My nesting hormones are kicking in early…
Can I say the Summer is over now? I checked the weather for the next week and it looks utter pants so to me I'm getting prepared for autumn; boxsets, duvet days and homemade soup. This was the first summer where I've had to come up with a whole different routine to get through as our nursery is term time only. At the beginning, six weeks seemed like a long time and I thought it would be pretty hard going, sorting out childcare for when we were at work and organising activities for the girls with none of our regular favourites running and other places being so busy. Anyway I've been pleasantly surprised and I'm feeling quite smug with just how awesome it has been for the girls.
We've had a trip to LEGOLAND where it had monsoon type downpours on several seperate occasions. The kids absolutely loved it and didn't seem bothered – me and the chief bridesmaid could've told you a different story as we aquaplaned in our flip flops. There's been swimming trips, walks in the forest, lunches with friends and even a trip to IKEA, which as you can see the kids just loved as much as their mummies.
We also totalled 19 guests staying with us during that time; visitors from the North and Holland as well as one unplanned guest who was too drunk to make it home! So extremely busy and lots of fun but now I'm counting down until we go on holiday… four little weeks!
Four more weeks at work holiday countdown where it's pretty tame in comparison to pre-pregnancy as i'm now non-operational so fitting smoke alarms, working on community projects, lots and lots of admin and making tea but I've had a couple of my own home rescues to deal with. The first being G with her leg stuck through the baby gate. I would've got a picture of this if it wasn't for her being so upset. Then the chaotic one got stuck between the wardrobe and the wall. "Mummy stuck! Mummy stuck!" I heard with her no-volume-control voice. I had to laugh and take a picture before I released her. So at least I am getting my rescue fix at home and good to see i'm keeping my skills up!!
I'm now over four months pregnant and look about six months. That's all thanks to it being the third child and everything being nicely stretched by those two tiny human big sisters. Great thing is the sickness has now gone and apart from this giant bump I dont feel pregnant at all. I have started to feel the little one moving around and we've now had three experiences of being told that the baby is very active from the sonographer who struggled with our last scan; the acupuncturist who said it is very yang and full of energy; and the midwife who tried to listen in to their heartbeat last week. L and I just gave an eye-roll to each other and both said it was going to be another chaotic one!
My nesting hormones are kicking in early so this extension is feeling like it's taking forever. The builders have knocked a wall through and now we have a massive porch and hallway (no front door) but no idea what to do with it. We are going on holiday in a few weeks and I'm staying hopeful we will have it all finished by then but L reckons it will be nearer Christmas. I always watch those home redesign shows and wonder how people cope as they are almost always pregnant halfway through the construction. Well now that's me and I'm currently trying to tame the hormones before they drive me nuts and make me feel like I'm going to explode!!
I've been on a mission to get my exercise back up to an acceptable standard now that I have a bit more energy and have tried out spinning classes. Oh my word, my bottom area (front and back) took one hell of a beating. Supposedly your body gets used to but I have no idea how!! Thankfully due to timings I can only commit to one session a week which gives me plenty of recovery time. I've also learnt not to go running with a certain friend – baby loved it sleeping all the way in its comfy little bubble, but me on the other hand barely made it up the last hill. I think I'll keep my extra curricular goals to myself from now on!!
Whilst on the subject of looking after myself L, has started back at Slimming World which is fantastic for her as it keeps her focussed and really motivated. I've been prepping some of her meals trying to make sure they are all on the plan and we are not eating junk. So now I'm secret-eating chocolate and fatty foods through the day so not to send her off track. Probably why my bump is so big really when I'm having cake for breakfast!! L cracks me up with her slimming world stories from the group. She saw one of the members in Starbucks stuffing their face with a croissant and latte and L was frantically looking through the book to see where it said that many syns were acceptable. She has me giggling with her tales from the class and I'm even getting tense when we reach the weigh-in day on Thursdays as I'm just wishing her to do well. So proud of her – she lost 2lbs this week. I'll send her to spinning – she will lose a stone in a week!
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