24 weken - Girls talk

Dit weekend ben ik niet thuis. Het is het jaarlijkse weekendje weg met m´n vriendinnen van de middelbare school. We zitten in een Landal huisje met internet, en aangezien er ook een laptop mee is (nee, niet die van mij), kan ik toch nog even wat schrijven. Van de 9 meiden zijn er op dit moment 4 zwanger, ik ben de eerste die straks gaat bevallen en in de twee maanden na mij zijn de andere 3 aan de beurt. Het gespreksonderwerp van het weekend is gemakkelijk te raden. Om de andere 5 dames tegemoet te komen, proberen we ook wel andere gespreksonderwerpen, maar we krijgen het toch altijd weer voor elkaar om terug te komen bij datgene wat ons leven op dit moment beheerst.
Verder staat het weekend in het teken van chocoladepepernoten en veel ander lekkers. Komt goed uit, want bij mij is de tijd aangebroken dat het babyvet gaat groeien ;) Verder hebben we gewinkeld, wat leuk was, maar ook irritant als je steeds weer een wc moet zoeken..... speaking of that - er begint nu iemand in mijn blaas te trappelen, dus genoeg geschreven voor nu! :)

Camping

Despite the two hours delay on the way there, caused by a problem with one of my rear tires, and despite the storm on the first night, I had a wonderful weekend camping with friends in the dunes near the North Sea.

I'm really glad I noticed the ticking sound in my right rear tire when I slowed down because of a traffic jam and I'm also glad I decided to leave the highway to find out what it was. To cut a long story short: I needed a new tire immediately. If I would have continued driving, I definitely would have had a blown tire.
We were using the new tent of one of my friends and found out it withstands heavy rain, thunder, stormy wind and hail as big as M&M's. Our neighbour, in a caravan, told us we could always wake him in the middle of the night if things would get worse. A very comforting thought, because we couldn't imagine the weather getting much worse from there. Anyway, we stayed dry and safe.
On Saturday and Sunday it was sunny and we enjoyed the weather and the beach. Personal beach tennis record: 93! Wheee! :P

"Later" has started

That was the discovery some friends and I made yesterday. I meet these friends few times a year (because I don't live so nearby) and almost every year we are spending a weekend together somewhere in a holiday-residence. But yesterday we only met to drink tea, chat, make and eat dinner and watch a movie in the evening.

A couple of years ago, we said: What will it be like, later, when some of us have kids? Will they play together and join us on our trips and days out?

Well, the "later" has really started. Yesterday, five kids were running, crawling and lying around. It was a lot of fun. The youngest only 8 weeks old, the oldest 2,5 years old. Toys everywhere. Baby bottles, bibs, diapers, high chairs, stair gates and kitchen cupboards with child locks. Time to talk was rare, because every minute another kid was interrupting the conversation. Yep, the old times are over :)

Big table

At the moment, we receive many guests who are curious and want to see our new home. A lot of friends and family came over already. Yesterday Martins colleagues had the chance to see our house and they all stayed for dinner. And because of occasions like this we bought the resizeble table, which can be this big: