2013. So far, so good.

It's the new year! I'm pretty ecstatic! This one's going to be super special :)

Last year was a long year. We had SO much happen in just a year.. Started off not so great, but we got past it and the rest of the year went pretty smooth. We had a great year in Chennai, India. A beautiful peaceful home, great jobs that we enjoyed and great friends, an anniversary celebration that i will remember for the rest of my life.. then the big move, to the other side of the world, finding out we're expecting our little guy and 7 amazing months of being pregnant - hearing his heartbeat, feeling the little guy kick for the first time, the hiccups, feeling him grow over time and just being so amazed at him and what he's gone through so far... so incredibly proud of him already! Falling deeper in love with my amazing husband, getting to spend so much time with him (now that i'm working from home).

2012 went out well. We had a great Christmas and New Years. Spent some time with some amazing families, had some good food and we brought the New year in at Church (after an amazing international dessert buffet, Mmmm!)

The new year started off nice and quiet, peaceful.. with lots of snow. Then came my 26th birthday and we had a nice small celebration at home [just the two of us] and i got the awesomest birthday gift ever - A Nikon D3200! Waiting for my little JayBug to get here. He's going to be the perfect model!

Tomorrow we sign up at the hospital and we have a ton to do before the baby gets here. So i'm expecting the next 2 months to be CRAZY!

I'm SO looking forward to seeing our little JayBug for the first time, smelling his head and kissing him and enjoying being his mommy. Sigh. March, you seriously need to speed it up! So yeah, LOTS to look forward to in 2013 and we couldn't be happier. My new years resolution is to treasure each and every minute of this year.

I hope you guys have a great 2013 too! You owe it to yourselves - you survived the end of the world :)

ANNOUNCEMENT *Drum Roll*

After i created this blog, i'd been itching to say something about what i'd been going through for a while now, but decided not to because Joe and I decided to keep the secret for as long as we could hold onto it..which wasn't too long. We broke the news finally mid december and the news is.. We're expecting!

That's right.. We have our little JayBug on the way and we're as excited as we're nervous. Found out at 5 weeks and we're in our 28th week now. In our last ultrasound at 18 weeks, we found out we're having a boy!

This is a picture of two ultrasounds. The one on the left was in the 12th week and the one on the right in the 18th week. And the next pic is the bump weeks 19-27.

It's been a very typical pregnancy so far. I've had my share of discomforts.. I'd been terribly nauseous and threw up multiple times every day from week 6-17 which was the worst. Then the aches and pains related to the big belly, trouble breathing, tough time sleeping or getting hardly any sleep because of the terrible pain from having my organs all squished up and so much more! But honestly, if i had it extremely smooth, i would have worried more. And i have an amazing husband who's been there for me through it all. The nausea, all the back rubs and massages... No matter what time i needed them.. I love my man!

And, it's been easy to overlook all the pain and discomfort (so far) because there's so much more to be excited about. I started feeling the little guy mid 17 weeks and that was one of the most amazing days of my life. It was the day I had to go in for my first OB appointment and i was sitting waiting for the bus and i felt a few little pops in my belly and i did wonder if that could be him. Later that evening, Joe took me out for a movie and i felt the same thing over and over again and i just knew it was my little JayBug. Best feeling ever! And then when I started feeling his hiccups, i'd wake up to these little twitches in my belly and it was amazing.. just knowing he was alright. My favourite thing to do of late, is sit back and watch the belly jump around and imagine the tiny little feet and hands and fingers.. the beautiful eyes.. the little belly. Sigh. He's already so perfect!

In about 11 weeks i get to hold the little guy, admire him, love him and enjoy being his mommy. March can't come soon enough!

Reality Television

It's no secret. Reality television has been pushed as far as it could possible have been and now they're going overboard!

Ever watched the series called 'Cheapskates' ? It's about people who cut as many corners as possible to save a few pennies. I do understand that some people have it hard sometimes and may need to make some cuts, but these people really can surprise you! I watched a few episodes. From the lady who is a 'millionaire' but goes dumpster diving for food and dessert and roams a small 'forest' for leaves and berries that she can cook for her family's sunday lunch (and at the end, she gifts her boyfriend a vaccum cleaner that she picked out of the garbage). To another lady that washes clothes in her bath water and the guy who flushes only one day in a week buys clothes and saves the tag so he can return them later on. Gross.

Then there's the series that i just saw called 'Couples Therapy' where a few couples (celebrities) are trying to fix their marriages (or relationships). I managed to watch about 10 minutes.. I really don't get it. The guy decides to (or has to) plan a little romantic date for him and his wife and he choses to take her for a horse ride in the afternoon and she's annoyed because he didn't tell her that they'd be in the sun and didn't tell her to get sun tan or a hat and they call the date off and they're frustrated and she's emotional.. And another couple, all the woman wants the man to do is to give up alcohol and he refuses. If alcohol was not doing your marriage any good, would you not give it up to save your marriage? Seriously! Immaturity.

I've only been married for 2 years and 9 months (been with my man for a little over 7 years so far)... and i'm not saying i know everything, but i've seen some dysfunctional relationships and what i've learnt from that is, theres no other way than to be mature and to be an adult. Easier said that done, i know. But I live a simple life and i love it. No drama here.

Apparantly 'Honey Boo Boo Child' is out with a show now. Doesn't the family understand that people are laughing at them. I feel bad for them. Sure they're richer now, but they're being humiliated. And don't even get me started on 'The Real Housewives' series.

It's amazing what people would do for money!

Though, there are some reality shows that i do find interesting. Like 'Wife Swap', 'Mystery Diagnosis'... And of course, shows like 'Extreme Makeover : Home Edition' where  a deserving family get million dollar home and the builders go all out!

There are also these series that follow a family through their everyday lives - 'Jon and Kate plus 8' and '19 kids and counting'.

It's kinda weird.. I'd started following a channel on youtube called 'It's Judy's Life' basically because i followed her beauty channel and noticed she was pregnant.. So to follow her pregnancy and see the baby when she was finally born, i followed her for a month. And now i'm noticing the amount of vloggers on youtube that post clips from their everyday life and the amount of views they get which means people (including me) take time out of their lives to listen to what time they woke up, what they ate, what they did through the afternoon and what they're doing for dinner (with loads of boring conversation in between). Seriously, how bored are we!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is Thanksgiving and i've never thought about putting into words what i'm thankful for, but here i go!

(It's 3 am but off the top of my head..)

What i'm most thankful for is my amazing man. We are two very normal people with an amazing connection. He is my rock, and has been ever since we met - the 20th of August 2005. He's given me the most amazing memories i'll ever have (and we still have SO much more of life to go through).
He's the talker and i'm the listener. One thing most people don't know about him is he has an amazing country voice, makes me melt. He tells me he loves me everyday and i get a million bear hugs and kisses everyday... I might have to ask for them sometimes, but i never go a day without them! (I'm a big hug person). He's given me the biggest gift in life!

Ofcourse, My Family.... My sister, an amazing person and generally my best friend. Wasn't this way when we were kids (man we fought). But she's always stuck up for all her younger siblings and if someone ever picked on us, she'd "Give 'em HELL!". My little brothers, who don't call/mail as often as they should, but i forgive them, because i love them little monkeys. And my parents for bringing me into this world.

Our life in Chennai. Lived there for 2 years and I loved most of it. Met some amazing people, had a great job (got to work along side some awesome people). But life goes on.. New opportunities open up. We moved on to the next step.

The year off (technically - i work from home now). We moved to Canada recently and it's been amazing so far. I'm as far away from stress as possible and totally loving it.

The amazing people i've met along the way and gotten to know, i'm thankful for them all!

And, Life.. in general. It's not perfect, but it's beautiful!!

Hello!

Blogging has crossed my mind a few times now (and i did try to blog before) but i never followed through with it. I'm by no means a writer and don't have much to say most of the time, mostly because I have a strong filter in my head and I might have something i want to post about, i'll write out a draft and then just delete everything thinking to myself, 'who'd want to read this anyway'. But this one's for me :)

And if you're reading this, you're welcome to tag along and follow my 'Journey To The Other Side'.