everytime i go into Romford i never look in 1 perticular baby shop. i just find the people that work there so rude. they dont want to serve you, and the prices are really high.
but since finding out that the buggy i want comes to the grand total of £689... thats for the chassis, 2 chairs, 1 carrycot, car seat and adapters. the mother-in-law suggested i go there and see what they can do. well i did go in and it took them ages to notice i was even there but when they did i was surprised that they agreed to beat the price i had managed to get the other shop down to (£615). anyway, the man tapped away on his calculator and came up with the grand old total of £575 ! thats like a whole £114 away from the origional. wow... i was impressed. although it does make me wonder how much it costs them to buy the buggy in the first place. how much do they really make on them??
i still 'dont like' the shop and i doubt the price would have been so good if i hadnt had had a receipt to prove the price at the other shop.
i have written a list of some sort. i dont want to buy any clothes until i frind out the sex of the baby at the next scan. but theres is other things i can buy until then. im gonna try and spread the cost by getting a few things every week. and then ill have a separate list for the expensive things so when i have the cash available then i can get those in too.
diets not going so good. i have a real sweet tooth at the minute. im gonna try harder. good news is that i havnt out on too much weight tho. not according to my pregnancy gain table at least. i have gained 3lbs... but should have gained 7lb by week 16 so im not doing too bad. would still like to get the 3lbs away again tho.
im still feeling really unmotivated to do anything. i wish i didnt have to go to ivys today, i want to tidy up and do the sorting out that i wanted to do on monday... plus i have loads of shopping that i need to buy and i cant get it all on a buggy and take it to hers then put it in a cab and then take it home after! i really dont want to go today... but do i ever WANT to go?? hmm..... second thoughts dont ask me that. x
maybe i can play on being pregnant and be 'ill'... but i still dont think ill get let off completely.
oh... for god sak... i so dont wanna go... AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH
you may think... 'your a grown woman, if u chose not to go then dont go'... but its really not that easy. i told her that i wont be there til 3pm... but if i call her now (8am) she will still start the conversation with 'where are you?'
i jusy feel like i have to, ya know?
i could do without it. but i cant exactly say... 'we wont be coming up every week anymore'... how horrible... she 83! and im bein mean.
its not going to see her that i dont like. its just it takes all bloody day.... i have to tidy up n do what i want in the morning, then get me n harry ready, take the dog out, come home, go back out, get the bus to romford, do shopping, walk to ivys, wait 3 hours til jon gets there from work, struggle to feed harry as he's too tired to eat by the time dinner is serves, get a cab home with tired baby and shopping to clear up the poo off the kitchen floor from leaving the dog alone for too long.
can u see my point?
im in a moany mood today!
UPDATE:
its nearly midday and the cleaning is going ok. i will get to ivys at some point!
harry got his toe jammed in the hinge of the cupboard of the dresser in the livingroom... i actually had to pull it out. i thought i hurt him more, was so scared id dislocated it or broke it... i called my mum.... when she arrived i called NHSdirect for advice. they said it sounds like its not broken. hes in the bath now. its swelling but not broken. so i just have to keep an eye on him and his door fetish!!
well i had big plans for today. i was gonna do so much...
but i dunno quite what it was, but i had no drive at all. and i felt so bloated i could barely move. so little got done.
jon is off tomorrow... i cant say why but all i have to say is its the last time and im so happy its out of my life. enough on that tho... x
i havnt got much to report today. college was alright, learnt some portrait stuff that i liked so that was good. thats about it.
ill try and be more interesting tomorrow, x
im running a sweepstake so that you can guess the gender, weight and DOB of the new arrival. its free, and its just for fun. so please drop by and give it your best guess. winners get prizes. xx
hope you had a good day. i did. although harry wasnt here in the morning because he spent the night with jons mum. but it was nice to have a lie in and not to be woken to crying.
when i woke up jon made me a cup of tea and then i got my cards n prezzies.
i got FOUR cards!! you'd think i had loads of children! i got one from harry-j that was a 'from your little boy' card... i got a pretty little one from 'the bump' which i thought was really sweet... i got one that i absolutly loved which is all pink n glittery with hearts n stuff n damonte's that was from harry'j, the bumo and bonnie the dog. and i got a massive card from harry written in harry talk... it said... 'to mummy... sih sih yeh yeh yeh yeh wooo woooof woooof aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah da da.' rough translation, 'i love you your the best. wheres the chocolate?'
i also got a fluffy flower which says 'best mum' a picture frame which has a boy n a dog like my 2 on it and a Willow Tree ornament of a pregnant lady to add to my growing collection. i feel like a proper mum now i have ornaments. haha. x
i went to a wedding fair today to supprt some of the traders that were there. my college tutor was there so i was interested in seeing his work. id heard he just did the traditional dusty rubbish that i hate so much. but i did like some of his stuff. although im sure that once im up n running i could give him a run for his money. there were some nice dresses there and a stall that sold all the pearly satiny guestbooks n quills n the ring pillows n stuff. nice bits to look at. i was there to meet a videographer called kim that i may have the chance to work with this year. shes a nice lady n im happy for the chance to shadow someone at a wedding. how else do u get the oppertunity to get the experience photographing at weddings?
i mean people you know dnt get married often enough do they.
anyways... after i got home from there jonnie made me a really yummy roast dinner which i just couldnt finish, then we tidied up. n now im stiin here with the laptop out. so all in all a rather nice mothers day.
the plan for the week is to tidy up... every inch.... i doubt ill manage it but i can think about it one step closer.
my aim is to get myself in some kind of an order that will help me and make things easier from now on. harrys routine seems to be going well but im gonna get abit more stricter on it this week. i really want him to get used to it. itd be a great help.
i also want to clear the shit out of the cupboard in the dresser inmy livingroom as harry has taken an interest in the doors. id like to move his high chair more permanently to the kitchen n put his toys in the cupboard.
i just need some order in my life, so thats what im hoping to achieve. mum, i may need your help. x
and i have college tomorrow night, and we'll be learning some portrait type studio stuff which is all goood for me.
so until then my lovelies.
hope ur all good.
stef
x
p.s
I have created an online pregnancy journal at BabyCrowd.com.
place your bets FOR FREE on the following link. its just a bit of fun. guess the bubbas gender, DOB and weight. feel free to leave any name ideas. winners will get a prize. x
the lady said im 16 weeks 6 days gone... thats 17 weeks tomorrow which means in 3 weeks ill be half way thru.. i cant believe it! what a lucky girl i am... skipping half my pregnancy. amazing.
heres the pic...
looks like a little alien. its a funny veiw too. you can see that the baby was folded in half with his/her feet right next to the head. but the head looks massive, but its tha angle of the scan thing, my baby is normal honest.
they lady said that they bubba looks in perfect health and i will be able to find out the sex at the next scan at around 22 weeks. so 5 ish weeks time. cant believe it... its gonna go so quickly. in a few weeks ill be fat! already! its so surreal still. i think it will be. but then i remember bein in abit of a daze the whole time with harry. but hey, a coping methods a coping method.
i bought my first baby thing... some little scratch mitts. just wanted to have sumthing. i actually got them yesterday, before the scan. i saw them and thought 'if i buy those then everything will be ok' so i did and it was. phew. x
harrys with jons mum overnight tomorrow so ill get some time to chill out. cant wait. although i will miss him. as itll be 17 weeks exactly ill do my weigh in then and have a look on my table thing to see how im doing. obviously ill keep you posted. will be funny to see my scale go up n up and then have a bubba n see it drop at least 7lb that quickly! haha
anyway... start thinking of names.
place your bets
loves ya
stef
aka
not just harryjsmummy
x
I wanted to let you know that I have created an online pregnancy journal at BabyCrowd.com.
well... i didnt do my davina dvd... but i have done so much bloody walkin n running around that i really think ive done my fair share.
and i successfully had my 3 meals with no snacks in between. quite an achievement for me.
i went to the hospital (lovely brand new place right near my place) and did all the form filling that i had to do... no blood or uring tests today, blood will be in a couple of weeks and urine test will be tomorrow at the scan. everything was fine... didnt learn alot, i just had to answer all the midwifes questions on my family history etc... i did learn however that the chance of me bein at the lovely nice clean new hospital are very slim... as im a low risk patient i will be sent somewhere else... i dont drive so this isnt exactly welcoming news for me. but hey... id rather be a low risk than a high risk... let the high risk ladies enjoy the new facilities. ill just try and get myself home as soon as possible.
i asked the lady about my weight and she said that my bmi is 31which does mean i am OBESE (oh dear god) but she says that i am fine and it shouldnt cause any problems but i should watch what i eat and take some exercise. so girlies... keep me on track yeh. x
so yeh... not much to report really... harrys in bed now... quite late but it was my fault for ruining his bath with too much cold water. so he wasnt tired. but im sure he'll go to sleep now.
i made fajitas for dinner... 4 each... but i wasnt too keen on mine so i had 2.... jon has had none so far. hmmmmph...... he's asleep.
im abit fed up wiv jon today... but i wont go into it... its news to him too. x
so here i am... all alone. watchin 'coleens real women'
ill have to take the dog out after then ill be able to go to bed.
hope ur all feeling better than i am.
wish me luck for tomorrow. and for all those with faith... please prey that all is well for us.
and for my friend joy... she needs some strength right now.
i hope you are all well and slept good last night. no more earthquakes?? not round ere anyway.
i had a few calls last night from people wanting photos... so im gonna have to get my usual laptop fixed so i can do it. i do like taking the pics, makes me feel proud of what i can do and i feel like more than a mother and a girlfriend. ya know what i mean?
so today is the start of the hospital thing. i have an appointment at 4pm to book in with the midwife, i think ill have to have a bloodtest and the uring sample thing too. as per usual. every time u go to the bloody hospital they want u to wee in a tube. if thats what they want then thats what theyll get.
i woke up at 6.30 today but didnt GET up til 6.45... spent that 15mins ignoring jon who was pretending to be sick in the bathroom... yawn, heard it before so i didnt listen and he got bored and went to work in the end. so i got up n made toast for me n harryj...
BREAKFAST - 1 amd half toast with butter
hopefully i wont have anything else... i will try... im awful at this time of day (ANYtime of day). my friends are meant to be coming round later but i dunno now, as one of my friends boyfriends works with jon and he isnt in today (or yesterday) and theres been no calls to say why and he still has their work car so jons not too happy with him, maybe she wont come. i dunno. i hope so.
ill be back later to update you on wether or not i did my workout with davina and what i had for lunch. its all exciting stuff eh? hehe...
well... dunno if uv heard but apparently there was an earth quake... in leicestershire. and it has been reported that people felt it all over the UK, up to aberdeenshire, all the way to wales and even right down to brighton... what aload of bollcoks. bloody liers ... just wanted to talk to that nice fiona phillips on GMTV this morning.... i didnt believe a word of it.
anyway... today was dinner at ivys and i really couldnt be bothered so i left it til the last minute and got a cab to the shop near her... whre i did all my shopping (in the smallest shop) and got to hers on time if not early... hehe.... im a good girl.
dinner was nice but i felt really uncomfortable when i got home... too full i think. but the pain is passing now.
i have an appointment at the hospital tomorrow at 4pm... to fill out my booking forms. then its my scan the next day. im so scared that something will be wrong. but that natural isnt it. im excited too... cant wait to buy something... then itll be real... x
jons out trying to fix his mums new car... how very boring.
ive sorted Julesr a mothers day prezzie... DONT GET TOO EXCITED MOTHER... IM SKINT REMEMBER.
i did my davina dvd yesterday, will do it tomorrow too. its very gentle... which its sposed to be coz its designed for pregnancy... but i felt it working and did still work up a sweat... sposed in the same sort of way u do in yoga... lots of slow moving and holding and squeezung muscles... hope it works.
ive been ok thanks, just a bit pissed at the fact that my laptop is broken AGAIN... but hey. its ok. im using my mums old one until it gets fixed. im more annoyed about not bein able to use it for my photography more than anything, but wont be long i spose. just have to find the funds first.
i waited ages to hear from the midwife... as you all know. so i finally gave in to my eager-ness and i rang the maternity office at the local hospital... they said they hadnt receieved my form yet... i cudnt believe it so i rang the docs and they hadnt even faxed the bleedin thing over... 4 days after i was told it was on the 'urgent' list. bastards (sorry mum). any way, that seems like ages ago now, and i do now have my appointment times. thursday ill be at the hospital for the form filling and booking in with the midwife... and friday at 2.25 will be our first scan. so im hoping n preying n keepin every finger n toe crossed that all is well.
i have now recieved the Davina Pre/Post Natal Workout dvd which my mumma kindly purchased from Amazon, i will be starting it tomorrow. so i will weigh in, in the morning. i know i have gained a few pounds... but on my little chart im doing ok... so ill update ya tomorrow....... xx
hope you are all well and doin great on your diets.
its so good to be back and i look forward to hearing from each and every one of you.
one step closer. 
... just wanted to talk to that nice fiona phillips on GMTV this morning.... i didnt believe a word of it.
