NIKKI`S FIRST BABY GOODIES

NIKKI`S FETAL MONITOR,WELL HERE'S A GADGET THAT I'M SURE WE WILL PUT INTO GOOD USE,WE CAN LISTEN TO BEANS HEART BEAT WITH THIS,BUT WE STILL HAVE TO WAITE A FEW WEEKS.






























WELL I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS,IM STILL WONDERING WHY,OH ITS GOT FOLIC ACID AND GINGER .WELL SOLONG AS IT KEAPS HER QUIET THEN IM HAPPY,I HEARD THE WORST IS STILL TO COME,ANYWAY I STLL LOVE HER TO BITS.


HEY LOOK BEANS FIRST PAIR OF SOCKS,AINT THEY JUST CUTE,I WONDER WHERE NIX GOT THEM FROM,MAYBE SHE WILL ENLIGHTEN US ALL WHEN SHE STARTS POSTING SOME THINGS ON OUR SITE.WHO CARES ANYWAY SOLONG AS THEY KEAP BEANS FEET WARM.

OUR THIRD SCAN

ONE WEEK HAS GONE BY AND WE ARE BACK FOR THE THIRD SCAN,BEAN HAS MOVED POSITION AND IS MORE LIVELY THAN BEFORE,MOVEMENT IS MORE VISIBLE,I'M SURE ITS GOING TO BE AN ENERGETIC CHILD JUST LIKE ITS FATHER,CANT SIT STILL TO LONG,BUSY BUSY BUSY,ITS DOUBLED IN SIZE NOW, 2,58cm ,A HEALTHY HEART SAYS DR VICTOR,SHE SEEMS TO BE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND EXITED FOR US,SHE PUTS US AT EASE AND ASSURES THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE.THIS IS JUST SO EMOTIONAL FOR NIX AND ME.I LOVE YOU MY DARLING WIFE AND MOTHER TO BE,I DON'T WANT TO THINK WHAT MY LIFE WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT YOU AND OUR BABY BEAN,I CANT BELIEVE HOW EMOTIONAL I AM AND WONDER WHAT I WILL BE LIKE WHEN D DAY ARRIVES.ONE THING IS FOR SURE I WILL BE A LOVING,CARING FATHER AND HUSBAND.WELL NOW I MUST WAITE FOR NEXT WEEK AND SO MUST YOU.

OUR SECOND SCAN

THIS WAS EVEN BETTER THAN THE FIRST,BEAN OR MJ AS NIX CALLS IT HAD GROWN TO 1,7cm ,8 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS OLD.WHAT WAS EVEN BETTER WAS THAT WE EVEN SAW SOME MOVEMENT,UNBELIEVABLE THAT SOMETHING THIS SMALL CAN MOVE,WE SEE THE HEART BEATING AND HEAR IT AS WELL JUST AS IN THE FIRST SCAN.WOW I'M LOST FOR WORDS AS I TRY HARD TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS, EVERYTHING BECOMES BLURRY,I WIPE THEM OUT OF MY EYES AND TRY GET TO GRIPS WITH ALL OF THIS,I'M GOING TO BE A FATHER AND NIX A MOTHER,I THINK BACK TO WHEN WE FIRST MET AND STARTED DATING BACK IN 1994, 14 YEARS FLASH THROUGH MY MIND ALL AT ONCE AND I WISHED THAT NIX DAD ,PADDY, WAS HEAR TO SEE THIS , AS I'M VERY SURE THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST AS PROUD AS I AM.

OUR FIRST CONFIRMATION OF OUR BABY

WHAT AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE IT WAS FOR NIKKI AND CRAIG,ONLY 8mm IN LENGTH AND A HEART BEAT STRONGER THAN ONE COULD EVER IMAGING ,FOR SOMETHING THAT SIZE,AMAZING ,IT WAS TEARS IN OUR EYES AND LUMPS IN OUR THROATS.6WEEKS AND 6DAYS OLD, OUR LITTLE BEAN WAS ALIVE. I WISHED THE NEXT WEEK TO GO BY JUST TO SEE IT AGAIN,AND I WISH EVERY OTHER WEEK TO GO TOO JUST TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.DR VICTOR SAYS DECEMBER,I JUST CANT WAITE AND THE MORE I THINK OF IT, THE BIGGER THE TEARS,COME ON HURRY UP DECEMBER.

I FEEL SO PROUD AND FEEL CLOSER THAN EVER TO MY LOVING WIFE NIKKI AS THIS JOURNEY BEGINS FOR US,ITS ONLY BEEN THREE WEEKS NOW SINCE WE FOUND OUT AND ALREADY I FEEL LIKE I HAVE CHANGED.WOW ,I JUST CANT THINK OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHATS HAPPENING AND I JUST CANT STOP THINKING OF BABY.I'M SURE ITS GOING TO BE A BOY BUT NIX WANTS A GIRL,WE BOTH JUST WANT A BABY I SUPPOSE AND WILL TAKE WHAT WE GET.HEY CAN ANYBODY TELL ME WHATS THE SMALLEST SIZE SOCCER BOOTS YOU CAN BUY,MMMM MUST GET A BALL TOO.

I WONDER IF I WILL EVER BE MORE PROUD OF US THAN I AM NOW,WELL THAT'S WHAT I THAUGHT ON 13 DECEMBER 2003 AND WHAT A SURPRISE.

THE BEGINING: OUR FAIRYTALE WEDDING

OUR WEDDING.

TOKAI CAPE TOWN
13 DECEMBER 2003.

TWO VERY HAPPY PEOPLE