Introducing...

Jackson Kevin Reid
Born at 1.52 pm by c-section
Weighing 3.2 kg/ 7lb 3 oz
Length 50cm
Family overjoyed at the safe arrival of our long awaited beautiful boy!
Mum doing well and still on cloud nine.
Dad at home recovering...

Heading into hospital...

Well after a long (thankfully) and eventful (not so thankfully) pregnancy I am heading into hospital today for two days of work up including steroid shots before our little man is delivered on Wednesday at 37 weeks. This pregnancy has been SO different and I am hopeful that our little man will only have a short hospital stay, although I realise that he will be in special care for a few days until his sugar levels stabilise (due to my gestational diabetes). I have been so grateful for the support I have received from friends and family, even though as my Dad says "this is the longest pregnancy in history!". I can't wait to share some photos of our precious surprise bundle with you all.

Hugs,
Lisa

Only four more sleeps to go...

... until we meet our baby boy.

The bags are packed...
The food is in the freezer...
Child care is organised...
Now I just want it to be Wednesday alreay :-)

Thank you to everyone for their love and support,
Hugs,
Lisa xx

Some scrapbook layouts of the September Challenge on S4L

These are my latest layouts - there was a September Challenge on S4L and I managed to complete each one. My favourite is of Harry wearing his Ben 10 Jarmies from Auntie Mary & Uncle Malcolm - thanks to Great Auntie Wendy for the fabulous photo :-)







Hugs,
Lisa xx

Coming up to 36 weeks and only 10 days to go!

It is hard to believe that we only have 10 days until we meet our beautiful baby boy. The nursery is all organised - had to swap our change table because the drawers were a bit funny, but the store were terrific and did a swap with a discount for our troubles yesterday. Now the change table is filled with tiny clothes. Kev fitted the kiddy board onto the pram - this means that Mitch will be able to just jump on and off the board when he gets tired. He would have fitted into a toddler seat, but we thought that a little more independence would be better for his ego :-)

The freezer is filled with meals - including the boys' favourites - Tuna pasta and Bolognaise sauce. Even Boadie our dog doesn't miss out because I have cooked and frozen dog stew for her. The house is as tidy as it is going to get - I mean the windows need a wash and sure the carpets could do with a shampoo - but I know my limits (at least I do at the moment!).

I have even found some time to be creative with some scrapbooking and card making. I don't know how much time I will get to do those things once the baby arrives! And as you can see the spring cleaning and organisation extends to the blog - I have tidied it up and changed the template - not much of a change, but I like it.

Well time for me to enjoy some solitude as Kev and the boys are out for a few hours. I may even get some more scrapbooking done.

Hope you have a great week,
Hugs,
Lisa xx

A sketch site for those of you who love scrapbooking...

One of the talented ladies on Scrapbooking 4 Less creates her own scrapbooking sketches - these are a great source of inspiration.

Check out her blog...
Jan's Sketches


Hugs,
Lisa xx

35 weeks and an overnight hospital stay...

Well I reached 35 weeks yesterday and just to make the day exciting I ended up in hospital with a hypertensive episode. I have been feeling completely exhausted for the past week and felt quite strange so did my BP at home and it was 180/110. Luckily my local GP was able to see me where my BP was 170/110. So off to the hospital for some monitoring - and they decided to keep me overnight for some monitoring. No signs of pre-eclampsia, although I have sowllen feet, hands and face... but my blood and urine tests are all clear. The baby is doing well and still moving about a lot. Was discharged this morning to my great relief - since I hadn't expected to be admitted I had no toiletries etc and felt yucky. So back home for a shower and then fell promptly asleep on the lounge for almost 2 hours.

So I now only have 1 week and 5 days before admission for steroids and then delivery in 2 weeks (on Sept 30th). I am so grateful that our precious baby has had this extra time in utero - so far 10 long weeks more than his big brothers. BUT I am looking forward to meeting him and finally feeling a bit better.





On top of all of this Mitch had his ear surgery just over a week ago - this was because the cartilage never properly developed in his ears and as a result his ears folded every time he put glasses on. Now an adorable 5 year old with an elastic strap on his glasses is very cute - but fast forward to when he enters that awkward teenage stage and we decided it would be best for him to have an op now. He really was incredibly brave - althought the stitches which cover the back of both ears must be uncomfortable to say nothing of the bandage he had to wear all of the time for a week! Now he is just having to wear the bandage each night.




And then... last weekend we finally had the boys' fifth birthday party at Hungry Jacks. It was a hot, dry windy day, but everyone braved the day and made it extremely special for Mitch and Harry. I was totally exhausted (and really just wanted to crawl into bed), but two beautiful little boys needed to celebrate turning 5 years old...

Mmmm... now I realise why I am feeling so very tired - maybe I should just climb into bed and stay there for the next 2 weeks...

Hugs,
Lisa

PS - please forgive the quality of some of the photos - discovered 2 little sticky fingerprints on the lens of my camera - seems one of the boys fancies himself as a photographer.

HUSBAND'S REVENGE - a very funny clip

Scrap the Boys

Check out this scrapping challenge site I came across the other day - it is for boys only layouts and some of the work is truly inspiring!

Scrap the Boys

I even entered my Nutella layout. I am thinking of entering a layout in the September challenge too. So check it out and place a vote for your favourite layout.

Hugs,
Lisa xx

33 weeks today...

I saw our OBGYN today and she informed me that Baby Reid is actually 2.5 kg (estimated) NOT 3.5 kg as the radiographer had previously told us. This is a huge relief (no pun intended) and means that our not so little man is growing at a steady rate and while he is big, he is not unusually big for his gestation (considering my Diabetes). Hopefully now I will be able to get some sleep. The past few days have been stressful as I was really worried that this sudden weight gain would be impacting on his health, but the doctor reassured me that our baby appears to be doing well.

The plan is still to deliver him on Sept 30th at 37 weeks and I will be given steroid shots for 2 days prior to help with his lungs. Because of the Diabetes he will need a stay in Special Care for breathing, feeding and probably jaundice, but hopefully he will be able to come home when I am discharged.

Taking a deep breath now and trying to enjoy this last month as we await the arrival of our beautiful baby boy,

Hugs,
Lisa