car snacks

most evenings I bring snacks along for the car ride home.. tonight I have got a banana for Phil and a packet of mint slice biscuits for me. I told Phil I will be willing to share.. I purchased the banana on Wednesday lunch when I went on the big journey to the supermarket.. I got a nice new one ready to eat.. But I forgot about it and I wasn't here yesterday so today the banana has all these little brown spots on it.. I know that inside the banana itself will still be fine, but I just can't eat it..

those of you who know me well, know that the only fruit I eat is apple and water melon (which I only started eating about 3 years ago).. I have tried to eat bananas.. but find them strange.. so every so often I will get one and give it a go.. it ususally takes about an hour for me to finish it and if there are any dark patches I won't eat them at all..

yu gi ho?

One of the guys at work is off to purchase yu gi ho cards for his nephews.. apparently they love the stuff .. so there was big discussions on where he can go to get them and all that jazz.. he really wanted to get them some kind of outdoor activity/game, but thought it would never get used.. oohh the youth of today.. stuck indoors playing crazy card games..

I think my brain fell out over lunch

I am all blah now.. I was doing some work and people didn't like it, they wanted a press 2 to continue bit.. so now instead of one box that just plays a nice message and goes back to where it came from, I have over 20 boxes that go to a bunch of different places.. It is making me tired just thinking about it..
for lunch today I had some noodles.. and an apple blackcurrant juice, and an ice cream cone and a twirl.. i also had purchased a roll but threw it away.. I couldn't decide what it was I wanted to have.. so its friday and I can sleep in .. hoorah! I really like sleep ins.. and not having to sit at my desk when all I really want to do is lay down and have a nice nap..

the lab ray

I used the Lab ray on Miss froggy poos.. and he got turned into a yellow poogle.. oohh dear.. I can't even remember what he was before.. he was a striped froggy looking thing.. oohh no.. I was tryingt o get his sex changed back to female.. having a name like miss froggy poos didn't really fit.. oohh well.. serves me right

Lucky Dip baby

Yesterday Phil and I went off to the Ultrasound.. it was very exciting.. I wa a bit nervous.. as this is the one where they check all the body bits to make sure you are having a healthy child.. well we are.. hoorah! all the bits are in the right spot doing the right things.. ie blood is moving throught the 4 chambers of the heart.. the baldder fills, there are 2 kidneys, etc...

but the baby is very shy.. it was all curled up at the bottom, there was all this nice empty space for it to spread out in.. but no.. it had its ankles crossed and was holding onto its feet, and had its feet and arm up above its head.. so basically it was a ball.. This made it quite difficult for the women performing the scan to measure and count all the nesecarry bits.. we were there for about 45 mins.. I had to get up and go and empty my bladder in the hope that moving around would make the baby stretch out.. no such luck.. so we still don't know what gender the little tyke is.. I will be a huge surprise on the day.. oohh golly..

waiting till 5pm

I am waiting till 5pm today so that I can then turn something off and go home.. well not home but leave the office.. I am not gong to be in tomorrow and don't want things on for ages.. hhmm confusing.. but basically I am sitting at my desk waiting for the clock to tick down.. perhaps I should have a snack..

week 18

tomorrow I have an ultrasound .. it will be the last one.. apparently they check that all the organs are there, count the fingers, toes, check the heart chambers, ceck the spine, etc.. also we should be able to find out if we are having a boy or a girl.. hhmm not sure if we need to know.. I think I would like to know.. but it really dosen't make a difference to what happens.. I mean its not like you can put it back in.. so I might decide later.. but not too late..

we also have our next visit to the obstetrition.. not sure what he needs to check .. but I will go along and see.. I am gong to have the entire day off from work.. I am guessing I will be tired from all the prodding.. so that will come in handy.. I can rest between the appointments.. not have to worry about rushing around..

knitting is on again

I am going this week.. I think I need to make a beanie, but I don't think I have the right wool.. I will have to investigate some nice wool.. perhaps I will continue with the crocheting of Grandma squares for my big rug. Phil mentioned that he might need a scarf.. I had better let him choose the wool and style that he wants.. I usually make garish items for Phil.. I can't help it.. also he has a wool problem.. it makes him itchy.. wool used to make me itchy.. but that was when i was at school.. not I think it is nice and yummy.. he needs to get tougher..

my little car..

Hilton dropped off my car last night as Simon had borrowed it last week.. so I took it for a drive to visit Maree and Grant.. I was very proud of myself.. I really like my car.. it is nice and easy to drive.. very light, unlike Phil's car which is heavy.. so I am back in the game now.. I might have to go shopping or somethign.. cos I can now.. in my ace new car.. oohh speaking of shopping, Elissa called me a little while ago to tell me that Myer in the city is having a massive sale.. shoes are 20% off.. I told her to buy some.. everyone needs more shoes..

African drumming

one of the guys I know on my floor popped around to say hello.. and mentioned that he is going to africa to do some drumming .. he is going on a 4 week stint in west africa.. amazing.. I can't imagine doing such a fabulous thing.. I don't think I would be willing to get all the shots required.. there is bound to be heaps..

helping hand

today I went out wandering a bit at lunchtime.. I needed new pyjama shirt thing's.. I got some.. but on the way to the shop I was walking down the street and up ahead I could see this eldery lady with her walker/chair/thingy and she was trying to get it up some stairs.. all these people were just walking past her.. so when I got to her, I stopped asked if she needed help, which she did and moved the frame to the top of the stairs for her.. she was then capable of wandering up the stairs .. and was rather grateful for the help.. I dont' know why this place didn't have a ramp! so anyway that was my good deed for the day.. but I can't believe that so many people would wander past when it only took me 30 secs to help... gotter wonder about some people.. also whats going to happen when I am a little old lady that needs help climbing the stairs?? hhmm perhaps by then there won't be stairs .. just escalaters.. ahh think of the future..

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the Birthday Girl! you know who you are..

I hope you have a fantabulous day with much fun and excitement and no cat vomit..
Best wishes for the coming year..

training this afternoon

I am not sure what it is about.. probably somethign to do with documentatin.. it is all the rage at the moment.. so I might see some sights on the way..

the weekend news

hhmm what happened over the weekend??

well Friday night I visited Margy and Kate.. Phil was musicing it up in Bayswater.. we watched some telly chatted and ate food.. there was this awful movie on with Madonna in it.. shipwrecked on some island with her being a rude rich twat... turned into a love story.. crazy... we also had pizza for dinner.. which was really cheesy.. as in so much cheese that you had to take small bites.. Margy dropped me off home and when I got inside I was sick.. no good.. very disoppointed with my effort.. I also had really nasty big headache things.. I think it might be sinus realated as i get pain in the same spot when I fly.. i have to use nasal sprays and take pain killers when I fly cos I get big brain aches..

hhmm saturday.. I did some washing.. Phil probably had a heart failure that I was doing washing.. I havenn't done any for months.. so there was putting away and folding and more washing and putting out.. I didn't do any ironing .. Phil did all that last night.. hehee.. he has most of the ironing anyway.. I only had a few shirts.. so after all that excitement in the morning I was pooped.. I spent the rest of the day relaxing on the couch.. ahh lovely.. but much more excitement on saturday evening.. we went to the Richmond (Seafood) Tavern.. Simon's new place of employment.. and it was GOOD! really good.. In fact I didn't eat any seafood.. hehhe.. I am not a big fan.. but I had a yummy steak.. and chips.. hand made by Simon.. lovely.. realy potato's.. he must have to peel so many.. but there was heaps of stuff that the others ate.. calamari, king prawn spring rolls, scallops, mussels, chilli garlic prawns, bugs and a bunch of other stuff.. the waiter staff were just fantastic.. they were always there refilling water glasses.. our insides are now all cleaned out we had that much water.. it is nice to go out to a place where the staff are enthuastic and keen.. makes it taht much nicer..

so sunday.. more resting for me.. oohh oohh I did some driving.. I drove Phil's car to Ikea with Sabine.. she wanted to pick up a bed base for simon.. there was some hassles and no bed base available.. so we went home again.. with a pit stop on the way to visit my dad.. he seems to be improving nicely..

The boys meanwhile had been labouring away in the front yard.. Thomas and Phil and Hilton all spent quality time with the pavers.. and the rain.. its still not completely finished.. but ther is only the curved bit left to do.. hoorah boys! it was ANZAC day yesterday.. I didn't do anything for it.. a bit sad.. my dad usually goes to the march in the city to the shrine.. but he isin't well so he missed out.. on the sideline becasue teh public holday was on the weekend we (Victorians and Tasmanians) missed out on a nice public holiday.. bummer! all the other states are off celebrating in style.. well at least they are sleeping in..

rain rain

This morning when I got up at 5am to go to the bathroom it was raining.. it is still raining!!! amazing.. if you look at the pictures at the bom you can see much blueness.. there is even some yellow tiny amounts of pink and red.. I haven't seen pink or red before.. its wonderful.. my garden is going to be so happy.. perhaps we won't be able to do much work in the yard on the weekend though.. oohh well.. we can do thigns inside the house.. also be have undercover outdoor areas..

hot water all fixed

Mr Haberfield the plumber came round to look at the water troubles.. he got out a couple tools and undid some things.. found some grit in a fliter thingy , got rid of it and put it all back together.. then voila.. we had hot water again.. hoorah!

banks GGRRRRR!

I need to deposit a cheque and get another cheque.. so I went on an adventure at lunchtime.. please remember that the furthest I have been lately is too the food court at the ground floor and back up again.. so off i went half a block away to the bank.. i get there.. its all blocked up and signs taken down.. there is a sign on the door that says somethign along the lines of "due to unforseen circumstances at our QV Village branch, this branch has no closed, for other alternate banking go to Collins street" or somthign like that anyway.. so i decided that collins street is lke 3 blocks away but QV is only 1 block away and its freezing and raining so I go to QV.. and I get to qv and it looks quite similar to the bank I just came from, ie closed! so i got very cranky and wasn't walking back the 6 blocks to collins street .. so now I don't have money that I needed and I have wet edges on my pants cos there was puddles and I have a brain ache.. oohh I think I need a lay down..

cocoa pops

I have been eating them.. I purchased a box at the supermarket.. yummy.. the don't really count as breakfast cereal.. more like a lolly.. but ahh well.. I haven't had them in years.. I did also have some vegemite toast.. so its not that I am just eating naughty things.. i might have an apple too.. not sure yet.. it is a granny smith.. it will be all sour.. not sure if I can handle that at this hour of the morning..

where did all the water go?

I was in the bathroom this morning, ready for a nice warm shower, I turn on the hot tap, water spurts out, then 2 seconds later slows to a dribble... hhmm I thinks.. turn the tap off.. do the same thing again.. hhmm I thinks again.. I call out to Phil to see if he has any problems and suggest he turns the hot tap on in the kitchen.. I can hear the same problem occuring.. so no shower for me this morning.. what a stinky I will be.. not really.. the Dom the nice Plumber man will come past this afternoon to check up on the problem.. I think it was the possums siphoning off all the warm water for their baths.. those pesky possums..

phil is reading my blog

we are in his study and he is supposed to be doing some work related things, but I mentioned that he must not have read it so thats what he is up to now.. he just read that line and has now got back to it all. well.. I am not at the knitting club this evening because I was feeling tired.. so i need to go home to bed and rest.. so off I go.. nighty night all

thirsty today

i seem to be extra thirsty today... i think i have drunk less water.. but I don't want to drink a bunch of water now because I will be gonig home soon.. and i don't want to be bursting in the car..

time for lunch

I have been doing work.. got distracted and now its lunch time.. I have no energy today.. not sure what happened.. just tired.. it must have been the possum in the roof making noises taht kept me awake.. rather rude possum it is.. its probably very happy and warm in our nice new insulation..

definatley new pants

I was sitting at my desk when the button oon my jeans came undone all by itself.. this is not a usual occurance.. I will have to get new outfits.. oohh well.. shopping sometime this week.. i was going to go to target at lunch to get socks.. but I really don't feel like going taht far.. i am not feeling fabulous today..

my brother the worker

On the weekend Phil and his father were planning on paving.. on friday night I happened to mention to my brother (Thomas) that if he wanted he could coe and help out.. so he did.. he showed up at 9 am (the set starting time) and set to work on all the tasks at hand.. he soon took control of the situation and was in paving paradise.. It was amazing to watch.. he knows all the ins and outs of planning and building.. he stayed till about 5 and then came back on sunday and stayed most of the day as well.. the best bit is that he knows what he is doing.. not like Phil who has never actually paved before but knows the theory.. so the weekend was a big success.. we have a fabulous path (that needs to have the edges trimmed and cemented, Thomas says he will be back with equipment to help out again) and it will looks beautiful.. they also moved the gate in the fence to a new spot.. and the mail man wasn't even confused.. he found the mailbox further down the fence.. hoorah! our garden is coming along nicely.. next we have to plan and plant the garden beds.. hhmm might have to get a wriggle on..

hospitals and stuff

My dad has been drifting in and out of hospitals since the start of the year.. he goes for treatments and comes home and basically has been a wanderer since new years day.. at the moment we are having some hassles with getting information about him and his condition and the plans for his therapy.. basically the dr's talk to dad, but he is sick so he gets confused and forgets things or misunderstands and like most people remembers questions to ask after the dr's have gone.. so when we ask him what is happening he has no idea.. also the dr's change their mind all the time.. It makes it really hard... he is supposed to be leaving hospital today but we have no idea what is going to happen to him after that.. he is still having problems with his arm and big lumpy things and I guess they will decide what to do soon.. its usually a group decision.. like the dr's get some tests done and then think about what they plan to do.. (usually they tell my dad about 5 different possobilities) then they have a meeting to decide which is the best way forward.. and so then they choose one of those possobilities and go with it.. It must be so hard being a dr in a public hospital.. you would see 100 people each day and every one has something different... so anyway it should all work out for my dad.. Sabine has been giving advise on what to do in regards to care that is available for him.. thank goodness we have her.. you would just get swallowed up in the system and not know all the things that are available for you.. especially when you aren't feeling your best.. you need to rely on other people to find out information, get details, organise meetings etc.. madness the whole thing is.. I was getting worried about it all last week.. but I think we are as organised as can be at the moment..

I need new pants

It has begun, the pregnancy stomach.. thank god I have stretch jeans.. but soon they will stretch no longer and I probably would like to wear them again afterwards.. so I had better not stretch them too much.. tops are okay at the moment.. things with buttons are tighter but I have plenty of buttonless tops..

mail broken at work

Its really frustrating as I am supposed to be doing work.. my boss can round to make sure I was going to some meeting.. he sent me an email about it.. but I didn't get it.. and now the meeting planner has changed the time.. but someone had to tell me cos my mail is broken.. I am feeling rather sad and lonely.. but I did have a delicious baked potato with cheese for lunch..

I have heaps of work to do at the moment.. and I can never decide which one has the highest priority, so I keep switching between tasks.. probably not the most effecient way of doing things.. also really low priority things have fallen off the bottom of the list.. they will never get done..

annoying

Is it common to get a bunch of ridiculous comments on your blog that are in some way rude? I keep deleting them, but it is pissing me off.. is there anything I can do about them? I have no idea.. I am supposed to be a computer nerd.. but I have no idea.. I can build you a nice report is C, or make a pretty server that will transmit messages, or build an ivr but I have no idea about other stuff.. mainly my own fault.. I have no desire to learn new computer things.. its not like its interesting (not to me any way).. perhaps I am in the wrong industry..

lunch for 2

today Phil came to visit me and had lunch.. I wasn't feeling so fabulous so he didn't stay very long.. but it was nice to be eating somewhere other than my desk.. we didn't go very far just to the food court.. so I am back up at my desk.. i will be visiting neopets instead.. not as hard as wandering around..

week 17

I have made it to week 17.. so in 3 weeks I will be half way.. i don't know about this 9 months thing.. everybody just seems to count in weeks.. and you are due in week 40.. oohh well .. still a long way to go.. Margy's sister Gabe is due in 9 weeks.. wow.. that is so soon.. apparently she has a big belly.. I haven't seen her in ages..

sick this morning

This morning I was sick... amazing..
I was all dressed and showered and raiding the pantry to get snacks to take to work. when i felt a bit strange.. I told Phil I needed to eat somethgin more.. before he had a chance to put the bread in the toaster, I had hurried off to vomit... wierd... this is what it must be like for other people... when people tell me about them vomiting during pregnancy they talk about being fine and feeling normal apart from some moments where they have to run off and be sick...

I was pretty much fine after that.. but it made me think... when I was sick previously and vomiting all the time.. I new in advance when I was going to be sick.. I was completely exhausted afterwards and felt just horrible.. no wonder I spent so much time at home in bed.. I guess symptons are different for everybody..

cake mmmm..

I just ate some cake.. it was yummy.. i really need to do some baking and bring in my own cake.. a slice of cake is like $2.. crazy.. I also bought a slice for Phil.. he can have some for the car ride home... you need afternoon snacks... very important to keep you going ...

kittens

we just got a group email (sent to heaps of people) from some chick that no one knows.. letting us know that "There are currently close to 100 kittens looking for good homes at the Burwood RSPCA, so if you know anyone who may be interested please pass on this message & let them know." amazing.. kitten spam.. we keep getting these emails from people we don't know.. it is really annoying.. I wish that they would stop it..

showtime

on saturday night we went to see the Producers. a nice musical.. it was okay.. i was getting tired so I didn't enjoy it as much as I could.. also there wasn't as much colourful costumes and dancing as I like to see.. but that dosen't matter.. there were some wonderful outfits that included a women with a pretzel on her head.. hhmm waht else can i say.. some of the cast were really sweaty and spat a lot when they sang.. gald we weren''t in the orchestra.. we would have got spat on ..

Easter weekend is over

back to work.. I was really sad to have to come back to work after the 4 day break that we had.. It was so nice and warm and soft and cosy in bed.. darn shame I had to get out.. but the drive to work this morning was really quick.. It took like 30 mins to get to work when normally it takes an hour.. therer was no traffic.. there must be lots of people that stayed in bed ...

been visiting

I went to visit my dad in hospital at lunch time.. he has had a hair cut and a beard trim.. glad to see he was starting to look all shaggy.. he also had his standard hospital issue green pyjamas on today as his all needed washing..
he has been moved to a diffferent room and there is some other guys in there with him.. they seem nice enough.. and well enough which is good.. not nice when there is someone who is really sick in the same room..

so he is off to more treatments this afternoon.. i think that is the last one for this batch.. not sure if they need to do more again.. I guess they don't know either.. just have to wait and see what happens.. also he got an easter egg .. he gave it to me as he won't eat it because he is allergic to chocolate.. I will take it with me to the easter lunch on sunday.. bound to be some kids to enjoy it then..

so i had big adventures.. wandering off to the hospital was great excitement.. lately I have just been sitting at my desk eating lunch.. perhaps playing on the internet.. oohh also I have been eating like 2 toasted vegemite sandwiches a day lately and today one of the ladies in the sandwich place said you really love that vegemite.. so i had a bit of a chat with her about nausea and pregnancy.. nice really..

knitting madness

There was lots of knitting last night even though I ended up doing crochet.. It was good fun.. there was about 8 people.. we ate, drank, chatted and knitted.. it is really interesting watching what other people are knitting, jumpers, scarf's, baby clohtes, hats, throw overs and a poncho.. oohh wonderful.. I ended up makeing 4 more grandma squares.. I also got to look at some lovely knitting books that people had.. so many ace things to make.. from booties to fish handbags.. there were also pretty throw rugs and jumpers.. Sabine is very excited about being a grandparent and has started knitting like mad.. she will have hundreds of items before the baby is out...

growing belly

have i mentioned the growing belly? I can't remember..

My belly is growing a little bit.. at the moment it looke like I have been eating 3 ice creams a day and need to go on a few runs.. considering the belly is looking like normal potbellyness and the baby is much lower than the belly.. it makes you wonder if really its a preggie belly or if its an ice cream belly.. the main reason i think its not an ice cream belly is because I have lost heaps of weight from being sick.. i have lost about 7 kilo's not too good when you are supposed to be putting on weight.. and considering my belly is growing and I should have put on about 3 kilo's since then I probably lost more weight and have started to put some more back on.. confusing.. yes..

on the weekend we were at Phil's cousins and Alison has a mini belly.. you can definately tell she is pregnant.. it is not looking like the ice cream potbelly .. she is exactly a month ahead of me.. so i should have a definate belly soon.. scary.. I just can't imagine seeing myself with a large front.. and not ebinga ble to see my toes.. I see pregnant ladies all the time out in public, but I never thought that I could be one of them.. that this could happen to me.. a big belly growing out and having a happy little vegemite inside.. amazing.. I will have to wait and see.. perhaps even take some photographs.. yeah.. pictures of a big belly.. how funny.. I can't wait.. except for the itching.. apparently all that stretched skin gets itchy..

knitting club tonight

tonight I am off to the first ever meeting of Carolyn's knitting club.. I have been given special permission to bring along my crocheting instead.. but just in case there is some dispute I have packed my needles too.

I am crocheting a rug.. I am making many granny squares and plan on sewing them all together.. it will be fabulous.. in many wonderful shades of blue and some purple and green too.. lovely.. I just love activites that involve craft..

I remember once some guy Phil was doing soem work for.. or he was doing work for Phil.. can't remember but he came over and I was sewing clothes.. anyway on the way out he said somthing along the lines of "its good to use your hands and be creative". at the time I thought he was a bit of a nutter as I was making a shirt from a pattern so I didn't really think it was being creative.. but now that I think about the whole process it is rather creative.. i mean there is choosing the pattern, the fabric, making any adjustments.. using buttons, zips, cottons, and trims to make things more adventurous.. so yes i see my self as being creative.. I just looked up creating at the dictionary and it means to have the ability or power to create.. so now I have to look up create.. means to cause to exist, to bring into being.. well.. I certainly create and am therefore creative.. hoorah!

bubble wrap

I just did some popping of bubble wrap.. oohh its good fun.. i can't do too many at a time because people start to get annoyed by the noise.. silly them..

last night

last night was really good... I did lots of things.. we stopped off at the shops on the way home to pick up some dinner ingrediants ... very exciting.. i was at the shops.. and we had some more meat ad mashed potatoes for dinner.. I reseted on the couch and Phil prepared dinner.. he had a big salad as well.. but anyway i was starting to feel good.. Phil's parents popped over to borrow the car and Sabine had all this wool to show me.. she is knitting some outfits for the new baby... I had to pick which colours I wanted.. blue is the way to go .. lovely.. with some aqua and speckled whiteness.. so I did some entertaining and Elissa popped over as I haven't seen her in months .. we chatted and I did some dishes.. Amazing I was able to stand and do dishes.. so the kitchen is all clean and tidy and waiting for us to come home and make more mess tonight.. I was pretty excited.. AND I had a shower and didn't need to pass out or throw up or ly down on the floor afterwards.. I really must be improving.. so I dried my hair and went off to bed.. lovely.. oohh speaking of hair.. I am getting a new hair cut on saturday morning.. very exciting.. I am not sure what I will be having but I am sick of all the mess that I have at the moment.. perhaps a great deal shorter.. but not too short..

strange feelings in my tummy

I am really getting sick of this crappy feeling.. This morning I was feeling quite good, really alert awake and eager, but my tummy is feeling all jiggly and wonky.. it has started to get worse.. the most annoying bit is that I was doing so well.. I felt really great yesterday afternoon and last night.. I was good this morning and I still feel fine.. just the tummy misbehaving.. i think I am going to have to eat more .. i have had some toast, some rice bubbles apple juice a cheese stick and a gingerbread man so far today.. I was about to eat an apple but think i might have to go get some toast.. very upsetting.. i should be enjoying it all.. ggrrr..

i want to go home.

in fact I want to go home all the time.. well not all the time.. but at the moment I do and when its cold and when I am tired and when its dark outside.. at the moment there is fabulous sunshine.. i bet its nice and warm.. i haven't been outside.. may be i should.. i am feeling a tad cold..

I want to curl up into a ball under a nice soft rug and go to sleep.. and i want to wake up feeling refreshed and revived and happy chappy.. i think that is more importnatn thatn the nap.. that waking up feeling heaps better.. ahhh that would be nice..

the delivery

I was reading a book last night about the delivery and birth.. oohh so much scariness.. it is really quite amazing all the options you can have and the drug options and the whole things made me quite nervous.. i don;t think I want to have contractions for like hours on end and push for more hours and never get sleep.. oohh dear.. i am not really too frighetened at the moment cos it is so long away.. but it is there.. in the distance waiting for me..

i suppose we all wouldn't be here if it was too hard.. and I'm sure medical science has advanced since the good old days..

ill today

I am feeling quite ill today.. not sure why.. i had heaps to eat last night.. might have done it.. i was actually hovering over the toilet bowl earlier ... nothing came out.. darn shame.. so i went off for lunch and got a vegemite sandwich and some potato and took a nice anti vomit pill.. hopefully that will make me feel better.. Amanda was in before visiting with her new bubs Jamie.. she is 8 weeks old.. and very cute and very active.. her arms and legs were moving the whole time.. she was jiggling about the place.. she has this hair that just sticks up.. it is rather trendy.. I was feeling so awful I didn't watn to hold her.. how sad is that.. i need to practise holding little babies.. so there is a light at the end of the tunnel.. I just have to hold off for 5 more months and it will nearly be time.. gee that is such a long time.. so much has to happen before the baby arrives... i had better make a list..

yesterdays visit was fine

the obstetrician was easy.. there was only 1 person in the waiting room when we arrived, we had managed to find a parking spot right on the street out the front.. so i checked myself in, sat down and we got called in straight away.. amazing.. we had a chat.. I mentioned about feeling much better.. no vomiting for a week now... hoorah! ... asked my questions about supplements.. so i now have some.. got a piece of paper for work.. I nearly forgot to get one.. Phil remembered just as we were leaving.. so I had my blood pressure taken.. perfect 110 over 70 and then we got to listen to the baby's heart beat.. very exciting.. it was 160 beats per minute.. at the ultra sound it was about 175 so perhaps the baby is more relaxed.. so that was about it.. we go back in 4 weeks.. the baby isin't even up to my belly button yet.. its hiding down below.. we have to have another scan before the next visit and we should be able to find out the gender.. how exciting..