One more day of work

I cant believe that I have got to this time... Tomorrow is my last day of work for about 12 months. Its a weird one. I have worked here for nearly 9 years, but I am not leaving. I'm not going on holidays. I am leaving to have a baby. It feels quite surreal, like its happening to someone else. When I sit at my desk I am the same person, its not until I look down at my ever expanding belly that I realize that I am actually about to give birth to my own child.... Weird.

I have been feeling really well. Am still seeing the chiropractor and she is still my saviour. I feel better at this stage than I did a month ago. The pain relief is wonderful. I have however, finally put on the 10kg that I lost last year, and am starting to feel quite bulky. I was saying to the hubby last night that I feel sooo much bigger and awkward like this than I did when I was just fat, but I am carrying around the same weight. At least I know that in a couple of weeks time that I will lose some of it again. Really looking forward to hitting the pavement again and getting fit again. My goal is to be able to run 5kg non stop by the end of the year. I have never been able to run, so it will be amazing if I can do it.

I had a baby shower on the weekend. It was a little bit stressful, but lovely to have my girls around and have them so excited about the baby. I am really lucky to have such amazing and generous friends. We got such an amazing haul of gifts. It was quite overwhelming, and now I finally feel like I am little bit more prepared for bring home the little bundle. We got lots of wraps, blankets, towels, lovely sleeping bags, some beautiful outfits, quite a few toys, sheets, care packs of oils, bath wash, lotions, a fantastic set of bedding and a very funky mobile for the cot. The car was full of gifts. MIL also found his entire collection of hard cover Dr Seuss books that hubby had when he was a child. Really lovely and he was so excited! All I need now is a couple of sets of sheets and things like bibs and a nappy bag and I will be all sorted. A big change from having nothing at all. I am very glad that we decided to hold off buying anything until now. Plus, because we dont know what we are having, I want to wait to buy clothes, so we can get some funky coloured stuff. Not that we are planning on the typical pink for girls and blue for boys, but you know what I mean...

Now for the kitchen update - for the past 2 weeks, we have had an empty room with a fridge and no walls. The kitchen arrived last week, and is stitting in the dining room. All of the stuff from the kitchen and the dining room are sitting in the 'babies' room with all the presents from the baby showere and supplies (nappies etc). The house looks like a war zone. The bathroom has become a mini kitchen/ bathroom/ laundry. Our 'pantry' is a cardboard box on the lounge room floor. There is dirt and dust everywhere. Can you tell I am getting a little over it??! At this stage it looks like this weekend will be spent finishing preparing the room (sanding, painting, polishing the floor) and it will be next weekend that the actual kitchen goes in. So I will have a week at home where I cant really do any nesting. I should theoretically have a couple of weeks up my sleeve, but it wasnt the relaxing start to maternity leave that I was hoping for. Hubby is beside himself, and doesnt really know when he is going to get it all done, but we are on a bit of a deadline... I am trying not to stress, and sometimes I think, 'what does it matter? we will manage' but its hard to stay calm and reasonable when I am 37 weeks pregnant and the baby can theoretically come any time from NOW!!!

Anyway, enough of the vent. I am sure I will be better after this weekend - the sanding will be the worst. Once that is done I will be able to start cleaning upstairs at least!

Hope you all have a good week.
Will be online from home after tomorrow - life as we know it is about to change!
vxx