Nearing the end?

The first thing that you see when you walk in our front door is this heart, when I bought it in Daylesford last Christmas, I told The Husband that it would be the first thing you see when you enter our new home - whenever we happen to move that is, I don't think he believed me but the proof is in the pudding.

Nobody uses our front door though. Everyone seems to walk through the little front garden and knock on our side door, catching me unawares if lounging on the couch with my belly hanging out.

I am loving all of this rain, my garden has been looking a tad dry and it means I don't have to catch Malaria from all of the bugs when watering at dusk. 

I sent this photo to The Husband and he wanted to know why I was sending him photos of mess. He didn't notice the two little blonde heads hiding. 

I have all of these beautiful photo frames scattered around but do you think that one of them has a photo in it? No, of course not. 

Must get some photos developed.

I got these butler trays for $25 each from Homeart, what a bargain. They are the perfect size for bedside tables...

I don't know about yours, but my bedside table gets cluttered pretty quickly so this is The Husbands. 

We both have these giant S&P lamps, Coast candles , photo frames and other random nonsense on them - I imagine mine will also have a baby monitor, vomit rags and the like in a few weeks (or days?).

This, is Bunny.

Kitty got the baby Bunny (along with some other great gifts) and Bunny has been swaddled, had nappies changed, been walked in the pram and has been wearing The Babies hand knitted with love beanie and booties from Alyson, a lovely twitter friend. 

If they don't fit The Baby, Bunny will happily wear them, they are gorgeous. 

Imagine how easy life would be if a newborn was as placid as Bunny.

Liz got The Baby this My Little Lamb, Cradle n Swing, as I got one for Thomas when he was born and apparently they are a God send. I sure hope so! It took long enough to assemble...

I send The Husband photos like this all day long. I don't know how old I was in this photo but damn my head was big. I don't think my forehead is still that big, I may have grown into it. 

The Husband had lots of hair when he was born (and at our 32 week scan the person doing the scan remarked on how much hair our baby appeared to have waving in the fluid) so fingers crossed she has lots of hair and not a baldy like me. I want to indulge in hair clips eventually.

He was also blonde though, so I may have a blonde baby. 

I still stand by my prediction that The Baby will be a dead ringer for The Husband.

Basically him, in a dress.  He's pretty handsome so maybe people will say "She is a handsome lady" with a bit of a side eye when The Baby gets bigger hahaha.

38 Weeks. I really need to mop the floor. 

People keep asking me if I am prepared for the birth, have I written a birth plan and am I scared?

No, I'm not scared at all.

I'm excited and full of anticipation. I don't think there is anything to be scared of, women have been birthing babies for ever, literally. Some even go back for seconds, and thirds and even more. 

I also don't have a birth plan - I don't see the point, that's not the person I am, I am too laid back and take it as it comes. My plan is to have a healthy baby, whether that be by a natural vaginal birth, drug induced or c-section, I don't care, just give me our baby and let her scream when she comes out so I know she is healthy. 

I don't have a play list of music to help me get by, I don't have a scented candle packed and I think I will cope just fine. I'll let you know how I go. 

I'm happy to read advice from y'all though. Leave me a tidbit of the best birth/parenting advice you ever got or have heard around the traps. 

This kid is going to definitely be better dressed than I.

Thanks for the cool shoes Aunty Cat! 

Gah the battery on the laptop is flat and I don't know where the charger is (read: cannot bend over to scavenge in the baskets for the charger) so I had better call it a day. 

Pink & Black

I don't know what is wrong with the lighting here, or why my eyes insist on being so crazy but so be it.

The Husband is still my loyal photographer but if in public we get one or two goes, and that is it. There is no reshoot.
Do you ever wonder who takes the photos for those rather popular bloggers who seem to go on expeditions to take photos of their outfits? I wonder too.

See these sandals? Get used to them. 

My feet really don't fit in anything but these and thongs at the moment which is not very glamorous. 

I am lucky that my work have been kind enough to allow me to wear them as they definitely don't work with our dress code.

I'm wearing:-

Kookai dress, backwards of course because the real neckline is just weird.

Kookai cardigan, handy in hiding the size of my bum

Witchery sandals

Necklace from Bali

The annoying thing about these dresses is that the bigger my belly gets, the shorter these get and they ride up when I am waddling. Inconvenient for someone who doesn't like her legs or knees.

I bought an actual maternity dress for the festive season and low and behold, it's long! Success. 

We are frequent San Churro occupants these days but on the weekend I really didn't want anything. 

The Husband was practically peer pressuring me to get something so I opted for the Peanut Butter Besos, hot damn, I was hooked.

It's that salty peanut butter like you get in Reese's Pieces but in thick shake form, hell yes. 

We also bought our pram on the weekend and got it on mega sale!

We were originally looking for the Joolz Day Earth but then discovered that neither of us liked the brown leather trim, so looked at the Joolz Exploration but didn't like that colour combo either - too armyesque.

The Husband has wanted a 'light and pure' pram from the get go, so when he saw this colour combo he was sold, and then when I saw that it was also on sale, I think I was more sold than he was!

So we got the standard Joolz Day pram and as it was a special sale thingo they threw in the nappy bag and parasol for free! We got it at such a good price, I am rather excited by it. 

I think I will probably keep this nappy bag on here as the basket is not very big (but you can buy big shopping holder things), and then use my Marc by Marc Jacobs bag also. 

Don't tell me that it will get dirty because I do not want to hear it! 

All of my google skills tell me that I can pre-treat it and then they clean up pretty nicely or whack it in the wash.

I just love the height of the bassinet, and that the inside is not black so the baby is surrounded by light. 

Both our parents are being really generous and buying a lot of things for us, which I am so grateful for.

As we were trying to stay out the heat, we crossed the road to the new Ikea in Springvale which was dead.

I am so used to the Richmond Ikea being crazy busy on a Saturday but it really was dead. 

I think we are possibly the first people to ever walk out empty handed, but we did leave armed with a list of the stuff we will buy (see my previous Ikea post here) and The Husband has also decided on the custom wardrobe he wants, complete with draws for his watches and ties. 

Maybe I made the wrong move by accepting his offer of having the walk in to myself!  

Despite walking out empty handed, we did get lunch and a hot dog for the sake of it.

I figured that the vegetarian burgers were probably slightly less likely of giving me food poisoning than the meatballs so gave them a shot and actually really enjoyed them. 

I don't know about you but my go to drink when feeling a little off is Apple Juice. It must be the sugar content because it picks me up instantly.