Mmmm Im dreaming of milk and....milk....ok at my age that's all I dream about!

WHO STOLE MY BINKY???????

Well, welcome to my new life! - it's almost midnight and baby Alex is fast asleep. Now "they" tell you to try and sleep when the baby sleeps but what "they" don't tell you is that when she's awake you get nothing else done....so Mike and I are busy trying to burn pics of the little sleeping angel so we can show her off to the world. Speaking of the angel, otherwise known as "peanut" she is blemish, blotch and wrinkle free - I may be biased in saying this but she was one cute newborn! As you can see on Mike's blog, she is pretty irresistable and I am completely in love. I have replayed the whole labor experience over in my mind a lot over the last sleepless ten days, and as unpleasant as it was (what happened to the promise of drugs, god it was excruciatingly painful!) there is nothing in life that compares to the sight of your newborn entering the world. She is already turning her little head (yep even her head is small and cute) to the sound of my voice and breast feeding like a miniature piranha. I think Mike posted a picture of my first breastfeeding experience so I won't go into any more detail, except to say...OUCH.! I could start typing about the mind blowing thought that Michael and I created this perfect baby but it's late and I still can't grasp that whole concept myself yet let alone try and describe it. The feeding station will be opening soon for Alex so I must sign off because strange things happen to my body whne she cries!......h.x

Perhaps a little too much belly for some of you, but this is me two days after the due date and still smiling...sort of. Being induced now Wed 16th May so hopefully she will Puuush her way out that same day!

OVERDUE!!!!!!

Yep you guessed it - the due date has come and gone and the baby is not ready. She is already taking after Michael and has decided to arrive late.! Only two days late at this point but it seems like an eternity when you try to roll over from one side of the bed to the other and the big 'ol belly doesn't cooperate. So stand by everybody......she'll come eventually! - this is a good lesson in patience for me and also God's way (or the baby's way!) of teaching me that I am no longer in control of my life!....updates soon. h.xx

Get this thing out, please!!!!!!

2 1/2 weeks to go!!!!!

Well, as Mike said, I've had a really easy pregnancy (apart from the first 10 wks when I was terrified I would miscarry again and throwing up every day!) - I've felt great and only gained 27lbs. ........something happened in the last week......I can't move my belly independently without having to heave my whole body with it! This must be what it is like for old people trying to move around, it takes ages to make the simplest move from the couch to the ice cream in the freezer (but well worth it for the chocolate fudge brownie by Ben and Jerry's). Needless to say, I've slowed down considerably, which is very frustrating because we are moving out of our house this week. So...I pack a box, sit down and catch my breath, pack another box, sit down...you get the picture. Poor Michael is heaving all the furniture himself, but HEY wait a minute, I'm heaving this baby around all by myself too so, ok, maybe we're both contributing! We are officially moving to his Mom's house tonight (ooh can't wait, it's so clean there!!), even though we still haven't received the permits to start construction. Our real goal is to break ground on the house the very DAY I give birth - bring it on, I can deal with it!!Agghhh. I am ashamed to say I've had a couple of little pregnancy related meltdowns but for the most part I'm still crying...oops I mean smiling. I can't find any underwear because it's all packed but I did find some unpaid bills under the furniture - it all evens out in the end! "Mum" is arriving next week so sanity will be restored - I can't wait to have her with me every day (and to change diapers heehee). I'm hoping Mike will try and keep up with the rest of the site but we're a little distracted with other things right now so be patient, we'll have lots of sleepless nights soon, where we can get things done! ttfn, h.x