True Story
I always try and stay upbeat and positive on my blog and especially with my life in general. But sometimes life is just plain hard and you need to let yourself have a sad day or two. My fam...
Although I am not American, this is my (new) home. On days like today, I love how the whole country comes together as one and its hard not to feel patriotic. Today we celebrated Americas heros by att...
Happy Africa Day!Africa Day is a celebration of African unity and this years theme is "Africa and the Diaspora" which I find is so well fitted to me since the modern day meaning of African di...
I could be cliche and say how much time has flown but, to be honest, I can hardly remember a life without my little Zoey. This month we have adjusted to life with a newborn and even the sleeples...
Instead of crawling into bed at 4am after a heavy night of partying, this weekend I found myself crawling out of bed to do the 4am feeding (which came after the 12am and 2am one) and then waking up f...
(read part 1 of my birth story here)After being in labour for over 12 hours, the Doctor had noticed that the baby was not tolerating it very well. With another 5 or more hours of labour&nbs...
Im very excited to finally share with you the story of how my little Zoey April came into this world. Please note that this story may get a little graphic but Im not going to hold back!Throughout my ...
I hope you all had a wonderful Mothers Day! This one was a very special one. Not only was it my very first one as a brand new mom, but we got to spend it with my own mom too who is here all the way f...
When I finally found some time to log into my blogger account last night I discovered the UNPUBLISHED post that I had meant to put up on Monday to explain that I would be taking the week of...
Today you guys can find me blogging over at A Home Away From Home. Ive taken over Jennas blog for the day while she is off on some fun travels back in Africa.Jenna and I bonded over our similar yet t...
Yesterday afternoon we headed to JFK airport with lots of excitement because it was finally time to pick up my mom after her long flight from South Africa. Zoey is my moms very first grandchild and i...
Little Zoey April is one week old already. These past few days I have found myself conforming to every "brand new mom cliche" there is. I can spend hours just staring at her, observing every ...
On my quest to document everyday of this year in pictures, I give you my compilation of April:(see January, February and March too!) April was the month that I had been waiting in so much antici...
After what feels like the longest pregnancy, I still cant actually believe that little Zoey is finally here.I hope youve enjoyed following along with my pregnancy journey as much as Ive lov...
All 7lbs 5oz and 19.5 inches of our precious baby girl was born on Tuesday April 24th at 12:18pm.We are so delighted and just utterly in love with our beautiful Zoey and her stunning mop of dirty-blo...
How far along? 40 weeks 3 days OVERDUE!!!!Maternity clothes? I tried to wear my maternity jeans the other day and they were soooo uncomfortable. Thank goodness I wont be needing t...
I have finally reached my due date and YES I am still very pregnant, despite all my best efforts.I cleaned the house nested for about 3 hours while listening to 90s music, I then took a very lon...
Ive been pretty lazy in the kitchen lately but with the possibility of eating way too many takeouts as soon as Baby arrives, I decided to get stuck in and try out a new recipe. And tru...
Love your bodyI have never truly appreciated my body until this pregnancy. Like most women, I have issues with my weight and appearance but there is something very beautiful about being pregnant (exc...
I always knew I was going to travel. I can remember sitting in my tiny class room at school and dreaming of all the different places in the world that I would explore. Then, ...
How far along? 39 weeks 3 days (4 days until due date!)Maternity clothes? Still fitting into a select FEW stretchy regular clothes.Stretch marks? Besides my 1 little friend, Im doing g...
All of the pregnancy books advise you to start packing your hospital bag at least a month before your due date, but Ive finally got around to it with just less then 2 weeks left. I tho...
How far along? 38 weeks 4 days (Ive gotta start posting these earlier)Maternity clothes? Still fitting into a select FEW stretchy regular clothes.Stretch marks? EEK! I still have that ...
I am very excited to announce that my little Etsy shope "The African Llama" is up and running!Ive worked hard on creating some fun and unique onesies and hair accessories. The onsies are pret...
Hi bloggy friends,One of the greatest traditions that some of us South Africans have inherited from our British ancestors is sitting down to have a nice cup of tea (with milk and sugar!) It gives us ...
I have exactly 3 days left of work until my maternity leave starts and although Im very excited to be able to put my (swollen) feet up for a bit and do some "nesting" before baby comes,...
How far along? 37 weeks 4 days. FULL TERM baby!!!!Maternity clothes? My materinty jeans are even starting to get uncomfortable! Sweat pants and tanks with sweaters are my uniform right abou...
On my quest to document everyday of this year in pictures, I give you my compilation of March:(See January and February too)Please note that the 5th picture is my poor husband after having his wisdom...
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