Today marks 34 weeks of my pregnancy.
34 is a lot of weeks.
That means there are only 6 more weeks until I am due to bring a human being into... well, being!

I cannot wait to meet my sweet little girl. I can't wait to give her all the cuddles in the world.
At the same time, things are getting a little scary and 'real'.
I mean, there's no denying that this is going to happen, but like so many other major events in my life, I just can't seem to see past the current stage I'm at.
For example, in school, I never thought I would get to year 12 and complete my HSC. I did.
Then, when saving for our overseas holiday, even once we had the tickets at home and were just waiting for the date of departure to come around, I could never see myself any further than being at the airport, let alone living in a country town smack-bang in the middle of Ireland. We did.
Then - moving house. We applied for our current house and I thought that it was too perfect for us and that we'd never get it. Here we are living in it, and loving it!

Me, being a tiddlee-dee idiot in Dublin

Our amazing front verandah

Now, I can't see past my pregnancy. I am aware that there is a baby in there, that eventually needs to NOT be in there.
I am aware of what happens when one is pregnant... it inevitably leads to an infant...
However, I am having my typical foresight problem of not really, truly being able to imagine myself anywhere past the present. It's odd but I guess it's my 'norm' for big, life events.

Either way, this Saturday is my baby shower.
I'm very excited to have a lovely afternoon with most of the important ladies in my life (and soon to be in my baby's).
I hope it's a nice day and that everyone has a good time!

Then on Sunday, I will be packing my hospital bag.
Just in case.
Oh my god.


Calm thoughts...

Excited To Start!

My best friend in this entire universe (and, I would hazard a guess that we'd be besties in all the other universes too), the one and only Miss Kiera, of Almost A Melody, has very kindly allowed me to copy her project of taking and publishing one photo every day for a year.
Kiera has done amazingly at the challenge so far and it's so lovely to see a little piece of her world every single day!

One of Kiera's photos - That's me and Awesome Dude Gus

I will be starting my project on January 1, 2012 - and I cannot WAIT for it!
I think it will be a fabulous thing to look back on in years to come.
x

33!

A big fat 33 weeks today!
Getting bigger by the minute!
Not to mention more excited, terrified and tired by the minute...

The past few weeks it's been getting harder to do things;
shaving my legs, putting pants on, you know - all the stuff you take for granted when you can bend at the waist.

We recently went on our Babymoon. It was such a nice weekend away together.
We walked on the beach, walked out to a sandbar at low tide, relaxed by the water, swam, ate ice cream, ribs, pancakes and fish 'n chips.

There are so many baby-related things constantly on my mind.
Things we need, things that I don't realise that we need but am worried about not having, whether I will be a good mum, whether we will be okay... all the general stuff.
But then I realise that this is our journey and our little girl.
We've been, and will be fine. We'll be great parents.
I'm sure of it.