31 weeks....

Well..it's getting closer and closer to the big date...and I'm experiencing some severe lower abdominal pains...which I've been told are braxton hicks contractions....if they are...they're extremely painful...and not a good indication of what the 'true' labour is going to be like....scary!!

Today we headed down to Curl Curl beach for sound waves....which is a fete run by the local surf lifesaving club...it was great fun...we had coffee with mum and dad up at their apartment first before walking down to look at the stalls....then Roy and Annette joined us for lunch.

They decided that they wanted to get our Baby Shower present directly afterwards, so we headed to Babies Galore at Warringah Mall where they decided to purchase for us a baby bouncer, a bouncing sheep you string up to the ceiling and a foot and wrist rattle...so generous...what wonderful friends we have.

We headed back to ours to watch Angels and Demons, have a Chinese dinner and catch up on things we've been up to for the last couple of months.

A great day.

First Anniversary & Babymoon

It's come around so quickly - I can't believe that this time last year I was on the honeymoon somewhere in Turkey enjoying the European sun. The wedding day was the best day of my life...and a year later, I'm 29 weeks pregnant and anticipating the biggest day of my life in only 10 weeks time...CRAZY!!

We had our parents over for dinner on the Saturday night - ate the top of the wedding cake and lit the ceremonial candle. It meant a lot to me to be sharing the night with our parents.

Dave had made the day very special by getting a dozen roses delivered in the morning....a lovely card with kind words....and then in the evening he presented me with my ultimate gift....the Oroton Baby Bag.

I simply can't believe he forked out that much money for it...but I'm not complaining - it's gorgeous and I'll use it forever.

Dave and I decided to incorporate our First Wedding Anniversary with a babymoon to Noosa - so on the Monday we flew up to spend a week lazing by the pool.

It was great to get away - and just have a relaxing time. No stress about being here or there...and not forcing ourselves to do anything but hang by the hotel pool. We even managed to have afternoon naps every day and came back so refreshed.

I admit, it's getting harder to manoeuvre my belly around now...so I don't think I could've left the holiday any longer than 7 months pregnant.

Hiccups...

The baby had another first today - hiccups!

The weirdest feeling in my belly - a constant bump that went on for what seemed like ages.... so nice to have the baby so active now.

The Big Kick...26 weeks

The last couple of weeks have been fun. The baby is starting to kick harder and more regularly - and I'm enjoying every moment of it.

Last night, Dave and I were in bed watching TV - and Dave put his hand on a hard patch of my stomach and pushed it gently (we think it was it's bum)...and the bub gave an almighty kick....for me it felt electric and Dave was shocked at how hard and strong it was. haha...we laughed about it for ages.

Every night now, I sit in bed watching my tummy wiggle and move up and down with every baby movement. I'm actually enjoying this part of the pregnancy very much...I feel like I'm bonding with him/her already.

The Nursery....

Half way there...and getting excited...

We've started buying things for the nursery - and I've even started making some decorative items.

I bought the fabric from Ikea - and then bought some cheap canvases...covered the canvases with the fabric.

I also made the owl pillow using different pieces of fabric - then with webbing on the back - ironed them down and sewed little button eyes on them.

21 weeks...feeling huge....already...

Generally speaking, I'm feeling a lot better about the whole pregnancy caper. My morning sickness has gone and I'm able to eat foods that I was repulsed by a few months ago. It's true what they say about the second trimester being the "walk-in-the-park" but there are still a few things I'm struggling to get used to. Sleeping on my side is one...I now sleep with a pillow wedged between me and the bed so that I don't roll over fully, extremely uncomfortable because of the fact, I've been sleeping a certain way for 29 years.

The other thing is, feeling heavy or stretched. It's the weirdest thing but sometimes I actually feel uncomfortable with the weight that I've gained...not for looks etc...but for feeling heavy...and I've still got 3.5 months to go.