Tour of the nursery

Ok so i thought i’d take some pictures of babygirls nursery, and may i say, i am jealous. She has the best frikkin room in the house, in many houses, i am actually jealous of her bedroom ha ha. So here goes 🙂

Her name on the wall above her cot

Her cot, with her pram folded up underneathe until we need it

Her cot with her toys/teddies and mobile

This is where sleeping beauty will go 🙂

Play mat off her auntie Gemma & Layla

Bouncer chair also off auntie Gemma & Layla

Her play area

Moses basket, however this will be in our room for a few months until she’s ready to go into her cot

My rocking chair from IKEA, sooo comfy. Where i’ll go when feeding her or rocking her to sleep

Light shade, from Mamas and Papas

Nappy changing area, i got the nappy holder to match the theme of her changing table and cot. The nappy bin is off Daniels Dad & Emma

Changing table, the theme is from Babies R Us and is called ”Sugar and Spice all things nice” Super cute

Top drawer of her changing table, has her vests, dummies, wipes, talc, cotton balls and buds, sponges for the bath and other little bits and bobs

2nd drawer has all her babygrows in along with her bibs, socks, slipper shoes, scratch mits, hats, headband, frilly knickers

3rd drawer has all of her hooded bath towels, blankets and moses basket/cot covers

On top of her wardrobe is some presents off people that we can use when she is here. Also my big bouncy ball, may pop my fat bum on that this week and help bring her down abit ha ha

Inside her wardrobe, all her lovely outfits and her little shoes underneathe. She’s got more style than her mama i’m jealous of all her clothes ha ha

We got these curtains from IKEA, they are white with little dragon flies and butterflies on them, they break up the room lovely, behind them we have pink blinds

The pink blinds are shut so gives a pink look

Apart from the shocking background across the way from the back of our house, i love how her room looks when the blinds are up and curtains open, lovely and bright, defo a good choice breaking up the room with white curtains

Pattern on her curtains

View from the door. Daniel put a picture up on the wall of me and my big bump, he wants another picture next to it of me and babygirl when she is her, good old before and after

View from her cot

Wooo, a door!

Daniel took this fancy photo to capture all of her bedroom hehe

So thats pretty much it. I can’t wait for her to see her room and obviously as she gets older it’ll become a lot more full of toys and a lot more messy, good times. Just waiting on little lady now 🙂

 

Life on maternity leave so far

I can’t believe i’ve been on maternity leave over 2 weeks already now, time is going soooo fast it’s scary. It feels like yesterday we lived in the apartment and it was Sunday 23rd October 2011 when it was confirmed (after about 4 pregnancy tests) that we were having a baby. It’s strange, that seems a lifetime away but also just like yesterday, if that makes any sense at all. And here i am, 3 weeks away from my due date and babygirl could literally come anytime she wants to now.

I’ve had my baby shower, had lunch and tea with friends and family, been shopping, had lazy days 🙂 I’m glad i finished work when i did, even though i still wake up early mornings, it’s a lot better being at home or doing whatever i want after a night of not sleeping well and feel exhausted and having backache etc, i’m glad i don’t have to deal with that at work. I have a few little things i want to get done before babygirl gets here, my car is being cleaned inside and out on Wednesday, we can then put the car seat in there all ready for her. I want to sterilize a couple of bottles and a dummy and pack them in her case. Then i need my hair doing, it’s been 3 months, these roots aren’t cute, i at least want my hair on form when she’s here he he 🙂 Then we are all ready for her.

I think she’s gearing up to join us anyway, i had pretty bad false labour pains last week which was scary, but then me and Daniel felt slight sadness that it wasn’t the real thing. She’s a lot lower now, i’m suffering with quite bad cramps and pains even more now too. They aren’t pretty at all and all i think is ”holy shit, the real thing will be 100x worse than this, man up Sam”. It’s very scary because i’ve no idea where i’ll be when it happens, will it be the pains that come first or will my waters break somewhere (imagine me in Tesco like….oops) will i be with Daniel or will i be alone, what will my labour be like, will i be ok?

Everyone keeps telling me to enjoy my time alone whilst i can, and i completely get it and i’m trying to rest as much as i can, but, in all honesty, i’m pretty bored. It feels like maternity leave time is wasted whilst waiting for her. I really do just want my daughter here now to start our life as a family and being parents. It’s hard to relax so much and ”enjoy” time off alone when i’m this uncomfortable, i’d very much just like her out of me now, it’s even painful and hard to put pants on lol. I need to be me again. I get bored on my own in the day and get cabin fever most of the time, but i can’t go out and do a lot because it’ll involve spending money that i don’t have or that i need to save because i could have a daughter here by the next pay day!! As much as i appreciate the rest and the peace, i’d be so happy if she was to make her entrance any time now (maybe wait till my hair is done though please ha ha).

I know it’s going to be verrrry hard, strange, exhausting and a lottttt of work, and yes i am petrified that i’ll soon be a mother and have a daughter to look after forever, but, i literally cannot wait to meet her, see her beautiful little face and cuddle her anytime i want. It’s been a long journey together, feeling her moving and kicking everyday and i’m just bursting to see her and hold her ❤

I do have a little more nesting to do, my Mum is going to come round next week and help me go to town on the house, everywhere must be super clean for her 🙂 I’m loving the life of leisure of course, but i’m ready for you whenever babygirl, don’t keep us waiting too long we all want to meet you so badly 🙂