It's been awhile... again! A lot has been happening though :D
First of all we welcomed our new baby girl into the world on the 6th of July. She's absolutely perfect and has slotted into the family very easily. We are all smitten with her! Breastfeeding has been easy for the first time and the larger gap means I'm really enjoying the newborn phase this time around. As she's definitely our last baby I'm savouring every moment :)
On house news we got our quote and it's even better than I hoped! $13, 591+GST for everything except painting, appliances, light fittings and window furnishings. That also includes doing up our existing bathroom. We've all signed the contract as of yesterday so now we can finally go to council and hope it gets through!
Just a quick post to say we are waiting once again. Still need to get a quote from my brother in law for the build. He's on holidays though so not sure when that will happen. I was hoping to get the process started with council before the birth of the baby but that won't happen now.
Which brings me to the second thing we are waiting on which is the birth of our bub. I am really getting over it now and happy to be nearing the end of this pregnancy. Only 15 more days until I get to meet my little girl (and have a glass of wine!).
I did have piccies of more paint colours but my daughter has broken my phone so it will have to wait until it's repaired. Thank goodness my husband is handy at these things!
So we got the final plans last Monday. There were pages and pages of them. Building regulations have gotten so much stricter. Most of it was fine but he'd done the electrical plan without any consultation with us and as such had put down lights everywhere in the Lounge, Dining/Kitchen and a couple in the Master. I have asked him to remove most of them as I'm not a huge fan. We will just have 3 above the back bench in the kitchen and the two above the bath in the Master. I'm keeping the Lounge lighting the same as what we have (except I want to change the fittings) and we will have 3 pendants over the island bench. At the moment I like these ones from Bunnings:
Then a large pendant over the dining table. again I have found a light at Bunnings I like:
He was going to get those changes done and back to me by the next day apparently but of course it's a week later and still nothing. I've paid him now though so I'd better get something soon!
In other happy news we have a date for my c-section. I had my midwife appointment last week and asked about some pain I had been getting around my c-section scar. They wanted someone to check me over just in case so I had a lovely registrar check me and tell me to come in if it gets worse (haven't had an issue since though). Then she asked if i wanted to make my c-section appointment now instead of waiting until my 36 week Obstetrician appointment. Of course I did- I hate not knowing things :P So anyway, long story short we will be welcoming our 4th child on July the 6th :)
We had our scan the other day and the baby appears very healthy and active. I'm getting lots of kicks now which is lovely (and lots of heartburn which is not!). We also got to find out the baby's gender and....
So that evens things up ;) As you can see I went straight out and started shopping lol. As I've said (I think) we got rid of pretty much all our baby stuff after our daughter was born thinking we were done so we are pretty much starting again.
Not much to report yet on the House front except that we have simplified our plans so that we don't need a second storey. It does mean the two girls will have to share when the baby stops sleeping in our room. My daughter wants to share a room with someone though so that shouldn't be an issue. She's pretty happy about it at this stage :) The draftsman was supposed to be round by now to take measurements so we have to give him a call tonight. Hopefully this isn't a sign of how things are going to be!! My parents used this guy and recommended him to me though so fingers crossed it all works out.
I have picked out a cot that I love and we are going to buy it tomorrow when the bank will be open (waiting for my transfer to go through onto my husband's debit card because I don't have a debit or credit card). It's so gorgeous. It's metal which I know I said I loved but had ruled out for being too hard on little heads. However I do love metal cribs and it meets Australian standards so it can't be too bad right?!
Usually I don't buy any baby stuff until after the 20 week scan. I had a miscarriage before my eldest so I am paranoid. I am 12 weeks tomorrow though which is considered pretty safe and I have had a scan to see my baby developing right so I am just going to have to hope nothing goes wrong. I could buy the cot later but it is currently 50% off which means I save $400. Pretty big saving otherwise I'd hold off.
Anyway the cot is the Harry by Incy Interiors:
I love it!
I thought I would post a few inspiration ideas for the nursery! I am really looking forward to doing up another nursery! Kids rooms are my favourite rooms to decorate! I have already chosen the pram and cot I would like too so I'll post those as well! Because we thought we were done having children we are having to start all over again with the baby stuff :D
This is the pram I want to buy. It's the Silvercross Elegance and it's a bit more exxy than I would usually go for. I use the pram (and sling) a lot for my babies though as I don't drive so I figure the pram is my car ;)
I love that old fashioned English buggy look! You can also get a matching Nappy bag- why not! :P
The cot I like is much cheaper. The HENSVIK cot by Ikea:
I really like the bars all the way around look and at $149 it's a bargain! I adore metal cribs but I think they would be too hard on little heads. This seems like a nice compromise!
And here are some pictures of inspiration that I have for the actual nursery itself. If you'd like to see more then check out my pinterest board Ideas for Nursery
Just thought I'd let you know that the dating scan went well. Bub is measuring 9 weeks which puts crazy kid number 4 at an estimated due date of 13th of July. I will need a c-section though so will likely have the baby a week or two before that date :)
Here is a pic of the 4 crazy kids:
Very excited to meet our new addition. Though glad we have a bit of time up our sleeves to get this renovation going ;)
It's been a little while (okay a long while) since my last post. So much has happened in that time though. The biggest news would be the discovery that we are adding another child to the family. Baby number 4 is on his or her way! It's still early days at the moment so fingers crossed all is well. I have my dating scan on Monday. Sadly my husband couldn't take time off work and as it's near school pick up time i am going to have to take all 3 of the kids with me. Wish me luck with that!!!
In light of this news we have decided not to build from scratch. We had actually decided to sell our house and buy a block and had gone so far as to put in an offer on a block but we pulled out at the last second when we discovered our baby news. Neither of us can bear the thought of building, having a newborn and living with my parents all at once. Instead we are going to extend our current house and change the roof (it has a skillion roof which I do not like!). The extension will just be out back and will extend our kitchen/dining area and add 3 bedrooms and an ensuite.
I am pretty happy with this decision now although it was hard letting go of my dream house at first. I am pretty sure we can make this house my dream home though and retain a small mortgage which will be good given I will be taking leave after the birth.
