Its only blooming march!

Hi all, hope you are well this week, and didnt feel too sick after all those pancakes on tuesday?!

Id love to know if anyone is giving anything up for lent? Im giving up impulse buying-no really i am. Im not sure thats the idea of lent, but i dont care-any excuse!... I going to try really hard to live buy the 'do i really need it, do i have room for it, can i afford it?' mantra.

The new house rule is one thing in, one thing out, so, when i buy something new i WILL get rid of something old. I'll keep you posted on progress.

It kind of only just dawned on me, its the 10th of March today, the 10TH OF MARCH, that means we're almost a 3rd of the way through the third month of the year, already.

HOW *DID* that happen?!

Im mean, im ticking off the weeks(for obvious reasons)and even i hadnt really clocked

that we're whizzing through the year at the speed of light! NEXT MONTH im having a baby!!!

The girls have been really busy with school projects lately and we seem to just be rolling from one week into the next without looking back. I seem to have lists all over the place, lists of 'to buy' things for baby, lists of 'to do' jobs for Mr P in readiness for baby, dates in the diary, parents evening, car work, etc etc.

This week has been a particularly crazy one. On saturday morning my step-mum and dad arrived in their old clothes ready to overhaul the upstairs landing and nursery.

I decided i wanted it all just painted white. We get lots of light in baby's room, and lots of light in the girls room, but none in between so i though keeping it all white would improve things, and boy does it look good.

This week my mum and i have continued where they left off.

Ive learnt alot about painting this week, tip one would be to buy dulux-we started out with a giant tub of crown paint which was on offer in B&Q, BIG mistake, dad and i took it back and got some dulux one coat instead as the cheap crown didnt even cover the palest blue walls after 3(agonising) coats!!

Same with the woodwork, own brand(which was still expensive)was no where near the same quality as the dulux eggshell i went back for, it looks beautiful and has a great finish. We also invested in some good brushes which made all the difference.

Here i am in the uncarpeted nursery before we started painting yesterday.

I was thinking, wow, in about seven weeks i'll be taking in this view with a tiny person in my arms, instead of in my belly, explaining where our home lies on this beautiful farm, and all the great places to play in the summer, or read a book or have a picnic under a secret tree.

This is the view out of the window and to the left, out across the garden, and into the field beyond.

And straight ahead, you'll recognise the oak tree from lots of other photos on here..

Cant wait to get that grass cut!

Im sure i'll be introducing baby to more of these fellas...what a handsome chap.

So, ive certainly been making the most of this energy im currently taking ownership of, but i know it will be short lived and will soon diminish...so when i have to stop and just sit on the front patio and gaze out with a cuppa in hand, feeling the sun on my face i'll be admiring beauties such as these which are all bursting into life right now im my front border.

This was me yesterday, forgive the bad hair, it wasnt a morning when i could be bothered to blow dry my hair and i hadnt actually realised how badly i need some highlights!

Bump hasnt made a huge amount of progress since i was last photographed, but here it is at nearly 33 weeks!

Outfit details are as follows:

Pumps-Next

Jeans-H&M maternity

Pink sweater-GAP maternity

Scarf-Cath Kidston

*Smug look*-all mine(im a happy lady right now!)

Ive got an exciting day coming up on sunday..watch this space!

Love Kirsty xoxo