Wow.  so 4 sleeps.  and then none.  at all.  weird weird weird...  Spent a magic spring day pottering at Piha. 

 Kimmie got creative with the camera.  Peanut's growing - she definitely enters the room first now...

Can't believe this will be the last weekend ever without Peanut.  It's a very strange feeling.  I'm just a touch (!!) excited now. :)

And deep breaths.  Otis got very excited when i told him it was only 5 days till she came out.  And then he practiced being gentle for when the baby arrives.  Bless.  She's going to have the best cousin EVER!

Most ridiculous purchase so far...

... but i couldnt resist!

All together now... 'she wore an insy winsy, teeny weeny, yellow polka dot bikini...'

Yes, she won't be able to wear it for another year, but HOW CUTE IS THIS!

So...

... this time next week little Peanut will be in my arms - all going well ;)


Now that my friends, is TRIPPY!

This is what Aunty Kylie has christened mini-mess.  Meet Peanut.

Goodbye working Mondays...

... I would say it's been fun, but, to be honest I'd be a big fat liar.  Can't believe I don't have to get up after the weekend for work for more than a year!  Happy days :)  Oh I know there will be other, much more important reasons to get up early on Monday's but they'll also be a cracking reason to get up!  4 working days and counting!


Have had a weird day of belly rolls.  Not sure whether she's moving down, up or sideways.  Lost track of which is her bum and which is her head, but i think she's planking in there...  And i have a feeling it's my bladder she's resting on.  Choice.  (it actually is!).


So this is my little project for the next two weeks...

Anyone care to take bets on a) whether i finish it, and b) whether there will be even a passing resemblance to the photo?!!

It's a verrrrrry weird feeling (being the planner that i am) not knowing when's she is going to decide to come play.  Or where i will be when that happens.  I had a moment driving on the motorway today when i felt a kick? a twinge? while driving in the inside lane in rush hour traffic.  Crap.  what happens if she picks that moment to peek out and say hello?  what to do yani?

i guess you just have to go with it and know you will laugh about it later.

3 week countdown folks!

Bubs does the RWC Opening Ceremony...

...  Thanks random man at Mo's.

So apart from idiots on the tracks meaning getting stuck in a line for the train for an hour and a half, and then stuck on the train for another half hour, I finally made it home for the rugby...  There's something to be said being 8 1/2 months pregnant and trying to hail a cab with hundreds of others.  Mr Taxi Driver, you're one brave man to say no to everyone but me.  You do in fact rock.

Thanks to the three WICKED chicks who guarded my belly for me from the thousands of angry commuters at Britomart, and kept me smiling with their awesome songs.  As much as i love the three of you, I'm afraid i just can't bring myself to name her Ursula in your honour.

Legs, it will be ok - I'm sure we will find you under all that swelling somewhere.  One day...

It was worth the wait for the haka :)

So.  She's currently building a hut and hiding out under my ribs. I think she's using my ribs as the roof but keeps forgetting its a low roof and banging her head on it.  Ribs are over-rated anyway.

I swear she was doing the mexican wave while i was doing yoga last night.  Even the instructor could see her moving.  Maybe she's practising for the rugby???

All the pregnant ladies...

This is absolute GOLD!  Love it - thanks Loops :)

my little cirque du soleil princess...

...has herself in a right tangle!  Went for a scan today to check all was ok and see whether she turned after acupuncture yesterday, and got to see her, and even got to see her practising her breathing...  It's the best feeling in the world seeing her on that wee tv!  She's bottom down, head up and arms, legs, hands and feet all interlinked together.  Couldn't tell one from another to start with.  But I counted her fingers and toes, and there's ten of each and no extra one, so she's def a wee girl!


Check out her chubby cheeks :)

She's already 6 pound 1, at 35 weeks, and they think will be about 8 pound.  Although the scanner-lady said she's also tracking at about 37 weeks, so i may not have as much time up my sleeve as first thought.  

Then again, she's female, and an Evans.  So she may well change her mind...!


xx

so no pre-eclampsia.  She's just breech.  Choice.  Handstands and acupuncture for me then!  

Goodbye ankles.  It was a sweet sweet time we spent together, but i understand you need to move on...

may i have a drum roll please?

This is why i can't do up (or take off) my boots, why i get stuck in the bath, why i have realised that normal car parks are just too damn narrow, why i have acquired the fine art of pillow placement, and why none of my bloody clothes reach the bottom of my bump!  

But.  

Also the reason she has so much room to somersault, which she's doing a lot of... :)  And a really good excuse to eat.  Her new favourite food is cashew nuts.  

I'm so in love!

Keep in mind these puppies have surpassed an F and it will give you an idea of the size of the belly...!  Yes.  F.

7 weeks and counting...

More lovely info from ante natal.  Lochia being the latest word I would be happy to never hear again.  And who knew there was an state called Post Natal Psychosis?  Crikey.

But, only 7 weeks away now :)  Thats less than 50 sleeps.  Well, sleep-wake-pee-sleep-wake-pee-sleeps...  And just got to listen to her little heart beat again.  Thats always a good day.  And like a good girl scout, mini-mess is already in position :)

Golly.  it's all a bit real isnt it?

PS:

Who knew that the floor was so far away?

38 paper clips. 31 weeks. 33 days of work. Three's company!

so ante natal.  thats fun.  who knew there were so many lovely words associated with being pregnant.  'plug' 'show' 'tear'.  and then there's the superlatively-over-the-top-birthing-is-the-most-amazing-experience-in-the-world-let-me-know-if-you-want-me-to-come-video-yours ante natal lady.  It's all Kimmie and I can do to keep a straight face for most of the class.  When she started simulating the moo'ing sounds many women make, it just about caused me to fall off my chair in mirth. Watching a birthing video from the 1980's was definitely the highlight of my week.  i wonder if they deliberately made it from those times with 'that hair' to distract you from the subject matter...?


my belly button is slowly but surely disappearing. that belly ring piercing is starting to look just lovely now i can actually see it.  Talking of seeing.  Can't see much more than my belly at the moment.  i can still just see my toes however.  Happy days!  In honour of this I think i might just get me a pedicure this weekend.  I may as well make them look pretty for the length of time left that i can see them.


Bought a swiss ball.  Supposed to be good to sit on to strengthen my back muscles which are under attack from the porridge-filled balloon on my front.  Hmmm.  I seem to recall another piece of advice being that your sense of balance leaves you when pregnant.  Surely combining these two gems isnt the best idea for someone so clutzy?


Bubs gave the midwife a swift kick when she was listening to her heartbeat today.  Thatta girl!  Manners schmanners.

Jeepers creepers.  71 days till I finish work.  For a year!  That's not many days...

So they say that one of the most awkward and annoying things while you're pregnant is people you hardly know or don't know at all coming up and touching your belly.  Hmph.  whatever, doesn't phase me.


BUT.  I wish people would stop asking if i had everything i need for baby.  I know they mean well, and it's truly very sweet, but in answer, I DON'T FREAKEN KNOW...  I've never done this before and have absolutely no idea what i don't know.  And when i respond by looking at you like you just spoke Swahili that's why!


:)


On a better note, did the 'so do you mind if i take a year off' conversation with the boss today.  She rocks.  Her first reaction was 'oh shit'.  But her second reaction was better.  and she's too sweet, said she wasn't surprised in the slightest, she knew i would, just as she knows i will make a great mum.


God i hope she's right!

Hi there third trimester...

... I'm Cress.


Wow that went fast.  Midwife today said one more appointment at her office and the next would be a hospital visit to familiarise myself with the layout.  SHITE!  where did all the time go?


Little one is so active it's making me late for work in the morning.  I just can't bear to get up and have her stop wriggling and giggling.  Sunday morning i had all sorts of plans of stuff to do.  stuff can be important.  But she decided to try out her limbs and see how fast she could kartwheel.  So i lay on the couch giggling for ooh about 3 hours!  I like :)


and she really likes bananas and mandarins.  Not so much apples anymore. Doesn't like sweet chilli sauce.


Tammy said today that according to the online bible that is kidspot we should be packing our hospital bags this week.  What the?  I still have trouble packing my handbag!


and apparently i need a breast pump.  choice.  looking forward to shopping for cow accessories.

the cutest hat. Ever.

Thanks Loops!   mwah xx

Pluck a duck!

Just realised am in my third trimester next week.  Aah!  Slight moment of FREAK OUT.