I’ve been reminiscing, as tends to happen at the end of a year and particularly the end of a decade, and it struck me how the time around New Years 1999/2000 was filled with change and possibility. In the space of three months I met JSR, sat my Bursary exams, finished high school, and started University. I was only 16 at the time, and it was so exciting to move from the dictated routines of school to making my own decisions and functioning more or less as a grown-up.

Now New Years 2009/2010 feels like another turning point as we get ready to welcome the bean. We’ve spent all this time as a couple, and in just two more months we will suddenly be a little family. It’s hard to imagine how different things are going to be, but I definitely feel ready to tackle the challenges.

My hopes for 2010 are very simple: to have a healthy baby, and to find a way to juggle our new lifestyle and keep N&B thriving. It’s going to be exciting, I really can’t wait :) Happy New Years, everyone!

I’m into the second trimester now and feeling SO much better! I’m still very tired and have to take a nap every day, but the nausea is almost completely gone, and that’s such a relief.

We had an ultrasound yesterday and saw the baby wiggling about, hands and feet all over the place, looking just as it should. It’s so exciting (and strange!) to have a person inside of me. I wish I could show you a picture, but I can’t make my scanner read the ultrasound film. Pah!

Since I’m now able to get a little more work done there will be a September update next week, hooray! It won’t include any one-of-a-kind items, so I probably won’t announce the exact time in advance, but I’m expecting to be ready on Wednesday or Thursday with some new stationery and buttons. As always, the mailing list will be the first to know, and will receive an exclusive special offer – sign up over on the left if you’re keen :)

It’s been quiet around here, as you will have no doubt have noticed. Of course the move has had a lot to do with that, as I’m still working on unpacking and setting up the house, but there’s another reason too…

We’re having a baby!

We found out shortly before the move, and a scan last week confirmed that everything is looking just peachy. Unfortunately I’m not feeling so peachy, and spend most of each day either in bed asleep, or sitting around quietly trying not to ‘revisit’ my meals any more than necessary. Ugh!

I won’t be able to do an August update as I just don’t have anything new ready right now… I was going to try and rush a few designs but I know I’m never satisfied when I force the process. I’m finding it very difficult to fight through the fatigue enough to accomplish any creative work, but I have my fingers crossed that the second trimester will improve matters!

My first work priority each day is to ship orders, and that is still happening on the normal schedule :)

We are both so happy about the wee bean, and we can’t wait to meet it next March. Ah! Love!