It was a lovely morning yesterday so we decided to go for a family walk along the canal upto Norman’s Wood where there is a bench to sit on and watch the world pass by.
Here are a few of the photo’s we took
Sometimes its just nice to kick back and relax and let the world just pass you by with the sun on your belly!
Sun's out so bellies out!
If you look back to the blog 03/04/2010 we did the same thing with Reagan before she was born too
On a lovely sunny Sunday morning Reaga loved walking along the canal towpath with her mommy keeping her safe by holding onto the reigns.
We had tea together tonight and washed the pots then went up to start bedtime mommy was suited and booted and ready to go to book club (even though “there is no book club”…? lol
I bathed Reagan and had some fun splashing and playing the silly games we play every night and mommy said goodnight and kissed Reagan and left us to it. When she left we carried on as we always do with washing hair cleaning teeth a bit more play and then we get wrapped in a warm bath towel and go to her bedroom and even without mommy it all just fallsReagan knows the routine and accepts that it’s how it is…always.
I read her a story every night and she lays in her cot watching me explain the words I saying pointing out the characters and situations in the illustrations within the book as her eyelids become heavier. Once the book is finished I get up switch the light off and return to her brush her face and hair telling her I love her and night night then leave the room. Reagan just accepts this as the end of the day and quietly drifts off to sleep as she did tonight.
We are aware that the imminent arrival of Linc will upset this routine but I reckon Jamie will be mindful from the offset when he will be ready for the routine (she started Reagan on a routine after 7 weeks and I have just told you all the benefits of that) I accept we are 50-50 in the parenting of our children but I have to admit I follow Jamie’s lead on most sibling related issues because sh is ‘mostly right’.
It will be a big change to introduce another person into our lives and I know it will take time to get back to where we are right now but I can’t frickin’ (as Jamie says) wait…although the sleepless nights are a bit of a worry lol
We’ll survive…
Momma is so tired right now she is very pregnant and really needs lots of rest, but she will not stop in her pursuit to be the best she can possibly be for Reagan. She loves every piece of that little girl and can’t do enough to make every moment of her life as happy as it could possibly be. Our little man will be equally loved as soon as he enters the world but for now he is sapping almost every ounce of energy she has from her and making it very difficult to do even the easiest of things let alone look after and keep entertained a 16 month old. Her worst critic is her self…actually come to think of it her only critic is her always thinking she’s letting us down never thinking that at 37 weeks pregnant she can’t do every thing she could always do.
It’s unbelievable how much she does for us and although occasionally she complains, it is only when she is suffering excruciating back pain, or like tonight the reason I am writing this, because she is completely exhausted and just goes to bed unnecessarily apologising to me as she goes.
I love her!
Mommy got a phone call tonight from our Indian friends who persist on cold calling after 8pm which is at best annoying!
To 37 week pregnant mommy’s credit she asked them politely to stop calling and to be removed from their list, to which the lady at the other end told mommy that she needs to calm down……ooooo I wish I could have heard the next 30 seconds of dialogue lol!
Apparently, in a nutshell it went something like “I don’t give a f### what you want to talk about I especially don’t want to talk about my f###### loft and at 8pm with a baby asleep upstairs you need to f### right off and don’t ever tell me to f###ing calm down and expect me to because right now I don’t want to f####### calm down, so F### ##f you ####### #### #######!!!” and slammed the phone down.
Ooo I hope this call was recorded for training perposes lol I would love to take that class some day.
Today class we are going to learn what NOT to tell a hormonal 37 weeks pregnant ex-pat American lady who is tired fed up and trying to chillax and wind down after struggling to keep her 16month old rumbumtuous daughter entertained all day….Play the tape….
We went to our “LAST” scan today.
It is literally our last scan because we believe Lincoln will complete our family (for us our perfect future) and then I will as I call it get me “winnocks clipped” as soon as he is safely in this world and in our arms. We went to see him for the last time on telly before he is born and to discuss Jamie’s options on birth because she is desperate to have him naturally and we got all the right answers from the doctor!
I am more excited this time than last time only because I know a little more now but I still have the worry in the back of my mind because I just want Jamie and baby to be OK and all be it slim there is always a chance things can go wrong but for now I am happy and trying to support Jamie as best I can up until the birth. After that it will be the four of us working together living our lives and being happy!
The next time we see him will be at the hospital in our arms very soon!