I promised tim I would put some photos up of the bathroom as he has been working so hard on it and wanted to show everyone! It is really coming along, we think we can get it finished by the new year!
The photo above shows the wall/partition that used to be there to seperate the bathroom and loo, below shows it is now gone!!! it makes the room look so big!
Our new bath! it's huge, love it!!!


Well I am a bit achey today so I am going to lie down. chat soon, big hugs xxx

Hello,

so I have been trying to get my kittens to be cute in christmas stuff so that I could take a christmassy photo to put on a christmas card this year to send to people... it did not work. Einstein was playing for a bit but Oscar wouldn't, may be because I tried putting my Build a Bear costume on him which probably didn't help.... he did look cute though...
So I have now bought some from sainsburies instead.

They are loving our fire at the moment, it is so cold outside. It even snowed a tiny bit this morning but not enough to settle.

Well things here are good. Tim is busy busy busy in the bathroom still. We had our plumber in this week so all the pipe work is now completed, and our new bath is in and working. Tim is now preparing the walls for me to paint and for us both to have a go at tiling. Then we can fit the shower and the sink unit. It all takes so much longer than you imagine. It is a big job.

I have been feeling less sick which is good news, still not great in the evenings but my appertite is improving more and more each day. I do now however have a raging cold which SUCKS, as I can't take any medicine. I have been sipping lemon and honey hot water, hot ribena and eating lots of satsumas. I am so tired of sneezing!!! And have got through a box of man sized tissues already! Poor tim will probably end up catching it this week too... oh dear!

No bump yet but am definitely feeling rounder and my tummy is incredibly sensitive, all my trousers now feel very uncomfortable. I invested in my first pair of maternity jeans from Next, they are fab as the have elastic round the sides so don't put pressure on my tummy. I never knew it would feel this sensitive so early on! I guess everything is getting ready for growing... exciting!

School is going well too. I have a student, unfortunately for only one more week (but have her for 6 weeks in January and Feb!), she is fabulous and takes the pressure of teaching which has helped. Only four more weeks which is scary! I can't wait for christmas, need to actually start my christmas shopping though now... have been so too ill to shop, but need to kick my butt into gear!!!!

chat again soon, big hugs, Gemma xxx

Guess what exciting news Tim and I have???

Well there you go, Little Baby Smith is due in June 2009!!!

We feel so lucky right now and very blessed. We have known for a while but wanted to wait for our 12 week scan - we got dated at 11 weeks and 4 days... not sure how on earth they can be so precise, it's pretty amazing!

The scan was incredible, it wriggled about so much flipping up and down, it had it's back to us then turned to face us... you could make out it's hands, feet and profile!

We are very very happy and just hoping now for a healthy 6 months ahead, can you believe a third of my pregnancy is over with already!

I have been terribly ill morning, noon and night, and even fainted in morrisons the other day probably due to lack of food staying in me. I am starting to feel better in the mornings now so hopefully it will soon last all day. I am waiting for this so called 'pregnancy glow' to kick in!

well there you have it!!!

big hugs, gemma (+1) xxx

So this time last year this was us!!! Sitting on deck chairs drinking wine out of beakers in a smelly, dirty house!!! We had just got the keys and had spent the day pulling up the stinky carpets, washing the smelly curtains, scrubbing the walls with bleach and generally saying to one another "what have we done???"
And now... look how far we have come... for starts our lounge is AMAZING, we love our house so much!!!

Our bathroom is well under way, we even had our plumber around yesterday to talk money and start thinking about next steps. I think it may be done by the new year if we really nuckle down - I say we, I mean Tim and the plumber... although I will paint!!! we have decided maybe to do one wall a plum colour and the rest neutral. It will be so gorgeous!

well no other gossip from me. Tim is off to Wales this weekend, I will miss him but he has had it planned for months. I would go with him but haven't been feeling too great recently and think I need to rest and stay in the warm, besides he will be doing lots of big walks and my fitness isn't up to scratch at the mo and I would just hold Tim back. He can really go have fun with his climbing friends and not worry about looking after me! I think I may get a chinese take away and buy the new Shrek Christmas movie to watch!!!! Besides my boys need me to cuddle them with all the fireworks that are going to be going off this weekend. I currently have them locked in with me in the lounge as the banging has already started here and Tim has given me strict instructions to keep them inside. Bless him, he loves his boys really!

I had better scoot, chat again soon, big hugs from Mrs Smith!!! ( I still love saying that!)

BYE XXXXXxxxxx