James Titcumb

Freyja laughed today for the first time (at 5 weeks, 4 days old), which was exciting, and this video pretty much says it all!

It’s been just 10 days since I last posted about the pregnancy, and we’re both already getting increasingly impatient I think. Every pained expression I see on Hannah’s face makes me think “is that a real contraction?” until she assures me it’s not. We’re still over 2 weeks before the estimated due date and we’re starting to get impatient!

Pregnancy would be so much easier if we knew exactly when baby was coming… we still wait!

I can hardly believe it! Today, Hannah is 36 weeks and 1 day through her pregnancy, and comparing to this, it’s amazing how much she’s grown! We’re all prepared, we’ve got all the baby gubbinz sat in the nursery, and the labour bag is packed.

Just 6 more days and we’ll be full term, which basically means I will become Daddy James very soon. We are both going to her antenatal appointment (nice and early, 8:45am) tomorrow morning, and Sunday we’ll be checking out Blakes Birthing Centre in Gosport, hopefully where the birth will take place.

So… it is just a matter of time… more news as it comes!

Another week is nearly over, which means that tomorrow is week 32 of pregnancy. Hannah has a nice concise bump now, as pictured left. Everyone has commented on how little weight she’s put on elsewhere, and she’s really lucky to not have it spread out. As from tomorrow, she’s also lucky enough to be able to start working from home, meaning that we are both still earning and not losing out on increasingly valuable money!

We’ve had a really nice weekend; Friday evening was spent at Casson’s Restaurant in Tangmere near Chichester, and Saturday night was a yummy dinner with Tom & Sophia. Between Hannah and me, we managed to cook a pesto salmon en croûte and a very messy but sweet strawberry cheesecake; both courtesy of Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food book, which I highly recommend to anyone wanting to begin cooking. I warn you, the recipes do have slightly more expensive ingredients, but it’s well worth the extra pennies!

So here’s to the final 8 weeks!

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you will have noticed that last night we were putting together a “baby hammock”. And here it is – our very own Amby Nature’s Nest.

Basically, it’s a hammock for babies, and we decided to get one (with the help of Mum & Dad of course!) for our little one-on-the-way.

Despite the instructions being written in badly translated Chinese or Japanese or something, we managed to put it together alright. Just gotta tighten a bolt on top, and it’s done.