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The decorating at home is finally nearing completion.

  

Gone are the lilac walls with lurid lime green woodwork in the back bedroom.

Gone is the bland cornflower blue Anaglypta in the hall, stairs and landing.

Gone is the offensive burnt orange from the front bedroom.     

All woodwork is now a spanking and glorious brilliant white and all walls a fresh chalk white.  

It has transformed our house and its hard to believe now just how we put up with the psychedelic maelstrom for so long.

Carpet is booked to be laid in early August, at which point I'll be getting busy with the screw driver and Allen keys to assemble the baby changing unit and cot which arrived last week.

Pictures to follow soon.

on track

K had her periodic midwife appointment earlier in the week and all is well. Her blood pressure etc is all fine and dandy and baby is doing well.

She's had one or two incidents where she's nearly fainted and felt v light headed this week too. Apparently this is all down to baby sucking on her resources.

More entries to keep you all up to date soon I promise.

give me fever

My poor darling wife is suffering. Having hay fever whilst pregnant is a nightmare.

As K is unable to take any of the usual hay fever medication (cos she's preggers of course) she has been suffering from flu-like symptoms for the last 2 weeks.

This also means that she has been snoring like an outboard motor, waking up to cough and sneeze throughout the night and now junior has taken to kicking her awake at 5 AM every day - far from ideal for K.

This waking up early lark (no pun intended) also indicates that the little bugger has taken on some of my early bird genes.

I see trouble ahead...

can i kick it?

It would seem that the answer is a resounding YES!

Last night I could actually feel the bean kicking/punching from within K simply by laying my hand on her tummy and waiting patiently.

Although you can't see anything from the outside it is surprising just how much force is behind the movement.

exponential growth

It's all change once more in our house dear readers.

We have been busily stripping all of the walls in the two middle floor bedrooms in readiness for the plasterer coming to skim them all today. The front room looks like a cross between a building site and a New York loft apartment. Baby should have a nice newly decorated room by the time s/he arrives and we'll finally be rid of the shocking psychedelic decor that we've somehow been living with for the last few years.

The other news is that K's bump is growing at an alarming rate. Almost overnight she has developed a very well defined baby-bump and has had to fully transition into her new maternity jeans, trousers and tops.