You do crafts dear, which are inherently messy things to do.

As Porl once said to me about my inability to keep my desk tidy.
This is my excuse for not having taken any pictures of my lovely new craft space. I moved all things up there, and got everything organised, then I started making cards, so the craft corner is a working mess.

I'm not generally a card making person, however I hate giving money to Hallmark etc, so I do try to make my own cards for Christmas, birthdays and other Hallmark holidays. The current lot of cards are just blank notelets as I'm sure they'll be useful at some point very soon.

For friends wanting baby related news, we went for our 36 week scan on Thursday. The news was very good. I'm all set for the natural birth with gas, air and a big bouncy ball that I want. Thankfully my placenta has shifted, and I won't be needing a caesarean. It's a huge relief, I really, really didn't want surgery. They are still being serious about the (very mild) latex allergy though, so in between screaming for pain relief I've also got to remember to scream at them to put on their blue gloves.
I wonder if I'll remember? Or be bothered?

It was nice to see bump again, we didn't get any pictures as it was laid awkwardly, and it's far too big to fit on one image now, but the sonographer was able to give us a pretty good look at the face by manoeuvring the scanner cleverly. Only about 3.5 weeks till we see the real thing.
All the measurements were done again, and even though everyone keeps telling me I'm looking very small (which I admit I'm relishing, I've never been thought of as small before, I'm short and plump,) but the baby is smack bang in the middle of all the growth charts. I'm hoping the fact I haven't put on much weight means I'll lose it again fairly easily, and maybe even lose some of the excess I had before too. If that turns out to be the case then I wish I'd got pregnant years ago, and I might have to consider having several more babies so I can end up waif like :)
Or maybe not...

Typical! Yesterday I finally got the urge to post, and I couldn't get onto blogger. Better luck today I hope.

It's just under 5 weeks to go until the big day, not that I'm expecting this baby to be punctual, its mother never is.
I did my last shift at work yesterday, and my maternity leave officially starts tomorrow. Just in time, I do actually feel pregnant now, I've been feeling great most of the time, but this past week I've been feeling achy and tired again, I also have a tendency to waddle when I walk. At 35 weeks pregnant it's to be expected though, I'm just pleased I've had it so easy so far. I've finally got my head around the fact that in the next few weeks I'll have a baby to look after, but it's not quite sunk in yet that I don't have to go to work for the next 9 months.
9 months! That's aaages!
I bet I'll not be thinking that next March.

My hospital bag is all packed and other than buying nappies (we're going to get reuseables) and getting a baby monitor we have everything ready for this baby. I'd quite like it to arrive early as I'm getting impatient to meet it now, and I'd like to be feeling vaguely settled before my 30th birthday comes around 12 days later. I've also forgotten what it feels like to be able to sit for 5 minutes or eat something without my belly moving. I thought babies were supposed to move less towards the end of pregnancy as they ran out of space. This one is proving the exception to the rule.

If the baby is early though it'll rule out going to my old school reunion in a fortnight. I would really like to go, but I'm already getting to the stage where the idea of straying far from home, and more importantly, the hospital, is a bit daunting.

We've been busy sorting out the house. Well, our parents have. My Mum and Dad have created a gorgeous new bedroom with a crafty corner for me, and the nursery although still waiting for a few finishing touches (cushion covers and pictures) looks fantastic. Porls Dad has been working on solving the leaky shower problem, and in the next few weeks he's offered to repair the kitchen lights (we've been cooking in semi darkness for months) and also to put us in an outside tap, my pots and baskets have had to be severely limited this year because I'm not up to carrying watering cans. Here's pictures of half our new bedroom, but I'll have to tidy the crafty corner and the nursery up before taking pictures of them.