Adding to the pack of wild cats....

We went on honeymoon and last thing we expected was to come back with this!!!!!!!!!!!!  But if not now then when?  The sooner the better?  Well I had to convince myself for the firs few days because I don't care what anyone thinks....I was in shock and had a moment of..."I don't want to be pregnant now!"....oh hell!  haha....but now we are super excited and very nervous!  This will be baby no. 11 in the Mullin clan, 11 wild kittens.  Yay!  I'm about 13 weeks along now, no stomach, but my jeans wont fit??? what is this rubbish?  My skin is very bad, especially on my neck :(  and I have vivid dreams every single night!  I luckily didn't suffer too badly from morning sickness, I felt a bit queezy all day but mostly I suffered from fatigue, I just wanted to sleep all the time and fell asleep sitting up right!!!  One thing I can say is that my golf has improved tremendously! Thanks little baby!

Can you believe this.........

......Is going to be a mother???  haha...that's what my friends are thinking!

 

 

But look................

 

 

 

LUCKILY I'VE HAD LOADS OF PRACTICE





A story of buildings

I just love the buildings in Grahamstown, they can be so mystical.  I really wanted to do an urban photo shoot for our wedding (the creative shoot with just bride and groom) using these amazing buildings as back drops but unfortunately our beautiful little town is riddled with beggars, and "car guards" and street children on a Saturday that it would have just been too invasive...so when I do finally get my professional photos you will see that we did all our photos in the gardens around the chapel we got married in...what a pity..but let me not speak before I see the photos :D

But at least we had this historical building for our reception and back drop for our all night party!  The St. Andrews College Centenary Hall.

So this is our club house..the 19th hole...where we sink a few...and its the reason I keep coming back to golf but then....

I did some research about a certain Cup that is won when the members play "The Hewitt Cup" - couples vs couples.  And I came across a terrible story.  Back in..somewhere in the 1900's (more or less) a little 9 year old girl who lived near the golf course went down to the shop to buy whatever and never came home.

They eventually found her body underneath the floor of this very clubhouse...gross!!!  Murdered! and Hidden by the green keeper..who got let off for lack of evidence.  The murder case became known as the clubhouse murder.  The 19th hole will never be the same for me again.

The aloes are in full bloom in Grahamstown and with all the aloes in our garden its an Orange fest at home!  What with our pot plants, kitchen wall, and more being in orange..one could safely say orange is our favourite colour :)

good lord a lot has happened since the engagement!

1st.  We went to Cape Town - crayfish diving
2nd. We moved house to Port Alfred for the December/January holidays
3rd. I spend Christmas in Umtentinrtwenitweenie or something odd like that
4th.  2 of my best friends from school joined me for new years in Port Alfred
5th. Spent a week playing golf at Fancourt
6th. Wedding planning and dress shopping started end of January
7th. We went to some parties and cooking etc
8th. We spend a pre-wedding stress free week at Pezula golf resort
9th. I played in my first ever Grahamstown Ladies Golf open..probably came stone last or somewhere around there.
10th. WE GOT MARRIED
11th......I'm back and some photos will follow this post!

what about a lovely glass of champagne...the impossible has happened!

A while back I wrote about the things that I'm enjoying about my life and more specifically my life with Sean.  A man who came into my life rather unexpectedly, I fell in love with rather unexpectedly and then a week ago he proposed VERY unexpectedly...shockingly unexpected...still cant believe it.  I can promise you now there is NOT a more happier girl at this very moment on this earth!  I feel like I'm dreaming....and this is why.

Everyone always tells of their engagement..."well we'd been speaking about marriage for a while now"...."we've been together for 7 years it was time"...."we were looking at rings and I showed him what I like"...."we'll get engaged after our travels" ....

now Sean and I have NEVER discussed marriage, weddings or how serious is our committment...it was more like life was just flying by because we were enjoying ourselves so much.  For those of you who do not know in order to understand my story, Sean is 19 and half years older than me.  When ever I said "gosh ill never wear a puffy dress to my wedding" he'd tease:  "what, who you gonna marry muffin?"...I mean he'd even tease when I referred to him as a boyfriend he'd say "I didnt know you had a boyfriend"...so anyway I have never looked at jewelry never mind rings, I've never said what I like cause quite frankly I didnt like anything.  We decided to go play golf in Knysna on the weekend after my school Christmas Market to relax and rejuvinate.  The weather was forecasted to be terrible in Knysna and we decided to rather stay home in Grahamstown where it would be sunny and warm...I felt disappointed as I was keen to get away.  Now Sean always does everything 100% and we always do fancy things and drink champagne (kind of like dont wait for the special occassion, everyday is a special occassion).

He told me we would go to Kwandwe Game Reserve, 30min out of town.  We arrived at lunch and enjoyed a stunning lunch and some crisp white wine over looking the Great Fish River, we had time to kill before our game drive at 4pm and since it was boiling hot I was keen to go chill in our private plunge pool at our room.  Sean popped some champagne (like I said nothing unusual) and we sat chatting me in the pool and him on those sundeck tanning chair things...and I (probably all the booze speaking) start a heart felt speech about how this is the life I always dreamt of having, and now I'm living my dream, and I'm just so grateful to have him in my life etc etc.  A few minutes later he says ..."come here"...me thinking he wants a refill of the glass of champagne he just downed (now that was unusual as he never downs alcohol)...so i walk on over, he takes my hand pulls me down beside him and says:
"this is the life hey?"...."and I want you to be a part of my life forever"...I was like WHAT? what the hell is going on with you? have you gone mad? "You make me very happy and I love you lots and lots and I want to marry you".....WHAT? What's going on with you? Are you serious or joking? whats going on? I dont understand what you saying....then he whipped out the ring and said "will you be with me forever?"....for a split second I still thought it was a joke and for a split second I thought it was a lucky packet ring..then I saw that diamond sparkle and I burst out crying...it was real...he was proposing...an event I was 100% sure would never happen and I was fine with that. 
Then some how in all the commotion I cut my lip open on the ring and said "YES" through a bloody lip..haha....hell..I still cant believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  See Sean is an older man, set in his ways and just not the wedding cushy type....its was the most unexpected thing...I would have been less surprised if I was pregnant hahahahaha. 

Here's the list I wrote a long time ago about what I love about my life with Sean:

Happiness is…

Having unconditional love from your dogs

Support from your partner

Laughter around the dinner table

Champagne on a rainy day

Encouragement

Unexpected hugs

Walks on the beach/mountain

Dancing

Singing

Cooking together

Watching your favourite sport together

Listening to stories

Sharing jokes

Making tea in bed

Playing nurse

Sharing wine

Playing Jenga on the veranda

 

 



Delicious Mauritius

Entrance/view from reception

 Welcome drinks

Our little pandok 

 

Swimming pool in front of our room

 our first evening there..i couldnt stop taking pictures, i was like "this is exactly how it is in the magazines!!!"

Dinner on the beach

 

Calming, relaxing, breath taking sunsets and scenery



 

Very friendly people...I became very good friends with this beach comber..he said he's name was "babalas"...obviously too many South Africans visit Mauritius

Fishing boats docked for the evening (is "docked" even the right word?)

My first supper, sea urchants, muscles, oysters, mushroom milkshake, pineapple and mangos

 beach bums

 

 

I am now officially over talking about Mauritius and photos etc that I actually cannot carry on with this blog post..I had a fabulous holiday thank you very much.

xxx