Skipping into spring

This weekend was absolutely glorious! It was the first real weekend of spring. Blue skies, sunshine and a lovely, toasty warmth.  The first weekend of short-wearing, of being coat free and of feeling the sun on your face.

Goodbye winter. 

I won't miss you. 

Dear Blog...

... I'm sorry.

I know. You don't need to tell me. I've been a terrible, terrible blogger. I've been neglecting you. I've been trying to think of a reason I could give you for my behaviour. Anything I could come up with only sounds like an excuse.

I'm sorry.

What can I say? I know, I know. You've heard it all before. Yada, yada. I'll change... yes, of course. I'll be better at writing. Well, not necessarily at writing. My content, I'll imagine, will always be somewhat a little iffy. Or boring. Or really, quite frankly, rambling and irritatingly boring for others to read, I imagine. Because I know there are two readers out there. But I'll be better at posting.

Yes, I know.

You've heard it all before.

This time I'll change. I mean it, I will. I'll prove it. I'll even schedule posts. How's that? The only problem is I sometimes have trouble thinking of what to write for one day. How do I think of several days worth of twaddle at once?

Oooh the pressure.

One more chance?

Please?

Pregnancy Round-Up - Week 14

I was naughty last week and didn't post much, so missed the Pregnancy Round-Up.

Aren't you glad to see it back?!

Hmm.

Well, actually there isn't very much to tell. Symptom-wise, there is nothing much going on. The nausea has completely subsided (yay!) though the tiredness is still very prominent. I think that is down to low iron levels again which always happens during pregnancy. I haven't yet had the blood results back from the midwife from my appointment last month so will probably have to wait until the end of the month when I have my next appointment.

I still don't look like I'm pregnant. I just look fat at the moment. And I'm impatiently waiting to feel movements. It's so reassuring when you feel your baby wriggling about inside. The early days of pausing and wondering if the butterflies you felt were the little one are still so magical. In fact, I think everything about pregnancy is magical. Still. No matter how many times you experience it.

Of course, we had our scan last week. It went very well (though very long) and baby looks happy and healthy and apparently a little larger than dates but that hasn't been amended at all. I'm still apprehensive about the next scan at 22 weeks which will be carried out on Oliver's first birthday, as that was when we were told about potential problems with Oliver. I'm very much looking forward to the 4d scan which is booked for 1st July! I can't wait! Anyway, for now, here are our newest scan photos:

I still find the scans so amazing. Our baby is now measuring just over 8cm from crown to rump and we could even see it sucking on it's tiny fingers! It's little, teeny toes! So, truly miraculous. 

Are you currently pregnant and blogging about it? If so why don't you join in? Whether it's your first or your twentieth I'd love to follow your journey. You don't have to write your Pregnancy Round-Up post on a Wednesday, just link up each week to your round-up post of the week whenever you've put it up. Please do mention within your post that it's part of the Pregnancy Round-Up posts at Larger Family Life so others can join in if they wish. If you're in, link up to your post (not your main website page) below!

The perfect day for...

... a walk along the seafront. A little breezy, but so very beautiful.

Peekaboo...

... I see you!

I must apologise.

I unintentionally went into hiding last week.

There was no reason for it.

I just ran out of things to say and so kept putting off till tomorrow.

Tomorrow never came.

Until today.

I'm sorry.

(But did you miss me?)



The scan, I'm thrilled to say, went very well. It took almost an hour to do, and the kids got a little fidgety toward the end but we are pleased to report that there is a seemingly healthy , active and completely unco-operative (for the sonographer) baby in there. Thank you, God! I will have to scan in the photos to share them with you. I'll put it on my to-do list right now.

There.

I'm now approaching 14 weeks, my second trimester. Everyone has now been informed. Most are happy. A couple, not so much. But hey, we're over the moon! And that's what matters, right?

What else has been going on here this week?

I got back in touch with three old school friends last week. It was quite accidental when one friend who I did keep in touch with opened her dad's front door to find his nurse was one of our old crowd! This in turn led to another two virtual reunions thanks to Facebook, and one actual reunion visit already planned for this week. I am so excited! I can't wait! I also can't believe that it's almost twenty years since we last saw each other. I can't believe I left school that long ago. My mind's eye plays tricks on me, and in it I suppose I still think it was only a handful of years ago rather than the great, big, barrow-load that it is!

Well, of course last week was Holy Week and that means lots and lots of busyness! Mike and Cait went to the Maundy Thursday mass where Caitlin participated in the foot wash. On Good Friday, the two of them, along with Harry, went along on the Walk of Witness in the morning followed by lunch at home then back to church with the rest of us for mass.

Saturday was Michael's day. Well, it was Holy Saturday actually, but the day Michael was finally to be confirmed. Unfortunately, we felt it was too late for the younger ones to be able to cope with and so we couldn't attend with him. I wish terribly that I could turn back the time and and have made an exception that once so that we could all have shared the evening with him. I didn't realise how sad it would make me to miss it. Regardless, we were there in spirit and the main thing is that he is now confirmed and I pray that God blessed him that day and for every day thereafter. I'm so proud of him and count myself very lucky. I think God blessed me the day we met but ssh, don't tell him I said that! I do tell Mike it was the other way around. I think he's starting to believe me.

Oh what else... well I've been very busily working away on a few creations which I hope to share with you soon and Mike and I have been busy planning something new. What can I say? It's always busy, busy, busy around here!

So, tell me. What have you been up to while I've been away? I hope you behaved!