Away

Here are a couple of shots from our weekend in the Blue Mountains. We had a great time & Lilianfels was absolutely beautiful. The weather was great & our room was spacious & comfortable. We went to the Norman Lindsay Gallery (I keep wanting to say "Harvey Norman Gallery") it was very busy as they were having a children's literacy festival which we didn't know about. We got a copy of the 9oth anniversary edition of The Magic Pudding - I love this book & now baby has a copy too.

Entry to Resort.



Darren at High Tea.


Magic Pudding Statue at the Gallery.

Indoor pool at the resort.

Lovely lounge area where high tea was held & a man played piano each night.

And here is the pram all put up & some photo's of the almost finished nursery.

After the baby shower we will sort out everything & label these baskets appropriately.

I still haven't got a cot mattress, but I do have some time before we'll need it - so no hurry.

I just noticed Pyewackett is in the shot, sneaky thing.

I should have stuck the branch up a little bit higher - so Pooh's bum isn't on the rail, but by the time I realised I didn't want to unstick all the pieces - so that's how it's staying!

That beautiful rocking chair is a lend from Cindy - it is so comfortable.

Not much elst to report, as usual I'm tired and I'm ready to stop peeing now - really!

This Thursday we head to Kiama for camping, & I'm still in 2 minds about how that's going to go - mostly it's the nightime peeing that will be an issue. Darren is truely about to learn exactley how many times a night I get up!!

Requested

Here are some pic's just for Janna - so no one else look at them ok!

Pic 2 looks like I'm pushing my belly forward, cause my back looks bowed - I might have been - can't remember. I think it might be a balance thing, because I think I'm standing like this a lot. Either way I definitely can't pull my tummy in.
Pic 3 is my view looking down.

In other news & at the risk of this being Too Much Information for my millions of male readers - I've sprung a leak!! Well 2 leaks actually. Yep the colostrum is in full production & now I'm wearing those lovely round pads in my bra - the johnson & johnson ones are funny they even have a fake nipple shape on them! Also the cats know - I can't smell anything - but they obviously can - Pye bit my boob!! Not hard - but it was freaky.

Done

Lots of things marked off the list this weekend & a few things added!

First of all Dad & Darren got the cat mesh put up on the balcony - so now the cats can be outside & we don't need to worry about them going over the railing. So no more "shut the door!" yelling. They were very interested in the installation as well - except when the drill was out!

Take note of the obligatory beer!

Last bit, - you can't see him but Supercat was hanging on the screen door watching very carefully.

Almost done.

We got out of this by doing DIY for around $100. When the catmax people came they quoted over $800!! Thanks heaps to Dad - for knowing what he's doing!

And we finally broke open the pram boxes that we've had since October -

Darren wanted me to be sure & label this photo with the comment that his head was actually itchy & this was not in any way a "thinking" pose!

I've just realised I never took an actual good all finished photo of the pram - will do so for next post.

On Sunday we also moved the furniture around in the nursery & our bedroom, I think it is how it will stay now - but who knows - I may change my mind again. I'll also put those photo's up next time.

Adding to our list - the mattress for the cot is too big (wide) so we took it back - but they don't seem to make the narrower size anywhere, so we'll have to get one custom made. I found a place at Sans Souci who'll do it for $179. We've just got to check if Ayisha's one will fit & if that doesn't I'll be ringing Sans Souci. And also the cat door needs to be put in.

And I know - there's no photo's of me on here - I tried to get some showing the baby belly - but to me it still just looks like I'm fat. I'll try again soon! Sorry Janna!

Growth

I had my first Clinic visit at St George with a doctor instead of a midwife yesterday. All is well, & he was very happy with baby's growth & my lack of weight gain, but he did tell me that I would be induced either at week 38 or 39 as they do this with all the GD patients.

So according to their dates for me - which seem to fluctuate, I could be induced around these dates -

week 38 - 23rd of May
week 39 - 30 May

That also means my 6 weeks between finishing work & baby arriving could be as short as 4 weeks! I had been avoiding reading any info about inducement or cesareans, hoping I wouldn't need to - but I guess I better get informed now. Also I'm pretty much on fortnightly visits to the clinic from now on & at week 32 they'll send me for another ultrasound, to check growth. Guess I'll have to update my ticker once they give me an inducement date.

In other news - my Huey Lewis concert has been postponed - Goddammit! Apparently they have recording commitments & won't be able to tour at that time. So, so disappointed. We have 2 options, either we return our tickets now for a refund or we hang on to them because they will be valid for the new dates, & then when we get the new dates we can return them for a refund if we can't attend.
We've decided to hang on to the tickets & see what the new dates are. And we are still going to the Hunter Valley on the original weekend anyway as we've paid for the accommodation already & it is still our wedding anniversary. Sucks though.

Pooh!

Soon it will look like the 100 Acre Woods has taken over my nursery!
Have a look at what Darren's mum got us!

It's not EVERYTHING in this picture - we got the washing hamper on the right, & everything on the cot (fitted sheet, top sheet, blanket, pillow case, quilt & padded bed head bit) except the valance along the bottom - after the baby shower I want to go & get the valance, the lamp & maybe the wall hangings, mat & mobile. You know me - I love a good matching set!

We also got another capsule for the car, initially we were just going to borrow Cindy's one - but after thinking about it for a while we realised that it would just be easier to have one for MIL's car & one for our car (mum already has one) - so we priced one online for our travel system & were going to pay $329 at Babies Galore - but when I got there on Sunday they had the exact same one for $230 - last one in the shop. So of course I got it. And a new mattress for the bassinet & an airwrap for the cot. We also got a mattress for the cot - but it's a little too wide - so this weekend we'll go & exchange that.

This weekend we'll also do the furniture re-arranging we didn't do last weekend - can't do anything if the V8's are racing!!