:: things that make humpday not so lumpy :: {with a twist}

How absent have I been? Heaps absent. I haven't even done a humpday post for months. There be a good reason for that though, if you will keep reading.

So here are this Wednesday's 3 brightening bits of life. One very bright indeed.

1} French-toasted Nutella-Banana Sandwich

What a wonderful idea, yes? You make a nutella-banana sandwich, dip it in your usual egg/splash of milk mix and fry in butter. So warm, so satifying. P.S. That's rye bread.

2} Most Amazing Homemade Chicken Seasoning!

I found this recipe here, but adapted it a little.

1/4 teas cayenne pepper

1/2 teas garlic powder

1 teas fine sea salt

1 teas dried oregano (I used mixed herbs)

1 teas paprika

1 teas black pepper

1 teas chicken stock

2 eggs

4 chicken breast

Combine all dry ingredients in a bowl. Cut your chicken breasts into strips/tenders and dip in the egg. Let drip for a minute then coat in the seasoning. Either bake in the oven or fry in a bit of coconut oil.

(Tonight, I chose not to do the egg at all, and just coated in the spice and fried. Came out AMAZING. Jason couldn't stop going on about it.)

3} This photo.

It gets an hourly visit from me.

If you squint your eyes, you can almost see a tiny human in it.....

Hope that's a good enough excuse for being MIA. ;)

xo

::heartbroken::

So I have been planning on writing more regularly here. And thought that since I was pregnant, now might be a perfect time to starting blogging and journaling my progress, right?

Last Friday, Jase and I headed off super excited to get my 12 week ultrasound. We get to see our little baby for the first time!

I lay on the chair as I have seen mummy do, I get the warm gel on my belly, and watch the picture appear. After a lot of probing, the radiologist sighs and says, "Ok, this isn't quite right... it's the worst part of our job to have to tell you this, but I can't find a heartbeat."

?! ?!

All sorts of emotions attack me, and I do everything in my power to stay completely calm and tear free. Jase starts slowly stroking my forehead. The radiologist leaves to get a 2nd person's opinion. A couple of stray tears manage to roll out of my non-blinking eyes.

Really?!

He comes back, he's so kind and I can see he hurts for us. The woman with him repeats the procedure and indeed confirms, the lack of heartbeat, and a smaller foteus than it should be for the age.

The radiologist said they'd contact our doctor immediately, and told us we could leave without paying (private imaging centre) which was so kind of them. I ducked into work to let them know I wouldn't be back in that afternoon. Then we both drove home.

Crazy... so crazy... how can I be pregnant one minute, and not the next? It was our baby, it was a baby. I want it backkkkk. At home, all feel like doing is walking around; I can't sit still. I start doing housework. Jase is calling my parents for me. We've told like everyone now... I thought 10 weeks would be safe enough. I send a group text out to the people I've told. Everyone's reply was so kind; lots of people are praying for us right now.

But what about the hat mum gave me for it? She wanted to give me it's first present. Now it will have to lie in the draw till... who knows... I am torn between trying again for a baby immediately and giving myself 10 years.

My cousin Jess brings me flowers. Huge white lillies, white carnations and yellow gerberas. They are perfect and their perfume fills the house straight away. Makes me think that our little one's spirit is a sweet smell that is rising up to the LORD. I'm going to make those small, fluffy white carnations our baby's flower.

I'm not angry. We've only been married 9 months. There's time. Maybe we can get to Europe next year after all. Whatever the case, this will take a bit of getting used to. Disappointment and shock are the words.

Thank you LORD that our baby doesn't get to see the cruelness of this world. I know you will love him/her for me.