Easter long weekend at the beeeeeech

So we flew to Diani on the South Coast for Easter. We stayed in the Pinewood hotel as its right next door to Mike and Sabine's place so that we could bother them all weekend.

Nic got sick before we went though - he got a chest infection which turned into laryngitis. So we had a very squeaky baby for the duration of the holiday - at least we didn't get woken up by his screaming.... poor thing couldn't even get a wail out! He was quite bad at one stage though and we were worried... but our doc had assured us that it would pass. And that there was nothing we could give him except saline nose drops and calpol. He said the humid sea air would be good for him. Nic was still in a good mood for most of the holiday - bless his cotton socks!

So we'd eat breakfast at our hotel and let Nic have his 9am to 10am sleep, then we'd mosey over to Mike and Sabines for the day. Elena and Kiki are just great with Nic - they would take him walking all round the house and garden. Then they'd entertain him on the beach... then we'd all go swimming in the pool. He had his lunchtime 2 hour sleep in Julia's room... friends who were staying with Mike and Sabine. They have a 3 year old and a 6 year old. So we used their cot - perfect! At 6pm we'd go back to the hotel to bath Nic and give him his bedtime bottle. Let him fall asleep then we'd shower and change etc then carry the sleeping angel back over the Mike and Sabines so we could enjoy dinner and wine with them! Nic slept perfectly, upstairs on the big bed surrounded by pillows. Then we'd carry him back again at the end of the evening. I don't think there is anything as special as carrying your sleeping child. I just loved that!

On Easter Sunday, other friends joined us at Sabines' - so there were 11 kids and just as many adults. It was a bit chaotic with all those kids, especially as they were mostly girls who all wanted to hold the baby. There was a one and a half year old girl who was a nightmare- her screaming kept making Nico cry!
We had a very festive Easter dinner though with loadsa laughs, we have such great friends here. And boy do we love the Kenyan coast.


We took LOADS of photos as usual...

Birthday parties

So Nic went to his first birthday party last friday. A friend of mine's little girl, Siara, turned one. It was also my first birthday party where I had a kid of my own.
I did it in true kenyan style too and took our nanny! Ha ha!
I would never have taken her but she REALLY wanted to go cos her best friend (Debbie's nanny) was going to be there.
So it was a lovely party spent drinking mojitos with the other relaxed moms! Gotta LOVE africa!


Then on the Saturday night we had everyone around to our house for our birthdays... Benedikt turned 34 on Saturday. Unfortunately I am still older than him.
We had such a cool group of people here and everyone drank plenty thanks to my excellent hostessing skills. Benedikt cooked up a storm like he always does and everyone had a REALLY good time. Nicolas slept like an angel above us, not bothered by all the noise! Bless.

Ok so like our wedding is only 6 weeks away. Yikesarama! We are very busy planning all the smaller details.
Dress is done. Waiting for veil. And trying to find shoes - this is proving to be very difficult.
I've found a DJ. And lady to make our cake. And our caterer is now booked and we're VERY happy with him. Flowers, table decorations and name cards are planned. Lighting is taken care of. Flight and airport logistics are almost sorted. (Boy this is going to be one FULL house!)
Hen and stag party plans are going full steam. And drinks have been purchased.
SO not worried about things though. With MR SUPER DUPER organsied as my fiance, plus all the family thats going to be around, everything will get done I know it.
Its going to look beautiful and be SUCH a fun day. I cant wait!

Its my birthday!

So its my birthday tomorrow. I will be thirty bloody five. When did I even become thirty four?
I'm sure I will get LOADS of calls and messages to make me feel very loved. AHEM! Benedikt and I are going for dinner on Friday night and we're having a mini party on Saturday night at our house with about 2000 friends. Its Benedikts birthday on Saturday.

We went to our good friends, Hem and Paul's, party last weekend. And boy was it debaucherous... the guys are still recovering. So our party will probably be quite tame. I don't think I've ever seen Benedikt that drunk! And Paul had to be carried home legless and vomiting!
Thank goodness Nicolas slept through the night that night - or perhaps he didn't and we just didn't hear him.

Speaking of whom, I've renamed him to Cabbage Patch Kid. See the similarity?











We were avidly following the Cape Epic last week... Man it was exciting. I was SO happy that Burry and Christoph won. Good show. We had 2 very good friends from here that did it too.... boy did Alex suffer! Can't wait to hear his tales. Benedikt and I were very happy to be watching from the couch and not slogging away up the sandy rocky climbs all day in the unrelenting heat.

So I've had no car for the last 3 weeks which has been fun. Not. The fuel pump packed up again and I have to wait for a part from Dubai. So I'm cycling everywhere! Been cycling to yoga and to the gym and to the doctors (for vaccinations) and to the shops. In the beginning it was a novelty but now its getting tiresome. I want my car back dammit! I miss taking Nic swimming too.
At least I am getting LOADS of work done.

Breaking news: I now weigh under 60kgs! 59.9 to be exact ;-) I haven't weighed under 60 for at least 2 years! I'm so bloody excited. Except my jelly belly is still bloody there would you believe it. Guess I only have myself to blame for eating all that chocolate when I was pregnant and putting on 20kgs and stretching my mid section to hell and back.
I'm pretty sure I am losing weight thanks to running (and cycling everywhere!). A lovely friend of mine is now running with me and she needs to train for Lewa which is a tough 21km race in June. So together we are upping our mileage each week. I also run to the forest and back which adds on an extra 4kms so I do between 15 and 20kms 3 times a week.
Also being vegan now I don't eat any more cakes or biscuits. Even most sweets have gelatin in them which is made from animals bones... although I have found some candy which is animal product free THANK GOODNESS. I love sweets too much.