Christmas

Well, we just had our first Christmas with Alexander. He's now 5 months old, and still absolutely gorgeous. Chris and I spent the whole day at my mum's house, with me lying on the couch for the best part of it, as I wasn't feeling well for the whole day.

When it came to the present opening, it went as predicted. Alex was more interested in the wrapping paper than the actual presents, though Elmo had his complete attention whenever it was activated. I think it scared him.

Alex got a good amount of pressies.. his grandpa got him a play mat, his grandma got him an activity center which attatched to his cot, and the Elmo Live, we got him a train that moves around the house and he got a few soft toys (including an Alex the Lion), as well as some Blues Clues DVD's...

Having Alex is good.. we relive our childhoods.. hehe.. Alex the Kidd on Sega was awesome. Alex the Lion from Madagascar is our fave reference these days.

We spent the first week and a bit of December in QLD with Chris' family. I get along well with them, which is good. Our days were spent at Dreamword and Whitewater World with Chris' dad, Brian, or spent at his house in his pool.. Alex got a little bit of a tan from it. We brought him a hat, just kinda forgot to put it on him 99% of the time. The good thing about taking him up there was that he got used to water. Well, cold water. We put him in a bath later and he went nuts. Our solution atm, til he gets used to it, is get in with him..

Alex seems to be teething atm, too. He was drooling left right and centre and was grumbly a lot, not to mention his fists lived in his mouth. That's gone atm, but we were told that the teeth come down, then go back up before coming up, so there's still a long way to go.

I have to admit, Alex is probably the most important thing i have done in my life, and will ever do. He fell off the bed the other night and I panicked. Lucky Chris was there, he snatched Alex up before I'd even turned around.. The screaming scared me, but he settled down after I was holding him for a while.. I think it was more the shock than the actual fall. Nothing was broken, and he wasn't concussed, so it's all good. He just had a mark on his face from where he hit his face on a chair. He got a fat lip, too.. but he was okay. We don't know how he fell, he was surrounded by a huge doona.. he must have wriggled bloody hard to free himself... We didn't even know he could do that.

That's all i have atm. Til next time, ciao!

Plus one...

Well, it had to happen eventually and on Wednesday morning at around 3:30 am, I went into labour. I'm not going into the details, exept to say it was very long and very painful.

In the end, what do I have to show for it? A beautiful baby boy. Alexander Ayden Caplin (Hinds). Born Thursday 31st of July at 4:50 am in LRH.

Even holding him in my arms right now, it doesn't seem quite real. But it is, he's here and he's perfect. If only I could remember what sleep was...

Bye, bye, Carly!

Goodbye Carly! Have lots of fun and think of us often while you're travelling. We expect emails, you on MSN every day, and postcards!! Lots and lots. (send one to JV) ;)

For those who do not know, Carly left for her Europe trip this morning, after years of planning and saving. I wish her all the best, and hope she does her best to embarass the country, which I know she's able. :D lol... Good luck, Rainbow.

Damn it!

I was wrong. I admit it. I have yet again proven that I am not as smart as I think.

Bubs was due today. So instead of being an early baby, my baby is now overdue.

When I went to the doctor last night, he said that the baby's head had not slotted into the pelvis yet, so I may go for a while longer. He didn't sound optimistic about it being only a day or two. Semed to think much longer... He also said that at next weeks appointment (which he sounded confidant about me making, when he hadn't last week for last night's appointment) we'd talk about induction. If the baby's anything like me, it'll definately need to be induced. I need to be forced to do stuff I don't want to, too. :P

Katie thinks the baby just doesn't like the cold, that it's going to wait for spring or summer. Nicole agrees. With Chris for a dad (he's a QLDer and he hates the cold so much he's practically allergic to it), they may just be right. So instead of an early/mid July baby, I may have a late July/early August baby, depending on how stubborn it is, and when and if I get induced.

Almost makes me think it's a girl... It's already being a bitch. :D Just like its mum.

Close... so close.

2-3 weeks left. I don't think I'm gonna make it. Baby's going to come early, i feel it.

I've been struggling with the pregnancy thing the past couple of weeks. I see people I know all the time, and they all ask the same thing "Are you getting excited?" I always gave the same answer "Yeah, getting there" but the truth is, up until Sunday, no, not really. None of this has felt real. It still feels like it's happening to someone else.

I read something on a website that a doctor had written. It said that at about 32 weeks, you should start to sense when your baby was awake, start to feel it kicking more often. I wasn't getting any of it. The only way I knew it was awake was when it moved, and it almost never kicks. Bloody thing doesn't stop moving around, though.

But on Sunday I had the second of two antenatal classes. The first week was all about labour. This week was more about afterwards. I finally started to feel better about all of it. Felt like this actually was happening, and that everything was going to be okay. We got to watch a baby being bathed.

I don't know why it affected me so much, but it did. The baby was 2 days old, and was so small. The midwife running the class showed us step by step how to bathe a baby, but I don't think anyone was paying attention. We were all watching the tiny thing in her arms. It cried the whle, way through, except when she picked it up and rocked it. It was a great thing to watch and now I can finally say, yes, I'm getting excited.

Almost here.

6 weeks to go with still no problems. I think Catherine's going to kill me. She keeps cursing my ability to wear normal clothes and my lack of morning sickness.

The time has gone so fast. Only yesterday i was 6 months along, today I'm 7 1/2. It's kinda scary. Now's the time that the pregnancy seems more real. My tummy's huge, and the baby moves around a lot. Just speaking the words "I have 6 weeks to go" makes it hit home even more. I'm going to have a baby. It helps, of course, that mum and I went shopping and went nuts on baby clothes.

Hopefully all will continue to go well. An amazing amount of things can go wrong from here on out, I've been told. With the all clear from the doc so far, things should work out fine. Now i just need to find somewhere to live (my lease ran out before I got a new place) and set up the nursery. Can't wait to do that. It's gonna be exciting.

Naming hell

I don't know who reads this anymore, if anyone does still, since we all seem to have gone off the whole blogging thing, but I need some help.

I'm finding it really hard to find a name to name my child with. Chris and I have a girl's name chosen already, but we cannot agree on a boy's name.

If anyone has any SERIOUS suggestions (C2 -.-) that would be great.

You'd think that after all the time I spent writing, that something would come easily...

Amber

That wasn't supposed to happen....

Hey, all...

So many things have happened since my last post, and not only to me. The world's changing and I'm not sure if we can say we're lucky to see it. Prices of everything are sky rocketing, petrol prices are unbelievable, and people are crazier than usual.

At least not everything is doom and gloom. I found out not long ago that I am pregnant.. About 6 1/2 months atm :D Chris and I are stoked and can't wait to meet the newcomer to our growing family. Also, we're moving into a bigger place, as my unit won't fit us much longer, lol. Chris's stuff still needs to be moved in.

I'm due the 22nd of July, exactly a month before a friend of mine, Leesa, is due to give birth to her first. Seems to be a sizable baby boom happening.. Half the people you see these days are pregnant.

It's exciting, we've all been comparing notes and stuff... It's nice to see what others are going through as you are going through it. Makes it all feel less daunting.

We don't know what the sex of the baby is, as while in the Ultrasound, the baby decided to lie in the wrong position, so it's leg covered when the nurse needed to check. Chris didn't want to know in the first place, but I did. Very much so. Now I have to wait like everyone else.

A friend of mine, Catherine, found out she was pregnant as well only a week or 2 ago... She's very early on yet but suffering for terrible morning sickness. Poor thing. Hopefully it won't last much longer.

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A friend of mine in England is getting MARRIED!! Grats Paul :) I hope you and Hannah have the best life, and good luck!! Wish we could be there.. I know Mark would kill to be...

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My friend Jo's probably having the worst year. She found out her stepdad has cancer (Gordon is awesome), her mum has an operation on her sinuses, her husbands parents both have a type of cancer, and she thinks she may have cervical cancer on top of it.

Seems to be one thing after another for her. I really wish her all the best, and I pray they come out on top. It can't all be bad for her.. at least, i hope not. She and her family just have to keep strong.

I think that's about it, for the time being... Ooh, I've almost finished the blanket I've been crocheting for over a year now.. I think the baby gave me the motivation to do something about it. All i need to do is put the squares together and I'm done. Then I can start on my sister's one. Yay me :P

Cheers!!