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Such bliss to take a vacation once in a while where you dont have to worry about going on tours….seeing places that are touristy….do adventures which are not available back home and rushing here and there to cut out all the things on the top ten must do things. This vacation is all about lazing….pigging out…meeting budgets while shopping….watching movies….people watching and just doing nothing…..sometimes its good to take vacations like these…….with someone you love…..
The moment the pregnancy stick showed two red lines (positive), I panicked. Though I could see it coming…I wasnt sure if I was ready. One of my earliest panic attacks was that what if having a kid hindered the travel plans that I fantasized about. Though “U” kept on reassuring me that everything would work out fine, deep down inside I was still unconvinced…till I saw photographs of friends who took international trips with their young ones. Something within me changed. I felt reassured and at peace and more than anything, I started looking foward to when we would we able to take our first trip with our younger one. I have my fingers crossed and hope and pray that everything works out great, inshallah!
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There are some things that only the wife will like….thank god for opposites attracting…life would be so monotonous otherwise!
I will NEVER EVER understand women who are clad in solitares, carry Coach bags, go for vacations every now and then, eat out almost every day or every second day and still complain about not being rich enough!
Initially, when we found out that I was pregnant, it was after quite a bit of convincing on my part that me and my hubby descided not to find out the sex of the baby.
But when I went for my mid way scan, when asked by the sonologist if we wanted to know the babys gender…my hubby jumped up to reply that he wanted to know but I didnt…which was not possible….if he knows, I should know too……
So we found out whether to go the pink way or the blue way, but we descided that it was something that we would just keep to ourselves. Afterall, its fun to see whos predicting what and to judge who is full of just how much shit! Its fun!
So, 2 days ago I got my second baby gift (the first being a babys rocking chair given by my surrogate mom, the chair being hers from when she was a baby). The second gift was a pair of blue booties from my gae old friend. I couldnt help asking her why blue. Her answer was quite logical. she said, if its a girl she can afford to wear blue….but if its a boy pink might not look too boy-ey on him….
Hmm….well, if its a boy and has a taste like his dad, hes bound to like pink…if not love it!
Suddenly, with the crossing of the mid pregnancy mark, not fitting into any old clothes anymore, the constant reminder that things are going to change ( for the best inshallah)…seeing friends with their kids, I am more petrified of how I will bring up the child, than childbirth itself.
Are there classes that the new parents need to attend to learn the basics? Does it come naturally? Do you go to a shrink? Are there how to be good parents books that one needs to read….?
I dont know. Right now I am too scared to think straight.
May god bless whoever came up with the idea of maternity jeans!
