Luka Allan Staddon was born on May 23rd 2010 at 37 + weeks pregnant – He is totally stunning

He is perfect in everyway and is now a fully paid up member of the family business.

The iCandy range of prams have gone down a treat instore – We have done lots of Demos and sold two in the first day which we were over the moon with. – We have decided to go for the iCandy Peach for when our baby arrives.

We now have more Dream Genii Pillow in stock – These are so popular with mums to be, I have found these to be a life saver

The sun has also had its hat on in sunny North Devon the last week or so, which has been great and sales of baby summer items have been good as well as summer maternity

I am now 31 weeks pregnant and saw midwife yesterday – All is fine with baby bean.

Easter weekend we spent in Dawlish which was nice to get away and spend some quality time with the children, lots of swimming, a day out at Crealy and lots of Crazy Golf!

Lots of deliveries arriving in the next week or so – Watch this space

This is such a fantastic brand and we are very pleased to offer it to North Devon parents to be – Where they can come to our Barnstaple store and be offered a full demo on any of the iCandy Prams

2010 is already turning out to be a fantastic year for us, with the new baby which is due at the beginning of June and now being the Exclusive Stockist for one of the best prams on the market today – We couldn’t be more happier.

We can not wait to be pushing our own baby in an iCandy

The iCandy range is not allowed to be sold online or by mail order and can only be collected from our Barnstaple Store - With a Full Demo (North Devon EX31 1BA). We are open Monday-Saturday 9am-5.30pm and Sunday by arangement.

I helped one customer try on almost everything in the shop! - She was lovely and also loved everything she tried on

We found out that the delivery of our brand new range will be with us in the morning – Can’t wait….Mark is off first thing up to Bristol as we need some new floor plinths.

Had lots of advertising people and companies also call to try and get us to advertise – Must have been the day for it!

I did get a press release all wrote up ready to send out for our new range

We had lots of hits from the phrase Maternity Wear on google today so we must be getting higher for it – If you could type Maternity Wear into google for us and let us know what position you see www.glowmaternityandbaby.co.uk at that would be a huge help – I’ll add a poll below (If I can work out how) or please leave a comment.

Our baby shoes have become very popular online over the last few weeks – They are made with lovely soft leather and are made by the brand Pediped

 Tonight is the night us pregnant ladies are waiting for (and dads to be dread) – One Born Every Min!!! – Not long till it starts now!

It rained for most of the day today, which was no fun – but it was the day for collections – Someone collected their nursery bedding and mosses basket, then a fav customer of ours who has been collecting bits and pieces for his new grandson come in to collect all his bits as he is off to London to visit his Daughter and Grandson – He and Mark always talk golf whenever he visits so Mark couldn’t wait to show him the golf clubs we have bought Cayden for his 6th Birthday this coming Sunday. Then another regular customer came in to collect a wheelie bug.

My dad also popped in at lunch time to say hello, which was nice

Bump now moving lots and lots – I keep getting legs or arms (you would think on baby number 4 I could tell the difference!) jolting out.

I have started to think about my hospital bag….oh my! And have decided to pack a few of these nursing vests so I can wear them under normal tops when feeding or on its own when the sun puts his hat on

The day started well with the sale of a highchair and carried on to be a fantastic day. We had a customer that loved our bedding so much and was due to have her baby on the Sunday and she wasn’t sure if she was having a boy or girl so asked if she bought both could she bring one back next week!! – We loved this

Some more summer maternity bits were placed out, as was some baby clothes and we re-stocked the shop.

I even found 5 mins to try on some Maternity Swimwear as think I am going to take up some swimming (Gulp!) -

Mark and I also had an idea about some shop fitting we wanted to move arround, and decided we would do some changing about to see if it would work – but needed to wait until we closed to do this – We did do this on Sunday afternoon, was very funny as I couldn’t lift as was so heavy I had my end of the unit on a skateboard – It looked great in its new place so very happy.

Today I had a consultant appointment at 9.15am after the school run, got there just in time – All was well. I am under consultant care this pregnancy as Cayden arrived 4 weeks early so they want to keep a close eye on me, but I am sure all will be fine this time…I have to cross my legs until at least 2nd June 2010 as this is when Marks Mum gets back from the States (She and her husband travel arround in a huge R.V) and she is going to be helping out with the shop whilst we look after the new baby……although I’m sure I’ll be showing the new arrival off in the shop not too long after the happy! event.

It rained in Barnstaple this afternoon so shop went a bit quiet, but we both had plenty of internet orders to get packed up and I have also been uplaoding more images of the lovely nursery bedding we have on to the website

Humpries A Little Red Car Bedding Bale 

Lottie Humpries Corner A Pink Bedding Bale

I also placed out some of the new arrival in the Maternity Wear Section some of the Maternity dresses are going to be huge hits – I can’t wait for the rest of the Summer Maternity Wear to arrive.

Mark done the school run (Twice as Ryan had after school football) and I went home at 5pm to start dinner and Mark stayed on to close at 5.30pm.

Here is our instore sling area

Lots of babies seem to be due arround the same time as us, which is great talking to customers and comparing stories – I have had a good day today, Pelvis has not been too bad and I don’t feel sick!

We also have placed online the fab new Oyster Black Pearl Travel system which we are selling as a complete package for just £599.99 – This really is stunning. There is a 6 week waiting list so orders yours now!

Oyster Black Pearl