Thanks girls for your best wishes for my u/s today.

I was running around like a headless chicken, and Shaun was asleep at the time I was due to leave. So I had to get him up, changed, and have some 'lunch' for him to eat in Ithe car. I ran out of the house and completely forgot to take the video to record the images. D'oh!!

I got a parking spot (one of only two) right out the very front, and made it right on time. The doc was waiting for me, and was really lovely. Thankfully they had a toybox of toys, and Shaun was quite happy to explore those. He was the perfect little boy. rolling cars around, and chatting to himself. I was so proud.

As for the u/s... it went okay... but not perfect. The baby is perfect size, and the heart beat was strong. She counted all it's fingers - and there were 5 on each hand. But she had some concerns with the stomach. It is meant to be round - with some fluid inside. There were a couple of times she was able to capture an image, and the measurement had it the perfect size. But what she didn't tell me until it finished, was that quite a few times the image of the stomach showed it flat... not rounded. She said not to worry, but to come back in 2-3 weeks and she will check it again. So I am rebooked for the 31st July. If she didn't see a round stomach at all - I would be worried. But I'm trying to be calm and not stress over it. We will see what it is like at the end of the month. Baby will be a bit bigger, and I will remember to take a video!

I made a meal planner over the weekend on excel. It goes for 2 weeks and has a simple meal each night - with a shopping list for the menu, and another shopping list for the staple items for the house. I started tonight... and made a stir through pasta (which was yummy!). Anyway... I've never been much of a meal planner person - but after chatting with online friends I realised that I could save so much money by knowing exactly what to purchase each week, and not throwing out loads of food (particularly veges) when I have grand plans to cook up - and end up buying pizzas! If anyway would like me to email my planner - just let me know. I sent it onto another friend, and she loves it, and is just going to adjust it to her tastes & staples.

Sheree... thanks for the email!
Shaun is opposite to Lachie - he HATES socks!! we put them on him - and he pulls them off. He is nearly always in bare feet. And he seems to have fat feet - so finding shoes to fit him is really difficult. I think I will have to take him to a shoe specialist to get some shoes fitted. The only ones he has is elmo slippers - because I can't get his feet into any regular shoes. Lachlan sounds so cute getting his socks and putting his feet in the air... aaawwww..

sorry for lack of personals again. Got a fair bit of work to do, and Yariv stayed up watching the tennis last night - so I barely got any sleep. I'm knackered.