Introducing..... The Peanut

24weeks - 16 more to go..
For those of you that have not seen a scan pic of the Peanut yet. Here we are just for you.
Check up at the Obstetrician this morning went well. Peanuts 680gms.
Was in breach position and wriggling around lots (nothing unusual)
The exciting thing about the scan was actually seeing the baby yawn.
Doc caught it and he was able to go back and so we could watch it over a couple of times.

The Scan pic is not the best one we have as bubs was moving around a lot and was not going to move for the doc so a better picture would be taken. There is a arm up the top by its nose and the other arm is bent at the elbow with its hand up by the side of the head.

We ordered the cot yesterday so Steve has a job to do on the weekend and I found glow in the dark stars for the ceiling. (another job for steve) But I'll let him have tomorrow off. Would feel a little mean making him work on his birthday.

The Bump

Ok so I have fiqured out how to upload photo's

22 Weeks (5 1/2 Months)
Well we certainly have one active little baby. Not sure what dance party was going on last night but there was lots of movements and we can even see my tummy move when peanut kicks now. It looks rather strange and alien like. However bossy little thing was not happy at 3.30am this morning when I rolled over, had to roll back over again to keep the peace.

Old Aged Rockers

Well last night we went to the Paul Young - Tony Hadley (ex spandau ballet front man) concert. OH MY GOD. It was awesome. Had such a great time. Tony Hadley voice was amazing. He didn't even sound like he had aged one bit from his Spandau Ballet days. As well as his amazing voice he had show man ship and was able to hold the audience's attention with just his personality. Paul Young cracked out his hits and a couple of covers. One of which was from our very own Crowded House. However "common people" & "come back and stay" had me singing and clapping. It was obvious Paul had a few more years on Tony as his voice was not what it use to be but he was still able to draw the attention of dance crazed women screaming at him from in front of the stage. He even risked his life and jumped down and slow dance with a lucky lady. Personally I would have preferred to slow dance with Rikki Morris who opened for them. He sang his trade make song "no body else" which is now 20 years old. I was in a complete ore of him. Steve and I have been to a few concerts this year and this is certainly one that I will remember. Especially since most of this music was released either before or just after I was born.

Welcome To Our Blog

Welcome to our blog page.
Well I decided that seen as we have a few people all over the place that I would put together a blog for all to read.
Plus when the peanuts born I get to have a brag page.

I'll start off with the important info first.
Peanut aka little Luke Skywalker Burt or Princess Leia Burt. Due 12th March. Have 18 weeks to go. Time has gone so fast and it was only yesterday that I realised that I have 12 weeks of work left. I no doubt will be the size of a house by March and as I read in the paper the other day the weather man is predicting a hot summer. Thanks a lot el nino. Other wise the little one is growing fast and is extremely active. It certainly enjoys kicking its fathers thumb away and just like its father it enjoys its food.

Steve and I are slowly getting our garden together at the house. When we brought the house there were 3 dying shrubs down the side of the drive way. A apple tree that had seen better days and 2 trees that were just planted at random. Now I am pleased to say that we have 8 healthy growing shrubs, a passionfruit tree, 2 blueberry trees, 2 kowhai trees and the lime tree that I have carted around in a large pot for the past 4 years that has finally made a full recovery in the ground. Now that's just the back yard. In order to give our selves some privacy Steve built two trellis fence's in front of the patio and we put in a garden with lots of pretty coloured flowers. All flowers and shrubs carefully selected by our gardening manager aka Pam (steve's mum) Which are coming along nicely. So stage one of the great landscape design is almost complete and we hope to start stage two in the next couple of weekends. Raised Garden Beds and a New Clothes Line. I will have the straightest clothes line in Wellington as the posts will be measured by our Engineering Manager aka Des (steve's dad).

Now I should probably introduce you to the 3 Mogs that run our house. So that you have some idea of who we are rambling on about.
First off is Penny. Mother to the Ralph and Dobbyn. Is a charismatic animal and shows her thoughts on her face through expression. Trust me she will shoot you a "You idiot" look or a "don't touch me" look. Is snooty and stubborn and certainly not the most coordinated cat (just asked steve about his slashed ear at 3am) but really affectionate. Just watch out for the dribble or should I say drool.
Ralph. Is 10kg's and love's his food. Snores almost as loud as Steve and has foot odour worse than Steve. Is a very loyal and will sort out the neighbours crazed grey cat when he needs too. Is a complete smooch and sleeps with us most nights. Likes to sit on the corner of the fence with one paw over and watch people walk by. When running or should I say jogging it sounds like a heard of race horses.
Dobbyn. The most characteristic cat I have ever had. He looks like someone has just told him a dirty joke. Everything is Dobbyns. He owns everything. He will see the other two cats have a spot they like to sleep in and he will take it over. Drinks his water out of a cup and loves to sleep in side things. i.e boxes, bowls, baskets, and sports bags. Has lots of nicknames and recently enjoys lying over my tummy and has become protective of me. Leaps up on everything and has a tail that's like a rudder on a boat that's continuously up and sways from side to side when he walks. (looks rather funny) This particular animal makes us both laugh lots.

So now that I have started the blog I will some how attempt to upload some photo's for you.
Wish me luck....