I am not sad

Happy 2nd anniversary, my liefie bug 🖤 Thank you for all the adventures. I love you 🖤 • • • #twoyears #secondanniversary #liefie #liefiebug #babydaddy #loveofmylife #liefdevanmylewe (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwCnfTB17J/?igshid=155juz6vbjo4i

One week old. I can't believe our little River has been with us for a week already as of yesterday! He's so small and perfect and he grows more precious every day. My heart is full 🖤 • • • #riverjacobs #babyboy #growth #oneweekalready #oneweekold #tinyhobbit #babyjacobs #river #slakkie #littlesnail #precious #seuntjie #netliefde #puntvanmyhart (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY5PvehN8N/?igshid=14e9z5f5gofi9

Before and after of River's bedroom 💚 we did everything ourselves, from making the shelves to dyeing the curtains. It was a mission, especially when half the workforce was over 30 weeks pregnant when we started, but I absolutely love how it turned out. Thank you @jacobsljacques for putting in the late nights and extra hours to get it finished before our little man arrived 💕 • • • #nursery #babyroom #riverjacobs #diy #decorating #beforeandafter #project #green (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CER4S8VBMmo/?igshid=kivea5o72l4d

Die punt van Mama se hart 🖤 • River is so teeny tiny that even his newborn size pants make him look like a gangster 😂 • • • #5daysold #riverjacobs #riverjackludijacobs #puntvanmyhart #mama #babyriver #babyjacobs #slakkie #littlesnail #babyboy #liefiekind #tinyhuman #monkeybum (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEQ8W42BMdA/?igshid=105ptwej1u5l7

River Jack Ludi Jacobs 🖤 19.08.2020 • • • #riverjackludijacobs #riverjacobs #alwaysaslakkie #babyslakkie #liefiekind #netliefde #littlesnail #nameannouncement #4daysold #babyboy #meerkat #slakkie (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEPrXwBByRU/?igshid=2oo96ohp39oi

I made this 😍 • • • #fulloffarts #gassysmiles #stillcutetho #babyboy #babyjacobs #littlesnail #slakkie #somuchlove #family #baby #myseuntjie #liefiekind #netliefde #lookwhatimade (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CELqSB6Bjoi/?igshid=1qgrq55wc35vj

Excited to announce the collaboration project I've been working on with @jacobsljacques this year is officially completed, and was released on Wednesday! Little Slakkie was welcomed to the world at 8:24am on the 19th of August 2020, weighing 3.1kg / 6lbs 13oz. He is the most perfect thing I've ever seen and I still can't quite wrap my head around the fact that we made him. I can't stop staring at him and I'm so in love 😍 It's been a long and unusual road since Christmas when we found out he was coming, and we're overjoyed our little man is finally here. Now we just need to get home so we can properly start our lives as a family 🖤 and then maybe we can settle on a proper name 😅 @jacobsljacques , thank you for all of your support every step of the way, and for giving me this beautiful gift. I'm proud to be a parent with you. I love you 🖤 • • • #babyboy #pregnancy #pregnancyjourney #littlesnail #babyjacobs #slakkie #liefiekind #announcement #helloworld #babyspam #skeleton #collaboration #collab #family #somuchlove #son #happybirthday (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEJWKShhdbQ/?igshid=1feg5zroz0crx

37 weeks. The end is in sight! It's so surreal to think that in just a few days our little Slakkie will be here with us. The last six weeks have been far from easy, but knowing we get to meet him soon makes it all worth it. See you soon, little snail 🐌🖤 • • • #growthprogress #pregnancyjourney #37weeks #babyboy #growth #pregnancy #bump #belly #babygoth #babyjacobs #littlesnail #bellysgonnagetya #whoateallthepies #slakkie #thirdtrimester #amperdaar (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1D6X0hudC/?igshid=nqzdtlpxu21w

Happy birthday to the littlest Muirden! As if this lil nugget is 22 today. Miss your face and love you lots 💕 • • • • #littlesister #happybirthday #22 #babysis #littlestmuirden #nugget #nugnug #goodnuglikechickennug #ilooklikeallamaanyway (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDOGWvuhE7d/?igshid=us11uv7mhja2

Somewhere along the way I found why It feels damn good just to bleed sometimes 🖤 • • • #selfieselfie #poser #selfiesfordays #themenzingers #muotd #didmyfaceforonce #face #mardy (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCEZ01htIB/?igshid=5190az0jzykb

35 weeks +2. Less than 5 weeks to go until little Slakkie is here 🖤 • 📷||: @jacobsljacques • • • #35weeks #35weekspregnant #5weekstogo #slakkie #babyboy #pregnancy #bump #whoateallthepies #bellysgonnagetya #belly #babyjacobs #thirdtrimester #almostthere #bowlingball (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_GGmeBRBv/?igshid=1868ycg11mfkm

I can officially say "I'm due next month"!! 💃 The past couple of weeks have been ROUGH and I feel as though baby is making up for the relatively easy first trimester by making the third one extra hard. He is well and truly running out of space in there too. Less than 8 weeks to go and still so much to do, so I know it's gonna fly past. We can't wait to meet you, little snail 🐌 • • • #belly #bump #32weeks #thirdtrimester #8weekstogo #duenextmonth #augustbaby #slakkie #littlesnail #babyboy #babyjacobs #cantwait #bellysgonnagetya #whoateallthepies (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCI64z8BXuK/?igshid=wy24gl8pfy5

31 weeks. Almost eight months of carrying and growing our little human, and only two months or less until he's finally here. My pregnancy journey is drawing to an end, and soon the journey of motherhood will begin. Before this journey began, I was on the verge of giving up on the idea of becoming a mother. I felt the universe was maybe telling me that it was not my path. It still feels very surreal to think back to crying in the kitchen over another negative test, just a few months before finding out there was a tiny little Slakkie in my belly. I have been blessed with a mostly easy pregnancy. I've struggled more on the emotional side than the physical, spending the first (and well into the second) trimester suffering with some weird kind of imposter syndrome that had me feeling like the whole thing was a sham, which held me back from feeling connected to my baby. I'm glad to be past that feeling now, thanks (in great part) to being able to feel all his kicks and rolls. The third trimester so far has consisted of me being full of aches and pains, but despite all the doubts I placed on myself, I have grown a big, healthy little boy. It's no wonder I'm so worn out all the time! I honestly don't know what I would have done without @jacobsljacques by my side. He has been the greatest support and most caring partner, and he's going to be such a wonderful father. I am heartbroken not to be with my family (thanks, lockdown) for any of this journey, but I am so incredibly grateful to be with you, and for all that you are, and all that you do for me ❤ I truly can't wait for you to be here, little Slakkie, and for you to grow out of this baby grow in a matter of weeks. Your daddy and I already love you more than I could ever put into words 🐌❤ • • • #slakkie #babyboy #growth #pregnancy #pregnancyjourney #31weeks #31weekspregnant #babyjacobs #babybump #belly #bellysgonnagetya #whoateallthepies #growthprogress #memento #love (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_l5Ynhmif/?igshid=shb3xrwczmg0

I've always felt like all their pomp and circumstance is just cover for the devil to dance 🖤 • • • #selfie #didmyfaceforonce #muotd #pink #poser (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBxsxeJBx19/?igshid=14nk136csfrh

And Happy Almost-Father's Day to my liefie @jacobsljacques 🖤 thank you for walking this road with me and for caring for me and our seuntjie. I can't wait to become a parent with you. I couldn't dream of a better partner 🖤 • • • #slakkiesepapa #papajacques #liefie #babybump #love #babyboy #almostfathersday #ampervadersdag #onsliefvirjou (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtBAWahRpH/?igshid=3lopmprphncd

Happy Father's Day to the ultimate chrome dome, the moustachioed "Mongrel of the Empire", my dad ❤ thank you for my bum chin, curly hair, and skinny feet, and thank you for all your love and support. My boep is definitely bigger than yours now, it was pretty much a tie last time we saw each other 🤣 • • • #fathersday #dad #comparingbellies #pa #bestdad #moustache #chromedome #throwback #babypictures (at Fairland, Gauteng, South Africa) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtAQPdB2Ra/?igshid=8j99784yp4pr