It is Valentine's Day so what a perfect time to share a picture of the people I love most in the world. This is a shot from our bump photoshoot taken by my Uncle. Just on the right side of cheesy (I hope!)

Next week there will be four of us in the picture!!!!!!!!!!

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After all this talk of brownies on the a blog Little E decided to make some this week. I thought I'd share some pictures of her in action and her kitchen creations. The recipe is The Hummingbird Bakery (of course) and she topped them with chunks of white chocolate and golden syrup. Husband/Daddy ate most of them but some did make it into the freezer for post baby snacks!

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This week is turning into the week from hell. Baby has turned back to back and I feel like I am in labour constantly. My back aches as baby's spine presses against mine and my bump looks like an alien, all limbs kicking and punching out front. I feel like my pelvis is about to crack like a walnut. The underneath of my bump aches like I have permanent period pain. When baby is being good and lying in a nice position I am lulled into a false sense of security, only for the little monkey to do a flip and render me rocking on all fours at 3am trying to spin it to unblock my trapped intestine...

Midwife appointment confirmed my back to back theory and that baby's head is nestled well down in 4/5ths of my pelvis. In two weeks Bump has gone from measuring 2cm's smaller than average to 2cm over! That's 4cm in 2 weeks! I suspect the change of position has a lot to do with it rather than baby suddenly piling on the pounds but Bump's shape has also rounded out so perhaps the brownies have something to do with it too... I was warned that my symptoms sound like the early latent stages of labour and to watch out for waters breaking and regular contractions so I can get myself to the hospital in time to still have a C section. Things got so bad earlier in the week I resorted to a midnight checkup at the Delivery suite! Diagnosis - severe internal bruising... Naughty baby!!!

Despite all this I did manage to get out and about this weekend - Afterall I can't sit down for long without a lot of pain. A trip to Kiddicare in Croydon was on the cards to return a duplicate present and Little E loved running around the store trying out all the baby toys. Luckily husband was there to exert some form of control as I was shuffling around. We realised just how much we gear we have for Bump leftover from Little E - second time round certainly is cheaper!

This time next I'll be at the hospital cuddling my baby! I am so ready now it can't come quick enough!

The quality of the dresses speak for themselves. The cut is impeccable, designed to skim the growing bump, accent the neckline and flatter the waist using complementary sashes. Bestsellers from the current collection include the romantic cap sleeved lace Eden gown (available in short and full length) and their range of ready-to-wear maternity wedding dresses.

This morning I have decided to share how we found out we were pregnant. These truly were two of the most special moments in our lives and should be recorded for prosperity!

Little E included a few false starts! We were on holiday in Normandy, France for a wedding with Husband's family. I was due the day of the wedding so I took a couple of Clearblue digital tests with me to make sure I could drink at the reception without worry. I tested a few days before and on the day but both were negative so I joined in the festivities - after all if you test on the day your period is due it is 99.9% effective right? Days past and my period did not appear (despite what I thought were period pains). Cue a visit to a French pharmacy to buy more tests. Both negative... So at this point I am 4 days overdue and have a stack of negative tests. Naturally we thought I was just late. The holiday came to an end and on the ferry home I was struck by an intense desire to eat pizza, not just any pizza, it had to have parma ham on it. I couldn't stop talking about it and convinced Husband to stop at Tesco on the way home. It was going to be nearly midnight by the time we got there but I didn't care. I had to have it! Husband was taken aback by my odd behaviour and said we had to get another test and I could only eat the pizza if it was positive (meany). The first thing I did when we finally got home was turn the oven on (priorities) and run upstairs. Within a few minutes we had a positive test and I was in shock. Complete shock! I was a week late by this point and had been relying on the little white stick to live up to it's 99.9% accuracy rate. I had to eat the whole pizza just to get over it!

Bump was a far shorter tale! We hadn't been trying for very long and I was pretty regular so I hadn't needed to take any tests but this month I was a day late and experiencing period cramping overnight. Coincidentally it was Father's Day and we were both lying in bed half asleep waiting for Little E to wake up. I casually suggested to Husband that I might take a test (not that I trusted them much anymore!) and he grunted some half awake approval so off I toddled... And there it was - Pregnant! I returned to Husband and handed him the test simply saying 'Happy Father's Day!'. It was his turn to be in shock! We couldn't resist telling our immediate families that day as we felt finding out on Father's Day was a sign.

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A day late this week but we were having a group hug and couldn't resist snapping a cheeky selfie!

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Last night it was Brother-in-law's birthday and our meal was finished off with the perfect birthday cake - a tower of brownies made with THE ONLY brownie recipe worth making; The Humming Bird bakery recipe.

The recipe is easy to find online http://www.redonline.co.uk/food/recipes/hummingbird-bakery-s-traditional-brownie

It is the simplest, tastiest brownie recipe you will find - guaranteed. But the magic really happens when you take your basic brownie mixture and pimp it to create a multitude of flavours and toppings.

My favourite recipe adaptations are:

• Marble the top of the brownie by swirling golden syrup or white chocolate into the top of the mixture just before you put the tray in the oven - use a toothpick to create patterns.
• Add chunks of milk and white chocolate into the mixture.
• Substitute half the dark chocolate for milk chocolate to create a lighter brownie.
• For chocolate orange flavour substitute Terry's chocolate orange and poke additional segments into the top to create texture. If you are feeling naughty you can swirl Cointreau liquor through the mixture.
• Add chopped pecan nuts.
• Smash fresh raspberries into the mix.

The possibilities are endless! Make sure you don't overlook the brownies as they should be gooey in the middle. And unless you are eating them warm (YUM!) wait until they are completely cool to slice.

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Apple likes to hook the kids when they are young and Little E is no exception. She has her own apps on our phones, our iPad and all her grandparents devices... One of her favourites is Kids Doodle where she can create virtual masterpieces whilst in the shopping trolley, a traffic jam or next to a dozing Mummy.

Today I am sharing her latest masterpiece before I delete a whole batch to make some space on my phone for new #minicreations.

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Little E's vocab has come on dramatically over the past couple of months. Back in October my Mother in Law was concerned over her lack of sentence structure - she must have been listening because we haven't been able to stop her since and she definitely needs to be introduced to the concept of a comma.

This week Bump has had hiccups a lot and Little E has been able to feel them. She proudly announced to her visiting Grandparents on Sunday that 'baby got hookups!' which caused much general amusement at the thought of baby having a series of casual flings whilst in utero.

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My nesting instinct has gone turbo this week as I spend most of my time packing and repacking my hospital bag, folding vests and organising Bump's wardrobe and tidying every corner of the house. I could probably host afternoon tea in the cupboard under the stairs it is that tidy. The situation got a little out of control on Friday night when the washing machine stopped working mid-cycle. Typically Husband was out so I called him in a flap and was told not to worry about it and he'd sort it out the next day. Well, that wasn't going to cut it. The baby could come any minute and I still have laundry to do! Cut to me looking like a crazed woman on my hands and knees fixing the washing machine in a flooded utility room...

We had our bump photo shoot this weekend with my Uncle. It was fun but slightly stressful as Little E was having none if it and had to be bribed with sweets to pose and even then she smiled for about three seconds. If we've got 5 usable shots then we'll be lucky! But it has reassured me that I will have pictures of Bump after panicking about having little photographic evidence of this pregnancy. First time round you take pictures of bump every month but second time you are lucky to get photographed unawares in the background of a shot!

Two weeks today is C section day. Feeling really excited about it now and cannot wait for it to get here. Just feeling anxious that I don't go into labour before then. Last few nights I've been shockingly uncomfortable with backache which has made me a little nervous as Little E's (induced) labour began with bad backache for a day before contractions kicked in. Fingers crossed Bump stays put until 18th!