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Hi guys! Long time no see/write/read/whatever :) I am hoping to do one of these every Sunday which marks an extra week in pregnancy for me, exactly. I thought I would write one today though as I'll be making a video after this, so make sure you check out my YouTube Channel too! Here we go;

How far along? 21 weeks and 4 days today.

Maternity clothes: Nothing yet, although I have been on a search for good maternity jeans. I had some when I was pregnant with William which I actually bought before I even knew I was pregnant because I liked the way the looked. They were from internacionale, and I cannot for the life of me find another nice, good pair. I like the band to be really big, not just one that's like 5cm. So if anyone knows of any, do let me know, please!

Stretch marks? Nothing yet. When I was pregnant with William I got them on my bum, and I read that they don't ever disappear, they just fade, and you can feel them forever because the skin is obviously stretched. Well.. my stretch marks are gone completely and I don't seem to have any with this pregnancy yet.

Sleep: I've been struggling to sleep lately. I don't know why.. It could be because I really liked sleeping on my belly and that's getting extremely difficult now, and so it's hard to find a comfortable position, especially because I constantly get a sore back or cramps in my belly.

Best moment this week: Whenever anyone mentions 'baby', he points at my tummy and says they're gonna go on the 'weeeee' together. The 'weeeee' being a slide, which he absolutely loves.

Miss anything? Not that I can think of :)

Movement: Plenty of movement! I feel like this baby's forever moving. It's going to be painful when the baby's bigger as my ribs will probably be bruised!

Food cravings: If I see it, I need to have it! Pretty much.. I don't have cravings like I did when I was pregnant with William (picklesssss!), but if something's advertised on Tele, chances are, I'll probably be in a mood for it and have to get it ASAP. Ooh, I have been craving medium rare steak though!

Anything making you queasy or sick? Not really. I haven't been sick at all this time round. What a difference, eh?!

Gender: We are having.. a healthy baby BOY! So excited! :)

Symptoms: Dry eyes (I just found out it's a symptom), belly cramps, sore back, 'peeing' a lot and headaches! :)

Belly button in or out? In

Happy or moody most of the time: I'm not gonna lie.. a bit of both! It's not pregnancy related though.. I have always been quite a moody person, once I get moody, if that makes sense, ha ha. But I'm usually happy, hehe.

Looking forward to: Moving! William and my partner and I are moving into a new place, hopefully the beginning of May. It will have more bedrooms, a garden, lovely kitchen, etc., etc. I so can't wait! I'm most excited for decorating William's and baby #2's room. They're going to have a room together for a couple years or so and then possibly have separate rooms.

So that's it for this post. I hope it wasn't too boring, hehe. I'm hoping to do a few other posts, I'm thinking; Birthing Plan, Baby Plan, Baby Shopping List and things like that. Remember, you can subscribe to this blog if you'd like to know about new posts, each time I write one.

Oooh, I almost forgot. Pictures!

Here's our baby boy. In this picture, he was looking right at us :') The little thing that looks like a hole is an eye and his mouth's also open in this picture. We also have a picture of him sucking his hands.

Here's my belly at 21 weeks exactly. So, this was taken 4 days ago. I feel like I just get bigger by the day.

I hope you eanjoyed reading this post and I will 'see' you in my next one!

Baby Bump Hugs From Me To You,

Love, Daria xoxo

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Hi guys!

It's been a long time since I last wrote on this blog but I have been so busy! I'll not get into it just now though, as I'll probably write another post after this and hopefully film a video or two tonight for my YouTube Channel.

Let's just get to it, then! This is my second Project B Box, there are seven boxes in total. They're not just filled with amazing products but also a lot of great information for your stage in pregnancy. It's quite amazing, may I just say, he he.

This is what the box looks like once you tear through all the packaging. I said this with box number one and I'll say it again; you will need scissors, ha ha.

I thought the shape of the box felt kind of funny before I opened it this month but I wasn't expecting a book. Let me just start by saying, I have read so many pregnancy books, I thought to myself, if this is another book, I won't be happy. I feel like a walking pregnancy Wikipedia already!

I was surprised when I saw what book this was. I was really into homemade smoothies and stuff lately and this book has some amazing recipes. There are cocktails (non-alcoholic, of course, ha ha), smoothies, soups and more. Everything is healthy and has a lot of information about each drink/soup.

Fair to say, I was quite impressed and I still have the book and it has now made it to my 'cooking books shelf'.

When you open the box, you will see the 'in your box this month' leaflet. This just tells you all the names and descriptions of the products in the box, as well as where you can buy them from. That's informative enough but I would like to see the 'Full Size Price' for each item.

There were four leaflets in the box:

*Your Pregnancy This Month

This tells you all the things about you and your baby for your stage of pregnancy. The size, the changes, and much more. Really interesting.

*Eating Well

A yummy recipe idea. Healthy recipe idea. It's perfect for pregnant women, and so, it will e perfect for the whole family, including kids, because, like I said, it is healthy.

*Staying Active

I love exercising, and although I had to stop I can now exercise again, which is amazing. I think a lot of women think that they have to cut out exercise all together, minus walking and swimming but there are so many more exercises pregnant women can do. I think it's great that Project B encourages pregnant women to keep healthy as well as fit during pregnancy. It can really help with back pain, labour and so much more!

If you'd like to see what I do to stay fit in pregnancy, Click Here.

*Shopping Ideas

This sheet gives you shopping ideas. State the obvious, Daria, ha ha. Anyway, it's easy to forget what to buy, especially if you're a first time mummy. It's just so easy to get caught up in all the newborn sized dungarees, thumb sized socks and 'baby smelling' baby powder, we usually forget about ourselves. There are many things that can make pregnancy as well as after, easier. Things like pregnancy pillows, maternity clothes, nipple cream (if you're breastfeeding. or not.). So yeah, that's handy, ha ha.

Here's all the products in the box.

Ginvera Green Tea

Oh. My. God.

I am in love with that stuff. I don't know if I would replace my usual foundation with this forever but I am quite amazed by this product. I've never really liked BB creams, they left my face shiny, didn't cover much and I just didn't like them in general.

This cream though? It has great coverage, it smells so amazing, it makes me feels like a million dollars. Best thing is, it's not shiny. I always use it with powder so that could maybe be why but other BB creams just 'ate' through my powder.

Joe & Seph's Gourmet Popcorn

Why haven't I heard of this company before? I actually giggled (and maybe even jumped) a little when I got this because I was craving popcorn so badly that week. I went through bowls and bowls of salted popcorn and then I received this, ha ha. I really like salted popcorn and I definitely prefer it to the sweet kind but this was really nice. I was going to leave it until I film a video review on this box, but.. I couldn't resist myself. It's all gone.

Weleda Oat Replenishing Shampoo and Conditioner

I haven't tried this yet but I am pretty certain I used this brand back in Poland at some point. I don't know.

Bloom, Bump & Baby Stretch Mark Defence Body Oil

I haven't tried this yet as I have a few other, lovely smelling oils. I didn't actually know what this one smells like, I just had to go into the box and sniff it. It smells like something you would get in a pharmacy, ha ha. But I won't judge it by the smell, and once I try it, I'll let you know what I think.

I hope you liked the review and hopefully the pictures are okay.

The box is £14 a month and like I mentioned, is filled with great products and informative content.

You can get yours from

http://www.project-b.com/

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This is just going to be a quick blog post on how I organized my documents binder. I can't take too many pictures obviously, as these are my personal documents but I will try to explain what I did.

To start with, I took (what I thought was) all my documents and went through every single letter. I realized that I still have quite a bit to put away.

I shredded all the stuff I didn't need (I had stuff from January 2012 in there!), and then I made piles of stuff, sorting them into little categories which were then going to get sorted into the binder.

The organizer thing I bought (I can't even remember what it's called) was actually plastic instead of paper which is amazing as they often wear off and tear but this one will last for ages. I had to stick on some labels though. They're slightly covered though, but you can still work out which section is which. I'm just gonna go through them for you, and explain roughly what's in each section.

Debt-This section sounds scary, I know, ha ha. But we all end up with things that somehow didn't get paid. Maybe it was our fault, or maybe it was the bank, either way, if I get a letter and I know something needs paying I put it in the debt folder and then I have all the information I need just to phone up or make a bank transfer and pay off the balance.

Contracts-This is pretty self-explanatory. It's where I keep all the contracts. Credit card contracts, broadband and phone contracts, and so on.

Important-I wasn't sure what else to call that section without making the name too long, but anyway, in that section I keep documents that I know I need to keep for a period of time, if not forever, and they safely just sit in the 'important' section of the binder.

Receipts/Warranties-One again, self-explanatory. I keep all my receipts in there, whether it's because I don't know if I'm keeping something or because I need a receipt in case an item breaks. I also keep all the warranties there. Any warranties I have, I take the receipt and staple it to the warranty certificate, and this way it's all in one place in case I need it.

Statements-I keep 6 months worth of statements. I might actually start keeping up to a year worth of statements, just to be on the safe side.

Temporary-This is where all the 'in and out' files go. If I get a letter and I need to contact someone, it goes in there until it's done. If I get a hospital appointment letter, which tells you where to go, or and appointment that tells you what to bring, it goes in there. Basically just things that are moved in and out of the folder on a regular basis.

That's it for my documents binder. It's really simple and once you get the hang of organizing your letter and documents, your life will become that little bit easier. I can remember being asked to bring a copy of a certain thing and I would always have to go to a bank, or phone up companies as I could never find what I was looking for because all my letters and documents were literally scattered all over the place. There was stuff in the cupboard, on the table in the living room, upstairs, in kitchen drawers..! I still have a few bits and bobs to sort out but I already know where everything is and I know where to put things as I get them because they have their own category and space.You'll be amazed at what difference it makes.

I hope you found this helpful.

Loads of motivation from me to you,

Love, Daria xoxo

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