Day 34 (yesterday)

Day 34: How could this day make do without pączki?! (Ate just one, though. The baby doesn't like pączki too much, apparently)

Day 33

Day 33: Dance in Pregnancy class attended for the first time! Absolutely AWESOME, full of hits ("Tengo, tengo la camisa negra....", "Como se llama -si! -bonita -si! tu casa -Shakira, Shakira..." and so many others), plus we will actually have a show for friends. Can you imagine like 10 heavily pregnant ladies having a salsa-baciata-like dance show?! :D

Day 32

Day 32: Laughing my *** off at McIntyre's genius :)

Day 31

Day 31: Physical activity (and the huge personal change I had to undergo to take it up as a regular task) - yoga-based pregnancy exercises and a looong walk, both enhanced 100x by the spring aura! I can't believe I was able to do a whole set of exercises with my balcony window wide open :)

Martin Seligman's quote

"Every night for the next week, set aside ten minutes before you go to sleep. Write down three things that went well today and why they went well. You may use a journal or your computer to write about the events, but it is important that you have a physical record of what you wrote. The three things need not be earthshaking in importance ("My husband picked up my favorite ice cream for dessert on the way home from work today"), but they can be important ("My sister just gave birth to a healthy baby boy").

Next to each positive event, answer the question "Why did this happen?" For example, if you wrote that your husband picked up ice cream, write "because my husband is really thoughtful sometimes" or "because I remembered to call him from work and remind him to stop by the grocery store." Or if you wrote, "My sister just gave birth to a healthy baby boy," you might pick as the cause ... "She did everything right during her pregnancy."

Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier."

Day 30

Day 30: A long, long, loooong breakfast + more with my two wonderful girls! Monika and Shirin, thank you so much once again :* I needed this talking, talking, talking so much...

Day 29

Day 29: Watching birth videos and slideshows and sinking in completely... Especially this one, my favourite one, the one I ALWAYS cry a river at. Watching it is the only thing you have to do to realize that birth is actually a really beautiful, amazing thing. Or - can be, at least.

Day 28

Day 28: The deep, deep strings in me that music sometimes touches... and just makes me sit and cry upon its beauty and/or the emotions that it brings. 

And the more I listen and let the music take me with it, the more I WANT TO SING AGAIN! I want to get back to singing! Anyone wants to start a band? 

My last marvel (thanks to Agnieszka Ostapczuk)... Absolutely hypnotising...

Day 27

Day 27: Finally getting some stress-inducing court- and law-related stuff done, together with an unpleasant-as-usual visit at the post office. <Sigh of relief...>

Day 26

Day 26: Realizing that one of my biggest birth dreams - to have it professionally photographed - may be actually achievable in a best possible way: by a friend, as a part of an art project, and for free!

Ciepły Mokry Aksamit (klik)

Day 25

Day 25: Whole-grain buttermilk vanilla pancakes with mascarpone and fruit preserve. Homemade, of course. Yum!

Day 24

Day 24: Blessed time for reading... always too short, tho 

Day 23

Day 23: Getting the best valentines day card ever 

Day 22

Day 22: Another happy day funded by Alice  I doubt that anyone has ever taken my WHOLE day's responsibility off me to just let me listen to my body's needs... it felt so great despite the sickness!

Day 21

Day 21: Having some wonderful company over here 

Day 20

Day 20: Having a lil' helper around 

Day 19

Day 19: Feeding seagulls. Never stops being fun, am I right, Monika? 

Day 18

Day 18: MIRACULOUS little date tomatoes that actually smell like real tomatoes in the middle of summer! I miss summer fruit and veggies so much!

Day 17

Day 17: The sea!

Day 16

Day 16: Being in the place I love probably the most of all homes that I had in my life... Quality mother-son time has begun today. And some more decent kicks from the younger one!

Day 15

Day 15: A really tasty smoothie. Really. Quite surprisingly  And, I kinda really felt the baby move today for the first time...

Day 14

Day 14: The dreamed-of hummus and ABSOLUTELY AMAZING pregnancy gifts - a pink tulip and "Baby Powder" Yankee Candle!

PS Ta swieczka NAPRAWDE pachnie niemowlakiem, to nawet troche straszne  — with Alice Szalas at Pewnego razu cafe.

Day 13

Day 13: Becoming more and more curvy... The funny thing is, I see the bump as growing in leaps rather than at a steady pace  and I'm wondering... If I look like this at 15 weeks, how will I look at 38?!

Day 12

Day 12: Hot choc! Marshmallows!

Day 11

Day 11: Grateful that each day has its end... 

Day 10

Day 10: Seven years since our first date!