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