that friday feeling ...

a friend emailed this picture of me and my girls, taken on friday at weymouth twins club ...

i turned 39 weeks that day, wow that belly looks big to me !

it also looks like matty is playing midwife, but i think she is driving a wooden car on the small space left on the chair ....

daisy is keeping her eyes on all the unruly children and adults that might get too near her, she is my shy baby ...

so to recap, i will be 40 weeks on friday, will i still look like this ?

hugs

cat xxxx

an early birthday present ...

a large box arrived on saturday, and i have been having a painful time of late so steve said i should open it rather than wait for my birthday ... that it was kind of a joint present, but i would use it more ....

yippeee a new toy ! it is a sony handycam, cant believe it had a HDD 80 x bigger than the pc i got in 1997! and it takes neat but very large (2mg) still images too, and i am attepting the upload of my first as i type, taken from my feet-up postition on the couch !

i spent the day taking quite a bit of footage in the garden, of steve and the girls, anyone that knows me usually finds me behind the camera, on all occiasions !

feeling very sore as baby's due date aproaches, and my last post found me in a pondering mood ...

lady in waiting ... that's me!

a long time ago daisy adopted this pregnancy diary, and i have a picture of her holding it in a more pritistine condition in my flickr pics, crying because she was at a funny age and my sister was visiting ...

at first matty was not allowed to read it but it is now shareware, so thats ok, and they have a collection of things they can read in my magazine rack; a small catalogue, 2 pregnancy diaries and a slim, soft back usbourne book.

i didn't sleep well last night and so i am a bit fluffy today, we had a busy weekend as a family so it is good to rest! had a GREAT meal out last night, i ate enough for several little people and waddled along the sea-front afterwoods back to the car ....i probably ate too much as i had trouble getting comfortable in bed and was awake between 2 and 4am with a wriggly baby and a backache, and i know i am not a midwife but i cant find much head to ballot in my belly, i wonder does this mean anything might happen soon?

just finnished some art ... more about that tomorrow i promise :-) unless ... i am not here to blog tomorrow !!!!

three 'camera bags', for my neice and 2 nephews (SIL's chids)

three camera bags, from my neice and 2 nephews (SIL's chids)
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

i made these fun-filled bags as gifts, no plastic tat from my hands!

the girls were invited to the joint party of the youngest 2 chids, but as chicken pox was rife among them, and the baby almost here, we decided that now would be a good time to stay away ... so they missed the bouncey castle and party food and being sick in the car on the way home afterwoods !

anyway, all the children we know who have been poorly seem to be on the mend so all is well, i would prefer the girls to get it younger, but now is not the time ...

i am 37 weeks today and have deb's blessing to 'pop' anytime i like :-)

new mice for bid4bears ...

didn't get to list last week, so here are 2 critters for this week,

i made them putting up my sore feet and sitting with my girls, and their various reading material ...

it was their second birthday yesterday, a day of letters and parcels, a visit from granny and grandad (steves parents), and an oporunity for my midwife http://www.dorsetwiltshireindependentmidwives.co.uk/debs.php

and my doula http://www.mumease.co.uk/ to meet :-) not because we were having a big party, but because i was due a check up :-)

sorry i didnt do those fancy links there, im too tired and fluffy brained ... in fact i nealry forgot a picture!

Hmmm, what does this sign really mean?

we had our road dug up for just over a week, due to a gas leak, its a small cul-de-sac so i think that 2 road signs and the actual hole itself were overkill, mind you i did make up a cool song about some fluff, on a bobble, on a hat, on a man, in a mini, in the hole at the bottom of the road ....! and the girls love it, to the tune of 'there's a hole at the bottom of the sea', if you know that one?

hark at me wandering round in my slippers, its just soo much easier than trying to get my shoes on, or waiting for steve to do me after doing matty' and daisy's!!!

i think steve is trying to make my belly look bigger by use of a woder angle lense, witness out bendy house and know i am much less rounder .. cough !

here's to a good week ... lots more sunshine so i can go out in my slippers !

Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit ...

after easter and there are still time for bunnies ...


this one was given to my dear nhs midwife lynn, as a huge thankyou for lots of support at home, doing all my checks so i didnt have to get myself and young twins to clinic, especially helpful as they are shy and dont like medical places ... actually neither do i!


and this little bunny now lives in france, it was given as a present when some french friends travelled all the way back home from weymouth to france after living here a while ...

today is sunny and i am sleepy ....

5 weeks to go !

5 weeks to go !
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

not a lot fits me now, but this lovely prize t-shirt from wesssex fm does, XXL or something !

that moxibustion again ... HAPPY EASTER!

MOXIBUSTION - those smoking sticks have to be applied to a special point on the little toe and the compressed herbs are good at generating deep heat .... my toes both turned a nice hot pink :-)

AND it seems to have worked, as today i have a 'coconut' at the bottom of my belly, and the babies kicks feel very different!

fingers crossed ... i see a midwife on monday ... she can check for me :-)

trying to turn a breech baby .....

this morning my kitchen smelled of smoke, and there are some strange looking cigars on the counter! we have now tired moxibustion at home twice, it worked the first time and we had a head-down baby for a few days, then the baby flipped back ...

has anyone else ever tried moxibustion? we opened a window and put the kitchen fan on!

perhaps we will try again tonight, after watching a bit of telly with my feet up ....

this is me and my football bump, and yes, thats flash-the-dog's picture taped to the wall above me, and steves birthday cards ... walked along the beach where seb left from, with steve and the girls yesterday, i felt a lot bigger than when seb left 48 days ago, and flash's barking made daisy cry!

http://www.sebsodyssey.org.uk/flyermk2.html

and scroll down the messages page for another mention, someone was confused and thought we might be autioning off the REAL flash! leave a message for seb too, or flash if you prefer!

http://www.sebsodyssey.org.uk/messages.html

do click below and see just how far our dorset boy has got, theres some sad news about flash getting hurt on barbed wire, but getting the right treatment, and some lovely pohotos of boy and dog in the sunshine... and to think i was worried about the poor dogs feet!

http://www.sebsodyssey.org.uk/update.html

maus, the little fidget, 20 weeks ....

maus, chin on chest ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

yippeeee, maus looked very healthy and lively, and the placenta is where i would like it to be, away from my CS scar and my cervix!

that's enough of the big words ... we had a fun day, seeing the baby on tv, getting some pics, and taking the toddlers to the hospital returant to eat nice food, daisy put away a lot of pasta salad and a few beans and i was very proud of them, they behaved very well, even waving goodbye to the empty scan room ....

the sonographer declaired maus a real fidget and i have to agree, they feel like a very lively baby. hope they stop lying transverse soon, must be because of my 'room for twins' womb !!!

hugs
cat xxxxx

ok, a belly pic ... not a very good one!

me and my trusty camera ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

and baby maus inside of course - 19 weeks and very kicky :-)

busy working on a new cuttle fish puppet to be ready for christmas ...

sniff...

sniff...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

just listed a whole bunch of critters on bid4bears - click left for link or paste .... http://www.bid4bears.com/otheritems.php?owner=449&nick=RaggyRat .... into a lovely browser ....

my ginger cavy is back inthe etsy shop too ....

wow i am 16 weeks pregnant and almost stopped throwing up !

cat xxx

car seat make-over....

at 18 months it was time to move the petit twind up from the rear facing car seats even tho they are not yet 20lbs in weight ....
one seat given to us from a collection steve's mother has had a very worn and dirty cover...
i stripped the cover and stuck back some of the boken polystyrene which has fallen down, then i washed out all the yuck and crumbs....then washed all the scraps and fastenings in a mixture of liquid wash and disinfectant... my bowl gained its pink tide-mark when i was busy dyeing fabric for the lobsters long red bits....
matilda is standing on the cover which i have removed... all things placed on the ground must be stood on, also all manhole covers and grids must be stood on too
i cut off the slack elastic edge, and opened up the side seams which makes the seat the baby sits on...now you have a pattern to place on your lovely new cover. instead of wadding and so on i have used 2 layers of sherpa fleece, very snuggly and looks good ... this is about the 3rd car seat i have covered ....
here the finnished seat, looking 10 times better... i forgot to take pics of me sewing it back togather, and making a small seam for running some elastic into, but you might know how to do this already, and anyways i'm pregnant i do get distracted and forget ....
ta-daaaaaa!

i have been keeping a big secret from you folks ....

some one small waving their little hands around ...
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

right after i finnished the lobster costume i suspected another project was on the way ... i call this little creation maus - spelled german but said english - and maus is nealry 13 weeks ....

im tired and very sick a lot so its hit my crafting quite a bit ... and my blogging ... but im also very happy and proud, this is baby number 4 :-)

look at those tiny fingers ..... sigh....
xxxx