Wake-up call

My early morning wake-up call is getting earlier by the day. Jack is finally not waking up several times a night but has decided that the day starts at 5.30am. Or 5am. Or 4.45am. That is way way too early. Its alright for him as he heads back to bed after breakfast for another hour or two in bed. But, for the poor Man and I, it is Very Bad Indeed. We are like the walking dead. Zombies. So Very Tired.
The Man is heading here next week for 4 days of quiet retreat. I am jealous a little. And tired alot. It does, however mean that my aunt and cousins will be coming to stay and there will be much fun, eating and work on the playhouse. And maybe, just maybe there will be a chance of a few hours off. A few hours to myself. A few hours to be refreshed.

In the meantime, I shall continue to take myself off to bed with the French Open on iplayer when Jack has his afternoon nap. There aren't many things more soothing than the sound of a tennis match in the background. And if I can stay awake long enough, I may actually watch some of the tennis.

Converter

I bought some underwired bras. I bought a nursing bra converter kit. And now I have some underwired nursing bras. Things are back where they belong and are definitely looking up!

Felt, glorious felt

I was writing this post hours ago this morning when Firefox crashed and lost it. Then followed a morning of chaos involving several trips to the pharmacy, and trip to my parents' GP and a small boy with a nasty ear infection.

But back the the point: felt. Here is my stash (I spent a small fortune on it from here):


Progress is being made but is on hold for the weekend as I am at my parents and they are trying to sell their house so no clutter allowed (this is a huge challenge and in the space of 12 short hours I have managed to mess up the kitchen, my room, the study and the bathroom - oops).

I have got rather excited today about editing photos. I have just discovered how to use iphoto for more than just viewing photos and have been very impressed with the results. Unfortunately, it doesn't have much effect on my photos taken with my normal digital camera. Looks like I'll have to hurry up and get that SLR then!

Photography

Currently, I am borrowing a friend's digital SLR and I am LOVING it. It means that I can take photos like this:


And this:

One of my targets for my maternity leave (other than the obvious having a baby thing, of course) was to start taking more photos and experimenting a bit more with photography. I am really enjoying it and am now hankering after my own SLR. The lovely husband has said that I can have one for my birthday if I like. I do like. Alot.

Now, which one to get? Like so many things in life there are so many choices that it can be very overwhelming. Almost like picking a pram (forward-facing, rear-facing, lies flat, car seat attachment) or a highchair (wooden, plastic, detachable tray, converts to a table, grows with the child, cheap, needs a second mortgage).

As with all the baby kerfuffle, I think I will go down the route of getting a good recommendation from someone I know takes beautiful pictures. So Caro, I'll be after some advice sometime soon please.

And, while I'm here

I thought you might like to see how much my little man has grown:

Inspiration

I am finally inspired to start blogging and creating again. It was mainly Jill who inspired me with this playhouse. I have started on making one for Jack for his 1st birthday. I am very excited about this project but just need to find the energy and time somewhere in order to get going on it. I have already received some felt wildlife (butterfly, ladybird, bumblebee, caterpillar, snail) from an excited family member. [Photos to follow soon]

I have also embarked on some wardrobe refashioning. I am just about back to my pre-pregnancy weight, although am now a slightly different shape. So, I now have a wardrobe of post-pregnancy clothes that are too big and pre=pregnancy clothes that dont quite fit. Instead of buying new clothes I am refashioning some of the too large clothes into new and exciting items. So far, I have cut up a lovely red cardigan that was far too large. Must find the time to do something with it!

Surprise

I have a huge backlog of things to post about (baby shower and lots of things that I have been making for Eddie) that I was going to catch up on this week. But Eddie decided that he wanted to come and meet us 4 weeks early!

Yesterday, at 1.02pm, Jack Edward Whiting made his appearance into the world weighing 6lb15.5oz. He is gorgeous and perfect and more details and millions of photos will soon follow!

Here he is at a few hours old. How beautiful is he?