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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Hi there

Had another check up today – 30 weeks. Baby weighs 1.47 kgs and all looks good. 4D was fine except she wouldn’t show her face so we are going back again in 2 weeks. I have now gained a whopping 15 kg’s and with 10 weeks to go, well say no more. As I sit and write this I am chomping on an Aero bar. Are they fattening and to which food group do they belong again? I forget. Details!

As far as her name is concerned, we do have 2 front runners. My favourite is Kyra for the following reasons:
When I was pregnant with Declan (before I knew I was pregnant), Lynn (Daryl’s sister) had a dream that she was horse riding with my 4 year old daughter whose name was Kyrie. She sms’ed us all excited saying what an awesome dream it had been and that she looked forward to the day it was a reality. Then I found out I was pregnant and was horrified when Doctor said it was a boy, cos I was sure it would be a girl, especially after the dream. Turns out though that Lynn may not have been dreaming about Declan, but rather about his sister and so in some ways to me, the name was “foretold”.

What I also like is that Kyrie means “God” which is more meaningful than my name for example which means “youthful” or “downy bird” or something doff like that. Then there was also that song in the 80”s “Kyrie Elyson down the road that I must travel” which means God walk with me and I am an 80”s child and I love that song. Plus and the last plus is that it is also an Irish name, and Declan had an Irish name and don’t ask me why I seem to like Irish names – I just do. So, to me, her name is pre-determined in a way.

Daryl suggested that we call her Kyra instead of Kyrie and then we can call her Kyrie for short even though Claire pointed out that Kyrie is actually longer than Kyra (thanks Claire). Kyrie would still be the diminutive of Kyra. All very technical, but since nothing grabs my heart strings, logic must prevail.

At the top of Daryl’s list is Erin. It is a pretty name, but doesn’t blow my hair back. So we thought maybe Kyra Erin Du Toit. The only thing is I don’t see the point in 2 names. If you have 2 names like me, you find it very annoying cos no-one calls you by the 2nd name and it basically just takes up time when you have to fill in forms. Daryl on the other hand (who only has 1 name) thinks 2 names is cool. So who knows – we have 10 more weeks so no rush I suppose.

And that is my news. My mom arrives tomorrow and this weekend we tackle Declan’s room and do the big pack up and re-arrange for Tic Tac. I am dreading it. I have taken about 90 photos of Declan’s room – one from every angle so that I can never forget it, cos once it’s packed up, it’s gone forever – like Declan – and slowly slowly bit by bit the tangible parts of his existence are removed. But it’s time and it has to be done.

Lots of love

Gillian

Monday, July 19, 2010

Hello All

I am so sorry I have been so quiet. I do read all the messages, I promise. I am just focusing all my efforts on work to try and make sure that I am up to date and everything is in place before I go. I no longer suffer under illusions that I will catch up on work while baby sleeps. I realise that when baby sleeps I will be doing things that other people take for granted each day like showering and eating and brushing my teeth, so my plan is to be VERY organised this time so I can enjoy my time off with my little Morgan for at least 3 months.

I am 29 weeks today and feeling very uncomfortable. I actually have to wake up to roll over these days and guess what I found on Saturday night – well it looked like a red rash but Claire so kindly pointed out to me this morning they are STRETCH MARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How positively hideous and they so itchy. I have been using Bio Oil religiously on just about every square inch of my body every single morning so what gives? Daryl said this happened with Declan and then it went away so hopefully it will be the same with Ashley. I have gained close to 13kg’s now and I will supposedly be gaining another 500 grams a week for the next 10 weeks, so that means I will make my target of 16 (what I gained with Dec). It’s always good to have targets cos when you exceed them you can be so proud.

I had a check up last week. All looks good. Riley is still a girl. If all continues to go well I am planning to have Kyra at Genesis Clinic (check it out www.genesisclinic.co.za) Daryl even gets to stay over and the place is totally set up to help you through a natural birth. I met my midwives about 2 weeks ago. They are very cool and promised to be on standby for the whole of September in case Tayla comes early.

I am very stuck with names. Anybody got any good ideas? Declan was Declan from the beginning. It was so easy but not with this little girl. She is giving me grey hair already. We having the 4D scan on Friday so maybe she will look like something but for now we are at a bit of a loss. Will just have to call her meisie.

The charity has been so excited to be able to help some families recently with funds raised by Lisa Baird (who climbed Kili) and at Declan Day. We settled an R18 000 bill of Reefs and also paid for an eye operation Blake needed today. That was in the region of R20 000 and I am still waiting for news on how the op went.

I also wanted to let you know that we paid an amount of over R80 000 over to Choc recently. As you know, we always said that any money raised for Declan when he was still alive and not needed by him for medical bills would be used to help others and paid to Choc. We took the cheque to Choc and they were thrilled at the amount and I guess also the fact that we did what we said we would do, so to anyone who made donations to Declan way back in 2008, THANK YOU so much that you did and we could pay his bills and also know that even though Dec died and didn’t need it anymore, you have now helped other kids. We have been so unbelievably blessed to not have this massive outstanding debt still hanging over our heads.

Lots and lots and lots of love

Gillian and Princess Tic Tac

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