Apologies for the absence. As Kezzie requested more baby sick stories...well, no, actually, there wasn't any sick, just a lot of not well. :(
First there was me with a pretty horrid flu-cold. Then as I was almost better, Diddy G got it. I was glad I had had it because I was a lot more understanding of his need to sit up for two to three hours every night coughing his lungs up because I knew exactly how it felt. Then just as we were both almost better, Husbink got it, though for once less bad than us. We've been mostly well for a couple of weeks now but all still coughing, not funny.
Then we swapped ill health for nightmares. Actually, again, all round, which is a little random. A nightmare from Diddy G is utterly heartbreaking because it is very hard to explain that it is all going to be ok. He understands a lot (scarily a lot) of what we say but not enough for that just yet. My nightmares were largely of the thriller blockbuster variety so not sooooo scary but very tiring. Husbink's...well, Husbink's are just of the "under an immense amount of pressure at the moment, have to leak somewhere" variety.
So it hasn't been the most fun five weeks or so since I was last here but on the plus side...
Our playroom is finished and Diddy G can now make a huge mess and we can shut the door on it at the end of the day. We are hugely blessed to have had the opportunity to do this and all together, it came in at only about £50 over the budget for just the building part so it went fantastically well.
Despite all the illness and general pregnancy exhaustion, I have started nesting which has largely taken the form of a lot of baking so far so our house has been a pretty fun place to be in amongst all the germs. Diddy G has assisted with some of the baking which is hugely fun and almost makes me cry it is so brilliant. Gush, gush! You can get toddler tower things for the kitchen which I'm on the look out for so that I don't have to hold Diddy G every time he wants to see what is happening on the stove or sit on the floor to beat cake mixture so he can join in.
We are going away to Husbink's parents for a few days next week so that Husbink can do huge amounts of revision and not have to worry about me being exhausted because someone else will be doing large chunks of the Diddy care. Which may mean I get more time to do things like this, we'll see! :)
