2012 has hit a bump ... a baby bump that is

As we prepared to move from Melbourne back to Sydney last year I took some time to map out what I wanted 2012 to look like professionally and personally. After quite a rocky 2011 I was keen to create a calmer path in 2012.

For Mums on the Go my focus was to add 2 more cities to the child-friendly directory (most likely Brisbane and Perth), work on increasing number of Mums visiting the website every month and really get stuck into creating revenue ... after all I can't "donate" my time forever.

Personally, I wanted to really focus on self care ... getting fitter, feeling calmer and having a little more "down time". As a family we wanted to do some travel this year to take advantage of the last "non-school" year and airfares before our 'baby' turns 2 in November. We planned a trip to Waiheke Island (NZ) to see if it is somewhere we might like to live one day, a trip back to Magnetic Island to enjoy some tropical warmth and our big trip was to be 4 weeks in Europe/UK to visit family and friends. My husband has a brother and a sister over there who have 3 kids each ... we would love our girls to meet their UK cousins.

Sounds like a great plan! The only thing is my plan for 2012 hit a small bump before Christmas ... I discovered I am pregnant!

We had always wanted to have three children and having struggled to conceive our first two babies I was thrilled to have fallen pregnant without actually trying. I felt like a silly teenager turning up to my GP announcing I was pregnant and had no idea when my last period was ... who was counting ... I was too busy moving cities!

Obviously we are thrilled by this news but it does mean baby #3 is becoming part of our family sooner that I had "planned" so there are quite a few things in 2012 that won't be happening anymore ... like that trip to Europe, and I think I will settle for just getting Brisbane added to Mums on the Go. Trust me ... I am not complaining at all though ...

The great thing about plans is that you can always make new ones!

Linda x