Some of you already know that I will soon be having our second child. The rest of you: surprise!
While this is incredibly lovely and exciting, I’m now suffering the nastier effects of being in the last stages of pregnancy. Chief among these is carpal tunnel. My hands going numb while also being rather painful makes it hard to type (and sleep, but let’s not worry about that), so I’ll be stepping away from blogging and Twitter for a bit to give my poor swollen fingers a rest.
And obviously once the baby arrives I’ll be falling off the planet for a couple of months, but I will do my best to put a short update here later in November (levels of craziness permitting) probably featuring cake.
All that said, having to be awake in the middle of the night could well mean I get to read more of your blogs than usual. Silver linings! 🙂
Take care and Happy Halloween, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving and a good festive season to all!
Claire Huston / Art and Soul
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Take good care of yourself! 😘
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Thank you! 🙂 xx
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Congratulations! Take care x
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Thank you! You too 🙂 x
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Congratulations Claire!! Brilliant news 🙂
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Thank you! Will be even more brilliant when my hands stop going numb! haha! 🙂 Not long to go now 🙂
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When’s the due date exactly.. did you mention? I’ll sure think of you that day!!
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If the baby doesn’t arrive before, they’ll be inducing me this coming Saturday! Eeeekkkk!!!
Thank you 🙂
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Congratulations and all best wishes, Claire xx
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Thank you, Cathy xx
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Ahhh congratulations!!! I had a second child and have been MIA since March so oops! Best wishes for absolutlely all of it xxx
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Thank you very much!
I’m certainly being optimistic about getting back to blogging in January, but have to review a couple of books I got from Netgalley which are published in January, so will at the very least have to post about those… (she says, confidently!). Best laid plans… xx
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Congratulations Claire (and family!), take care xxx
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Thank you! xx
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Congratulations, rest up if you can! and take care.
Amanda.
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Thank you! Resting is tricky when you feel like you’re running out of time (which is ridiculous really). But what I’m missing out on in terms of rest, I’m making up for in chocolate! 😉
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Congrats Claire! Enjoy your family time 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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Love the ‘Surprise’ you dropped in here. Best wishes, those cartoons are so apt btw. Take care, and see you again when you are ready.
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Thank you 🙂 I love those cartoons. There are some other crackers which made made chuckle last night.
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Congrats darling Claire! My best wishes are with you and your family! Such exciting times! xx
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Thank you! It is very exciting 🙂 xx
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Congratulations Claire! Take care of yourself.🤗
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Thank you!! 🙂
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Wishing you a safe and easy birth and lots of joy from your new arrival!
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Thank you very much 🙂
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So happy for you! We’ll be waiting for you! A baby….congratulations!
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Thank you very much! 🙂
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We’ll miss you in the blogging world Claire – me especially on those days when I’m doing a fast day and you’re baking! All the very best with your new arrival and enjoy every moment xxx
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Thank you very much 🙂
A few weeks free of torture on the 2 days! xx
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Oh wow massive congratulations!!! Such lovely news- I wish you all the best!! And happy Halloween and upcoming festive season!! xxx
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Thank you! 🙂 xxx
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You’re welcome 🙂 xxx
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Congratulations Claire! Look after yourself and your little one, we’ll all still be here when life calms down again. The second tiny person is so much easier than the first but I bet you’ve been told this countless times so far. Enjoy your time away ❤
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I hope you’re right! 🙂 Hoping for a good eater and sleeper!
Thank you xx
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Congratulations and the very best of luck.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Congratulations! Hope you can take it easy in the run up to your baby arriving. All the best xx
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HUGE congratulations, Claire! Take care of yourself. xx
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Thank you very much! xx
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Congratulations so much, great news! I hope that it all goes a bit easier for you so that you get some rest, best of luck with the madness, loveliness and all in between. Lovely reason to be MIA! Take care x
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Thank you!
Fingers crossed it’s all straightforward 🙂 xx
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Take care you already know it is so worth all the hurts aches and discomforts. Do the important stuff. Wishing you lots of luck, happiness and love
Sue xxxx
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Thank you very much, Sue 🙂
xx
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Warm wishes and hugs to you …and to your new arrival. Amazed you have managed to do so much so far. Enjoy your lovely munchy baby time.
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Thank you!
Looking forward to it (well, the bit after the birth!). 🙂 x
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Congratulations Claire! How exciting. You will be missed. Enjoy your latest new blessing.
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Thank you very much 🙂 It is very exciting. On the final countdown now!
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Oh congratulations and what wonderful news! 🙂
Wishing you and yours all the best with the lovely, soon to arrive family member and take care!
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Thank you! 🙂
Not long to go now! x
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Congratulations! Hope you are looking after yourself and making sure you’ve got your feet up. I wish you all the best for everything and have happy holidays – all of them until your return! Xx
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Thank you very much! xx
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Congratulations Claire! And best of luck with baby #2 🙂
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Congratulations and take care❤
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Thank you! x
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Congrats and take good care of yourself!
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Thank you! 🙂 x
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Congratulations Claire and all the best. Take care x
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Thank you! 🙂 x
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I’m way super late on this, but CONGRATULATIONS!!! I’m so happy for you.
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Thank you! 🙂 x
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Hi Claire, I hope it all went well, had a good Christmas, new year and all that. It’s good to see you about 🙂
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Hello!
It’s good to be about 🙂
Happy New Year to you too. It all went well and our second son is now 10 weeks old and very chubby. He is currently sleeping so I’m doing some quick blog catching-up before making the most of it to sleep too!
I hope you and your family are well
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It sounds like things are going well for you. There’s nothing cuter than a chubby baby…
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