feeling pretty good

Had a good day today ... tried not to do too much.

Brought baby bath upstairs ... will need to wash it and put it into the change table.

Put baby teddy mat out on the line again today to enjoy the germ killing properties of sunlight and give it a good air out.

I washed it yesterday but it rained lightly just before I brought it in so I thought it needed an extra day of sunshine.

I will put out the bouncer cover tomorrow. It came off the line dry yesterday ... but after having some discussions with uni about the benefits of sun and air on our clothes and things ... I think another day of sunshine is a good idea.

I ironed a whole heap of size 00 and 0 clothes last night and have sorted them into boy and girl clothes.

The boy clothes will go into the baby's chest of drawers tonight.

Now I have the chest of drawers fully stocked with clean winter sheets and size 00000-0 baby clothes.

The baby's toy box is filled with the clean and ironed 00000-0 size girls clothing. I still have to iron the summer cot sheets, but once they are done I will put them into the toy box too, ready for use in spring and summer.

So once baby is born I will have easy access to a years worth of clothing and clean sheets.

I will leave the sorting of size 1-4 clothes for some time next year! There is not nearly as much in these sizes ... and most of it is girly stuff ... so since we think bump is a boy there probably isn't much point worrying about washing and ironing this clothing yet.

I bought a new cot mattress for the baby earlier in the week and that is sitting waiting in the cot.

I have also stocked up on some newborn size nappies and in the next few weeks will stock up on baby wipes.

baby preparations

I have been washing ... which has been quite a frustrating thing to do in the current weather situation.

Most days there is rain and sunshine and you can never be sure if you should do clothes or not.

I have been washing baby sheets, more clothes up to and including size 0 and generally trying to get things ready.

I also need to air out and wash things like the pram, baby car seats, baby play mat, bouncer, stroller etc, but I need to do this on a day that is guaranteed to be sunny all day so they will dry well.

It is very frustrating to have the weather against me. Usually February is rainy and march is sunny and windy and cooler, but the rain continues to persist.

We took Motley to the vet today ... uni caught her ... and did most of the talking at the vet ... I like it better that way!!!

I also bought a new cot mattress today ... so the baby will have a nice fresh new mattress to sleep on.

I bought some maternity sized pajamas too ... wintry ones! I am very happy with my maternity wardrobe now ... feel like there is plenty to wear ... and many things I will be able to continue to wear after baby's birth.

I seem to be handling the normal flu injection a bit better than the swine flu one ... my arm was a bit sore last night when I slept on it, but apart from that not going too badly.

I am also loving my compression stockings ... now that it is not quite so hot I have switched to the full length ones and so these extend well above my knees.

I bought some size talls but they were really tight around my upper thighs so I ended up cutting the two legs apart and wearing them separate from each other.

I also bought the next size up extra tall, and these can stay joined together but I just don't pull them up above my hips because they would squash my belly.

So now the blood vessels above my knees are getting some relief too!

swimming

Yesterday afternoon Kt, uni and I went swimming at scarborough beach.

Kt had her new Xmas boogie board to try out, I had my new maternity swimsuit to wear and I also took along my prescription goggles because although I have had them for a while I haven't actually worn them swimming yet.

Kt was really amazing on the boogie board. We spent ages out on the water and it was good for all of us because she was very independent, not needing to hang on to either of us.

We were a distance apart from each other to make sure there was someone in close proximity to her at all times, but she didn't actually need saving at all.

The few times she went under her board, she came up clinging to the underside of it with a big grin on her face!

I loved my swimsuit ... it is nice feeling completely covered. The floaty bits did kind of float around me in the water and I had to keep reminding myself what I was feeling was fabric not seaweed.

The prescription goggles (the ones I got from the optometrist $80) were terrific! They were comfortable, I could see well, I could go under the water. I did not get a headache! They were not completely watertight, but they were tinted and they allowed me to see without worrying about losing my glasses (or contact lenses), or feeling frantic because I couldn't see our stuff on the beach, or the faces of my family in the water.

I felt a lot more relaxed in the water too .. not trying to fight the water, not tensing up because I felt I needed to keep my head above water.

I did lots of breaststroke because that and backstoke are supposed to be good for pregnancy and I was totally worn out by the end ... sore legs, sore belly, full bladder (OK nothing new there!).

All in all a great afternoon.

I have now cleared space on my desk for my new laptop ... once I have gotten a bit more work done I will crack it open and test it out as a reward for my hard work.

I also have all the baby clothes in one corner of the loungeroom ready to sort through when then time is right.

It is nice to have everything all together in one place instead of spread throughout the house.

I am still working through Kt's artworks and clearing out my old dressing table to make room for our new build in wardrobe being delivered on Tuesday, but there is now much more working space in both areas (as a result of musical boxes!) which will allow me to work on both jobs much more easily.

I have also started on a plan to do either one WW or one Aldi shop per week. That way I will visit each store only once a fortnight and start to stockpile and put our extra fridge, freezer and pantry space to good use.

I think it will be tricky to begin with, but I should get the hang of it.

Then maybe by the time the baby is here I can try and drop the shopping to once a fortnight for each place????