Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Wearing a little dress that I had as a baby, handmade by one of my mums friends. Showing her little frown that she does when she is taking it all in!


Wearing a dress that my Grandmother gave me as a baby - with her happy face :)


My little chubber :)


Playing with her mum :)

My little one is three weeks old today and she has changed so much! We brought home a little newborn who barely opened her eyes and now we have a little bumper who stares at everything and takes it all in. She has put on so much weight and has little fat rolls everywhere - even on her wrists! She has the hugest double chin too!

Her nature is still very calm and accepting. She barely cries except for hunger and loves to feed for long periods at a time. She self settles in her cot or basinette and sleeps really well. She naps during the day for 1.5-2 hours usually and sleeps much deeper at night for between 3-5 hours at a time. She feeds and then goes straight back down for more sleep at night which makes my life so much easier. We have never had to settle her to sleep in our arms or co-sleep with her. I am hopeful that we wont have any major sleep issues with her (but who really knows!)

She loves her bouncer and sits in it watching the moving bubbles and fish with an intense stare. We put up a toy over her car seat and she loves to stare at that bobbing around! She stares up into our faces and pulls the most brilliant cross eye faces as she works it all out - it is so cute! She has a "happy face" where she has an upturned open mouth which is so close to a smile but not quite! I am looking forward to seeing her first smile!

She has been out nearly every day - lots of shopping and walks. We are getting pretty good at balancing her feeds and changes and I am getting used to having to try and breast feed in public areas..

We have bought her a carrier where she sits on our front and she falls asleep in it quickly. It must remind her of being in my tummy with the body warmth and motion.

We are going to the childhood clinic for her next weigh in on Thursday and having a morning tea catch up with some other new mums from our antenatal class on Friday which should be lovely. Jase goes to uni/work from Wednesday onwards so we should start developing an at home routine soon.. SHe has visited my work and cried the whole time, making liars of us about how good she is!

I cant believe how fast she is growing up but every new thing is just a delight and I cant wait to experience it all!

Tummy two weeks post birth

Well its no longer an update on bubs and I together... so I thought I would take the time to record how I am going post birth and then of couse do an update on little Elka with excessive amounts of photos naturally!

So its 2.5 weeks since I gave birth... and I feel pretty darn fantastic! My tummy is nearly gone and I am dying to tone the poor flabby flesh up! I am dropping kgs daily thanks I am pretty sure to the breast feeding :). Am now 61kg and am hoping to eventually get down to about 58kg but not in any great rush and am also suspicious that my huge boobs are responsible for about 1kg each lol

At times I miss that huge tummy full of bub but mostly its bliss rediscovering what it feels like to be slim and mobile :) I am loving sleeping (when I get a chance!)as I can roll around and sleep on my tummy.

My stitches were painful for the first week but were much less than I had imagined they would be. By Day 10 they were more or less feeling healed.. I am no longer getting cramping from my shrinking uterus either.

In fact the most painful thing has been the milk coming into my boobs. But I am proud of how well my body is handling breastfeeding and supporting my little one (she is piling on the weight - 500g in 6 days!)so its all worth it - yep even those rotten stretch marks!

In all I must say the recovery has been so much faster and easier than I would ever expect. It does make C-sections look tough in comparison.

I am not even that sleep deprived - my little angel lets me get at least 2.5 hours of sleep at a time, sometimes 3.5-4 hours at a stretch and she goes straight back to sleep after her feed. I am very lucky!

I visited work today - a bit of a shock to the system, trying to juggle work talk and a screaming baby! But it was nice to see the familar faces and touch base...

All in all, life is good and I am counting down to being able to get back on the horse, exercise bike and back into pilates!

Hehe with recent arrivals, the dining table does pale into insignificance! But I do love our new table and how it fills out the dining area so I thought it was worth showing a few pics :)

Its a long one, I wanted to record everything I could remember so feel free to just skim. We had hoped for an active labour with lots of support from my husband. Fortunately we were also very open minded about what might actually happen as I am afraid my labour was far from active! Of course I would do it all again for my little Princess.

I had been experiencing prelabour for two weeks – regular 10 minute Braxton hicks that would drop to about 20 minutes at night. They drove me nuts and served to get Jase and Mum excited that it was labour quite a few times! It didn’t help that my obs kept getting excited at every weekly appointment and saying that he would see me in hospital within the next few days – hmm three weeks of him saying that and I was not so convinced! Sleep was pretty difficult and I was disappointed to feel myself getting weaker and less rested as the time wore on. But I continued to rest and relax and do lovely outings, long walks and shopping with Mum and Jase, soaking up the free time that we so rarely get! Around Thursday the 12th of June, the Braxton hicks began to get more uncomfortable and incorporated some back pain and lower pelvic cramping and I noticed bubs head feeling very low and heavy, making walking a slow process. I sent Mum home for the weekend on Friday the 13th and spent the day doing my last nesting jobs that I had planned for my pre-baby maternity leave. My lower back was really aching and my pelvis had that periody ache to it… that afternoon I had a bloody show – I finally felt like something might happen.

Jase and I spent Saturday walking around a nearby lake and driving over bumpy roads and were disappointed that all seemed to have settled down and I was just back to a few painful Braxton hicks and most just being painless tightenings. By then I was OVER it and had banned timing of them – I didn’t want to know! On Sunday the 15th of June, we tried some of the old wives tales to speed things up – including the usual couple time ;) and also some more walking, a really good cry (watching PS I Love You – its such a sweet memory of both of us tearing up) and eating pineapple! Well something worked – we did the groceries that afternoon and I could barely walk with all the pelvic aching and pain I was experiencing... again I banned any timing of contractions, had a shower and headed to bed. I had my suspicions that this was it but didn’t want to get my hopes up so just slept…

As per recent nights, a strong painful contraction woke me at 1.30am (16th June) – I headed to the loo and settled back in bed. Another woke me up so I sleepily checked the clock and noticed that it was only 10 minutes later and it had been equally as painful as the prior one. By the third one at 10 minutes later again, my breathing through it had woken Jase… I told him that this felt like it was actually going somewhere and asked him to make me a warm milo and some biscuits to eat as I felt a little nauseous and wanted something in my stomach. We settled into bed to watch crap night tv and to wait excitedly… but then I noticed that the contractions were dropping to 6 minutes apart. We live semi-rural and the hospital is a fair drive and they had told us to start heading in once contractions were under 10 minutes, so now we had to get moving! I jumped in the shower and washed my hair – much to Jases amusement I also blow dried it and applied some make-up – not sure what I was thinking! I guess I just figured it might be my last chance to look tidy for a long time! By the time I rung the hospital, I was having trouble talking and walking through the pain… we tidied the house, put out food for the animals and finished packing my hospital bag. As organised as we had been, Jase still had to go out and repair the chicken feeder in the dark at 3am – there is always something that gets overlooked! We locked up, walked to the car under the beautiful bright moonlight and realised that next time we drove back in our little farm, life would be very different.

I called my parents on the way in and let them know – they are a two hour drive away so they decided to head up to our place in the morning to take care of all the animals and wait for news. Contractions sped up to 4 minutes apart in the car and we were glad to pull into the hospital car park! The security guard was waiting to escort us to the mat ward – which he did at a very fast walk leaving me well and truly behind! I mean I would have thought it was usual for the labouring women he escorts to need a slower pace! The midwives welcomed us at the birthing suite front desk and said I looked way too smiley to be in labour (hehe the blow dried hair and make-up probable didn’t help)! They moved us into a birth suite and explained that there were three other ladies coming in that night (only 4 birth suites) and another 4 expected that morning so it was going to be a busy day.. It was about 4am and they placed me on the monitors. I had nice strong contractions and bubs heart rate was good, it was all looking promising. Then the midwife did an internal and boy did her face drop! Despite all my prelabour pains and strong contractions, I wasn’t dilated at all!!! She could force a finger through which then made me 0.5cm. I was almost completely effaced however so something had been happening. She explained that this meant it was going to be a long labour – she thought I wouldn’t get to 5cm until midday and then 1cm an hour from then on. So she was warning us not to expect bubs until Monday night… They decided to keep me in the suite however which surprised me since they were so busy.

Jase and I were keen for an active labour and had read Juju Sudin’s Birth Skills so we decided to get up and move around and not worry about times/dilation etc. We had a lovely shower together – loving that it wasn’t our tank water that we had to worry about preserving! I leant on the bed through the contractions and used my breathing to breathe the pain out, I paced the room and tried the bounce ball. The hours flew and soon it was 8am in the morning and we were waiting for our obs to drop in. He eventually got to us and was in a huge rush (he lacks somewhat in bedside manner unfortunately). He did a quick internal and I was only 1cm so he grabbed the hook and broke my waters and demanded I be put on a synto drip. In this instance I lost my active labour as I was now required to be on the monitoring machines :(. I managed to negotiate with the midwife that I could have one more shower before the drip was inserted. During this shower, the contractions really increased in severity and became rapid and my waters were coming out in gushes. Unfortunately, my waters had meconium in them so now I was very definitely placed on the bed with monitoring. The nurse inserted the synto and the contractions ramped up even more. I really began to struggle with the intensity and speed of the contractions – they were insanely painful and so strong that they were forcing my lower abdomen to push. Because I wasn’t dilated enough I was pushing against my own tight muscles and it was incredibly painful. We tried the gas but the contractions came on so fast and intense I couldn’t get enough gas in before the peak of the contraction and was just hyperventilating. I found grunting and moaning more effective against the pain than trying to keep the gas thing in my mouth! At this stage I was like a wild thing and I could see discomfort in Jason’s face whilst he watched me and tried to coach me through it. I was frantic, crying and thrashing, desperately saying to Jason how was I going to do this for another 8 hours or so – I had never expected to be dealing with constant strong contractions so early into the labour/dilation whilst being made to lie down. I was asked if I wanted an epidural as the ladies in the birthing suites on either side of me were having them and the anaesthetist was on his way. Now I had hoped to not need to go down the epidural path as I had wanted to avoid interventions but unfortunately the breaking of my waters and synto drip had already caused my labour to be unnaturally strong and I didn’t know how I could cope.

I agreed to the epi and then had the long wait for it to be my turn! It was difficult to get the epi in as the contractions were nearly impossible to sit still through and there was basically no breaks between them, but eventually it was done. Straight away it was obvious that it had not worked well – there was a large window of pain throughout the lower right of my abdomen. They tried a few different positions but nothing much helped. However, the severe level of pain had been relieved and I relaxed in discomfort rather than agony for an hour or two. It was midday by now. By 2pm I had become very uncomfortable again – the pain had overridden any relief that the epidural had offered and I was panting and groaning through the contractions again – the pain had moved into my lower back also and I was feeling contractions and burning throughout it. The midwives gave me two large top ups of the epidural drug but nothing would touch the back pain. Now I was incredibly uncomfortable as the extra drug doses had completely numbed my legs to my groin and I couldn’t stay up in the bed. Lying flat was worst for my back pain so it became very awkward. Jason found my dead legs that kept flopping off the end of the bed amusing but I was less impressed!

By examination at about 4pm, I was 8cm dilated so there wasn’t time to call back the anaesthetist to try and fix things. I was assured that bub would be out very soon so I continued to struggle through the constant contractions and insane back pain. The obs checked me at about 6pm, helped her move past my cervix lip with me pushing and declared things ready to continue pushing. More synto was given to me to try and space the contractions out as they were basically constant and not dropping before peaking again. This made them super strong again and I don’t remember much as the pain, particularly the back pain, was taking over everything. I pushed and pushed which made the back pain worse. Jase was the only reason I could keep pushing, his gentle encouragement was what I focused on through the haze.

After one and half hours of pushing, the obs stormed in and was shocked as bub hadn’t moved despite the enormous contractions. I wasn’t surprised – despite trying my hardest with the pushing, I couldn’t feel her moving down the birth canal at all – she was still right at the top. The obs very helpfully kept telling me “something is wrong, something is wrong, we are getting this baby out”! All of a sudden it was all hands on deck and I was up in stirrups, the obs was in a gown and gumboots and he was trying to vacuum her out. I was pushing as much as I could but it still wasn’t enough. He asked for episotomy scissors and I tuned in, having basically not spoken to anyone in hours, and demanded a local! He had to cut twice, cutting deeper through my muscle and start more vacuuming, the pulling was intense - I never thought she was going to come but then her head finally crowned. She was so big compared to me so it took a hell of a lot more pushing and strong pulling from the obs to even get her shoulders and body out! It was pretty epic! But then she was up on my chest and it was all over at 8.03pm. I was marvelling at her dark hair and olive skin like her Dad and despite the rough entry to the world she looked perfect just with a little egg on her head which was gone by morning. I had lots of skin to skin time and Elka had a breastfeed and Jase got to weigh her. The stitching took forever but apparently my obs has a great reputation for excellent stitching so I didn’t complain. While I was being stitched, the obs explained I was just too small through the birthing canal and that I wasn’t a good shape for giving birth. Yep after that ordeal I believed him! I don’t think my strong pelvic floor muscles from horseriding helped either. The midwife bent the rules and let my mum, dad and brother come into the birth suite and we had a lovely visit... then after wash for bub and I, it was off to our room for a night of sleep :).

We had a great hospital stay with a double bed private room so that Jase could stay and learn and bond with Elka also. The midwives were so patient and we asked and learnt a lot. We were quite confident new parents by the end and were continually asked if we were really first time parents! My baby blues lasted about 10 minutes when I had a little boohoo as I had been told that Elka had some slight jaundice! Oh and when they took her away in the middle of the night for her heelprick test and didn’t bring her back for 40 minutes. She is sleeping and feeding like a champ and I am amazed at the level of emotions I am experiencing. I am feeling pretty well physically and am shocked at how fast the preggy tummy disappears. I can’t remember being a big whale anymore! Also I am loving being able to roll over in bed I must admit ;).

The anaesthetist contacted me the next day to discuss the epidural and its failure. He explained that the back pain was caused by her head pressing nerves in my tight birth canal and he said that it was basically impossible to block these nerves with an epidural :(. So now I am pretty darn frightened of trying to birth number two vaginally which makes me sad – it’s so hard when it’s your own body that is the problem!

But as I said I would do it all again as I am so in love with my little girl and I love seeing Jase be such a proud Dad. Life is just wonderful.

Elka Gwendoline – her middle name is after my late grandmother.
16 June 2008 – her due date, 8.03pm.
3.81kg (8 pounds 6), head circumference 36.2cm, length 52cm, Apgars of 9 and 9.

Just a quick one as time is a luxury these days!

But my little girl arrived on her due date - June 16, 3.81 kg, 52cm, head circum - 36.2cm and apgars of 9 and 9.

I will write up my birth story and post that. But I am LOVING being a mum and she is truly a little angel and I cant believe how beautiful and precious she is!

Just trying to rest, relax and soak up just how lucky I am :)

Have had some sad family dramas which has really put my whinging and moaning in perspective. I feel so blessed to have my gorgeous loving husband who has been with me every step of my journey and has always made me feel like a goddess..

Have throughly enjoyed hanging out with Mum and Hubby - lots of nice walks and sits in the sun - not too tough!

I am 39 weeks and 4 days, still experiencing the joys of prelabour with regular contractions (mainly painless - a little period pain) - not easy for sleeping but am managing to get some :) At least it distracts me from the other pregnancy aches and pains! Am getting increasingly less mobile - am really waddling with a bubs head so darn low! And her head hits my cervix and left thigh nerves which makes me jump alot!
A little nausea has returned, am not too fussed about eating at the moment.. am still about 69kg so am happy to have kept weight gain under 70kg... definitely cant complain about my pregnancy, I think I have been very lucky and my bubs has been such a good girl passing all her milestones and not causing any worries :)

Am feeling like I could go anytime now - lots of backache, cramping and a show now (yay!) - its very excitiing and strange having no idea when and how! But obs was super happy with me and thought it would be very soon so I guess I just have to wait and see ;)

We bought the new Olympus camera that I have had my eye on for awhile - am very happy with it! Just perfect for taking pics of our new little one :)

still here :) at 39 weeks...

nothing much to report - just getting slower and sorer! Off to an obs appointment today but not expecting any real feedback... bub will come when she is ready :)

Had a nesting spurt yesterday afternoon - not the usual mummy urge methinks! The horses got groomed, snipped and trimmed and they look lovely! Now I wont feel like I am neglecting them when I am away and busy for the next few weeks... hehe who needs to scrub floors!

Had a lovely weekend with hubby including an indulgent day down the Gold coast wandering around and treating ourselves to a relaxing lunch...

No real plans for this week - Mum is coming up to babysit me and I will try and be good and relax and watch some DVDs and rest ;)

Oh so slow when you are just waiting waiting waiting!

Here I am 38.5 weeks - my pregnancy has flown and now it is crawling... I was fine just chilling out and resting but then I had to develop prelabour with regular braxton hicks contractions and that got me and everyone else excited. Now we are all just so darn impatient!

Am feeling huge and bloated and would really love to clear the cobwebs with some good hard exercise or some horseriding.. :( Couch bound is no fun!

But that said - Mum is staying with me and we have been doing lovely things each day so I cant complain.. yesterday I visited work for a nice morning tea and catch up and Mum and I went to see Sex and the City which we thoroughly enjoyed! (Although I copped some painful contractions throughout - typical!)

Now I at least have the long weekend with Hubby to look forward too.. I have felt such a lovely connection with him. He has been so caring and wonderful with my pains and we have actually enjoyed some beautifully intimate nights where he strokes and comforts me through my pains. I am very confident about this next step because I know how much I am sharing it and not having to go through it alone.. it really makes a difference.

Here is my 38 week pics...

Well my obs appointment went well - got a clean bill of health as usual including some blood test results which all looked good. Little Miss appears to have pushed her head even lower down - hence all my pelvic pain. And after examining me - the Dr proclaims that she is in perfect position and it could be anytime now... yeah well nothing I didnt already know! But he then states that he may not be seeing me at next weeks weekly appointment because he will be seeing me before then at the hospital!

Hmm well I dont share his optimisim! But I did warn hubby to wrap things up at work and let mum and dad know... I am having all night braxton hicks which suck! and a lot of lower periody ache in my back but no other giveaway signs than that...

Well it has inspired me to book my hair appointment in! Could be the last for awhile! I have the farrier coming tomorrow and an afternoon of shopping planned with Mum and Dad so hopefully being on my feet that much wont kill me!

Here is my 37 week pics.. Maybe my tummy has slightly dropped? Am officially the size of a house now!

I have been so lucky with this pregnancy :) I have been trucking away - fairly mobile, generally sorest at night because I have been on my feet all day.. but in the last week - wow I have had to slow down! Waddling is the major form of transport these days ;)

I am getting lots of braxton hicks - man are they tight across the top of my bump, I generally find it hard to breath when they start! Poor bub must be getting pretty squished in there. I am savouring these last chances to feel her move around in there - its pretty special. Although I am DYING to see her! I have no idea what she will look like - but its exciting to imagine :)

I have made great progress on my labour and hospital bags and am feeling pretty organised - which is great as I am now 37 weeks and that is officially full term! Our little one is cooked - wow!

I couldnt sleep last night and was reminicising over the early pregnancy days - remembering the shock/horror/amazement that i had when I saw that second line on that test! The only way I could express it was in physical movement - hopping around and dashing around. Hubby thought I was mad! It was all just too real but so maddeningly surreal at the same time :) Its a magical memory for me now.. made sweeter as the things that were stressing me back then are all sorted - I have my wonderful permanant job and am loving my blissful maternity leave.

We had our breastfeeding clinic on the weekend - it was lovely to learn from woman with babes in arms and to talk and share experiences that are never included in textbooks. I am hoping to join in a few social occaisions with these woman and to meet some people in our local area..

Today involved a lovely sleep in - actually involved me being a coward and staying in bed as I had some lovely lower pelvic pain! And then joining the local library and stocking up on books to read - I have a few weeks of coherence left where a book will still seem like a viable leisure activity! And a slow grocery shop - why does everyone have to stare at me like I am about to have the baby right there! Sigh everytime I am an object of interest and comments on the size of my poor old tummy! Still its enough to tire me and lead me to an afternoon on the lounge - sigh once I was so darn active and fit!

Tomorrow is my weekly obs appointment - I have hope that he might shed some light on how long this waiting game will go but I doubt it! I just have to let my control freak nature go dont I!

Well obs appointment went well - blood pressure is staying steady and not dropping anymore.. my belly is now measuring 40 weeks - she is clearly growing well! The obs says bub is in the perfect position and it could just be any time.. but not that I am looking like I am going soon - no obvious signs :)

I am getting so many braxton hicks and lots of pains in the lower pelvis so my body is definitely practicing away.. I am really tired these days - am quite blown away with how tired I get doing so little during the day. I can manage a morning of working away round the house and then I am super tired!

Yesterday was lovely - Hubby took the afternoon off and we went bub shopping after the obs appointment. Hubby was cute - grabbing all sorts of newborn things - I think the reality of a baby arriving soon is starting to sink in! We are pretty organised now - just a few random things etc..

We had our last antenatal class last night after a nice dinner out for hubby and I (hey have to make the most of the couple time while we can!) I feel a little calmer about what to expect with the birth and the days afterwards - although walking into that maternity ward does make me tense up! We swapped phone numbers with some of the other 36 weeks along couples and might meet them for a coffee which would be nice.. the midwife wasnt impressed to hear that I havent packed my hospital bags yet but its so hard! I mean I have lists on the fridge (come on as if I wouldnt have a list or two written!) and some things in bags for labour and hospital stay.. but most things I am still using and want to up until birth ie clothes, maternity bras, toiletries.. so it will just have to wait!

I bought a fit ball to bounce on - meant to be good for positioning bub.. it really helps my back pain which is great!

I have a massage booked for tomorrow - cant wait!

Yep bub is still cooking away but on top of that I have been enjoying getting the chance to take the time to put some effort into preparing meals and cooking goodies. HUbby has been treated to trifle and biscuits and rock cakes so far!

Tonight I am feeling good after making a yummo potato and leek soup - perfect for this colder weather!

In my internet trawls for nice recipes (cause our million cook books arent good enough!) I found this lovely blog - tis a feast for the eyes :) http://pinchmysalt.com/

Tomorrow is a busy one for us - I have bloods being taken in the morning, obs appointment in the middle of the day, some shopping with hubby, a rushed dinner out and our last antenatal class in the evening - whooo - much faster paced then I am getting used to anyway!

doing my best but still feeling a little at sea with doing "nothing" - feels funny trying to be patient and just sit and feel little bubs growing away :)SO much pelvic pain going on - I think bubs is doing her best to bust on out..

managing to fit some little bits of cleaning and work in of course ;) and had a lovely shop yesterday afternoon - treated myself to a new doona cover - always exciting for me!

Off to find a recipe for caramelised onion and tomoato chutney to jazz up our homemade burgers for dinner :)

Loving maternity leave - as much as I have still worked from home every day this week. It has been really peaceful and really good on my body to rest and be sitting down so much :)

Bub is feeling huge and I think she is getting mighty squished in there! My poor old belly wobbles and strains with her moving bits around all the time! I finally understand the "get it out" attitude of due pregnant women! I honestly feel like my abdomen could explode and my back has given up the ghost from carrying it all around!

I have booked a pregnancy massage for next week and I cant wait - should be bliss!

We had a great antenatal class the other night and went through all the interventions etc. Hubby and I discussed our best case scenario birth plan - active natural birth - no pethidine and no c-sections or epidurals. But of course whatever the course of birth actually takes will be fine by us - no pressure to have the perfectly planned labour!

There was a death in Hubbies family so he has flow to Newcastle - I was very sad that I couldnt go and support him and his family... I am under strict instructions to not go into labour while he is away ;) Mum and my brother are my emergency contacts while I am alone out at the farm. I am taking it pretty easy and not doing my usual whirlwind of cleaning that I would normally be up for! Tomorrow I do however have some shopping planned :)

Here is my 35 week pics - Symptoms - sciatic nerve pain in lower right of back, tight tight tight belly, sore achy legs and feet and a fair slug of fatigue :) Weight gain so far - is 9-10kgs which is OK... am hoping not to go over 70kg but I think its out of my control these days ;)

Its been pretty nuts recently - lots of farm work on tanks and drains etc which has been taking up our weekends.. and on top of that work has been so demanding and by the time I arrive home I am too tired for anything but a whinge and falling into bed :)

BUT that all changes now as I am ON MATERNITY LEAVE!!! Yay!! I am quite excited as I havent had any time to get my head around this new stage of our life and I am really looking forward to nesting and preparing to be a mum :)

That said - I did bring home a whole wheelie suitcase of work lol - I am planning on easing out of work with a few days working from home finishing things off :)

Things finished in a fun hectic way - I was working late on the Thursday night lecturing for a Masters uni course and then Friday work through a huge morning tea for me - SO much food and over 35 people! Work got me a lovely farewell gift of a beautiful baby book that they all signed and a gorgeous pure indulgence spa voucher with a facial, back massage and pedicure -mmm great for pampering a new tired mum! Then I had to rush off from work as hubby and I had to meet Ben and Rhi and Mum and Dad down the Gold Coast for Mums Mothers Day dinner. That was lovely and good way to celebrate for me :)

Bubs is hiccuping away as I write this - so cute :)
TOday I was quite antsy I am afraid - despite a very decadent sleep - in with hubby, I was tired, sore and spent the day being grumpy and trying to do to much!

Oh well plenty of time to learn how to relax ;)