Cherry Blossom Adventures

Christmas seems to have come early in the Cherry Blossom Adventures household with a HUGE package arriving from my mum and family in Australia yesterday.

Most of the stuff was for Goma-chan as you can see above but Shun also got some early christmas presents- 2 sweaters, pair of pants, pair of shoes and a hooded jumper. He was in desperate need for some new work clothes so mum sent him some stuff over! They all fit great! You can`t see very well in the photo above but there is a grey sweater for me too that will be great for feeding bub after he is born. It is also very roomy meaning I can wear it now as long as my bump doesn`t get much bigger (I have it on now!)

There was lots of jump suits (Sara & Sakura`s favourite Bonds wondersuits!), socks, singlets and a couple of other outfits. Also a cloth christmas book from my dad and a “my first soccer ball” from my brother and his girlfriend Gem.

You might be wondering WHY there is a purple jumpsuit for a little boy? Well that is actually on Shun`s behalf since his favourite colour is purple and I would say 25% of the things in his wardrobe are purple or have purple in them- so it is so I can match him and little Goma-chan later on! haha! They are not in the photos but mum also sent the rest of my “bum genius” cloth diapers that I had ordered to her house in Australia.

Also in the package (I told you it was a big one!) was a gift from my godmother Kate. Kate lives down south but was up in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago and spent the night at my mum`s and dropped off the package then!

Here is the present from Kate for Goma-chan

Singlets, socks, clothes, bibs (hand-made), and a face towel for the bath!

Goma-chan is seriously going to overtake me soon with the amount of clothes he has- Shun has already commented that he has WAY more clothes than he does. His chest of drawers is almost full and I only have stuff in there for him until six months (anything I got that was bigger I have put in a box for safe keeping!) and I haven`t even started on collecting much “new” summer stuff.

In other news I do not shake as much when I take the medicine anymore and the braxton hicks contractions do not come as frequently and are rarely painful so I am hoping the medicine is working and that I will not have effaced or dilated any further when I see the doctor next time. He wanted me to come in on Friday but I explained to him that I would need to walk 15 minutes to the station and then catch the train (changing once!) and then walk the 2 minutes to the clinic and he said “fine, stay home and just come if there is problems but from next appointment you will need to come every week” – I might start making my appointments on Tuesday and getting my MIL to take me since she does not work that day (She works mornings and afternoons for 2 hours each time at a Hoikuen) or changing it to Saturday and still going by train but Shun will be with me then- the waiting time on a Saturday is SOOOOOO long though! Will have to wait and see. I could take a taxi to the clinic but it would be about 2500 or 3000yen I think – it is probably about 12km away from my house (could be totally off there though)

I was supposed to go to Design Festa today with Cassie but since walking a lot brings the braxton hicks contractions on and they hurt (which is why I am supposed to rest I guess) we cancelled earlier in the week. Such a shame as I was really looking forward to it and it would of been great fun. I went a couple of year`s ago and had a blast although spent WAY too much money on goods. So now instead my FIL is coming to pick us up soon and we are going to the in-laws for the day so Shun can help him with his computer and I can just lay around and read- plus we will stay for dinner and get dropped home later meaning I do not have to cook which is always nice!

I always get lots of random things (although sometimes they are awesome, especially all the fruit and sometimes cheese) from my MIL to bring home so feel free to guess away at what I will be bringing home tonight- last time was just grapes, some veggie things in a jar for Shun and some mail so not so strange but the time before that we got a month`s supply of toilet paper, tissues, meat, fruit, moroheya, nato, apple pie,  2 bottles of water, new blankets and lots more!

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