The girl who cried wolf?

Five days overdue and Hayley is currently sitting on the sofa eating (more) fresh pineapple. She put even more fresh chillies in the left over chilli from last night but it has had no effect so far.

Yesterday we took our minds off the wait for a couple of hours when a friend tipped us off that there was a motor-bike show in Stockport. You can download a tiny video clip of Hayley and said friend (Donna) looking daft while getting down to one of the rock bands by clicking here (it's 1.1 MB, only 3 seconds long, and it's on its side!).

Then we came home to find that England had gone from a winning position in the 4th cricket test against Australia - needing only 128 runs in their second innings - to a perilous 118 for 7! We watched the nail-biting finish and to our relief (even more than delight) England scraped home with three wickets to spare. As one commentator said this morning, this series should have come with a health warning. You'd think the excitement might persuade Bump to come out, but it seems he/she is not a cricket fan.

Today Hayley went for another swim at Esporta (her gym) and did 34 lengths (though it is admittedly quite a short pool). She also performed a vigorous run through of her aqua-natal routine. Through sheer co-incidence the reception staff there called home when she was on her way there. We got talking about the pregnancy and the girl on the other end became excitedly worried when I told her that Hayley might even go into labour while at the gym that very afternoon. Of course I had to phone Hayley and tell her this. When she arrived she faked the start of contractions as she approached the front desk, just to see the look on the girl's face. She's ever so good at these sorts of practical jokes and it seems they were completely taken in. Fortunately they all saw the funny side when she desisted in her amateur dramatics, but one of the staff was dead right when she gasped "Oooohhh, you're evil!".