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Woke up at 7.30 with Tobes yesterday. I get to sleep late on Saturdays and J gets to on Sundays. Tobes and I were standing in the kitchen doing our daily routine where I read out the contents of the cupboard and fridge. The conversation usually goes something like this:

K: So what would you like for breakfast?

T: Ummmm, chocolate.

K: We're not having chocolate. How about some cereal and fruit?

T: No. How about biscuits? [by which he means cookies]

K: We're not having biscuits. Porridge?

T: No.

K: Toast?

T: No.

K: Scrambled egg?

T: No.

K: OK, well why don't we just go back to bed because there's nothing to eat for breakfast...

T: Porridge!! Porridge!!

I swear, when Cupcake gets bigger I'm just going to type up menus.

Well, we'd barely started the routine on Sunday when things started to go black around the edges and I found myself clinging to the countertop. Toby's request for porridge was denied. I couldn't trust myself to stand in front of a hot stove. Luckily, he seemed quite happy with the croissants and chocolate chip brioche I offered instead.

I had some breakfast and then lay down on the couch, keeping a dozy eye on Toby until J came downstairs. Then I fell asleep on the couch and woke up at 2.00! I was so tired. I attribute this to the low blood pressure and the pregnancy in general. I'm trying to stay away from the couch today because I know the same thing could happen again.

I did feel better after a sleep and we had a nice afternoon. I've been nesting a bit since we got back from the States and did a lot of cooking this weekend. I really want good food right now and I enjoy pottering around the kitchen and finding new recipes. I did roast chicken on Saturday and then made a chicken pie with the leftovers on Sunday. I had bought the ingredients for kedgeree too but we were so full from the pie that I've saved the kedgeree for today.

I also made a big bowl of Barbados cream. It's equal parts of double cream and Greek yoghurt whipped together then spread in a shallow bowl with a carpet of brown sugar on top. You keep it in the fridge overnight and then I like to serve it with fresh fruit. It is gorgeous. I bought cherries, blueberries and some really nice English strawberries and it was fantastic. In fact, over the last three days I ate the whole bowl. It's very rich and J didn't fancy it, Tobes wouldn't even try it, so I scoffed the lot. One of the great beauties of pregnancy is being able to eat a whole bowl of double cream without a flicker of remorse.