Week 20 - Half way!

It's incredible to think that I'm half way through this pregnancy business already.  While the first three months felt like they took forever, after bebe became public knowledge, it's just gone so quickly.

It's been a big week.  We moved into our new house, which we both LOVE.  It feels like such a grown up house, and it's so big compared to our old place.  And it's really nice not to have to find a way to use every square centimetre of space and cram stuff under the beds, and in every drawer possible, like we did at our old place.  I'm loving the fact that we have dimmer switches, that our bedroom has an en suite, we have STAIRS, our aspect out the back is leafy and quiet, and the kitchen has an awesome island bench (just to name a few things - I could keep going).  It's just too exciting.  We have a bunch of new furniture which all looks great.

Jamie was an amazing unpacker over the weekend and pretty much did everything except two boxes, which I told him not to do (my handbags and folded clothes).  Today is our third wedding anniversary too!  We are off to Quay for dinner!!  I booked it six months ago, not knowing that I'd be pregnant and that we would have just moved house, but it's not like I can complain.  It's only the best restaurant in Australia.  And we haven't been yet, so we are both excited.  And we have a 6.30 booking, so not only do we get to eat early, we'll be able to look out over the water and watch the sun disappear.

Week 20 photo.

19 weeks, and it's a boy!

So the big news this week is that we are having a baby boy.  I was 100 per cent convinced we were having a girl, so it actually came as a total shock to me (despite the 50/50 odds).  I don't know where it came from, but given my reaction, I really have some strong gender hang ups that I need to deal with!  But I know when he's born that I wouldn't want it any other way, and that I won't be able to love him more.  I went and bought some adorable onsies on the day we found out he is a he - like a blue and grey stripey one with a dog wearing a fireman's helmet, and a blue and white stripey polo neck onsie with a red crab on it.  Cuuute!  And a few stripey and spotty little onsies which are all so teeny tiny, although when I hold them up to my stomach it's clear how much further I have to go!

This week's outfit brought to you by Country Road.  I totally love this skirt, and hopefully it will still be useful non preggie if it's not too stretched.

This is genius

I love the dedication and patience that this guy shows in stringing out an internet scammer from Malaysia over three months.  It's pretty bloody funny too.
http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/my-three-month-facebook-dialogue-with-a-scammer-from-malaysia-pretending-to-be-a-beautiful-woman

18 weeks - nearly half way!

It's amazing to think I'm nearly half way through this pregnancy.  Time is just flying, and the days when we have a small human being to look after are fast approaching.  I've been thinking a lot more about birth and actually having a baby rather than just being pregnant.  We saw the baby last week at the obstetrician's, but it had its legs crossed (how modest!), so he couldn't see if it was a boy or a girl.  But we should find out on Monday when we do the full morphology scan.
We met with our doula on the weekend and I asked her lots of what felt like stupid questions, like, if I have to have a caesar, can I have my glasses on (yes - phew).
In other news, we sold our house this week, which is a huge relief.  There will be a bit of an overlap between when we move into the new place and settle Rainford, but it's nothing major.  We bought a new fridge, outdoor setting, dining table and chairs (we went with the old weathered looking table, rather than the Danish looking one), and a TV cabinet on the weekend.  All getting delivered on move day, which is going to be interesting.  I've hired packers to make life easier, but really, moving is never easy.  At least we don't have much stuff, and it should be relatively easy.  And we can take our time unpacking.

LV windows

The new Louis Vuitton store is opening in Sydney today.  Naturally, I'm invited (jokes!!).  Their window display is pretty awesome right now, it's all animals made out of actual pieces of LV bags and other things.  My favourite was a moose head, but I couldn't get a decent pic without tons of reflection, so you'll have to settle for this croc.  You don't really get the effect from this far away, but you get the idea.  They've got lots of little animals too, they are really amazing.  It's very clever.