Breakfast in the sun

I woke up this morning with the sad news that C won’t be able to make it here this week:( her little baby boy had fever and a bad cold so they had to cancel their trip. Very sad indeed. The Italian tried to cheer me up and made me some breakfast. We ate by our balcony doors and enjoyed the sunshine.
The little one slept so well after the park yesterday that he was awake a lot during the night. He now wants lots of food this morning but I am going to try and leave the boys alone in a minute and nip to a beauty salon behind our house so they can sort out my eyebrows and eyelashes.
At least we’re going to Sweden in three and a half weeks so I get to see C then. But I was really looking forward to a girly week, well with our two little boys, but still. The Italian is working from 7.30-midnight tue,wed,thu so it would’ve been perfect with some company. Ah well. I just hope he feels better soon the little boy.

Hanging in the park

Today we had a slow morning but at 1.30 we left the house and went half an hour outside town where we met up with friends and their little daughter who is 6 weeks older than our boy, who by the way is a month today.

Sunny Saturday

Baby has been in a nappy all morning again and it makes me want to bite him when he lies there all chubby and cute.
The Italian went to the gym between 11 and 1. By the time he came back we went to the park across the road.
My white legs got five minutes in the sun before baby wanted food.
I moved into the shade and fed him until we realised that it was quite windy. We decided to go for a walk instead. Man did it feel nice to move my legs for a bit.
On the way home at 3.30 I realised that I hadn’t eaten since 7.30.
Went into the corner shop and bought something I’ve wanted for a loooooooong time.

Mmmm Brie. And I just ate it like it was on the way back home. Yum!!

Friday night

My friend just left. It was lovely to see her and hear all about what people are up to at work. Sad I know, but off course I miss quite a few of them.
I have now sat down on the sofa and this is my company.

I haven’t seen it yet since this is the film we were supposed to see at the cinema the day I told the Italian that I was pregnant in the middle of Leicester square. Needless to say we didn’t go to the cinema that day and that was the last day it was on.
Mio and I slept til 11 this morning so we’ve got lots of energy left.
Well I say we, but he’s actually half asleep in my arms.
Rumour has it that big brother is starting here again. I haven’t watched it the last few years but it feels like the ideal thing to watch if you’re stuck inside… Me that is, not the people inside the big brother house…. Anyway…. The Italian is off with us now for three days so I will get the rest of the birth story up as well.

Cranky

A cranky baby means that not a lot got done today.
I think it’s the heat that makes him a bit uncomfortable.
And just when I thought that we’d found a bit of a pattern of how often he eats we hit a Heatwave that makes him want to eat all the time. In a way I think it’s good though because he needs to stay hydrated.
And I’ve also heard that 4 weeks is the grow spurt which makes them eat more. So that’s where we are now.
I did however manage to put some make up on today.

A friend from work is coming over for pizza later and I didn’t fancy looking like a complete zombie.
Happy Friday to you all.

Fancy visit

My parents came to visit this afternoon as they were in town for the day.
How lovely was that. I miss that I can’t have my family over for a coffee date etc because we don’t live close enough. So for them to literally come over for the afternoon felt really cool.
We went to West India Quays and sat outside and had an early dinner. Mio got to wear his cool sun hat for the first time and I was super excited about coming outside for a bit. And even more exciting is the fact that we walked all the way there. Feel exhausted now. Haha.
We went to the doctor on the way as Mio had a weird blister looking thing on his belly button. Turns out that it was perfectly normal but we still got a prescription for some treatment and we’ve got a follow up appointment next week.
After they left Mio and I watched The Back Up Plan and now we are getting ready for bed. Finding it hard to work out what he should sleep in as it is so hot. But I think just a vest will be good. I don’t want him to get too hot.
Only one more day without the Italian and then we have him with us all weekend. Yay!

Skin to skin contact

With the heat that’s hit London in the last few days I haven’t bothered to put clothes on as we haven’t been outside. So underwear has been the outfit of the day. Not the most pleasant sight at the moment but still, Mio doesn’t seem to mind..
For some reason I’ve still made a point of dressing him though and although I’ve chosen summery outfits it’s still been really warm for him. It wasn’t until I spoke to my sister yesterday that she pointed out that he could just wear his nappy. Doh! Off course. So today we are cuddling skin to skin and he is so cute in a massive nappy on his tiny bottom. I am still waiting for it to leak all over me….

Heatwave

Although there’s a complete Heatwave in London right now Mio and I have still been stuck inside watching tv most days.

Might try and get out for a bit tomorrow though. And next week my friend C is coming over so I’m going to try and be a bit more mobile by then.
Although I have to say that with all the breast feeding I kind of enjoy our little bubble we have going on at the moment Mio and I.
I love sitting on the sofa cuddling watching tv.

We’ve just watched the end of Desperate Housewives and the season finale of greys anatomy.
I hope you’re having a great week as well.

Happy birthday dad

It’s my dads 60th birthday today<3.
Mio and I would like to wish him happy birthday. I hope you are having an amazing day. Love you lots. You are the best dad in the world!! Xxx

Birth story part 1

Wow, I’m on fire today. Here comes the birth story as well.
This is going to be a very detailed story so if you’d rather not know all the details I recommend that you skip to the next post instead.
Throughout my pregnancy I never had any fake contractions so I wasn’t really sure what to expect.
On the 26th April I started to feel slight cramp in my stomach like period pains.
To be honest if I would’ve ran around a lot I wouldn’t even have noticed it I think. That’s how slight they were.
Just before we went to bed at midnight I noticed a little bit of blood.
I called the labor ward and they said that since I don’t have any contractions and the water hasn’t broken I don’t need to come in but to call if either happens.
We went to bed and I notice contractions but they aren’t very strong. They last for about a minute but only comes every five minutes so not often enough for going to hospital.
At 2am I wake up as the water breaks.
I wake up the Italian who puts on coffee and the shower. I explain to him that we need to go to hospital not have a coffee party….
In a taxi we went. Arrived at about 2.30 and the midwife told me that my water hadn’t broken..? And then she said that she needed to check if it had broken behind rather than at the front. I still don’t know what she meant by that.. Either way it turned out that it had. But I was completely closed so she told us to go home and relax. The Italian didn’t want us to go home and even though the contractions came every five minutes on the way in I now had them every other minute. She still sent us home. So 3.30am we are in a taxi going back home again. By the time we reach the house contractions are so strong that I no longer have the power standing up. I am kneeling in front of the bed breathing through every contraction and it feels like there’s no break in between them. I felt that if it hurts this much now when I haven’t even started to open I’m going to have to scrap my “natural-water-birth-idea” and go straight for epidural when we get back into the hospital.
I then get an urge to go to the loo. I’ve heard that this is really common while you’re in labor but couldn’t face the fact of sitting up straight on the loo.
After a bit if discussion with myself I manage to get myself into the toilet. I then realise that there is a LOT of blood now. Not sure whether that’s normal or not I decided to call the hospital again. While on the phone to them I have another contraction so the Italian has to take the phone. She asked him how often they come and when he said every minute she asked us to come back in again.
Meanwhile I feel the urge to push… This doesn’t bother me or scare me as I’m apparently not open at all yet…
Back in a taxi I keep feeling urges to push in the taxi and in the corridor leading to the correct ward at the hospital.
We arrive back at about 4.15-4.30.
By the time we get there the midwife informs me that I am fully open…
So in an hour I’ve gone from 0-10cm- at home- alone- with no gas or drugs or help from anyone.
The lovely midwife then tells me that she can feel his bum and not his head…
She needs to get a doctor that can confirm this.
Okay what do I do with this massive urge to push?!?
Don’t push! Was all she said before leaving the room to find a doctor….
Hello?!? I’m not superwoman. Anyone who has given birth will know that once you get the urge to push its rather difficult to stop yourself.
Sorry to leave you with a bit of a cliff hanger but I’ll have to continue on with this story later on. Hopefully tonight but if not I’ll do it at the weekend as promised.

Liebster Award

I would like to thank Louise for giving me the Liebster Award and I would like to pass it on to these lovely ladies.

1, My dear friend Cat whose blog is one of the reasons I started blogging myself actually. She writes about her life as a London mom and we get to follow her on holiday and shopping as well as her life as a stay at home mum in london.

2, Gorgeous Jenny who writes about beauty mostly but also about renovating their house and a fun busy london life (in Swedish though but I think you can translate it)

3, Lovely Sofia who also writes about life in London and at the moment she is going through some changes and we get to follow them all in this very honest blog. (again in Swedish but should be able to translate this one as well)

4, A very funny blog I’ve just come across is called Broken Condoms and is about a girl freaking out about being pregnant (and now being a mom)….

To the award winners please spread the award on to three-five other blogers you like and give them a note that let have received it through a comment on their blog.

Rules (what an aweful word, let’s call it recommendations):

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

2. Link back to that person’s blog.

3. Copy and paste the award to your blog.

4. Present the award to 3-5 blogs of 200 followers or less that you feel deserve this recognition.

5. Let those blogs know by leaving them a comment.

Enjoy:)

Time flies

The days just disappear and I’m not sure how. I am loving every minute of it though. I still can’t quite believe it however and I look at him sometimes and realise that he is actually my son. Bizarre.
Sorry that I don’t update more often here now. I could easily post a little post every day about what we are doing, but I keep thinking that I don’t want to post anything until I’ve done my Leibster award post and my birth story post so therefor I post nothing as they take longer.
I have now decided to do them at the weekend when the Italian is off and I can therefor allow myself to post a little something before that. So here is my first post in a couple of weeks and hopefully the cute photo will make you forgive me…

Who’s who?

The first few days everyone said that Mio looked like the Italian but had my nose.
I am surprised how much he’s actually changed this last week… So the last few days more people are saying that he looks like me. I find it really hard to see who he looks like.

Mio fast asleep on my lap just now.

Me when I was new born.
I have to say that I agree about the nose but I find it really hard to say who he looks like.

Breastfeeding

Today has been all about feeding. So no time for birth story. Got a few visitors tomorrow but I’ll try and write the story in between. I hope you are having a nice weekend. Xx

Good morning:)

We’ve had a few tough nights, although last night was a lot better. And to be honest, who cares when you wake up next to this cute face.
Didn’t realise that I hadn’t posted for so long.
The Italian’s parents are here this week.
I will post a bit later on again and tell you about our little boys first week.
Will get the labor story together at some point as well.
I hope that you’ve had a good week.

Monday and body issues

We’re having a relaxing day at home after a nice night. Almost eight hours sleep only interrupted by one feed.
It was freaky lying in bed last night watching my belly move. It felt like I was pregnant again. I think it’s the uterus contracting.
I got told off by a mid wife yesterday morning for having a big belly still.
Oh twins? She said. And it looks like the other one is still inside…
Eh o-kay…. Luckily I’m not a person that gets upset about this. I look at my belly and think it looks cool because I know that it housed my baby for nine months. But other people might not feel the same. I hope she doesn’t say things like this to every new mother in that hospital….
She said to me that I should sleep on my back every night because she “assumes that I would like my belly to start to go down”
Anyway it’s going down slowly but hello my baby is three days old. I’m not going to look like Elle McPherson straight away. Either way, let’s move on. Beautiful day in London today but I am staying in. The Italian is off to the shop in a minute and I’m going to have some lunch I think.

Arrived home

My boys are playing on the sofa for a bit while I’m having an afternoon snack.

Good morning.

It’s been an eventful night with little sleep. I am not sure why, but he gets a lot more scared of being alone at night and just won’t settle in his own cot at all.
And he kept claiming that he was hungry so I’ve pretty much been feeding him on and off from 11pm until i 6am.
I managed to get some sleep around 1am for about 20 minutes. But then some noise woke him up and that was it.
Now he’s fast asleep though and although it was frustrating not to be able to get any sleep I still feel ok. I look worse than I feel I think. Hopefully we’ll be able to go home soon and then I can rest properly there.
Once we are home we can look into making some changes to make him sleep better at night. But while here there is no point as there’s so many things disturbing him.
The Italian should get here soon though and then I’ll have a rest for a while as well. Have a lovely Sunday.

The family

Unfortunately we had to be moved from our private room this afternoon and we are now sharing a room with three other mothers and babies.
This also means that the Italian wasn’t allowed to stay the night. We were supposed to go home today but by the time they were going to discharge us the midwife who is in charge of discharging babies had left for the day.
So therefor we are staying until tomorrow. It’s fine though. I would’ve loved to go home with the Italian off course but I’m sure one more night here will be fine. It’s very noisy here though with lots of things happening in the corridor so the poor baby keeps waking up.
We didn’t get much rest last night as he was crying a bit but I’m hoping tonight will be better. It’s funny because he hardly ever cries during the day but at night he seems to feel a bit more unsettled for some reason.
Goodnight from us anyway. Xx

Welcome to the world

I can’t believe that you can spend all day just looking at somebody.
But believe me, you can.
All in all I think I’ve slept maximum an hour today. It’s so worth it. I’m running on some love hormones that doesn’t need any sleep.

One of the few things I’ve bought for him myself. The cutest first hat ever.
Going to try and get some sleep now We’ll see how it goes:)

He’s here:)

Our beautiful baby boy made a very speedy entrance this morning at 6.03am.
Dad and son is asleep next to me now and mum is going to try and do the same.
I’m just so happy and can’t stop looking at him.
I’ll write more later when we’ve landed a bit. Will probably stay in hospital for a couple of nights as I had to have an emergency c-section.
The labor story will be posted later on but for now I’m going to try and get some sleep.
Lots of love from a very proud mum.

Sorry

For no posts this morning. Not in labour. I’ve got some company today though. The Italian is off with me and we had a nice lie in this morning. The rain was pouring so we decided to watch some True Blood.
The rain calmed down a bit so we walked to a gym nearby to see if we wanted to join.
I am very interested in joining but it probably won’t be until after the summer. The Italian would join if they had more MMA training stuff there but as it was they have nothing at the moment.
For me however they have good classes a nice big pool and above all a crèche. So yay for that. We went to the shop and then the rain started again so we decided to go home and hang out with some more vampires. If the rain calms down a bit later we’ll go out for a bit longer.
And then I thought of you guys. Came in here and realised that quite a few of you have visited today and then I realised that you are probably wondering if we’re in hospital. So just a little post to say no we’re at home watching vampires:) xxx

We need to talk about Kevin

Wow maybe not the best film to watch when you are just about to become a mother…
I read the book a couple of years ago and I’ve wanted to see the film for a long time.
Great film and superb acting but yes, as I said, the timing maybe wasn’t the best…

Spa time continued

A guy at work bought me this just before I left and for some reason I’ve kept thinking that it said “new mum” on it.
It was only the other day that I realised that it says “mum to be”….
So obviously I need to open it and start to use some of the products now.
No time for that right now though as I have shoeboxes all over the kitchen and other boxes all over the bed that I’m trying to sort out.
I have also started watching a new tv series today. Smash. A musical show. Great cast! I’m only on the second episode so far so haven’t completely made up my mind but it certainly feels like it might have potential.

Seriously?!?

Movie day it is….

That’s better

A nice fresh breakfast, a cup of tea and a crime novel.
I am now taking a break from reading though as I realised that I have a couple of episodes of Greys Anatomy and Private Practice to watch. Yay!

Morning all

The Italian just left for work and I am sitting here in bed feeling very confused.
My day today was going to include a lovely walk in the sunshine and I wake up to pouring rain??
A shame. The other day when I took all my Vogue down to the recycling bin I walked up and down the stairs five times. Yesterday after I’d walked 5km my legs felt like spaghetti and today I feel like I’ve been running around for ages, my legs really ache.
Am I really that unfit now?!? Or is it just because I am carrying this extra weight on my belly? I suppose I am one of these people that don’t really think about the fact that I am nine months pregnant, and that my body is supposed to feel different.
I also woke up a couple of times last night and felt a bit uncomfortable. To be honest it’s pretty much the first time during the pregnancy that I’ve felt like that so I am not complaining in any way. I’ve had a brilliant pregnancy with hardly any symptoms. So if I now, at 40+3 I start to feel a bit uncomfortable I suppose that’s only normal and pretty ok.
Not sure what to do now today. Lovefilm emailed me and said that two films are on their way so hopefully they will arrive today.
I’d still like to finish this book I’m reading so I think I’ll start with that.
Oh and I’m starving, so breakfast needs to be had.
Ok let’s kick of this grey and rainy Wednesday. I hope it’s nicer weather wherever you are.

Door to door bus

After my coffee break earlier this morning I stayed at Westfield for a couple of hours and managed to find almost everything that was on my shopping list:)
I felt exhausted afterwards and really wanted to go home and sleep. Realised that there was a bus right outside the entrance door that would take me all the way home. Now I know for next time.
But then again I wanted the walk this morning so absolutely no harm done.
On my way home I got a text from Niall saying that he would be over at 4.30.
Ok great I thought, I can nap for a bit. But by the time I got home I started to sort out everything I’d bought and then I sat down and read for a bit until he got here.
He brought some food and we had a chat for a while until he left just after 6.30.
After that I watched a really sad but beautiful Australian film called Red Dog.
I am now reading the book again as I’ve got The Voice UK on in the background.
Wow what talent.
Only one more day of the Italian doing a double and then I’ve got him with me all day Thursday. Yay company. I feel like I’m going insane here a bit. I get a message from one of my girls back home and I’m latching on to that conversation for ages. Haha.
Haven’t looked at my shoes today though so I think I’ll leave that for Thursday when the Italian can help me.

Tuesday 24th April

Managed to walk to Westfield. Although I took my sweet little time. Got really bad cramp about half way there. No, not labour cramp, more like a stitch. So I had to sit down for a while.
Finally arrived now though and first stop – Starbucks for a sandwich and some tea. They are serving in my all time favourite Starbucks mug today.

But I’ve just realised that if you are a lefty (like me) it’s not that nice at all.

Just a plain white mug. Ah well. Enough lounging around. Let’s do some shopping so I can go home and nap for a bit. I feel exhausted already.

DIY spa morning

Got up early again. 7am I sat in the kitchen and kept the Italian company while he got ready for work.
When he left I decided to put a stop to the whole I-am-at-home-it-doesn’t-matter-what-I-look-like mode I’ve been in for the last few days. So not only did I have a shower, I washed my hair, shaved my legs and my bikini line. Try doing that with massive belly. Not the easiest task I tell you. But where there’s a will there’s a way.
I also scrubbed my face with face peel from Mica Bella and now I’m sitting here with a face mask on (see through) for a few more minutes.
I am then going to get dressed and walk to Westfield. A few things that I need to buy. After that I’m going to see if I can sort out my shoe situation. Might be easier to do on Thursday though when the Italian is here to help me. Or maybe I should do it this afternoon if my friends are coming over and they can help me decide what to keep and what to toss.
Either way another grey day in London but at least It’s not raining yet and I hope it stays that way for my walk at least.

Pat on the back

All I needed to do was say out loud how lazy I was and I got a kick up my backside.
I’ve now done all my tasks apart from the shoes. I’ll sort them out tomorrow.
Is eBay the best way to sell them, or is there somewhere else that might be better?
I’ve never sold anything online before.
And once the shoe boxes are organised and taken out of the cupboards I can sort out the last few things in the spare room.
After that’s done I will take some pictures of the flat.
For now though I have sat myself down with some evening snacks.

Green tea and the mint chocolate fudge cakes.
I made all of them for when people come over later in a few weeks, but I have almost eaten all of them now…
Luckily they were very easy to make so I might make another badge in the next few days.

I watched Two and a half Men and now Mike and Molly and in a few minutes a new episode of Made In Chelsea – Yay!

Like a pensioner

I feel like I can only do one thing a day nowadays. There are a few things I’d like to sort out around the flat today.
For example I haven’t cleared up the Easter decoration yet. I have a box full of Vogue (I used to collect them, have got every issue for the last four years, but have now decided to get rid of them) that I need to bring down to the recycling.
I then need to sort out a few things in the spare bedroom and try to organise my shoes. I will then sell some of them on eBay – have got quite a few that have barely been used.
See all this are things that I would normally get done in the morning before I start work, but nowadays it’s like my body and mind are in the lazy mood and I am feeling that even though I slept for three hours this afternoon I still don’t have the energy to do it since its almost 6pm….
Also it’s been raining ALL day so I haven’t even left the flat or even changed out of my pyjamas today.

Bought some gorgeous tulips yesterday that brightens up the kitchen a bit at least. Whether its grey or not outside.
Might get one of my tasks done now and then tomorrow I think I’ll get some photos of the flat done as you’ve requested.

The pressure is on….

So the due date came and went. Obviously with your first baby it is common that you run a few days over.
The amount of text messages I got yesterday though asking if the baby was on its way was rather annoying.

Don’t get me wrong – it is really sweet that I have all these lovely people around me caring and wanting to know what’s going on, but it does get a little bit boring to keep having to say no – I’m still 2-in-1….

And now this morning I even got an email from Mamas and Papas congratulating me…

Urk I hate that I sound really ungrateful of peoples lovely thoughtfulness. I am really not, but clearly I will tell people when the baby has arrived.
I really can’t wait now though. I keep dreaming about it and picturing the three of us together as a family.
Soon, all I need to do is be patient.

Julie and Julia

So the food blog continues…
This morning I made some healthy muffins. These are so yummy and can be kept in the freezer as well. Always available to be defrosted and eat when you are hungry.
They are very easy to make as well.

For ten big muffins you need.

3 dl spelt flour
1 dl organic oats
½ dl sunflower seeds
½ dl pumpkin seeds
2 tea spoons bicarbonate
2 table spoons honey
1 tea spoon cinnamon
1 dl chopped dates
1 dl sunflower oil
1 ½ dl organic yoghurt
1 banana
2 eggs

Pre heat the oven to 200C.

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.

Place them in the muffin cases, and bake in the oven for 20minutes.

They are very filling and yummy and above all super healthy.

London Marathon 2012

Wow, although I am not entirely sure that it is good for your body to run a marathon I have to say that it was very emotional and impressive watching all these people run for various charities…

I didn’t manage to spot my friend from work, nor did I manage to spot Jenny’s Mark, but it didn’t matter in the end. It was the first year I’ve actually gone to watch it and to see all these people… Ah it was really emotional.
It was very close to our house. Just a little walk along the canal.

We bought some lunch on the way home and we were just going to eat something quickly and then go back out in the sunshine. But the Italian has now started watching Braveheart (!!) it’s only about 500 years long so it won’t be long now until we head back out.

Due date

Today is the official due date. This means that the baby most probably won’t arrive today.
Less than 5% of babies are actually born on the due date.
A gorgeous sunny day today. London marathon is happening and a guy from work is running. Maybe we’ll go down the road and see if we can see him and cheer him on.
I think it started at 9.45 for the elite people so I assume that it starts around now (10ish) for the others.
Where we live is about half way through I think, so we’ll see what time we’ll head out there. The Italian is still asleep and I need some breakfast first of all.
So that’s what’s on the schedule for now. Food for me.
Good morning Sunday.

And the Saturday continues

Just got back from a nice walk.

It started off well and I walked almost as fast as I used to do.
But after the first kilometre the baby changed position and though that my bladder would make a perfect pillow and squeezy toy.
So the remaining kilometres were a fight between me and my bladder.
All I could think about was that this is the moment that it will come back and bite me that I’ve ignored to do the pelvic floor exercises.
Walking along the water clearly didn’t help either but it was a beautiful walk.

Luckily I managed to make it home dry and safe.
Now I’m on the sofa topping up with water and watching a Swedish film.

After that I’m going to do some salsa and some yoga.

THE muffins

For 12 muffins

125 gram dark mint chocolate
100 gram soft butter
1½ dl sugar
2 eggs
0,75 dl [45gram] flour
0,5 dl cacao
1 pinch salt
0,5 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla sugar

Pre heat the oven to 175C.

Break the chocolate into smaller pieces and melt either in the microwave or over hot water on the stove. Let it cool down for a bit.

Whisk together butter and sugar. Add the eggs one by one whilst you keep whisking.

Mix flour, cacao, salt, baking powder and vanilla sugar in a bowl.

Add to the egg mix.

Lastly add the melted chocolate and stir until smooth.

Put the mix into the muffin cases and put in the middle of the oven for 12-15 minutes. They should still be quite sticky in the middle, they will stiffen up a bit in the fridge.

Either eat them just as they are or garnish with some sort of frosting, cream fresh berries etc.

Yummy!!

Lazy Saturday morning

I am not sure why I wrote that. No different from the lazy Monday morning, lazy Tuesday morning, lazy Wednesday morning and so on that I’ve had all week.

Bumpy and I are watching friends.
I have cleaned the flat though and spoke to my mum for almost and hour had some breakfast followed by some chocolate that I got in the post today.

Yum. I only had one of them though and I’m keeping the other one for later on.

I noticed something new on the Swedish chocolates. I like it.
I have no real plans for today but I think a nice walk will certainly be on the agenda.
Have a lovely Saturday everybody.

Last night

It was a really nice evening, with some great food, lovely company and lots of laughs. I could see the panic in people’s eyes when I said that I only had three days til due date. I was told that they would prepare the towels at the back, and one lady told me that she’d delivered a baby before so if I felt the urge to push we could go to a quiet corner of the restaurant and get the baby out…. But most people there said that I look like I’ve got another couple of weeks to go so maybe the midwife was right after all… Who knows?
When I got home I sat on the sofa and watched all the crap late night tv that I never know about anymore since I’m usually asleep by 9pm.

Alien face

For example I watched a program called Geordie Shore. One of those reality shows again, but it was about as far away from Made in Chelsea as it could possibly be. It was a bit like Big Brother on crack I think. In MIC they hardly even peck their boy/girlfriend on the cheek and on this show they do all sorts of thinks with anyone alive.
I was just laughing all the way through and was completely shocked that people would act like that, not just act like that, but on tv as well.
Ah well not my problem. The Italian is off today but he’s still asleep. We’ll see what we’ll get up to when he wakes up. It’s nice and sunny today. Yay!

Feta cheese, tomato and spinach quiche

Pre heat the oven to 200C
Dough:
125 g organic butter
3 dl organic spelt flour
4 table spoons of water.

Mix all the ingredients above and place in a quiche tray.
Poke some holes in it with a fork.

Leave in the oven for 15 minutes.

Filling

Defrost some Frozen spinach.
1 tables spoon extra virgin olive oil
4 organic eggs
1 table spoon oregano
Sea salt
8 cherry tomatoes
1 packet feta cheese

Fry the spinach in the oil.

Whisk the eggs together and add oregano, salt and the spinach.

Chop the cherry tomatoes and the feta cheese into small pieces and mix it together with the eggs.

Pour it all into the quiche tray and cook in the oven for 25-30 minutes.

And voila the quiche is ready.

Very easy and yummy and it can be frozen as well. Very handy to keep for those days when you can’t be bothered to cook but still want something healthy.

Ok let’s go

Umbrella in hand, sun on my face. En route to dinner.

Food blog?

I am not going to start a food blog but I did warn you that today was all about the food.
In usual order I slept for a few hours and when I woke up I made pancakes for lunch.

Not much in the fridge to have with them though so I made a weird combo of beans and sour cream…

And I had the last two with lemon and sugar.
After that I’ve finally made this quiche I’ve gone on about and now I’m making some mint chocolate fudge muffins. Yum!
But more about that later. Time for a shower and get dressed and ready for dinner in Mayfair.

The one with the stripper

I think today is going to be all about the food. Suits me fine.
So the morning snack consists of Greek yoghurt, banana, kiwi, strawberry and honey. Yum.

I was just about to switch the tv off and start doing something useful here at home instead but the all of a sudden they show my all time favourite episode.
The one where Rachel tells her father about the baby and he rushes over to Ross’ house where Mona is (who doesn’t know about the baby) and at the same time Joey calls about the prostitute in their flat. Hilarious!

Good morning beautiful Thursday

And by beautiful I mean grey.
I have started preparing for the baking and cooking by washing the new quiche and muffin trays I bought.
I have watched some Made in Chelsea again and now I’m watching friends while the trays are drying.
Then I’m going to see if I have all the ingredients and go straight for the cooking. Or I’ll need to nip out to the shop first and then get stuck in.
Might remove the Easter decorations as well.

Off for dinner tonight for a friends birthday. So at least that’s something to look forward to if there’s no baby today.

Wednesday evening

I am going crazy here. I’m talking to myself and walking around the flat like a lunatic.
I’ve just watched a Swedish film (Under Solen) which made me long for the Swedish summer. And now I thought I’d stay with my new obsession of reality shows and The Only Way Is Essex is on TV. I’m not too sure about it though. I watched a couple of episodes last season but it seems to be all new people now? Or maybe I just didn’t pay attention.
I don’t think my DIY induction worked. We’ll see how me running up and down the stairs tomorrow will work…

A Monday afternoon in sunny London

It was a lovely day on Monday and it was lovely to spend it in the garden surrounded by children and their lovely mothers.

Induction

Finally peeled myself off the sofa and went for a walk.

Nearly 9km walk.

A nice walk along the canal to my GPs office where I picked up a prescription for some more iron tablets.
And then I walked through a cute little village with a little market on the way home.
I walked very slowly and almost managed to avoid the rain all the way around.
Now I’m back on the sofa with a bowl of pineapple.

All little things that might get labour going. Tomorrow I have a date with the stairs in our building.

Speaking of…

…those of you following my blog.
Apparently the email function doesn’t seem to work for some of you.

I think what needs to be done is cancel and re follow.

And then you should get an email again for every new post I do.

And I promise these boring “I’m on the sofa” posts will finish soon.

Another grey one

Woke up and I could hear the rain pouring outside the window.
I dragged myself out of bed since I was pretty hungry.
Had some breakfast.
Sat on the sofa and watched a couple of episodes of 2 Broke Girls.
Fell asleep for a couple of hours.
Woke up, lit some candles and had a second breakfast – toast and hot chocolate.

Back on the sofa for a few more episodes and then I’m going to wrap up and go for a walk after all.
Those of you that have read this blog for a while know that I am not normally this lazy. But since I FINALLY seem to have beaten my cough and cold I just don’t want to risk going out in the rain and get it back again.
But I am now so bored of just sitting inside after all day inside yesterday, fingers crossed the rain will stop and the clouds will clear up later.
Have a great Wednesday everybody. X