22-23 Weeks.

Whoops, did you notice I skipped a week? No? Just both Blob’s grandmothers? Well then. (Hi Lesley and Mum!) I think my brain needed a little break from thinking about being pregnant. It’s a weird...

21 Weeks.

This week was hard. Blob was good, but mentally, everything else was just hard. My anxiety has been pretty bad. Super bad, actually. I had to make a really hard decision, between something I wanted...

20 Weeks.

Half way there! Eek! It’s not really half way there though, because for the first two weeks of ‘pregnancy’ you haven’t even ovulated yet, then for two weeks you usually don’t even know anything has...

19 Weeks.

I think my belly is starting to change shape, but it’s hard to tell. Like I said early on, I already have a big squishy belly and I think the only real change is that it’s getting less squishy! The...

18 Weeks.

Blobby is the size of a sweet potato this week. I think Sweet Potato is a pretty cute pet name, so I might keep that in mind for when I can hold my Blob, and give my little widdle sweet potato lots...

17 Weeks.

This week The Blob is as big as an onion. Which is weird, because last week it was a pear, and the pear I ate today was bigger than the onion I chopped up for dinner, so I’m really beginning to...

16 Weeks.

It’s funny how every week it feels like such a long time, and suddenly the week before feels so tiny. This week I can’t believe I thought 15 weeks was exciting, and I’m sure I’ll feel the same way...

15 Weeks.

Phew. Pregnancy is hard, isn’t it? Why doesn’t anyone warn you? Oh, they do? Well they should have warned me twice. I would have prepared by organising a cabin to live in for 9 months with servants...

My Latest (9 Month) Project.

I know I’ve been a little absent of late, but this time I have a really good excuse. I’ve been very busy making something, it’s a long term project, I’d say about 9 months. Matt helped in the...

Amigurumi Totoro.

This is what I made for my Kris Kringle recipient, my sister, Lucie. Aren’t they cute!? I’ve never seen My Neighbour Totoro, the Studio Ghibli movie this character is from, but I plan on watching...

A New Year.

Did you notice the calendar tick over earlier this week? I’m sure that you did. 2013 seems like a messy number, but it feels good to me. I think it’s the symmetry of my birth year that I like, 1987...

Z Is For Zelda.

I started calling Zelda my Zelly Belly a few months ago, and it fits her purrrfectly (oh, the puns), but we also just call her Baby a lot. Which is what we call each other (oh we’re sickening, I...

Y Is For Yuletide.

X Is For X-Ray Vision.

Yes, I had to get a little bit creative for X. It’s a tricky letter, isn’t it? I wish I has x-ray vision so I could see inside this big ol’ parcel! It’s my parcel from home, and is filled with...

W Is For Wrapping.

I think wrapping presents is one of my favourite parts of the Christmas season. I love to neatly fold in the corners and and stick it down with my carefully pre-prepared sticky-tape. This year I...

V Is For Virtual Traveller.

About six weeks ago I started a Tumblr! It’s called The Virtual Traveller. I really love using Google Street View to look at places around the world, and I started saving the screen shots of...

U Is For University.

The University of WA is such a beautiful place. It’s full of trees and lawns and huge stone buildings. It’s an inspiring place to learn! (Yes, I’m a total nerd. I get inspired to learn.) The Arts...

T Is For Tree.

I’ve seen some people with cats put up big elaborate Christmas trees, and I just don’t understand how they do it! Maybe my lot are just particularly rambunctious. They all also enjoy chewing on...

S Is For Sunset.

Last week Matt took me for a sunset picnic on the beach. It was pretty lovely, he made fresh bread, potato salad and something delicious made with eggplant. The sunset was beautiful, the golden...

R Is For Rooibos.

I recently gave up caffeine for the umpteenth time in my life. I feel so much better when I’m not drinking tea or coffee, and I’ve never really drunk much anyway, just a cup in the morning! So it...

Q Is For Quiet.

It’s hard to take a photo of quiet, so there’s no photo today. Words are quiet too, I suppose, when they’re written not spoken. I feel guilty to admit how much I love a quiet house. A quiet house,...

P Is For Perth.

Perth is pretty swell. I don’t want to live here forever, but it’s a great place to live for now. It has an awesome zoo and aquarium, and Kings Park is amazing! It’s a big patch of bushland moments...

O Is For Okapi.

Okapis have been my favourite animal since I discovered what they were several years ago. They are a weird giraffe-zebra looking creature from the depths of the Congo, and they pushed giraffes off...

N Is For Nativity.

I feel a little bit odd admitting how much I love a good nativity scene, considering I’m not in the least bit religious. Setting up the nativity was always my favourite part of Christmas as a...

M Is For Maisie.

Mrs. Moo Moo is her current nickname. More formally know as Thomasia, but only when she’s in trouble. I’m sure the next evolution of her name will be Her Majesty Moo Moo, because she is certainly...

L Is For Loaf.

I’ve been doing some bread baking lately, and I think I’ve finally got the ‘feel’ for it. I’ve tried many times in the past, but I’ve never been satisfied with what I produced. Lately I’ve been...

K Is For Kris Kringle.

Otherwise known as Secret Santa. We always called it Kris Kringle in our family, but Matt had never heard of it when I moved here! This is my sixth Christmas in Perth; going home isn’t an option...

J Is For Jack Russell.

This is my very handsome future brother-in-law, Snowy the Jack Russell. He’s also my secret boyfriend, shhhh. He’s very sweet, just like his two human brothers. He loves his Mummy, and she loves...

I Is For Indecision.

I have always been terrible at making decisions. Not so much the big life changing decisions, I could feel in my gut that I wanted to move to Perth, ‘be’ with Matt, go back to uni, etc. It’s the...

H Is For Home.

My childhood home has always been Home for me. I can’t imagine feeling for another piece of land the way I feel for this 3 acres in country Victoria. I lived there for 17 years and 51 weeks, and my...