Hi all

Just thought I would do a quick post before heading to bed...

Last nights antenatal class was good though the video we got to view really sucked! Hard to explain but wasn't what we expected so have spoken to L (who I worked with) as she is also a CBE (Child Birth Educator) and she is going to lend us a couple of videos that show us "normal" births.

Today at work was diaboloical - so hard when there are 4 computers yet 6 of us wanting/needing to use a computer! L finished today so we are down to 5 of us requiring computers and yes you can guess that I am the one still training the temp that is replacing me I am the one being shunted aside so K the temp can learn. I have heaps to do that requires the use of a computer so am starting to get quite frustrated indeed! Its gonna be a long 11 days that I have left there... (think I counted wrong the other day). I spent the afternoon on a computer down on level 3 - peaceful I must say! But whenever I showed my face upstairs boy I got bombarded with questions etc... I think I will spend as much time as possible downstairs on Monday and Tuesday whilst that person is away on leave! The rate I am going I will be seriously considering talking to the Midwife about finishing early and taking sick leave but will see how I am going next week.

Though, as today was L's last day - we had a team lunch out today (2hrs) at a local pub - was brilliant and very scrumptious indeed. Had a yummy BLT with a couple of Lemon, Lime and Bitters :) Whilst having lunch, the parade for the World of Wearable Arts went past, so it was wonderful being able to stand on the balcony seeing everything!

Tonight has been pretty quiet here at home, did bring some work home with me (just some worksheets that need calculations done) and was planning on doing it tonight but have just run out of energy!

I have a busy weekend ahead of me - with the bloggers lunch tomorrow so have Rachel picking me up at midday and hopefully we will find the place ok :) That is going to be so much fun with 9 of us getting together along with 6 kids! :) Must remember to take my camera to get lots of photos! :) So before then, we will have some washing to do, groceries to do.... and Steph has a list of things that he is going to do whilst I am at lunch. Then home to do some baking before having a quiet night I think though I have been invited to 2 parties but think I will give them both a miss since I have my baby shower on Sunday so will need all my energy for that! :) Although its not till 2pm I have a few things I need to get done before then.

So anyway, on that note I will say goodnight... and will try to update perhaps on Sunday evening if I have the time/energy.

Hope you all have a great weekend and for the "locals" and the out of towners who are coming along - see you tomorrow!!!!!!! :)

Hi ya

Just thought I would do a quick update as Edith (my Midwife) has just left and thought I would let you know all is going well and she is more than happy with everything. BP is great - still sitting at 120/70 (hasn't varied much at all throughout the whole pregnancy) and bubs HB is averaging about 155 bpm. When Edith first found the HB, bubs gave the doppler gave it a huge kick! LOL And then hid for a wee while before co-operating again! :) But her size and position is great so its just a matter of time and waiting... she did say that IF work/stress/tiredness got too much for me - just to call her, we will then meet up, have a chat and if needs be she will give me a med cert.

I had my day off work today and managed to have a nice wee sleep-in but got up to find the weather real crappy so my plan of doing baby washing etc turned to dust and I just burst into tears as thats ALL I wanted to do today! But after a while I accepted it was just those damn hormones playing up again! But once I had "recovered" - I went and visited my friend Sheri and had a good couple of hours of catching up with her and her two wee girls! :)

I then did a few bits and pieces in Upper Hutt like paying the rates (YUCK), got some library books out and wandered around before coming home and taking it easy for the afternoon. Tried a new recipe for tea - it was a home and courgette pasta salad (hot) - I absoutley adored it but Steph wasn't keen on it at all so have got a nice dish of it for lunch tomorrow :)

Right gonna get moving.... Antenatal class tomorrow and amongst other things we will be watching the birth videos so that should be interesting... so will catch ya all later.

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All going well here - just plodding on day by day... and just for Emily - there are only 12 bottles of beer left!!!!!!! Or for those that missed that "joke" a wee while ago - that equates to 12 more working days left before I finish up! OMG how scary is that??? Very scary in my eyes but at the same time it couldn't come around quick enough!!! Well actually there is 15 days but I have the next 3 Wednesdays off so that leaves 12 working days in my book :)

L finishes at work on Friday so that will be at least a couple of hours of work not being done while we are at the pub etc... And then the following 2 1/2 weeks will be so full on for me being the senior one there and with 2 new temps! We have noticed that they are very unsure of things at this stage so fingers crossed that they build up some confidence very quickly otherwise the boss is in big shit!!! Everyday he is asking me can I come back earlier - I mean for pete's sake I am coming back a LOT earlier than I want to (okay that has to do with the $$$) but thats beside the point!

I can see the boss asking me to work over this weekend - but NO WAY am I doing that! Yes the $$$ would be great but I have the "blogger" lunch on Saturday and then my baby shower on Sunday so no way in hell am I working!

I have the day off tomorrow - YAY! Not doing too much - will hopefully get at least one load of baby clothes washed (as well as our normal wash too). Am planning on not doing too much if I can help it - am catching up with my friend Sheri so am really looking forward to that as it has been quite some time since we caught up :) Have got the MW visiting tomorrow evening so am really looking forward to seeing Edith again and hearing our wee girls HB etc... boy this wee princess sure has been causing me grief at times lately with some amazing boots and movements and where she is sitting.... but only 43 days to go if not less but then again if not more....

Right time for me to keep moving as I find if I still here for too long my back and bottom tend to seize up!

Catch ya all later

Hi all

Just thought I would do a quick update whilst dinner is cooking (roast chicken) and share a photo that I took on Friday whilst at home so was 33wks 2days :)

I do have a "exposed" belly shot taken as well but don't think I am confident to show all my stark white belly photo! LOL

I know I am not as big as others that are due at the same time and I am carrying low but as long as bubs is healthy then thats the main thing :)

Right have had dinner - it wasn't the best of roast chickens (different brand) but it was still nice. So guess whats for lunch tomorrow?? Yeap roast chicken sandwiches :)

Have had a good weekend and quite productive. Steph finished painting the nursery yesterday which was great whilst I mucked around and did the housework bit by bit. We got an impromptu dinner invite late yesterday so went out with friends to Cafe Romeo in Upper Hutt - had the most amazing lamb shanks for dinner, so it was great food and wine, great company but unfortunately it was ruined by disgusting service!

This morning, we headed back to the Baby Factory to sort out the pram issue - all sorted now. We have taken the floor model was it is in excellent condition and they threw in a free toddler seat (worth $99) as compensation. Okay - we don't know if we are having a second child as yet but if we don't we know it will get a great price on TradeMe :) So have had fun playing with that today.

Steph has been busy putting together the wardrobe for the nursery and cot etc... so whilst I popped out to have a coffee with Helena at Twiglands cafe so it was great to catch up with her :) By the time I had gotten home, Steph had both pieces assembled as well as the bed reassembled and made up with sheets etc, he had the curtain rail up and the curtains up as well, and the drawers etc all in the room! It was amazing how much he had gotten done in the 75mins I was out! We have since done a fair bit more and I have sorted all the clothes and washed all the whites and they are all hanging on the clothes horse in the nursery! It's all sinking in now on how real everything is and how close everything is to happening! Though must get my A into G and pack my bags just in case bubs does decide to make a very early appearance!

But right, best I get going to help Steph with the dishes (god I miss the dishwasher we had in our old place) and then make our sandwiches for tomorrow.

Have a good week everyone.

Yay - am on my first day off today and so far its been great! :) Roll on next Wednesday when I have my next day off work...

Managed to go back to sleep till about 8.45am after Steph left for work this morning so that was great and then it was nice just being able to take my time showering and having breakfast etc... I had an appt with the podiarist this morning as my feet needed some TLC and I am having probs reaching my nails and rubbing lotion etc into them now. So it was nice to have someone else do my nails and file my heels and give me a nice foot massage. Then headed to Lower Hutt to look at some maternity bras :) Went to Lynn's Lingere (sorry can never spell that word) in Naenae as I still had a voucher from there from Christmas time - so had a professional fitting with them and wasn't really surprised to find I am still at my pre pregnancy size in bra's! :) So got one from them and then went to Farmers and got myself another 2 (same brand as the earlier one) but different colours and cheaper too! And then it was made cheaper again as they had buy 2 and get 20% off! :) Also got some cute little pink clothes hangers for our wee girls wardrobe as she already has a couple of nice dresses and jackets which I want to hang up once her wardrobe is up in her room. Also got a couple of soft rattles as they also had 20% off when you got 2 or more :) I was drawling over the baby clothes there but have promised Stephan that I will buy no more baby clothes etc until after the baby shower and then we will go through everything and see what we still need :)

Oh in regards to the pram situation - not looking great at the moment as the one we got was end of line in that model and they now only have one left (apparently the Lower Hutt store got sent all of the models from around the country to get rid of) which is the floor model so they are putting that aside for us to go and check out on Sunday (when the assistant manager will be on duty) but I refused to commit to taking that one without checking it first and besides whenever I take a floor model of whatever I am purchasing I always insist on a discount as well so will have to do some talking with the lady on Sunday. But then I got home today to a message on the answerphone from the Baby Factory saying that they have had to send the pram (the floor model) away today due to a damaged wheel and that it won't be back for about 10 days!!!! GRRRRRRRRR I think we will still go down on Sunday though and chat to the lady and also have a look at other options and see what "compensation/discount" we may get from them for their stuff up!

Not much else happening really... was going to pop into my friend Lynaires place on the way home from the Hutt but she was going out at 1.30pm and by the time I had finished all my bits and pieces and had some lunch it was 1.20 so decided to come home and blob out instead! Can't wait for the nursery to be finished (fingers crossed that will be by the end of the weekend) so we can move everything into it, assemble the cot and wardrobe and then make a start on sorting things out etc... I want to track down the containers with all the clothes in it so I can make a start on washing them all etc but at the moment they are at the back of everything in the spare room so I just have to be paitent! LOL And for those that know me really well - that is easier said than done for me at times! LOL

Anyway, I am getting uncomfortable here so best I get moving and do something else... will pop back over the weekend on the progress of the nursery and how we get on at Baby Factory on Sunday.

Catch ya all later

Hi all

Have had a great day or as great as it can be anyway... work went well but I must say that one of the temps is a BIG lady and when it came to lunch time she sat there and ate a bag of chippies and a chocolate bar for lunch!!! All I wanted to do was go up to her and shake her and say "NOOOOOO don't eat that!!!! That is not a meal!!!!" But I just sat there and will try to SLOWLY show her some healthy eating by setting an example but I have a feeling she will be a hard one to crack through! I certainly don't believe in forcing anyone to lose weight or to eat heathly if they don't want to but when I see someone this big (and about my age) eating meals like that I just want to shake them and show them "the light" so to speak!

On to baby stuff - all went well at the scan and yay the placenta has moved up enough to enable me to have a "natural" birth (i.e. not a forced c-section)! Can't believe how much she has grown in the last 9 weeks since my last scan! Her estimated weight as at the scan was 4lb 11oz so looks like I am in for a nice big baby if she continues to grow!!! My friend Jo (who had her wee girl a couple of weeks ago) also had a 32 week scan and her girl was estimated at just over 4lb and gave birth to a nearly 9lb'er!!!!! So will have to wait and see how the next 7 weeks go! :)

We picked up our pram that had been on lay-by and got it home to find that it was the wrong one that they had put aside for us!!! Grrrrrrrr!!! Tried calling the Baby Factory but they had already closed so will be calling them first thing in the morning!!!! I certainly hope that they still have one of the ones we want (and have paid for) in stock otherwise I sure will be one grumpy horomonal bitch!!! Also got a couple of toys whilst there to give her as part of her Christmas present from her mummy and daddy! I know over all she will be FAR to young to know what Christmas is but hey her mummy and daddy still have to give her a present and perhaps even Santa might even visit! LOL

But anyway, best I get moving and do some bits and pieces.... Antenatal class tomorrow night - tomorrow's overview is Pain in Labour, Coping with Pain, Medical pain relief options, Second Stage of Labour and medical intervention in second stage.... and oh foot massaging too! :) Then of course I have Friday off... yay!!! LOL

Catch ya later...

Hi

Just a quickie tonight as I think I may head off to bed shortly as I am pretty damn tired today but then as I was wide awake from 1.45am till approx 4.30am this morning who can blame me really! Can't blame baby on being awake as she was sleeping most of that time... I just had a period of insomnia along with a bit of hunger pains. I contemplated getting up 2/3 times to read in the lounge or come online but just couldn't bring myself to "roll" out of bed! LOL So about 4.30am I must have dosed off again and then woke at 5.30am and lay there till it was time to get up at 5.45am!

I initally felt quite good today but obviously as the day wore on my tiredness really hit me! It made for one looooooooong afternoon! Got the two temps starting tomorrow so that should be fun - NOT! I am SO looking forward to having a sleep in on Friday and just blobbing out but will probably go to Lower Hutt at some stage and check out some maternity bra's and perhaps even do a dash of Christmas shopping if I am feeling up to it.

Right off to bed - might read for a wee while to see if that will help me fall asleep... catch ya all tomorrow after my scan - yay am so looking forward to seeing our wee girl again (and ensuring that she is still definitely a she)!

Catch ya all later

Hi ya

Going back to my last update on Saturday afternoon... I must admit that painting the skirting boards wasn't as easy as I thought it would be whilst pregnant but I got the first coat done :) We ended up having a very quiet night on Saturday - watched "24" that we had taped on Friday night and then I was in bed by about 9.30pm!

Managed a wee sleep in and was in at work by 10.45am - worked for 5hrs (and got heaps done) so was home again by about 4.15pm. Did some baking and made a batch of Orange Honey mini muffins, then cleaned Charlies cage out, then cooked tea, dishes and then just blobbed out in a lovely relaxing bubble bath - ahhhhh bliss!!! Just me and my princess having fun in the bath! She really does seem to come to life when I am soaking in the bath which is fascinating for this Mum to be! :) Whilst I was at work, Steph got 2nd and 3rd coats on everything in the nursery and even got the first coat on for all of the cutting in work that had to be done! All going well, we will have at least one of his sisters and his mum here on Saturday assisting in the painting so fingers crossed by Sunday evening, the room should be ready to have things moved back into it!

Today, was another full on day at work but we managed to complete everything and we were able to be finished by about 30mins later than normal :) We have our 2 new temps starting on Wednesday so the next 4 weeks will be full on with training etc.... and then L finishes next Friday so my last two weeks are gonna be pretty full on and stressful at times. Am quite pissed off with my boss at the moment as he is having the Friday before I finish up off on Annual Leave - this happens to be our close off for the pay and one of the busiest days in our pay cycle... I will be in charge with 2 new temps and P who started 5 weeks ago! I am not looking forward to it at all and have told him that but he just tells me to relax and that will be ok! Oh I am now on to 4 day weeks from now on.... I have Friday off this week, then the next 3 weeks I have Wednesdays off and then I finish the following Wednesday (18th Oct). Real scary now! LOL

Still getting heaps of movement from bubs - and have my scan on Wednesday afternoon to check to see if the placenta has moved up or not so will keep you posted on that.

Right time to go organise the lunches for tomorrow... catch ya later

Just thought I would do another quick post to let all know that I am doing ok and just plodding on. We had Antenatal classes on Thursday night - more relaxed and more chatting done but it's still hard not getting home till about 9.45pm then heading to bed and winding down etc... and all I dreamt of on Thursday night was my waters breaking as we had been discussing that at the class! LOL

Both Thursday and Friday were FULL ON days at work and I have heaps more to do so am going in for a few hours tomorrow (refused to work both days!). Last night, we went to a Prenzel's Party at my friend Lynaires place. Was great to see them and catch up with them and their other friends. I was even a wee bit naughty and sampled one of them (in a shot glass) but boy it was good! I did want more after that but went straight back to my OJ and nibbling on the crackers and dip. I was so tired that we headed home about 9.45pm and just collapsed into bed!

This morning, we were kindly woken quite early (just after 7am) by Charlie (our cockatiel) squawking away as the sun was shining through the curtains and no doubt he just wanted to be sitting in the morning sun! So I got up, opened the curtains and moved him into the sun :) Went back to bed and managed to get another hour or so of sleep before he started making more bloody noise! Managed to ignore him until 9am before I decided that I wasn't going to get much more of a lay-in so got up then :)

So far today, I have done 4 loads of washing and most of it is dry and folded already thanks to the wonderful northly wind we have blowing here today! We have done the groceries, had a scrumptious lunch of fresh bread rolls with tuna, lettuce, tomato and cucumber! Steph has done the second coat of paint on the ceiling in the nursery... and we are now about to start working on the window frames, skirting board and door frame... so best I get my A into G and start some painting. This is my choice as Steph has told me he will do it all but I want to feel that I have contributed in some way and by doing the skirting boards I can just sit on my big butt and work my way around the room (which is quite small).

Nothing planned for tonight - might get a DVD out and just blob out... and then of course I will be heading into work tomorrow for a few hours so will catch ya all later

Another quickie tonight whilst watching "Big Love" - I know some people just can't stand this programe due to its content but I for one quite enjoy watching it :)

Had a rough day today - bloody hormones have so much to answer for! Guess the stress at work was just getting to me and at one stage I just took off to the ladies for a wee cry. Had contemplated working late again as there is still so much to get done but by 4pm I had had just enough of that place and needed to get out of there!!! I did bring some home with me to work on tonight but have lost all motivation to do it so I guess it can get done tomorrow - tough biccies!!! Will be working for a few hours over the weekend too but have refused to work both days as I just can't cope with that! Just thinking of the $$$ from the overtime etc... the extra money will help us in either paying off the carseat quicker or perhaps we will use it to get some more Christmas presents :) Would be nice to use it on myself but I think thats becoming a thing of the past now :(

Can't believe that I am 32 weeks already! Only 8 weeks to go!!!! How scary is that??? Yes I am getting excited but am shit scared at the same time! I have such a low pain threshold and am worried that I will end up having a panic attack whilst in labour but am busy discussing that with my MW at the moment... We have our 2nd antenatal class tomorrow night so that should be fun :)

Anyway, time for me to stop rambling - so will catch ya later on.

Hi all

Just a quickie before I head to bed to say that I have just had my visit from the MW and am pleased to report that all is going wonderfully! :) She is most impressed with my lastest weight update and despite our wee girl being one wee madam whilst the MW was trying to track the heartbeat - she was not coperating at all and it took probably about 5 mins of trying as bubs was squiggling all over the place before we were able to get a reading for her heartbeat. But overall BP, heart rate, position etc are all just fantastic! And like I said last night - am now on fortnightly visits so 2 more weeks to go until I see her again and then the week in between I have my scan... so the time will probably fly by!

Had an email from a friend today who had seen me at the weekend to tell me how glowing I looked which really made my day but I just wish I felt it at times!

Another full on hectic day at work but on saying that the day did fly by real quickly! I worked an extra hour this evening - would have worked a bit longer but had to get home in time to have tea before the MW arrived.

Right time to fly and head to bed... catch ya all later :)

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Ended up having a very quiet night at home on Saturday and doing some baking knowing that we were busy on Sunday. Made a banana loaf and a chocolate slice - quite relaxing really for a Saturday night :)

Had a great day yesterday at the Parent and Child show - probably a bit pricey for what we got but it was fun being pregnant and getting samples and entering god knows how many competitions - lost count of how many times I wrote my name and address etc... LOL I was shattered after 2 1/2hrs of walking around there but we left with many bags of samples :)

Had lunch in Lower Hutt, before stopping at the hopsital to visit my friend Jo and her parter Damon and their new wee girl Maddie. We arrived just as Maddie was getting her nappy changed so managed to get a great cuddle with her and to get very cluckly indeed!

Home and I tried having a rest whilst Steph went to his parents to give his mother her birthday card and gift voucher... didn't get much of a rest as the kid across the way was sitting in his dad's car tooting the horn non stop and then Charlie started squawking so between those two I gave up trying to have a sleep!

Had another crap night last night and when I eventually managed to dose off (sometime after midnight), my precious wee girl got the hiccups which kept me away for another 30 mins or so!!!

Busy day at work today and did 2 1/2 hrs overtime and will probably do about an hour extra each night this week but will play it by ear and see how I am going. Can't work to late tomorrow as we have the MW coming around for a visit and then I am on to fortnightly visits from then on...

Right off to bed now.... catch ya all later xx

Wow can't believe its Saturday evening already!! The day sure has flown by!

Had a nice early night last night as I was shattered after a full on day at work and a very restless and uncomfortable night on Thursday night... Had a good sleep initially but am SO OVER sleeping with pillows and the frequent toilet stops that I am making! Last night once I woke the first time, it seemed that I was up every couple of hours visiting that wee room! :) Please don't get me wrong as believe it or not I am throughly enjoying pregnant overall - its just the hormones which I have no control over which are getting me down and the general uncomfortableness that I am now experiencing as we get closer to "D" day!

I have my next scan on Wed 20th when I will be 33 weeks to see if my placenta has moved up or not as it was quite low and sitting just above my cervix. If it hasn't moved up it will be a definite c-section for me so just gotta wait and see on that one. Still getting heaps of movement which is fantastic to watch and feel... am also getting Braxton Hicks most days now - more so when I am walking to and from the railway station and occasionally when I am just relaxing...

Anyway, back to my day today - no sleep in for us as we had my nephew the sparky arriving between 9.30-10am and then I had a hair cut at 10am as well! Rob hadn't arrived when I left for the hairdressers but apparently turned up just after I left... so by the time I got back he was well and truely stuck into the work we had lined up for him! :) Jo popped in to drop off the latest Avon Brochure - was great to see you mate and you really are looking fantastic!!!!!!!!! :) Once Jo had gone, I got busy making a bacon and egg pie as that is what Rob had requested for lunch and I do have a confession to make - this was my first ever bacon and egg pie that I had ever made and I am 35 years old!!! Now that is real scary! But never fear, it turned out fantastic and was scrumptious along with a nice green salad that I had made :)

By 4.30pm, Rob had finished and we had our new 3in1 bathroom light/fan/heater installed, we had our new light fittings installed in the lounge and we had 3 new power points through the house! Things look great now especially since I have also done the vacuming and cleaned up the mess that was left behind but upon saying that Rob did offer to vacum for me but as he had about a 90min drive ahead of him, I said no worries and that I would do it.... Steph also offered but I was fine just as long as I take it easy. So the place is looking great and now Steph just has to attach the panel heaters to the wall in the hallway and the nursery :) And of course the painting of the nursery. We have set the date of 24/25 August to get his sisters around to help us do the painting so before then, we need to get the second coat on the ceiling and do the skirting, door frame and windows so guess what we are up to next weekend!!!

Tonight, Steph is in a shooting comp so a real quiet night for me - might make a call or two and see if any of my friends are also having quiet nights and perhaps might catch up with one of them....

Tomorrow, we are having a wee sleep in, before getting up and heading to town for the Parent and Child show for 2/3hours and then heading home... I will also make a trip to Lower Hutt to visit my friend Jo who had her wee girl on Thursday morning - can't wait to catch up with Jo and to meet Madeline (Maddie). God I get so cluckly just thinking about it! LOL

Oh, before I sign off - just to say that the Ante natal class went really well - as well as can be expected for a first night anyway - with not much said but hopefully as we get to know each other that will change. We are first on the list for due dates...

Anyway, time to organise tea so Steph can get away on time... home cooked fish and chips for us tonight :) Hope you are all having a great weekend - catch ya all later

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Made the decision to go to weigh in this morning as Barbara has stopped doing Sat mornings but is now opening the clinic at 7.30am on Thursdays... so was on her doorstop at 7.30 ready and waiting! Glad to say there was no real suprise there as her scales basically said the same as mine (allowing for the fact that I was dressed rather than stark naked LOL). In the last 11 weeks (since my last offical weigh in) I have gained 4.6 kilos so my total gain during the pregnancy is now standing at 12.6 kilos so am pretty happy with that as is Barbara :) It was great to catch up with her but probably won't be back for another offical weigh in unti I finish work (29 days just in case I hadn't mentioned that recently LOL) as it means taking the car into town and paying for a carpark and also getting to work a bit later than normal...

I met Sue for lunch today and it was great to catch up with her - you are looking great Sue!!! :) I had the most delicious chargrilled vegetable toasted panini - yum yum! :) And the time just flew by - thanks for listening Sue :)

Work was pretty full on which made the day go fairly fast but its only gonna get busier over the next few days!

We start our Antenatal classes tonight so gotta be leaving the house in about 20 mins as we have to be there early tonight to pay our money etc... so best I get moving as one my back is starting to ache and two things to do before we go out.

Catch ya all later

Just a quick post before I head out to a friends place for a couple of hours this evening... not too much to say really.
Am 31 weeks today so time really is flying by!!! Still quite a bit to do though but have my nephew the sparky coming on Saturday to do our work for us and then we will really get stuck into the painting etc... just hope bubs doesn't come too early!
Work is picking up at a steady pace... just slowly preparing us for whats to come over the next fortnight really. Only 30 working days left :)
Finances are still a very tight situation at the moment but fingers crossed we MAY have sussed something out but haven't had much luck with the bank!
Was worried for a wee while earlier today when I hadn't had movement for a wee while but after a nice cold long milkshake she certainly started moving!
Catch ya later

Hi ya

Ended up having a rather an emotional, horomonal day yesterday... so didn't really do a hell of a lot really! Steph did the undercoating of the window sills as well as painting the ceiling in the nursery so whilst he was doing that, I cleaned Charlie's cage and did the vacuming (though that was a bit of a struggle at times).
Had a very easy lunch of saveloys (something that I had a craving for) and then did some baking and tried a new receipe for a chocolate peppermint slice which had melted dark chocolate as the icing. Absoutley devine taste wise but a bit fiddly and time consuming as it spent a lot of time setting (base and the peppermint paste etc...). After that, we headed to Steph's parents place to give his father a Father's Day present and whilst there the rest of the family dwindled in to do the same thing so it was great catching up with everyone though it did mean we ended up staying longer than we had anticpated.
Home for a very easy dinner of ham steaks, mashed spud and veggies. We were a bit slack this week and haven't organised our meals due to lack of time when doing the groceries so all meals this week will be rather ordinary and plain :) Which I guess makes a nice change everynow and then... After tea, I popped around to my friend Sharlene's place whose Grandmother had passed away late last week. I really want to attend the funeral tomorrow to support her but unfortunately it is at a real bad time for me workwise tomorrow morning - had it been in the afternoon I would have been able to go... but there is no way I can do it in the morning :( But she knows my thoughts are with her and the family. It was nice to spend a couple of hours with her and her partner last night and to have a good talk.
I had the most awful nights sleep last night that I have had during the whole pregnancy - I think if I was lucky I would have gotten 3 hours sleep tops! It wasn't bubs moving but just me not being able to get comfortable and every time I moved I needed to go to the loo - so at one stage I was so tempted to take my pillow and a duvet to the bathroom with me so I didn't have to make the trip yet again.........
So today has been a very looooong day indeed and had it not been our closeoff I would have called in sick as I had absoutely no energy whatsoever but dedication saw me at work plodding on through the day though it was a real struggle at times. So there will be a definite early night for me tonight!
Well - 32 working days left... and 65 days till the due date... so time is defintely flying! Right off to help Steph with tea (butter chicken on rice tonight).
Catch ya all later

Well things seem to have been very quiet in blog land when it comes to updates... so hope everyone is ok and are just busy with family and social lives :)

Yesterday was a busy day workwise and this is the beginning of one hectic fortnight for us as we process all the annual salary reviews in this upcoming period! I only have two full weeks left of work before starting my 4 day weeks for 4 weeks :)

Today - we have been on the go continously and I am shattered! It was an earlish start for us to get to the Upper Hutt Spring Carnival before it got to busy. So we wandered around there for over 2 hours (or should I say Steph wandered and I waddled). Got a christmas pressie for my sister in law (from Ireland) who I am buying for in our christmas family draw :) Also picked up an awesome breast/bottle feeding pillow for only $20! After Steph had his hair cut, we headed down to our friend Lynaire's place to have lunch with her and Kev and we were lucky to have Kev's homemade bacon and egg pie which is mouthwatering and so delicious! Had a good catch up with them before leaving there to do the groceries.

It was a struggle to get around the supermarket as I had been on the go since 9.15am and even Steph asked me if I was ok as I was looking rather tired. I had been planning on catching up with my friend Sharlene whose grandmother passed away late in the week but as I was so shattered we caught up on the phone for the time being... Have had a yummy dinner of steak (cooked in our george foreman grill), ovenbaked chips and eggs :) Very simple but rather delicious.

Tomorrow it will be housework and also the undercoating for the nursery and perhaps some baking if I get the time/energy.

Can't believe that we have something on for the next 4 weekends so I can see the time really flying away on us!

Right, time to get moving so I don't blabber on too much and bore you all... oh am still getting heaps of movement from our wee girl but also starting to have uncomfortable nights despite all the pillows etc... but not long to go....