Baby Mason Ethan is here

Our beautiful baby has arrived into the word on 25th June 2013 at 7:22 am weighting 8lb. The labour took almost 4 days and quite traumatizing but was worth every second. I will tell the full story soon, in the meantime we are moving house, sorting the car out as is broken down and cooeing around this beautiful boy. 

Before and after body

I made the mistake of weighting myself when I was 36 weeks pregnant! And according to the silly scales I have gained over 3 stone. 3 STONE!!That was 4 weeks ago so I don't think I have lost anything in the meantime. I will weight myself again this weekend so I know the exact weight I gained during this pregnancy.

I know is all baby and all that crap so I will only be worried this time next year if this 'baby weight' still hangs on my hips and belly. I am not ashamed of my body, I do like to winge about it but there are worst things in life than pregnancy weight gain and I have big plans in order to get the sexiness back.

               MAMA AT 39+3 WEEKS

 

 

          MAMA JUST BEFORE PREGNANCY

THE PLAN:

1. Go for looong walks with the pram while the weather is nice

2.Have breakfast every morning, bran flakes and banana seem to keep me full until lunchtime

3. Have a healthy lunch, preferably salad related or baked potato

4. Have fresh fruit every day as a snack

5.DO NOT buy any junk food

6.DO NOT buy any coke or any fizzy drinks

7.Fill a 2L bottle of water every morning and make sure is empty by night time

8.Make an effort to cook at night

9.Have a tiiiiny dessert if necessary or maybe an ice lolly while is hot

10.BREASTFEED ;) Good for the baby, good for me. Winner!

 

I'm not planning on exercising because I am sure this baby will keep me busy and I am not the type of person who gets bored as I always clean, cook, bake or probably look after a baby.

 

In the meantime I will keep enjoying the foods I like because after all.. baby needs food!

39 weeks pregnant

This week I honestly thought I was going to give birth as I had really bad pains and little contractions. We ended up going to hospital on Saturday night as the pains were unbearable. They took bloods ( which left me with a horrendous bruise on my left arm), smear test, blood pressure, temperature and baby monitoring for more than half an hour. The results were fine which was quite frustrating, I secretly hoped they would give me a reason for all these pains. We were there for over 5 hours and it was draining and depressing. Hopefully next time I'll end up in there I will come out with a baby as I am sure the nurses know me already and of course I know my way round the hospital.

Apart from pains, Braxton Hicks and other unknown symptoms I had not much has changed. Still loving watermelon and the other day I had a really big crave for cherries after seeing them in a green grocer. I wanted to buy some but didn't have any change so I didn't in the end but kept thinking about how delicious they looked so went back the next day and got some... they were devoured in less than a minute.

It was Fathers Day on Sunday so we spent the day doing bits and bobs in the morning, had lunch out in town followed by a visit from my dad and the rest of the afternoon spent in the pub with my dad and rest of the family and friends with babies. Got a lot of sympathy looks from other people with the question : ''Oooh still pregnant then??'' Everyone is texting me to ask if I'm still pregnant and almost feel guilty for saying yes! Even Liam has been Googling 'How to induce labour naturally' which sent me absolutely mental. I am not a bloody baby machine and I don't see how is such an inconvenience for everyone else that I am still pregnant, if anyone should feel stressed and impatient is bloody ME!

 

 We now have a moving date... a week today!!! Mental I know but if we get ourselves organized then I'm sure it will be fine with our without baby.  We need to hand the keys over on the 27th June so that day we are going to Liam's mum to stay and we allocated a week to decorate and get the furniture in our new house so we won't be homeless for more than 7 days. If the baby comes earlier then we'll just have to move out a bit earlier but we're now hoping that baby is a bit late :) At least in 4 weeks we can say we've moved house, had a baby and we're all settled!

38 weeks pregnant

Another hard week for me as you can probably see from my face in the pic :( I have been in bed for 2 days and tonight I found some energy to clean up after dinner and go out to the shop. 

I have had awful pains everywhere but on the last days I had what I think were Braxton Hicks which kept me in bed. I called Triage who said is normal and if they get any worst to call them back. I have a midwife and hospital appointment on Wednesday again so that's a bit reassuring as I can feel the baby moving and switching position a lot. Normally he shouldn't be able to move as much at this stage in pregnancy but obviously that is not a problem for our baby. He loves kicking me in the ribs.And the vagina! 

Been eating a lot of watermelon again this week.I decided that I haven't got the space or the energy to precook meals for us and freeze them so instead i went shopping and stocked up on pasta, lots of dry noodles, jars of pasta sauces, curry,chillies and stuff like that and filled the freezer as well with chicken,quorn and other things that are easy to throw in the oven so we should be ok with them.

I have also seem to have got a slight cold  as I have a runny nose, dry throat and generally 'feeling like poo' .

The weather was super hot this past week so I really struggled with that as no clothes that fit and heavy bump make me a grumpy mama.

We're hoping that it won't be long now, I know that realistically it could be another 4 weeks which I'm praying it won't be the case. I can't be that unlucky to have a long and painful pregnancy.

37 weeks pregnant

This weeks post is 2 days late so I am now 37 and a half weeks pregnant and counting every second until this baby comes.

I am posting less and less as I find it hard to motivate myself to do anything else apart from clean,clean,clean. I have washed and ironed every piece of baby clothing, organised all his nappies, toiletries and other bits ready for any day arrival.My work colleague gave birth to her baby girl and she was due the same day as me so it just shows that it can literally happen any day now.She was gutted that she didn't have time to do more stuff and enjoy

her mat leave more but at least she gets more time with baby.

Cravings have been watermelon again,in excessive amounts. I could eat a watermelon in no time.

Braxton Hicks have been killing me and also got a lot of pain in my lower back and groin area. Is absolutely awful not being able to get of the sofa or doing basic things like turn from one side to another. I am not enjoying these last weeks especially after we thought we would have him by c-section, I did get my hopes up by Oh well!

I am going to the hospital tomorrow morning to check the baby's position so I hope he's still head down. If he has moved again they will probably keep me in again which I don't want.

I now need a bib when I eat as the plate is too far away from my face because of the bump so you can tell when I eat as I'm messier than my one year old niece.

Not sure what else to say apart from pain pain pain!!

We are very excited to meet him now,is such a baby boom at the moment with everyone either giving birth or getting pregnant! Sometimes I feel like I'm not ready yet and I don't want to give birth but most times I'm excited to meet him. I think once I get rid of the extra weight and the bump I will be able to enjoy things more like walking, swimming or just pottering about.

I am excited to wear normal clothes as well as all I can wear now is 2 pairs of leggings and a couple of maternity tops so nothing exciting.The only thing that I was excited about was my baby shower but now that I didn't get a proper one is not much to look forward to apart from the actual birth.

The weather outside is so hot at the moment that i feel like I don't even want to be outside. Luckily our house is quite cool but is such a waste to be stuck in all day in such beautiful weather :(

Hopefully this will be my last bump post!

When things don't go to plan!

As per my previous post, the midwife sent me for a scan to check the baby's position which didn't go so well unfortunately! 

Today was not a good day and it started with me trying to be clever and squeezing through a tight alley way which resulted in a massive scratch on my brand new car together with a bloody dent. Brilliant! 

I then went home to tidy up as Liam finished work early so we can go for a scan, then out for dinner to see the niece and cinema in the evening. Good plan so far! 

All spoiled when we found out during the scan that naughty baby has indeed changed position from head down to horizontal so across my ribs. Head in right rib, feet in left rib! Not only that but he's in danger on getting the cord somehow wrapped around him if I go into labour early. AND I will be in danger as well as his feet can come out first which can cause major bleeding for me so NOT GOOD at all! So mama is now staying in hospital until naughty baby arrives which thankfully won't be in 4 weeks as the doctor said o will get a C-section at 38 weeks if everything is still the same which is very likely.

My OCD then kicked in so all I could think of was SHIT!! I have so many things I needed to do like cooking some food for the freezer, washing all the baby's clothes, getting mentally ready! What about the cinema tonight? What about my baby shower in 2 days time? What about, what about, what about?????

I miss my home so much already! Next time I'll go back home is with a baby. I'm not going to see the dog now for a while :( God, this is so scary! I only came in for a scan. I didn't come in to have a baby.

The good thing is that we have brilliant family and friends who all offered to help and visit me so I am very happy with that.

My new home:

36 weeks pregnant

We are now 4(ish) weeks away from having a baby and it still hasn't sunk in.We now have everything we need for the hospital bag, I'm waiting for my last items to arrive hopefully by tomorrow and we should be good to go.

This past week has been no different than it was the week before apart from more groin and pelvic pains. We walked into town to watch the 10K Run and I actually felt like my feet were slowly giving way accompanied by blisters and sore toes. I'm now officially unable to walk for any longer distances than 100 metres without gasping for air and stopping for a break :( 

Main craving was watermelon, could eat one a day with no problems.

Also had some heartburn a couple of nights but quickly sorted with loads of milk.If the baby had the same hair i had when I was born then another little monkey will be born.

Been sick a few times, not actually sick but felt very sickly. Bleurgh!!! 

This baby has been well and truly active this week, kicking and punching my ribs, bladder and other painful areas.

I am loosing sleep at night due to kicks and wee breaks. Definitely trying to get me used to night feeds.

 

Seen the midwife as well who said she's not sure of the position of the baby so she's sent me for an emergency scan to double check that. No wonder I had all these ribs and vagina pains, if the baby is sat like we think he is then he's kicking me in the ribs with his fists and in the bladder with his feet. Amazing!

 

 

35 weeks pregnant

Being 35 weeks pregnant hurts. A lot! I am sat in the armchair as I'm writing this as I am unable to move due to pelvic and groin pains.When these are not painful then something else is like my lower back or my legs or my feet.

Is not enjoyable anymore and I am jealous on the mums who are enjoining these last weeks of being childless. Is so worrying when I get this pains but I found that going online (Baby Centre UK) helped more than a call to the Triage department as apparently is normal and the baby is just positioning into my pelvic bone ready for the birth.

This week hasn't seen major changes since last week apart from my bump getting heavier and bigger.I seem to eat a lot of fruit again especially juicy ones like watermelon,pineapple and oranges.Still enjoying my good old kiwi but I could literally murder a watermelon in no time.

We have been sleeping apart a few nights too as is just more comfortable for both of us with me needing my pregnancy cushions every second of the night.

I think I have gained most of my weight now as looking at photos of me,I don't really recognise the person anymore and is devastating.I have never been so heavy in my whole life and I cannot wait for the long walks in the park with the pram and my skinny jeans.

I can no longer shave my legs or down below so unfortunately Liam will have to assist me in doing it so i am not looking forward to what.I am a big believer in keeping some things for yourself and being unable to shave anymore was one of the things I was least looking forward to.

After the antenatal class last week,I have now decided that I will have a water birth with just gas and air.Of course if after 5 minutes of labour I will decide that I NEED an epidural or something stronger than sucking on gas then i will not hesitate to ask the midwife.I have very low pain threshold and I definitely don't want to think of the birth as the worst thing ever.

I have done the hospital bags for me and the baby, we just need to get a few more bits for me and the car seat from Liam's mum and with that we should be all sorted and ready for his arrival.

The house move is looking more like around the due date ( obviously,it couldn't have been easy and straightforward could it?) bit I'm fine with that. Is nothing we can do about it as is with the solicitors now so stressing about it will not do anything. We are lucky that we have a house and a family that can help if needed.

I am getting more dizziness and fatigue now so I think my sugar levels keep dropping randomly for some reason but thankfully it happens when I'm at home. I'm not risking long drives anymore as I am nearly 8 months pregnant now so not worth it especially with all these pains I have. I can imagine myself in the papers as the heavily pregnant lady who gave birth on the hard shoulder of the M6 because things like that happen to me.

I was sick once this week as well when I was cooking chicken drumsticks so I am now really put off by meat.I stocked up on Quorn and I must say I much prefer that and I will stick to it from now on.

The baby's movements are really noticeable through my clothes now and if I'm sat down or lying down you can just see fists and feet poking out.Liam felt it a lot and my ribs have too and I can't say is pleasant as is very painful now. There's me in all my glory:

34 weeks pregnant

               
                        My 34th week also marks the last week in work for me as per my last post.

A lot of people have of course shared their very much appreciated opinion that I have finished work very early and I will wish that I would have finished a bit later just so I can get more time with the baby when he's here. Well, yes, I would have loved to work until a week before the baby is due and have a decent salary until probably August as opposite to getting only 90% of my not so great salary at the end of June just in time for the baby's arrival. I would have loved to have 5 weeks extra with my baby next year rather than sit at home now and watch Jeremy Kyle all day and obsessively clean the house/arrange baby clothes/re-arrange baby clothes/ count nappies/worry about the house/worry about the how we are going to raise a child on one and a half wage with a mortgage,new car,other crap/ worry in general just to fill up my 6 weeks which I could have spent with my child. But try and explain this to my horrendously painful back and vagina area. Also to my feet that look like they've been pumped up by 10am,to my legs that refuse to function if I sit down for more than 20 minutes,fatigue and dizziness I get every day around lunchtime to name a few.

This week hasn't been great for me as i am getting heavier and I am happy I have finished so early not just for me but for the baby as I feel I have been putting a lot of strain on him by not resting when I need to and forcing myself to do stuff like cooking every night after work,a bit of cleaning here and there,not getting up from the desk every 20 minutes and all this. I also feel like I've been a useless girlfriend for the same reason as All I do is moan with pain,sit down like a vegetable and just be miserable. Long gone are the days when I used to cook from scratch nice dinners and cuddle on the sofa or go for a walk. Now is more like a quick pasta with a ready made sauce and quick return to the sofa where I practically rot until is shower and bed time.Not exactly romantic ( especially when you have hairy legs and other bits so basically not much going for you as a woman)!

Baby's movements are getting very painful as well as he seems to get some limbs stuck in my ribs all the time and this week I managed to get him filmed as well.Freaky shit that! It still amazes and freaks me out but is also an amazing feeling.

I am seeing the midwife on Tuesday for my 34 week,can't wait to see who is replacing Fat Julie this week. Long story short,my midwife ( lady called Julie who was too fat to get off her chair so she was always accompanied by someone who did all the moving for her) went off sick after my 16 week appointment so I saw a different one at each appointment which is very annoying as I had to explain to each one of them my back pains and my SPD which I also diagnosed myself with.This is also one of the reasons why I finished work early,my midwife didn't refer me to a physiotherapist until 2 weeks ago when It was bit too late for them to do anything with my crushed pelvic bone and 'wonky spine' and basically I kind of self certified myself and decided to finish work and rest my back.

On a more positive note though, I am not in so much pain anymore,maybe cuz my body is now immune to pain after suffering for so long and I am finally looking forward to baby's arrival so I am in a happy mood.The baby shower is on 1st June and after that only 3 weeks left if the baby is a good boy and comes on time.

Tomorrow I will start doing the hospital bags because I am a control freak and like to be organised,especially after having this weird dreams that I'm going into labour and I'm not ready for it!!! It was awful because in my dreams I was upset about the fact that I haven't been organised not because my baby was born premature! I really hope this nesting crap goes away once I give birth,I can't start obsessively tidying and cleaning and organising with a newborn baby like i do now.

I am very happy that I have no stretch marks to show for this pregnancy and will credit Bio Oil and Palmers Cocoa Butter for it. I however seems to have gained quite a lot of cellulite :( as I haven't been able to do any exercise since January because of this back and groin pains. I am planning to go for the longest walks with the baby and the stepdog so I'm not worried about that.

Someone said to me today to stop questioning why I'm tired or hungry or hot and just deal with it so I had a nap yesterday and today and still went to bed at my usual time. I think my body knows that I finished work and is now catching up on sleep.Sleep is lovely!

P.S. sorry for the blurry photo. I haven't got a clue why is like that as is perfectly clear on my phone.

Last day in work pre-baby

What an emotional day! Not only was my last day in work but we picked up my new car and didn't have time to say a proper goodbye to my old one :(

So as I said,today was the last day I got up at 7am to go to work.Well, I actually got up at 5:30am(!!!!!!) because I kept dreaming that I'm going into labour on my last day and don't have time to handover and to say goodbye.Liam wasn't well either and he got up earlier than me so him not being in bed was weird too.

Me and my friend Michelle slaved away last night baking buns,cakes and brownies for work people, nothing better than a dress down Friday with cakes for breakfast, they went down very well.
***I am really getting into baking and even treated myself today with some new baking trays.I know! Is the little things nowadays***

It was so strange to walk through the doors and make my coffee and generally following the same routine I do every day knowing it'll be the last time I'm doing it.Everyone kept asking if I'm getting emotional and I must say that I did get very sad but didn't really have time to get sad and sulk as I was so busy trying to get work done.

I must say that my work colleagues are ace and they are the only reason I am still in that job. The banter we have and the inappropriate jokes kept us going during these awful past months where there weren't enough people for the amount of work we had.

I was so spoiled with gifts for the baby,cards, flowers, wine (mwahahahaha, more for mama,I have a couple of bottles of rosé with my name on them after baby), chocolates and whatnot.

Not sure how long I will be off as we haven't yet thought about childcare so for now I just want to enjoy some time off, try and spend as much time as possible with Liam and hopefully move house before the baby comes.

A few photos from today:

Sexy cakes

And the piece au resistance for after baby shenigans:

Mmmm...I will love it, each sip of it!

P.S. I must mention the most hilarious thing Shaz from work got us for the baby (the massive yellow flower in the pictured):

www.bloomingbath.com
Check it out! I love Shaz for finding the most random things ever online ! Xx

33 weeks pregnant

I am now 33 weeks,7 weeks away from baby's arrival. This has been a very exciting week for us and this is how the bump looks:

This week we've got another thing baby related: a new car. It had to be done and I love it. My old car had only 3 doors and a boot big enough to fit 2 carrier bags from Lidl which is not ideal when you have to get a pram around and a car seat in the back.I loved my Yaris and it breaks my heart to get rid of her( is a she of course and her name is Didina!) but is yet another thing we had to sacrifice.Our new car is a fairly new Peugeot 308 with 5 DOORS and A MASSIVE BOOT!!! how fancy are we??

This is also my last week in work and I am so ready for it. I am so tired all the time and achy,9 hours sat down each day is taking its toll on my back.I will be very sad to finish work as I do enjoy my job,I love the rude jokes we make in the office and random conversations/debates mostly vagina related(with 4 girls being pregnant in work at the same time) we all have around midday when everyone is too hot and bored to do any more work, I will miss the routine I have every day and I will very much miss the excitement of being Friday! I bloody love Fridays and love how everyone is in such good mood.

No cravings this week, I did however make American pancakes this morning as I saw someone on TV making some and my mouth was dribbling so had to make some immediately. Photos and recipe tomorrow ;) I did however devoured so much whole milk every day,I had awful heartburn and milk seems to sort it out so had lots of it.

I no longer have ankles,I have cankles! My fingers look like cocktail sausages.

I walk like an injured penguin and my legs are chaffing.

I somehow gone off puddings and junk food. No, I'm lying actually! We did have a McDonald yesterday to celebrate the new car but is was horrible and it made me sick. I have a Waitrose chocolate brownie in the fridge and it has been there for a while and I don't really want it :/ I also have loads of nice ice creams in the freezer that don't seem to appeal to me :/ whaaaaat? This is the only time in my life when I can get away with eating crap and ice cream for breakfast( ahem...Course I haven't had a tub of Ben& Jerrys by 10am before).

I just seem to eat a lot of fruit which I always have anyway but now is beyond ridiculous.Last night I felt a bit sick and was very tired but still got up and dragged myself to the kitchen to make a healthy mushroom and asparagus risotto. I never made risotto before but it was nice. Liam had half of a large Dominos Pizza instead. Apparently my risotto looked like baby sick. For dessert I had a big bowl of strawberries.

I am now off to eat a whole pineapple! Xxx

Bump pictures week 16 to 31

Just been reading through past posts as I am still trying to figure this blogging thing out and noticed that my '32 weeks of pregnancy' has vanished into thin air!!! How is that possible? Even Google can't explain it so the best solution is to re-post it or better said re-write it which is not ideal as I had other posts I wanted to write.Anyway see below the progress of my "twins","must be a lot of water","you must be bloated a lot" or the best one "bloody hell you're massive":

32 weeks pregnant

Today I am 8 weeks away from giving birth providing the baby comes on time.Every week it takes longer and longer to get a good picture of the bump as this week for example we couldn't take one without my back fat on display. Not a little fat, plenty of rolls actually!  This is how I look minus the back fat:

No cravings this week,quite an achy back and swollen feet but feeling good overall. Baby is moving so much throughout the day which is a very good thing, I have seen the midwife also who confirmed everything is good and normal.

I now know why people like me are dreading having babies, because other people with babies are idiots! The amount of times I heard today: 'Oooooh not long now,hope you are ready for sleepless nights' or 'pooey nappies are awful, do you wanna try and practice?' NO,of course not! Why the hell would I wanna change your child's bum to practice? I'm sure I will get enough practice from my own.That and the sick and the drools that come with it but that in a different post :)

On a different note, today we have decided that we are accepting an offer on our house so hopefully baby will be born in a new house. I cannot wait to make it our own. Look:

The new house has 3 bedrooms, a garage and a perfect kitchen diner. Also the enclosed garden is great for the stepdog,he cannot be left on his own in our garden as he sneaks into Keith's garden next door and he forgets how he got in and gets stuck in the fence.I know! So overall a great house for us and can't wait to start decorating it!

Cravings...

I am just wiping my face off the Nutella Chocolate and crumbs that make me look like a baby who just discovered toast! I was woken up by a very hungry belly/baby and on Saturday mornings we don't usually have any food,fruit,milk,bread,anything healthy really in the fridge as I do the food shopping on a Saturday.

The only thing that was edible was Nutella on toast! Mmmmmm....is definitely one of my cravings as never fancied it before I got pregnant and is delicious.

Another craving I had from the beginning was kiwis. People say is weird but I don't see how that is weird, I mean people do eat sponges and lick cats hair ( seen the advert on tv of This woman licking her cats.whaaat??)

So chocolate spread, kiwi and tinned peaches are my everyday essentials.I have a fruit salad for my lunch every day and I love it.I have been trying to eat really healthy as I have a very sweet tooth and I didn't want to be one of them pregnant ladies that gain 5 stone, I know you can't really help it sometimes but I have no motivation to loose weight ever so that much weight on my 5'4 frame is catastrophic.

Another favourite food of mine is pasta!!!! I could literally eat pasta with anything, is so versatile and filing and healthy( it is it is, there are NO carbs in pasta yeah?).I have a feeling that pasta will be very very popular in our house once the baby is here as Liam can't cook anything apart from Cajun pasta.

I have discovered the easiest recipe for ''Pesto Pasta" but because mama is very tired nowadays I buy everything ready made, including the garlic! Because why not?

So the ingredients are:

Pesto, garlic, salami or chorizo and a tiny amount of chillies. Of course salt and pepper. We used pasta bows which we boiled for 10 mins, friend the salami with garlic in a pan for no longer than a minute then chucked the pasta with a few spoonfuls of pesto. Mix them together for a couple of minutes until the pasta is covered in the pesto and done:

We made some garlic bread because I love it and also sprinkled some Parmesan on the pasta for extra taste ( Liam skipped the Parmesan but added hot sauce.

Perfect meal in less than 20 minutes :) x

Bargain shopping!!

 

As it was pay day last week, I decided to buy a few bits and bobs for the baby and also for my hospital bag. We are hoping to move house in the next weeks so I want to be prepared in case baby decides to come early and don't fancy searching for nursing pads/muslin cloths/etc in a house full of boxes and other crap. Anyway, how bloody expensive baby related stuff are??? It just makes me angry every time I buy something so I decided to raid the charity shops in town for some dresses for me ( nothing fits any more once again :(), is getting hot and I'm always having hot flushes so not sexy!

I must say that charity shops nowadays are not cheap, you definitely can't expect to buy anything for less than a fiver unless you want a china cup or a yellow,smelly book. I managed to pick up 2 dresses for £15 which aren't maternity but they will do the job and one of them was new with tags but £15 from a charity shop???? I feel robed...

Next stop was B&M Bargains and good old Poundland for some toiletries and baby stuff ( baby hairbrush, baby nail scissors and nail clip for £1.99? Gracias). What actually made me happy and fulfilled was my brand new clothes horse, which was reduced to £12.99 and is has sooooo much space for spreading my big granny pants and my brand new charity shop dresses ;) because I'm class!

and we haven't got a tumble dryer anymore :(

My last and best bargain of all times was eBay. I was randomly looking for something when I typed baby bundle and a whole page of options was open just for me. I'm not very good with eBay ( ever since me and Liam bided against each other on a table and not realising to only be very smug when I told him how cheap I got it after managing to win it against a looser who wasn't quick enough,course that was Liam doing the same thing) so when I found a bundle of over 60 items of baby boy clothing for less than £20 I decided to put a bid thinking it'll go for a lot more given the massive selection on offer. The listing ended at 7 am next day just as I was getting ready for work so was able to keep an eye on it, only went and won the bloody bundle for £21. My dad picked them up for me so saved   me the money on the postage and voila:

It was so much stuff, we got rid of a couple from the bundle and some clothes we had as well as we decided that they weren't as nice as the new ones and managed to put together another lot ready to go on eBay for probably the same price as what I paid. Win win !! So it just shows that you don't have to spend a load of money to get stuff unless you are precious about newborn clothes which we aren't :D

I have a feeling that I'll be doing a lot more bargain hunting soon with the house decorating and finishing work which I'm sure I can get used to till baby comes ;) x

Funny things

This made me laugh today :)

First Post... About me

I wasn't sure what to write about in my first post so best introduce myself and my life and who is part of  it.

This is us... Me, my boyfriend Liam and our one year old niece,Naomi.Also present is our unborn baby boy due in 8 weeks.

And this is my stepdog...Maddox. We are still establishing whether we like each other or not.I mostly like him when he doesn't fart, breathe close to me and doesn't sit anywhere apart from his own bed.

So this is us... My next post will be about the past 32 weeks x

P.S. Please bare with me while I'm trying to figure out how to work the blog thing out, I'm poo at technology. I can only just check my emails and read other blogs and trying to do it with an iPad is not helping either