This week I had another appointment with the midwife and she measured my tummy which is growing nicely but not too much which is great. She said I should start putting things together for hospital (already!). It's a reminder of how fast this third trimester will go by.

I will have to see what clothes, blankets and other baby stuff I have from when E was a baby and see what we need to get.

I got this new thing called Gunapod which is an innovative wearable fleece blanket, featuring a simple layout of zippers and snaps that is easy to adjust into numerous configurations:

• If you need to change baby’s nappy or simply want to leave restless legs out to kick, just unzip the bottom.
• The various combinations are also great for temperature regulation – unzip and unsnap as you please.
• It doesn’t matter if your little one has fallen asleep before bed time, simply fully unzip the Gunapod, lay baby down, and zip back up to ensure no disruptions to their rest. 

It came in a glossy box and wrapped in colourful tissue paper so it makes a really nice gift too. It is so cuddly and cosy I look forward to put it on the little one when he arrives!

I don't know about you but I start thinking whether the baby is male or female from when I get the positive pregnancy test. Unlike last time, this time I was convinced it was a girl however it turns out it's another BOY! S is really happy about it and I'm very excited for E to have a baby brother.

The big search for the name begins and like last time we cannot agree on a name :) I'm sure we'll choose one in the end, we have to!

Baby is doing great, the scan was perfect and gestational diabetes is under control. Today I had a visit in hospital and they say the baby is growing well, not too much as you would expect with the gestational diabetes. I'm happy with this since I take good care to eat low GI foods and only occasionally have a piece of chocolate which I cannot give up completely :)

I have this weird craving lately, I'm craving champagne! That's odd isn't it? We were at friends' wedding last week and I had a glass of dry champagne, that's when it started. Hope the baby doesn't turn out to be a sophisticated alcoholic :D

Last week E had his first Christmas party at the gym creche. He really enjoyed it and seemed to be having a blast when I walked in to get him. 

He is terrified of Father Christmas though. He hung on to one of the carers and wouldn't let go squeezing his eyes shut so that he doesn't see the old man! Same thing happened a few days earlier. We went to Kew Gardens to see Father Christmas, he was so excited waiting to go in and asking what he's doing and then when we got in he was dragging me out and hiding behind me. It's so funny at the same time!

Hope he gets over it by next Christmas :)

I wish all our readers a very Happy Christmas! Hope you have a lovely time with family and friends at this time of the year.