I've been trying unsuccessfully to visit your blog, friends. Having lots of early nights and finding that juggling a laptop is not as comfy as lying on the lounge doing nothing.
I'm 38 weeks today. Belly is heavy, the reflux burns and as for "pregnancy" rhinitis, well, I think I got that one just to be a sympathetic spouse. Dan has had it for years (just not the same kind wink). Of course, these less pleasant pregnancy symptoms are so worth it. For all the challenges that come with raising a child (and we're still in the early years), I know how lucky we are to be parents and to get to experience those hard-to-beat moments of joy. It happened again on Sunday when Dan was reading The Whispering Rabbit to Lily. At one point, the rabbit has to think of the littlest noise he can possibly make such as, "a bug breathing... a fly sneezing...grass rustling.." So Daddy asked Lily to think of the littlest noise she she could make. Her first response was to repeat the noises mentioned in the book. "OK, what else?" Pause. Then she came up with an original idea and her face lit up, "A teddy growing."
Still carrying that one in my heart today.
Took this photo a few months ago at (Sydney's) Auburn Botanic Gardens. We go there regularly. It's a bit out of the way but so worth a visit, especially if you have a young family.