I get it right? 

Also got a little bonus, two kitchen cloths and this one fits perfectly hanging over our stove. Love it! Thank you Birna!

This picture is just a bit off... since u can see not-so-limber-me in the reflection. Super charming hahaha!

27th - Something you ate

I got a massive craving to bake today. So what better remedy than to actually bake! And this way I would also get the oven cleaned finally. Was baking some bagels in it last week when it started smelling a bit toxic. Bought some oven cleaning detergent and now it's sparkling.

I've become a bit too much of a sweet-tooth lately. It's pretty much the only craving I've gotten. So no weird cravings to share with you unfortunately. But to be able to eat some baked dessert with a good conscience I wanted to eat some healthy dinner instead. So we had a grilled chicken salad, used a total of 5 drops of oil in total to flavor the zucchini on the grill. Actually quite tasty considering how healthy it also probably was.
And to crown the dinner of, a little mudcake :). Good and unhealthy with some vanilla icecream on the side!

Cosy time at the office

As it's Monday I'm back at the office. Luckily it seems like it's going to be a fairly calm week. I'm starting to sleep quite abruptly lately which means I'm getting quite tired during the days. I'm having a hard time finding comfortable positions to sleep in and I wake up each time I need to turn around. And waking up also means most of the times a visit to the toilets. Two more months.... :). Then there will be other reasons why I'll be waking up in the nights!

I bought myself a new hyacinth last week and over the weekend it's started blooming. It's smells fantastic here upstairs at work!

I love fresh flowers and candles. Think I need to go and pick up a new bouquet of tulips on my way home. The ones I got from Kolla saw their last day yesterday.

26th - Night

This post is coming fairly late as the topic is night. I've been waiting for it to get really dark outside so I could get a night picture but... We're living in the city now so of course there are streetlights everywhere so our street never gets remotely dark. And I'm too tired to go for a walk to the lakes where it's presumably dark.

So had to rethink.

Then it hit me. For Hilda its pretty much all the time dark and (s)he has no clue wether its day or night. That's where this little fellow tiger comes in. When pulling its tail it plays a little lullaby tune. Each night when I go to bed I let it play a couple of times on my belly. I've heard that by either singing or playing the same tune each night before going to sleep can have a positive effect on the baby once it gets born. It can apparently remember the tune and get calmed down by it when it's time to sleep. I'm not sure if I entirely believe it but hey, no harm can come from trying. And if it actually will work then that's fantastic!

So nighty night from me an Hilda, it's time for a little lullaby!

24th - Inside your bathroom cabinet

EDIT: I wrote this post already last night but I don't know why it didn't get posted. So I just re-posted it now. Thanks for pointing it out Kolla.

Sorry for posting so late. But it's still the 24th! Just got home from a Ghost party. Ghost is Denmark's biggest vfx house, one of my works big rivalry. The party is just about now getting started, but I couldn't take it anymore. Everyone seemed to have a comment about my pregnancy. It's fine when it's people you know, but when the 30th stranger comes up to you with a joke it's starts to get a bit tiresome. "Oh, I didn't know you could bring kids to this party"! Politely I always smiled back and said I couldn't find a babysitter so had to bring it along. And people were worried that the music was too loud... etc. And also after standing for more than 4hours my back started to get really tired. Knowing that I have a nice new couch at home waiting for me got more and more tempting :).

But here's my "bathroom cabinet". Don't have an actual cabinet, not yet at least. So many things still missing from the apartment. But this is how it looks like right now, the one shelf we have.