Alberto Horche
Tessa Semey
We Met
24/05/2019
Alberto went to Berdorf (Luxembourg) to climb outdoors with his friends. This was his first ever camping experience.
That same weekend, Tessa also went climbing there with her friend and fell in love with the clumsiness of the Spaniard in the camp site.
We Fell In Love
25/06/2019
Tessa proposed to spend the night of her birthday together on her natural habitat: the dunes of The Hague.
That night there was a lot of Dinoflagellates in the beach, which lit the water as we walked on it, making the whole night feel magical, as in something important was starting.
We moved in together
28/07/2020
After some time travelling and climbing we noticed that we were almost all the time together so we decided that it was time for Tessa to move in with Alberto. It was just more practical, and yes, we kind of enjoyed each other´s company.
So we endured the COVID lockdowns in a 60m2 apartment. We thought that would be the ultimate challenge, but keep reading…
We travelled a little bit
2020 – 2022
We bought our first house!
01/09/2022
The previous apartment was great but not futureproof so we started browsing the city for options.
Lucky us, a wonderful house in our neighborhood came up for sale and we jumped right at it.
After moving what felt like a million boxes down 4 floors (stairs only) and scaring of a gigantic spider in the curtains, we settled into Marshalllaan.
We travelled a little more…
2022 – 2025
We did adult stuff
05/07/2025
You know how that works…
She was late…
19/07/2025
The first test confirmed it!
19/07/2025
After 3 months of us not avoiding getting a new family member, we got lucky and we can now say that…
We Are Expecting!
First Echo
19/07/2025
In the middle of this clump of cells, you can see the baby upside down on the left side in the middle of the uterus.
That big circular shape attached to the baby is just the yolk sack (they said).
They showed us for the first time a couple of flickering pixels in a screen, and we were told that that was their heart. Tessa pretended she could see something. Alberto actually did.
Second Echo
09/09/2025
Now you can really tell that the clump of cells resembles a little human. With a large head, nose, ears and a little foot.
Currently the baby is 48.57mm and has been baking for 11 weeks and 4 days.
The due date is officially set to March 26, 2026.
Third Echo – Week 13
23/09/2025
During the sonogram, for the first time, without introduction, the heartbeat!
Admittingly, a little confronting to realize that this moving picture is actually alive and kicking by hearing the heartbeat thumping at 180 bpm like ‘Living la vida loca’ inside you.
Baby is baking at 74mm, 80gr for 13 weeks and 5 days. The back is closed, the heart is pumping around blood in 4 chambers and the brain has 2 hemispheres. Keep it up little munchkin!
Keep posted for updates
04/11/2025
Next up: 20 week echo on Nov 4th.