Friday, 12 November 2010

While we wait ...

It's now 3 days and counting ;o).  Claire is feeling rather large and the bump is feeling heavy. We try to get out and do something each day but despite this, we know we're playing the waiting game now. The weather has been pretty miserable (to put it mildly) and it's certainly not helping Claire feel like she wants to go out for walks so she's sitting and bouncing on the exercise ball instead. We don't know whether it's doing much but it's more comfortable than sitting on the floor, which is what she had been doing.

Poor baby doesn't have much room to move around anymore

After hearing that she may be looking at a top 8 pounder (seeing as Alice is now virtually at due date) Claire decided it might be a good idea to wash the 0 - 3 month clothes, in case Alice outgrows the newborn clothes  very quickly.
So, yesterday I had some little clothes on the clothes airer :o)
And taking my mind off it all is the new Weight Watchers programme we were given on Wednesday night. They've changed the points system and we now have to count Protein, Carbohydrates, Fat and Fibre instead of just Calories and Saturated Fats. It's taking some getting used to and I don't know how well I'll do this week as I come to terms with it. I'm 1.5 lbs off my first stone and I would love to have lost it by the time Alice makes her appearance but if she's on time I don't think it's going to happen. That's fine, I think baby making her appearance is far more important at this stage :o)  Will keep you all posted as soon as we have news.
xx

Wednesday, 10 November 2010

A new tradition?


One day last year, around this time, when we went for one of our weekly Monday morning coffees at Starbucks I saw they had their Christmas mugs out and decided I "had to have" this mug. 
I loved it's festive feel though it could still be used all year round.

On Monday gone, when we went for our coffee at Starbucks, they had Christmas mugs out again and, believe it or not, I felt I "had to have" this mug! Isn't it lovely!
Again, although it has a festive feel, the tree isn't necessarily a Christmas one and I'm sure it could also be used all year round. As you can see, I did get it and I'm enjoying using it :)  This time it was Turkish Delight hot chocolate (thank you, Dad!) which helped to warm me up that cold November day.

I have a feeling there may be another mug added to the collection next year too - a new tradition perhaps?
xx

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

Photos from a dog walk

To get a change of picture at the top of my blog, I decided to add a few photos from a recent walk Cloud and I went on. I love the autumn colours in some of the photos.






One of my favourite photos



Home again :)

xx

Thursday, 4 November 2010

Thursday

You may well be feeling like Bellatrix when you visit my blog and see that I haven't updated yet again!  This state of affairs may continue until baby arrives as I'm trying to keep Claire occupied in the last couple of weeks so she's not sitting around waiting.  Will post as and when I have something to say :)
xx