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The arab baths were amazing. For 26 euros you get entrance to the baths for two hours and a 15 minute massage. It was something my poor body really needed. I am so grateful to my mom for giving me the money to be able to do that. I went with two of my girlfriends, Rocío and Sara. We giggled and bumbled our way through the whole experience, and thouroughly enjoyed ourselves.

As I was cleaning the bathtub this week I realized how normal I am feeling these days. When I was pregnant I couldn't breathe the cleaning products. Nor was I flexible enough to bend over the tub to scrub. And I would have needed to lie down and rest after a simple chore like that. Yes, I am feeling so much better.

Sophia has been starting to smile in the last couple weeks. Super cute. It makes the hard work worth it. She melts our hearts hourly.

green light go

Autumn is here.
It has uncharacteristically been raining here these past few weeks, which I love.
I like having to get a little bit wrapped up after a long summer of not being able to get cool enough. I am a softy for fuzzy sweaters and warm drinks. Summer and autumn are my favorite seasons.

So in the rain Sophia and I made our way to my gynocologist visit yesterday. You wait 40 days after giving birth and then you go to get a check up. I got a clean bill of health. Doctor was very patient as I went down my list of questions for him to answer. At the end of the visit I gave him a gift and a card that Jonah and I had picked out for him. A bottle of expensive Scottish whisky. He blushed. Interesting that of all the things for my gynocologist to get embarrassed about it was receiving a gift for a job well done. Very sweet, I thought.

To celebrate feeling normal again and almost a year of hard work being pregnant I am going to an arab bathhouse on Tuesday with a few girlfriends. Have to make the reservations today.

Jonah left last night to stay the night in a hotel before he crossed over into Gibraltar again today to take the last university exam for the year. He called me on his way home today to say that he thought he did pretty well. He's all done until the new year. Well done, Jonah!! Yay, now we can focus on other things for a couple of months.

new day

Today is a new day and I feel energized. My baby slept well last night and so did I. We set up her new crib yesterday. Until now she has been sleeping by my side in our bed. Which has been working well for easy feedings at night. But she has been having a very hard time getting to sleep at the start of the night. Often not getting to sleep until 3 in the morning. Last night we tried the new crib and a few other changes that I think helped her to get to sleep easier and have a better time through the night. I got the best sleep I've had in a while and feel the best I've felt in a while. Although still only slept 5 hours, fed and changed her, then slept another 2 hours until starting the new day. But it is the best I've had since she was born. I think having her own crib helps her to have better boundaries as to when it is time to sleep and when it is time to play. I have improvised a little play area in her crib to hang over her for play time. It is easily detachable so she doesn't get play time confused with sleeping time. It would be nice to have a mobile with music for over her bed but we don't have money for that right now. Sometimes our low income lifestyle gets really annoying when we can't buy the things that we think we need right away and have to wait or make do with what we have. But then other times it is a blessing to find other ways to make things work.

spare moment

Sophia is asleep and I've made my dinner, eaten, gone to the toilet, cleaned house (not a proper clean but it's decent) and I haven't showered today but I'm alone and don't want to shower without someone here to keep an eye out for my baby...soooo hey why not blog. Too bad I don't really have anything to say...