When I was pregnant with Bella, for no apparent reason Jim got the hiccups all the time. All. The. Time. And when Jim wasn't hiccuping, Bella was. Honestly, it drove me nuts. I was either feeling hiccups or hearing hiccups constantly. Nuts.
So here I am pregnant again (it feels very strange to say that), and here Jim is hiccupping again. Why??? WHY does me being pregnant mean that Jim has to hiccup almost 24 hours a day? Why, why, why?
I'm telling you, he's a weirdo.
Although, as it turns out, I'm a bit weird too (although not as weird as Jim, honestly) because I can't stop sneezing. And I sneezed my way through my last pregnancy too. Huh.
I'm still reeling a little from last weeks discovery. I really did think that this month had been a bust and had spent a couple of days feeling quite sorry for myself, so seeing a positive test was a bit of a shock. Albeit a very nice shock.
The reality is beginning to sink in now though. And oh boy, the tiredness is sinking in too. I can't believe how tired I am. And I'm actually having an easy week this week because Jim's on annual leave, so I've been able to go to bed when I've needed to. How am I going to cope over the coming months though? How did you all cope being pregnant with a toddler? I have to admit that this aspect is scaring me a little.
Anyway, back to the real reason we're here. A couple of weeks ago I was asked to do a very important commision. A very special little boy (and the future Mr Bella) started school yesterday and he needed a brand new napmat to take with him.
I've never seen a nap mat before but Grainne (my oldest and bestest friend) explained what she needed and I just took it from there. And had so much fun with it.
The first thing that I did was choose the fabrics. I really wanted something bright and fun, whilst still being boyish. And I just love this combination.
This is actually the back/bottom of the mat, but when it's rolled up it's the only part you see, so I wanted it to be the main part of the design. I made it in the normal quilt sandwich way and machine quilted it. Before hand sewing the binding on I added the pillow case.
The front/inside of the quilted part is a blue gingham and the blanket part is fleece.
The whole thing rolls up and is held together with velcro straps and has a carrying strap.
We don't have these over here, so I made it up as I went along and am pretty pleased with how it turned out and most importantly, the recipient is pretty happy with it and did indeed nap on it yesterday! I'm definately going to make more and may put some in the shop .
And while I've got you here, I have to say a big sorry to the lovely (blogless) Melanie in Germany. She very kindly sent me a lovely parcel last week and with everything else that's been going on, I just haven't had a chance to show it off. Sorry Melanie!
She sent me some beautiful Laura Ashley fabric - in fact it's the blue version of the fabric that I use for the Princess dresses! And some yummy hot chocolate (already long gone) and pastilles. Which is great timing because sucking pastilles was the only thing that helped with my morning sickness last time. And look at that super cute zip up pouch! Gorgeous!
It was a real surprise to get this parcel and so very much appreciated!! Thank you Melanie. And yay for good mail!!
