I can see the top of the shopping mountain... and the view looks good!

Well, I've been taking stock on where we're at with collecting and purchasing all the gubbins for Dylan's arrival. Today I've kindly been offered a high chair and better steriliser from a nice chap on Freecycle, and they aren't even on the list, although they will be very, very useful.

So many people have been so kind and generous, whether it be family or strangers. In terms of the 'big stuff', Alex's Auntie Jan and Uncle Mike have given us the pram, the car seat, baby bath (which was first Alex's when we was a baby! Scary thought..); the brother of Alex's school friend Twiggy is kindly giving us a cot, and surrogate-Auntie Lucy's mum (does that make her a surrogate great aunt?) has got us a lovely moses basket. With the nappies we've been given, and my bargain hunting on things like the changing bag and sling, the end is definitely in sight, and miraculously we haven't gone bankrupt! And of course, Dylan's wardrobe is starting to look very dapper thanks to two very lovely grandmothers and a spot of ebaying!

The main purchases now seem to be bedding, cot mattress and then lots of odds and ends like room thermometers, changing mats and laundry baskets. There are still bits I need to sort, like gaps in Dylan's clothing, and final bits for the real nappy system. On the whole, it all feels a LOT less scary! I can apply for the Health in Pregnancy Grant at 26 weeks (not far now!), which will give us £190 to hopefully get us the rest (and maybe a pizza! lol)

Next on the agenda then is decorating furniture! Have a a trunk and a chest of drawers I need to sand back and decorate, so I can store all the Dylanalia away. I'm thinking of big black and white animals with colourful backgrounds. Hmmmm... fun, fun!