Bug is a brat!!! ;)

Hi all,

Well lets see since I last wrote things don't seem to have improved that much with Bug. I seem to be suffering from high blood pressure again (I am not happy!). Which could mean that Bug will be making his/her way into the world a whole lot sooner than planned.

On Tuesday I had a midwife meeting which nearly landed me in hospital again. As my blood pressure was really high. So that meant I had to do some extra waiting whilst a few tests where done & my Obstertrian was contacted. Luckily my test came back in the clear & my obst. decided instead of a stay in hospital I had to see her today.

So today I had a meeting with a midwife that specialises in psychology as I had PND with Em. So it was decided that because of my history that I should have a few sessions with her to develope a plan to help me if I need it for when Bug is born. Which unfortunately had to be rushed so I could make my next appointment with my Obst.

When I got to my Dr's I had to do another test that wasn't as good as my last one & my blood pressure isn't as high as it was, but it's still up :(. I may have the beginnings of Pre-Eclampsia. We wont really know for certain until Friday when we get the test results back from the blood tests that I did today. If it looks like I do have the beginning stages or if my blood pressure is still high I will have to go to hospital to be monitored overnight. If things don't improve or I don't go into labour naturally then I will have to be induced, or if worse comes to worse I will have to have a caesar (so not looking forward to that idea).

So don't be surprised if the next time you hear from me I'll be a lot thinnner (hopefully) & Bug will be on the outside ;D.

Thank you all for your words of encouragement & I hope to visit your blogs very soon (amidst the chaos of my life). TTFN

Hi all,

Below is half a card that I had started before getting sick. These I am thinking of doing as my thank you cards. So I have about four half made cards sitting on my cardmaking desk. What do you think? Are they boring, too plain or ok?. I must admit in real life the colours are a little darker. But since it's still raining (I swear we've had 3 days of sunshine since the beginning of March!!!)I had to scan the card. I have used bazzil, bazzil dot, & plain card for the construction of this card. The buttons, ribbon & Kindy glitz is the only other things that I have added. I used my Copics to colour the housemouse image. I am trying to keep the colours gender neutral since we don't know what Bug is yet.



Well after two weeks of antibiotics, ventalin & cough syrup. I am finally on the mend. I have gone from a chest infection to what I describe as a bad cold. I even got the ok from my obst, yesterday. Which is such a relief. Consindering I hate taking medicines whilst preggers, I wont even take a panadol for a headache unless I am made to! Today is really the first time in ages that I have felt like doing stuff. I've have been so tired & icky that it's all I can do to get up in the morning. Em though has ben having a great time with her two sets of grandparents on the coast. She has had a sleep over at my Stepmum & Dad's place & then dh's dad & partner have had her for a few days, plus she has been going to preprep as well.

Today we all had a sleep in, which was wonderful. Since getting up I have taken Em's new curtains up so they aren't sitting on the floor. It was a quick job, but I have litterally haven't had the energy to do them. It helped that Doug took them off the rods & then put them back for me.

Well I'm off to do stuff while I feel I can ;) TTFN

Scrappy cards for kids & a Bug update

Hi all,

Well as promised here are three cards that I made while in Glen Innes. I took my little bag of scraps, some stamped images & card bases with me. I added the bling, flowers & stamped sentiments when I got back.
A card for Sami

A card for Jenna

A card for Sheri & Steve


I decided that I am going to send these cards to Jennifer McGuire's Cards for Kids.

This last card I made yesterday. The little fairy card is made from scraps ;) as well. I coloured her in with my Prismacolour pencils & used baby oil to blend it. Then because all fairy's need some sparkle I went over her with my H2O's. Which gives a nice shimmer in a certain light. Then I added a pale pink heart pin for her wand. (I'm sure I have seen this done somewhere else before.)
A card for Meg


Lastly just a quick update on Bug. We seem to be doing well. I say this because I was suppose to have my 20 week scan on Thursday. Only to find out when I got there that Bug isn't 20 weeks according to the lady doing the Ultra-sound. So now I have to go back in 2 weeks to do the scan again. In the mean time I have an Obstritian appointment so I guess we'll have to wait & see what's happening. I'm a little dissapointed as I like to "see" how Bug is going. I guess if there where any major issues the lady would have picked up on it at the time. As she did have a quick look.

Well that's all for today, I'm off to hang out some washing & then into town. TTFN

A quick Bug update :)

Hi all,

Firstly I just wanna say thanks to all of you for all your lovely comments & emails. I really appreciate them. I also wanna say thanks for checking out my blog & putting up with my non craft entries. Of which this is another one (sorry 'bout that).

Just to let every one know (whether you wanted to or not ;D), I am offically in my second trimester!!! Boy did that go fast or what!!! Here I was thinking I was about 11 weeks this Monday just gone when it turns out I'm really 13 weeks (yesterday).

I had a scan done yesterday & Bug was playing up, me thinks this baby is getting lessons from Em!!! Bug wouldn't turn the way the nurse wanted, but we got there in the end. Doug & Em where in the room with me to start with as we thought Em would like to see the baby, but she soon got sick of that so she & Daddy went out to play with the toys in the waiting room. Which was probably a good thing.

I now have to wait for my next appointment with my obst. to find out the results of the scan & no we aren't finding out the sex of this baby until it decides to come out ;).

Well since I'm feeling so much better (just not cooler lol)I think I may go & make some cards. Have a wonderful weekend all & TTFN