We've had to start packing a bag for the hospital in case baby decides to surprise us early. This includes choosing clothes for the little one, which is a totally surreal thing to do. You imagine legs inside leggings, a belly inside a shirt, a head inside a hat. And you imagine all the unforgettable, intense moments that will happen between now and then - as soon as tomorrow, or not for another 6 weeks.

Baby has dropped. I'm told this is a milestone of the body getting ready for labour, which is good. But vigorous protests are constant now from my belly's squashed-up occupant, and I've started to waddle.

Both baby and kitty have become increasingly cantankerous - him from being squashed, and kitty from being informed multiple times that the bassinette is not hers.

I'm feeling very blissed out these days (except for when I burn toast or when Justin suggests selling the kayaks, which is when I start bawling... forget what I said about not being affected by hormones).

We're doing yoga twice a week at Freewheeling Adventures, a studio about ten minutes down the coast from where we live. It's a window-surrounded space with wood floors and a woodstove, built on stilts over the water with the waves of St. Margaret's Bay crashing underneath. I have to make a lot of adjustments to the poses, but baby loves it.

Down dog especially, which creates a lovely hammock for him to stretch out in.

Already, we can't help but assign a personality to this baby.

Baby likes having freedom to move (just like dad), sleeps with his bony elbows sticking out (just like dad) and has a distinctly anarchistic sense of humour (just like dad, as attributed by uncle Julian). I never thought the movements would be so strong. Sometimes the fidgeting is from baby being happy, and sometimes it's from baby being cranky.

Baby likes:

• Yoga
• Porridge
• Walking
• Teaching mom valuable lessons about the perils of enjoying ginger beer

Baby does not like:

• Ginger beer
• Long car rides
• Being squashed
• Bedtime (uh-oh...)

Meanwhile, Kitty likes:

• Peace
• Quiet
• Admirers
• Attention
• Compliments
• OOoooos
• Aaaahhhs

Kitty does not like:

• Change