ITS A BOY!!!!!

Yay, we’re very happy that Cecil is a boy. We weren’t keen on the name Cecelia. As Nolly said ' dont you love it when a plan comes together?'. Yip, we do! We want a boy first and a girl second. So that the boy doesn't grow up a pansy.
And we’re especially happy that Cecil has long legs and short arms (according to the scan), rather than the other way round. We don’t want an orangutan. Although Cecil’s face looked just like a monkey’s when we looked at it in 3D. Yes, even here in deep Africa they have excellent ultra sound machines - we were amazed as you probably are! But lets see if Cecil becomes more handsome over the next few months, we don’t want a boiled monkey either thanks. I know we should just be grateful if its healthy blah blah... but who doesn’t want a good looking child dammit?!

So now we can start buying stuff and decorating the baby’s room. Plus I’m starting to need maternity clothes. But...um.... where the hell do we get these things here?! Slight problem. There is one baby shop that we know of that is seriously expensive and I have yet to see a shop selling preggie clothes. So I guess I’ll continue to wear Benedikts clothes until we find something. But ja, I’m 20 weeks now and pretty much look pregnant. People are looking at my belly now!

Benedikts parents left last night after spending their last week here in Nairobi. They were very happy to just relax, I still had to go to german lessons and Benedikt had to work. But we still got lots done. We went for a really nice meal at Lord Groll as a belated celebration of Irene’s birthday. We went to Lake Elementita which is a beautiful salt lake in the spectacular Great Rift Valley. We went for a lovely authentic Ethiopian Meal with Naoko and Roland. We had Sabine and Micheal over with their 2 cute girls. (Those 2 couples both speak German so it made socialising easier)
I took Heinz and Irene to the museum, the Kiambethu tea farm, Karen Blixem’s house, to the craft market, the forest (with ALL the doggie people!) and to yoga....see what an excellent tour guide I am.
Now its time for YOU to visit!!

Oh yes, Irene was AMAZING in the kitchen. I would turn my back for 2 seconds and all the veggies would be chopped and all the dishes washed and dried! She made us some yummy puddings, spätzle pasta, and some lovely fruit jam. As well as getting lunch ready for my return from German every day! I will miss her help alot. I have warned Benedikt not to expect me become SUPERhousewife like her ;-)