The greatest news!

Hello Everyone,

S and I have great news to announce. We are going to have a baby!!!! We have been waiting for this for a little while but a little angel is finally on its way and should show up in the spring between mid and end of April 09.
On Friday, S had the first visit of her midwife (P). The time and day of the visit was somehow unexpected so I wasn't home. It was apparently very emotional because S could hear the baby's heartbeat while she did not expect to be able to so soon (12 weeks). They called me to see if I could hear it over the phone but baby decided to play a trick on its daddy and played hide and seek. Next time, I won't miss it! Baby and Mummy are both very healthy and apart from some dizzy spells, mummy is doing great. To answer a few questions: No we do not know yet whether it is a boy or a girl and yes we do want to know. Concerning the names, we have ideas. If it's a girl it will be R, G, L or O and if it is a boy it will be P, G, C or W. (For privacy reasons, I only mention initials in this blog ;-) )
Another piece of news is that we will be traveling to California for 6 weeks between the end of October and the beginning of December. I am going there for work and S will be coming with me and enjoying the Californian weather which is somehow different from the local Irish rain. S is currently trying to get a placement over there for her early childhood studies. She will try to complete as much of her course as she can before the birth.
Finally, a last piece of news is that we are planning on relocating to Zurich in about a year or so. (Not before Sept 2009.) We have not started the process yet but are pretty convinced it would be better than Dublin. Although Dublin is nice, we are considering Switzerland as our final settling place to live but we will see first if we like it.