26 weeks, 2 days, 3rd trimester

Hi Auntie Sophie,

well we're into the last bit now.
mummy and daddy have been told we could be here any time from the next 10 weeks, even we think thats mental!!

we are now the size of cucumbers! we have been opening our eyes when we're awake, and closing them when we sleep. when mummy goes outside, if it's sunny and too bright we blink and move our heads away. it's not pitch black in here, more like a strange dark orangey light.
mummy is now 114cm around the middle, and we're going to have to make her get a bit bigger as we're running out of space again.
we haven't got as much fluid each in here now as we've had, it's ok though, we've got enough. but it means that mummy and daddy should be able to really see when we stick our hands and feet out soon.
talking of which, our feet are now 4cm long, they look massive to us, but mummy and daddy said they're really diddy still and made aaaah noises when they looked at the tape measure.

mummy and daddy heard our heartbeats on monday, they were able to record them on mummys phone but can't load it for the blog.
the midwife is happy with mummys blood presusre and wee and says she thinks we must be very happy beans in here. we are! even if she did give us a good poke in our heads.

our car seats are here! hooray. they are a lighter grey than they looked on the computer and mummy and daddy really like them. they've got little mint green bubbles embroidered on them and funky little sun shades that come out of the back and hook onto the handles to help to keep the sun out of our faces on our road trips. we're looking forward to trips out and to see our grandparents.
when we're out and a bit bigger, we're going to Monkey World. Yay!!

mummy and daddy have been enjoying a long weekend in the sunshine. they got lots done on Friday too but still have more to do for when we get here. our room is going to be great, it's going to have all the stuff we need and then some.
Auntie Clare bought us some teddies from Croyde this week. we have to wait to have them but mummy says they're lovely and all woolly. And Auntie Vicky is really excited about some levitating baby picnic chairs she saw and wants us to have. we think she had too much cider, but mummy will ask her tomorrow.

mummy and daddy got all dressed up last night to go to a wedding party in Winchester. Daddy wore his wedding suit and mummy wore her new dress and her wedding shoes. this is mummy in her dress, with really curly hair...

a bit of a wonky photo because mummy was laughing that she looked like a dodgy Mariah Carey impersonator all dolled up

they had a lovely time and mummy even stayed out until 10pm, thats the latest we've all been awake in ages. mummy and daddy saw some friends there too who are having 1 bean and we might all arrive at the same time! the mummys were very excited by this, they planned to spend some of the start of their maternity leave together.while the daddys thought they could go to the pub together...that made the mummys laugh. we think 1 bean might be a bit lonely, we're glad we've got each other in here for the company.

so mummy and daddy will spend more time in the garden in the sunshine and then do quite the same next weekend. they're going for a walk in the bluebells near home tomorrow so that mummy doesn't turn into a hippo.

next class is on tuesday, it's all about feeding us, hooray, we hope it mentions rich tea biscuits, we like those.

bye for now.
speak soon
love from
The Beans
xx