Morning Ladies.
I'm so sorry for my prolonged absence, and thank you so much to everyone whochecked up on me, it really meant a lot to know that there were people genuinely concerned about us. I wish we all lived nearer!
I've basically had a crazy month, some good, some bad. Gwen suddenly went from sleeping through to waking four times a night, utterly ravenous, and refusing to be put down during the day, so I was walking around like a zombie for a few weeks desperately trying to get everything done one handed. On the plus side, the baby does appear to be eating my belly, so the insatiable appetite is having some positives.
Argh. Just typed a massive post only for Gwen (who is sitting in my lap) to reach out and delete the whole thing. Clearly she is a genius.
Gwen, who is 18wks today, has doubled in size over the last few weeks. She's now rolling f-b and b-f, grabbing her feet and almost sitting without support. She's also properly reaching out for things- she grabbed a handful of pasta from my bowl the other day, and was going for the mouth, but i managed to catch her. She's really teathing- Sophie la Giraffe is bearing the brunt of it, but there are a lot of chewed fingers in this house.
As far as things go, i'm starting to feel a little more human. I went along to the Pimlico baby group, and they seemed really nice. i've not made any friends exactly yet, but i certainly feel like I could if i keep going. Hal and I took Gwen to a friend's Thanksgiving party on Saturday, and had a lovely evening and yesterday we had an actual dinner, in an actual restaurant, with real people. they looked at the pram like it was a landrover, but once H insisted that it could be accomodated if they would let us in they relaxed a little, and Gwen was very well behaved through dinner, sitting up in the pram and making eyes at other diners. So, all in all I'm staring to feel like I'm getting back on track.
The house is a nightmare though, I'm trying to be patient for DH's sake, as I know how stressed he is with work, but we've still got no heating, and no curtains, and in a place this big, with huge rooms, high ceilings and big windows, most days it's too cold to do anything. i get dressed and huddle in my dressing gown with the hobs on to try and keep warm. A load of laundry takes a full week to dry, it's so cold. I've tried explaining to DH that the reason nothing is getting done is the cold, but he doesn't seem to get it.
Anyway. Please excuse me if I'm not fully up to date on everyone's gossip. There's just waaaay too much I've missed! Is there anything important i neeed to know?