21 weeks tomorrow

And in celebration - a rarity - belly shots! (i don't do these for everyone).

Now they are kinda embarrassing because I have horrid stretch marks already - but I don't care about them - more excited about the little wrigglebum underneath.

Here is a 21 week belly shot - Big - aren't I!


and here is the belly shot one. Seriously I am not this big normally. I mean I am not skinny but omg I have really popped out in this last week.


Things I have noticed:

* my belly now rubbs against the steering wheel when I drive - This is very bad because I am only 4ft 10inches tall so I need to be close to the steering wheel to reach the pedals! (stop laughing). Hubbs said the steering wheel is adjustable so going to try raising it and see if that helps.

* it is getting hard to hug hubbs! As you probably noticed by the jumper pic - we have competing belly sizes. I think he is still winning!

* I sit much further back from my computer at work than I used to - any closer and I am hitting the desk. hehe.

* despite all that blossoming, I am actually 6kgs lighter than when I got pregnant - not bad for over half way through this thing. (not deliberately losing weight - I think it is the insulin helping me process sugars better that is doing it).

* My brother and his wife called up to actually see how I was. I haven't heard a thing from them since we hit 12 weeks and told them we were pregnant. 2 months later they were pretty surprised that we were still pregnant and that we had hit 20 weeks! I hope to catch up with them on the weekend.

So things are going okay. This last week I have really felt lots of flutters and yesterday I felt two definate kicks. Nothing today apart from flutters but that is okay - I know it might not be always obvious in the beginning.

The big news I promised you some time ago is only days away now. It has been hard and stressful sorting everything out for it, but we are coming into the light now and I promise you it won't be too much longer before I can tell you. - I can't wait!

We are looking at baby furniture in earnest now and think our first purchase will be the Boori matilda rocker (glider) that we have had our eye on for some time. Jac - you will be pleased to know we found one for $296 on Sale which we think we will just get. We are still wading through the diverse range of cots out there. There are so many things to consider with them. it blows your mind.

Once our Big news hits we hope to also start working on the baby room. The things are combined but only because the big news allows us to clear out that room. i hope I can get started I am absolutely itching to get into it.

Mari sent me the most incredible gift - I only hope I can pay her back for these - she sent me some fantastic fitted cloth nappies - they are incredible! I will take a pic of these on the weekend if I can. I just love them and I am in awe that she would send these to me - please Mari - let me give you something for them - they would not have been cheap and I would love to repay you for them.

I have been knitting booties but not for wriggles - for a friend who is due three days before me. After knitting them I am going to knit something for wriggles - hopefully to try an amazing pattern Summer gave me. (sorry Summer - i don't have a blog link for you that I can link to - please let me know if you do have a blog, I would love to read it).

that's all for now - stay well everyone and thanks for sharing this journey with me.