hope you're all going well and had a good weekend. I tried twice yesterday to post and both times something happened - in the end I had a tantrum and gave up!!
Sammiejam - I hope you're going well and that DH made it back in time. Do let us know what you're up to!
Paula - congrats on your pink bundle, i'm so glad your secret wish is going to come true
Wishes - now you've started feeling your little one moving it won't be long before you feel him every day. The chicklet is kicking away merrily as I type this, although she's so very stubborn and if I were to draw attention to her movements to DH she'd stop immediately, I don't know how she knows...
Wantbaby - I hope the house moving is going okay for you. It's such a stressful and tiring time isn't it? Just make sure that you don't do any heavy lifting and/or moving, and take plenty of breaks.
Londonmiss - I hope you can easily ignore your mum's 'medical' advice - I guess this is one aspect where it's better to be living far apart!
Kyra - your hammock time sounds divine I don't have one any more but I do have a papasan in which I love to curl up with a book outside.
AFM - well I was very excited today to get the call that our pram had arrived! I left work early to pick it up and have spent the last two hours putting it all together. It looks fantastic, but i'm a little annoyed that we seem to be missing a few things (the safety harness and padding for the chair, although we'll be using the bassinet part for the first few months). I'm going to call them tomorrow and take it in on the weekend to show them what I have and tell them what I need so I hope I don't have any problems...
Otherwise, going okay although my back has starting hurting a bit so i'm going to have to add a few more pillows to the mix when I go to sleep! Poor DH, the bed is pretty much taken up with my pillows as is...
Oh, while I think of it - now that BOC has had her little one we'll need someone to take over the list. I'm relying on my phone at the moment don't think i'll be able to take over - is there anyone out there with a computer that actually works (you seem to be few and far between at the moment!) who is willing to take on the list?
Well off for a warm bath, i'm quite exhausted after putting the pram together - I wasn't expecting to have to do that at all which is probably a bit silly of me.
I offered before but no response so I was keeping my head down!!! But still happy to....
Just in case any of you are being told to eat more dried fruit (it seems that dieticians are obsessed with it for vegetarians) (that and broccoli).. here's a recipe I typed out earlier. I know it's nothing to do with pregnancy strictly but you might like it nonetheless
1 orange
1 lemon
9 fl oz unsweetened apple juice
6 whole cardamon pods lightly crushed
6 cloves
1 cinnamon stick
13oz dried fruit whatever you like. I used some rather dismal-looking (black!) apricots, left over cranberries, raisins, pears and peaches
3 tbsp sugar (reduce a little if you used apple juice with sugar in)
Cut the rind off the lemon and orange and add to pan. Add the juice of both. Add juice and 750ml of water. Add the fruit. Bring to boil, then turn the heat off and leave it for an hour. Return to heat, add the sugar and cook for five mins or until all the fruit is soft. The recipe says to remove the fruit with a slotted spoon and simmer the juice down for another five mins, but I don't bother. Remove cinnamon stick. Serve warm or cold, lush with natural yogurt. Just don't crunch down on a cardamon or you'll know about it!
Keeps for at least a week in the fridge covered. Makes a large bowl full.
lise YAY on getting your pram. How exciting! Shame that you are missing some bits but im sure that they will understand and fix it all up for you. Must be so exciting to have some of the bigger things at home. Must make it all feel so real. LondonMiss that recipe sounds delicious.
Still no news from Sammie. As they say, no news is good news!!
Feeling lots more light movement lately which is oh so very exciting!!
Wishes~Dont feel left out because you having a baby boy.Boys are just lovely and tend to be close to their mummys..at least until they are teens.. LOL .My son,Connor is 13 next month! Im sure your little man will light up your world in ways you will never expect.
Saph~ Gee,time flies...7 weeks already!! Im glad that you are feeling better and that Xavier is doing well.That is quite a long time to recover isnt it? Now you can enjoy your new baby much more now.Theres nothing worse than feeling run down and trying to re coup when your trying to cope with a newborn.It must have been hard.Glad all is well now though
Sammie~ WHERE ARE YOU?? I hope everything is going well.Cant wait to hear your announcement.xx
Lise~ Yeah,moving house again is not fun.DH is working 4 hours away over the past 3 weeks so he is only home on weekends so DS and I are trying to pack the light things together,such as clothing,linen etc. Was the pram you got,the bugaboo? I cant remember who,on the forum,ordered one? I bought a Love n care Nova with the bassinette attachment on sale for $399.The in laws bought the car seat on the weekend which was on sale for $405 from $490 and the only things i have bought are clothes,wash products. The best thing about the new house we will be renting is that its 3 bedroom so our little girl will have a nursery.I always wanted a nursery so im going to have so much fun decorating!! I hope you get the parts you need for the pram,without any drama.
London Miss~ My DH is away for work too! I woke at 9.15 today but was awake most of the night with sore hips so it was a disturbed sleep.I also had to get Connor ready for school at 7.30.Its 11.30 now and after packing some clothes into garbage bags for our move,im ready for bed again. LOL.
AFM im enjoying my babies movements.Some are so strong they startle me! Im sure she is a kickboxer in the making...i hope not as i am quite a non sporting,girly girl who makes dolls for a living.To have a tom boy would be very different from what i expect..
Apparently my mum was sure she was having a boy with me beacuse i was so rough with my kicks.
I had a dreadful weekend with the in laws.I was in tears because of my menopausal MIL and her insensitivity!.Lucky they live 2 hours away and as DH said "just agree with her and when we get home and the baby is born,we can do as we like so dont worry"
She had an opinion on EVERYTHING!! AAARRGGGHHH!!!
Well im off to make muffins for Connors lunchbox...thats if i dont fall asleep in that time.... zzzzzzz
Any moment now we'll be hearing the news from sammie jam I just hope her Dh raced back in time for the big moment!
sorry no persies from me today just wanted to pop in a whinge a little..
I have the flu aparently I spent a lil too much time on the hammock chair in the breeze lol..
Its so hard trying to be the super sweet mum to my sick lil man when I myself feel like death warmed up on a stick!! Ive been trying to do all the nice things for him that I remembered my mother doing for me when I was little and sick.. Like giving him lots of warm baths with lavender and bringing him fruit juice in bed reading him stories stroking his hair and singing him to sleep.. The poor lil bugger even when he was sleeping hed be tossing and turning looking miserable..
wishes -=- Its true about boys though they really do love there mummies My lil man always jumps on my lap when Im sitting on the couch and snuggles into me.. When hes feeling down or sick or tired it always has to be mummy cuddles and mummy time with every accomplishment like building robots or makeing puppys out of playdoh mummy has to come and see you will love it, it truly makes you feel like the most special person on earth!
I cant believe I have the flu so close to Jelly Beans arrival I feel miserable.. Sleeping at night is disgusting with the razor throat and the blocked nose, and my stomache is so sore from being sick ontop of the usual crowded feeling.. Going from feeling so cold i cant get enough blankets to throwing them off me in th pool of sweat.. Doc says both me and DS just have to wait it out.. Im actually jealose my son is allowed to have cold and flu medicine and I cant! LOL
JB seems unnaffected still prodding me everyday and rolling around in the little space she/he has left.. DH has been amazing at least.. hes been taking on everything he can when hes home so I can try to sleep it off..
Well hope every one is doing well I ll do proper persies later on when I start to feel a little better.. belly rubs to all my girls <3
I don't have one any more but I do have a papasan in which I love to curl up with a book outside.
if someone can pm me the most up to date list, I'll do it 
aparently I spent a lil too much time on the hammock chair in the breeze lol..
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