Karen's Journey

Ooops meant to do a post last night but never got around to it so bare with me as this one could ramble on a bit :) Oh yeah thats right - thats nothing new for me! LOL

Back to my day off yesterday.... was nice to be able to sleep in and have a lazyish day. Stayed in bed till about 8.30am then after showering, breakfast, surfing the net,and doing a load of washing I went and checked out the first day care centre down the road from us - was really great but the infants and nursery were out on a walk (not through a motorway tunnel either - god how stupid are some people!!!) so never really got to see them in action or to meet the staff that would be looking after our baby but got a good tour and they are posting out an info pack for us to read as they didn't have any printed off at that time. Only downside that I can see at the moment with them is that only take disposable nappies whereas Stephan and I will probably be using cloth naps for our baby (after the first month or so). Now a lot of people are asking why cloth - well mainly due to overall cost but also for the envirionment and yes you do need to change cloth more freqently as they don't have the gel to asborb the wee's etc but we are happy to do that. :)

Anyway back to my day, after checking out that day care centre (I will probably back there one day so I can see/meet the staff) I popped down to Lower Hutt and did some browsing through Farmers before coming home and having lunch and doing the vacuming, I then went and had my 1/2 hr massage at the gym - boy that was bliss and so nice and relaxing... I think I will be getting one a month as I think we can afford $25 once a month as a treat for me.

After the massage, I popped into another local day care centre and really liked that one too - slightly cheaper and smaller but they do take cloth naps so we do have some thinking to do. We are also going to investigate "in-home" care as well but theres not alot you can do about that one until bubs is born. After that, I shot down to a local cafe runnning late to meet Helena for a catch-up and a hot chocolate (oh yeah and also a piece of lemon slice). Home, more housework and then wound down for a quiet night at home. We tried a new local curry place for tea - and OMG it was delicious and so nice! We will definitely be going back there again :)

Today, we have managed to meet up with Steph's brother and sister in law this morning and had a good chat to them. Their cot is currently being used by a family member down in Dunedin but they know heaps of other people who have cots not being used so there is a great chance we will be able to borrown one of them. At this stage, we are hoping to be able to borrow their change table (with built in bath), jolly jumper, and high chair. We were going to borrow the infant car seat as well but unfortunately it has passed its expiry date so will go with Plan B and hire one from Plunket :) We have also browsed the shops for car seats (the one after the infant capsule) but need to get the car checked re anchor bolts etc first. We put some money on the layby for the pram, we have also managed to get a really cool freize/border for the babys room reduced down to $5 each and also got heaps of colour charts so once we narrow down the colours we will go and get some test pots. Apparently Stephs parents have some computer programme which you can choose colours etc and see layouts of colours etc... so we will borrow that and have a look at that as well. Oh we also stopped at Bunnings and got a free standing wardrobe/cupboard for only $109 so now babys room will have a wardrobe :) Ok - it is a cupboard at this stage but Step is going to take out the top couple of shelves and put in a rail and all will be great.

Boy I am shattered now just reading all of that... so am now sitting here with my feet up resting whilst Steph reads the paper :) Oven baked fish and chips tonight since we haven't done the groceries yet.

Hope you are all having a good weekend - catch ya all later :)