A Huge Sigh of Relief...

Firstly, thanks for all the well wishes for my 12 week scan on Wednesday. It was absolutely amazing! The baby passed all tests with flying colours. I can't tell you how fantastic it was, given that I'd convinced myself we were going to get bad news again. We didn't get off to the best of starts as we got stuck in traffic on the M4, so we were an hour late for our appointment. Two hours sat on the M4 didn't do a lot for my nerves at all. London traffic...argh! I think the most emotional moment for me was when the sonographer revised my due date to April 4th...my birthday! I really feel like it's a sign, someone, somewhere is looking out for us. I realise we're not out of the woods yet, I won't be happy until I'm holding the baby in my arms, but I feel so much better than I did this time last week!


12 weeks 3 days - not so much like a frog now!



Iris 12 weeks

Here's Iris's scan pic at the same stage. They look very different don't they? Everyone who has seen the new baby's scan pic has said it looks like a boy. I guess we'll know either way in 6 months time!

I've been ploughing ahead with my Halloween stitching. I stitched this Lizzie Kate 'Halloween flip it' a few months ago but didn't know how to finish it. I really liked the yellow/black combination in the design, so decided to do a plaited yellow and black braid around the edge. I also found this fab pumpkin fabric on ebay. I bought 2 fat quarters of it so I'll be using it on everything! I'm desperate to have a Halloween display this year, so I'm trying to keep the momentum going!


Lizzie Kate Halloween Flip It
32 count Summer Khaki Linen




In other news, Iris started nursery this week. She's doing a Monday and Tuesday morning. I didn't sleep much Sunday night, DH just didn't get it at all, but I was worried about Iris making friends, how she would communicate with the teachers (her speech is great at home, but when we're out she assumes that nobody else speaks the same language as her!), if she'd get upset and I wasn't there to comfort her, as well as other more extreme scenarios. It turns out I need not have worried, she loves it! It's all she's spoken about since Tuesday! I did have a few tears, especially on Tuesday when I went to collect her and was told she'd achieved 'Star of the Day'! Oh where's my little baby gone? Here's Iris on her first day, the rucksack weighed more than her!



Well, better go, I suppose I should go and make DH a cuppa as he's been mowing the lawn for what seems like hours!

Regards,

Christina