Lady of Leisure

Well at least for a time anyway!

Today I got my first sleep in for a while. Lately even on the weekends we've had to get up to get some things done. It felt so good to not be woken by my alarm clock at 5:45am. Although I did get up three times last night. Up until now I've been quite proud of my bladder for holding out but last night i was up at 2:30am, 4:30am and 6:30am! What's with that! Perhaps I was well hydrated after all.

My last day at work was fairly busy but we found time to nibble on some morning tea treats together. I was due to finish at 1:30pm so took a late lunch break. A couple of my colleagues had already given me/baby/Ryan gifts that morning and so I was totally blown away when, while on my lunch break, they appeared with this!

A huge basket, over flowing with loads of goodies! Outfits, soft toys, creams, wipes, smells, nappies, knitted cardigans and jumpers. Because it was so full I only skimmed the surface of it while I was at work. I thought it would be nice to go through it together with Ryan once we were home.

Our baby has so many clothes now! Thankfully most of the outfits from work peeps are for 3-6mths and beyond so will last the distance. I have heard so many tales of babies getting the most gorgeous clothes and not even wearing them because they're either born too big in the first place or they grow so fast that they don't have time to wear them. With bubs being born in summer and with a trip to Italy and Croatia scheduled I'm not sure our little one is going to be wearing much clothing.

Needless to say the generosity of others continues to overwhelm us.

So for my first day as a lady of leisure I have done the following:

Got up at 1030am

Washed, showered and breakfasted.

Walked to hair dresser and enjoyed a nice hair wash and cut care of Emma who was somewhat surprised at how much I had grown since she had last seen me. Truth be told it had been a good three months and a lot happens in that time!

Wandered to Boots and had a browse - bought some steriliser sachets for the bottles that we have kindly donated with bottle wash kit by Diane and Ron. After that I stopped in at a health shop and picked up some raspberry leaf tea - I'm allowed to drink it now to get the uterus in shape. It's quite safe from 36 weeks onward.

I stopped in at Ryan's work briefly but didn't see the man himself. Continued to wander home.

Made it home. Sat down, had a drink.

Been blogging and playing with photos for a few hours.

Went for another wander to meet Ryan to deliver some paperwork he needed.

And now I'm back home, have had some lunch and am about to depart again to go and collect our car from the garage. Hopefully this will be the last time it is there for a while. We've had to get a few things fixed but the guy seems to think it will last us a while longer yet. Here's hoping!

Once I've collected the car I will come home and have a lie down on the new comfy sofa - a great investment!

As for tomorrow.... I have no plans. I'm thinking book + sun = relaxing day.

Until then.

Big loves from me and the 'bucking bumpo' - the latest name for our child (care of it's papa)whose favourite pass time appears to be kickboxing - 20 points for the ribs, 10 for organs and 5 for anywhere that gets mum squirming!