Update avalanche

So many good intentions, so little time! There's a lot of huge stuff happening that I haven't been keeping you up to date on, although I think most of you do know the big stuff by now.

In a nutshell, since the last post, we have moved, got married, and are expecting a baby. It didn't totally happen in that order but it all happened. I'll give you the highlights here and endeavour to post each event in separate, more detailed installments later.

Back in April I discovered I was pregnant. To say it was a surprise would be the understatement of the century! It wasn't exactly planned and shock and disbelief were the dominant feelings for a while, but we quickly decided it was a good thing. You know me, quick to adapt to a situation!

We moved into our new flat at the end of June. The place was in good condition when we bought it but we spent a week or so making it our own with a lick of paint and a few new fixtures and some new bits of furniture. It looks pretty good, if we do say so ourselves. So far we love it. It's great having our own little place and we've been settling in there very nicely.

Just a week after moving in, we got married. Hey, I like efficiency! We had talked about getting married and there was a little parental encouragement on both sides, but weren't sure if we were going to do it until after the baby arrived. If I'm honest I wasn't that bothered about doing it at all and figured there would be time later, but in the end we decided it was best to do it before the birth to make things easier for Junior's dual citizenship. Things are far more complicated if it is the father that is the US citizen and the child is born overseas to an "alien mother", which I love being called, by the way!! Once the decision was made I characteristically went guns blazing into it, not wanting to wait too long and waddle down the aisle with a huge belly. In the end we barely had time to give our notices at the town hall, things happened so fast. I think it was a little less than 3 weeks from start to finish. Which I totally recommend by the way. It is the easiest, least stressful way to plan a wedding, in my opinion.

We also sold my family home finally. After a long time on the market I switched to a different agency who managed to sell it for us. We got a lot less than I would have liked for it of course but the timing was right so I took the offer. My dad agreed, wanting things to be done and settled in good time before the new arrival. It's quite weird, the end of an era, but a good move I think. Now we are in the process of buying my dad a new flat and hopefully we can get him settled in soon, so I can have some chillout time before my third trimester and then the arrival of the baby tornado.

I think that's all the major stuff. More detail later.