Ducky Duck Duck

Ahh - Yay we are in our new house.

It still looks like a bomb has hit it BUT the kitchen is unpacked and tidy and the washing machine is working and that is all I really care about for now.

Next on my hitlist is getting the study back in working order - however, I found out this morning that the internet provider we want to use could possibly take up to 5 weeks to do a new installation.

OMG - a possible 5 weeks without home internet access - what is an addict to do. LOL.

I am still in the process of figuring it all out.

Yesterday we found that we have a family of Ducks, including 5 newly hatched ducklings - they are so cute. The reason we found them is because they were initially on the roof of our neighbours shed - which adjoins our shed (flat roof). The mother literally pushed them off the edge (it is like a 2 mt drop) and then we thought - oh well they are doomed - and went out. But when we got home there they were in the easement park of our back yard. The mother was desperately trying to get them up to the next level of our yard (over a retaining wall) but they couldn't jump high enough. Eventually mark went and helped them get up - much to the Mother ducks displeasure. She then made herself and her babies at home in our pool for the rest of the afternoon.

When I left them to it last night - they were still by the pool - however I did see a cat lurking around the backyard last night and then this morning there was no sign of the mother or the babies. But no sign of any carnage either.

I really hope they made it - after all they had such a big day yesterday searching for water. It would have been sad if the cat ate them for dinner.

Thank fully - our cat hasn't arrived yet. So that might give them a chance to get themselves to a safer spot in the next week.

I am really glad that I am only working 3 days this week because the move has left me really tired.

Mark has put me on 'restful home duties' while I am at home -because he thinks I over did it on Saturday - but I find it hard not to do things when there is mess everywhere.

Soo Tired

I am very tired today. Not sleepy tired but definitely body exhausted tired.
I ended up going to wo walks yesterday because when Mark got home he wanted to walk the dog and I didn't want to stay home by myself so I went with him.
I guess that when your body is trying to support the functions of two humans that I should expect not to bounce right on back!
I also have DOMS in my upper legs from the step ups and squats - and while it is a nice feeling after such a long time - it is making me walk a bit funny LOL - someone at work said to me that it looked as though I was struggling with the extra belly and I said "no, no - it's just that my legs are a bit sore from yesterdays strength work" - I don't think that she believed me.

This weekend we are moving into the new house. I don't really think that there is all that much I am going to be able to do to help.
But there is some cleaning to be done at the new place and we need to decide where everything is going to go and all that.
Tonight we are going over there to make a list of all of the maintenace things that need doing. I feel that it is easier to see what needs doing when there is no furniture there.
Generally what we do is make a big list and then whenever Mark feels the need to do something - he picks something off the list based on how rich he is feeling that week.
Here are a few pics - now that we are home owners again.

Well....

this morning I was up with the birds because the beautiful early morning light comes streaming through our bedroom window. I lay there for about 20 minutes conscious of not waking Mark and then I thought - hey! Why don't I head out for a morning walk.

So I headed out for around 35 minutes - only problem is that I don't seem to be able to just walk when I am by myself - and I ended up jogging. It was comfortable and felt quite good. I just took it really easy and stopped to walk a couple of times to lower my heart rate a bit.

It was such a georgous morning here is Canberra today though - not too cold and there was a slight fog rising up off the lake.

So I remembered why my ipod was my friend again.

When I got back to the park that is right before our house, I stopped and did 3 x 15 step ups onto a park bench and 3 x 10 sets of squats. Boy - am I feeling it in my legs already. But it is a good feeling.

I have a theory that exercising in the morning makes you more efficient - especially if you are already slightly organised. I managed to go out for the walk, have a shower, iron my clothes, put make up on and have breakfast and still get out the door faster than I normally would when I don't go walking. Hmmn..... not sure how that works.

I think that I am going to keep my walking clothes and ipod out by the bed and handy - ready for those days when i am wide awake and there is nothing better to do.

That new song - Just Dance - by Lady gaga has a great beat for step ups and dips (lunges too I imagine!).

AND just because the majority of you who played my little guessing game were wrong - I will reaveal that we are having a BOY!

It is so nice to be able to say he rather than it! LOL

How much I have grown!

Here is the ultrasound from our 12 week scan:

And here is the 20 weeks scan!

WOW! Such a big difference in size! Pretty cute though!

So...... the majority of you think that we are having a girl....... I guess time will tell as this time tomorrow morning hopefully I will know.

It will be a little while yet though before I reveal to the blog world which it is because I want to wait and have a little bit of fun with my family and friends in Brisbane next week first though.

For the rest of the world if people want to have a guess I am cool with that but I am not going to offer the information up. I think it will be more fun to tell random strangers who feel the need to contemplate the sex of my child that we don't know what we are having and then when they try and guess I can chuckle silently to myself if they are wrong.

Of course there is every possiblility that we won't be able to find out tomorrow - it all depends on how the baby is lying and whether the sonographer can get everything in the right positioning.

This afternoon we are going to do the final inspection on our new house and then on Thursday afternoon we get the keys - yeah!

Mark has managed to book a truck for this weekend to - so hopefully we will be in there by some time next week.

Can you tell I am really looking forward to having my own space again... and my own kitchen and washing machine.. ahhh bliss.............

WooHoo

Well the scales made me ever so happy this morning when they told me that I had only gained 200g since last Tuesday.

I said to Mark - I didn't think I would ever be happy to see the scale weight going in the upwards direction - but hey - 200g is much better than 800g. I would be entirely happy to continue the 200g per week rise.

I didn't really stick to any enforced eating regimen last week either. Sure I toned it dow a little but not too much.

This week though I feel that I may not have any trouble toning it down because whenever I eat I am full within minutes. It seems as though the little one may be starting to encroach into my stomach space and there isn't as much room for food - well there is still as much room but if I use it all it gets pretty uncomfortable pretty fast.

So now - despite the fact that I only ate a 1/4 of my Lamb and potato curry for lunch and 1 small yoghurt pot, I am stuffed to the brim and feeling rather bleugh!

I had some yoghurt mixed in with fresh passionfruit and a banana for morning tea today and it was great. I will be repeating that one tomorrow for sure.

I just don't seem to be able to get enough fruit at the moment and am loving Mangos, Passionfruit, Strawberries, Frozen blueberries and Oranges. I think all of the different colours really make me feel alive.

Tomorrow I think I might have to have a really nice salad roll. Do I constantly think about food???? Hmmn... yes..yes I do. LOL.

This morning when I had my yoghurt I was thinking about a girl I used to work with who had the most awesome looking fruit salads every single day. She was really full of vitality and health. She inspired me to make a big fruit salad tonight so that is what I am going to do.

Happily Tired

It has been a massive weekend and I am tired but am feeling like it may actually be energising.

I'll Start at Sunday afternoon and work backwards.

This afternoon I went to a Body Shop at Home party at an extended family members house. It was good to be able to try a few body shop products properly and not be annoyed by sales assistants. The theme was a hands party so we all had a little hand treatment with the body shop products. it was quite nice.

I bought a fragrance from their new range - Aqua lily - it is nice and light and summery and I feel as though it will be a good everyday perfume for summer.

More exciting though - I booked in to have a party of my own as part of my baby shower in early December. I am having a spa indulgence party.

This morning we went to the annual Canberra flower show - Floriade. To be honest I wasn't all that impressed. The Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers is better in my opinion. Here is a pic I took of some flowers that were arranged to look like some piaon keys. The theme is Australian Films -so this one was meant to remresent the movie Shine - only problem is, they didn't have any viewing platforms high up to see the arrangements properly. So I'm not sure what the point of arranging them that way is!




There is also a gnome painting competition and I thought this one done up like Babe was quite good.





Last night we drow about half an hour north of Canberra to go to a friends 40th in Gundaroo This little guy was her birthday present - I thought he need a bow to brighten him up a bit. He is pretty cute!

Such a lovely quaint town, I would really like to go and have a look during the day. We started off at her house and then moved down to the local pub for a dinner. Biggest steaks I have ever seen - they literally took up half the plate. The pub was very lovely - all in all the town had a lovely atmosphere.


Yesterday was spent shopping and car washing. It feels so good to have a clean car again. There were storms here in Canberra last week and there must have been a dust storm at some stage because my car was filthy and covered in red dust.

Now I am tired but hopefully it means that I will get a good nights sleep tonight. I am really looking forward to the scan on Wednesday!

It has just taken me around 2 hours to do this post. uploading pics can take such a long time!