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There Is Something I Haven't Told You...

...and if you have been following on Ravelry what I have been knitting lately, you might already guess what I'm about to say. I'm over-the-moon happy to announce that we are expecting our first baby in the early days of next August! 


I've been waiting to tell you this whole time and have felt a bit (let's just be honest and not sugar-coat it) shitty keeping it from you and making excuses why I have been updating less than usual and complaining about being tired. I hope you all understand now why things have been a bit more quiet around here than usual.

We were at the week 12 ultrasound scan two weeks ago and seeing the little baby kicking his feet and waving his hands was one of the most amazing feelings in my life so far. It also made the whole pregnancy more real for me: earlier I've just had to believe everything was going well and trust that me being so extremely tired and feeling queasy and kind of sea sick were signs of everything going well, now I could see the baby with my own eyes.

We were also told that we are probably having a little baby boy but it's not 100% certain until the next ultra in the end of March.

So now you know what's going on in my life. And I promise this won't turn into a baby blog ;)

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  1. that is super exciting, congratulations!!

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  2. Congratulations! I had noticed you mentioned feeling under the weather often lately! Hope it's all not too weird coming from a random stranger on the internet :) look forward to seeing some tiny baby knits?

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    1. Thank you! I've been unbelievably tired lately but it's now starting to ease and I don't feel like a zombie anymore :) Tomorrow I will be posting photos of a few things I've already knitted for the baby!

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  3. congratulations! ha, I noticed the baby knits but I assumed they were for friends.

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    1. thanks! I should also knit something for my little godson (he was born in October) but he will have to wait a little while longer ;)

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  4. Onnea, ihania uutisia! Toivottavasti kaikki menee hyvin.

    Ei tosiaan ihan kannata siihen ensimmäiseen ultraan vielä luottaa. Meillekin piti aluksi tulla vielä kolmas poika, mutta lopulta isoveljet saivatkin pitkätukkaisen pikkusiskon.

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    1. Kiitos! Tähän asti ainakin kaikki on ollut hyvin ja yritän vaan olla antautumatta turhalle stressaamiselle, se vaan kuluttaa eikä vie eteenpäin. On tämä aika kyllä jännää :)

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  5. That's a wonderful new! Congratulations to you and your husband :-)

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  6. Congratulations for this wonderful news! Baby patterns are so cute... and fast! you can have a whole wardrobe by the time you deliver! hehe

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    1. Thank you! I just made a pair of baby socks that took only a couple of hours to knit, so I was joking to my husband that it's almost faster to knit new socks for the little one than do the whole laundry thing. ;-)

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