1 month to D-Day!!

Where does the time go? Crazy, crazy to think its exactly 1 month today til d-day (delivery day). Its all getting VERY real! But before I get into that I'll do my typical life stuff update :)

On the school front, we've just started Week 2 of Term 3, and I plan on working until end of Week 4, so only 14 days working left! Feels like ages, but I'm sure it will fly! I have a few responsibilities in the next few weeks, 2 debates (one as a coach, another to adjudicate), education week assemblies, then class stuff. I've managed to set myself a rather crazy challenge of having the kids script, rehearse, perform, film and edit their own drama films. All within 14 days.... oh my, what was I thinking?! Anyways... it is what it is. We'll see how we go!

At home, we've well and truly finished the renos, however the cornice in the kitchen still needs a lick of paint - but that's a result of J working most Saturdays and afternoons for himself now. Which is great - but means the little jobs at home are that much more difficult to get to. Plus he's caring for his heavily pregnant, lazy wife. There are a few minor aesthetic things to do for the baby's room - like the curtains that Mum has made. But the chair etc is in and it's pretty much ready for Bubba Wyatt arrival!

In preggers news alot has been happening - feels like its all things baby now! Since we last spoke, I was thrown a beautiful Baby Shower, which many of you attended. It was held at Masonic Club in Mortdale and luckily (despite some rain earlier in the week) the weather wasn't too bad. We were on the front balcony, which can be quite uncomfortable, but with some fancy decorations (Thanks Lin and Nic), it was transformed into a beautiful baby shower oasis. I had an absolute blast and was bowled over by how generous everyone was. Bubba Wyatt is clearly very loved and is going to be one spoilt child.

We've also been to the first of our two parenting classes run by St George Hospital in order to better prepare us for the arrival of bubba and to be parents. It was all on the stages of labour, pain relief and generally what to expect of birth. It was pretty relieving for both J and I as I'd done a fair bit of reading which we had discussed and made decisions about together, so when we were questions we were well informed and on the same page....This Saturday we have the second class which covers breastfeeding, bathing etc - Should be fun :)

In myself I've started to balloon - and not just in my belly. My feet are pretty much full of fluid by the end of the day that they look like pillows. I no longer fit in most of my shoes, I'm wearing J's thongs and have invested in a pair of HUGE shoes. I hope my feet dont stay like this! The waking up to pee over night has accelerated and I am lucky if I can get 2 straight hours before I need to get up again. But I guess its good prep for feedings etc.

Also, after much convincing (Kehlet!) I've finally sat down and started a list for what I'll need to take to hospital for labour and the stay in the maternity ward afterwards as I've been told from week 37 you can go anytime!!! But I've been looking pretty carefully at some of the scarier stuff on my list that I had been refusing to deal with - like large Granny style undies and maternity pads! (So sorry if that's an overshare). So in the next few weeks we'll make the final purchases and pack said bag. Jarratt also seems to be feeling the impeding doom as well as on Sunday morning he fitted the baby capsule in Max and put some vital materials in the boot in case I give birth in the car (LOL), like a big blanket, a few towels and a 2 litre bottle of water..... I seriously cant stop laughing about it! We literally live 10 minutes MAX from the hospital, but I guess you can never be too prepared.

So, thats all in my world.

Hows things with you all? I hope this post finds you happy and well. Lots of love, Bec and Bump. xxx

Baby Love

A little delayed in posting, but this is where bec and J were (hehe) on the 13^th of March, 2012

Hi there campers,

The last 4 months have been pretty crazy! A lot has happened, but the most exciting is …. We’re pregnant and things are going along swimmingly. Having past through the first trimester with flying colours and managing to look pretty 'normal'. As I still fit most of my clothes and don't need to buy anything yet, which is great! I've been told it’s because my abdominal muscles are very strong - lol. This was flattering but fairly unbelievable! But apparently your abdominals are like puzzle pieces fused together and it takes a fair bit to push them apart. I am also the luckiest pregnant lady, not at all sick - just tired. But perhaps the most exciting development is I've started to feel the baby inside me, like flutters mostly but every now and then it will give me a HUGE whack! I laid on the bed on Sunday when the baby was going a little crazy and tried desperately for Jarratt to feel the kicks but to no avail. I've been told that in about 4 weeks he'll be able to feel it. Its pretty nice, even when it hurts, to know its in there doing its thing! I'm also waking up a lot overnight, either I'm too hot, need to pee or wake up in an uncomfortable position, I feel like a pregnant goldilocks (this beds too lumpy, this beds too hot)…but I know the whole sleeping thing will only get better ;)

I've also been to one midwife and ultrasound appointment. The midwife (Elizabeth) is super nice and made me feel really comfortable, until she found out Jarratt was a twin and gently mentioned that I needed to go for an earlier ultrasound as there was a chance of me having two babies..... eeck! Slightly panicked I informed her that I had no twins in my family and that I was sure it travelled down the mother’s side. She calmly replied that wasn’t the case and it best I book in as soon as possible. Also just to confirm my due date. She then asked me to hop up on the bed and popped a little megaphone looking thing on my belly and like magic we could hear the heart beat. It was A-MA-ZING! It sounded so fast and strong and I couldn’t control myself I just started to cry. I hadn’t been prepared for that. I thought we'd just be asked a bunch of questions and being in the public system wouldn’t hear or see the baby for at least another month. But here it was our little baby's heart beating away like Rolf Harris on his wobble board. It was incredible. It made it all very real considering I don’t really have a belly.

Over the next week I booked in for the 2 ultrasounds, one to confirm date and number of babies (oh my!) and the full morphology one (where they check its feet, hands, heart - the whole kit and kaboodle, but won't be until 2/4). The first ultrasound was booked for Tuesday (6/3), my birthday. I didn’t feel as overwhelmed by that one, I think because I was in so much pain, as you need to drink a litre of water and not pee and hour and a half before, and of course, these appointments always run late - so a litre of water sitting in my bladder for 2hours is not fun! Plus, I was prepared to see the little picture, as its pretty much seen in movies and tv shows so you know what to expect. The thing I did find amazing was seeing the ribs and spine, it was pretty cool - and Jarratt made me laugh as he sat there pretty much just counting things... one head, two arms, two legs, two feet, five toes... so yes, ladies and gents - just one baby, phew!!! Below is bubba Wyatt’s first happy snap, the first of MANY! Based on the ultrasound, it turned out I am a little more pregnant than we thought only another 6 days or so. I'm now due on the 23rd of August. So little one could be a virgo or a leo at this stage. Either way it’s a dragon baby and all the Asian parents at school are over the moon for me! hahaha.

Jarratt and I have settled on names we both like, we have top boy and top girl then two runner up names in case it comes out looking nothing like our top names. LOL. Unfortunately like Jarratts crazy commitment to not finding out the sex, he also wants to keep choice of names a secret. So sorry... that ones staying in the vault. I've made a few purchases for the little one already just nursery decorations and a neutral 7 piece set and coat. I'm trying to control myself but the stuff is so darn cute!!!!!

In other news, we have started renovations on the house. Jarratt has been an absolute trooper, since I am unable to handle too much of the painting fumes, he's been left to repaint the entire unit! So far he's done all but two walls - good job Jarratt! The painting was put on hold this week as we have been working on the kitchen. Thankfully, I was able to contribute to that renovation by way of packing and unpacking up the kitchen. On Friday (9/3) Jarratt had the day off and ripped the cupboards out and did the first fit for the electrics and had a plumber mate do the plumbing. On Saturday the cabinet guys came at 7am and fit in all the beautiful high gloss white cabinets, they left around 6pm that night. On Sunday Jarratt put in the rangehood, oven and powerpoints. So its been busy busy busy. Then I spent some time putting all the stuff back into the cupboards that has been dominating our spare room and longue room. Its amazing the space we've inherited, some clever design elements mean we've got about 3 cupboards empty, which is great considering the little person will probably need a WHOLE bunch of stuff and its nice to know we have some space for it to go. I've attached the photos of what it looks like as of today over the next few weeks we'll have a ceasar stone benchtop put in and a glass splash back. Over the following weeks we plan on putting down a floating floor, by Easter we should be ready to decorate with some new furniture and by May its time for a new car. 2012 is gonna be an expensive year!

Well I think thats it. Hope you've enjoyed the most recent installment.

Whats happening in your lives?
Love Bec, J and Bubba.
xoxo

Bubba Wyatt, 15 weeks.

Belly @ Week 10

Belly @ Week 16

Kitchen Renos.