Well we made it! We've been in the new house for just over 3 weeks and are NEARLY box free! It was all a bit of a marathon and we ended up not only paying the removal people extra to finish off our packing but we also had to do two 7.5 tonne truck runs from St Albans to Angmering to move the office, the garden pots and of course the hot tub. We are now totally indebted to my Dad for nearly finishing himself off helping us! We also had fantastic help from John and Monkey and Roopy, who came back for a second day of punishment - oh to be young! But a big thank you to everyone who helped - it was a mad few days.

So, things are still pretty disorganised here but we are getting there and the business is all fully operational from its new HQ! The local post office is pleased to have something to do handling all our deliveries and everyone we have met around and about seems very welcoming and friendly, we even had 'new home' cards from our neighbours which was really nice. Unfortunately we haven't had time to actually chat to them beyond waving across the street and yelling 'hello' yet, but I am sure we will.

I am all up and running with the local medical centre which is brilliant, way beyond the service you would expect in a small village - the medical centre has only just opened and it's all technology and shiny sinks abound. They even have in house blood testing so no more trekking off to the hozzie for blood tests etc. New midwife is lovely and I have bumped into her at the local shops, it's that kind of place, all very chatty.

Baby is now growing at such a rate that anyone would think I am eating fertilizer - as I waddle into the 3rd trimester the tiredness strikes again and I'm back to conking out unexpectedly. Thank heavens we did the move before it all went downhill again and I still had some energy left! Have to book my ante-natal classes just as soon as I remember about them and have a phone next to me.

Will try and post up a pic of the amazing bump in due course, will have to find a wide angled lens to cope with it I think.

Paul has been working with his friend Harley this week, who has been staying with us along with his doggy. Luckily there hasn't been any fur flying and Harry hasn't minded sharing for a change. Strangely a chap who owns a restaurant in St Albans has bought another in Worthing and asked Harley to renovate it for him, so how handy is that - a few weeks work for Paul and Harley has somewhere local and comfy to stay over here - nice one!

So, we are really quite settled in considering how long we have been here, still loads to do but there's plenty of time. We are getting to know the local area and are so sure we have done the right thing - everything seems good and there's very little to find fault with - even the trains into London are reliable, clean and not much more than they were from St Albans.

Will sort some pics and post updates a bit more regularly from now on!