Done too much !!!

I am the type person that when I have something I want to do I usually get stuck in and just like to get the job done.
Since being PG I have had to try and take a step back and its becoming very frustrating having to wait for others to have the time to help me get jobs done in and around the house. So today I had had about enough and I could no longer sit here and wait for Harry to help me with the garden... in all fairness he had planned to help me today but our stupid car went wrong and so that came first (obviously) ...... so I have spent an hour or so in the garden this afternoon moving pots and sweeping up the debris..... I feel really good at how much I actually managed to do but now I am suffering ... my back and legs are really aching.... I am gonna be stiff tomorrow !!!

As well as doing some housework including hoovering right through and washing, I also completed the week 2 challenge on UKS .... I am quite pleased with the results !!



It a LO of my Great Aunt Lil .. someone very close to my heart.

Well must go and sort out my supper..... jacket potato and bread and butter pudding for desert ... yummy !!!

Really loving this !!

It might not seem much to some but I done this LO this morning and I am really loving it ... even if I do say so myself.



The journaling around the edge reads ' I have waited for this moment all my life and finally my dream of becoming a mummy has come true. I am looking forward to meeting you and getting to know you.' And at the bottom (you can't quite see it as it didn't scan it reads ' To feel you moving about inside me is a true miracle'

I Finally Finish it !!

I have been beavering away these last few weeks on a knitted pram blanket ... I am not great knitter .. in fact I'm no expert at all but I thought I would give it a go. Well here is the result ... and I am dead chuffed about it ... it would never win any knitting prizes but for a first attempt I think its not bad ... especially as there was no pattern!!

I also finished my front cover of my Shimelle Scrap the Day challenge !! It took almost three days for the glue on the number to dry out ... the idea was to cover the glitter in the hope that the glitter doesn't rub off over time ... well there is no chance of that but using clear glue has dulled the glittery effect. Definitely must invest in some more clear accent ... probably wouldn't have taken so long to dry and the glittery shimmer would have remained ... never mind all a learning curve.


Pregnancy is going well ... had my 28 weeks bloods today and will be seeing the madwife on Monday. Littl' Blob is very active which is great.

My friend Stevie came over on Monday and took some pictures of me, bump , Harry, Bump and I and the dogs ... I am so looking forward to seeing the results of the shoot.

Save the Day

As part of the UKS cyber crop weekend there was a class called Save the Day ... designed and taught by our lovely Shimelle. I unfortunately missed the deadlines for making and getting it in for the CC but I decided to have a go at the class anyway. The day I have chosen is the 27th of each month. The idea is that every month for the next year, on the same date (27th in my case) you take photographs of your whole day and then on a double LO you explain with journalling and pictures what happened throughout that day. Even if it seems boring at the time over the course of the year you will see changes. There are a few photos that will be the same to see consistency ... like for example the clock first thing as soon as you wake up, a picture from your window, meal time pictures and bedtime clock.



I really enjoyed doing this class and although I don't wish my life away I am looking forward to May 27th to do my next two pages.

Littl' Blob is growing well and is very active which is wonderful. I am now suffering from swollen ankles :( ...... so I have to really pace myself throughout the day and make sure that I put my feet up to avoid too much water retention... just when I was finding my energy too ... O well at least I have my scrapping to keep me sane.

Good and Bad !!

Well it's official I really am rubbish at blogging !!!

Whats been happening??? ... Well I went to see the madwife at the beginning of the week... all is well with littl' blob and s/he is growing at the right pace. Can't believe I will be 26 weeks tomorrow... its certainly going quickly.... only 14 weeks to go ... or 98 days ARRGGHHH !!!!

This weekend has been great and not so great ... ha ha .... Littl' blob has found what I think might be a comfy spot for him/ her but certainly not for me ... little bottom up under my rib cage ... its extremly uncomfortable and after a while it starts to become quite painful and so I haven't had much sleep. But on the nice side I have enjoyed doing some scrapping ... unfortunately not at my crop as I felt too tired to be too far from my bed .... but UK Scrappers had a cyber crop weekend and I spent some time relaxing and enjoying some of the classes that had on ... here is what I managed to produce and earned my team 150 points in the meantime.









The Box and the little book was one of the classes .. I really enjoyed doing it but it took a long while. The box holds four different style of mini book and my intention is to make the other three up and to have a box of first for littl' blob ... so the yellow book you see already made will become his/ her first day of life ... the other three will be First Christmas... First milestones (teeth, walking, words etc) and the fourth will become first birthday next year. Looking forward to completing them .... not that I am wishing my child's life away already ... lol ... I am quite happy to be patient.

24 weeks and very active !!

Well we are now into the 24th week - the golden milestone ... the pregnancy is now classed as a viable pregnancy ... hopefully it won't happen but should blob decide its time to see the world s/he has a higher chance of survival with the help of the medical teams. Lets hope we don't have to find that one out though.

Blob is extremely active nowadays and nights which is fantastic ... I am still loving feeling the kicks and punches ... only thing I am not keen on is the bottom under my rib cage ...ouch that hurts !!!

I have been a busy gal the last few days trying to sort out my scraping area. It unfortunately got to the point where everything had just piled up on my desk and I couldn't see or find anything ... I desperately needed to sort out so that when sitting at my area I could see exactly what I have got .... and OMG I have alot more than what I thought for. I will try and get some piccies up on here when I have finished. O that reminds me I need to call local shop to order me in some 12x12 stacking shelves ... I made room enough for some last night lol .

I am taking a friend to the hospital today to have a dressing changed... thing is I have no clean clothes that fit so have resorted to putting on my dungarees again ... I look HUGE !!!!!!

Being Kicked is Fantastic !!

Hi all ... well I have managed to actually start my pregnancy scrapping ... here are the first few in the book ....



This title was taken from the song ' It Started with a Kiss' .. as our pregnancy was a little more clinical it seemed alot more fitting. Harry had to have a small operation and we were not told to take anything with us on the day ... but as it was he was suppose to have taken slippers and dressing gown. The clinic kindly provided Harry with an extra gown and pink slipper socks ... they did say he didn't have to wear them but in good humour and much to the amusement of the staff he wore them to theatre. All this has been recorded in hidden journaling under the pink section of the LO.


This LO I am not that happy with but it was a subject that I didn't like ... taking hormone drugs ... hence why the black background .. it describes how, when and what drugs I had to take and how they made me feel.



We have chosen not to find out Littl' blobs sex so until Birth Day we will have to wait and see .... by doing both Blue and Pink I thought it would help with recording scan pictures.



This is another day I thought I would never see. My own babies clothes hung up to dry ... I washed all of littl' blobs clothes ready for hospital labour day ;)

I am feeling so much more relaxed and happy now we have had the 20 week scan and Litl' blob has become so much more active (well so that I can now feel as well as see) . Its fantastic being kicked and punched right now ... no doubt as Littl' Blob gets stronger and space in my tummy becomes less I might not enjoy it quite as much lol . But for now I am cherishing every moment I can.

I met up with a couple of friends in Colchester yesterday for lunch ... we met up at 12 ish and we were still sitting nattering at the restaurant table at 10 pm last night ... lol was great to catch up though !! I feel quite shattered today now though lol ... I have been pottering around the house .. done the jobs I need to do but I still have a few I want to get done ..... was hoping that my cup of tea would give me some energy ... but alas no :(