Week 19

Dress - The Vested Gentress (vintage)/ Gumboots - The Warehouse

Photo's by Saba Yoseph

Sorry I spent too much time goofing off this morning so we didn't end up getting a single good shot... instead I'll just post some of these silly ones (showing my true colours really!)

Well I admit we're actually at the very end of week 19... tomorrow we'll be half way!!  This week the kid has been getting more active than ever, I think we got ourselves a regular little acrobat here.  It's funny but before I got pregnant I thought the idea of having this little person kicking around in your belly was nothing short of creepy.  Now I love it!  I'm really starting to notice that the kid has a very definite rhythm for being awake and being asleep.  Without fail, every morning at 11am it's action time and the wriggling begins.  It also gets awfully excited whenever there is loud music or I'm at the cinema (let me tell you it was ALL on the other night when we went to a screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show).  Oh and I get told off from down below if I get into a grumpy mood too.

I suppose this is the week when a lot of people would be getting their scan and finding out what colour to paint the nursery!  Because we've decided not to it's all a bit of a guessing game.  I am (and have been from the beginning) 99% certain that it's a girl... ha ha which probably means it's a boy!  The girls hugely out weigh the boys on my side of the family so I think there is a good chance it's a her.  Nic is adopted so we don't know anything about his family which is sort of strange but exciting at the same time.  It also brings up the fact that we have absolutely no clue what this little one is going to looks like!  I am half German and half Eritrean (which is such a crazy mix that I could have anything from Italian, to Arabic, to Portuguese in my gene pool).  We're assuming that Nic is of good old kiwi stock.  He has blonde hair and green eyes with a tendency to tan well in summer!  So you see, the physical appearance of this kid is going to be just as much of a surprise as the gender I think!

Now that I'm getting my back problems sorted, I'm actually feeling quite good.  I still get incredibly tired in the afternoons and am not much fun to be around if I don't have an afternoon nap.  Also as my belly gets bigger I am noticing that my skin is getting rather itchy.  So I'm lathering myself even more in oils!  Also I've come to the conclusion that I hate maternity bra's, aghhh they are so uncomfortable that I would rather just not wear one when I'm at home.

That's it for baby talk this week I think, we're just chugging along quite nicely.   Oh did you see Bleubird Vintage's adorable little man that arrived this week?  It really made me wish that time would hurry up so that I can meet my little person :).