Monkish manner

After the demise of Kieran's polarfleece dressing gown I have decided to knit him a one piece monks robe. I have decided it will be three quarter length, long sleeved and cowled and accented with red upon its sober dun hue. I am sure K will be thrilled to wear it in the mornings, and no doubt will treasure every photo taken of him in it :) It is brown as I found the wool on special - 5 balls for $10. I am sure its colour was the reason for the massive discount but hey, it's not like I'M wearing it!

Today I have my first appointment for a vitamin d trial. I basically have to walk in the open for 15 minutes a day for 6 weeks and they will give me money. So, all good really :)

The flowers that the Seal clan sent us are opening up and looking lovely. I have them on top of the microwave so we can see and enjoy them all the time. It's amazing how a bunch of reds, yellows and orange flowers bring warmth to a room isn't it.

My illness continues to get progressively worse. I have spent much of the previous evening gazing balefully at Chris who now avoids eye contact and ducks furtively through doorways - as well he might!!!

Ruth came over for a visit yesterday which was great. It was awesome to catch up with her, and Finn, and Christian. Her little tribe :) She even brought bakery treats - mmmm bakery treats.

Warm and cosy

..is not how I would describe our house at the moment. Luckily I am able to snuggle into the wonderfully warm merino/possum hat that Sue got me when she came back from Oz...mmmm, so warm!! I can't wait for Joy to finish knitting my aran-y jumper - am so cold at the moment!!

I was lucky enough to have visitors yesterday - it was wonderful catching up with Rache and Kym. Being housebound is not all it is cracked up to be! I miss the library (mmm warm, mmm books!) but can't face the thought of trying to walk there, let alone in the pouring rain we have experienced over the last 2 days! Sadly, I am also back on the diet as I have a few pregnancy kg's to lose... sigh. Aaaan Chris has made me sick!!! Now I feel run down with a sore throat in addition to my other, and myriad, woes!! Bad form Chris!

On thursday we head off to our "confirmation of viability" scan. I am pretty sure that we know what will be on the screen but it will help us move forward, knowing exactly where we're at.
Kieran is such a lovely boy. He has been super cuddly today and has just been unutterably precious - why, he didn't even bodyslam the cat! Poor Bandit is now walking on tenterhooks waiting for the dread event to occur at any moment.

Wolverine Woes

I despair of ever seeing the Wolverine movie on the big screen. We had planned for me to see this on Saturday, not realising that Kingsley was going to Cats with Sue and Jen. As the law is mean enough to say that babies shouldn't be left alone in houses we had to pass on the movie going experience for me :P Funny that :)
Anyway we will have to try and sort something out in the next 3 days - or it's curtains for Wolverine!! Woe woe.

Last night we had thunder and lightning. It was all very exciting, but the moody sky outside didn't phase K who slept through until 5:45am. The traumatic (for us!!) new routine for milk has worked beautifully, and K sleeps like a dream in his bottle filled cot. A stack of books has arrived from Massey library and I will have to turn my unspeakable talents to my next assignment. This one is on Elizabeth the First - so it should be fun to do.

We had to return K's new dressing gown to the Warehouse on sunday as the seam joining shoulder and sleeve had parted ways in several spots. While there I notice some footed suits made out of polarfleece that we will get for him to bumble around in - mornings on a tiled floor are a wee bit chill. He has also almost outgrown his Merino gogokids winterweight sleepsack. I will see if there are any toddler size ones on TMe and we can begin saving our pennies. They are just so USEFUL!!!

I am still walking around in a fair bit of pain - I think it is so unfair that I am experiencing labour pain when I don't even get a baby at the end of it. Ouch!!

Rainy Sunday days

It has been a wet and grey day today. I got to sleep in this morning until 8:30 which was fabulous. Sue and Kingsley took us all out to breakfast and Kieran feasted upon morsels of egg dipped chips, fresh cream and chunks of caramel slice. We also hustled him off to the playground where he fell in love with a car, pacing round and round it. By the time we got home he was far too tired to take along with Sue and Kingsley to visit Lesley and Ian's.
Yesterday contained a nasty surprise. While we were at the library getting K some more books a meterman ticketed us for having an out of date rego. The car rego has not been top of mind for a number of reasons - but we wont be forgetting the $200 fine in a hurry. It never rains but it pours!! Chaos then descended upon us as Sue, Kingsley, Jen and Dave arrived. They were staying with us for the night. After a meal of Hell pizza they all headed off to go see Cats. We stayed at home and cried - big wusses that we are.
Hopefully the weather is better tomorrow. K and I shan't be going to the last day of Oratia playgroup - transport being only one of the reasons, but some sunshine would make me feel a bit more chipper :)

A brand new blog

After the death of the previous blog due to spyware I have created one from the ashes of the old, phoenix style. Hopefully this blog will neither spontaneously ignite nor be riddled with malware attacks - cross fingers.

So, to date, what has happened so far.
Well, I miscarried our baby. To be more accurate, I am in the process of miscarrying our baby - and it has been devastating.
Chris and I are gutted. Chris particularly feels the loss of our baby, and I have to deal with the physical pain of the miscarriage. It has been a sad and tear filled time for us, and one I hope never to repeat.

Kieran continues well, our little angel baby just gets more lovable and talented as the days go by. He has now learned to turn around and whirls in circles, clapping his hands. He is such a happy loving boy that it is a delight to parent him.
We have got through the change in milk provision and had our first uninterrupted night last night - it was bliss!! K awoke at 5 and I sneaked a bottle into the cot for him to "find". Good times.