Weekend in Kiel

With a customer in need of a visit and some friends living in the same place, we set off for Kiel for the weekend. This would be the last chance for a flight together before Caroline is too pregnant to fly. We took a cheep Ryanair flight from Skavsta to Lübeck on Saturday afternoon (on time for a change) and we arrive in Germany an hour later. In to collect a neat little hire car, program the navigation system and off we drive to Kiel. Anika and Daniel and their two little girls live in a lovely little old house in Kiel. We had a really nice day on Sunday, despite the threat of poor weather. The sun came out and we all went for a walk and ate an ice cream on the beach while the children played. In the evening Daniel cooked on the BBQ, but as it was much cooler in the evening, we ate inside. I worked on the Monday and we flew home in the evening, getting home in time to see the last Group B match in the EURO 2008, Germany v Austria, which they won.

25 Weeks

Caroline is now in week 25 of her pregnancy and today we visited our midwife again for a regular check-up. We discussed some of the options with her for the birth and we will visit the hospital where she works in the next week, to see how things look there. The baby is generally moving around quite a lot and doing lots of kicking. The midwife checked the baby’s size, which was normal, and the current position. The baby had its head up today. I was also able to listen to the baby’s heart beat for the first time… that was cool. Caroline is happy and dealing well with the pregnancy so far and that feels good.