little toes

I adore those little toes. Kissing them is one of my favourite things.

Hello world

Hello, I'm Poppy and I came into the world on the 2nd February 2009 at 1.59am, weighing 6lbs 11oz. I was born 4 weeks early but I'm perfect in every way.

My mummy is still quite tired but is doing very well indeed and loving spending time with her 2 girls and my daddy.

geisha wrap

Yet another new top - love the fact that it's reversible.

26 weeks

New top No.02

Sorry about the massive cleavage shot! I was just trying to take a decent photo of my new top without standing on a chair, (sorry Mon!). It is black not plum as I had ordered (they were out of stock of the plum colour). So my no black clothes mission kind of slipped up but I don't mind, I kind of like black...dress it up or down. It's one of those fancy wrap tops... so super comfy and flattering.

Leslie pointed me in the direction of this AMAZING top too which I might be really really tempted to buy. It's a great post pregnancy top too not restricted by being a maternity top. You really have to watch the video to appreciate the full range of ways you can wear this top (as Leslie pointed out).

25 weeks

Yes I am indeed 25 weeks today. Which means that I have 15 weeks or even slightly less than that to go. Scary! What's more scary is just how quickly time is passing by. I feel like I keep harping on about it but it really is just zooming on by. The top I have on in this shot is one of my new Isabella Oliver pieces and I'm loving ALL of my new clothes. I just wish I could afford more of them!

I bought a few pieces of fabric at the weekend so that when the time comes when I stop work I have something to tide me over. I'm planning on making a needle roll similar to this one I made for AL's birthday. I also have high hopes of fitting in some other sewing and knitting during those last 10 weeks. I'm thinking some little items from the little stitches book.

new clothes!

here we are

I can't quite believe it's been, ahem, yes that long since my last post. Here we are almost half way through November and it feels like it was Halloween only the other day. Time is flipping past me with much velocity these days.

We had Mark's parents staying with us for a week during the Halloween festivities and since then I've just been catching up on things, making a couple of Christmas presents and generally trying to relax as much as possible. I obviously can't be showing any Christmas presents right now because that would just give the game away.

I have another little project sizzling away on the backburner at the moment but can't really say anything about that right now either. hmmm.

what else is there to say?

Oh, I know! I only have 18 working days left until my maternity leave begins. Woohoo!!!

My official maternity start date is Christmas day (can you believe that it's only 6 weeks?!) but I have a few days holiday to take before then so I finish up on the 17th December. I can't wait. I mean I love my work but I'm beginning to find it a struggle getting there. Getting the train to work doesn't help but we've been there with the train situation already so I won't go there again. Suffice to say that I ended up sitting in the drivers cabin one morning because the train was so rammed full of people. I thought I was going to faint. Hot, sticky, condensation windows, confined space, motion - you get the picture. I honestly saw the seat and said "I need to sit. I'm going to pass out." I've been leaving early on one of the days I have to take the train to avoid the rush and bustle and sardine effect.

I've been getting a bit hormonal about my maternity wardrobe too. At the beginning I bought a whole load of new stuff and now it seems I'm just getting to big and it can't accomodate me anymore. I had a bit of a meltdown on saturday whilst getting ready and after I calmed down I vowed to find me some clothes that fit properly. Hard job. I looked and looked on saturday and found nothing. Out of around 20 shops I went to only one of those had maternity clothes. And a poor selection at that.

Breakthrough. I think I have found a solution in some new clothes from Isabella Oliver. I'm waiting for them to arrive so I'm not sure how they'll fit but I have high hopes. I will hopefully return with an excited post showing off my new attire as soon as they get here. They were a bit pricey but I kind of figured that you get what you pay for. Hence the reason my current wardrobe hasn't lasted the full pregnancy. I went for cheaper items initially thinking that hey, it's only for 9 months, I don't want to spend a fortune. And actually, I wish I'd found Isabella Oliver sooner than I did. I probably would have bought more than I have.

The good thing about these tops is that I think I'll be able to wear them for a while after the baby is born because of the way they have been designed. The wrap tops for example can be wrapped to suit your bump and the same with the the ruched tops they can be adjusted to sit underneath the bump so that you don't feel like your constantly pulling your top down (something I find myself doing a lot at the moment). I think they're very flattering aswell, fitting beautifully to accentuate the bump in a very elegant way. And not a black item in sight!

hi

We've been away in Bristol visiting Mark's folks for a few days and now we're back. I have a few more days off before returning to work so I'm going to sit right down and carry on knitting.

Before we went away I found out two exciting and good pieces of news...

Lisa is getting married

and

Nicole is in the family way.

Congratulations both!

20 weeks

already!

Think I need to get rid of my non maternity jumpers for the next few months and invest in a couple that actually sit over my bump without being stretched to the limit.