Little ballerina mouse - a safe arrival :-)

Little ballerina mouse
Originally uploaded by MyLizzieJane

yesterday tea t ime, after a sleep for me and the girls, i sat at the dining table with 2 parcels...

one was boring, a load of black zips for my work, and the other, this absolute cutie, a balerina mouse girl who needs a name, and has been superbly made by 'my lizzie jane', click thru to her flickr photos, and see her blog left, she also posts work on plush parade, and has some rather attractive elephants too ...

i have been lazy, and blogged one of kathy's own photos this morning, just in case i dont get to take a nice one myself any time soon, i am 40 weeks tomorrow and had an interesting night, woken by pains in the small hours!

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 ...

this is my mother, and my sister ...

Originally uploaded by lippy292003

my mother (from lancs) has been visiting my sister in cheltenham, and my sister shared some pics on her flickr pages ... i was both intrigued, gobsmacked and just a bit jealous ...

i have not seen this woman since i was 5 months pregnant with my first child, now over 10 years old, and here i am expecting baby number 4 any day now ... i both recognised her and didn't recognise her!

this year, just after christmas i spoke to mother on the phone, it was me that got brave and phoned her, to thank her for usual cards ...

i miss my sister as neither of us can get to the other at the moment, but am thankful for skype! i have been looking at this photo for a long time !

anyway, to get back to everyday life here, i am not sure if i have had a few symptoms of early labour, but im off to drink more water and nibble something, just in case!

baby maus goes for it !

baby maus goes for it !
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

i am really going to miss this, even when it means no more bladder bashing for me :-)

sorry its a bit blurry, it was more about capturing the moment quick !

Wild Boars ....

Wild Boars ....
Originally uploaded by RaggyRat

Wild Boars ....
a special 80th birthday present ....

full-colour pencil drawing ....

yawn, so tired .......

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 !!!!