Well, first of all, hello, my blog friends. I have been stranded in Greece for the past 7 weeks with no internet connection and means to keep in touch with you. But I hope you forgive me especially since I have some good news. After two years of coaxing, reasoning, threatening, arguing, pleading and praying hubby finally decided to give me the best present a girl ever got: a baby!!! Yeap, I am 15 weeks pregnant, hormonal as it can be, struggling with my thyroid issues but over the moon. My Emma will not be an only child, thank goodness! She will have a mate to play with, practice her negotiating skills with, fight with and love in a selfless way. Someone who will bring balance, not only to her egocentric little world but to our family life as well. It’s equals numbers now, as well, as the scan showed clearly it will be a boy so the hormonal levels will hopefully even out in our household :-). So my health challenge dash weight loss …

Emma loves watching TV and DVDs when she needs to wind down and as we’ll be away the whole summer I have started to think about DVDs we could bring with us. I have already bought a mini iPad and started to download educational apps that are meant to keep her busy during our travels and then during our long stay in Greece. So when I saw this competition launched by Tots 100 that involves winning a bundle of curious George DVDs I knew this would be perfect for us. Emma loves George and can’t have enough of his clever adventures and silly fun. So here is a picture taken last Saturday of Emma and daddy enjoying a cheeky ice-cream in the rain. Oh well, I assume it tasted even better, despite the rain, by the look on their faces 🙂    

The weather has been nice last week and we took up some new habits. A long walk by the beach with Emma in the pram then a stop in a local child-friendly restaurant with a small play area for herbal tea and play time. We did it three times last week and it worked really well as mum and dad got some time to chat while Emma made new friends and kept busy playing. I really look forward to going to Greece. I have missed the blue sky and the daily walks I took with Emma in the morning. I intend to keep up the good habits and enjoy daily morning walks with my girl(and hubby, on the days he will be off) and plenty of healthy, fresh, straight from the market food. On the other hand, I am still 68.5, guys…this is my third plateau and the hardest to budge out of…I have done everything right last week, from drinking pots upon pots of herbal tea, eating only lean meat and veggies, avoiding wheat …

Yes, you guessed it, I did slack during the Easter holidays. Ate cake. And munched at Emma’s Easter eggs. And enjoyed butter and cheese. And now I have put weight back on. I am back to 68.5. Darn…I have lost the bet with myself and I am slightly irritated at my lack of resolve. Oh well, back on the horse, I suppose, I can’t let setbacks put me off my goal. Which is in sight: 65 kilos by the end of May, when we leave for our holidays! Stay healthy, talk tomorrow! I made sure that chicken didn’t cluck by the end of the day and now I have to live with the consequences 🙂  

So since the time has been manually adjusted I suppose it’s officially tomorrow and I can wish you all a very happy Easter! I was raised in Romania, in the orthodox church so this is the song I associate with Easter: “Christ is risen from the dead, crushing death with His death and giving life to the dead!” May His light and the life He came to give shine bright into our lives, my friends! A very happy, Christ-centred Easter!