Things are on the up!!

I am pleased to start on a positive note (goodness knows it's been a while!) as I have seen definite improvement in the amount of sleep that I have had. I'm not naive enough to think I'll be having 8 hours again for a long time (if ever) and to be honest if I don't feel like I need it then I certainly don't want it. One thing sleepless nights has taught me is that actually I can function on a very little amount of kip and being as I like to cram in as much exciting stuff into my life as humanly possible I'd rather save sleeping for when I'm ALOT older or less able!! Bring on 19 hours a day awake time and who know's what I'll be fitting in once the baby is with us! We'll be having heaps of fun I know that much! ;-)

35th week

35th week

All in all it's been a pretty good week, what with more sleep than I've had for ages and really getting on top of a load of last minute work things that I've been meaning to do for a while. Also, I've had two more hypno sessions which have gone well and who knows, perhaps that's why I've been getting more sleep than usual?? Another thing I'm really pleased about is my successful batch cooking this week so I'm super organised when it comes to us eating after the baby arrives! I've always wanted to do this as really don't want to end up living on take-aways, ready meals or toast if we're stupidly tired, this way at least I know that I've made all the meals from scratch. So far I've got four double servings of chicken and white wine stew, sixty meatballs, two chicken tikka masalas, three chicken jalfrezis, three lasagnes and two chicken, bacon and mushroom lasagnes - so enough for three weeks already! Next weeks food projects are chilli-con-carne, spinach and chick-pea curry, shepherds pie and perhaps some home made pies / pasties if we can be bothered! This way all we need to do is buy fresh fruit and veg, bread, milk etc each week and then get a meal out of the freezer each morning for that evening - minimal hassle! Now, I just need to finish packing my hospital bag and get the last minute bits and pieces for the baby! Whoops, my priorities are a little backwards when it comes to the importance of food! Anyone who knows me will not be surprised by this! ;-)

Also, something super exciting happened this week that was very unexpected!! My cousin, who wasn't due until five days before me, gave birth to her perfectly gorgeous daughter on Thursday morning!! It all happened very quick and she was born by C-Section, just two and a half hours after her waters had broken. Plus despite being early she weighed 6.1lbs so a healthy size, Mum and baby are all fine and hopefully coming out of hospital this weekend! I have to admit this sudden arrival did make me panic a little bit and I have rapidly put a plastic sheet on our mattress just in case . . . it has definitely dawned on me that the arrival of our little one could be imminent! (gulp)

Also had lots of catching up with friends time this week, including my friend Emma from Nottingham coming to stay at the weekend, which was lovely - weird to see people for the last time as a pregnant person, knowing next time I'll have a baby in my arms rather than my tummy!!

That's it from me this week folks, short and sweet (for a change!)

p.s. Please, please, please let me know if you're still reading as I haven't had any comments for over a month and want to make sure you peeps are still looking forward to the next instalments . . . they definitely won't be weekly once the baby arrives, although I will try and post weekly pictures for you ;-)