6 days and counting...

well another day down and i am still here! apparently i haven't even dropped yet..so who knows! i may even go over my dates!! mom won't like that as she wants to know what the sex is before she flies out here!! she leaves next monday and is soooo excited!!!

i talked to her sunday night and requested old navy flag tees...and she had already gotten some for me and andy! smart woman! i then ordered some for micah and the new baby! what great family photos we'll have!!!

yesterday was bank holiday monday and we decided to go to the severn valley railway! micah likes his 'choo-choo's' and we've never been!! so we saw the steam train come in. the engine then had to come off and go around the train to the opposite end so it could go back out again! micah clapped when it came in puffing its steam!! very cute!

i'll add pictures later as i am too lazy to go downstairs and get the camera!! we rode the little toy train that runs along side the railroad tracks...and well, it would have been fun if it hadn't started pouring down with rain!! we were absolutely drenched! but micah was a trooper and didn't cry at all!!! we then had a cup of tea to warm up and some chips!! i am loving my chips at the moment!! maybe a craving?? or what??

7 days and counting....

one week and counting! goodness! i didn't think this pregnancy would go this long! just figured that i would be the same as micah and be early again! but here we are with 7 days remaining and no sign of the baby!
i am feeling fine and all seems well. the baby must be pretty comfortable in there!! sorry for the non-matching outfit in the photos..but well, they are my comfortable clothes!!! i'll try and keep this updated more often since we are now so close to the date!
andy has this week off as it is half term...and we were hoping that the baby would decided to come sometime in the week and then andy gets 2 more weeks off for paternity leave! so that would coincide with my parents flying over!! i guess we'll just have to wait and see =) its so hard to plan anything as you just never know when its all going to start! i am so thankful that i didn't have this predicament with micah! he just came early and we were never in the waiting stages!!!

micah at 4 weeks

here is another layout for micahs first month! i should probably say that all the papers and embellishments that i have used all come from scrapgirls. it is an awesome site for scrapbooking, both paper and digitally! that are very friendly and have an awesome design team there!!! so have a look if you are into scrapbooking or would like to start! its great fun and very addictive!!!
my friend mandy whom i went to college with, got me started and i am ever so thankful! i have loved everybit of it!
www.scrapgirls.com

2 weeks to go...

well, i've made it another week (just about)!! tomorrow i'll be 38 weeks! just 2 weeks to go!! yesterday i went to the baby show at the nec with my friend fiona who is due in august! we had good fun and i only bought 2 things! so i did good!! i bought a new stroller...although i already have 2, i have perfectly good reasons for buying it! our first stroller we bought early on during my pregnancy with micah. before we had shopped around and before we had researched what we wanted and what would suit our needs! its a 3 wheeler but not a swivel wheel which isn't very helpful! its also quite bulky and not easy to fold up while holding a baby. our second stroller, an umberella stroller, the brakes have gone all funny. if you stop or try to go backwards, they just come on....so i am constantly kicking at them to go again...being summer, its not very great with sandals on! and its not newborn friendly. SO, those are my reasons and now we will have a brand new graco mosaic, user friendly, newborn friendly and wonderful brake system!!! i am very excited and can't wait for it to be delivered on friday!! yippee!!!

after the babyshow (of which i went to without a husband or child and was absolute bliss) i met andy and we went to the birthing center for a tour... its a midwife run unit that sits along side to the delievery suites and is much nicer! its for us woman who want as natural birth as possible. there aren't any doctors around although you just go to the next corridor if the need arrives...its a bit more homey and less lighting, more comfortable. i really liked it! since micahs birth was straight forward and i had no pain killers or anything i am a perfect canidate...and i would like to give the birthing pool a try!! so i am definitely going for it after seeing it and being able to talk to the midwife about it! so now...this baby just needs to come!!

yeah! 37 weeks today!

i have officially passed the time when micah came! i am now 37 weeks =) (micah came at 36 weeks and 6 days)
things are going well and i am feeling fine! though thinking to stay close to home this next week just to make sure nothing happens while i am out! i would hate for my water to break somewhere other than home...unless its the hospital!
here are the next set of scrapbook layouts that i did for micah! week 3 of his life! the second one is from our wfm group (youth group) which is why there are so many people holding micah! i am glad that i have been motivated to finish these before baby comes! and i'll keep going until baby comes!!! hopefully if baby hasn't come when my mother-in-law is here, i'll have a bit of a chance to do more!!!

beautiful weather and midwife appointment

so, i saw the midwife today and all is well! the baby is within the 'right' measurements. as i said, mom was wanting to know the heartbeat so this week is was 140 and two weeks ago it was 156 as it was moving the whole time the midwife was listening. so i asked mom what that meant...boy or girl, but she said that they are both right in the middle really. so my guess is as good as hers!

micah is absolutely loving this gorgeous weather that we have been having!! unfortunately for me, it means being outside like all the time!!! i haven't gotten any housework done!! ha ha, as if i mind!!! his only real word is ball and he repeats it over and over again!!! he even came into our room the other night at 3:30am and said ball? oh my gosh! i so can't wait till he learns another word!!!

36 weeks and 4 days....

well we are now 3 and a half weeks away from the due date! thankfully nothing so far is happening! we are looking forward to it, but still not feeling 100% prepared! but then again, how prepared can one be??!!
though my hospital bag is mostly packed and plans have been talked about incase baby comes before MIL gets here....i just need to get down to business!! i feel like i should be cleaning the house and getting it ready! but the nesting instinct doesn't usually happen to me! not really!! well, since this is only my second pregnancy i should say that it hasn't happened yet...
i think i'll not write anymore, but post tomorrow after my midwife appointment! then i can post all the statistics that they write down for my mom! she always wants to know what the baby's heartbeat is...trying to figure out what the sex is going to be! but we have no clue this time around. not an inkling! i'm thinking another boy, but wishing for a girl! so we'll see....

micah was so adorable (okay he is so adorable still)...especially in these photos!!

these are some recent scrapbook layouts i've been working on. i am trying to catch up on micahs baby pictures before the new baby comes!! so that we don't get mixed up!!!

Less than 5 weeks until my due date!

Well, its May already! I can't believe how fast time has flown by!! This year is going so quickly, but I guess that is only natural. I remember my first year in high school and one of the senior guys telling me to take every day as it comes because as you get older time moves on faster! It certainly has!!!
We are now just 5 weeks away from my due date and baby number 2!! Micah was 3 weeks early so I could possibly be just 2 weeks away....but I think that this baby will wait a bit longer to come out into the world. Well I think so anyway!
I can't say that we are totally prepared, but we are getting there slowly! I am just starting to pack my hospital bag (as I didn't have it packed in time for Micah) and I have a few bits and bobs for the new baby. Things that I would have liked to have had for Micah but didn't get a chance to get!
Andy's mum is coming over on the 22nd of this month, incase I got early and to help out around the house as we all know that I am a desperate house keeper! I hate cleaning!! But alas, I have been better recently! Atleast I think so! Then my mom is coming on the 6th of June and my dad on the 14th of June. They are both staying till the 28th!! We are very much looking forward to having them!
Well, I better go and get on with my day! Its a gorgeous day, so I have to make sure that Micah gets some outside time! It rained all day yesterday so we'll make up for it today!!!
God Bless =)

We also spent 2 days over past Cambridge in Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk. Andy was best man for our friend Lloyd Stock as he married Sarah Coe on the 21st of April! It was a gorgeous day and a lovely wedding! When I find more photos, I'll put the on here!

A few days in Belfast

We spent a few days in Belfast just before Easter....we stayed with Karen and Paul in their new home! We took it upon ourselves one morning to get Luke out of bed and let Karen sleep in! So this was the breakfast scene that day! What fun =)