I actually cant believe how much iv been lacking with my blog lately. Iv been really tired again lately, not much 'get up and go'. The sickness seems to have completely gone though luckily.The main 'symptoms' now are heartburn, and the newest one (not very pleasant at all) i keep randomly heaving. Every time i cough or sneeze, it sets me off, or sometimes its just totally random. It even happens in my sleep which is weird. I'm hoping this will pass soon too!
I cant believe I'm heading on for 16 weeks! Its absolutely flying by! I'm so excited about feeling Buttons first movements now. They are wriggling constantly now, but not quite enough for me to feel yet. That's something to look forward to over the next few weeks though!
I cant believe in 4 weeks time we'll be half way there! Iv now got 5 more weeks at work, then a whole week off! I cant wait. I'm definitely feeling ready for it. Adam isn't off, but I'm hoping I'll get lots done round the house. My sister will be around too, so i might see if she can come over and give me a hand with decorating or something. And I'm sure we'll manage to squeeze a couple of shopping trips in too! So that cant come quick enough! Last Thursday i went to my friend Katie's Baby shop in Shirebrook. Its amazing, she has some gorgeous stuff and she's sooo reasonable. I ended up spending £28 in total and i came away with:
* Two Mamas and Papas 'Millie and Boris' Cot Bumpers (Normally £50 each)
* The Millie and Boris cuddly toys (Normally £25 each)
* A teddy bear rug (Normally £20)
* A Mamas and Papas 'Once Upon A Time soft play mat (Normally £30)
* Two Millie and Boris canvas pictures (Normally £16 each)
*Two small Millie and Boris pictures (Normally £10 each)
* Three little white outfits
* A Millie and Boris Light shade (Normally £28)
* A Millie and Boris cot mobile (Normally £30)
* A Millie and Boris fleece blanket (Normally £30)
So Katie has done us a HUGE favour, and saved us rather a lot of money! Its all gorgeous stuff too. I cant wait to get the nursery carpeted and painted now so we can get it all in! Its definitely feeling rather real now, especially having all of that sitting in the lounge. Iv got a whole box of little clothes, hats and bibs now. I keep wanting to take them all out, fold them again and put them back in.
Every things so exciting. I'm still absolutely loving every second of pregnancy. I love having Button with me all the time, and knowing that he/she can actually hear us a bit now, and can suck their thumb! Its like a proper little person!
Drivings going really well, i Drove to Worksop and back last week, and did my first roundabout. So fingers crossed I'm progressing fast enough to get it all done in time!
Adams still really excited, i keep getting lovely texts from him saying 'Love you mummy and baby' etc. He's so sweet.
We're going to nip to McArthur Glen this afternoon, for pancakes and to look at our pram. We've had some lovely time together lately. Last Sunday we decided to just go for a drive and find somewhere random in the countryside to eat. So Adam just drove in any random direction, we ended up in a little country pub on the other side of Matlock, it was a beautiful sunny day, and it had a little terrace with outside seating. So we had a nice chat and a lovely Sunday dinner, and made plans for when Buttons here.
So, things are going pretty perfectly at the moment. Buttons getting bigger, and more clever by the day.
Love love love xxx
Showing posts with label Driving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Driving. Show all posts
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Milly Driver :)
Iv just had my second driving lesson! I absolutely love it, i feel like i could drive round all day. Got up to 60pmh today, drove all around Cuckney, to and from Meden Vale, did junctions, hill starts etc. Loved every second! There were loads of cars out there which made me quite nervous to begin with, but it was amazing. The suns shining too, so driving round little country roads with the window down gave me such a buzz :) Iv already got loads of criteria ticked off!
Scan day tomorrow! I feel sick with excitement now! I cant stop thinking about it. This time tomorrow we will be showing off all our little pictures :)
I'm feeling quite productive today, but iv just got so much to do! I had a nice well needed lay in this morning, then had a walk to the shop and a little picnic in the sunshine. Then got ready for my lesson. Iv been out of the house for 90 minutes. Adam will be home in two hours, so I'm going to see what i can get done before then. Then I'm going to visit my Grandma tonight because its her birthday.
Iv had the sudden urge to get some baby stuff organised. At the moment, all the bits and bobs that we have bought are scattered around in different rooms. I want to get a little box to put everything in and keep it all together.
Iv literally got constant butterflies thinking about tomorrow! eeeek!
Don't think I'm going to get much sleep tonight some how!
Love love love
Scan day tomorrow! I feel sick with excitement now! I cant stop thinking about it. This time tomorrow we will be showing off all our little pictures :)
I'm feeling quite productive today, but iv just got so much to do! I had a nice well needed lay in this morning, then had a walk to the shop and a little picnic in the sunshine. Then got ready for my lesson. Iv been out of the house for 90 minutes. Adam will be home in two hours, so I'm going to see what i can get done before then. Then I'm going to visit my Grandma tonight because its her birthday.
Iv had the sudden urge to get some baby stuff organised. At the moment, all the bits and bobs that we have bought are scattered around in different rooms. I want to get a little box to put everything in and keep it all together.
Iv literally got constant butterflies thinking about tomorrow! eeeek!
Don't think I'm going to get much sleep tonight some how!
Love love love
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Best day yet!!!
Oh my goooodness! I am absolutely on a high!! Firstly, i had my First driving lesson last week, and did amazingly! I was driving all around Meden Vale, loads more confidently than I'd expected! John (Instructor) said that he would quite like me to drive to Worksop this week if i feel up to it! (And I'm not one to turn down a challenge!).
Secondly, i managed to finally get a date for our 12 weeks scan, This Friday at 11:15 (I'll be 13 weeks by then). I've been feeling so nervous about it, just wanting to know that everything is OK.
I had my midwife appointment today, i went into work for an hour and a half, and then caught the bus back and met Adam at the surgery. I hadn't had a wee for 2 hours, so i was convinced my sample would be much less embarrassing than the last two I'd attempted. Kelly's appointment was straight after ours, and as we were over half an hour late going in, we got chance to catch up with her in the waiting area for a while, which was lovely!
When we finally got called in, i did my wee sample (which was majorly impressive i might add!), had my blood pressure checked, went through my blood results etc. Apparently my blood group is A positive, and i have a really good blood count of 14.5. (Honestly, i have no idea what this means!). Heather said, the higher your count is to start with, the more exhausted you get when the baby starts stealing their share! So that very much explains my constant exhaustion! Heather then asked if we wanted to hear the baby's heartbeat!! I squealed and practically leaped onto the bed! She rolled my top up, and but jelly on my tummy, then started to press. It felt like forever, and i thought she was going to give up trying at one point. I was concentrating so hard on her face, trying to tell whether she was panicking or not. I couldn't look at Adam, i think i would have cried, Heather did look a bit worried at one point. After several heart stopping moments we heard it, as clear as anything. It was the best feeling in the world, and has made it all feel so much more real! After being given my proper 'Bounty pack' full of leaflets and brochures etc, and lots of snuggles with Adam, i headed back to work. We had a lovely afternoon at work, it was really busy so the time flew. I got a text on my dinner break from 'Gala Bingo'. We have only ever been there once before and had quite a good time. The text was to tell me that there was an offer on tonight, you could play all night for £5. I quite fancied a night out with Adam so i text him and suggested it. I had a really funny feeling that we ought to go, so i rang Adam after work and said i thought we should, it would be fun. We got a drink and some dinner once we were there and settled down for a couple of games. We won 3 games and a total of £160! Well worth the visit! :D
I am feeling so much better about Fridays scan after hearing that little heartbeat today, and i have a funny feeling I'm going to have sweet dreams tonight! :)
Secondly, i managed to finally get a date for our 12 weeks scan, This Friday at 11:15 (I'll be 13 weeks by then). I've been feeling so nervous about it, just wanting to know that everything is OK.
I had my midwife appointment today, i went into work for an hour and a half, and then caught the bus back and met Adam at the surgery. I hadn't had a wee for 2 hours, so i was convinced my sample would be much less embarrassing than the last two I'd attempted. Kelly's appointment was straight after ours, and as we were over half an hour late going in, we got chance to catch up with her in the waiting area for a while, which was lovely!
When we finally got called in, i did my wee sample (which was majorly impressive i might add!), had my blood pressure checked, went through my blood results etc. Apparently my blood group is A positive, and i have a really good blood count of 14.5. (Honestly, i have no idea what this means!). Heather said, the higher your count is to start with, the more exhausted you get when the baby starts stealing their share! So that very much explains my constant exhaustion! Heather then asked if we wanted to hear the baby's heartbeat!! I squealed and practically leaped onto the bed! She rolled my top up, and but jelly on my tummy, then started to press. It felt like forever, and i thought she was going to give up trying at one point. I was concentrating so hard on her face, trying to tell whether she was panicking or not. I couldn't look at Adam, i think i would have cried, Heather did look a bit worried at one point. After several heart stopping moments we heard it, as clear as anything. It was the best feeling in the world, and has made it all feel so much more real! After being given my proper 'Bounty pack' full of leaflets and brochures etc, and lots of snuggles with Adam, i headed back to work. We had a lovely afternoon at work, it was really busy so the time flew. I got a text on my dinner break from 'Gala Bingo'. We have only ever been there once before and had quite a good time. The text was to tell me that there was an offer on tonight, you could play all night for £5. I quite fancied a night out with Adam so i text him and suggested it. I had a really funny feeling that we ought to go, so i rang Adam after work and said i thought we should, it would be fun. We got a drink and some dinner once we were there and settled down for a couple of games. We won 3 games and a total of £160! Well worth the visit! :D
I am feeling so much better about Fridays scan after hearing that little heartbeat today, and i have a funny feeling I'm going to have sweet dreams tonight! :)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Whoop! Progress :)
I have got my first proper driving lesson tomorrow! I'm so excited, and determined, I'm going to do 3 hours a week, and have worked out that iv got about 20 weeks to crack on with it! I'm going to really get my head down to try and do it as quick as possible, to save money (£20 per hour!). Mum and Dad have both given me money towards it, thank goodness!
Stiiilll haven't had my scan date yet, and I'm 12 weeks this Friday!! (eeek). Chased it up with the hospital, and they claimed to never have received my midwife's letter! It was sent on the 18th Jan! So, instead of doing the simple thing and booking me in while i was on the phone, they said id got to ring Heather back, and get her to resend the letter, and then wait for them to write to me with a date. I rang nearly a week ago now and still haven't heard anything. Going to chase it up again tomorrow. Sickness is getting a lot better, and bump is getting bigger :) Other than that we are all pretty much the same :)
Love love love xxx
Stiiilll haven't had my scan date yet, and I'm 12 weeks this Friday!! (eeek). Chased it up with the hospital, and they claimed to never have received my midwife's letter! It was sent on the 18th Jan! So, instead of doing the simple thing and booking me in while i was on the phone, they said id got to ring Heather back, and get her to resend the letter, and then wait for them to write to me with a date. I rang nearly a week ago now and still haven't heard anything. Going to chase it up again tomorrow. Sickness is getting a lot better, and bump is getting bigger :) Other than that we are all pretty much the same :)
Love love love xxx
Sunday, January 2, 2011
A week gone by.. 2/1/11 14:47
Well it has now been a whole week since we found out about Button, and what a week it has been! Kelly went for her scan, and found out that she isn't actually 10.5 weeks, she is 6.5! (7 now). Which means that these babies could be born pretty close together! :)
I have booked my first midwife appointment, which is on Wednesday 26th January at 9:30am. This feels like a million years away to me at the moment, but I'm sure it'll come round soon enough. I just desperately want my first scan, I just want to know everythings OK, and exactly how far we really are. If it was so wrong for Kelly, it could be for me too.
According to my apps, i am now 5 weeks and 3 days, but i just don't feel like its that reliable now.
I know its supposed to be bad luck to buy things so early on, but i have some opinions:
There are some massive January sales on, IE. HALF PRICE in mothercare and Mamas and Papas, which could literally save us HUNDREDS of pounds! Therefore if we don't buy things now, we will have to pay double the amount in a few months time, which to me seems silly.
Heaven forbid anything goes wrong with Button, we will at least have the stuff ready for when the time is right. (But anyway, i cant even bare the thought of anything going wrong, so it wont!).
My mums already bought a few bits, which is rather sweet. Mainly maternity clothes for me, but she's constantly watching EBay, and has bought Button a bouncy chair too :)
I certainly am starting to feel pregnant now i think. The queasiness is really taking a hold, it comes and goes throughout the day and is less than pleasant, but nothing i cant handle.
I am weeing (on average) about 12 times a day, and 4 each night at the moment, which probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm drinking for England! I cant get enough of apple juice at the moment, which i suppose cant be a bad thing.
I am tending to hit 14:30 every day and suddenly become absolutely shattered. Iv noticed that its almost bang on that time every single day! I'll be fine one minute, and the next its a full on battle to keep my eyes open! So early nights are becoming a must.
I'm also taking some vitamin tablets, which contain folic acid + 18 different vitamins and minerals that are essential during pregnancy.
I'm hoping to fetch some newspaper later today, to cut out rough measurements of nursery furniture, do get a rough idea of how much space we have to play with. Iv been really impatient this week, i just want to be doing something. Be it appointments, baby shopping, reading about labour, anything. I feel like iv got ages to wait before i can really do anything.
One thing i have thought a lot about this week is the fact i cant yet drive. There is absolutely no way i want to be unable to drive when Button arrives. We live in a small village where the buses are rare, and only go in one direction, and i really don't want to be struggling to get on and off with a pram.
I have been wanting to learn for ages, its just been a matter of getting on and sorting it, but the idea of not being able to potter off to meadowhall, or to see family and freinds with Button for the year we may have off together seems to be the push i need. Therefore my updated (married version) or my provisional licence is currently being ordered, and i hope to be starting my lessons, 3 hours a week, next Thursday.
Fingers crossed with that!
Love always xxxxxx X
I have booked my first midwife appointment, which is on Wednesday 26th January at 9:30am. This feels like a million years away to me at the moment, but I'm sure it'll come round soon enough. I just desperately want my first scan, I just want to know everythings OK, and exactly how far we really are. If it was so wrong for Kelly, it could be for me too.
According to my apps, i am now 5 weeks and 3 days, but i just don't feel like its that reliable now.
I know its supposed to be bad luck to buy things so early on, but i have some opinions:
There are some massive January sales on, IE. HALF PRICE in mothercare and Mamas and Papas, which could literally save us HUNDREDS of pounds! Therefore if we don't buy things now, we will have to pay double the amount in a few months time, which to me seems silly.
Heaven forbid anything goes wrong with Button, we will at least have the stuff ready for when the time is right. (But anyway, i cant even bare the thought of anything going wrong, so it wont!).
My mums already bought a few bits, which is rather sweet. Mainly maternity clothes for me, but she's constantly watching EBay, and has bought Button a bouncy chair too :)
I certainly am starting to feel pregnant now i think. The queasiness is really taking a hold, it comes and goes throughout the day and is less than pleasant, but nothing i cant handle.
I am weeing (on average) about 12 times a day, and 4 each night at the moment, which probably has a lot to do with the fact that I'm drinking for England! I cant get enough of apple juice at the moment, which i suppose cant be a bad thing.
I am tending to hit 14:30 every day and suddenly become absolutely shattered. Iv noticed that its almost bang on that time every single day! I'll be fine one minute, and the next its a full on battle to keep my eyes open! So early nights are becoming a must.
I'm also taking some vitamin tablets, which contain folic acid + 18 different vitamins and minerals that are essential during pregnancy.
I'm hoping to fetch some newspaper later today, to cut out rough measurements of nursery furniture, do get a rough idea of how much space we have to play with. Iv been really impatient this week, i just want to be doing something. Be it appointments, baby shopping, reading about labour, anything. I feel like iv got ages to wait before i can really do anything.
One thing i have thought a lot about this week is the fact i cant yet drive. There is absolutely no way i want to be unable to drive when Button arrives. We live in a small village where the buses are rare, and only go in one direction, and i really don't want to be struggling to get on and off with a pram.
I have been wanting to learn for ages, its just been a matter of getting on and sorting it, but the idea of not being able to potter off to meadowhall, or to see family and freinds with Button for the year we may have off together seems to be the push i need. Therefore my updated (married version) or my provisional licence is currently being ordered, and i hope to be starting my lessons, 3 hours a week, next Thursday.
Fingers crossed with that!
Love always xxxxxx X
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