Busy Busy

I know I've been very slack in keeping you all up to date but I have been so busy. Between being pregnant and perpetually exhausted and working non-stop plus a very hectic social schedule I haven't had a minute to spare. Today I have scored a free morning because the gorgeous Olivia is unfortunately unwell and not up for our usual Friday morning activities.

I'll start at the beginning - 2 weekends ago Rob and I hosted a lovely Earth Hour dinner party with some of our closest friends. There was 10 of us in total and it was a lovely night of Chilli Mussels and trivia. Of course it was difficult to see what we were eating because we were in total darkness except for the mother load of candles that Rob diligently placed in every corner of the house and backyard. Yes it may have been a fire hazard but it was lots of fun.

Last weekend we had Olivia staying with us from midday Saturday to midday Sunday. She was extremely well behaved and slept well her first time away from Mummy and Daddy (she's 2 plus 2 months). Rob and I had an absolute ball and loved every moment of it. I loved watching Rob with her - he's going to be such an awesome Dad all 'my kids' always adore him.

Yesterday we had our 20 week anatomy scan and we are very pleased to report that Poppy is growing perfectly. We have some pictures which I may post but this is not a very photogenic baby - always in awkward positions and constantly moving - so they're not great.

I've started photographing my growing belly so here it is....

18 weeks plus 3 days - before the earth hour dinner party

20 weeks plus 1 day - on the way to the anatomy scan

Wriggly Baby

Poppy is starting to make her movements felt and it’s lovely to really feel her and know she’s wriggling around. It wasn’t as dramatic this time around - not like Banjo who I felt move very strongly and suddenly one night as I lay in bed. I can’t really say when exactly I started feeling her move but it’s been happening for about 2 weeks and is slowly getting stronger and more definite.
Obviously this movement is very important to me as it was a lack of movement that alerted me to the fact that something may be wrong with Banjo. I’ll be paying very close attention to the frequency of movement and will no doubt have some heartstopping moments if the poor kid takes a nap!!

Where did my brain go??

Can anybody tell me why I can remember every word of Paula Abdul's 80's track Opposites Attract but I can't remember a single thing I need to do in my day to day life without several lists and never ending reminders in my mobile phone?

My brain is total mush. It's not a new phenomenon for me to have no memory but it really struck me as strange today when that song came on the radio and without having heard it for at least 10-15 years I was able to sing every single tragic word.

Too much sadness

A dear and wonderful friend of mine has lost her baby today at 18 weeks. She had recently had an amnio and showed up today for what should have been a lovely chance to peek at her growing bubs in the anatomy scan to be told that the baby had passed away in utero. I thought my heart couldn't break again in the way it did for Banjo but it has split in two for her and her husband and their gorgeous son. I feel their pain in the truest way possible - through shared experience. All my love to them and all the mothers and families (far too many - I'm realising) who lose life just when it should be beginning.

Mmmmm Chocolate..

Happy Easter

Life through the eyes of babies - just don't let him near your favourite books!!