Thank you so much everyone for all the advice - it is wonderful. As the time gets closer and closer I'm sure I will look in here even more.

Right now I think I'm going to:
Start exploring more slow cooker recipes (we use ours occasionally, but I'm anticipating much more on the early months) - a slow cooker book may even be a good Christmas idea!
See how I go teaching DD to sleep in a 'big girl' bed and see how she responds to toilet training (I figure if it hasn't happened once bubs arrives it will be quite some time til I have the chance to try again).

In a month or so I'll start stocking up the freezer (MummyNaomi - I love your friends idea of the mummy blessing to help stock the freezer!)

Thanks again for all the tips. They are extremely helpful!