BIG NEWS!

It has been a while since I have posted on my blog but there has been good reason!! Our big news is that we are expecting a small Fairweather at the end of October – WOW!!!

We have had the first scan and saw ‘BF’ (Baby Fairweather) on the screen, with a little heart beat and moving. It was amazing – here is a picture of BF as seen at the 12 week scan:

How cool is that!!

We are very, very excited although can’t quite believe it is real yet. We have the 20 week scan at the beginning of June so think it will sink in a bit more then when we can see a lot more detail and my ‘bump’ is bigger!!

So far I have felt pretty good apart from feeling very, very tired and nauseous from week 6 – week 12. Thankfully, the worst of the nausea seems to have passed and although I am not able to eat large meals at least I can look forward to my meals now!!

Anyone who knows me will not be surprised to learn that one thing I am looking forward to is the shopping! Of course, this goes hand in hand with copious amounts of research before committing to any purchase to ensure that we have bought the right piece of equipment for the job, at the best price! And it goes without saying I have already started a folder for the whole process – nothing changes J

Mum and I have already spent a couple of days looking round all possible prams/buggies/travel systems and backed up by my internet research we have chosen a travel system that looks brilliant and does everything we need. It has a carrycot (apparently a must for babies up to 6 months???!!), car seat and buggy all of which can be interchanged easily and the main frame folded quickly.

Here is a picture of the snazzy travel system:

As for the other items needed I am a bit more daunted by this. I mean who knows what steriliser to buy?, what cot mattress?, what clothes?, what bath?, etc, etc These will have to be bought after the 20 week scan! More research required me thinks!!

We are going to make bedroom 4 the nursery. At the moment this is a single room with the exercise equipment in it so this will have to be moved. The plan is to clear out the large set of drawers that are currently in the room which seems to have accumulated a lot of paper and rubbish since we moved in. This will be Malcolm’s job J These drawers will then be taken to the skip as they have seen better days.

Next job will be to clear out the wardrobe in bedroom 3 before moving the contents of bedroom 4 wardrobe into the newly emptied one. Finally, the gym equipment will be moved to bedroom 3 leaving the nursery with only a single bed and an empty wardrobe. Phew!! Then it is time to get the cot from Mum and Dad’s (kindly passed on from my brother) and put it up. I have already decided what drawers to order for the room and also what décor and bedding to get so this will then be ordered too. Now I think once this is done it will seem very real!!

I am going to keep doing agility for as long as I can without being silly and I am thinking, having spoken to a few people who have already done it, that this will mean I can keep going until I am 6 months (i.e. end of July). I will just take it as it comes though but am not having any problems at the moment.

So it is life as normal for now until the 20 week scan and then it will be all go to get ready for the big event. I mean who can believe there will be another Fairweather in our house for Xmas this year! Yikes!