Here I am at 38 weeks & 3 days - only 11 days to go according to the countdown on the right... Assuming Jellybaby is born exactly on his due date which is not very likely...So, what's been happening? I've survived 2 weeks of maternity leave, it's been both nice to be at home and not have to worry too much about work stuff and also hard because uni is starting and lots of exciting things have been happening. 250 people signed up to join small group bible studies - awesome!
I've also spent the last 2 weeks obsessing about and learning to drive - I had 2 driving tests and managed to pass the second one - yay, so now I have my red P's and theoretically can drive a car all by myself... I haven't actually been out by myself yet, I'm still a bit scared, but I will soon, I promise!
Time off has also meant time for organising Jellybaby's room, I've washed all the clothes, sheets etc and put them away - he has so many clothes already! They're so tiny, it's hard to imagine anyone would actually fit into them... I can't wait to try them all on him.
I made the cot up today, we've decided he will sleep in his cot from the beginning as the room is very close to ours - you have to walk through it to get to us. I know I've made the cot up all wrong for a newborn but the blanket and sheets are so cute I couldn't resist putting them on.
I've also started reading through Barneys prepared readings for lent I've never done anything for lent before. It's always been one of those weird Anglican/Catholic things that seemed old fashioned and unnecessary. But I decided that as I have time (at the moment anyway) and I havne't done anything structured in the way of spending time with God lately, that it would be a good thing to start.
It's been fun so far, we're reading Matthew and it's been good to read some of the things Jesus said and see them as part of the bigger picture of His life and ministry. It's also fun to know that there are a bunch of other people reading the same thing, hopefully we'll get a chance to talk about it together.
Well, this is very long post to make up for my lack of posting over the past couple of months - hope you enjoyed it!
yes i did enjoy this post! that great you are allowed to drive- is it hard with a big tummy? might be hard with a crying baby too?
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit confused about what you said about walking thru to your room. Is there a door between your bedroom and my old bedroom.. if there is i guess i forgot about it as it must have been shut the whole time i was there.
Ah ha, I've tricked you :-) we're leaving your room as is... We've moved the front door so you now enter in via the lounge room which means the little foyer bit where the front door used to be is now a room all on it's own. This is where the baby will sleep.
ReplyDeleteThere is a story on Dateline (SBS) tomorrow night about the relocation of people in Cambodia for development - I think you wrote about that on your blog a while ago?