Richard J Green

2nd Day of Idleness

Well I am officially on my second day of Maternity leave and it’s great! I love not having to get up and rush around, and it’s lovely spending so much more time with Maddy…every says I’ll be bored after 9 months, but I seriously don’t think I will…we will see though.

Maddy’s room is coming on lovely. Its had its initial coats of paint, the pink is lovely!!! and skirting is cut and ready to be painted, window sill and ceiling have both had one coat and need one more. We are going to pick up the flooring on Thursday, so hopefully that will go down on Friday and then the furniture can go up, which arrived this morning. Can really see it coming together now!! Sooo excited. Later this week I will get all the baby stuff out of the garage and have a good sort through, see what I can use and what needs washing etc. Then after that it’s just the crib to go up.

I guess I should also pack a labour bag in case I do have to go into hospital, but I kinda feel thats thinking that the homebirth could go wrong! So I might just put it all together and not actually pack it :) Today is the last day I have to be worried about baby coming, cos as long as it comes after tomorrow I will be 37 weeks and be ok for the homebirth, although the midwife did say to me that they cant actually force me to go to hospital so if it was today I could probably get away with it!!

Anyway I’ll stop for now, Maddy is up and demanding attention, she’s having fun trying to put a hair clip into my hair, not very well I must say but she’s trying :)

Almost Over the Hill

No, this isn’t a blog about me admitting I’m a 49 year old man in the body of an over-weight 21 year old, but actually annoucning that the Baby-Green website is so close to being launched with the new theme I can taste it.

I’ve just finished coding the last of the pages, after converting all of the videos to their new format which will hopefully mean that anyone can see them without issues of getting sound, but no video or such. I would have the site moved to the live location so that you can all see it properly now, however I’m uploading the videos to the website, and according to WinSCP the software I use for connecting to the website, that’ll be 2 hours time, and being that the time is already 9:56 PM, I’m amazed Nicky is still awake now to be honest, so the website may have to be published tomorrow or Wednesday night instead.

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No Moo :(

Well it’s Sunday evening, sitting here watching CSI and no Moo upstairs! She is staying with her Grandad and Granny tonight, and then with Nanny tomorrow night :( and I miss her already!!

The last couple of weeks has been a nightmare at work, soooooo busy :( and been dying of a cold this week and worked from home Wednesday, Thursday and Friday! Had a really good lie in Saturday so started to feel a bit better. Took Maddy swimming, she is getting really good now, so proud of her! Then to tesco’s for massive food shop but it was needed as cupboards were bare, and I got some stuff for labour and birth! Back home and Rich started work on Maddy’s room while I cleaerd up a bit then Mum turned up and Maddy woke from her nap not long after…

We went out for dinner for Dave’s birthday in the evening, was lovely, and Maddy had a good time, then back to theirs for a cuppa where Maddy ran around like a loon for an hour, then she got really sleep so sent home.

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Lounge and Cakes

Look at me go! 3 blogs in the space of a week and a half. This one is going to have lots of pics I’m afraid as I have lots to show off today, and seeing as the website’s not finished yet ‘nudge nudge’ I can’t get Rich to put them up there yet!

First things first, we had another scan today, this was to check the baby’s kidneys were ok, and they were :D Very relieved all is looking good, belly is still measuring big, but then so was Maddy’s, so not worried about that, and also she confirmed that it is a girl! Maddy wasn’t very well behaved in there so it was a bit of a rush, but she showed us all the bits and pieces and how she was laying. Here is the bump at 34 weeks

Bump

Maddy slept in her bed again last night, went down not a problem, but the first thing I heard from her this morning was her opening her bedroom door and wandering out, Rich jumped out of bed and caughter her at the top of the stairs! Looks like we need to get that second stairgate for her bedroom door now!! Continue Reading

I’ve lost my baby and gained a monkey!

Well it’s true…I have officially lost my baby girl and now have a monkey in her place. This morning, she somehow managed to climb out of her cot!!! Her head only just comes over the top of the bars! We found her sitting on the floor playing with her toys. So we have decided that we cant risk her climbing out again and now she is sleeping in the bed built by Rich’s Dad.

I’m so traumatised! She’s not a little baby anymore!!

Well apart from that this weekend has been good. Lounge is completely finished, all the furniture back in, and rug taped down etc, looks amazing, will post some pics soon as I am so proud!! Rich has done an amazing job and looks so good!.

Today we took our old washing machine to the tip and loads of other crap, and basically did a big spring clean, our bedroom clean and tidy, all the halways clear and hoovered and kitchen cleaned, felt very relaxed tonight because of it too! Now sat on the sofa watching Hitch, but also writing a blog as being badgered again by Rich to keep up now.

Anyway back to watching the film, and then to bed for me!

I’m finally back!

Well, after much badgering from Rich, I am writing a blog!! It’s been a while I know, and I don’t really have an excuse, but I will try harder from now on :)

Well whats new then??

33 weeks pregnant today! Is all going scarily fast! Nothing prepared so far, but as Jolly moves out this weekend, it will mean we can start work on Madd’y room and then I can prepapre babies room and start to feel more organised.

12 days of work left spread over 4 weeks, I really cant wait to not have to drive to work anymore and to get some more quality time with Maddy before she has to share me. Plans for Homebirth going well so far, as long as everything continues liek this the midwife see’s no reason for me not to go ahead with it. Will be amazing I think, really looking forward to going into labour this time (mad as that sounds).

Also I think we have finally decided on a name, bit dubious about telling people, as don’t want to get negative reactions and it spoil it for us, so maybe you wont hear now until she is born….we’ll see though.

Maddy got her first cleaning set yesterday thanks to Nanny P. She loves it! Just hoping she loves cleaning as much when she is older ;) here is a slightly blurry pic taken with my phone, but you get the jist…

My New Cleaner

Anyway, I had better do some work today, my boss is off but I’m sure he’ll be checking up on me! and I wont leave it so long this time!

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