September 2013 down under

This month has been very quiet. I have to admit that pregnancy appears to have slowed me right down. By Friday I just about manage to do the housework and then spend what seems like the whole weekend sleeping. This month I have also been ill with a stomach bug that knocked it out of me. I was off work for a week. Though I am feeling much better now and the baby is development well. I am now 6 month pregnent and the baby is becoming very good at moving. It is currently positioned with its feet just below my ribs, so I feel every kick. Mark and I have decided that it is practice to pedal a bike (thanks to our friend Shane).

We had our 22 week scan on Friday and baby was developing well. On the picture you can see its nose, Mark as spent the weekend comparing my side profile with the scan picture and has come to the conclusion that the baby has my nose. 

The rest of the month we have continued to get things ready for the baby, I have been to a few guide events and Mark is getting his head around funding options for work and mountain biking.  We have also got a new garden table. As this is what I found when I came home one day. 

This is our new table. Bring on the BBQ’s I say.

 

This month we have thanks to our friends Jon and Liz been given a travel cot, play pen, pushchair and baby clothes. My gum tree bargains have continued and I found a bassinet that will fit the pushchair that Liz and Jon gave us. Mark continues to practice his parenting skills with my teddy bear, this time with dressing a baby, though he has stated that it’s hard dressing a small thing. Goodness help him when it’s moving to. 

 

Unfortunately the end of September also marks the end of our friend Kate’s stay in Australia and she has to go back to Bristol this week. We will both miss her greatly. She has become a great friend to both Mark and me. Mark has enjoyed the mountain bike advantages and I have enjoyed the many walks and Saturday morning breakfasts we have shared.  We wish her safe travels and look forward to meeting up again in the UK in 2014. 

Bye Kate 

 

 Breakfast at Queen Cafe

 

Walk on the beach in September 

 

At the end of the month I am very busy with a Guide dog Camp for school students, before we welcome Jane (Mark’s university friend) to Adelaide for a visit.

We hope that everyone is well in the UK.