Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Nappy Cake

Over the weekend I was lucky to be invited to a friends baby shower, so I decided to create something that I'd been wanting to try for a long time. I made her this nappy cake to help celebrate the up and coming birth of her little girl.


I'm hoping next time to including blankets :-)

Pregnancy Update

Today I had my second appointment at Mater Womans Hospital, where we saw a wonderful obstetrician. We went over my history and he advised that they would follow the plan designed by North Shore Hospital except he would normally book in the c-section for 38 weeks, not 38.5 and although he doesn't see the point of extra antibiotics he will give them if I prefer. I'll leave that decision to later as he made a lot of sense but I'm still pretty scared on the chance of another infection once this little one is born.

I booked into the Mater's ultrasound department as the obstetrician would like me to keep tests and scans in house so everything is in their system electronically. We have a date of 11th October for our 12 week scan, and I need to go for a blood test 5 days prior, they use the results from both (scan & bloods) to work out what the chances of little one having downs syndrome or trisomy 21.

Next appointment with the obstetrician is in four weeks so fingers crossed we'll be able to hear little ones heart beat :-)

Friday, September 24, 2010

Cot to Double Bed

Here is that cot I mentioned yesterday that converts from a cot into a double bed... and the price is amazing!!! only $309 plus postage, only down side is that it only comes in white... but that is nothing :-)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270626985420&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT#ht_4720wt_1054
Looks like this one will make the cut if it's still around when we come to purchasing things for the babies room.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Window Shopping

Window Shopping... how much do you love browsing the baby isles in the shops. So many cute items, so many options and due to our recent move we are having to start again with our baby furniture, so many of Ethan's items would have been ideal for a uni sexed baby room but all sold less than a year ago...

While virtual shopping I came across these two bedding packages, however being that one is for a girl and one a little boy I'll have to wait a few more weeks before I find out which one we'd be purchasing :-)

http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Kids_Line_Parfait_6_Piece_Cot_Set_EXCLUSIVE.html
http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Kids_Line_Bon_Voyage_6_Piece_Set_EXCLUSIVE.html
Aren't they adorable !!!!

Then I found this pretty neat cot, it changes into a single bed... I really like the dark wood but not sure it would go with the bed sets above...

http://www.babyzonedirect.com.au/grotime-rollover-5-in-1-cot.html
But I've also seen ones on Ebay that are cheaper and instead of a single bed go to a double bed!!! love the style of this one above just not the price.

Then there are prams... oh my!!! so space aged now!!!

http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Valco_Matrix_Plus_GT_with_Bassinet.html
http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Valco_Trimode_EX_Burgundy_PLUS_FREE_BASSINET.html
http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Steelcraft_Terrain_Eden_3_Wheel_Pram.html
http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Baby_Jogger_City_Mini_Single.html

The one I would really like is
http://www.pramwarehouse.com.au/cateitem/sp/pname/Steelcraft_Strider_Plus_4_Stroller.html
But it appears that my sister might get in before me and get it for her family day care, the seat under neath is an optional purchase so stand it is a single seater.

Monday, September 13, 2010

I've decided to start a family blog as a personal diary that I'm more than willing to share. We are a family who live in two countries. Hayden my oldest son is living in New Zealand with his dad and he comes and visits in school holidays. I'd love it if he could come more often but unfortunately that's not about to happen. Josh, my husband, Ethan, our son, and myself live in Brisbane Australia and have been here for the last 9 months. As much as we love it here we'd prefer to be together, so we treasure are moments as a family in the school holidays. We are also expecting a little arrival in April next year, well maybe not so little as both boys were 9 pound + when born.