ThinkGeek baby wishlist

1.  Made with love and science babygrow $9.99.  2.  Superhero socks $4.99.  3.  Star Trek uniform babygrows $15.99 for one.  4. Batman night light $9.99.  5.  Minecraft creeper babygrow $9.99.  6.  I just boldly went (star trek) babygrow $14.99.  7.  Companion cube (Portal) babygrow $9.99.

This is becoming a trend, wishlists on a Wednesday, so I'm going to stick with this theme of 'Wishlist Wednesday' :D  This week it's all about mine and hubby's geekness.  We're geek and proud and what's more, we really want to get some geeky stuff for the baby.  I'm probably going to do more geek baby wishlists from different shops, but this weeks features ThinkGeek - a site I've bought many things from over the years, including an Office Space survival kit (of the film), T-Shirts for the hubby and an assortment of other bits and bobs :)

Of these, my absolute favourite is number 5, the Minecraft creeper babygrow, so so so cute!  I think I'll definitely be picking one of these up.  I adore the socks too, but I think I might prefer them on a toddler, the little caps might move around then as they're moving about :)

The Batman night light is gorgeous, of course it'll be an American plug on it, so you'll need a converter, but the Batman glow is awesome :)

Being a trekkie, I couldn't resist including the Star Trek uniform babygrows too, they're just too cute! Teamed up with some black leggings they'd look like they belong on the enterprise!!!

Now, because I'm lazy I'm not linking off to each piece, what I have done instead is create a wish list on their website.  To be clear, this is not for you to buy me stuff (that's not what I want), this is just so you can easily find the links in one place :)  Here's the wish list :)  Because it's an American site, if you're shipping to the UK there's quite a heavy postage charge, so make sure you make it worth while before you buy something - also in the past I've had to pay a customs charge (once, for £30).

What do you think of this geeky wishlist?  I love it!

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

16 week pregnancy update

1.  Coming back from the bank holiday weekend and birthday break to discover I had 17 Nicholas Cage pictures stuck to my desk.  2. An ASOS fortune cookie.  3. Trying 'Yes to Cucumbers' face wipes and it bringing me out in eczema, which I still have.  4.  My Aldi haul of baby stuff - we put the bouncer together to make sure it wasn't broken.  5.  My ASOS insider package, whoop.  6.  My to-do list for Saturday for my beauty blog.  7.  Sorting our paperwork out in the spare room on Friday night (rock and roll!) - we filled 3 carrier bags with shredder paper! 

It's officially week 16, a big week for me.  Tomorrow (Tues) I'm having my bloods done to test for the genetic problems, keeping everything crossed that they come back ok.  My sister-in-law had this come back as high risk with her babies (for downs) but because she has a thyroid disorder (Graves disease) it had corrupted the result, so I'm a little concerned this might happen with me, since I have the underactive thyroid.  Well, no point me stressing over it, whatever will happen will happen.

On Thursday I also have my 16 week midwife appointment at the local Drs, not expecting much here, but in all honesty, I have no idea what to expect :P

MY WEEK
The last week has gone surprisingly well.  I've been busy trying to blog everyday over on my beauty blog - something I did for 18 months and stopped this xmas, but I've been slowing building myself back up to it again, it helps to keep me motivated that I have a lot of things to review so I really need to blog more frequently :)

SYMPTOMS
I had a terrible day of nausea on Tuesday where I constantly felt like I was about to throw up, but I was ok in the end :)  The tiredness seems to be subsiding, for the last 4-5 days I've been feeling more normal, I just hope that it stays that way now. I'm beginning to be able to eat more normally too, as much as I can't eat pre-pregnancy quantities (which is a good thing), I'm finding that I'm eating jacket potatoes for dinner less and less.

WEIGHT
Well, I weighed myself at a different time of day to last week, last week was about 4pm and this week it was about 8pm (so after dinner).  Surprisingly I'm up 5lbs!!!  The amount I'm eating hasn't changed much, so this must be the baby :)  I read that by this point I should have gained 5lbs on my starting weight, and so far I've only gained 3lbs, so that's not bad :)  It's strange talking so openly about a gain in weight, and it not being a bad thing :)

DIET
It's been much the same - eating plenty of fruit and salad (and jacket potatoes!).  Starting to eat more normal food again though.  I really fancied pizza on Sat night, so we went to Asda for a make-your-own pizza and when we got to the counter I asked the guy if their cheese that they use is vegetarian, he replied with this astonishing comment "Nothing here is because of cross-contamination" - WHAT? There should be NO cross-contamination! The vegetables were kept separate to the meat with a acrylic guard in the way... he handed me their nutritional info on the cheese they use and nope, not suitable for veggies.  So we bought one of their chilled pizzas which are - a stuffed crust with a dip, yummy!

BUMP
Still not showing, but I'm sure that when I'm lying down, my tummy just down from my belly button is getting firmer.  I'm sure that on Saturday I felt my first movement too - not a kick, but like the baby was stretching his/her legs and arms pushing my belly outwards.  Maybe it wasn't that, but that's what it felt like :)

NEXT SCAN
27th May - to find out if we're team blue or team pink :)

BABY STUFF
We bought LOTS of baby stuff this week!  As Aldi were having a baby event on their usual Thursday sale, we went and bought:

• *  Hauck baby bouncer (lovely quality and only £14.99)
• *  Set of plastic storage - this will be for nappies
• *  Set of 3 muslin cloths (yellow)
• *  A set of socks for newborns
• *  Tommee tippee microwave steriliser
• *  2 sets of 6 tommee tippee bottles (slow release) 
• *  Tommee tippee sippy cup (for age 0 up)
• *  Tommee tippee food pots
• *  2 baby blankets (one green and one yellow)

All in all a great haul I think you'll agree!  It came to a grand total of about £65 (we bought a couple of food items too, so the grand total was £69).

Thanks for reading :)

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Moses basket wishlist

| 1. Prickles and Twoo moses basket from Lollipop Lane - £64.99 (with stand) | 

| 2. John Lewis make a wish moses basket - £75 (plus stand) | 

| 3. Winnie the Pooh moses basket from Mothercare - £69.99 (plus stand) | 

Today I set myself the challenge of narrowing down the moses basket choices to my top three, and from there, hopefully make a decision.

What I didn't expect was to discover a brand I've pretty much fallen in love with, and with pretty reasonable prices too, I'm looking at you Lollipop Lane!  Before I start raving about them (expect Lollipop Lane wishlists!) lets talk about my top 3 choices for moses baskets.

1.  Prickles and Twoo from Lollipop Lane.  
I adore polka dots and love owls (and purple!) so this is a lovely combination of all that, what's more, the stand is included in the price, as well as a mattress.  I love that it's made from a light coloured material and that it's unisex - regardless of whether we have a boy or girl, I want to keep as much of the decoration etc gender neutral as possible.  I also love that the underneath of the owl is a mirror, so the baby can look at their self when they're laying down :)  (my top choice)

2.  Make a wish moses basket from John Lewis.
I love how this is all white (with a little grey).  I'm not a fan of really frilly baskets which is one of the reasons this one appeals to me.  It has cute stars all over it, pin-stripes on the top and a little elephant. Perfect for my taste and nice and neutral.  The only problem with this one is that the stand you have to buy separately for £30.  (my second favourite choice)

3.  Winnie the Pooh basket from Mothercare.
This lovely basket has a cute dangling star and moon and is well wrapped.  It's in white and beige so very neutral.  Despite it ticking lots of the boxes, this is bottom of my wishlist, just because I find myself lusting after the other two more.  I'd also need to buy the stand separately too.  (my third choice)

So I think I've talked myself into which one I want, it's just a case of when to buy it.  After I found the wonderful Lollipop Lane, I followed them on twitter and saw they were having a 15% off sale, so of course I jumped over and had a look!  Some really well priced muslin clothes (oh so cute!), very cute baby clothes that aren't much more expensive than Asda.... anyway, before I get carried away listing all the things I liked from there, I'll save that for another post.  Until then, farewell!

Georgina

Follow my blog with Bloglovin