The end...

Today is my last day of my maternity leave, tomorrow I have to go back to work, oh boy has time gone by fast...

Tomorrow this picture will be one year old, it's taken just before we went to an ultrasound, where they had to find out if I should be induced, I got a time for the next morning where they would induce me, but I had gone into labour by myself.

On Saturday this picture will be one year old. I can't believe how big he has gotten over the last year... so many things have changed.

I don't know how much I will be around over the next couple of weeks... I guess we have to settle in to some kind of routine now that I start working again. I will try to get around to blogging, but no promises!

Have a great weekend:)

The end of my maternity leave...

Tomorrow is officially my last day of maternity leave... I can't believe that it's been more than a year since I stopped working! That went fast! Though I still have my 6 weeks of vacation before starting work again, but I'm sure they will pass by even faster than I would like...

On Monday Jonas will have his first day in daycare (nothing new has happened so far, so we are starting out here and see how it goes). Well the first day will actually only be a few hours, and I will stay there with him. Depending on how well that goes he will then be staying there a few hours by himself from Tuesday. I guess I'm lucky to have so much time for him to get used to being away from me... or should I say, I have so much time getting used to being away from him, I bet it will be harder for me to leave him...

So this week we have really enjoyed sleeping in late... well he usually wakes up around 5.30, he will get a bottle and then he used to go back to sleep, but not now. So he will play around in our bed and I will watch TV. Well I'm watching the news, because honestly nothing good is on that early... only different kids shows and boring sitcoms. So far Jonas hasn't caught on to the kids shows, though it is the strangest things that will get his attention. You can be sure if the weather forecast is on he will stop whatever he is doing and watch it. A soccer game can hold his attention for a little while as well as the voice of Dr. Phil... What should I make of this? A soccer game, sure he is a boy, the weather forecast, yeah I guess it's nice to know what to expect since he is sleeping outside during the day, but Dr. Phil? I have no idea why, I guess he just sees him as a nice guy, which I am sure he is:) But after about half an hour or 45 minutes of TV he will be back to sleep again for a few hours, so I'm enjoying that as long as I can:)

Well that will be all, I am off to enjoy the last of my maternity leave:)

What's in a name?

Deciding on a name for our baby has been a bit harder than I expected. Sorry to say I'm not one of those girls who knows by age 10 that if I get a girl she will be named *** or if I get a boy he will be named ***.

I had a few demands for the name, I wanted the name to be able to be pronounced in English as well as in Danish. I must say I have been lucky that my name is easily pronounced pretty much all over the world. But while being in the USA as an Au Pair I met a lot of girls from different countries, and many of them had to spell their name over and over before people just got a slight idea of what they were named! Besides from the name being easily pronounced I would like my baby to have a special name, which wasn't too special... do get what I mean? I want a name that isn't super spacey, but I also don't want the boy to be one of 8 in his class named his name (but there is always a risk that with a fairly common name he will be one out of several).

When we first found out I was pregnant neither of us could come up with any suggestions for names... so we decided to put that on hold until we had had the second ultrasound, and knew if it was a boy or a girl. It seemed a bit surreal to both of us coming up with boys names if we were having a girl and vice versa.

So after finding out we were expecting a boy, well it didn't get much easier, but we started coming with suggestions. And every time I suggested something my husband didn't like, he would say "we should name him Frank Jr." All because he knew I would hate it. At one point I thought we would never agree... so I started to abandon my demands. I figured what the f*** who cares if it's easily pronounced in English, my brother lived 5 years in the UK and managed pretty well, even if he's named Torben!

But after a while we had it down to 3 names: Jonathan, Mathias, and Benjamin. After going with these 3 names for a while we decided on Jonathan. Which we told a few people when they asked... and then the day before going on vacation we received an e-mail from my cousin, thanking us for the gift we sent them when they had their son. And he was going to be named... surprise... Jonathan! To say the least I was pretty upset... they stole my name! Okay we could name our boy Jonathan as well, as we don't see them all that often, usually just at Christmas time, but no, Jonathan is now out of the picture. So you would say hey you still have 2 other names left... but no, after deciding on Jonathan, the others just didn't seem right.

But a 9 hour flight to The Dominican Republic will give you time to think of new names:) So when we arrived in Punta Cana we had narrowed it down to 2 names, Jonas and Johan! Leaning towards Jonas, but we weren't completely sure. At the end of our trip though, we were sure he is a Jonas. So until further notice that is what our baby boy will be named. But who knows, someone might pop out another boy and name him that as well... but I hope not, I don't want another 9 hours flight to come up with a new name!

Honestly I thought coming up with a name would be the easy part, I guess I was wrong. But now we are ready for Jonas to arrive. Just 5 short weeks from now:) I must say I really enjoy my maternity leave, I get so much done, the whole house have been cleaned, most laundry been done, I have even been creative... I can't remember when I last painted something that I dare show someone, probably back in pre-school!

A few paintings for Jonas' nursery

I have even started making meal plans... so on Monday night I went shopping, and now I don't have to go grocery shopping for the rest of the week. Which is really nice, I'm used to picking up things for dinner on my way home from work... this way I bet I will save both time and money:) Speaking on saving money... not having a car and being stuck at home during the day will help you save money as well. Today we will know if they are able to fix the car or not. If they are able to fix it we will probably get it today as well. But if there is too much damage we aren't going to get it fixed. It's an old car, and you can get one similar fairly cheap, so if it's too expensive to fix we are going to look for a new one!

Sorry for the long post, hope you all have a great day!

Maternity Leave!

So yesterday my maternity leave started, it was a bit weird leaving work and not having to go back for a year or so... well I will go back to visit but not to work over the next year! I left work around noon because I had an appointment at the midwife, afterwards I did a little grocery shopping and then headed home to relax on the couch.

We finally got a new scanner so I can show you the picture of our baby boy from my last ultrasound in the end of September, so I guess he is a bit bigger now:)

Best as I was settling on the couch, and an old episode of 90210 was about to start the phone rang! It was my husband, his car had broken down on his was home, and I had to come pick him up and we had to tow his car to the mechanics. So today he has my car, and I guess all in all that's fair since he has a lot longer to work, and I'm on leave. Though today I have a doctors appointment, so I have to take the bus (which I hate) it will take me 30 minutes to get into town, which is about 15 minutes longer than by car, that I could manage, but since the bus only drives one time each hour, I will be at the doctor 40 minutes before my appointment... or I will be 20 minutes late. Luckily my husband is of work early on Fridays, so if I go shopping a bit and exchange a few Christmas gifts afterwards, I will be able to spent the time long enough to get him to pick me up on his way home, so I don't have to take the bus back.

I know I shouldn't be complaining, but I just thought I would get so much more done on my first day off, but I guess I have to wait till the weekend or next week. Have a nice weekend everyone!

2 days to go!

I have 2 days left of work before getting stay home for almost a year! Can you believe how lucky I am? Well technically my maternity leave doesn't start till the 20th, but I have just a little vacation left, which I will use over the next 2 weeks. I know a lot of people complain about the government etc. here in Denmark, but honestly right now I really appreciate how lucky you can be as a pregnant woman. You have the rigth to stop working 4 weeks before you due date in you are in the private sector, are you working in the public sector you get 8 weeks (okay that's a bit unfair, since I'm in the private sector).

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After giving birth you get 20 weeks fully paid maternity leave, and after that I can't remember how many weeks paid by the "government", I guess there is a reason for the high taxes we pay:) So all in all I get to stay home for almost a year, depending on how much vacation I will be using in the end of my maternity leave!

So 2 days of work left... well mentally I have all ready left. Especially because I have handed over everything, so I no longer have any specific responsibility. Today was a really slow day, hardly any customers or anything to do! So just about an hour after arriving I told my boss he could just send me home... though that didn't completely work, so I started another tactic which was "Keep annoying him till he will send you home", I guess I could have done a better job, but nonetheless at 1.30 pm he said "Okay just leave then!". So I got off early:)

Otherwise my pregnancy is going just great... well besides from heartburn I feel great. Though I do believe the heartburn is more than enough, over the last week it has got worse, some evenings I even had to get up and puke! Though I went to the pharmacy yesterday, and I do believe the new pills I got really are working, but they taste disgusting! I get a bit nauseas just eating them, but shortly after I have no heartburn and are able to sleep. So I'm trying no to complain, and hopefully in a few months the heartburn will be gone:)