3D photos of our baby

Last night was our 3D scan, which I had been excitedly looking forward to for weeks! I have been waiting so long to see our little boys face. The cheeky monkey did not want to play along however, he turned his head to the side of my womb and hid, and then he put his hands in front of his face in an uncanny impression of what my husband looks like when he is sleeping, and then he put his feet in front of his face too!

The very talented scan lady did manage to capture a couple of partial face shots for us, we both think he has my husbands mouth and nose - I am destined to be surrounded by handsome men!

Decorating the Nursery

Now that we know we are having a boy I could get on with decorating the nursery. We decided to go with a monkey theme because my hubby is mad about all things primate. I painted a tree and monkey mural on the wall, which came out almost as good as I hoped it would. I have also be building a lot of ikea furniture for the new room as hubby is hopeless at decoding the instructions. We are not completely finished but I am really happy with how it is looking so far.




We are off to Paris for a long weekend, one last romantic holiday together before our little man arrives and changes our world forever. My shop will be reopening again on Wednesday.

Wishing you all a pleasant weekend, and don't forget to enter my blog giveaway to win yourself a free mouse.

*facepalm*

Another entry in the baby-brain chronicles: I just put on potatoes to boil, but forgot the water. The whole kitchen smells like burnt potato now. Great, just great.

It's official, I have pregnancy brain!

I should tell you all a funny story. For those of you who have not had kids, there is a thing that happens to you while you are pregnant: You get really forgetful and absent minded, which some people call "baby brain" or "goo-goo brain". I was already pretty bad at remembering things as I am dyslexic, but now things are getting beyond silly:

I just got back from a hours drive to Haarlem to get some supplies, only to find that I had forgotten the most vital thing I needed.

Last night I was convinced there were only 30 minutes in an hour.

And yesterday afternoon I couldn't find my keys; after a panic my husband found them in the fridge!

*shakes head in despair*

We're PREGNANT!!

I have some wonderful news. We have reached 3 months so I can finally tell the world: We are PREGNANT with out first child!! Due in February. We are both soooo excited and very, very happy :)

This scan was done at around 9 weeks, so baby still looks very blob-like. The nurse said everything looks perfect - 2 arms, 2 legs, and everything in the right place - He or she has been growing like crazy the last month and I am just beginning to feel a bump. The first trimester has not been too hard on Mommy-to-be, something I am very thankful for! Being a Mom is something I have always wanted, I can't wait to meet him or her (we won't be able to find out the sex until our next scan in a month or so)

Gift Cards

After some encouragement from a friend or two I have decided to venture into selling gift cards featuring my little mice. These are the first photos of my prototype card.

The card measures 132 x 132 mm (5.3" x 5.3") when folded. Printed on high quality medium weight white card using a proffessional photo-quality Epson R1800 Printer. I am going to offer them sold individually, in sets and also some made to order. I can make a card of any mouse featured in my Etsy Store! All cards come with a 140mm x 140mm (5.5" x 5.5") envelope in a choice of colors.

The cards are blank inside as standard I can print a personal message inside if desired.