Half Way Point

Yes, we are there, we have reached the halfway point! The first part went by so quickly! I am looking forward to the second half - the bump and I are developing a relationship! Although Scott and I have found that we can not really hug properly any longer - it ends up being a sort of halfway sideways thing. I have also found a greater understanding for why fat people always have stuff down the front of their shirts and cleaning our small floors with a floorcloth on all fours is now not quite the quick thing it used to be, but apart from that we are all good!

I can feel her or him move but you can not detect the movement from the outside yet, but any day now I think. Scott keeps on putting his ear close to the bump and saying: "Nah, I can't hear anything!".
I am just hoping we will have some quiet time in the afternoons soon so the baby can hear Scott play the guitar finally.

Thursday we are flying to Kathmandu for the 20 week check up at the private CIWEC clinic there. It is a long time since we have seen the baby now so I am looking forward to it. An ultrasound scan for the home must be the next new pregnancy accessory.

As we returned to Nepal the weeks have just been flying past as we have been extremely busy getting the season started, the monsson cleaned out of the hut, the garden in shape and the birds trained for the start of the commercial season two days ago. In fact it looks like we are going to have the busiest November ever so no let up any time soon. We are an excellent Parahawking Team this season which makes all the difference, Heather has just fitted in perfectly and we could simply not do it without the Mota team. With everyone staying at Maya Devi this season including Jess and Ivan dinners at homa at Maya Devi have turned into a mini event. In fact even Graham now orders a banana lassi when we go out for dinner - fitting in with the rest of my great pregnancy companions. So we feel we have the support we need for stressful events like being told we will be banned by the local paragliding association. Still not resolved - so updates to follow, but we feel we have a handle on it now!

Promise it will not take that long before we update the blog next time around - as that does sort of defeat the purpose of this blog. So until next week....