Randomly…

Cup-holders. People are obsessed with them when it comes to travel systems for babies. I have been car-seat shopping and the main thing that pops up in all reviews is a mention of cup-holders or lack thereof. I mean, how important can cup-holders be in the long run? I was looking more at Continue reading

Week 34; May 9, 2015

What a great day! I had my baby shower today at a local brewery and I enjoyed it very much. I laughed, ate, cried (with and in joy), opened gifts, got so many hugs and felt super duper loved. What’s even more amazing was that I felt how loved my son already is! He has the greatest aunties and grandparents abuelos and abuelitas ready for his arrival.

I was tired from my long week yesterday (Friday) and I even briefly considered postponing and rescheduling the shower but Renee worked so hard on it and, though we feared getting rained out, we kept it for today and I am glad we did! I am sure had we postponed it, I would have been way too tired to fully engage, folks would have been thoroughly inconvenienced and it would have just been a headache. Instead, we survived the wind tunnel in the narrow verandah where we were seated, the gray clouds parted and the sun shone over us, and people came out to help us celebrate #BabyASW!

Daycation!

A daycation to get away from it all for a little while. Hanging with my sister-friend, Toni, and enjoying the last few weeks of expecting – I was in week 32 here and I loved seeing Catalina for the first time!













33 Weeks; May 3, 2015

Here are my notables:

How far along: 33 weeks

Gender: Boy

Weight gain: 21 lbs!

Maternity clothes: Still working with my 2 white work maternity shirts. Tried to hang in there with rocking jeans but after some time, the buttons bite into my belly…many times I have had to open up my fly…I may have Continue reading

Dreams, Tears and President Uhuru

During this pregnancy, my dreams have just been so trippy! First trimester consisted of dreams revolving around Stefan and Klaus from TVD. Well, last night was another amazing trip into dreamland!

What I recall is waking up really sad, almost in tears, because in my dream I had had an abortion and Austin was no longer there. I don’t know where this came from but I woke up thinking that I didn’t have my baby anymore and my tears were brimming…until I woke up and felt him moving. I went back to sleep so thankful and this time I had a dream about President Uhuru. Gosh. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum! President Uhuru will have an event in town this weekend and I think that’s what prompted this. In my dream, President Uhuru was getting fitted for a suit and I was advising him on cuts and lines. Then he held my hand and we were walking across the street to a building in the distance. Not sure how we were walking by ourselves, without bodyguards, without a crowd around us but it was just the two of us. He held my hand and we walked together. I asked him about the insecurity in Kenya and the mess around the Garissa response. He smiled at me, then I woke up.

Such vivid dreams!

Repost: “My Thoughts on Phobias…and What’s Taking Place in South Africa”

Repost from: http://www.sapeople.com/2015/04/20/nigerian-thoughts-on-phobias-xenophobia-south-africa/

My name is Lovelyn Chidinma Nwadeyi. I am a Nigerian. Born in Nigeria to two Nigerian parents. Raised in Queenstown, Eastern Cape by those same Nigerian parents right up until I completed my Bachelors at Stellenbosch.

Lovelyn Chidinma Nwadeyi

Growing up in South Africa, I was always reminded by those around me that I was different to everyone else. In primary school, I had a much darker complexion than I do now, and super white teeth – the telling marks of a foreigner that betray you even when you put on your best English accent. It is just too obvious.

I bear citizenship of both worlds. I speak fluent Xhosa, Igbo, Afrikaans and English. I can make sense Continue reading