Book Me In For One Baby Please

So I had a friend from my Hydrotherapy class give birth to a beautiful little boy yesterday. We had only been discussing it the night before on how she was booked to have him on the Thursday and afterwards a funny thought hit me...

'I'm actually going to book in an appointment to have Dash.'

And when you think about it - it is a really bizarre concept. You book yourself in for hair appointments and physio appointments but 'Giving Birth' appointments? That's a pretty massive mark to put on your calendar.

I will get to the point where I am sitting at home thinking 'This time in two days I will be going in to have a baby.' Crazy!

I guess I only can say this because Bugg was natural and just came when he darn felt like it.

Sorry Dash, you'll just have to come when Mum says. Poor little man!

xoxo

A picture is worth 1000 words...

And when even 1000 words would not do justice for how much I adore my son I'll just leave you with the picture that we were lucky enough to snap yesterday...

And I keep bringing things home with me...

So yesterday it was Pickle the cat. She is my new friend to balance out the fact that my house is slowly filling with boys. I've even got one working on the inside! So far she has taken over the house. Nice work Pickle - I like your style.

Today my Bring-Home splurge was... Tada! My wedding dress. There was no real need that it HAD to come home with me - apart from the fact that I may want to sneak glances at it every single day from now until I am actually married.

Oh I also grabbed the latest edition of Bride Tasmania. That should keep me entertained for a while at least :)



Two very successful days if you ask me!

xoxo

First peek at the colour scheme...

So for all you people who keep asking: "What colour are you having your bridesmaids?" this post is for you.  After much deliberation factoring several important things (such as the time of year, my favourite colour and what will work with our location) I can reveal to you my two colours that will be in my colour scheme.

The first is this killer eggplant shade. It is awesome.

The second is an olive green. Because we all know green is the best colour in the whole world.

Now as for both colours at this stage I'm not actually sure which will be my bridesmaids and which will just be used in the colour scheme because really I don't want to make up my mind now just to change it in a few weeks time (very possible scenario).


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Lock it in thanks Eddie...

Things now completed on my todo list:

- Book in Maternity Leave: This gets a huge HELLS YES.

So yesterday I applied for and was granted my next batch of maternity leave. And yes I have actually started a countdown calendar on my desk so I can slowly strike off the days until the big date of the 9th December 2011 gets here and I pack up my desk and head off into the land of Mummydom.

I would like to thank the government for their new paid parental leave scheme. I'm actually going to be able to have at least 7 months off with Charlie and Baby Dash with no stress over our finances.  What a relief it is.

Other than that my todo list is as long as my arm. But that's alright, I have no rush to get anything else done at the moment. Lazy Lady Ahoy!

xoxo

Quarter of the way down...

So for the last few days I've been a bit sore. And being that bit sore wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't all the freaking time.  After a few quick phone calls to midwives galore, I was pointed in the direction of a Pelvic Floor Specialist who (hopefully) will be able to help me get my body back to being bearable.

It's not that I expect pregnancy to be a picnic - Gosh, second time around I know it's no picnic! But being sore all the time has lead me to be one exceptionally cranky fat cow and if you ask Groomblogger he will tell you that it's not fun to live with.

On a more crazy note - My baby boy is now 15 months old.  When I used to work in Childcare I always thought anything over 14months was toddler-ish... but to be honest I don't want him to be a toddler! I want him to stay as my baby, he's even getting hair. Oh darling boy! Why are you growing so big?!

It is wonderful getting to see him grow and all the fun things he is learning about, but I worry that soon enough he will be in a car with his 'P plates' up and he'll be off down the street without a second glance back for his poor mum :(

I need to stop worrying, I know there are many more merry moments in between then and now - The one I'm looking forward to the most is the first out-of-the-blue "I love you mummy".

And as for the wedding front. Today I received an email reminder - '18 Months til the big day'. Needless to say I kind of crapped myself at this point. When asked, I still tell people I'm not getting married for two years but I guess since Simon was lovely enough to ask me to do him the honours, a quarter of my planning time has lapsed! IT IS GONE!

Of course as you can tell I have been doing stuff but really, 18months left to finance the whole thing and make what I have in my head happen on the day?! I can see why people get so worked up about it!

Anyways, I'm going to have a small nap before I take a relaxing bath in preparation for this evenings special physio appointment. Wow, I know sounds like a hard life I lead doesn't it?

xoxo