March 2007 mummies #7

[annsam]

Hey girls,

Im finding it really hard to keep up at the moment so you have to excuse me a bit.

Alls well here other than my little night owl waking the family at 4.30am and dh stepping in dog vomit in the middle of the night. sam of couse was convinced it was time to get up so we had an on and off battle till 5.50 when i resigned myself to it being time to get up.

Leah doesnt weigh 7kg yet!! only about 6.5 i think.

great pics lana. clever little man. leah is no where near that yet.

mils carrie - glad mine is on the other side of the world.

f. day is quiet. did a big cooked breakie and pressies - thats abput it.

ok baby to feed.

xx

[library-laksa]

LL - How was Singstar? I have never played it but would luv too! It's prob someting I'll play when home alone with Ella :laughing:
its soooo good! its the only thing i play on the ps2 (apart from occasional guitar hero). my singing voice is REALLY flat but i only play with my good friends and i dont care if they know i can't sing lol! the 90s one is unreal, soundtrack to my teen years - baby got back, u can't touch this, pump up the jam, unskinny bop, mmm mmm mmm, and HEAPS more wicked songs. we had a ball :D

FATHERS DAY - well, Al is at work poor guy. but he was hopeless on mothers day so at least i'm not showing him up haha.
going to my dads later and we're going out for indian... yummmy!

SIX MONTHS - we are going to celebrate Harper's half-birthday on thurs with a trip to the zoo! (dep on weather of course). he LOVES animals so i think he will have a good time. Al and i both love animals too and havent been for a while so really looking forward to it. perth zoo is excellent. can't wait!

well, best be off. want to take up some trousers before H wakes up. i've never taken up pants before, usually i get my stepmum to do it. but these are $20 cheapies from jayjays so it won't matter if i stuff it up. if they are ok, then i might do my jeans. being short sux sometimes lol.

oh talking of being short, Sheree! :laughing: do you reckon you could breastfeed in the ergo? i think i am too short, the strap would have to be round my thighs...

[defaipe]

now thats where we should have a meet perthies!! the zoo! how good would that be! amity, M & D would love it. huge grassed area for picnic lunch:D ok i've talked myself into.. what about yous? :laughing:

michaela no idea about b/f in ergo... will give it a shot and get back to you hehe. i tried with the baby bjorn but that was a no go.

carrie A was ok last night.. she is just so fidgety but it was my fault for leaving her in bed with me.. she expects boobie all night.
people like your mil annoy me. like they know your baby better than you! grr!!

i think dp has been awake for 2 hours all day. he's in bed now :rolleyes: makes me angry. i wish he was at work. sad hey.

i took the baby legs off A and put them on D's arms. SO cute! poor A they were cutting into her thighs :laughing:

[defaipe]

Hi anna!!!:wave: i hope you get a sleep in soon. surely 7am isnt too much to ask!

[library-laksa]

Sheree i think a zoo meet would be great. we will organise one when the weather is more predictable.
you should send the girls in to play "stacks-on!!!" with chris :laughing:

just paid our rates and car insurance on the visa so it looks awful now. we both get paid this week tho (i'm on half pay with my mat leave til may OH YEH) so i will fix it up then.

well i am really bored so i'm going to head round my dads place.

oh, and i took up the pants, they came out fine but i bought them a few weeks ago and they are too big now!! which is nice but also a pain coz i've never worn them! i don't have a belt that goes with them either.

[M2B]

Hey Ladies!

Hope all the dads had a great father's day, we had such a busy day with a bbq breakies and bbq lunch. Now I am stuffed and ready for bed. Madi is asleep fell asleep as soon as we got home which is excellent as I have been running around backing the car and her stuff for my first day of work tomorrow. I am excited now, got heaps of new outfits and shoes, can't wait to get a little dressed up. Will miss Madi sooooooooooooo much but she's in good hands and she loves everyone fussing over her.

I better go but I will be reading and will hope to reply this week.

Take Care, hugs to all!!!

:thumbsup:

[kel2boys]

Hi all,:wave:

Hope all daddy's had a great day with their families today. Hope they all loved their pressie we've all been taking about...We had a lovely day with the whole extended family. We had a bbq lunch on the waters edge at Hope Island, went out on family friends boat and basically just relaxed in the sun (with a wine of course).

Powderfinger/Silverchair concert was AWESOME.:thumbsup: It went totally off!!! (sounds like i'm in high school). We thoroughly enjoyed it. Hubby had the biggest suprise as he had no idea, I had kept it a secret from him for so long. He finally figured it out when we turned into entertainment centre carpark...Bernard Fanning (pf lead singer) was just so down to earth and was really excited as we were his home town crowd. Oh, I can't say enough how good it was. I just love that electrictiy and excitement of a live concert.

How do I look at previous posts when I am replying? I find that I can never remember what everyone has said. There must be some little trick?

My mil was babysitting last night and she gave N his bath in the sink, as she had a carple tunnel operation recently and her hand is a little weak. She is also a stresshead and a little overprotective (with good cause), so she thought could hold him better and safer in there. So anyway my E came over to her and said what are you doing oma? she said bathing N in the sink. he said ohh (pause) oma he's not a cup you know...haha then she said I used to bath your daddy in the sink you know, he though about it and said oh oma daddy's to big to fit in there...lol isn't that so cute, he says some of the funniest things.

ok gotta go, some personals tomorrow....:)

[Elmopalooza]

now thats where we should have a meet perthies!! the zoo! how good would that be! amity, M & D would love it. huge grassed area for picnic lunch:D ok i've talked myself into.. what about yous? :laughing:


Ooh i am dying to take Amity to the zoo! I was going to wait until early November though so that weather will be better.
Re Carlisle: If you decide to come you could always come to my house and then follow me if you want.

Kel - Hehehe Ethan sounds so gorgeous! Its so cute how they cant imagine that their daddy was once little too hey.

Well we had a pretty good day today. Had a really nice lunch over at IL's house.

[melannh]

Hi everyone

I've missed heaps - we've been busy chatting over the weekend... Glad everyone had a nice fathers day. Ours was pretty quiet. Got DP some Darrel Lea chocolates and some new sandshoes (as he wanted them).. We went for a look at some shops and got a couple of things for E (of couse!! ha ha). Got a little dress and a pram toy. She didn't have much on there and it was pretty boring for her....

I was feeling a bit shabby - DP got some champagne on sat night, and I drank a little too much!! Wasn't literally sick (thankfully) but had a stinking headache yesterday morning that came and went during the day. Needless to say - not alot was achieved and DP just laughed at me. I am a cadbury's drinker (glas and half - and I'm GOOOOONE)..... Feel fine this morning though.

Kellie - if you press the reply button on the bottom left - you can then see replies at the bottom. Once you're on the reply screen - just scroll right down then you can see them there. Hope that helps.
So glad you had a great time at the concert and your DH had a good time. Nice to get out by yourselves for a while if you can.
Regarding the sink - I washed Ellery in mums sink a bit when she was littler - easier. So, you're not the only one and mum always said that is how she bathed us. Nothing wrong with it - and best they have a nice wash after a busy day....

Sheree - I was going to get some baby legs for E- but i was a bit worried that they'd cut into her chubby legs......

Lana - glad you had a nice f-day....

We are going to Dreamworld this coming sunday. My mum got my sister a helicopter ride for last xmas - and she needs to do it within 12 months - so we're going to make a day of it. Hope Miss Ellery is a good girl, I want to go on some rides!! (ah ha - selfish, I know). I think she's too little to really enjoy it, but hoping she won't cry when the large characters come along. She's a little bit of a scaredy cat at the moment. Loud noises she jumps a mile and cries and if someone comes up that she doesn't particularly like - she drops the bottom lip and big tears come out of her eyes... She looks so sad at times - but comes good fairly quickly.

Mum2Noah - Ellery is nearing 6 months and she weighs 8.13kg. She is shorter though. She hasn't any teeth yet - but they are giving her a terrible time and i am hoping they come through soon. Her gum looks really red and raised. Poor little thing.....

[melannh]

Some latest Pics of Ellery

She is messy with her pumpkin as you will see - and during the day - can wear some more summery outfits (from nanna and Aunty of course!)

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01514.jpg

This is one of her new toys - the turtle plays music/songs when you press its head and if it rolls on its back - it laughs....
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01516.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01510.jpg

E's had a small sleep - but i think she is now in her cot playing!! Might be time for a decent walk again..........

[defaipe]

lana im up for a november zoo trip!

omgosh mel! ellery looks heaps like A in the last 2 pics! except A has sticky outi ears hehe and a different mouth.. thats just weird!!:eek: :laughing: http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub036Small.jpg

here's some more.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub029Small.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub041Small.jpg
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub038Small.jpg

[Emma 80]

Morning everyone. I'm a bit sick today, I think i've caught a bug from somewhere. Which is a bit of a bugger as I have carpet cleaner coming after lunch. My sister was lovely enough to stay home from work today to look after Cooper for me. Talking about Cooper...One of this bottom teeth has just come through :smiliedance: . My sister noticed yesterday. He must be a brave little boy as he hasn't seemed to be in any pain.


oma he's not a cup you knowLOL that was funny. What a gorgeous little boy you have. Also glad you enjoyed the concert. I love live concerts too.

Mel, lovely photos, looks like Ellery enjoys here food.

Shezi they are lovely photos too...love the little pink outfit on A.

[Bambaloo]

Morning girls, read posts but can't remember now cos had to get E up, change & feed her.

Ended up giving E her jarred fruit at mum's, bathing & giving her a bottle so didn't have to do it when got home & she spewed like a champion for at least an hour afterwards! Lol. She woke up a couple of times during the night screaming in pain & think it's her teeth bothering her. Cos she was so upset I picked her up & she was asleep in my arms in 10 secs! Cute.

At least she didn't wake til 7am & I didn't get her up til 7.20am!

LL - I was gonna say something to you but I can't rememebr what it was sorry! Have fun at the zoo!

Kel - Sounds like the concert was gr8, my sis was telling me about it yesterday too.

Nic - How's ya first day back at work? hope everyone's being nice :)

Emma - Hope you are feeling better soon xo

Glad to hear everyone had a nice daddy's day yesterday. It is dh's b'day 2moz so wanna make a card for him today but can't get inspired! Haven't done any scrapbooking/cardmaking/btp for sooo long!

Ok gtg vacuum, mop & more washing.

Going for a walk this arvo to SIL's but we're both gonna leave at 4pm & meet at the park (half way) so at least at about 3pm I can feed E her dinner, bath her & give her a bottle so she's not winging at SIL's. I'd luv to go for a walk now, I need a tan lol & it's a beautiful day for it!

Mel - I luv dreamworld! Dh & I met there lol.

Have a good day x

[melannh]

Sheree - Ellery and A are similar in many ways. I thought that when you updated you avatar. Funny hey!!!!!

Carrie - hope your DH has a nice birthday tomorrow and the card turns out super nice!
We're looking forward to dreamworld. I haven't been in years.... As you met your DH there, it would always be a special place for you!

Emma - hope you're feeling ok. Sounds like you far from 100%. What a nice sissy to come and help you out like that. Sometimes you just need a hand hey. Hope you are better real soon.
You are right too - Ellery LOVES her food!!:yes:

We just went for a long walk. E fell asleep on the way home - so i took my time, but she's now waking in her pram. (DOH!) Its quite warm out there in the sun, but nice day for walking I guess.

She has been pretty good this morning - her teeth have been giving her a really hard time. Poor little thing.....

DP is having from Wednesday, Thurs, Friday off this week to do some stuff around the house. My sister and friend are coming down thursday to give him a hand in the yard. I'm not able to do what i did before having E - mainly due to being restricted with lifting (RE: Caesar) and also, E takes up alot of time and I can't really get into anything much. So - although he'll be busy doing things - it will be nice to have him around a bit more this week. It will also be good to have the gardens etc. a bit neater and nicer.....

[Bambaloo]

Hi girls

WHERE IS EVERYONE TODAY??

Mel - That's good your dh can have a few days off. Do you still have trouble lifting heavy things? I had a caesar but can't say I lift heavy things except Ella and the pram!

Emma - Are you feeling better?

Nic - How was your first day back at work? I was expecting to see you on here all day Lol.

My nappies arrived at Darlingsdownunder Fri arvo so I should get them any day!! They were waiting on the white (I got pink, white & green).

Dying to get my others soon too!!!!!!! Today is the first day I used towelling nappies exclusively all day long.

Didn't end up going for a walk as my niece came home from Kindy complaining of feeling sick. I was going to go anyway as Ella had timed things beautifully - she woke at 3pm, I gave her cereal & fruit, bathed her & was about to give her a bottle & leave when I got the text. I thought I'd go anyway then E spewed all over me & it went right through my top so I had a shower & put my pj's on at like 4pm instead!

After putting dh's shoes in a gift bag he arrived home early & opened them because I won't see him in the morning before he leaves. He didn't even know his shoe size & I guessed a 10 (he guessed a 9) and they are perfect! And he luvs them.

Am making a choc cake (well 2 actually) for tomorrow night & invited his dad & his 'other' family, BIL & SIL & nphew, BIL, Sil & niece over after dinner to have cake.

Good thing I did all my cleaning today. I have MG tomorrow but will make sure I leave by 12.30-1pm (early!) to come home & make the cake, vacuum quickly, do bottles, get Ella organised etc & put our roast dinner on.

Hope everyone is well.

Luv me xxx

[Bambaloo]

Sheree - beautiful photos! A is so rolly polly!

You know the tune to Frera Jaqua (sp??) lol?

I sing this to E to that tune:

Ella Barker
Ella Barker
You're too cute
You're too cute
With your baby blue eyes
And your rolly polly thighs
Ella Barker
Ella Barker

Also sometimes sung with Ella Bella. LOL.

[Elmopalooza]

Heheh Cute song Carrie!

Mel - Enjoy having DH home and him doing the things that need to be done. Ellery looks so cute with the pumpkin all over her lol!

Emma - You poor thing. I hope you are feeling better soon. That was very nice of you sister to take the day off to come and help you out

I went and saw Sheree and her girls today. Amity and M & D had a blast playing together and Aalivyah and Griffin had a play too lol. I took a couple of pics on my mobile so i will upload them to my computer later.

Thanks for today Sheree, we had a really good time (sorry bout Amity's tanty just before we left!)

ETA: oh yeah and just in case any of you are interested, the new Ikea catalogue is online.

[melannh]

Carrie - I am doing pretty well after the caesar - but I was a real "goer" before it - and the things that i'd like to do probably aren't too smart after it (eg. paving, re-planting large plants, concreting). All the good stuff. ha ha. I don't get many twinges, but must admit - the heaviest thing I probably lift is E, the pram and the washing and stuff. I tried to move a pot plant the other week - and although it didn't exactly hurt - it just didn't feel right. Hence my hesitation with doing anything overly heavy....
I sing Frera Jaqa as well to Ellery. I come from a musical family (sing and piano - amongst other instruments) so she is use to hearing alot of music..... I have to sharpen up on my nursery rhymes though - can't remember the words to half of them.. lol

Hope the chocolate cakes turn out well... I am sure they'll be a hit!!!

Lana - glad you had a good time over at Sheree's. Sounds like the kids had a good time playing and interacting with one another.
I am looking forward to DP being home, and I think once he has tackled a few of the yukky jobs around the place - he'll feel heaps better too..... :)

Our day was alright. Went for a longer walk today which Ellery enjoyed. She went to sleep on the way home - but turned ferral around 4pm. Her teeth are still bothering her big time - and I think she got really hot this afternoon.. Had a couple of :barf: amongst crying and being somewhat annoying. I managed to passify her by taking her outside and looking at the birds etc..... She was super cranky though. We showered her - gave her a bottle and she was dead asleep by 6pm... Hope she doesn't get up through the night, but she's been wonderful for the last 2 months or more - so hoping it doesn't change any time soon.

Forgot to tell eveyone - ELLERY IS ROLLING AGAIN. The latest is doing it really quickly from her back to her tummy - which at times isn't great, as she has food in her tummy - hence the chucks... But she thinks she is very clever and laughs. She only started doing it again (after about 4 weeks) on the weekend.:smiliedance:

Thanks for all of your nice comments on the pics. She does love her food - but also likes to make a real mess (as you can see from the amount of pot and pumpkin on her face!!!)

[AquaDevil78]

:wave: Girls,

I have not had the internet for just under a week as we where changing Isp's and took friggen for ever. Anyway all done now.

I haven't had a chance to read and/or catch up properly. So i apoligise for the not so personal post.

Shez, thanks for the heads up on your Shampoo hehe. :thumbsup:

Guess what... Antonio says MUMMA!!!! I kid you not .. at first i thought it was a flook (sp?) but he definately say mumma and looks for me! YAY for first word. :yelclap::smiliedance: Daddy is so jealous LOL.

Solids are going well for A, he has had chicken, beef, tuna and yoghurt, avocado as well as his usual veges, and loves everything he eats so far (touchwood). I also tried him on some Belamey's organic porridge for babys and he loves that too. No spewing either.

All home made (i'm actually loving making his food).

His Bottom teeth are almost all the way out, just a little bit to go.. will take a pic in a min while he is having a quick snooze.

He is still rolling, and rolls ALL over the house now, today he rolled from the lounge to his room.


Sitting, not yet doing it, i keep showing him/holding him up, but he is more interested in pushing himself backwards, and has only managed a minute max on one occassion.... should i be worried?


Think that is it, oh and he has already grown out of the 00's i brought him about a month ago. DOH! He even put a toe through one of the growsuits. Hee hee.

Anyway must go, sorry for the me post. xoxo

ETA: Will also take a video on my mobile next time he says mumma and post it here

[Elmopalooza]

Mel - From what you have said i think it is a very wise move re not lifting anything overly heavy just yet. Better to be safe than sorry i say!

I also come from a very musical family. I was accepted into a music scholarship for high school. My scholarship instrument was the bassoon but i can also play the clarinet, oboe , sax (just a little) and the piano (just a little). if you want to know any words for the nursery rhymes just let me know!

Vicki - Wow! Yay for Antonio saying "mumma" ! What a clever little fella (and especially for saying that rather than dada lol) Dont be worried that he isnt sitting up yet. The age they sit unassisted varies a lot with a lot of babies learning to crawl first (crawling is actually a really important part of their development and motor skills)

Woohoo, Californication is on tonight... Anyone else watch that last week? I thought is was hilarious!

[library-laksa]

must be quick, gotta fold the washing before Harps wakes up. i gave him some dymadon as his mouth has been giving him grief and he has barely slept all day!

Lana i didnt see it last week but i watched the repeat last night and thought it was good, will watch tonight for sure.

Vickie i think Antonio is very advanced. poor old Harper, he doesnt do anything much lol. nah, his fine motor skills have gotten so good, its the big movements he can't be bothered with :laughing:

it was such a nice day in perth today, really warm. i am hanging for summer!!

[defaipe]

lana hehe re amity. thats what kids do best. they kids played so well today!! i had M & D asleep before 7 tonight :yelclap: i wouldnt let M have a day nap.. geez she went feral for a while hahahaha D only slept for 50mins or so. so they had a bath at 3. well D & A did, M was lying on her bed screaming 'nanny'. she mustve thought she could hear her:rolleyes: haha(actually she prob did, along with the rest of the street!)
amity & griff are gorgeous! i still cant get over how well griffy moves about. clever little man!
OH and i must say!! i am SOOOOOOOOOOO comfy!! thanx heaps lana! i love my new chair :D
here's some pics from today..
lana, aalivyah & griffin http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub058Small.jpg
griffin http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub057Small.jpg
lana & griff (ergo)
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub061Small.jpg
D, M & Amity
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub054Small.jpg
and heres a cute one of my 3 from the other day. http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p175/Shezi26/bub007Small.jpg

the weather was great hey michaela!
i watched the repeat of californication last night too. will def be watching it tonight.. the look on his face when he found out it was his daughters step sister was hilarious.

carrie how was it with ella in cloth all day? haha jammies at 4pm. i love those days! and YUM chocolate cake!

vickie.. i wouldnt worry at all about A. my little one still wont roll again.. & no where near sitting. she wont take solids either. so if im not worried about my A then theres no way you should be worried about your A lol. well done to the little guy saying mumma!! Aalivyah said mummum a couple of times but has switched to dadda.. atleast she said mum first!! haha

[Elmopalooza]

Sheree no worries at all! As i said, im glad i was able to give to you someone that needed one. I love the photos! That one of your 3 girls is gorgeous!

Here are the pics i took on my mobile today (they are a bit crappy though, sorry)

Amity and M (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image009.jpg)
M on her own (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image010.jpg)
Amity (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image013.jpg)
Griff and Aalivyah (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image019.jpg)
Aalivyah (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image022.jpg)
Griff (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Image023.jpg)

After trying on Sheree's Ergo i SOOOO want one! I couldnt even feel Griff's weight! (i know you ladies did tell me that but i was skeptical lol) I think i might just get one hehehehe

[defaipe]

haha i didnt even realise you'd taken all those pics!
yep love the ergo :D after seeing how griff sat with you i took A to the shops with it this arvo and worked it all out. she sits heaps better. i had been putting the waist strap too low i think.. its much comfier now!

michaela i think i could breastfeed in the ergo.. might take some boob manipulation but i think it'd work:laughing: i'll give it a go tomorrow!

[Elmopalooza]

Sheree this is the Limited Edition Ergo i was talking about.... i so badly want it!! http://ittibitti.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=784&zenid=8762251b9308341b21c4bb2ceed2a606

[library-laksa]

Lana very nice ergo! get it get it! we will have a little ergo club soon :) will have to get a pic of you+Griff, me+Harps, Sheree+Aalivyah in the ergos.

why am i still on the computer? going to be tired tomorrow, i have to get up early and take the diabetic cat to the vet for a glucose testing thing. more $$$$...

[melannh]

Vicki - yeah for A saying Mumma.... Lucky thing. I thought E said it the other day - but think it was more a fluke than anything..... She just started rolling from her back to her tummy - no sitting yet either.....

Lana - family of musical people hey? My mum is/was an opera singer. Could have travelled o'seas in her younger years - but wanted children so stayed amatuer... I went to the QLD Conservatorium - but wasn't my scene. I could sing alot better than i do (classical style) but not enough practice and too many bad habits.. ha ha.... I play the piano and in younger years played clarinet and flute. I always wanted to play sax!!!! I am not the best sight reader - do alot of it by ear (you know what i mean) but i get there... Sight singing is fine - just the piano is easier by listening then working it out.....
I've done amateur theatre work - Les Mis, Gilbert & Sullivan, Jesus Christ super star - all loval amateur stuff - but i haven't gotten into anything on the coast. I sing in a large choir from my home town (Mum is deputy conductress - choir of about 110) and it is based on more classical style (you know - things like madrigals, sacreds - BIG SINGS) and we sing with the army band alot.... I love the singing - but am completely over the politics and *****iness of the scene.... Once out of it - hard to get back into it all i think.
In younger years - did alot of solo work for weddings and alike - also sang the national anthem at the Bronco's and the drags out at willowbank - stuff like that... Haven't done that in a while though.. ha ha

Love the photos of the kids... They look like they're having a wonderful time. Griffin looks like he's growing fine - so cute!!

Sheree - let us know if you work out the breast feeding in the ergo... Some manipulation may be required - but i am sure you can work it out... ha ha

We have an early start today. Got chiro appointment - then visiting MIL before she goes back home. She is at the SIL's at the moment. Hope she's ok - she wasn't really looking forward to it, as she will probably be bored.. ha ha.. Not much else planned - but have to go to a grocery store (yuk) and pick up a few things.

I think rain is suppose to come in today - so hope it doesn't get too dreary......

[melannh]

I know you're all probably sick of looking at pictures of Ellery - but these were too cute.

This one looks like "Don't Bother Me - I am busy!" ha ha
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01540.jpg

This was after one of her first rolls from back to tummy!
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01535.jpg

[defaipe]

lana the ergo looks gorgeous! dunno about doing a pre order tho coz they can charge you what they like.

will be back later.. kids are being silly with their cereal:rolleyes:

[BlueGin]

Mel- sick of photos? Never!!! LOL, nothing better than looking at a picture of a March Piglet :D
Great to see so many new photos of everyone's kidlets, it's easier to see the development when I see all yours, and makes me realise how much Kes is growing!

Lana-I love Amity's top (on the day out with Shezi), very cute. I've forgotten when you're coming over, is it this month?

Very cool Ergo photos ladies, I think it would make an ideal second carrier for us, for little bits and pieces around the house where I don't want to fold and tie the HAB! I do love the HAB for walking, as he needs to be well covered and hidden to sleep when out, but that Ergo looks fantabulous too!

Last night DH suggested a bit Kitchen/lounge cleanup as it just gets too much for me with Kes giving up all signs of day naps, took us a long time but it looks and feels great (all those nooks and crannies cleaned out, even the inside of the fan!) and was fun to spend so long together without a computer between us, LOL
At one point in the conversation I said "well it is my birthday in less than a fortnight (the 14th ;) ) and he actually said "you're sh!tting me!?!?" A right charmer eh girls? :rolleyes: LOL So I can imagine he'll be panicking now, I just said "yep, not long to organise feet and hand prints!" (I have given up just hinting, tried that for Mother's Day :thumbsdown: now I have flat out told him I want a foot and hand print card from Kes like he got on his birthday.

Sarah, I hope you're a bit better sweetheart, and that this sun clears out the nasty germs!

Kel-E sounds like such a cutey, you must laugh so much at those kinds of comments!

AD-awesome boy you have there, good on him for making the effort of saying "mumma" first! As for not sitting, in some cases I've heard it can be good, as some kids once they learn to sit have trouble crawling, there's a kid in MG like this, he screams when other kids crawl away but can't seem to do anything but sit!

I have a very Jolly Jumper on my hands, he is a total classic, didn't do too much for the first few goes, but yesterday he went nuts, really really loves it, so thanks to you all (especially the wee toadlet) for recommending it!

Trying to come online more often (and post as well as read), I get a bit caught up with cleaning and eating when I get a moment these days, anyone else have a non-day napper? Still getting great night sleeps, so I should just count my blessings!

XG

[M2B]

Hi Ladies!

Hope you are all well, I am at work 2nd day today and it's crazy and so hard. Quickly uploaded a few pics, hope they worked if not can someone please let me know how to do it right!

Luv nic and madi

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[library-laksa]

Sarah!! are you feeling better? we miss you!

i've just uploaded some new piccies (love all the photos, ladies, keep 'em coming!)

Sleepy bear (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/07082501Bearsuit.jpg)
Food face (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/07090305.jpg)

[Little_Toad]

LL. harper is very cute, does he look more like you now?

Aalyvea and Ellery are super "cuddly" and pretty little girls.

lana! Is that your Ego or did you try Shezi's? Do you love it?

Jealous you girls get to meet up.

Come on Sydney girls! Get your act into gear.

I cant believe the babies are talking!!!
Monty hardly makes any noise other than high pitched squeals (thanks for the embarresing train trip yesterday Toadlet).

No sitting for toadlet yet either.
He's been unbelievably smiley and giggly too.

I bought my dad a Hornby train set to start the Toadlet and Grandpa train extrevaganza. I'm addicted too! My Dad gets here on Sunday. Also found out the Goose (my mother) is coming to see him too the weekend after. Probably after more $.

BG. I KNEW Kes would love the Jumper. How could he not!

I'm back into climbing again, feeling very motivated and competitive. I was still going twice a week but got a little nervy after someone lowered me very quickly.

Get bettter soon Emma!

Ok picture time.

Love this one (http://www.flickr.com/photos/7918637@N06/1302538707/)that Frogt took.

This top picture (http://www.bizztools.net/misc/fathersday2007.jpg) is what Frog saw when he came into Toadlets room on Fathers day.

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Ooh I just love all the piccies. All the bubs are so cute & growing so quick.

Here's a few of our boys:

In the jolly jumper at Mum & Dads at Chinchilla (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Matthew%20James/JollyJumperatChinchilla.jpg)
Ryan & Dad on the tractor at Chinchilla (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Ryan%20Jacob/RyanPapaontractor.jpg)
Ryan loves his puppy - Sega (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Matthew%20James/MatthewandSega.jpg)
In fact its all just so much fun.... (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Matthew%20James/Matthewhavingsomuchfun.jpg)

Matt is still not sleeping well during the night and has come down with another cough. Bumma!

Still struggling with solids and even having trouble getting his feeds into him now but he is very happy and looks quite healthy so I'm not overly concerned yet, just tired.

Sorry for no personals but I have only just managed to catch up on all your goss and look at all the lovely photos.

Dribble monster is awake and I must get to the shops for some food - the cupboard is bare :eek:.

Caio.

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Nearly forgot - here's the fathers day card we made DH

card piccy (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Matthew%20James/FathersDayCard.jpg)

[kel2boys]

Hi girls:wave:

That trip to the zoo you WA girls are talking about sound fab. Wish we could come...

Emma Are you feeling better today? Hope it's only a 24 hr bug.

Carrie Have fun tonight, enjoy your yummy cakes, hope dh has a good b'day..

Vicki How exciting to Antonio saying 'mumma'. I can imagine dh jealous as they do usually say dadda first..N doesn't even make a mm mm sound yet, so it might a while away for us.

Sheree & Lana The photos of all the kiddies are very cute, it's good they all get on well together. Lana, I do like that ergo, cool funky colours. I'm now tempted to look more into buying one too haha especially after everyone's photo's and chats about them.

Mel Sounds like you were a bit of singer in your day. Must have been exciting to sing at the Bronco's and at Willowbank. Did you get nervous...omg I would have been weak at the knees. Cute photos of Ellery, she must love the camera (or does mummy?)haha

Bluegin N loves his jolly jumper too, he also takes a bit to get going and then he realises what his chubby legs are doing and then he goes off, lots of fun to watch...

Nic I see a new aviator, very cute Madi with her big bright eyes. All your other photos cute too. On my computer they came out small size, still could see them though..Hope you settling back into work well, I bet you just can't wait to get home and see M at the end of the day (dh aswell lol)

LL Photos of Harper are just precious, gotta love those big innocent blue eyes...

Hollie I did notice you not around as much in the last few days, must be busy getting ready for your dad to arrive, how exciting for you and for your dad to see M for the first time. Great photos of M, is that him standing up in his cot? Also have to say thanks cause I found a thread you made in the 'How to' section and now I know how to read all the previous threads or posts (whatever they are called) and reply at the same time.:thumbsup:

Also ladies I am a little curious about the mcn, I think thats what you call them. I did have a look at the ittibitti site and like what I see.
Q:What sites do you recommend to have a look at a larger range?
Q:What's the best material I should look for? Is it bamboo or hemp???
Q:Is it better to get ones that don't need a cover?
Please tell me the one's you have used and recommend...
DH gives it the thumbs up so it might be time to go shopping...:yes: :D

I hope I got everyone's name right, first time for one of those long reply's..............

[library-laksa]

Q:What sites do you recommend to have a look at a larger range?
Q:What's the best material I should look for? Is it bamboo or hemp???
Q:Is it better to get ones that don't need a cover?
Please tell me the one's you have used and recommend...
DH gives it the thumbs up so it might be time to go shopping...:yes: :D
head over to the cloth nappy discussion thread (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=288)for LOTS of info and advice. i will answer your questions tho, as some people may have guessed, i am obsessed! :laughing:

there is a bubhub directory of mcn shops. my faves are darlings downunder, the wee wuns, baby soft landings and nurture nappies.

bamboo is a bit more absorbant than hemp but they are both great. i like to add a microfibre booster.

we arent too keen on nappies that require a separate cover (except for night when baby beehinds rock). Al refuses to use fitted+cover nappies. we mainly have pocket nappies and AIOs (all-in-ones).

my main recommendation would be TRIAL PACKS - i have the greenkids and baby beehinds ones and they are great and save money. good way to test different kinds. MCNs have excellent resale value 2nd-hand so if you buy something that doesnt suit you could sell or swap it...

can you sew? pocket nappies are easy to make.

if you want to PM me your email address, i will send you some info i did up for my cousin with pricings, my fave brands etc etc.

[BlueGin]

You're so right Hollie, how could he not eh?
Here he is hamming it up (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Edmund1/crazedjumper.jpg) and here he is casually chewing a fist (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Edmund1/airtime.jpg) while he gets some serious air!

I thougth (great minds think alike Kel!) that when I hadn't seen you around that your Dad might already be here, they are going to have so much fun with those trains! Toadlet is looking so so gorgeous, but so grown up too! I gave a little *gasp* when I saw those pictures!

Michaela-I love that sleepy face one, b-e-a-utiful!

Nic-they came out tiny on my computer, and the links looked a bit funny... not sure why though mate!

Kellie-I love my Baby Beehinds, but I don't have a lot of experience with the different types, ozclothnappies is a great site for info though, as is the cloth section of this forum!

Wow, just back after cleaning up the biggest power chuck I've ever seen, it's only his 2nd feed for today (the 1st was just a snack) so I think his tummy got too full! He is happy though, so I guess all is well.

*EDIT:Sharon, wonderful photos, I love the card! Lucky Dad there!

[Bambaloo]

Hey everyone

Weird weather here - rainy again but it was warm this morning now cold again.

Meat balls went down a treat at MG & I took sweet chilli sauce to go with. Dave finished work just after 12 & he and his mate have gone fishing (surprise surprise!). But it's his b'day so couldn't say no lol. Except he said just over an hour & it's been over 2!

Made cake & patty cakes this morning. Patty cakes are sh!t & chucked them out as didn't rise, burned on outside & weren't cooked well in middle - our oven is sh!t! Cake is only a couple of cm's high as didn't rise to the occasion. I will still ice soon & we will go to Woollies to get a white mudcake (contrast) and a bag of chips to munch on. And sugar cos I used it all. At least they don't drink tea & coffee but I want a coffee!

Lana - Sounds like you had a lovely time at Sheree's. Can't wait to see the pics.

Mel - Wow you were quite the handy-woman! I know what you mean. I sometimes get strange stinging down there for a few secs. We are also from a musical family, on my side anyway. Drums/percussion, guitar, all recorders, flute, singing, my bro's band, we even used to be in the Recorder Marching Band at primary school & my mum ended up teaching it lol. I too have to sharpen up on nursery rhymes. Dad put my playschool record on the other day & ah ... it brought back memories! Lol. I love the song Mr Clickety Cane by Peter Combes. And Newspaper Mumma.

Congrats Ellery on rolling once again! E isn't however this morning I put her down for a nap while I baked & she was winging & making noises like normal & I ignored her til it went quiet then went to check she'd gone to sleep ... I found her up the end of her cot lying across the cot with her bunny on her face. So cute. I took some pics, she opened her eyes but didn't budge lol.

AD - Wow that's so cool that A said Mumma first!!! I have been trying to drill it into Ella lol. "Mumum, dada, bububub'. I'm jealous! Sounds like he is very good on solids. You are adventurous & basically not lazy like me! HAHA. Does he like tuna?

Shezi - Great pics! Is that your new outdoor setting? Where were the pics of you & Lana together?!

Lana - You look fab & my lil sis would be impressed with Amity's handbags shirt! Lol. How did you find the Ergo? Tried looking at your pics too ubt froze my computer.

The kids look so beautiful. Bet Griff got a lot of attn being the only boy too!

Mel - (again) Wow you were musical! I prob saw you sing it at the Winternationals lol.

Dave is such a piece of pooh! He just called me asking him to pick him up. I thought they were just going to creek down the road & they did but he went back to his mate's (15 or 20 mins from here) as he doesn't have a license & Dave was driving his ute before. I told him to wait tli E wakes up as she's just gone to sleep maybe 10-20 mins ago. How annoying. He must've caught a fish tho as he asked if I wanted that or the roast we were having originally & I said the roast since we had a fish last night too.

I have Wife & Kids on & I just luv that show! Cracks me up. We call the father Black Rob cos he looks like my godfather, Rob but a black version lol. Must be the personalities, the baldness, the expressions. LOL.

Gin - I hope you get your foot/handprint card! Men are hopeless aren't they! I put E in a JJ at MG today but just stood there lol. Just hung about!

Nic, LL & LT - Will have a look at the pics next time as have to get going.

Kellie - I am brand new to MCN's too but at the nappy party she said Bamboo & Hemp are both great but Bamboo is more absorbant but hemp dries quicker. I ordered a part-time pack from them (Baby Beehinds) (see website) plus 2 magic-alls (All in ones), 2 pul covers, 1 wool soaker for night time & 1 bamboo booster for night time. I have 2 pocked nappies from bumgenius on the way & should hopefully arrive tomorrow. Michaela has been a great help, so has Hollie. I'm addicted & haven't even received any yet! Lol. So far I have spent $400!!

Have to go get dave now. It's freezing now!

Hope my icing turns out better than my cake did! Lol.

Have a good night all xxx

[melannh]

Carrie - You officially get the winner of the longest post for a while.. lol.... Us 'muso's' have to stick together. Glad I am not the only musical one on here - there seems to be a few of us. The weather here has turned dreary too. I went through a shower when coming home that was so heavy - I could hardly see with the wipers going full-ball.... Didn't last long - but it seems like the rain is set in for a little while at least. Back to winter clothes again after having Ellery in summer clothes all day yesterday. Like Melbourne weather here - attention southerners!!! ha ha - you can have your 4 seasons in one day back!!!!!
Also glad I am not the only one after a c/s that still has some 'minor' things going on..... I am feeling really good though (thank god)....

Shame about the cakes that they didn't rise. That would REALLY annoy me too!!! :banghead:

Kellie - I haven't tried mcn's. I think I am just too damn lazy.. ha ha... But everyone says how great they are. Hope you find a suitable type..... How are those 2 wonderful boys treating you? Hope they're doing well.... Was great to see the pics of Noah the other day.
About the singing - I was really into it - mainly through mum... But, once you're out of the scene hard to get the dedication back. I did get nervous - more at the Bronco's game, as it was one of their largest crowds (53,000 i think) and i was worried there would be lots of feedback from the microphone - but I sang well.. Hardly no-one listens... ha ha...... But, my mum was proud (as all mothers are... lol) I think the general public enjoy more modern singers (understandable) but the national anthem is the national anthem - and if sung bad it sounds just awful.... I think I did alright - had alot of nice comments and feedback at the time.....:thumbsup:

R&Ms Mum - sorry to hear you're having trouble with Matthew and his solids.... Ellery isn't overly fussed with the bottle at the moment - I put it down to her gums being sore with her teeth.... She use to drink 4 full bottles per day (180ml each) and she is lucky to have 1 fullone per day then about 110ml the others... She is eating her solids though and I tried her on banana and avocado this afternoon. The first spoon full she just looked at me - but then ate the rest... No Chucks either - so mustn't have been too bad....

LittleToad - glad you are getting back into the climbing. Great to do something for yourself. Sounds like your getting geared up for Grandads visit - train sets and all... How exciting..... Sorry to hear you're not as enthusiastic about your mums visit though. Hope that goes ok....

M2B - looked at the pics and they were quite small on my screen too - but I could still see beautiful Madi.... Such a cutey!!!! Hope work went ok for the 2nd day.

our day has gone quite well. Ellery slept alot (for her) and i think its due to the wet and dreary weather. We went and visited my MIL as she heads home again soon... Then I had to do some errands and thankfully E slept most of the time..... She hasn't been as irritable today (thankfully) as DP just phoned and he's been held up at work..... Won't be too late though.

I am making a chicken dish tonight for dinner. It's really easy - chuck everything in a dish (chicken, potato, onion and tin of cream of chicken soup) and anything else thats tasty - and throw it in the oven.... YEAH

Hope you're all well and chat soon. E's getting sick of watching me type.....

[sunflower]

Hey Guys!!

Love all the photos...such beautiful babies, we all must be such a goodlooking bunch ...LOL :D

has anyones bubba's had an ear infection?? Owen has had one since last week, he finished he's antibiotics yeaterday but he has been screaming all afternoon I'm at my wits end and alone, DH is away for work he left yesterday.
I ended up giving O a bath and bottle and putting him to bed at 5pm, thankgod he went to sleep drinking the bottle!
Do you think something else could be up with him?? or that it has gotten worse?? I'm thinking about taking him back to the Dr tomorrow. I'm dreading him waking up tonight he's been waking up screaming the last couple of nights I'm finding it really hard to deal with, He's always been such an easy going happy baby and really easy to look after, i'm just not used to it I WANT MY BABY BACK!!!.......sorry guys just needed to talk to someone

[BlueGin]

you poor thing! It sounds like a good idea to take him back for a checkup, sometimes these things are hard to shake. I wouldn't be surprised if it's just that he's rundown from the infection so maybe some residual pain is giving him the irrites? Never can be too careful with ears though!

Carrie-I love that show! Always a laugh. I hope Dave makes up for the long fishing trip by being extra nice tonight, and happy birthday to him!
Cakes can be such heartbreakers, especially when you know it's because you have a stupid stinking oven. I have a good one now, but have dealt with some shockers over the years. It does remind me though, here's a pic of that chocolate extravaganze cake (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Edmund1/fieldscake.jpg) for my bro (sorry Carrie, insensitive of me to post it now, but you reminded me! ROFL :p )

Mel/Lana- I played clarinet from grade 4, but never practiced, hehe, couldn't stand scales! I do however like to pull it out every so often for a play.
Mel-I am still a tad cautious of lifting much as I get niggling pains in the scar.

Shocking AF pains today, you still getting those Shezi?

[melannh]

Sunflower - I definately recommend you go back to the Dr. Sounds like Owen is far from himself and although Ellery hasn't had an ear infection - it something I always worry she will get. Her teeth have been coming for AGES now, and still are yet to break through. I hope you have a better night though - would be terribly hard on your own.... Hope O sleeps well through the night and then you will have more energy to battle through tomorrow. You take care....

Bluegin - love the cake.... Very special indeed - I don't think I have the patience to make a cake look that good.. ha ha.....
Another musical person - the clarinet is often something many start up in primary school. I haven't played one in years - I would most likely make that horrid squeek sound now if I tried.... I have a piano though - but haven't really played since having E - so it could be mighty scary when i do. I was lucky - always good at scales on the piano.... That wasn't through practice either - pure luck...:thumbsup:

Ellery is asleep now. She wasn't as horrid this afternoon as she actually had a sleep!! (look out) DP got to play with her too which was nice for him - as the past week she's been irratable when he gets home and it is all too hard for her.... Hopefully she'll have a good day tomorrow also.
Seems the weather is going to continue to be wet here for a few more days.... DP wanted to get the gardens done - but might have to wait. The wind (although nowhere near as bad as a week ago) is whistling around a bit... Not great outdoors weather that's for sure.

I was quite industrious this afternoon - put on the chicken and made up vegies for E - got them all organised and in the freezer.. WOW. She didn't let me get anything done yesterday - so I feel much better now......

[Little_Toad]

Sunflower.. I'm having one of those days too.
Monty is being a squealing turdlet and not sure what the reason is. Can't see any new teeth and no ear infection here.

I had was on my way to meet another bubhubber and had to come home cause he was being such a monster.

[library-laksa]

poor Owen and Monty, hope they both feel better soon...

Gin i am drooling over that cake! YUMMMM!

went to the clinic today for Harper's 6 month weigh-in (-2 days), he is 7.74kg and 68cm. he's pretty light compared to most of the boys in our group, hey? he doesnt look skinny tho. quite lean, i spose. i had to laugh the other day - i put a disposable on him coz he was a bit red and i didnt want bum cream on my mcns (and i had a couple in the drawer from when we went to rottnest). anyway he had NO A$$! so funny. i had to try 3 pairs of pants to find one that didnt fall off. he felt weird too, nothing for me to grab onto :laughing:

i'm so bored today but no motivation to do anything except play with my little man and on the laptop. Al's home tomorrow night so i will clean the house tomorrow - gotta put on an appearance of being a good housewife hahaha!

gotta go pick up my cat soon, he had a "blood glucose curve" done. hopefully they will say he can eat more normal food, the special diet costs heaps more than the insulin!

cv0jmnuh bxc j nkjcc qWfgvh nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
thats a message from Harps to his march bubby mates :)

ok time for a butt change and put some warm clothes on him to go down the vet. it was SO WARM here yesterday and today was miserable. better not rain on thurs, we are hanging to have our zoo outing on H's half-birthday.

back later, i'm sure... No-Life Laksa

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Mel/Lana/Gin - can't say that I am a musical person but I love singing to my kids and they seem to love it too (at least they don't know that I am really bad). I also played the viola for a couple of years in primary school before moving onto the base clarinet which I played for 4 years. Always wished I had done the sax instead. Still I wouldn't really call us musical - maybe just musical wannabes.

I made up this song to get Ryan on his back for nappies - based on the song "hit the road jack" or whatever its called:

On your back Jack,
Don't give me no cheek
no more, no more, no more no more
on your back jack
don't give me no cheek no more.....

Of course it involves lots of tickling and mucking about and he just thinks its so funny.

Hollie - Can't imagine you nervy about anything so it must have been quite a scare you had at climbing. Glad you are back on track. Hope Monty settles down for you. His teeth might be moving in his gums? Who knows but sometimes it helps to have some reason for their cr@ppy behaviour.

Gin - that cake looks wicked!!!

Sunflower - its no fun when you are alone. There are a few of us here with travelling partners (my DH has just left this morning and will be back on Sat) and we know how hard it can be. Cross fingers he sleeps well tonight. I would also be taking O back to the doc tomorrow - the bugs seem to stubborn you may just need another course of antibiotics.

Mel - I had some success with some apple custard tonight. He ate probably about 4 or 5 small mouthfuls but still only drank about 100-120mls. I guess I will just have to persevere.

LL - Love the message from Harps! It must have been funny having no bum to hang onto.... Thats one thing I have noticed with the cloth bums - how do you get clothes to fit? I guess the good ole bonds wondersuits are out?

Gotta go - really need to go to bed but waiting on the dryer which has my gym clothes in. They say not to tumble dry but I am desperate as I need them tomoz. Hope they don't get wrecked which is why I am up this ridiculously late to check on them. :o

PS - Brissie and Gold coast girls: I gotta apologise for the rain. Our landscaping which started but has been on hold for months (with no backyard for Ryan which has been giving me the sh1ts) started again today.... I always said when they were half way thru digging the pool that the drought would break. Well the pool is not yet started but the digger was here to dig holes for a retaining wall..... :laughing:

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Okay - dryer still going so thought I would finally post a piccy of Ryan's birthday cake I made back in June....

Thomas Cake... (http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/sne-24/Ryan%20Jacob/Thomascakeresized.jpg)

Ryan had seen the square cake I baked but then the finished product was a surprise. When he saw it at the party he came running to find me (unprompted) and said "Mummy I love what you did with the square cake to make my Thomas cake...". He was so excited it made the effort so worth it.

[library-laksa]

LL - Love the message from Harps! It must have been funny having no bum to hang onto.... Thats one thing I have noticed with the cloth bums - how do you get clothes to fit? I guess the good ole bonds wondersuits are out?
haha, nah they're ok. he is in 00 for most pants, he is quite lean so its just the nappy and i choose his trimmer nappies for trimmer pants. most of his suits are 00 too. wondersuits he did go up a size before other suits but everyone says they are small sizing.
great thomas cake :thumbsup: my brother recently split with gf of 6+ years, she made great cakes and i was going to see if she could do one for the naming day. not now, i guess!! oh well.

Al's home tomorrow! :smiliedance:

[Elmopalooza]

Mel - Wow! Sure sounds like you are a great muso! My mum is like you and does most of her music by ear (it actually takes a lot of talent to do it that way). I am the only one in my immediate family that can read music though.

lana the ergo looks gorgeous! dunno about doing a pre order tho coz they can charge you what they like.


Yeah thats what i was worried about too. I emailed the american company and asked if they would post to Australia but they havent gotten back to me yet.

has anyones bubba's had an ear infection??
Do you think something else could be up with him?? or that it has gotten worse??

It could be that the anti biotics didnt fully clear the infection up OR it could also be that he is getting referred pain in his ears from his teeth. (actually, the infection could be because of teething. A fair few babies get that.)

Hollie - Dont worry, Griff only squeals like a girl too! No unfortunately its not my Ergo its Sheree's but i do really want to get one. All i have to do now is convince Sam :rolleyes:

Did Monty pull himself up in his cot?? That is amazing. He is so strong (like his daddy lol)

Michaela - How is your cat? Is he/she able to go back on normal food now? Love the pics of Harps, looks like he is enjoying his tucker!

Gin - Wow look at that cake! Well done. Still not even sure if i will be coming over as Sam is waiting to find out what is happening with work BUT if he chooses a different project i might still try and come for a bit. I want to come on my own though.

All the photos are gorgeous ladies! I love nothing more than coming on here and seeing how much all the different bubs are growing.

Sorry i havent done more personals. I had heaps of reading to do this arvo and then when i was about to reply all the craft girls showed up as it was at my house tonight.

[melannh]

R&MsMUM- Love the words to "hit the road Jack"... Might steal those ones as Ellery has just started, in the last day, being very annoying whilst changing nappies. She sort of lies on her side - kicking her legs all about and won't roll back. Hence, the nappies are a bit all over the place...Also, she managed to plant her foot in poo twice yesterday. I try to be super quick - but she is SO WRIGGLEY - I am sure I'll get better as I get use to her moving so much... Pretty gross - but funny in ways too.. She just laughs!!!!
Her poos are alot muckier with the solids shes having.... DP still coughs and dry-reches when he changes super gross nappies. It makes me laugh so hard... I am sure I'll find him changing a nappy with a mask on one day. Now, that'll be hillarious!
You sound like you certainly had some musical talent there!! I am sure if you picked up one of the instruments you played in primary school - you would be able to make a decent tune!

Love the cake. another talented cook on here hey.... My DP would be better at icing a cake like that - he has the patience and a really steady hand - if I did something like that, it would probably look like a Thoma Wanna-Be!!!

Michaela - Harper sounds lean, but thats fine. E's into 00's - but she's a cubby bubby....
I am sure you're looking forward to Al's return today....:smiliedance: Hope you're able to catch up a bit and have some quality time as a family and as a couple.... :)

Lana - With regard to music - I am the odd one out in the family. My mum can play piano (not a concert pianist, but she's not too bad) and she does it by sight... My aunts sight read also - but none can do it by ear... When young (about 3) I was playing my sisters piano music whilst just sitting there - hence they noticed I was able to play without music... Wierd isn't it... One day, when E's in a good mood - I'll sit down and have a play... Will be scary at first.. I am scared to sing as well - over 12 months of not using the vocal chords.... I'll try first off when on my own... ha ha.. Or DP will laugh at me....
Hope the dryer finished in ok time so that you were able to have a good nights rest....

DP's home today - intended on doing alot of stuff about the house - but the rain came in. It isn't too wet outside at the moment - but its quite dreary and cloudy out there. We are both going to the optometrist this afternoon. I wear glasses for reading and computer work - but they seem too strong after having Ellery - and I've been telling DP that i think he needs glasses for years - and I think the h'aches behind his eyes have gotten so bad - he's given in... Men - never want to help themselves honestly. I think he also is worried about looking like a nerd - but if glasses are needed - we'll get trendy ones....

Not much else planned - hope ellery has another good day... She didn't get as grouchy last night (thankfully)...

[sunflower]

Hi Guys

Thanks for your help! Owen is alot better this morning thankgod. He had an alright sleep didn't get up but kept screaming out in his sleep, by the time I would run into his room he was fast asleep again. i think he is teething aswell he had one bottom tooth that was up for about 4 weeks I even have photos of it, you could see it was growing and now it has completely dissapeared!

Gin that cake looks so yummy!!!

LL O's oo pants are now too small with a cloth nappy but fit find with a disposable and the o pants I have brought him fit great with a cloth.

LT I hope Monty is feeling better too, might have been just one of those days!

R&MSmum cute song, love the cake, I can't wait to cook Owens first cake.

Gotta go O is awake
have a great day, Thanks again I know I don't come on here that often but when I do you are all so helpful and make me feel so welcomed!!:hugs:

[BlueGin]

Thanks for your help! Owen is alot better this morning thankgod.

:yelclap: Great to hear!

Thanks for your cake comments girls, I just love making them, desperate for Kestrel's 1st birthday cake to make!

Sharon-that is so cute! What a precious boy, and a great cake too!
As for clothes, I think pants are a little tighter, but like Harper, Kes is bumless so it kinda helps! :p When he was very little I found the Wondersuits didn't fit in the nappy area, but now that he is bigger is doesn't affect them (not the the little beggar will stay still enough to get a suit on!)
I love the song, gosh it's fun being a Mum!
I sing made up stuff, usually tuneless, nearly always with a slip-up in the rhyming... but the little laughs are worth it!

LL-I think Harps and Kes are extremely similar in size, last Monday Kes measured 67cm and 7.55kg. Lean little boys, I get so excited when I find a roll on him, hehe, other than the many chins he inherited from me... :o Cute message from your lad, quite the little typer now!

Hollie-I second the thought that it's teeth under gums, sometimes I am horrified at the pain Kes seems to be in, and nothing but a gum massage will help (then Bonjela when he's really sad). Shame to miss out on your trip though!

Mel- I am so jealous of your piano, desperatley want one!!!

Lana-I think you need to come over whether or not Sam does now, you've got my hopes up after all! :D

Kes did the sweetest thing last night, I put him on the bed and kept talking to him while I changed (he gets over excited at the thought of bed and cries if I take too long at that point) and then when I put a hand on the bed to climb over him he grabbed my sleeve and pulled him over! Then laughed and hugged my sleeve, what a sweety-pants boy.

Have a good day all (sunny and breezy here today, perfect Spring weather *achoo!*)

X

[Elmopalooza]

We are both going to the optometrist this afternoon. I wear glasses for reading and computer work - but they seem too strong after having Ellery

I have had the exact same thing happen to me!! My glasses now seem too strong for me! I am going to the optometrist on Thursday for that plus i have a little black dot in my vision and it wont go away... not good.

Sunflower - Glad to hear that Owen is feeling better today. Hopefully today will be nice and peaceful for you.

Gin - The weather is beautiful here in Perth as well today. It almost makes me want to get out in the garden and do some weeding, almost.

Not much happening for me today. Just another day at home i think.

[Little_Toad]

Sunfkower, glad things are better for O.

LT I hope Monty is feeling better too, might have been just one of those days!
oh yes... definitely one of those days.
I guess I'm lucky cause I think we've only had about 4 of those type of days since we got him.

All you girls having nice weather, it was freeezing yesterday!

oh, and the photo of Monty standing was "fixed". I stood him up and we took a photo. Had to take it quickly though.

Toadlets godfather is home from a 5 month trip climbing moutains and trecking. He's popping over to see Monty Toad, can't wait to see him!

The only time onty has had a poo explosion was all over him! (Merconim wearing disgustables).

LL. I know what you mean about babies in disgustables not having bottoms to hold onto. I can reat the toadlet on my arm and hold onto him with the one hand and have the other one free.

Happy 6 months for Monty and Harper tomorrow.

R&Mmum. Matthew is so cute, lovely bald baby.
He looks very petite compared to toadlet.

I think I'll buy some more Mr men books today, I thiink I have 30 now.

Ooo. I remebered I have to get my layby from Kmart. I paid 90% of it, just didnt have anywhere to store the things till Xmas.

[Little_Toad]

Oh.. forgot to add. Erin.. is Noah all ok now? I remember he had problems with his lungs when he was born.

Welcome back too.

[Elmopalooza]

oh, and the photo of Monty standing was "fixed". I stood him up and we took a photo. Had to take it quickly though.

I think I'll buy some more Mr men books today, I thiink I have 30 now.


Doesnt matter if it was fixed, he is still clever! There is no way that Griff would stay standing!

I have about 84 of the Little Miss and Mr Men books for Amity and Griff.... and that is only about half of the collection! (thats the original collection, not all these new ones they have bought out.) I had a lot of them when i was little and loved them so i want to get the whole collection for the kids too.

[Bambaloo]

Hi everyone.

Cr@p Ella must've realised I was on here cos just woke up! Will leave her a min to winge & see if she falls back asleep as hasn't slept much today, and only been down 20 mins or so.

Weird things happening again - this ornament with a teddy on a rocking chair, you wind it up & it plays a lullaby, we were given it for chrissy last yr for Ella from my aunty well last night I was changing Ella and it started rocking & playing ... then this morning making my bed the tv just came on by itself & scared the sh!t out of me! Do do do do ...

A friend came over today & her little girl is about 4 1/2 mths old so they had a play date & they bought some yummy healthy lunch.

Got my free raising children dvd in the mail today but STILL NO NAPPIES!! They'll come tomorrow cos I'll be out all day & leave a slip I bet. Then I won't have a car Friday to go get them! If that happens I might either go for a long walk to the post office to get them & stop by the strawberry farm on the way or get my SIL to take us up there.

Mel - This weather is crazy isn't it! Freezing here today again ... I wish it'd make up it's mind! And I still don't have a dryer !! AAGH! Oh well ... I thought I was too lazy for cloth but seriously it doesn't bother me at all. I do so much washing as it is & chuck them in the machine at the end of the day with the other whites & pale colours anyway cos I have to wash bibs like every day anyway lol. how was your dinner? It sounded beautifuL!!

Poor E, just got her up & projectiled on me, her & her swing! Poor girl must've hurt. She has had weird feeding patterns today as she had 2 bottles 2 hours apart then a top up as didn't finish 2nd then 1/2 hour later a whole one then 3 hours later was due again but didn't drink more than 70ml and that took 5 goes in 1/2 hour!

Sunflower - How was the dr? Is O's ear still bothering him? Poor chook!

Gin - That cake is fantastic!!! Did you make it? Does it say Happy Birthday Field? YUM! Mine is just one you chuck everything in one bowl, mix & cook & it doesn't usually fail! Lol. Wife & Kids is on soon!! LOL.

No Life Laksa - Lol. E has no bum either - flat like her mother's I'm afraid! You must be used to his big cute cloth butt!

How's the geriatric cat?

Sharon - Luv the song, how cute! Typical isn't it & I bet you are desparate to get thins finished!

SHARON, EMMA, NIC, MEL, We'll have to organise a get together again soon.

Where's JAIMIE been? I remember she was moving back up the coast ...

ygtgujkmlklkjojhhfvb n bugvfd457678v jubj - Luv Ella

Lana - my dad's an optometrist & my eyed were worse when prg & it's apparently cos you get fluid build up in your eyes I think & it affects your vision. 84?! I didn't realise there were that many! Lol. We have Little Miss Birthday she was given in Mason's lolly bag from his party.

LT - Must've missed your pic somehow :(

Gtg give E her dinner.

Sorry for missing so many!

[sunflower]

Hey Guys

Just got back from the DR, Owen still has an ear infection. He's asleep now though thankgod there wasn't a repeat of yesterday afternoon. He's only sleeping 2 to 3 half hour chunks throughout the day since he has been sick, so he is so overtired (as am I) I think I might treat myself to a nice bath tonight.

LT in the Target toy sales they had box sets of Mr Men for bout $40, did you get these?? I laybyed a box for O for Xmas.

Carrie sounds like you have a ghost.... is it an old house?? I'm home alone at the moment so I think every creak and noise must be a ghost or someone trying to break in.. :laughing:

[library-laksa]

hey hey
being a good housewife today (for a change lol) - got goulash in the slow cooker and about to clean the floors...

Lana and Carrie thanks for askign about my cat, he is heaps better. he had his glucose test yesterday and the levels have gone down from 28 to 3 :) the vet said i can decrease the amount of insulin and increase his food and HOPEFULLY we will be able to stop the injections altogether in a few weeks. yay! will make it a lot easier when we go on holiday if its just special food, not needles.

Sunflower good to hear O is having a better day. a bath sounds lovely! i think i might have one tonight while Al can put Harper to bed.

MR MEN - we only have 6, need more! will have a look for that box set...

well, Harper is laying on his playmat with his toys and eating his feet so i will get back to the housework while he's distracted.

[AquaDevil78]

Yep Carrie A loves Tuna, so far he has loved everything i shove in his mouth :D Im so glad he is not fussy..... YET! LOL.. I am sure that will come one day though.

I dropped my gorgeous boy today.. :crying: god i felt terrible. It was like my arms gave way - weird, he landed on his back/head and i was semi bent over as was about to straighten up from picking him up so was not from full height of me, but still i felt very very bad... poor little mite screamed his head off, prolly the shock, but he is fine now. Back to rolling and babbling away- Bad mummy! :shame:

Hope everyone is having a nice day.. back later :wave:

ETA: Forgot to mention Dp has an interview tommorow morning for a night shift job.. which sucks balls .. i hate being alone at night..going to be weird if he gets it but a job is a job and it pays well.. so fingers crossed. Secretly i am not happy it is night shift tho. But can't be picky.

[melannh]

vICKI -I am sure the dropsy gave you and A a tremendous fright. I am sure he's fine - but how are you? I'd be still beside myself. I am yet to drop E - but had many close calls thats for sure.....
Hope your DP's interview goes well - (I think)... I don't know how i'd be if my DP was going to do nightshift - but I guess if the $$'s are better, that's the compensation for it... Hope it all works out alright though... Not an easy change of schedule for you all.

Michaela - you've been getting into it today!! What a wonderful, motivated person. Unfortunately - I've really lacked that luster of late, and I get around to doing minor things here and there. One day I am sure I'll get into it just as you did today!!!!!
Glad your pussy cat is feeling much better. Not an easy thing to deal with - espcially with a cat, but glad it is on the mend....

Sunflower - Glad you were able to get back to the Dr with Owen, and you now know that it is a continuation of the ear problem. He may be able to settle better and get well again soon.

Carrie - ghosts are in the house hey!! That would freak me out... Sorry Ella had an upset tummy this arvo. Hope she is feeling ok now. Ellery has been a bit funny with her bottles too - i just put it down to sore gums and that the teat of the bottle is hurting as she sucks... She is eating her solids fine. She had a couple of minor chucks today - no projectiles (thankfully).
The weather is a bit nutso. It has been really windy here again - and cold.... I see they're predicting another low - looks like the sunshine coasts going to cop it again... Hoping sunday is clearer as we're planning to go to Dreamworld. Won't be too nice a day if the weather is like this....:thumbsdown:

Kellie - got your message... Hope you're doing well and the boys are fine.

Well DP and I went to the optometrist this afternoon. My prescription is getting lessened again (changed during/after pregnancy) and DP has to get glasses (higher prescription than me - so I am having a giggle....) It was painful picking frames - but he got some nice ones that he is happy with. Hopefully it'll help with the h'aches he's been putting up with for some time now..... E was good whilst out - and DP can see why I always go out, as she behaves SO MUCH MORE when out and about. Must be interesting looking at all the different things. If we were at home - she'd be whingey and whiney - so now, he knows the trick if she's annoying. Take her out to the shops.. ha ha

We're a bit bored tonight. I can't be bothered cooking and DP is completely out of sorts. Loong boring day for him I think.... The weather doesn't help thats for sure.

My sister and friend are coming down tomorrow - so that'll be nice to have their company... Probably go to pac.fair or something - have a look around and have morning tea and coffee (of course!).... Also, keeps Miss Ellery amused.

Hope you're all having a good night....

[AquaDevil78]

:wave: Mel, thanks for the good luck wish, and yep i am still not over the incident and feel like a bad mum. Silly i know but i am sure you understand :yes:


ETA: Keep forgetting to ask has anyone heard from Caithi?

[Elmopalooza]

Michaela - Oh thats great news about your cat! As you said, hopefully he will go to just the special food soon which will make it a lot easier for you and whoever it is that is watching him while you are away.

Carrie - Ooh, ghosts hey!? That would freak me right out.

Mel - Good news for you at the Optometrist. Im having a giggle about your hubby though. Men really do try and put things off dont they, even when they will help them.

Vicki - Dont feel too bad hun, it happens to the best of us! Im sure Antonio is fine. He probably screamed more out of shock than anything.

Sunflower - Poor Owen. I hope the new anti biotics work for him and he starts to settle for you soon. Must be horrible and painful for him but also very tiring for you.

I am off to a Bollywood night on Saturday night. It is a dinner and small performance and we all need to get dressed up. One of my friends is Indian (she was the one that invited me) so im thinking of getting her to show me how to wear my Sari properly. Either that or i will just wear something nice and colourful!

Amity has been a terror today. I really feel like i should just bang my head against a wall lol, it will probably have the same effect as trying to talk to her! :laughing:

[library-laksa]

Vickie :hugs: what a fright for you! hope you're feeling ok now. and nope, no word from Caithi lately...

Lana ohhh Bollywood night sounds fun! and yummy indian food too mmmmm. make sure you take pics of you in the sari.

Mel me? motivated?? :laughing: :D havent you noticed how often i am online? i am a totally slack housewife. just thought i should pull it together for Al coming home. i am very tidy so the house looks clean but honestly, i do the minimum. and i get Al to clean on his week off too!!!

GHOSTS - sometimes Harper looks into what i think is thin air, but he focusses and smiles like someone is there. i'm not sure if i believe in ghosts or not but i like to think maybe my Nan has come to see her great-grandson.

Harper is very anti-cot lately, will fall asleep straight away in my bed but wakes and cries in his... i have no problem with him sleeping with me when Al's away but the bed isnt big enough for two adults, a baby and one or two cats! so hopefully he will sleep in his cot tonight or i may have to relegate Al to the sofa :laughing:

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Love the cake. another talented cook on here hey.... My DP would be better at icing a cake like that - he has the patience and a really steady hand - if I did something like that, it would probably look like a Thoma Wanna-Be!!!

Oops! Gotta own up here....Hubby actually did help with the icing and had the steady hand for all the straight lines. We had lots of fun doing it together and had pictures from Thomas books and one of his trains sitting there as a model.

Michaela - All this talk of pussy cats reminds me of "Are you being served?". Anyway I am glad to hear the news on your pussy (cat). Cross fingers it all works out for you.

Vicki - don't fret it hun! A is fine and that is all that matters. It happens to all of us and they are surprisingly more robust than we think. I do know how you feel though.

Carrie - your story on the ghosts stuff freaks me out! Thankfully I don't have anything like that heppening but when DH is away and I am awake late at night my imagination can go a bit wild. (I'll never watch CSI when he is away :eek:).

And YES Brissie and Gold Coast girls we should get together again soon!!! How about Mondays - 17th Sept or 1st or 8th October ? (Just trying to pick a day when DH is away).

Matthew's first day at day care tomoz.. had orientation today which went well. I am back at work on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting next week. Soooooo tomorrow is my only day without any kids... :D :crying: :confused: not really sure how I will feel but I am going to hit the shops after gym and do some damage on the credit card I think.

Hollie - love the baldies heh! We had a hat on Matt on the weekend and he looked so much older. Then after we got used to that we whisked it off to see his bald head and nearly pi$$ed ourselves laughing... poor kid he looked just like an overgrown baby. He seems huge to us (compared to Ryan at that age anyway).

talking of poo explosions - had a biggie today. In fact first one ever where it went right up the back, out the nappy and all over his clothes.... YUK! Although I must admit I was very excited to get poo - any sort is better than constipation pains!

Lana - I feel for your with Amity... Ryan and also both my SILs kids have been pretty full on lately. Hopefully it is just a phase of the moon or something and all will go back to normal soon?

Sunflower - at least you know it is his ear. Hope it starts to improve soon. Is he back on antibiotics?

Oh bugger! Matt is stirring again - been very VERY unsettled today. Would only fall asleep in my arms - very unlike him. Better go see.....

[defaipe]

grr see what happens when i dont post in 24hours! i've been reading but havent had long enough to post so now im paying for it haha

sunflower how is little Owen now?? poor little chicken..
just read your next post hehe! thats great that O is getting better.

bg LOVE the cake.. looks so yum! did you do the big choc pieces on baking paper? im still trying to work out girls cakes..i want a tiara for M and wand for D. M is such a princess so it would be perfect.. not sure how to make it tho.. any ideas!?
re af pains.. i get them every couple of weeks.. its so annoying.. are you feeling better now?

hollie hows lil monty now? love the pics of him. gorgeous little man!

hello harper :wave: looks like you'll be needing your own laptop soon!!! hehe

love the cake sharon! ryan wouldve been stoked!!

howd you go with the ergo lana? did they email back?

yes the weather was good today!! we ended up at the zoo! last minute plans.. mum decided to take my nephews to give my sis a day to herself so we tagged along. it was great! i'll post some pics soon..

ooo hollie whats in the layby :D yeah i know.. im nosey as! lol

girls the new toys r us catalogue is online!!

michaela thats great news re your cat.. it was the food that cost more tho wasnt it? and is being increased.. bugger.. hopefully it does the trick tho!!

vickie.. hopefully your dp gets the job and they switch him to days after a couple of weeks. im not a fan of being home alone at night either..
are you ok now after dropping A? take comfort in knowing i did it to my A and she was so little :(

carrie im with lana.. if things started moving about i'd be freaked!!

lana im guessing amity had an early night tonight? hehe. dont ya just love 2yr old tanties!!

sharon nothing like a good spend to keep you occupied and make you feel good :D
i dont want any of those CSI shows.. im so sick of them! every flipping night and on almost every channel. its ridiculous. if i watched them i'd never sleep lol

oh michaela yep i breastfed A in the ergo today!! kinda awkward but definitely do-able and best thing was she fell asleep and i didnt have to put her down.. just kept on walking!!

the owner of our house wants me to sign on for another 12months.. $200 a week(SO cheap) he's only upped it $10 since we originally moved in almost 2years ago! dp wants to move so we havent really discussed it. but i want to stay. not sure what to do really.. if we move its another $100 a week in rent. that alone tells me we should stay put.

[Elmopalooza]

Sheree - I think you should definitely stay put. After seeing all of your house AND your backyard you guys are definitely getting a bargain getting it for $200 p/w.

Unfortunately, Amity has only just gone to bed. Sam cooked dinner tonight so it took a bit longer.

I still havent heard anything back from that company re the ergo... im really annoyed. Im thinking i will just buy the black/cranberry one (baby soft landings have them in stock)

Michaela - I hope Harper goes to bed without too many issues tonight... and hopefully he will go to bed in his cot too!

Sharon - God i hope its something to do with the moon or something lol! At least that way i know it will end, and soon. Hehehe dont you just love the poos that go everywhere :barf:

[defaipe]

Im thinking i will just buy the black/cranberry one (baby soft landings have them in stock)

:banghead:are you serious?:laughing: oh well. lucky i like mine hey hehe

[melannh]

R&MsMum - Hope matthew goes well at day care today. I am sure you'll be a little lost without company - but hope you do a great work out at the gym and are able to occupy yourself. I am sure you'll feel strange being on your own. I always do when I go out shopping or something and don't have E with me - let alone all day... Try and keep busy and hope you have a nice day by yourself. Bit of MUMMY time hey...
About the cake - you still did a splendid job - at least i know that I'd need DP's help as well - but I'd take the credit too.. lol
Ellery is stirring so i just went in and put her dummy in - I think she may have a poo explosion waiting for me to change. Such a lovely thing to do first up in the morning!!!

Michaela - hope Harper settled in his cot for you last night... Not easy when they get use to something. E settles in her cot at night well - but during the day can be a battle... She's use to me (or others) holding her.. She thinks she is still a newborn bubba... :(
Regarding housework - sounds like you and I would be a great pair. I do what i have to, leave it till the last minute before Bry gets home. He never goes mad or anything and he is great - always helps out if need and never says anything if something isn't done. The vacuum cleaner stayed in the spare room for 4 days on the floor as i intended to clean up where grover (the bird) has been sitting. I got to it.. ha ha... He just tries to ignore it as when we met - he was a neat freak. I have now successfully trained him to not be as padantic... :smiliedance:
Sheree - sounds like your place is good $$'s wise and if you're happy there, might be good to stay... I guess it just depends if you want a change and if you want to sign up for another 12 months or not.

Hollie - hows that little man monty going? Hope all is well. He looks adorable in the pics.

Carrie - how's the ghost. Hope it doesn't start worrying you. I often see Ellery looking and laughing at nothing and wonder if its granpa or something like that.. Sort of freaky.... I think I would be a little scared to be honest.... Have had some wierd things happen to me in the past - seeing strange things and things moving, but not in this house recently (thankfully)

Lana - that's annoying about the ergo... I'd be frustrated too.... When you want something - you want it NOW damn it... if you like the other colour, maybe best to go and get it. Just don't want you to be disappointed with it that's all.

Got my sister and friend coming down this morning... The weather still sux completely. It is wet outside and dreary - and damn COLD... DP's still in bed - i think he has to go to bunnings, so he'll try and put that off. He is usually SO MOTIVATED it makes me sick, but i think the weather just doesn't make for work.
Will be nice to spend time with the girls though and plus, they get to see Ellery in full flight.. ha ha.....

[Bambaloo]

Good morning

Ella woke at 3am & wouldn't go back to sleep so got up around 3.30 & changed/fed her but had to get up at 5am totake dh to work. She's back ot being a chatterbox/screamer/growler again too!

Big day today too - KM then picking up pics & meeting MG there for coffee/lunch. Bet nappies come today while out & won't be able to pick thme uptomorrow cos no car so might have to convince sil lol.

Sunflower we don;t have an old ho[use but my grandparents died recently within a mth of each other & my grandpa died first & freaky stuff was happening to both us & my parents until my grandma passed away like he was waiting for her. Prob just chgecking on Ella! Lol. When my grandma died you could tell my grandpa was finally gone because my mum & I both felt like we weren't being watched/followed and like a huge weight was lifted off our shoulders iykwim. Poor Owen - how is he this morning?? Did you enjoy your bath?

Sorry fojr the bad typing - Ella's 'helping' me! Haha. She keeps looking at me with big puppy dog eyes then typing again then looking at me lol. Cute!

LL - What's goulash?

That's gr8 news about your cat! Also E does the same as Harps talking/smiling to mid-aor but fully focusing like on someone. Weird hey. I think u need a bigger bed HAHA.

AD - Oh hun is A ok? I'm waiting for the day I drop Ella hey cos she's getting so bl00dy heavy. What sorta tuna do u give A? Do you buy steaks, cook & puree them? i know what u mean about nightshift as dh used to work iyt but before i had E but we only used to see each other sundays as would sleep all day sat and never saw each other during the week. But good $$!

Mel - I hope it clearsfor Sunday for you too! You'll have to take pics of E with the big characters! Hope she is good for you today with your sis & friend visiting.

Lana - Wow Bollywood thing sounds fun! I love the beautiful sari's! Did you order the ergo? was telling dh about them today cos Ella would luv a carrier but I never liked them cos I have such a bad back but the Ergo looks quite comfy. It'd be easier for shopping, espesh groceries when they're in the capsule but wanna sit up & can't sit up for long periods of time without a head rest plus notmuch room in the capsule trollies is there?! We always said we'd get one for next bub I think dh would use more than me.

Sharon - 8th Oct is out for us - going to natural baby expo however my friend Haylie is coming down with her son Mason that week & she is in July 06 thread & gonna organise to meet some bubhubbers from there at Wello Pt so if you like we could organise to just go all together?

Sheree - Your rent is cheap as! I'd stay! Saves packing up all the millions of toys & shoes!

Ok I must go because E has a present in her pants for me & o/d for a bottle - been holding her out so next one is abou 10.15am & we leave for KM around 10.30 -10.40am. She needs it to settle lol otherwise spews everywhere! HAHA. Even if she has it at 9.30 & a nap til 10.30 like she's been doing lately she still spews. Just a spew machine!

Oh & Ellla was fully trying to roll back to tummy yesterday arvo - I put her sippy cup on the mat & it motivated her but she can't get over prob cos of her arm in the way. She was more motivated when I put her bottle down as well! LOL. Guts. I called her the Pashabella cos she couldn't get over hehe. Naughty mummy.

Ok gtg. Have a lovely day.

xxx

[library-laksa]

must be quick, on my way to laser acupuncture (will let you all know what its like...)

HAPPY HALF-BIRTHDAY, MY DARLING SON - I LOVE YOU MORE EVERY DAY - AND TO HIS GORGEOUS BIRTHDAY BUDDY, MONTY!!happybirthday

and WELL DONE to Hollie and myself, we havent broken them yet!! :yelclap:

i am so proud of myself for 6 months successful breastfeeding. it was hard the first 2 months but 6 months was my absolute minimum. my next goal is one year :D

last night, Harper was in and out of his cot. Al would put him in there, he'd sleep for an hour or so then start crying so i'd bring him to bed. this morning Al says to him "Monkey, i don't like co-habitation, i couldnt cuddle Mummy". hehe.

i'm so looking forward to the zoo this arvo!

anyway, sorry no personals, i havent even skim-read. will be back on tonight (or maybe tomorrow coz we hae dinner at dad's) with zoo photos and some replies. bye!!

[Little_Toad]

I've got my smiley toadlet back!
Daddy took him for his swimming lesson today and he didn't grizle once. Afterwards I was in a shop and he was giggling to himself.

He seamed to be all smiley again last night after he had done a giant poop.

I'll upload some video of toadlet and daddy swimming soon, just got to learn the software for my new camcorder.

Happy Half year Harper and toadlet~!!!!

Well done on surviving 6 months with your crazy mummy and daddy. - Toadlet not Harper.

Yucky Matthew and the poo explosion. I've told Frg that if toadlet poops and he's got the plumbers crack happening (as always then it's his responsibility to clean it up.

Hmmm, cant see Frogs camera.. it's big enough.

Shezi..ooo hollie whats in the layby yeah i know.. im nosey as! lol
i seriously cant remeber! I don kow there are some bathroom tile stick ons.

Toadlets godfather came hom after 5 months and came to see toadlet. He fed and bathed him and toadlet was great until during the bath he squealed like a pig being slaughtered. Stuffed a bottle in his mouth and he was fine.

lana, I want to see pics of you in your sari.

[sunflower]

Hey Guys!!!

Sharon Owen is back on antibiotics, I think we both now have the flu that Dh had before he left, we had a very rough night last night. He has been sleeping lots today though.

Happy 6 months Harper and Monty!!!!

Carrie Didn't get around to having my bath, had a very hot shower instead! It probably is your grandparents dropping in to visit Ella! I feel like my nan is always around me, which is nice.

R&Mmum hope you enjoyed the time on your own, and had some fun shopping!!

Mel so how is Dp cleanup around the house going??

Shezi that sounds so cheap and it's really close to your parents isn't it? if so I would be staying put especially if you like it there!

Hope you all have a great day!!

[TenAndTa]

:wave: Hello, I don't know if you remember me as it has been quite some time since I posted. Well actually the last time I posted was when I was pregnant still & now my little baby girl like all of yours is 6 months old. It is just so hard to believe.
happybirthday

[Elmopalooza]

I've got my smiley toadlet back!

lana, I want to see pics of you in your sari.

Yay! Bet your glad your smiley toadlet is back! No-one likes a grumble-bum.

I promise you all i will take pics of me in my sari to show you all! I will take some pics of my friend in hers as well (she will look absolutely gorgeous, as always!)

Happy 6mths Harper and Monty! :party:

[kel2boys]

Hello all

Having a dreary day hear today. Has been like this for a few days now. Glad father's day weather was lovely...new spring clothes for bubs out that day. I loved putting something new on N, he is 00 atm but for his cute bonds set I got size 0 as I think bonds sizing is off. And because he doesn't stay in each size for long.

Carrie I can see how easy it would be to spend $400 plus on the mcn's. I've just been looking a few web sites and there is such a variety to choose from. Oh and some are just so cute...How's the ghost situation? Anything else happen. Hope not. Also i'm a brissy girl too so would love to meetup aswell...Did your nappies come today??

Mel Hope you have a ball at Dreamworld, Ellery will love wiggles world, just all the colours, lots of fun..What rides you going to go on? Giant drop,ahhh im a bit a whoose(sp) when it comes to rides like that. I was more game when I was younger, even a few years back, now im just a chicken....oh and my wonderful boys are great, thanks for asking.:) Have fun shopping today at pac fair best thing to do on a rainy day...

LL Happy 6 months to Harper!!! happybirthday Did you go to the zoo. I wonder how H will react to the animals? I know when N see our chiuawawa (sp) Sassi through our back glass sliding doors, he just smlies and stares at her. He so fasinated, wondering what she is I suppose???I just read your going this arvo to the zoo, have fun...

Hollie Happy 6 months to Monty!!!happybirthday Hope you guys have a fun day.

Sunflower Hope O is feeling well today. It's no good that you might be sick too. :hugs: for you both.

Vicki How's Antonio today, no lumps or bumps? I know how you must have felt yesterday cause when Elijah was little, had just started rolling 1 or 2 times if that so I had him on our bed and turned to my mirror to put my earrings in and whack went this awful sound, ahh I screamed and there was E lying on the floor ( it was carpet but old crappy before we replaced it, so hard concrete underneath)omg I didn't know what to do, he was crying hard so I panicked and rang 000, ambulance turned up, checked him over and he was ok (of course)I definately learnt a lesson that day. So don't feel to bad, your not the only one.

Lana Bollywood night. How exciting! Love getting dressed up and doing something new..enjoy yor pappadums mmmm

Sharon How was your day today by yourself, did you get some shopping in. It's so nice to go shopping by yourself especially not having to lug out prams and nappy bags or pack snacks and drink for the older one but hey I do love a shopping trip with N (just to show him off) hehe

Shezi Glad u had fun at the zoo, kiddies would have loved it to see all the animals they've never seen before, how exciting. About moving or staying? I would just say around here you would not find a decent place for $200 no where near that even. Your landlord must find you good tenants hey to keep the rent low, I bet if u did move he would think about putting it up.

ok gotta go N stirring....

[TenAndTa]

I have just updated my avatar with a photo of my little baby girl Ta-leah. As you can see she has quite a fair amount of hair. She has already had 2 haircuts. I went back through the posts & had a look at everyone's beautiful babies. They are all so gorgeous!!!:thumbsup: Just wanting to know what everyone's baby's stats are how much do they weigh their height etc.
Ta-leah got weighed again on Tuesday she was 26 wks & 2 days old then. Weighs 7330gm & is 66.5cm in length. so she is cruising along the 50% isle for everything.

[defaipe]

welcome back xcited4bub! yep i remember you :yes: how did your labour go? ta-leah is a gorgeous little girl! 2 haircuts already!! thats crazy hehe. her hair looks quite thick too. very cute!

Happy Half Birthday Monty & Harps!! you gorgeous little boys!

michaela how was the zoo? perfect weather isnt it!!
love how you said havent broken him yet :eek: hahahaha

lana, M saw your av and said 'hey mum thats griffin!' haha cute

sunflower.. yes my parents are next door :D hence why dp wants to move lol
i hope owen feels better soon.

kel yeah the owner wants to sell to me but its not possible right now.. he's only upping it $5.. crazy!! he could easily get $250 for this place.

looks like we'll be needing aircon tho.. cant handle another sweltering summer.. :no:

[nemosmum]

hi girls:wave:

just checking in,
muy headaches are easing and Im feeling much better
although atm its a very stressful time so I am reading all the lovely posts but cant do personals atm I know you will all understand

Im considering taking a holiday just me and iris I think i need a rest and O needs some one on one quality time with mike
anyway better go.....house work calls:wave:

[TenAndTa]

welcome back xcited4bub! yep i remember you :yes: how did your labour go? ta-leah is a gorgeous little girl! 2 haircuts already!! thats crazy hehe. her hair looks quite thick too. very cute!

I'm glad you remember me as I remember you all, there is only a couple of new names that I didn't recognize. I hate to brag for all those that had bad labours but mine was good. Not too scary at all. I had a "show" at 9pm 3/3/07 then contractions started but not too painful especially seen as I was used to really bad period pain. I didn't get much sleep if any that night was a bit uncomfortable in pain.The contractions started getting worse & closer together then by 1pm in the afternoon I thought it was time to go to the hosp when I got their I was already 7cm dilated. I had a shower with warm shower hose on my back. That really brought the contractions on & I felt I needed to push so they broke my waters at 2:55pm & Ta-leah was born at 3:27pm in the afternoon 4/3/07. I had a minor tear episeotomy. & I had post partum haemorrhage & the doctor had to scrape out blood clots & I was on an antibiotics & a drip for 3 days. But It was a good experience overall. How about yourself?

How was everyone elses labours? I have so much to catch up on, so much I have missed out on.

[kel2boys]

:wave: Hi Tenille

Im pretty new to these lovely march mummies. I have two boys Elijah 4 1/2 and little Noah nearly 6 mths. N was born elective C section, so I don't have much of a birth story. We did have complications with his breathing once he came out also had jaundice and he had to stay in special care nursery for 5 days. That was all a bit of a drama, very stressful for him and for us. But I have to say now he's a little (well maybe not so little)treasure...
All is going great with him, not sure of weights or lengths to compare as we have our needles and check up next Monday.
Your aviator pic of your bubs looks very cute, yes lots of hair...omg & 2 haircuts already!!!

Sarah :hugs: to you, glad to hear you are feeling better. Hope you continue to get better, back to yourself....:)

Shezi Hope you get your airconditioning, I couldn't live without ours...Once you do get it you'll wonder how you ever survived without it:yes: hot qld summers ouchhhh

[TenAndTa]

[quote=kel2boys;1876540]:wave: Hi Tenille
Im pretty new to these lovely march mummies. I have two boys Elijah 4 1/2 and little Noah nearly 6 mths. N was born elective C section, so I don't have much of a birth story. We did have complications with his breathing once he came out also had jaundice and he had to stay in special care nursery for 5 days. That was all a bit of a drama, very stressful for him and for us. But I have to say now he's a little (well maybe not so little)treasure...
All is going great with him, not sure of weights or lengths to compare as we have our needles and check up next Monday.
Your aviator pic of your bubs looks very cute, yes lots of hair...omg & 2 haircuts already!!!


Nice Meeting you, thanks for replying to my post. Your birth story sounded like it must have been a pretty stressful time for your & your family. Ta-leah had her needles 3wks ago. She was a bit grizzly that night & had to have some baby panadol. But she usually sleeps well after needles. How is your little boy usually after needles? You will have to let me know how he goes Monday after the big weigh-in etc.
Yes everyone that see's our little girl says OMG look at all the hair!!!

[defaipe]

tennille.. doesnt sound like you had a breezy labour!! soudns painful! i had an episiotomy with dd#1.. stictches hurt but i was numbed for the cut with chicken scissors haha so that was fine! its the recovery thats a bugger..
umm with A i had a 'lana labour' :smiliedance: 4hours from first twinge to delivery. i will explain all later on.. off to bath my little chickens..

girls.. M has tonsillitis again:( :banghead: if she has them when she goes into hospital they wont take them out..

[TenAndTa]

tennille.. doesnt sound like you had a breezy labour!! soudns painful! i had an episiotomy with dd#1.. stictches hurt but i was numbed for the cut with chicken scissors haha so that was fine! its the recovery thats a bugger..
umm with A i had a 'lana labour' :smiliedance: 4hours from first twinge to delivery. i will explain all later on.. off to bath my little chickens..

girls.. M has tonsillitis again:( :banghead: if she has them when she goes into hospital they wont take them out..

I have quite a high pain threshold, The Ob was suprised too. As he had to put his whole hand in & scrape away blood clots (sorry for TMI) he said I would need gas so he could do it. I asked him if I had to, he said no but he doesn't think their is anyone he has had to do it to that didn't need gas or something. I was fine though it wasn't that bad. So I was glad I went through labour & everything all natural, no drugs as I wanted to be in control the whole time & aware of the situations etc.

Oh your poor little girl with the tonsilitis when I was a bub I used to get tonsilitis all the time then when I was a teenager away at school I used to really bad as well, they wanted to take my tonsils out but I didn't want them too. They are fine now. But I know to avoid going out in the cold air at night or playing sports in late afternoon night as sucking in the cold air would guarantee me a bout of tonsilitis. I hope that you get it sorted out for your little girl. I just bathed & fed my little girl too.

[melannh]

xcited4bub - nice to meet you. I came on here about 2-3 months ago, and now feel part of it all. I tried for natural labour, but went pear shaped... Needed emergency caesar under general anaesthetic as the epidural didn't work... But, am doing well. Ellery is nearly 6 months old now. Had a few dramas at first with bad reflux - and she doesn't sleep much during the day, but good at night. Your DD looks just adorable. She does have alot of hair - but how beautiful is it... Poor E lost alot of hers, but it is thickening up a bit now - she isn't completely bald, but its lightened a bit since coming back too.

Sarah - hope things improve a little for you. Glad you're feeling a little better with the h'aches and all.

Sheree - sorry to hear M isn't well again with those awful tonsills.... Hope she is able to go into hospy and have them out - they're just giving her endless pain the poor little sweety.

Michaela - hope you had fun at the zoo - very jealous I am... Hope to take E one day, but no major zoos around this part of oz....

Kellie - am looking forward to d'world to, hope the weather clears a bit.... I will go on some of the rides - but i've become a chicken in my older age as well. I can't go on the giant drop or anything like that. Just too much for me..


DP and co got the back gardens done - even though it rained and howled wind most of the day. They were covered in mud and muck - looked like wierdos with the outfits they had on, but they were such troopers.... It looks alot better now. I had a couple of back rubs to give tonight - and I am sure they'll be sore tomorrow, but great to have it done.

My sister and i went to pac.fair - had a coffee and went to toys r us... Also, did the groceries - hate that job... It was a marathon effort, but we got there... Ellery's been pretty good today. i don't think her teeth were quite as sore and she's now fast asleep in bed... :smiliedance:

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Shezi - OMG another $100 a week? Sounds like you should stay.... do you get much more for your extra - like a pool, spa or personal housemaid??? Just think what a $100 a week would get you....

Lana - I'll take a poo everywhere if thats what it takes...:yes:

Sunflower - oh no, not the flu. Hope you are feeling better soon.

Tenille - Happy 6mth Birthday Ta-leah (what a gorgeous girl) and yes I do remember you. Glad to see you found our chatty bunch again. How has the first 6 months been for you?

Like Shezi - I also had a "Lana Labour". 6am contractions started. Got to hospital around 8am. Matthew arrived completely naturally (not time for drugs) at 9:46am. Slight tear but only one stitch. Hurt like bl00dy hell but was an absolutely wonderful experience (in hindsight of course).

Holly - glad smiley toadlet is back! Tonight Ryan was entertaining Matthew in the high chair and Matt was full on belly giggling. I was so enchanted by it - wished I had a video camera handy but I wasn't game to move as I didn't want it to end. Happy baby = happy mummy.

Lana - can't wait to see you in your sari!

Oh Vicki - what a scare you had with Elijah falling off the bed...glad he is okay as of course he would be. You probably felt kinda silly by the time the ambos arrived? Still better to be safe.


Matthew's first day at childcare: I had a great day today and the most guilt I felt was at NOT crying when I left him there.... I was thinking - hey, shouldn't I be crying or sad or something? Maybe because I dropped Ryan at his room after Matthew it softened the blow. Anyway Matt had a good day too, managed three short sleeps and was smiley and happy for most of the day. Apparently he loved watching and interacting with all his new friends.

I spent the day shopping with my SIL. Spent my Lorna Jane vouchers from DH and got some great gymwear. Bought a couple of bags, some shirts and other probably boring stuff but had lots of fun anyway. Kept seeing all the other bubs out and managed to only ring once to see if he was ok.

[kel2boys]

Sharon Did you mean me in your last post instead of vicki???whoops..hey a question about Matthew at childcare. Do they have a routine for the day? Is it diff. from the routine or patterns he has at home. Just curious as I never really thought about it before. At Elijah's preschool they only have Jnr kindy, kindy and preschool rooms so I not familiar with what they do regading babies???

Mel Did you buy anything at toys r us. I actually just finished looking at the catalogue online. I love going to the baby section, always a bargin...

[Elmopalooza]

Hi Tenille! I remember you as well. I am the Lana in "Lana Labour" lol. I am renowned for having rather fast births (Amity was 1.5 hours from first contraction to delivery and Griffin was 2.5 hours) and because i was the second one out of us March Mummas to pop all the girls were wishing for a "Lana Labour" hehehe

Ta-Leah is gorgeous! And what a beautiful head of hair.

Sharon - Sounds like Matthew enjoyed his first day. Dont feel bad about it at all.

Michaela - Hope you all had fun at the zoo. Bet you guys are buggered now though! Did you use your Ergo? What did Al think of it?

Sheree - Poor M. I really hope that it clears up so that she can just go in and get them out once and for all. Then at least she wont have to put up with being sick all the time.

I couldnt live without my aircon! If you dont end up getting one you can always just come to mine lol!

Sarah - Glad your headaches are a little better at the moment. Sounds like a holiday could be just what you need.

Guess what!?

Griffin now has TWO teeth! I noticed that both the bottom front ones are through! Oh and today he actually ate some solids... not much (only 1/4 of a jar) BUT something at least lol. I dont usually offer him jar food though so i dont really blame him for not wanting to eat it :barf:

[library-laksa]

hi ladies and welcome back Tenille :wave:

we had a great time at the zoo - Harper loved the animals and all the trees and being outside all day. we were there around 3.5 hours and he didnt want to sleep til near the end. had him in the ergo most of the time and SOOO comfy. like i wasnt even carrying him. love it. he went to sleep in there and i put the hood on, too cute... pics below:

its not a real tortoise (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/Harperzoo1.jpg)
Harper and Daddy (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/Harperzoo3.jpg)
kangaroos (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/Harperzoo4.jpg)
all tuckered out (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/Harperzoo6.jpg)
zoobies (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/zoobies.jpg) :laughing:

sorry for the me post, i'm at my parents place. have a good night everyone!

[kel2boys]

Michaela Great to hear you had a fab day at the zoo. Just love the pics especially the beautiful smile Harper has with his daddy and the colour of the ergo really suits you...Good choice :thumbsup:

Lana Congrats on Griffin getting two teeth :yelclap: ohh they are growing up so fast...

[AquaDevil78]

Hey Lana i am the same with jar food, however i did buy A some heinz custard the other day as a treat and to mu shock horror (was for 4mths old) it had bloody sugar in it!!! :shame: (Stupid me for not noticing until it was too late) lucky i only brought 1 small jar... anyway i also brought some Organic brand food (green label) 100% natural ingredients and no salt/sugar :thumbsup:, i have found this to be great, i even tasted it and it was yummy actually tasted like it said on the label.

So i have used them for when i am out, not often but i don't think i will use Heinz again. WTH they put sugar in baby food is beyond me, the organic one was just as nice.

[TenAndTa]

Hello again ladies. thank-you to everyone for saying hello & welcoming me back. It feels like I haven't been away. It is so hard to believe that 6mths has flown by. I am loving motherhood more each day. Especially as my little girl learns more each day. I love all the smiles, laughs & giggles & cooing noises. So Cute!!! I'll write back to everyone's posts tomorrow. As I realize it is getting late & no one is probably online now.:sleeping:

[defaipe]

love the pics Michaela! we had the kids sitting on the tortoise too. i wouldnt let them get off till i had a good one of each lol. mean mummy/aunty!

ok labour.. well i was so stressed about not being induced like my first too as it was very painful and i stopped dialating at 3-4cms with both, needing epidurals.. blah blah blah.. anyway NOT fun. so at 39weeks i had a s&s hoping to move things along.. was 2 or 3cms then.. dr gave me his number to call as he was sure i wouldnt make it to 40weeks.. i was due march 1st.. so anyway i was online whinging about how my baby would never come out.. logged off at 9.30 and went to the lounge with my ice cube trays.. started getting contractions but not painful.. kept coming every few minutes.. by the time we got to hospy i was 5cms. had a shot of peth 30mins before bub was born. wasnt induced and no epi :smiliedance:A was born at 2.06am Feb 28th hehe

[defaipe]

Shezi Hope you get your airconditioning, I couldn't live without ours...Once you do get it you'll wonder how you ever survived without it:yes: hot qld summers ouchhhh

i know.. we have dealt with 2 summers so far.. it gets ridiculously hot.. so hard coz my parents have aircon & a pool but the kids run an absolute muck over there so we cant just lob there lol. atleast we get a daily swim. my parents got their aircon when i had M coz i was still living at home. they wouldnt have their granddaughter in the heat :laughing:

vickie no wonder M has a sweet tooth. as a bub all she'd eat was the custards and jells. oops!

sharon hehe. nope the house here isnt huge.. its a 4x2 tho but it does have a huge backyard.. we'd be paying another $100 for a bigger house(bigger bedrooms mainly) but a smaller backyard.. some of the houses i've looked at are so nice but have no grass at all.. i think i will be staying. thinking about it and really i'd be stupid to move.

[Elmopalooza]

anyway i also brought some Organic brand food (green label) 100% natural ingredients and no salt/sugar :thumbsup:, i have found this to be great, i even tasted it and it was yummy actually tasted like it said on the label.


Yeah it was one of the Organic ones i gave Griff today, figured i would give him the good one if i was going to use one lol. I dont know how they can justify putting sugar in baby food :shame:

Sheree - You have seen my house. 4x2, small rooms but with a big open area. We have a smallish backyard but not a single bit of grass (i think thats why Amity refused to come inside at your place lol) and we pay a stupid $320 for this place! I say if you can stay there for such a good price, DO IT!

Sam is on night shift tonight, only for tonight. Bit silly putting him on night shift just for one night hey. I should really go to bed but im addicted to my knitting :laughing: im such a grandma!

[AquaDevil78]

Yep Sheree stay put i say, especially with the rental market so ****/expensive at the moment.

I am hoping our landlord who loves us lets us resign and also either keeps rent the same or only up it a little bit when our lease is due to run out in Jan.

I don't particularly like the area, love the house, but Melb rentals are shocking at the moment price wise and lack of vacant properties i don't want the same headache as last year!

[melannh]

Lana - yeah - 2 teeth for griffin!! Ellery's still battling with sore gums, no sign as yet - but i am hoping one morning i'll get up and 1 will be there. Poor little thing gets so agitated by them. She gets angry and starts being rough with her fist in her mouth - and also her toys...

I use the organic jarred food. I've been a motivated girl though and have prepared fresh stuff - but always have jars there in case... She doesn't seem to like the vegies too much - but the apple etc. goes down fine... She's a good eater - yesterday I mixed up banana, avocado, apple & pear - all mushy and smooth. Looked gross - but tasted pretty good. She had finished it - but kept opening her mouth for more... It was so cute - but then i felt bad that i didn't have more for her...

Hope you had a good night with Sam being on nightshift. Bit of a change and its sometimes a bit unsettling to not have your other half there during the night.

Michaela - love the pics. Harper looked comfy in his ergo... He looked so adorable - and I hope you had a wonderful day... Certainly looked like better weather than we had here - it is still dreary and cold today, also wet outside... YUK

Tenille - glad you've come back on here and feel part of it already... Hope you had a good night and ta-Leah was a good girl for her mummy.

QUESTION - does anybody know where you can get those shopping trolley inserts for the seat part? I've seen alot of ladies with them - but can't find them. It would make life so much easier for me when grocery shopping. She HATES her front pack - always has, so an ergo (I have a tommy) just wouldn't work... Hope someone knows what i am talking about?

I have woken up with a bit of a h'ache. DOH... Nothing major. I think i may have slept on my neck or something. I still have my sis and friend down - hoping they had a good nights sleep. They will be here till this afternoon - then my mums coming down on the train from brisbane after work - so we've had plenty of visitors which is nice... My family live about 1.5 hours away - so I always look forward to seeing them.

Ellery is starting to do double rolls... She bumped her head slightly as she rolled onto the hard wooden floors off the mat... Nothing major - but she'll have to get use to it.... She was such a good girl at shopping.

We got a lovely soft, gushy rug from toys r us (aunty bought that one - along with some more bibs) and I got her a new toy. Baby einstein. You hold the handles and depending which colour you hold, it says the colour and plays music and has lights that flash. She loved it. It had 6 months+ on it - but I thought it'll be there when she's ready to properley use it.

[Little_Toad]

Hi Girls,

Welcome back excited4bub. ta-leah looks very cute. You should have kept her hair long!
I had a lovely 33 hour labour. 4 minute contractions right from the start. Toadlet turned posterior and I wasn't dialting, then had to be vacuumed out. Revived and bicycle pumps shoved down is throat.
Now I have a naught fat little toadlet. 10kg. not sure of his height. 2.5 teeth.

Sharon, sounds like Matthew had fun at childcare. How do they organize their sleeps with lots of babies? Dont the wake each other up? Do you give them a sheet with Matthew instructions on like when he eats and sleeps etc? I would probably have to prepare a toadlet operating manual.

Well done Griffin the solid eating two toothed baby!

LL Harper looks like he loves his Ergo. Does he go to sleep easily? Monty has a five minute rebel toadlet squealy before he goes to sleep. I have to make sure there are no spaces under the hood for him to peep out.

Lana, if you are knitting you should join the MCN swap!

I'm being a bad ummy and giving toadlet jar food. I seriously dont have tme to cook special rodent meals. He can have what we eat when he gets a bit older. I'm sure jar food is just fine.

Mel, not sure aout the trolly protetors, I know you can get disposable or cloth ones though.

Frog took toadlet for a swimming lesson yesterday. (not sure if I mentioned that.
he didn't grizzle once except at the end when he had to give back his toy.

Videos!!

Video - Frog had toadlet in hysterics (http://www.bizztools.net/m/monty_6months.html) this morning. Excuse the snorting in the background, I couldn't stop laughing.

Video of swimming (http://www.bizztools.net/m/monty_swimming.html)


And this one taken about (http://www.bizztools.net/m/monty_5months.html)a month ago when I first got my camera.

Frog is taking care of toadlet so I can do some work today.

[M2B]

Hey Ladies,

Just jumping on quickly while at work, hope everyone is well.

YAY Griff on 2 teeth, that's fantastic!

I use the Heinz Organic Jars of veges, they have nothing added in them and Madi loves them. She only eats fresh fruit so the jars don't work for her with fruits. You can buy this mesh net dummy and chop up fruit and give it to them to eat, they are around $7 and you can get them from the chemist or Target, Big W etc.

Mel you can buy the shopping trolley inserts from Babies Galore, that's where I got mine from. They are great and Madi loves it.

LT or BG, do you know where you can buy the jolly jumper stands/frames from? I can't seem to find them anywhere and want to buy a jolly jumper for Madi? TIA

[TenAndTa]

I use the organic jarred food. I've been a motivated girl though and have prepared fresh stuff - but always have jars there in case... She doesn't seem to like the vegies too much - but the apple etc. goes down fine... She's a good eater - yesterday I mixed up banana, avocado, apple & pear - all mushy and smooth. Looked gross - but tasted pretty good. She had finished it - but kept opening her mouth for more... It was so cute - but then i felt bad that i didn't have more for her...

Tenille - glad you've come back on here and feel part of it already... Hope you had a good night and ta-Leah was a good girl for her mummy.

QUESTION - does anybody know where you can get those shopping trolley inserts for the seat part? I've seen alot of ladies with them - but can't find them. It would make life so much easier for me when grocery shopping. She HATES her front pack - always has, so an ergo (I have a tommy) just wouldn't work... Hope someone knows what i am talking about?
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I did have a good-night. The time went so fast last night. DH was out with the boys last night as last weekend they won the local football grandfinal & so they have been celebrating pretty much all week. So it was just me & Ta-lah until he came home at 10:30pm then we all went to bed. I have seen those material covers that go in the shopping carts too, but wondered where people got them. I'll have to ask someone next time, if no-one has already answered the Q.

Also I was a good mummy too & prepared lots of purees for my bub & froze them. She loves it all. She really like my potato, sweet potato, red potato, pumpkin, carrot & spinach mix. I make the fruit ones up fresh, but made a whole heap of vege ones & froze. When we go out, for eg. To football games I would take jars of brought food though, she loves the brought food too. Just food in general. But luckily Football is over now, we get our weekends back again. YAY!!!

[nemosmum]

anyone heard from Caithi?

I want to invite her to high tea with the sydney girls

Toady do you have her mobile number can you pm me with it if you do OR maybe ring her and ask if shes interested

thanks

have a nice weekend girls

Ciao:wave:

[TenAndTa]

M2B: The jolly jumper stands, you could look on ebay, if you get stuck. They have lots new & used. I looked on their when I was looking for one. Then I saw the fisher & price jumperoo & decided I wanted one of them instead as it has it's own frame & plays lights & music etc, I ended up just hiring one for 3 months though, as then it something that I don't have to store later on seen as we have a little house.

[TenAndTa]

SHEZI: Your labour sounded not too bad this time around. I'm glad it wasn't painful for you.

TOADY: OMG Toad what a horrible labour, talk about painful & stressful, you poor thing!!! You won't be lining up for the 2nd bub in a hurry after that experience. Then again surely things can only get better, next time around.
Little toad looks very cute thogh, and sounds like he has made up for the rough labour.

M2B: What is the mesh net dummy? How does it work? Sounds very interesting.:idea:

[Bambaloo]

Morning

Had a busy day as usual yesterday with KM then picked up photos & met MG for a coffee/lunch.

ELLA WON FIRST PLACE IN THE "MOST PHOTOGENIC CONTEST"!!! I was given a blown up photo framed in a wooden frame of the winning photo & a certificate but I wasn't happy that the name on the certificate said ELLE!! :( She said I could change it with nicko, the lady looked like she'd written Elle on receipt then made an A over the top of the E so hard to read. When I got home & took the cert out (it was with the frame, all wrapped up) it was laminated & I couldn't get a contact no. for the one we went to & they leave today so the Sydney office said call next week, maybe Wed onwards when they have package details etc there. Also cos the winning photo we didn't actually get in our package with the smaller size, wallet size, standard size etc etc. OMG It cost me $600 for the package! That included a lot of pics though & a huge blown up one which I get when I pay it off. I payed $350 yesterday and paying $50 a week off it.

I got all teary when she said Ella had won because I thought she meant the prize of $7000 worth of groceries! LOL. That is apparently a monthly prize & have to check website for winners. I hope that we are in with a good chance! I also have to ask them that because we got a $100 voucher for the company if I can use it to pay $100 off towards photos cos she didn't present to me until after I'd paid for them and I didn't see the voucher til I had unwrapped the frame. When she said she had something to show me after I told her I had to go & get a frame to give one to dh for late father's day present I thought great she'll show me a $100 frame or something lol.

SWIMMING: The place we're starting E swimming with still hasn't called back to confirm when Ella can start - they were meant to ring back again end of Aug start of Sept. But I haven't called them this week in case they said come today or tomorrow or whatever & I don't have togs, towel or lil swimmer nappies for Ella yet lol. I will ring them today though since it's Friday. I told them that Thurs or Friday would suit best (when KM finishes next week anyhoo).

TEETH: Guess what? Ella had a shocking night last night, woke up upset a few times, spewed all down my nighty etc & we kicked Dh out of bed & she slept with me, still waking a few times - maybe 3? When she woke early this morning she literally screamed then cried like she had a nightmare. Never heard a baby do this. And this morning she was screaming heaps when I put her down for a nap & I put bonjela on her gums & I could feel a tooth cutting through! I CAN SEE HER TOOTH too!! Maybe it'll be up by tonight when Dave comes home. Cute. Hopefully her sleep will be better then.

NAPPIES: Still waiting!!!

If Ella's pics are on website I will post it.

Ok I will read last few pages then do personals!

Luv mexxx

[Bambaloo]

HAPPY HALF BIRTHDAYS TO MONTY & HARPER!

Well done Michaela on the 6 mth breastfeeding! How was the zoo?

Sunflower - How are you & O feeling today?

LT - Glad the smily rodent is back!

Excited4bub - Welcome! Nice to meet you. Hope you stick around as it'd be nice to get to know you & your gorgeous girl! Ta-leah has so much hair! More than my homer ... lol. (DH has started calling chops (Ella) this because even though her hair has thickened up again it is quite fine and light then she has 3 or 4 very long strands on the top of her head like Homer Simpson). Ta-leah sounds like a lovely size compared to my big lump! Ella was 8.1 just before 5 mths (she was heavier than T at her 4 mth needles lol). She wasn't measured in length but at 4 mth needles was about 68cm I think.

With my labour, I went in to be induced with gel on Wed 14th (8pm) nothing had happened & they were expecting to break waters early next morning but ended up having to have this cathetar in my cervix (7am) which they inflate & meant to drop out once dilated but didn't come out. He took it out & I had dilated only 2cm. That brought on contractions hard, strong & very close together. I was wishing for a c/s then! Lol. He had offered me one first up. I said no, see how i go (was expecting one anyway as my mum did). Went on having horrible painful contractions (no peth or gas) til about 1pm when I got drip & epi. Cruised through the arvo chatting, texting, watching tv. When he did an internal & broke my waters I was still only 2cm!! Hadn't even moved another cm! Asked me if I would like to go on & I said no, happy to have c/s but waited to make sure nothing more would happen. Still 2cm at 5pm, went down to theatre at 5.30, E born at 5.44pm. He said my pelvis is too small like my mum's was, my body wouldn't have coped & neither would Ella's. I prob would've ended up with an emergency c/s anyway as he doubt Ella would've been able to cope naturally.

Kel - Yes I think I actually got quite a lot for my money's worth. My first 3 bumgenius ones are yet to arrive :( They'll prob all arrive at once! Ooh I just saw you were in South Brisbane? Def have to come to a BH meet-up! Oh & no more freaky happenings!

Sarah - Good to see you, I hope you recover soon. I luv the new avy of Miss Iris! You girls deserve a holiday :)v
Shezi - What are chicken scissors? I luv how you still refer to your labour as a 'Lana Labour'. I think that will always stick! Poor M! I hope she can get rid of it before she goes in to get them removed. When is that happening? Oh & what is a 4x2 house?

A car parked in the middle of the road in the way of our driveway before so Ella & I went and asked the 2 old bags to move but they said they're with Meals on Wheels and are only gonna be 1 min as just dropping the old dude next door's food off.

Sharon - Glad you had a lovely day to yourself! At least you will be used to dropping him there when back at work. When do you start back?

Lana - Congrats Griffin on your new pearly whites!! And on finally eating some food! Lol. Wish we had air con ... maybe i should ask the owner ... lol.

LL - Will have a look at the new zoo pics after this!

Posty only put flat envelopes in our letterbox :( Hopefully the lady who delivers parcels in the car comes soon!!

AD - I use Heinz Organic. I don't know that I will be giving E custard though, I assumed it had sugar in it, plus aren't they not meant to have dairy til 12 mths old? Did A go hyper? LOL, Just jokes!

Solids - Mainly giving E cereal mixed with jarred fruit still. Maybe every 2nd night giving her a ice cube of swet pot & normal pot mixed together & heated up. We have one of those mesh things M2B was talking about but haven't tried it yet. I got mine from Woolworths.

Ok gtg.

Oh I looked on Little Masterpiece Studio to see if E's winning pic was there but I couldn't get into QLD bit, page didn't seem to scroll down enough? Anyway if it's there it'll be under QLD then Carindale Westfield.

Talk soon this one's hungry!

[TenAndTa]

Excited4bub - Welcome! Nice to meet you. Hope you stick around as it'd be nice to get to know you & your gorgeous girl! Ta-leah has so much hair! More than my homer ... lol. (DH has started calling chops (Ella) this because even though her hair has thickened up again it is quite fine and light then she has 3 or 4 very long strands on the top of her head like Homer Simpson). Ta-leah sounds like a lovely size compared to my big lump! Ella was 8.1 just before 5 mths (she was heavier than T at her 4 mth needles lol). She wasn't measured in length but at 4 mth needles was about 68cm I think.

With my labour, I went in to be induced with gel on Wed 14th (8pm) nothing had happened & they were expecting to break waters early next morning but ended up having to have this cathetar in my cervix (7am) which they inflate & meant to drop out once dilated but didn't come out. He took it out & I had dilated only 2cm. That brought on contractions hard, strong & very close together. I was wishing for a c/s then! Lol. He had offered me one first up. I said no, see how i go (was expecting one anyway as my mum did). Went on having horrible painful contractions (no peth or gas) til about 1pm when I got drip & epi. Cruised through the arvo chatting, texting, watching tv. When he did an internal & broke my waters I was still only 2cm!! Hadn't even moved another cm! Asked me if I would like to go on & I said no, happy to have c/s but waited to make sure nothing more would happen. Still 2cm at 5pm, went down to theatre at 5.30, E born at 5.44pm. He said my pelvis is too small like my mum's was, my body wouldn't have coped & neither would Ella's. I prob would've ended up with an emergency c/s anyway as he doubt Ella would've been able to cope naturally.

Homer!!!LOL Yes Ta-leah was born with a lot of hair & has only started rubbing a bit off at the back as she constantly moves her head. I was born with alot of hair & she looks like me as a baby.
Oh another not so good birth. At least you both were okay & you had a healthy baby in the end, with no emergency c/s.

I have put a link to see some photos of Ta-leah I still have to put on some of her as a baby as these are only recent photos. I checked out all your baby photos very cute! No wonder you have a baby photo winner there.

[defaipe]

sorry just another quickie.. no kindy for M today. she has tonsillitis, 2 ear infections.. dr thinks glue ear.. glands are all up in her neck.. and yeah not well. so she's on like 3 separate antibiotics.. she has to be well in a week... he's recommended she get grommets in her ears too so now i need to contact the specialist prior to the op.

and now i've got the stomach pains again.. hurry up af!

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

Just a quickie...

Vicky / Kel - sorry for the mixup. Must have been getting late. :o

Shezi - hope M gets better soon for you in time for the op.

At daycare I did have to fill out a sheet with Matthew's routine etc. They try to fit it in as best they can. There are only 8 babies with 2 people looking after them so its not too hard. The kids tend to sleep okay and they have a separate glass windowed room for sleeping that is aircon and sound proofed I think. Amazingly though you will often see bubs asleep on a cusion in the main play room. Used to happen to Ryan all the time. I think they get mesmerised by all the noise sometimes. I start back at work next week (Tuesdays and THursdays) so hopefully next week is as good. At least DH will be home for the Tuesday, he gets home Sat but goes again on Thurs.

Take care all...

PS Love the vids Hollie. Do tell though me - was Frog meant to be blowing bubbles or spurting water on MOnty?

PPS LL: Love the zoo pics too...

[sunflower]

hey Guys

Owen and I are still sick! I tell you what when Dh gets home I'm gonna sleep in every morning and Dh can get up to O if he wakes during the night ( something he does very rarely)...I so need a break!

nemosmum sorry to hear your feeling under the weather aswell, you deserve a break! hope you get some rest soon!

Carriethanks for asking how we are! Congratulations Ella, can't wait to see the photos!

Shezi oh poor M, hope she gets better so she can have the operation. Do the antibiotics upset her tummy at all? O has had watery poo since taking the antibiotics

LT Monty is so cute, I love his big belly laugh!!

Excited4bub I have one of them mesh things for O they are brillant, he loves it! so far I've put orange, banana and grapes in it for him. The only downside is they are bugger to get clean!

LL great photos love the tortoise one!

Has anyone tried sippy cups yet?? I have 3 different ones that I have given to Owen filled with water but he doesn't seem to ever get anything out of them, I had a go and you have to suck really hard! does anyone have any recommendations on which ones to use?

[kel2boys]

:wave:Hi all,

Well it just happens to be Noah's 6 months today, so HAPPY 6 MONTHS NOAH my cute little monkey!!! Mumma luvs u :kiss:

Here's a few of our latest photos

Noah on Father's Day
http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Kellie_77/?action=view&current=034.jpg
Noah in his jolly jumper
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Kellie_77/048.jpg?t=1189138592
Noahs smiley dimpleshttp://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Kellie_77/049.jpg?t=1189138708
My Elijah xoxo
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Kellie_77/008.jpg?t=1189138797
My anniversary flowers from DH Valentine
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff84/Kellie_77/009.jpg?t=1189138875

Carrie oh you must be so proud of Ella, congrats on the most photogenic award. I know how easy it is to spend so much on photos, when E was little I got a set done and she took about 6 diff poses and so when it was time to pick them up, gosh he was so cute in all of them so how could I say no. I'm sure they no when it's your first and know that you just have to have them...mine were about $600 aswell :eek: glad they had a payment plan. I have to get some taken of N soon as I think i'm a little bit weary. Scared I will get suckered in again... Congrats also on Ella's tooth. We are still waiting for ours, but going by Elijah we might have a while to wait as he didn't get his first tooth til he was 1.

N is waking up from nap so gotta goooo

[Bambaloo]

Ella LUVS her TT sippy cup - one of the magic ones it doesn't leak when tipped upside-down. It nearly persuades her to roll to get it!

Thanks for all the congrats on my gorgeous (spewy) girl!

[sunflower]

Carrie do you just give her water in it or milk??

Kel georgeus photos, noah has beautiful big eyes! happy 6 months Noah!!!

[kel2boys]

Sunflower sorry to hear you guys aren't feeling to well. It's always harder to recover when you still have do what us mums have to do... Do you have any family member's that could help you out? maybe cook a dinner or something?

Hollie Monty is such a treasure!! Just love his chuckle, made me laugh too.

Shezi Poor little M, it's no fun having a sick little kiddy. Hope the antibiotics do there job and get her well enough to go to hospital for her op. DH had probs with ears & adnoids when he was little, he had to have them removed (not his ears)lol, so we were concerned if it was a hereditary conditions in case the boys have trouble with them...but nothing like that as yet...

Tennille Ta-leah looks so grown up on the couch, she looks older than her 6 mths, must be the hair lol...

I haven't used any jar food yet but I am looking into it, if any thing for the convienence of it. I will definaletly look at the organics variety. The other day went shopping at a diff shopping centre and went to the baby room and all they had in there to heat up bubs lunch was a avent warmer :thumbsdown: no good to put in a rectangle container of baby mush. If u don't know what a avent warmer looks like, it's just the shape of an avent bottle. But actually I just bought some avent containers to put homemade food in, they are the size of a bottle but have a screw plastic lid. Very handy, you can also screw on a normal bottle top and teat...so the container turns into a bottle...mmmmmmm clever.

By the way this is not a avent ad hahaha :D

[Elmopalooza]

Lana, if you are knitting you should join the MCN swap!

Video - Frog had toadlet in hysterics (http://www.bizztools.net/m/monty_6months.html) this morning. Excuse the snorting in the background, I couldn't stop laughing.



Hollie that video of Monty is the best! He has a really contagious laugh, he had me in hysterics!

I have been thinking of joining the mcn swap but i think i need a little bit more practice yet lol



Has anyone tried sippy cups yet?? I have 3 different ones that I have given to Owen filled with water but he doesn't seem to ever get anything out of them, I had a go and you have to suck really hard! does anyone have any recommendations on which ones to use?

I found the Nuby ones really good with Amity. The teat is made out of silicone but is a squarish shape... Hmm, let me try and find a link... Here you go http://www.tommeetippee.com.au/products.asp?pk=2&seq=1
It is the red one at the top of the page. They also have one slightly different for the next age group. They are a lot easier to suck out of (yep, we tried!)

Carrie - Congrats to Ella (and you) on winning the comp!

Sheree - Give M a big hug from Amity :hugs: Poor little mite must be feeling like sh!t!

Griff is so much happier during the days now that his teeth have popped through :smiliedance:

ETA: Cant remember who was asking about them but here is a link to those Mesh Dummies that you can put fruits in etc http://www.tommeetippee.com.au/products.asp?pk=1&seq=4

[TenAndTa]

[quote=sunflower;1879969]
Excited4bub I have one of them mesh things for O they are brillant, he loves it! so far I've put orange, banana and grapes in it for him. The only downside is they are bugger to get clean!quote]

So what is the mesh thing exactly? Does it squash up the fruit like a sieve? Sorry it just I haven't seen them before. I'll have to get one when I go to Perth next week. Oh I see Lana has posted a link about the mesh things I'll have a look. Thanks lana.

kel2boys: The photos on the couch were taken when she was 4.5mths old & everyone thinks she looks older than what she is, with all the hair. I remember taking her into the shop at 3 wks & everyone thought she was 3 months because she had so much hair & was so alert. Everyone says she has such big brown alert eyes.

[defaipe]

tennille where is dandaragan?? we're in waikiki.. im having a joint bday party for my older 2 in november.. you're more than welcome to come along. i've roped the rest of the perth mums in haha. but i understand if its too far away.

gtg D just woke.. will be back tho!

ps LOVE the videos hollie

[nemosmum]

I bought another pram....yeah I know im bad

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb260/landie_04/babygirl126.jpg


and Iris in her first ballerina tutu leotard outfit PLUS the baby legs Toady sent her....she looks like shes trying out for Flash Dance the sequal
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb260/landie_04/babygirl123.jpg


hope you are all well:kiss:

sxx

[kel2boys]

Sarah Cool trendy pram or is a stroller? Hey where do you put the odd shopping bag??? :D I just looks so cute with all those curls and pretty in pink.:)

[library-laksa]

hi ladies. sorry to hear so many mums and bubs feeling sick. Harper has a bit of a cold too, bring on summer i say!!

Hollie i laughed for ages with Monty, and Harper was craning his neck when i started it while feeding him. then i showed him and he was just staring :laughing:

Sarah i love the babylegs/tutu outfit, i want a girl lol!

Sunflower we just got a pigeon mag mag cup. may aunt recommended it when i told her H had gone off taking bottles, her kids both had them. it costs $26 at woolies but has 3 steps/tops - teat, spout and straw, or you can buy separately. he seems to like it.

Tenille how far from perth are you? we perthies try to meet up for a goss and the kids can have a play.

Carrie that is great about Ella's contest win :yelclap: can you scan the pic and show us?

talking of pics, i have just received the ones from the photo shoot, i love the one with the toy best. the catalogue comes out in 1.5wks, you can get them from website (******* pronto)
:cool: HERE'S THE PICS (http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/) :cool:

Mel i got a 'trolley snug' from the above, it can be used in a normal trolley seat or the capsule thing with small bubs

[nemosmum]

thanks kel, shes is a dream in icecream pink!

Its a stroller and I have a pram tidy that straps on the back

its extremly lightweight but a fourwheeler so wont tip like my three wheeler Zapp

its called the easy fold stroller by quicksmart BUT it aint easy to fold LOL:hair: :)

gotta go Iris is calling moi!

[TenAndTa]

nemosmum: How cute are the photos you took today. I love the dark curly hair. Your baby & mine look very similar.

Shezi: Dandaragan is about 2hrs from Perth, But I quite often go down & stay with my parents at Wattle Grove which is close to Forrestfield. What is Waikiki close too? I would love to come to the party in Novemer, unless plans change before then. Just let me know when it is. Thanks for the invite. Is First-time (Gaye) going?

I don't know if you know but I met Gaye (First time at the hospital once & we visited each other after giving birth in hospital etc We still keep in contact via email.

[TenAndTa]

I have updated & added most of the photos I have of Ta-leah. The one on top of her cot with all her teddies is cute. Also the ones in just her nappy on a pink blanket she is doing all these model poses. My sister took those, they are funny. I also added the ones of her just after birth & when she was young. For those that want to have a look.
http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/cc7/tennille-p/

[TenAndTa]

Q: I was just going to write a list of all the March Mummies Usernames+Real names+ their kids names. Just wondering before I right out the list is their already a list somewhere. I saw the members list for everyone that is a member of bubhub. But I mainly only chat on march 2007 mummies & sometimes get a bit confused with usernames & real names etc & kids names so I thought it would help me a great deal when posting if I had the info near my computer. That way I'll also know who everyone is talking about when they say names rather than usernames etc. :ecomcity: :ecomcity: Sorry for going on a bit

[TenAndTa]

What about if I start a list:

Xcited4bub=Tennille 27yrs, DH:Jamie 31yrs, DD:Ta-leah 4/3.07 From Dandaragan WA.

[defaipe]

umm end of freeway.. say 50mins south of perth. i will send you an invite anyway.. could you pm me your address? ta :)

love the pics of Ta-Leah.

gotta go again.. will do proper personals tonight..:wave:

[Elmopalooza]

Sunflower we just got a pigeon mag mag cup. may aunt recommended it when i told her H had gone off taking bottles, her kids both had them. it costs $26 at woolies but has 3 steps/tops - teat, spout and straw, or you can buy separately. he seems to like it.

talking of pics, i have just received the ones from the photo shoot, i love the one with the toy best. the catalogue comes out in 1.5wks, you can get them from website (******* pronto)
:cool: HERE'S THE PICS (http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/) :cool:



Michaela the pics are gorgeous! My two faves are the one of him with the toy and the one where he is asleep in the Bubble grobag... he looks good enough to eat lol!

I have heard great things about the Pigeon Mag Mag too. My MIL suggested that one if Griff decides later that he doesnt like the other ones.

Sarah - How cute is Iris! Where did you get a tutu that little from? (and Hollie, love the babylegs. Good choice!)
:laughing: you and your prams missy! You should hire your other prams out to people who go to Sydney on Holiday but dont want to cart their chunky pram/stroller around.

I only had half a day of stuff to do at work today so we both left at 12.30pm :smiliedance: and because Sam was on night shift last night he was at home! So we (me, sam and griff) went to the shops. Such a nice relaxing day.

[kel2boys]

Brendansmum Happy 6 months to Brendan :party:
Hope you guys had a happy half birthday!!! I must say I did remember cause Brendan and Noah born on the same day, yipeee...:)

[kel2boys]

Tennille You still after after a list of us March Mummies? Well I did exactly what you thought about doing when I first came into this group...writing everyone down, usernames, names, bubs names, bubs DOB and location. I think I got eveyone who has been on here recently but I might not have everyone who was ever a March mummy. The only way I can think to get it to you is to email, so if your interested pm your email to me.:)

[TenAndTa]

Tennille You still after after a list of us March Mummies? Well I did exactly what you thought about doing when I first came into this group...writing everyone down, usernames, names, bubs names, bubs DOB and location. I think I got eveyone who has been on here recently but I might not have everyone who was ever a March mummy. The only way I can think to get it to you is to email, so if your interested pm your email to me.:)

Thanks Kellie I just sent you a PM with my email address. The list would be great, most appreciated.

SHEZI: I also sent you a PM with my postal address for the invite. Looking forward to the B'day party.:party:

[TenAndTa]

Thanks Kellie I received your email with the list, it will be very helpful

[kel2boys]

:thumbsup: No worries Tennille, certainly makes it much easier!

Anyone else would like the list let me know :)

[Ryan&MatthewsMum]

QUESTION - does anybody know where you can get those shopping trolley inserts for the seat part? I've seen alot of ladies with them - but can't find them. It would make life so much easier for me when grocery shopping. She HATES her front pack - always has, so an ergo (I have a tommy) just wouldn't work... Hope someone knows what i am talking about?



Try the Clean Shopper (http://www.babyshop.com.au/cube/view_product.php?product=37091-3806&PHPSESSID=bf5d46e7ad7bd79f423417ad0e02da84) at the Baby Shop Online. I just did a google on baby shopping trolley seat pads and a few came up. This one looked the best. Not sure if you can get it at local baby shops but possibly.

ETA Kellie - I've just PM'd you too for a copy of the list. Would be very helpful, thanks.

[defaipe]

its called the easy fold stroller by quicksmart BUT it aint easy to fold


:laughing: the MB's are simple to fold.. but buggers to lift. ya cant win!
i cracked up when you said you bought another pram lol. do you still use the p&t much? theres a newer model coming out this year. they update heaps hey!!
Iris is gorgeous. i love her tutu & baby legs! where did you get the tutu from?

tennille we do tend to chop n change with using nicknames and real names hehe. i hadnt realised how confusing it must be!

Happy 6months Brendan!!

i found a swing on ebay.. only $35.. SO cheap. but they live in sorrento! bugger that. i'd be better off buying one new lol. damn SS chugging fuel.

oh guess what lana! i got the ikea catalogue :smiliedance: first time ever!!! yay hehe
and yep im with you, nuby cups are great!! i've stopped buying them tho as D puts her finger through the top :rolleyes:

michaela holding griff the other day made me want a boy! haha

i spent $40 on antibiotics today.. makes me miss my concession card lol. M's perked up a bit tho so thats good. i think its more so the panadol thats done that tho.. shes on some sort of steroid to shrink her tonsils.. its a 3 day course and only 1/2 a ml twice a day. and then she has a normal antibiotic too.

[kel2boys]

Sharon Signed sealed & delivered!!! the list that is.:)

[Elmopalooza]

i found a swing on ebay.. only $35.. SO cheap. but they live in sorrento! bugger that. i'd be better off buying one new lol. damn SS chugging fuel.

oh guess what lana! i got the ikea catalogue :smiliedance: first time ever!!! yay hehe
and yep im with you, nuby cups are great!! i've stopped buying them tho as D puts her finger through the top :rolleyes:


Sheree if you want that swing from ebay i am more than happy to pick it up for you cos i go up there at least once a week to see my mum and sister anyway!! Then we can just make another play date and i can give it to you then.

Aww :( i dont have my Ikea catalogue yet... I hope mine comes soon... (my new furniture gets delivered on Tuesday :D )

Tennille - With your friend First-time (Gaye) where abouts does she live?? We do have a firsttime on here but we were under the impression that her name was Gaby... So we are just trying to figure out if they are the same person and we have gotten confused or two separate people all together.

Kellie (and Tennille) what a good idea to write down a list of all our names etc. It must get very confusing for a newbie trying to remember EVERYONES names, whereas we only have to remember the few newbies lol

Well i saw my friend tonight and she lent me one of her outfits for tomorrows Bollywood night!! Wait until you see the photos! She was saying that at home she has around 100 Saris alone, thats not including all her two-piece indian outfits.

ETA: For those of you that were looking for the Clean Shopper Trolley covers, their website has their entire fabric range cleanshopper.com.au

[BlueGin]

Lana- I know we have a "Gaye" in our group, as that was who sent me the Choice report on cots last year, so I think it is our Firsttime!

Howdy everyone, sorry to hear that there are so many sick Mums and bubs, no good!

Lovely to see you around again Tennille, Ta'Leah is beautiful! A quick re-intro... I'm Gin, my boy is Kestrel, and as for labour, I was induced at 2 weeks over but after a lot of labouring I had an emergency caesar. Nice healthy happy baby at the end and good recovery :thumbsup:

Love the new avi Sarah, she is nice and chubby now!

Nic-the stands are available at Toys R Us, not sure where else. I am dying to hang him from a tree, it will look very cute!

Carrie-yup, the cake said "happy birthday Field", good spotting! Congratulations to your photogenic sweetheart, looking forward to seeing the pics!

Hollie-yay for the MCN swap! So excited to have my swapee... any hints as to who you got? (:fingerscrossed: ;))
Lana-you should seriously join the next one, I was very inexperienced for my first swap but it's such fun!

Shezi-poor M, any reduction in the size of her tonsils? When mine were taken out they were huge and gross, but I think it helped that I was 18 so they were able to do more cutting. But I still had a very good recovery, so I'm sure she'll be fine :hugs:

Worried my boy has silent reflux issues, I was reading a list MickenzeesMum put up and it is scarily like him. It would explain a lot of his feeding problems, that's for sure! I think I'll have to book him in for a doctor's appointment. Annoyingly she is a bit blase about stuff like this, used to dealing with over anxious parents so laughs stuff off a bit easily, but I will persist if necessary.

Shezi-these AF pains are annoying aren't they!

A big hug to everyone else, no chance of me keeping up at the moment as Kes has decided to scream if I try to take him near my computer (I used to catch up by bringing the laptop to bed but the cable is snapped!).

XGin

[melannh]

Gin - u mentioned that you think Kes might have siltent reflux. Ellery screamed for 8 weeks!!! We had another stint in hospital at 4 weeks - and I actually mentioned silent reflux to my paed. and he said that there is no such thing. By 9 weeks, DP and I were beside ourselves. We found a wonderful clinic Nurse (I talk of her often - Pam) and she took one look at E and said - REFLUX!! I couldn't believe it... From then on, she improved. Took a little while - but instantly better... We thickened her feeds with karakare baby formula thickener (can be used in breast milk if pumping) and that helped with the projectile vomits. Also, Milanta of all things - on her dummy after a feed. Not alot - only a dip into it. I was a bit scared at first, but it helped so much - I quickly got over it...
My Paed was the same though - just did not believe in it - even after a hospy stay and all. I was quite annoyed at him at first and felt like I'd battled through (and E was in pain) for no reason at all....

Sheree - how is M and those dreaded tonsills. The poor little sweety, it just sounds awful.. I didn't suffer as a child too much - so hoping E doesn't have too many problems. I hope she is able to have the op so then those nasties will be gone...

Kellie & Tenille - I have made up a list that i have near the computer as when i started, I was so damn confused... How is the list going to start? (I may have missed a post or too?) sorry.

Sarah - how beautiful is iris - and the tutu... aaawww - just too cute i say.... How are you feeling? Hope things are getting a little better for you....

Carrie - congratulations to Ella (and you) of course on her winning.. How exciting.:yelclap: Wouldn't be great if you win the monthly prize of $7k.. WOO HOO... She is beautiful - so not surprised at her 1st placing. Bit of a bumma they got the name wrong?? Bit lazy and bizarre - but hey, she outdid plenty of others - I am so excited for you both....
SWIMMING - I would like to start Ellery when it warms up a bit - not sure where... With swimming - do you have to put them into special nappies? If so, what is it that i have to get?
Yeah on the tooth. I am still waiting for Ellery's to pop through, they're giving her a terrible time and she find its hard to suck on her bottle. Hopefully soon.:fingerscrossed:

Tenille - love the pics of Ta-leah. How pretty is she!!! Looks like she is posing for the camera.. ha ha....

Lana - glad you were able to have a short day at work. Always nice to get a surprise and be able to finish early..... Thanks for the info on the shopping trolley inserts too...

All is going well this end. DP and Friends got the yard done. They worked so hard and the weather was awful. Really windy and wet - but they worked on through.... My sis and I went to RACQ to get tickets for d'world tomorrow - then stopped to have a coffee. Best to get out of the others hair and plus, Ellery is so much better out and about. She's just a nosey parker to be honest... ha ha... The yard looks really good - but it took 2 days to get it all done. DP is now walking around like a cripple - back's not too good..... I will try and keep E quiet this morning - but that is easier said than done.

Ellery has now taken to being a nightmare when getting her nappy changed. She rolls right over and thinks it is funny to be annoying!! We put her mobile/music above the table to try and keep her amused - but that lasts about 1 minute... She's so funny.
She now rolls instantly if I put her on the floor - and she loves her new toy from Toys R Us... It nice and noise - colourful and flashy... Not too big though - so she presses the buttons occassionally on her own....

My sis and friends have now gone - but I have my Mum here now... Which is nice. We'll go out for morning tea or something - but Mum has a really bad back at the moment. She never complains but i can just tell that it is really sore... So, she'll be happy to sit and entertain E so i might be able to get a bit done about the place.....

[kel2boys]

Just thought I would share this,
We are sitting here having a lazy start to the morning watching music videos and Pink's song Dear Mr President came on, so was Elijah was fixed to the tele (he just loves all music)and at the end of the song she sing "will you take a walk with me, you never take a walk with me" and E says to me "mummy I take a walk with her" owhhhh how sweet, just though it was really cute.....:rolleyes: :kiss:

[kel2boys]

Vicki wishing Antonio a HAPPY 6 MONTHS :party: today. Hope it's a nice sunny day for you today. Enjoy your day!!!

Mel In regards to the list, Tennille was asking about such a list and she was going to start one on here with everybody putting in there details but I mentioned to her that I just happened to do my own list when I first came on here and that it would be easier if I emailed it to her and anybody else who wanted it. As I said to Tennille, I just filled out the info as given by everybody in there signatures and a few clues here and there...so there might be a few blank spot were that info wasn't given.:)
Sounds like you got a lot done to you yard... it now nice to sit back a look at good it looks hey.
The weather looks great today, I hope it's this nice for you tomorrow at d'world... especially after the miserable week of weather we've just had. I love going to d'world, it brings back memories of being a kid and going there except as I said before i'm a bit of a chicken now... Enjoy your day:D

[AquaDevil78]

Morning Girls,

Dp got the new job night shift, woo hooo no more money troubles. Going to be nice having some disposable income again, and not live week to week. YAY :smiliedance: (Not sure if i will like be alone at night tho, but only from 10pm to 8am).

Watch out shops HA HA!

Well Antonio is making me do this :banghead: lately... he has taken to bloody rolling over on the change table and is more interested in playing with the bottles of lotion, poweder, wipe box tha n mummy dressing him, changing his nappy etc.... bloody struggle i tell you, cute but oh so annoying! I this just a phase?? anyone have any tips to stop/help me change him... where has the boy gone who just used to lay there? LOL.

What used to take 2 mins now takes up to 15!!!

Anyway

happybirthday HAPPY 6 MONTHS OLD AND 21 MINS LITTLE MAN happybirthday


Ok off to read all your posts, back soon xx

[nemosmum]

nemosmum: How cute are the photos you took today. I love the dark curly hair. Your baby & mine look very similar.



awwwthanks, I lurve the pics of Ta-Leah she is stunning!
People are always saying Iris's hair looks like a wig lol so does Ta-Leah's :D do you get comments like that?



Sarah - How cute is Iris! Where did you get a tutu that little from? (and Hollie, love the babylegs. Good choice!)
you and your prams missy! You should hire your other prams out to people who go to Sydney on Holiday but dont want to cart their chunky pram/stroller around.

So we (me, sam and griff) went to the shops. Such a nice relaxing day.

My sister bought me the tutu from the US it was supposed to be a chrissy gift but she was scared Iris would be too big for it by then so gave it to us early
it really doesnt fit her yet...we just made it look like it does but its not far off, come chrissy it will fit perfectly!

sounds like a relaxing day Lana....I love days when its just me and iris I know that sounds bad BUT these days I hardly get to spend any time one on one with her
the only time its just me and her is her first early morning feed the rest of the time its O O O

I dont know how you do it sheree with three lil ones
I feel so torn!

I spent the day yesterday shopping with Iris and my mum at a lil village centre and we had a loevly time I found the sweetest hand knitted ice cream pink cardy for iris for $6 at this amazing lil bizare love it!
it was so nice having iris all to myself!

Tennille You still after after a list of us March Mummies? Well I did exactly what you thought about doing when I first came into this group...writing everyone down, usernames, names, bubs names, bubs DOB and location. I think I got eveyone who has been on here recently but I might not have everyone who was ever a March mummy. The only way I can think to get it to you is to email, so if your interested pm your email to me.

wow you are studious kel :D

Sheree~ mike bought Iris a swing last week both her and O loved it ....yes O had to get in and have a turn


O
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb260/landie_04/babygirl111.jpg

iris
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb260/landie_04/babygirl107.jpg


I did find a gorgeous baby tutu that you might like for A...for the party BUT now i cant remember which online site i saw it one
argh! ive been searching for about 30mins for it grrr
it was super sweet a lil white one or soft baby pink and it fit a baby and only cost $19.95
it was a nice site too
grrr off searching again hahahaha





Aww i dont have my Ikea catalogue yet... I hope mine comes soon... (my new furniture gets delivered on Tuesday )


Well i saw my friend tonight and she lent me one of her outfits for tomorrows Bollywood night!! Wait until you see the photos! She was saying that at home she has around 100 Saris alone, thats not including all her two-piece indian outfits.


aww im jealous too no ikea catalogue here either!
Have fun at your bollywood party I love saris!


Love the new avi Sarah, she is nice and chubby now!
XGin

Gin~ I hope Kes is alright soon reflux silent or otherwise is horrid!
thanks yes iris is stacking on the baby phat hahahaha


Sarah - how beautiful is iris - and the tutu... aaawww - just too cute i say.... How are you feeling? Hope things are getting a little better for you....

She now rolls instantly if I put her on the floor - and she loves her new toy from Toys R Us... It nice and noise - colourful and flashy... Not too big though - so she presses the buttons occassionally on her own....

.....

I think we have that toy is it a ball thing from the bruin range?
Ellery is very clever pressing the buttons! Iris just slobers all over hers...still not teeth in site but i can feel them
Thanks hun for being so supportive im feeling better


Just thought I would share this,
We are sitting here having a lazy start to the morning watching music videos and Pink's song Dear Mr President came on, so was Elijah was fixed to the tele (he just loves all music)and at the end of the song she sing "will you take a walk with me, you never take a walk with me" and E says to me "mummy I take a walk with her" owhhhh how sweet, just though it was really cute.....

awwww bless his lil heart I love this age they are so sweet and sensitive....why oh why do they ever have to turn into teenage boys aka unemotional vessels:laughing:

[Bambaloo]

Good morning!

Well I am excited to start using my very first MCN's because as soon as I logged off the internet (& emailing the company saying they haven't arrived yet) the delivery man pulled up with my 3 Bumgenious pocket nappies. I have done 2 pre-washes, the pockets are dry but still waiting on the inserts to dry. The inserts feel really good and feel like they'd be really absorbant. Thank goodness it is finally sunny here - I have already done 2 loads of washing & I have to re-wash the sheets which have been on the line in the rain for the last week.

Think I got a bit ahead of myself with this beautiful sun though because I had a shower & put shorts on (I need colour badly! Lol) and my legs are freezing! HAHA. But our house is quite cool. Gonna try to convince DH when he comes home from work to go to the Point or the coast or somewhere this arvo!

I need some advice re what I should get for my rewards from the nappy party.
See thread here:
http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1882316&posted=1#post1882316

Pls let me know what you think!

Next Thurs is our last week of KM & I emailed the lady in charge to advise we will be doing it every second term so to let me know when we can enrol for the one after next so we don't miss out & she emailed me back asking why we were doing that. I don't think it's really any of her business however I wrote back and advise it's because we can't afford the $$, we start swimming in a couple of weeks as well & our weeks are so full on as it is. It is mainly the money, being $166.65 per 9 week term. The lady that takes our class had given me the idea weeks ago when she mentioned someone else doing it every 2nd term.

SUNFLOWER - I give Ella water in her sippy cup as she had stopped drinking it out of her bottle because she associates bottle with milk & that's why I bought the sippy cup so she'd associate it with water, especially with summer coming up. They also have a thing under the cap where you can make it slow or fast flowing. I tried it on slow flowing (before I washed it & gave to Ella!!) and it is plenty fast enough. It is the same as the one Lana posted the link to however ours is purple & green! You can get them from Target, they were 20% off.

KELLIE - Could you post a link for those Avent containers? They sound really good & very handy! Happy half birthday to Noah! Elijah sounds so cute! Did he take a walk? Hehe.

JENNY - Happy half birthday to Brendan!

AD - Happy half birthday to Antonio!

HOLLIE - I wish I could see video on my computer :( Stupid computer ... I really would have loved to see Monty! Did you receive my email I sent you with regards to swimming nappies?

Do you use a swimming nappy or disposable swimming nappies?

SARAH - Could you post a link to the pram on the website or something? What sort is it? You are def an addict! LOL. You need to attend Pram-aholics anonymous! ROFL :) Too bad I can't see Iris's pic either (not even attempting to open your pics anymore!). Did Hollie make the baby legs? Are baby legs leg warmers?

MICHAELA - I will get DH to hook up the scanner later to scan the pics. The winning one is framed so I'll see about taking it out, but I will def scan all the other bits & bobs. The only thing is my photobucket is gay! If you want, I could email you the pics & you could upload on my photobucket (I could give you username & password) for me? You don't have to though lol. Harper looks so peaceful!!! I am sneaking a peak at the zoo pics while in your album too! I didn't get a chance to yesterday. Harper always looks so calm & quiet and very very cute!

XCITED 4 BUB - Lovely pics!! What a poser you have there! Maybe Australia's Next Top Model LOL. Just beautiful ...

GIN - Hello! How is Kes? I could just picture him hanging from a tree in his JJ! With the cake ... who is Field? Or did you mean it's a happy birthday field ... iykwim? It looked yummy & you can send me one anytime! Lol. What is an MCN swap? I hope your doctor helps you with Kes & his possible reflux. With Ella's reflux (sooo not silent!) we went on to S26 AR (at 6 wk paed check-up) and we were meant to try Mylanta however I decided to wait & see if the AR formula made a difference and it def did. She is now more of a happy chucker & doesn't get pains very often ... but has been doing awesome projectiles of late! Teeth seemed to have made her spew more too.

MEL - Thanks hun :) With the swimming I would like to get a MCN swimming nappy (darlingsdownunder have a cute range) as I have heard that for 6 mths the disposable swimming nappies aren't great as a little big. But I will have to start off using them as I don't have a swimming nappy ... yet! What is the new toy E loves from TRU? What a cheeky monkey! Lol.

OMG another mammoth post from me ... woops ...

Have a gr8 weekend everybody!

[AquaDevil78]

ELLA WON FIRST PLACE IN THE "MOST PHOTOGENIC CONTEST"!!!

Congratulations Ella and Mummy!


AD - I use Heinz Organic. I don't know that I will be giving E custard though, I assumed it had sugar in it, plus aren't they not meant to have dairy til 12 mths old? Did A go hyper? LOL, Just jokes!

Funnily enough he did go a bit spazz, aka Demon child. I should write and complain, but partly my fault for not reading the bloody ingrediants - ah well i am sticking with home made food and the Brand Only Organics for outings, there custard has no sugar nor do any of there baby range and no salt, just 100% meat/vege etc.

sorry just another quickie.. no kindy for M today. she has tonsillitis, 2 ear infections.. dr thinks glue ear.. glands are all up in her neck.. and yeah not well. so she's on like 3 separate antibiotics.. she has to be well in a week... he's recommended she get grommets in her ears too so now i need to contact the specialist prior to the op.

and now i've got the stomach pains again.. hurry up af! Big Hugs for M, hope she feels better soon!

Hi all,

Well it just happens to be Noah's 6 months today, so HAPPY 6 MONTHS NOAH my cute little monkey!!! Mumma luvs u

happybirthday Noah! (Belated)


:cool: HERE'S THE PICS (http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/HARPER/) :cool:

Great Pics! Love them all.

Vicki wishing Antonio a HAPPY 6 MONTHS :party:


Thank you!

[Bambaloo]

TUTUS - Myer have a set with a little body suit that says Tu Tu Beautiful & a cute pink tutu.

[Little_Toad]

Happy Half year Antonio!

Carrie, I just checked my junk mail and there it was.
I use a disposable swim nappy, they wont let us use our own even though the ones I have are really firm around the waist and legs unlike the huggies ones.

I can sell you one i already have, (they have been used only a couple of times) as I wont be making many more nappies. Only for toadlet.

kel, Elijah sounds very sweet and caring, my little brother was like that,

OO!! Forgot to tell al the mums to Picean babies.

Apparently the Picies is at the top of the chain of star signs. They are the most evloved and every other star sign try to obtain picean status.

So capricorn try to emmulate Aquarians, aquarians emmulate picieans etc. Aries are the least evolved. (sorry Arians).

My Did Did comes tomorrow!!!
I'm going to meet him at the airport and take a piece of white card with me, like people do when they are picking up someone they don't know.
I'm going to write Dadeeeeeeeee on it in large letters. He calls me Howeeeeeee and I always call him Daddeeeeeeee.
very very excited.!

[AquaDevil78]

Happy Half year Antonio!

Carrie, I just checked my junk mail and there it was.
I use a disposable swim nappy, they wont let us use our own even though the ones I have are really firm around the waist and legs unlike the huggies ones.

I can sell you one i already have, (they have been used only a couple of times) as I wont be making many more nappies. Only for toadlet.

kel, Elijah sounds very sweet and caring, my little brother was like that,

OO!! Forgot to tell al the mums to Picean babies.

Apparently the Picies is at the top of the chain of star signs. They are the most evloved and every other star sign try to obtain picean status.

So capricorn try to emmulate Aquarians, aquarians emmulate picieans etc. Aries are the least evolved. (sorry Arians).

My Did Did comes tomorrow!!!
I'm going to meet him at the airport and take a piece of white card with me, like people do when they are picking up someone they don't know.
I'm going to write Dadeeeeeeeee on it in large letters. He calls me Howeeeeeee and I always call him Daddeeeeeeee.
very very excited.!


Wonder if that is why Arien men are such... beeeeep's (well im my experiance anyway) :laughing:


Love the card idea Hollie, sounds like something i would do. :D

[nemosmum]

SARAH - Could you post a link to the pram on the website or something? What sort is it? You are def an addict! LOL. You need to attend Pram-aholics anonymous! ROFL :) Too bad I can't see Iris's pic either (not even attempting to open your pics anymore!). Did Hollie make the baby legs? Are baby legs leg warmers?

Have a gr8 weekend everybody!

TUTUS - Myer have a set with a little body suit that says Tu Tu Beautiful & a cute pink tutu.


I can email you the pics if your desperate for a squiz LOL like I know you are hahahaha
The pram is in the TRU catalogue its the quicksmart easy fold stroller you can check it out on their website

the tu tus from myer sound so cute!


Apparently the Picies is at the top of the chain of star signs. They are the most evloved and every other star sign try to obtain picean status.

So capricorn try to emmulate Aquarians, aquarians emmulate picieans etc. Aries are the least evolved. (sorry Arians).

My Did Did comes tomorrow!!!
I'm going to meet him at the airport and take a piece of white card with me, like people do when they are picking up someone they don't know.
I'm going to write Dadeeeeeeeee on it in large letters. He calls me Howeeeeeee and I always call him Daddeeeeeeee.
very very excited.!

OMG that is so spot on Mike is an aries and ive always thought he was half monkey half man:rolleyes:

yay for my lil fish she is soooooo evolved!

I love the way you describe your dadeeeeee hollie its so lovely that you have that kind of bond with him!
beautiful!



Iris will be 6mths on sunday and I weighed her today shes exactly 10kgs:D
shes only eating apple/pear puree and boobie milk but shes stacking it on at a mamoth rate!
but she is really really long too and looks heaps older then her 6mths!

ok better go

[Elmopalooza]

OO!! Forgot to tell al the mums to Picean babies.

Apparently the Picies is at the top of the chain of star signs. They are the most evloved and every other star sign try to obtain picean status.

So capricorn try to emmulate Aquarians, aquarians emmulate picieans etc. Aries are the least evolved. (sorry Arians).

My Did Did comes tomorrow!!!
I'm going to meet him at the airport and take a piece of white card with me, like people do when they are picking up someone they don't know.
I'm going to write Dadeeeeeeeee on it in large letters. He calls me Howeeeeeee and I always call him Daddeeeeeeee.
very very excited.!

Hehe... So Amity is right at the bottom! :laughing: and Griff wasnt quite ready to be at the top lol!
So in my family it goes Griff (aquarian) Me (Capricorn) Sam (Virgo) Amity (Arien)... Kind of annoying that my Mum, Dad and MIL are all Pisces though!!

Sarah - Wow i cant believe Iris is 10kg! How long is she now?? She must be really long cos she certainly doesnt look like she weighs 10kg

Vicki - Congrats to your DH on getting the new job! It must such a relief knowing that you wont have to stress over money anymore. You will soon get used to the nights. You will be asleep for most of it anyway which is kind of good.

Kel - Elijah sounds like such a little cutie!! He is going to be one super catch in about 20 or so years lol!

Off to see my mum and stepdad today, oh and my sister... then off to see my Dad and stepmum tomorrow. Such a full on weekend!

[kel2boys]

Carrie link to avent containers, they are called the VIA feeding system.You can get them at BigW for about $14 and yes they r handy...
http://www.avent.com/au/en/bottlefeeding_via_feeding_system.php

Sarah teenage boys hey ahhhhhhhhhh don't even won't to think that far ahead yet and it just made sense to do a list cause I was starting to get a little lost with some many names and bubs to remember. You changed your aviator pic, Iris must get her looks from her mummy hey and 10 kgs wow I'm hanging out for Noah's weights to be done next week so I can compare with everyone...he's probably something like 10 kilos mmm well see...

Hollie how exciting your dad coming tomorrow...sounds like you all will have a great time catching up. Have you got anything special planned? And as for Elijah being very sweet and caring, he is most of the time but he can be a little sh#t some times as mums with 3 or 4 yr old would know!:D Something all mummies with boys have to look foward too :laughing:

Also question time:::In what order do you girls feed your bubs? Do you do bottle/boobie first and then solids or the other way round?? Just curious...N is only having two solids per day lunchish and dinner. Lunch is bottle then solids but dinner is solids at 5.45 ish with us at the table and then bottle to settle for sleep at about 6.45 ish. He doesnt go to sleep on the bottle, I just burp him then cuddle and he's off to sleep...mmmm just wonder what everyone is doing?

[Little_Toad]

Oh ohhhh.. Frog just took toadlet out for a walk in the backpack, he's due for a feed in ten minutes and it's DUMPING DOWN!!!

[AquaDevil78]

OMG A just said pa pa... (we have been calld Dp that as we figure it be easier than dada sound.. Dp is alseep tho, practising getting his body in tune for night shift)

DOH!

Thanks Elmo - definately a relief .. show me the monaaaaay LOL.

[defaipe]

my star sign is aries. so thanx girls :rolleyes: :laughing:

lana thanx for the offer of grabbing the swing.. after seeing sarah's im not sure whether to maybe get one of them instead? what do ya think??

gorgeous pics sarah.. iris is soooooooo cute!

looks like i need to go to myer! thanx carrie :D

oops so have i been calling Gaye Gaby?? sorry!!:o or are they different people.. geez im confused!!

love the airport idea hollie. haha

ok too hard to type now.. will be back later. i hope everyone is having great weekends!!

[defaipe]

well done antonio!! papa will be proud!!

hollie are they back yet?

[nemosmum]

Oh ohhhh.. Frog just took toadlet out for a walk in the backpack, he's due for a feed in ten minutes and it's DUMPING DOWN!!!
:rain: did he take one of these:rain:


Sarah - Wow i cant believe Iris is 10kg! How long is she now?? She must be really long cos she certainly doesnt look like she weighs 10kg
!

cant measure her Ive lost my measuring tape

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Sarah teenage boys hey ahhhhhhhhhh don't even won't to think that far ahead yet and it just made sense to do a list cause I was starting to get a little lost with some many names and bubs to remember. You changed your aviator pic, Iris must get her looks from her mummy hey and 10 kgs wow I'm hanging out for Noah's weights to be done next week so I can compare with everyone...he's probably something like 10 kilos mmm well see...

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Also question time:::In what order do you girls feed your bubs? Do you do bottle/boobie first and then solids or the other way round?? Just curious...N is only having two solids per day lunchish and dinner. Lunch is bottle then solids but dinner is solids at 5.45 ish with us at the table and then bottle to settle for sleep at about 6.45 ish. He doesnt go to sleep on the bottle, I just burp him then cuddle and he's off to sleep...mmmm just wonder what everyone is doing?

The ava pic was a bet and i lost so it has to stay up there for one week:o BUT I never renig on a bet LOL


I always give iris booby first and shes only having one meal a day around 2pmish

its always apple or pear I know boring ive tried giving her veggies but she hates the stuff
and farrex gave her a reaction
so until she gets tested im going to limit her food dramatically

im off to my sisters ciao ladies!

[Bambaloo]

Hey

Nothing else to do so I'm back ... looks like it might rain again of course cos I've re-washed sheets etc & have heaps on the line! And I havent even done dh's work clothes or darks yet!

Well I ordered another fitted bamboo nappy & pul cover for my freebie. I have also ordered an extra pul cover, extra wool cover and 4 more boosters. Can you tell I'm addicted? Lol. It's good cos I can just pay her cash when she drops it all off. So very happy.

Swimming lady just returned my call, she had it written down for Monday. We start swimming lessons next Friday morning 10.40am! Yay! My niece is in the 10am class & she said she is about to be 'weaned' otherwise she may have put them together lol. I said I didn't expect them to be together since 2 yrs between them! So on Thurs I will have to go get her some togs, a towel & some sposies while waiting on my KK :) It's $12 per lesson plus a $12 booking fee this time payable on the day & you pay each month (obviously not booking fee each mth) & only will be doing 3 weeks this month so $48 all up so that's not bad. I'll have to get the car of dh for an extra day though until we get the new car.

KELLIE - Thanks for the link, I didn't realise they were disposable. $14 is good value for all you get in the pack! With respect to order of feeding bubs, Ella has her bottles 3 hourly (& if times are different it usually changes during day - today she had one after 2 hours so had her 12pm bottle to put arvo routine into order) so she has a bot around 3pm, cereal & fruit or vegies at around 4pm, bath, bottle, bed by about 5pm. Hope this helps? I think let Noah pick his own routine as long as he is getting all his milk.

HOLLIE - Did Frog get rained on? You seem to have a gr8 relationship with your dadeeeeeeee. Is he coming back to live or for a holiday? Has he met Monty before?

SARAH - Of course I'd luv you to email me the link! Hehe. I am thinking I know what it is - the quicksmart stroller is that tiny light one that folds into a backpack from Target? I bid for a hot pink one on ebay but got to more than what they are worth so had to stop bidding. (Never bid before this or after tho lol). Luv your avy sexy mumma. Watch out for Hollie & her cyber r00t$!

What was the bet?

AD - Yay! Antonio is on a roll with all his new tricks isn't he?! Hope A says it for "papa" when he wakes up.

SHEZI - My starsign is ARIES too!! I think we rock. I was disappointed E didn't make it to Aries lol. Are you a typical Aries? I know I am! Oops ... sorry to tell you all about the tutu's! LOL. I have started something haven't I?! Well Sarah started it, I just helped ... haha. We should all get one (well the girls anyway) & take a pic for our avy's of the girls in their tutu's! Cute ;)

Ok off to throw up ... feeling so guilty about spending all this money I don't have ... maybe I should send dh back to work nights again too!

Bye-bye

[kel2boys]

its always apple or pear I know boring ive tried giving her veggies but she hates the stuff
and farrex gave her a reaction
so until she gets tested im going to limit her food dramatically

what is the test for? Allergies or something?
~~~~~
Ladies with the MM's list; with the Gaye/Gaby situation, I just followed the lead with her name so you might have to change it...thats if were sure it's Gaye???

Carrie with the avent containers it says "dispose or reuse you choose". I wont be throwing mine away (unless they break or crack of course). I think they are too cool - great idea...I was going to get those ice cube trays with the lids but found these instead, more practical I think especially when you can just take the container out of the freezer and take it to the shops and just defrost/warm it in the microwave...thumbs up from me....

[defaipe]

ok just a thought wasnt there 2 alexanders in our group. maybe its gaby & gaye that are their mums. SO sorry if im way off.. just thinking out loud..:o

[Bambaloo]

Hi girls

Quiet tonight!

Everyone else must have a life lol.

We watched Hot Fuzz earlier then dh went to a mates for a beer but already home (only gone an hour!).

Ordered some more stuff from baby beehinds. Got the fitted nappy & pul cover (thought it was either or but it was both!). Also ordered another wool cover and another pul cover. So 5 pul covers all up & 2 wool ones. I didn't realise u didn't have to wash wool ones very much! Lol.

Well the inserts for bumgenious ones are dry so looking fwd to using them. Might use tomorrow & see how they go & then wash them Monday & use them when I got out Tues (show off lol).

I love the pul outer & apparently you can just change insert until the nappy is soiled? The colours are so beautiful - pink, white & green. I luv green!

So tired ...

Prob gonna go to the Point tomorrow if weather is nice. Meant to go Tues for MG again but the only day of the week it's meant to rain! Grr ... Tomorrow arvo the Bby beehinds lady is dropping off some nappies she already has so I can pre-wash & start using at home.

I got myself into sh!t on the thread about facebook banning breastfeeding. Everyone took my posts the wrong way & now they prob all hate me. I just wanna apologise to anyone on here reading it & taking offence to anything I said. It did not mean to come out badly, as you know I fully support breastfeeding.

Ok well gtg to bed.

Kel I amended the list & emailed it back - added some more names & fixed some dates & names too (ie BlueGun hehe).

Good night x

[Bambaloo]

PS Might be going to Big Day Out in Jan. Anyone know what the line-up's like? I am gonna go if it's a good one. I miss Livid - I saw Offspring, Garbage, No Doubt, Greenday and heaps more awesome bands there.

[kel2boys]

Kel I amended the list & emailed it back - added some more names & fixed some dates & names too (ie BlueGun hehe).

haha I didn't even realise til you mentioned it (bluegun) silly billy me....:D

[library-laksa]

Carrie - no, i have no life... actually was trying to sew a nappy but the thread kept breaking for some reason?? dunno but i got grumpy and decided to leave it for tonight.
i wash the bumgenius after one use, the inner layer is wet as well as the inserts. they dry quickly, couple of hours in warm weather. i have the green, yellow, blue and white. green is my fave too!
i havent read the facebook thing but i know you are pro-bf, all the effort you went to when you were so sick with mastitis....

BIG DAY OUT :D love it love it love it. i was so upset this year as it was meant to be my 10th (9 in a row!) but i was way too pregnant lol. i havent heard any line-up rumours, the first announcements in oct...

firsttime! is it Gaby or Gaye? Maybe it is Gabrielle prounced GAY-BRIELLE so she uses both as nicknames. hehe, funny, we're all confused :laughing:

Kel - i have those little blue avent containers, i use them to freeze breastmilk and now starting to use for mush. i second the recommendation!
re the food, i give Harper boob at 8ish then he has a sleep say 9-10 then fruit or veg then another b/f. in the arvo he has a nap then sometimes he has solids before milk, depends how long he slept and how hungry he is. if he wakes up crying then i give him milk and the solids an hour or two later. hope that helps...

ok Harper's crying, will go lay down with him and watch Iron Chef.

[Little_Toad]

Going to pick my Did Did up from the airport!!

I think it was Carrie who asked, he hasn't met Monty Toad yet and it's been 2.5 years since I've seen him.
I am pushing for him to get a job over here which shouldn't be too hard as there is a doctor shortage in Sydney. Plus he's super qualified and was in the Royal Navy and was the Queens doctor when she was on the Arc Royal. Although she never got sick :)

[melannh]

Morning everyone

Hope the weekend is going well for you all. We're off to d'world today... YEAH:smiliedance: Thankfully - the weather looks to be great. Ellery's being a bit of a poo this morning. She woke around 3am and took 4 goes to get her back down - then she was wide awake again at 5.15am.... aaaghhh.... Just gave her bottle and of course - she's tired. I put her into the cot, but don't think she's sleeping... Could be a loooong day - wait and see i suppose.

DP's still in bed. He's quite sore after his mammoth efforts in the yard. he continued on yesterday and got what we wanted done so far... Huge amount of shovelling needed (river rocks) so alot of bending over. Needless to say - he's walking a bit crooked.....

Michaela - I usually give Ellery bottle then pumpkin/pot and fare in the morning. Then mid-morning feed just bottle. Then around 2pm its bottle and some apple/pear puree then at night just the bottle. Seems to work ok - but i didn't know if she was a bit hungry yesterday. Might have to up the solids a bit.... I make up a batch then freeze it in ice-cube trays (sealed). So then I have portions ready.... The avent containers sound good though.

Kellie - if possible - could you please send me your list of people. not too sure if mine is totally accurate and up to date. If i have others to add - will do so and re-send. Will pm you my email address.

Little Toad - Is it your Dad that is coming out to visit? A Doctor to the Queen hey... Well, you're right saying about the Dr shortage her in Oz. A major problem all over the country isn't it...

Carrie - glad the swimming lessons have been organised and you're happy with the time table etc.... I'll have to get organised and pull my finger out and get Ellery booked in somewhere. So much more motivated to do it with the weather warming up a bit.
Aries hey!!! I am a LEO - and unfortunately, I fit the description really well also... :o I think us FIRE SIGNS rock too.. ha ha

The big day out hey... I have never been - not really my thing, but alot of friends go and have a great time....


have to get moving and organised for the big day ahead. Plus - E is whinging in her cot... DP just got up and we have a dead gold fish (ROSE). She was really big for her breed, and she hasn't been too well. He went mad at me for not removing her - but i couldn't. I am a whimp... He'll do it.. Such a good man.. ha ha

[kel2boys]

:wave: Good morning all

Bit of a lazy sunday today, not much planned. Might have a picinic in the sun somewhere???

Sarah HAPPY 6 MONTHS IRIS :party: Hope you all have a nice relaxing day....

Mel weather looks good for d'world, have a fantastic day!!!! No pm as yet?

Hollie Wooohoooo the day has finally arrived!!!! D Day haha (daddy day) I can just see your dad smothering Monty in hugs and kisses and you to of course.....(well maybe not the smothering bit???)lol

[Elmopalooza]

lana thanx for the offer of grabbing the swing.. after seeing sarah's im not sure whether to maybe get one of them instead? what do ya think??



I think you would probably get a lot more use out of one like Sarah's...

Sorry ladies, i read all the posts last night then went to bed so i cant really remember what i wanted to reply to lol.

We had a great night last night! All the different outfits looked awesome! I got some photos which i will upload later. The dancers were fantastic, lots of energy required to do those dances. Our outfits dont show up all the fine detail in the photos though which is a bummer.

Anyway i gotta go get ready so i can go grab the kids. Back later, have a good day.

[defaipe]

I got myself into sh!t on the thread about facebook banning breastfeeding. Everyone took my posts the wrong way & now they prob all hate me. I just wanna apologise to anyone on here reading it & taking offence to anything I said. It did not mean to come out badly, as you know I fully support breastfeeding.

wheres the thread carrie?? i think some people like to argue so they will misinterpret posts purposely. dont worry tho, you know how you feel & so do we :hugs:

[library-laksa]

wheres the thread carrie?? i think some people like to argue so they will misinterpret posts purposely.
i still havent read it. but i have to say i agree with Sheree's comment above - i come across lots of really petty arguments on bubhub and sometimes people can be really nasty! i tend to avoid posting in those threads...

Hollie bet you're having a great daddy day :) one of the main reasons i won't move to the country is i would miss my dad too much! (and my stepmums cooking haha)

Mel have fun at dreamworld! hope you get some piccies for us.

Carrie you mentioned that you met your DH there, i'd like to hear more and thought it would be an interesting chat topic:

WHERE/HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR DP/DH/DF?

Al went to uni with my good friend, B. he started hanging out with our group of friends and i had a MAJOR CRUSH on him right from the start. then i had a boyfriend, then he had a girlfriend so it was over 2 years before we got together. now its 5.5 years later :D

[AquaDevil78]

Carrie, i read your post and it was totally fine, and i totally understood where you were coming from... i aggree i think some people on BH get their jollies from getting on a soap box and bean rude, crude, mean or whatever takes there fancy.. don't stress.

stuff em all!

Oh and this is the exact reason i dont bother expressing my opinion in a lot of posts because i can't be bothered with all that sh!t. Some people need to grow up and realise that we are all entitled to an opinion which is just that a friggen opinion. I think these people need to go and get some fresh air and a brain cell or two.

At least we can b!tch and moan in here without getting stomped on.

:hugs:

[melannh]

Hi All

Well, we had a great day at Dreamworld. Ellery was such a good girl - slept alot actually.. ha ha. We took her on the train, she got a bit of a fright with some of the noises, but no tears....

I managed to go on a few rides - none of the super scary ones. I am too old and too much of a chicken to go on things like the giant drop. My sister went on her helicopter ride that she got for xmas. She said it was excellent - and she got an aerial shot of our house!!!

I managed to get absolutely drenched on the water ride (gold rush)... I was soaked to the bone! I didn't take any other clothes (DOH!) but I had some thongs and a beach towel... So, thats what i walked around in for the end of the day. Not overly attractive that's for sure - but on the gold coast, noone takes any notice i don't think. (hope not anyway.. ha ha)
You'll see my attractive outfit below with the roos.... The wind was really cool - so i couldn't stay in wet clothes, just asking to get sick then...

Some pics of our day

Wiggles World
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01568.jpg

Kangaroos!!!!
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01574.jpg

With My Dad
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff158/melannh/DSC01576.jpg

Carrie - with regard to the thread - I am with the others. There have been some really snide remarks (1 or two to me) but mostly to others, and it makes me wonder why people bother. Some others just do not have a life - or really have not been out in the real world (or lived)... This becomes very noticeable at their intollerance of others points of views and their inability to see outside the square.. I haven't read your thread -but as others said, that is why I rarely reply to other threads anymore - as it just seems to become a bit of a whinge feast for others to attack you and yours.... I am sure you didn't mean how it was taken - and if others can't respect your opinion - they aren't worth it.. We're nice in here anyway.. ha ha
Sarah - Happy 6 Months Iris........happybirthday

Hollie - hope you had an extra special Daddy Day today. Sure you had lots of catching up do to.....

Lana - glad you had a great night last night. Can't wait to see the photos of it all.... Sounds like it was a blast!

[Elmopalooza]

Mel - Glad you had a good time at Dreamworld! I would love to go on all the rides! Hehe the pic of Ellery and you with the Roos is cute. Love the way she is standing with them too.

How i met DP - Sam and I went to school together! We dated (if you can call it that) in yr 8 then i asked him to the school ball in yr 11. I left school early and lost contact with him but kept in contact with one of my other friends. Anyway, when we were 19 i asked my friend to organise a reunion dinner of all our friends from school and thats when Sam and I met up again... Lol and yet again i had to be the one to make the first move and ask him out of a date :laughing:

Ok girls i have a few pics for you while im waiting for the others...
here is one of me and my big sis (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=DSC02082.jpg) and this is one of just me (http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=DSC02105.jpg)

I one a Pashmina scarf last night too!! They had a raffle with some prizes, the tickets were $5 each or 3 for $10. I bought 3 for $10 and one a deep red pashmina. They auctioned the other one (olive green colour) off and it went for $155!!

My friend, Darshee, looked absolutely stunning! Her sari was beautiful. I will upload some more pics later.

[library-laksa]

Lana you look great for bollywood night! and what a score with the pashmina, sounds beautiful.

Mel sounds like a good day - except for getting saturated! i'm jealous of your sis, i have wanted to go on a helicopter for so long but its expensive. great gift idea. i have hinted before... :laughing:
i think in the roo photo, Ellery looks a lot like Aalivyah. and she looks so lovely and cosy in her pram.

we went for a drive to the 'foot-hills' today and looked at some houses, we'd love to have a big block but i also want to be close to my family (babysitters lol) so that area is a great compromise. not as expensive as i had thought... maybe next year...
then we put Harper in the ergo and walked down this track to a lookout for waterfalls, very nice.
he tried some avocado yesterday, he wasnt too sure but ate a little bit. he still prefers the pear or apple but i am giving him a bit of veg first. hopefully he will start getting more interested in the solids, for now its a bit of a pain in the butt really...

well enough :ecomcity: from me, night ladies!

[Elmopalooza]

Guess what!? I just bought an Ergo!! I found an Australian website that sells the Limited Edition Retro Green one. I got it for $145!! :smiliedance: Im soooo excited that i just had to share! (sams gonna kill me!)

[Little_Toad]

Hi chickies

Had a fantastic day with Dad, he thinks monty is a really well behaved toadlet.
Dad really loved the train set and we went and bought another engine and carriages. Naughty me.
We have to get a very large peice of wood delivered today so we can lay the train track out.
We got to play with it too! it was his birthday too today.


Carrie, I read the thread about breast feeding. I totally agree with your post. It's lovely that women can breast feed and are proud of it, but I don't realy get the whole taking photos with a tit in your babies mouth. I actually find it a bit in your face and slightly off putting. I don't take a photo of my babies bum case I'm a proud cloth mummy.

i was even mega surpirsed when they had the "bub hub squirt off" , a competition to see who had the best flow / long distance milk squirt... is that really neccesary?

Also Facebook isn't a parenting web site, it's a way of connecting with family and friends. What is an ex boyfriend going to say when he sees your photo of you breast feeding." Ahh, I remember those boobs fondly, I'm glad they've gone onto bigger and better things"

Lana.... hey chicky babe what ya doin tonight!! groooowlll sexy lady.

Haopy Half year Iris!! See you midday Sarah!

LL.. fantastically cute pictures.

Well done on the Ergo Lana! I;m devestated cause todlet doesnt love it as much as I do :( How can this be? Might have to swap it in for another one... the child not the Ergo.

How I met Frog About 2 years before I met I was on rsvp and I got an email from a guy. we emailed for a couple of days and I thought he was quite nice but at the time I wasn't very well and not really ready fir a relationship so filed his email away for when I was ready. Nearly 2 years later I got his email out and sent him an email but never got a response. Called his mobile but it had been deisconnected.

A couple of months later I got an email from a guy and I thought hnmm... he sonds ok. Asked for a photo and it was Frog! Over the 2 years he had also got back with his ex and so was probably not a good time the first time around but second time around it was perfect for us both. he couldnt really remember emailing me and was convinced I was a Scottish chick he had spoken to and was surprised when i had an english not scottish accent.

I was a little shocked he liked me after our first date and even though I could appreciate he was handsome (very smart) and hilarious, it took me a couple of months to fall in love with him. Voila!

Tonight Dad and I were playing cards and mentioned his Great Uncle was killed on the Arc Royal in world war 1 and Adrian said that cant be true cause it went down in WW2... he started reeling off the whole of the British naval history all the ships names etc which German ships sank them. he knew more than my Naval officer Dad and me (ex navy) - not that I know much. Sometimes I am still surprised what a clever Froggy i have.

back to sleep!

[Elmopalooza]

Lana.... hey chicky babe what ya doin tonight!! groooowlll sexy lady.

Well done on the Ergo Lana! I;m devestated cause todlet doesnt love it as much as I do :( How can this be? Might have to swap it in for another one... the child not the Ergo.


:laughing: Thanks Hollie! You made my night lol.

Re swapping toadlet for another one, I have a little girl that is up for grabs (jj) :laughing:

Wow sure sounds like you have a smart Frog there. Did he know all that because it is something that he is really interested in or is he just one of those lucky people that is able to retail all info (i must say, in pics i have seen of Frog with his glasses on he looks very spunky!) :p

Good to hear that you are having such a great time with your Dad. Are you going to set the train set up on the wood and leave it set up all the time? Happy Birthday to your Dad!

[sunflower]

hey Guys

Was just about to post and the O-Zone has just woken!

But just wanted to say thanx for the tip about the TT Nuby Cup Lana I got one yesterday and O loves it!

I'll be back later...Dh is home tonight:smiliedance:

[Emma 80]

Wow another 10pgs to catch up on.

Well we had an eventful weekend. As Foster MIL had the day off as we were all going away for the weekend she kindly took me to the doctors and to get my x-ray on my foot, I should have had weeks ago. So I waited for the x-rays so I could take them to my doctor’s appointment which I had for myself and Cooper’s (late) six months check up and needles. The Doc looked at my x-rays first and said it looks to me that you have a fracture in the bone, (the one just before your second toe). Then he read the report that the radiologist (I think that’s who it is), and he wrote the same thing. So at least I know why it’s been sore now. And Cooper had he’s needles and was measured and weighed.

Weigh: 9.5kg
Height: 70cm
H/C: 43.2cm

So after the doctors, I had to take my mobile phone back to Telstra as I just got a new one the night before and it wouldn’t charge. So the guy said bring everything back (the box and stuff like that) and I’ll swap it over for you. So then on the way home I realized I forgot my house keys. So then I had to ring DH and find out where he was and hunt him down for his set of keys lol. So I went home got the bits and pieces for my phone drove all the way back and then he decided to test the charger (which I had with me previously) and he found the charger was faulty and just gave me a new charger. He should have done that in the first place.

Anyway so I got home and I started to pack, thankfully Cooper decided to have a sleep so I could do some things. So when DH got home I was almost finished. Then he wanted to do an oil change as he hadn’t done one in ages. Luckily it didn’t take long and we were on our way to our weekend away. PHEW!

So we arrived at the Oaks Seaforth Resort on the sunshine coast. We arrived at about 7pm and it was raining. It didn't really worry me too much as I didn't really want to do anything. The resort was really nice and the bed so comfy. We had an ensuit with a spa in our room. On the deck thingy we had a set of spiral stairs that went up onto the roof and we had our own private BBQ area which oddly enough didn’t have any chairs up there lol. And the stairs were really too dangerous to walk up there with food. Anyway everyone on the top floor seemed to have these stairs. Then on Saturday we went for a swim in the heated pool that wasn’t very heated lol. And Cooper had his first swim in the pool. In the afternoon I went and had a sleep and then DH woke me up to go out for dinner. We went to a little pizza place and it was really nice. When we got back home we went downstairs to the bottle shop and got a bottle of wine, and shortly after that we went to bed. Cooper slept really well both nights we were there. As check out was 10am we decided to pack everything up and go and have a BBQ breakfast down near one of the pools. After that we drove to Buderim and had a coffee and stayed there for about an hour or so then drove home. Even though it was nice to go away it was even nicer to come home lol.

Here’s a few photos of Cooper & our weekend away.
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks7.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks8.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks9.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oak1.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks2.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks6.jpg
All tucked out
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks3.jpg
View from our room
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks5.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d31/soul6/Oaks4.jpg
Opps sorry I didn’t mean for it to be sooooo long.

Lana, that’s great Griffs teeth have come through, Cooper’s have both come through too. And you look really nice in your Bollywood outfit.

All the photos are lovely girls.:D

Mel, Ellery looks like she had heaps of fun at Dreamworld.

Carrie, congrats for Ella winning the ‘most photogenic contest’

TenAndTa, Hello I don’t think we have every met. Ta-leah look very cute.

:party: Happy 6mths to Monty, Harper & Iris :party: . Sorry it's a little late.


Sorry guys that’s all I can remember. And sorry my post is so long :o . I only seem to be able to write one post a week so I though I better make it count.

[Bambaloo]

Thank you everyone for being supportive of my views. *hugs*

Shezi - this is the thread
http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1888255&posted=1#post1888255

Hollie - You must be enjoying some time with your daddy. I bet he just loves the gorgeous Monty! Sounds like you have had a wonderful time so far! I didn't realise you were English! (I might be slow lol). I bet Monty will be watching Sooty & Puddle Lane! OMG hadn't heard of the squirt off!

Mel - Sounds like DW was gr8! As for the thread I have made another post telling ppl if they feel so strongly about it instead of winging on BH to actually go out & do something about it! The my bff Haylie said - "I just want to say that bub hub is meant to be an open forum for people to share their views on things and it seems as though certain members have been shot down because they don't share the same POV as everyone else."

Sarah - Happy 6 mths to Iris for yesterday!

LL - Yes we met at Dreamworld ... bff & me went there for our 15th b'days (April 1998) in the Easter hols. We were next to them in the line for the thunderbolt (old rollercoaster which has now been demolished) & they saw their mate's mum up the front & went out of the line & asked to cut in with them & she said no so they had to go back to the end! (LOL). I said to Kelly if she doesn't go get them I will. We talked in the line & Kel & I were last ones on our ride so we waited for them to finish on the one after. We went to the chairlift & there were 3 of them 2 of us. K had already 'barred' and been flirting with the dark guy, Leon (she got anyone she wanted lol) and I didn't try. I had both the other 2 talking to me as we walked. K & L jumped on chairlift and I walked out to get on without even bothering to ask the other boys & they faught over who came on with me lol. 'Nigel' Ben got stuck with the bags. We had $5 return passes so went back a couple of days later & 'officially' started going out. I did somehting I had never done before - Kel & I went to run to the other train platform the first day & I came back, pashed him & ran off again!!! OMG I still can't believe I did that! Lol.

Emma - Sounds like a very hectic day you had but a lovely weekend ot make up for it!

Mel, Lana, Emma I will look at the pics after this post in case it does a "Sarah".

GUESS WHAT?! We were laughing & E yesterday cos she just doesn't roll or move anywhere then today she pretty much crawled backwards! She was in the mat in the middle of the lounge room & trying to tuck her knees under & push her hands back & when I came back 2 mins later after doing dishes she was winging cos her bare belly was on the cold vinal floors next to the couch! That's like 1m!! Clever Chops!

Well I finally have a dryer! Ended up going up to grandparents to pick it up yesterday instead of going to the Point. LOVE IT!!! Been finishing off nappies inthere so nice & soft! Also the Baby Beehinds girl dropped off 4 bamboo nappies for me to pre-wash & use at home (I don't have covers yet). Used the Bumgenius pockets yesterday & found them so easy!!! But she poohed in both of them!! LOL. They were unbelievably absorbant!

Just realised E needs 6 mth needles from around Sat but busy all w/e so might get them Fri arvo after swimming. Then no more til 12 mths!!!

Ok best be off to pre-wash these nappies now i have finished my other washing.

Bye!

PS - I don't know if its the Carpel Tunnell or something else but the bone or muscle under my thumb/wrist has been sore as & as I move it back & forth you can feel it pop out & in! I thought I strained it the other week so best get checked out at dr when e has her needles

Speaking of E she is sitting in her swing with her legs up apart & resting on arms of swing! LOL.

[library-laksa]

*SIGH* so my brother is away and asked me to get his tickets for the eagles game. i hae been re-dialing the phone and refreshing the website for 32 mins now. how long should i try? he really wants to go (he's a member)... what a pain in the a$$ = ticketmaster, not Cerin.

It's lovely that women can breast feed and are proud of it, but I don't realy get the whole taking photos with a tit in your babies mouth. I actually find it a bit in your face and slightly off putting. I don't take a photo of my babies bum case I'm a proud cloth mummy.
...
What is an ex boyfriend going to say when he sees your photo of you breast feeding." Ahh, I remember those boobs fondly, I'm glad they've gone onto bigger and better things"

:laughing: well, i love having photos of Harper feeding so i can look back on them (it IS a major part of my life after all) but i wouldnt put them online!! yeh, imagine the ex seeing them? no thanks!! but i don't think the photos should be classed with porn tho. anyway, each to their own. no boob shots on MY facebook lol, i don't need my male friends seeing them haha.

Emma nice piccies, looks like a great resort. we went to the sunshine coast just overnight, stayed in caloundra and went to australia zoo.

Sunflower "the O-zone", love it!

Lana yay for ergo! now we CAN take a pic of the perth mummies ergo gang lol. don't worry about Sam, he will love it too - Al does!

ticketmaster still no go :banghead:

[sunflower]

LL did you get the tickets? he owes you big time for all the time you have wasted..

Emma love the photos!! sounds like you had a great time away!!

LT I can't believe you hadn't seen your dad in so long especially when you sound like you guys are so close! did you get some photos of Monty and him together? Oh and I loved your post in the face book thread good on you for sticking up for Carrie!!!

[sunflower]

Mel I got soaked on the gold rush ride too!!! when we went a couple of years ago..I was really pi**ed it was the first ride we went on so I was saturated the whole day it actually made me feel really sick (being wet not the ride!)

Lana the saris look beautiful!!

LL I met Dh at the Uni bar. He was dressed in a firemans suit :confused:and I had just kicked a bottle of beer all over my leg, so he offered to take me to the ladies room to dry it off, so here we are in the girls toilets with him lifting my leg up to the dryer with all these girls giving us filthy looks....needless to say I wasn't too sober at the time! we have been inseparable since that was 6 years ago!

[Little_Toad]

Carrie, trhere was a thread recently where a bubhub member aksed a question " is my avatar too much" cant find the thread.

It was a picture of her breastfeedng her baby, just the boob descretly and the babies face. There was about 1/3 of the people in the poll saying it was "too much"

People are happy to speak out when it's annonymous.
Well done.

LL.. i think its lovely taking photos for yourself. it's like taking nude preggy photos too. nice to keep for youself but no need to share with thw whole world.

i got to meet Sarah!!
Great to finally catch up... although the gluten and dairy free meal I had was obviously not dairy free. I am sitting here recovering from a sever milk reaction.
Face all puffed up, massive welts, sinus' bloked asnd nose running severly, throat swollen too.

better do some work, Dad has taken toadlet for a walk so I c an cook him din dins x

[kel2boys]

Hey carrie, I just spent the last hour reading all that thread. I can see both points of view and as this is a forum we should be allowed to say our view without being judged or attacked by other members...the whole tone of the thread was defensive and they went off track a bit form the original post. Gosh anyone with a different opinion from the majority just got shot down. I think they all took it too personally and as you said several times you support breastfeeding but I don't think they even took that into consideration, they just seemed to attack everything you said that they didn't have the same views on. It was nice to see you did get some support from a few others (LT & your friend)but I did notice they also got attacked for agreeing with you and putting their views across. I can understand you must be upset for your post being removed and getting infriction points, :hugs:you were just putting your view across without being negative at all, totally opposite to the vibes I got from the others who were attacking you and your opinion.. I commend you for saying what you think and for sticking up for yourself...I also stay clear of those types of threads as most of them do have their backs up and I don't wont to be taken the wrong way if I do have (god forbid) a different opinion. Especially if I had to defend myself again & again as you did....

[kel2boys]

Hey just went back to have another look but they have now closed the thread....

[TenAndTa]

TenAndTa, Hello I don’t think we have every met. Ta-leah look very cute.

Hi, I do remember you from when I used to post, but that was ages ago when I still was pregnant. My username was Xcited4bub I have just changed it for anyone else that was wondering as well.

Seems everyone had good weekends. Isn't the weather beautiful today. I vacuumed out the car & washed the dog & her bedding seen as the weather is so lovely it was nice to be outside. I'm going to Perth on Weds for a few days so just been trying to get organized. Getting the washing done etc.

How my DH & I met: We live in a small town of 100 people, so everyone knows each other. My DH was fairly knew to town though & had moved in with a family friends son & his mum.
We were invited to a Birthday Party at their house for the family friends mum & thats when I met DH. He thought I was very attractive but very shy. But he kept persivering getting me to open up & talk to him. Then we went to his brothers b'day party together & I dropped him home that night where we talked to the wee hours of the morn. Then after that night he asked me to the movies in Perth & we have been together ever since then. We have been together for nearly 9yrs & married for 4.5yrs.

[nemosmum]

awww hollie you poor thing you should ring them and complain that is awful!
Can you take some meds to stop the reaction?

heres a pic of us today...before your reaction although my head looks so fat Im going to pretend Ive had a reaction too:laughing:
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb260/landie_04/babygirl136.jpg


I am so thrilled I got to meet both you and Monty and your daddeee!

what is the test for? Allergies or something?
~~~~~
...

yes allergies

. Plus he's super qualified and was in the Royal Navy and was the Queens doctor when she was on the Arc Royal. Although she never got sick

wow how exciting......did you pass that waitress your dads number;) hehehehe cheeky girl
btw march mummies if you thought Hollie's posts where cheeky you should spend some time with her IRL shes a cracker!


Sarah[/B] HAPPY 6 MONTHS IRIS :party: Hope you all have a nice relaxing day....


awwww thanks kel!

Great pics Mel:D

Lana~ you and your sis looked stunning!


Carrie I was offline so didnt read the thread hope your ok:hugs:


I had such a lovely time today at the sydney meet all the girls where lovely and the bubs so well behaved!

Hollie Monty is more like 12kgs lol he is gorgeous!

ETA~ in the car this arvo Iris started singing "da da da da" in this sweet lil girly voice and now she wont stop saying "da da" what happened to "ma ma" huh!

[Bambaloo]

HEY!

Well I'm a happy girl - I just spoke to my mum on the phone who totally agrees with everything I told her about the facebook / breastfeeding issue (as do most of my friends I have told about it) & I thought i just had to jump back on to see what was happening & it had been closed.

Thanks girls for being supportive & seeing how I was definitely not against breastfeeding, merely stating my personal opinion.

You know how my computer is playing up & I can't 'multi quote' so I write names & reply to their main points/posts? Well apparently when I did this on the other thread this was too personal ...
I am loving all the 'how we met our dh's/dp's' stories, keep them coming!

Hollie & Sarah - Sounds like you had a good day. Was it just you 2 (& Mr Hollie's Dad) or was it all the Sydney girls?

TenAndTa ... I'd luv to change my username to include Ella cos I am bored with my plain old name ... I can't think of a combo though ... a while ago I was gonna change it to Bambaloo (E seemed to luv that show lol) or CairBear or CairBare (my msn name/nickname) but never ended up doing it ...

Any suggestions anyone?

Sarah - How cute of Iris ... was she saying mumum first or straight to dada? Either way she's a clever lil girl! Wish I could see your pics from today!

Meant to be off to the Point tomorrow morning again for MG but apparently meant to be storming at Bayside! At least I got all my 100's of loads of washing done today & I LUV THE DRIER! I 'finished off' most things in there. Ella had a nice warm singlet & wondersuit to put on after her bath ... awww ...

Ok gtg. Have a good night ladies & babies!

[icugal]

Just dropping in from the Feb thread.. hope you girls are all doing well :)


Have a nice night girls !! :)

[Little_Toad]

Hi ICUGAL!!

Love it when you pop in :)

Kealan is looking very cute and grown uop with his lovely red hair

Thanks for the pic Sarah, so happy to finally meet you too.
Iris has the sweetest most delicate laugh, almost like a little mouse.

[Emma 80]

Tennille yes your old username is a lot more familiar.


Hello icugal :wave:

Thanks Faeml you just proved my point!

[Elmopalooza]

Sunflower - No worries re the TT Nuby cup. Glad i was able to help.



Hollie & Sarah - Love the pic. Was it a big meet or just you guys? Wherever you were it looked really nice!

Guess what? Griff finally ate a full jar of Organ vegies :yelclap: Im really hoping it means he will sleep through tonight.

[library-laksa]

Guess what? Griff finally ate a full jar of Organ vegies :yelclap: Im really hoping it means he will sleep through tonight.
yay Griff! Harper ate heaps of solids tonight (well, heaps for him! pumpkin then pear) so i'm hoping i get a few hours out of him. poor little chicken has a bad cold and cough. we're going to the doc tomorrow for his 6mo shots so will get her to check him out.

met my bro's new girlfriend tonight, she seems very nice. he came over after i had spent an hour 15 mins trying to get his footy tix. he was here about 4 mins and got through!!! oh well, at least he got the ticket, even tho i wasted most of the morning...

TENILLE!! i saw you're coming up to perth on wed. if you're not busy on thurs morning, we are having a meet with some other perth bubhub mummies. pm me if you want details.

[Elmopalooza]

Michaela - Oh dear, poor Harper. I hope you are still able to get his needles done as some docs wont let them be immunised if they are sick.

What a bugger that you spent so much time trying to get through and then he got through right away lol (always the way!)

My poor little Amity had a temp a bit earlier of 38.8 degrees. She has been really cuddly this arvo and rather lethargic so im keeping an eye on her. She keeps coughing too which keeps waking her up so i have just given (forced) her some honey to coat the throat a bit.
Hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow.

My new Ikea stuff arrives tomorrow! I cant wait!

*Hi Gin :wave: I know you're out there ;) *

ETA: Grr... The lady STILL hasnt emailed me her bank details so that i can pay for my Ergo! I have found a different one in the US that ships to Australia and it actually works out to be cheaper! What do you guys think of this colour (http://store.attachedtobaby.com/Cart.aspx) ?

[melannh]

I haven't been able to write on here the past couple of days. DP is home - which is really nice and we had a drama yesterday morning.
Our safety switch kept flicking off - and we had no lights or power points. Needless to say - lucky we have a gas stove. I had to boild E's bottle to heat it up - along with her solids. Not easy when not use to doing it that way. Thankfully - we have gotten to know our electrician - and he came around at 8am. They thought it was the fridge at first - but it wasn't (in ways I am glad) but it took about 2 hours to find the issue. It is wiring to the new electronic gate - think water has gone into the conduit. So next week they have to run another one around the garden - as the original is under a nice new cement pad... :banghead: Thankfully it has stopped tripping the switch though...
Thankfully, DP was home too - or I would have been pulling my hair out!

Then we did a massive clean - house feels great but we were buggered.... It isn't perfect - but alot better, tidier and no dust. My house just seems to attract dust... AAGGHHHH

I read alot of the posts last night - and now can't really remember alot of it... (GRRR)

Hollie - hope you're feeling better soon.

Lana - yeah for Griff eating his solids... Hopefully he'll continue on that path for you. Ellery eats her solids really well - so I am lucky there.... She is so cute - just opens her mouth and one day when she'd finished - she kept opening her mouth for more!!!!!!! Very cute...
How exciting with the ikea stuff arriving... Have to remind me what you bought?

Sarah - how wonderful that Iris is.. Clever sweety saying mumum and dadad. Ellery doesn't seem to have clicked to the words yet - just squeeling like a dolphin and making wierd noises in her throat... very cute though.

Carrie - sorry you can't go to the point. I saw on tv that you're meant to get storms - and they're predicting them here this afternoon as well.... Hoping they aren't too bad.

We have a busy morning and I was surprised - DP wanted to come along.... Got the chiro - then to Pam the clinic nurse. He has met her before. I am so glad he wants to take part in things with Ellery - even though it means he may have to look at some shops... ha ha... He is really good with her and such a help for me - i know that I am quite lucky in that respect. Some guys don't do a hell of alot - but i know many DP/DH's on this thread are helpful too...

Have a good day everyone... Love the pics - have looked at them all!!!!!!!!! Beautiful baby's we all have!

[nemosmum]

HEY!



You know how my computer is playing up & I can't 'multi quote' so I write names & reply to their main points/posts? Well apparently when I did this on the other thread this was too personal ...
I am loving all the 'how we met our dh's/dp's' stories, keep them coming!

Hollie & Sarah - Sounds like you had a good day. Was it just you 2 (& Mr Hollie's Dad) or was it all the Sydney girls?

!

WTH too personal to respond to people? bizare:no:

I met Mike at a night club when I was 21 you know the usual story our eyes locked across the dance floor blah blah blah the rest is history:rolleyes:

There was about 8 sydney girls and bubs we went to high tea it was very swish......Hollie hows your face hun?





Just dropping in from the Feb thread.. hope you girls are all doing well


Have a nice night girls !!

Hellloooooo:wave:

Thanks for the pic Sarah, so happy to finally meet you too.
Iris has the sweetest most delicate laugh, almost like a little mouse.


hehehehe fanks she gets that from moi....not!



Hollie & Sarah - Love the pic. Was it a big meet or just you guys? Wherever you were it looked really nice!

Guess what? Griff finally ate a full jar of Organ vegies :yelclap: Im really hoping it means he will sleep through tonight.

YAY for Griff.....can he have a word to Iris shes unfortunately got a sweet tooth like her ma!


. poor little chicken has a bad cold and cough. we're going to the doc tomorrow for his 6mo shots so will get her to check him out.

.

hope his ok soon LL



My poor little Amity had a temp a bit earlier of 38.8 degrees. She has been really cuddly this arvo and rather lethargic so im keeping an eye on her. She keeps coughing too which keeps waking her up so i have just given (forced) her some honey to coat the throat a bit.
Hopefully she will be feeling better tomorrow.

My new Ikea stuff arrives tomorrow! I cant wait!

ETA: Grr... The lady STILL hasnt emailed me her bank details so that i can pay for my Ergo! I have found a different one in the US that ships to Australia and it actually works out to be cheaper! What do you guys think of this colour (http://store.attachedtobaby.com/Cart.aspx) ?

I hope Amity is ok this morning Lana,
YAY for ikea!
Grrr about the ergo...hmmmmif its cheaper by alot then do it but if it like $10 may as well go the safer route and buy in OZ jmo




Then we did a massive clean - house feels great but we were buggered.... It isn't perfect - but alot better, tidier and no dust. My house just seems to attract dust... AAGGHHHH

Sarah - how wonderful that Iris is.. Clever sweety saying mumum and dadad. Ellery doesn't seem to have clicked to the words yet - just squeeling like a dolphin and making wierd noises in her throat... very cute though.

!

ETA~ in the car this arvo Iris started singing "da da da da" in this sweet lil girly voice and now she wont stop saying "da da" what happened to "ma ma" huh!

No Iris is only saying "da da" NOT "ma ma" Im a bit miffed she hardly knows mike LOL and practically lives in my bra you would think I would be the one she would call to first LOL
nah its just sounds to her at this stage and Da da is easier then ma ma

[Bambaloo]

Hi, good morning

Well it's sunny here so assume we'll be meeting at the point, if it turns nasty we can go to someones house.

Only thing is meant to meet at 10 as per usual & I am still in my pj's! Ella's asleep so I jumped on here to find a branch for suncorp around here to bank my tax cheque.

So thought I'd come by to say 'hi' in case I don't get back on later.

Have a good day everyone, I'd better go have a shower, pack the nappy bag, pack the car ... AAAGHHHH!

[TenAndTa]

No she is only saying "da da" NOT "ma ma" Im a bit miffed she hardly knows mike LOL and practically lives in my bra you would think I would be the one she would call to first LOL
nah its just sounds to her at this stage and Da da is easier then ma ma

Ta-leah is also only sayind da da over & over & then giggles away. I taught her how to say that though first as it seems easiest to say & also when DH comes home she is that excited so it is a good time to say da da.

Plus then later on if she decides to start waking during the night, who is she going to call da da. LOL:thumbsup:

[kel2boys]

Hey ladies,
We've got Noah's needles today also, but N seems to have a bit of cough today aswell. So I suppose the HCN can decide if he's well enough for his needles otherwise we can reschedule(sp)...My Elijah is a bit sick with a cold aswell (no guesses as to who gave Noah his cough) E is coughing and runny noses, he has used 2 1/2 boxes of tissues since about sat, you know what he does, he has one blow and then chucks it away as he says he doesn't want boogie on his face if he blows again...I do know that's what you are supposed to do(one blow that is) but it's just funny coming from a 4 year old instead of his Oma who is a retired nurse and knows everything about anything to do with health... or so she says lol
Good news I have been doing a weight loss program for the past 2 weeks and I had my first weigh in on Monday and I have lost 3.8 kilos woohooo but I do know the first weeks weight loss is always a bit bigger because of water loss but still congrats to me!!!! I'll see how I go this week :fingerscrossed:

Lana Just love the photos especially the sari, love that colour. I once had a indian inspired bedroom theme with a gorgeous sari type material bedspread in hot pinks and purples and beads, just loved it but I don't think DH would be to keen on the hot pink now...Congrat for Griffin eating a full jar of yumyum!! Did he sleep through? Big hugs to little Amity, hope she's feeling better today.

Mel Glad to hear you and your family had a great day at DW, cute photos of Ellery with the kangaroo. I dislike kangaroos cause i have this phobia that they are going to come up to me or the kids and just kick kick kick.lol I think I blame my phobia on funniest home videos hahah. Aren't you glad DH was home when you had those problems with the power ahhh I would have been like Oh sh#t what do I do???
HELP..........

Hollie Good to hear that your Daddeee arrived safe. How was his reaction with the card at the airport when you picked him up, haha I assume if he has your sense of humour he would have thought it was pretty funny...looks like you had a nice high tea with the sydney girls and of course our Sarah and Iris. Did you get a group photo of all the sydney girls and bubs cause we all love having a sticky beak.....Also are you feeling better today, must be awful having to worry about what's in your food all the time when you have take out.

Emma Weekend Getaway, Lucky girl!!! What town did you go to exactly? It looks similar to Mooloolaba, we went there end of last year, sort of a last little holiday with just the 3 of us before bubs came. Nice piccies, Cooper's has lovely eyes.

Carrie Woooohoooo, you finally got your nappies. How are you finding them? Do you have a favourite type yet? I would be interested to know as I am still looking into it...I'm going to the Natural Baby expo this sat and think they have a stall with mcn there. So I will have a sqizzzzz.. Also glad you got all the support you needed in regards to you know what.

Michaela Good on Harper for getting better with eating his solids. In regards to his needles, I just rang my HCN and mentioned that Noah has a cough and is he still able to get his needles and she said yes they just don't give them to babes with temps. So unless your doc is diff. and Harper has no temp you should be still right to get his needles.

TenAndTa Smart thinking with the Ta-leah calling dada first trick, gosh I wish, my DH wouldn't even hear a freight train coming through the house lol

time to get ready for CHN (needles) N having a nap and E is watching a DVD (thats his quiet time as he thinks he too big for an arvo nap)hmmmm...will tell the how did you meet your DH story next post as i've already babbled on to long as it is.....:D

[defaipe]

love the pics emma.

lana you look stunning!! you and your sis look really similar. me & my sis are complete opposites lol
cant wait to see a pic of the ergo!!!

carrie i had a look at the thread and i still think the same. some people just like to argue. and i agree with hollie.. i didnt like the 'squirt off' either. and in the thread about them breastfeeding topless?! who wants to see that! not me.

sunflower:laughing: re how u met your man. i can just imagine the looks you got! lol

hollie i agree. photos are nice for yourself not to flash to the world.
must be nice to have your dadeeeee home! i bet monty is loving popeeeee :D

love the photo of ya's sarah & hollie! the kiddies are cuties!!

carrie.. bambaloo or Carrella are my picks!

kaelan is gorgeous icugal!!

lana YAY to griffy eating!! A still wont...
i cant see the ergo colour..

ok gotta go bbs

[library-laksa]

morning ladies :)

well, we took Harper to the GP, he didnt have a temp - just the cough - so she said it was fine to have his needles. he had a big cry but got over it pretty quick. doc says the 12mo ones are yuck coz its 3 needles...

Perthies i'm looking forward to thurs! my cousin is coming too with her baby and toddler.

Kel :yelclap: on the weight loss! i am back to pre-preg now but would like to lose another 2-3kg by xmas. we'll see, i ate lots of choccies last night!!

Harper's passport just arrived!! will book our tickets this week, how exciting!

[defaipe]

aww how cute.. harps has a passport hehe. how often do you need to update his photo??

michaela & lana.. i think i might be cancelling :( sorry i always feel like im cancelling! its frustrating for me so i can only imagine how annoying it'd be for yous!! Aalivyah still isnt well. its so frustrating.. i cant even get her in to the drs till friday!! its ridiculous. she's coughing like crazy.. snotty nose and high temp. my mum has it too. we're thinking the kids got something from the zoo coz one of my sisters boys is sick also.

i am meant to be going to willeton tomorrow for my sisters friends little girls 3rd birthday.. doubt we'll be doing that either!
oh and meant to be going to a friends tonight for her little guys 4th birthday.. another thing to cancel..

im SO over everyone always being sick in this house:banghead:

:fingerscrossed: everyone is well and we'll be there with bells on!

[Elmopalooza]

Sheree - Aww what a bummer! I hope A is feeling better soon though.

Michaela - I will still be there on Thursday! Im actually really looking forward to it, it will be nice for Amity to have a play too.

How cute that Harper has his own little passport, I dont even have one!!

:hugs: to Noah and Harper for being so brave and having their needles.

Tennille - What a good idea to teach Ta-leah to say da da first. I think i will do that too :laughing:

Well last night just before i went to bed Amity called out "MUMMY! Mummy open the door!". I went in to her and she had vomited in her bed the poor thing. I think it really scared her. So i had to do the big clean up and put fresh sheets on etc.
She was fine this morning though and was running around so i think it may have just been a 24hr bug.

MY Ikea stuff just arrived :smiliedance: So im quickly off to the shops then im going to come back and put it all together.

[nemosmum]

Plus then later on if she decides to start waking during the night, who is she going to call da da. LOL:thumbsup:


Good thinking!
BUT I already have one child calling for his daddy at all hours of the day and night:thumbsdown:


O told me today that he wants to go live at his dad's:gloomy: I know its just him missing his dad and when his there he asks for me BUT it still cut me to the quick

[kel2boys]

Hey, I have a few minutes spare before I dish up dinner.

Noah stats from CHN today:
Weight: 9060gms say 9 kilos
Length: 71cms
Head circumference: 44.9

A few little tears with the needles of course but they soon stopped. Noah did have a slight temp. 37.5 but the CHN said it should be fine and she did double check her info just to make sure. She said if was over 38 she couldn't do it... so all is good so far, I did give N some baby panadol as a precaution, better be safe than sorry I say.

Michaela Hows Harper after his needles, no reactions? Doesn't it just break your heart that cry that they do. Awhhhh. Big hugs to our little boys :hugs: What's Harper's stats? (just being nosey) hey thanx 4 the congrats on the weight loss, it does help to keep going when people say congrats or notice a difference.:)

Carrie I was thinking the same as Sheree; Carrella gets my vote :thumbsup: sounds like a sweet little birdy, tweet tweet.lol

[library-laksa]

What's Harper's stats? (just being nosey)
last week he was 7.74kg and 68cm.

Sarah i always used to say i wanted to live with my dad. when i got older, i realised how it must have hurt mum's feelings. its not an anti-mum thing, its just missing dad. but it must feel c rap :hugs:

Sheree poor A! i can't believe you can't get into the doc, thats awful!!


Harper's very grouchy with cough, teeth and needles. poor little monkey.
he just tried banana for the first time and liked it but now he is all grumpy again...

[Elmopalooza]

Carrie - Ooh Carrella sounds nice, choose that one lol

I got a call from daycare this arvo at 21.5pm saying that Amity had a temp of 38.8. Poor little mite, I feel really bad for sending her now!

Kel - glad Noah's needles went ok. Noah and Griff are really similar in size.

[Little_Toad]

Just going to have a vent.

I have a conference for work which is really my only networking chance for the whole year. I've got some pamphlkets printed out to hand out to all the brokers attending and businesses.

My lovely daddy is going to take care of Monty on the thursday and friday for me so the timing was great with him coming over. My goose of a mother decided to come to Sydney to see him (probably to get more $ from him) and flies in on Friday morning.

My mother cant pick up her own suitcases cause her neck is all fused and so wants my dad to come meet her at the airport. So now I cant go to the conference on the Friday morning till about midday cause she needs "attention". When she called this evening i told her she had stolen my baby sitter and she didnt even seam bothered that it meant I couldnt go to the conference.

I dont know anyone else who can take care of Monty.
The Goose even made dad pay for the plane tickets for her!

Sarah, if you were my mummy there is no way I'd want to leave you! Still cant get over how cute Iris is. So dainty.

Lana.. forget Poor Amity.. Poor you!! Yucky vomit .. blugh.

kel, Dad loved the Dadeeeeeee card I held up, I was standing near all the men waiting for other passengers and they all giggled too.

But! He's leaving me already! I took him to see a doctor who has a locum business but he said he may not be able find him a job as he does hospital locums. 1 hour later he called and said he has a 3 week job in Darwin and can he fly our on Friday.. He said he could fly Sunday cause the Goose is coming Friday (so hes glad he can get away from her 2 days earlier.

Better spend some time with Frog, hard work taking care of toadlet and doing stuff with dad and working and cooking dads meals.

[defaipe]

oh i forgot.. we went for a walk sunday night and didnt bother with the pram and i had A in the ergo on my back. its even better than having her on the front!!
she fell asleep and chris took a pic on his phone.. i'll put it up once i work out how! i have bites all up my legs tho and on my arms coz idiot me wore a skirt.. big mistake.
soooo itchy tho.. even now!

sarah thankyou for the pm. love the tutu, im going to check out cotton on once im up there again. they have really cute things hey.

lana haha i dont have a passport either!! aww poor amity.
how'd you go with putting all your new things together? ikea can be a shocker for assembling hehe

sarah i'd be shocked if the girls wanted to leave the house with chris let alone live with him. in one way its sweet tho coz obviously O and his daddy have an awesome bond. it doesnt mean yous dont tho. theres enough love in that gorgeous little man of yours for both his parents. plus i'll guarantee if he falls over he'll want mummy. (that sounds bad like im all for pushing kids over haha)

aww hollie. thats not fair! does that mean your dadee will be back in 3 weeks tho? i guess thats one positive!

ended up going to my friends house for her sons 4th birthday.. held A the whole time(not that thats unusual) only stayed for a couple of hours.. came home at 6.30 and mum had come in and cleaned up. then she came in 5mins after we got home with a plate for me(she made a roast) and she bathed my girls while i ate :eek: i was in shock. this is the first meal i have not had to rush or share in 3 years! she is amazing. also she hasnt been overly well, she's come down with the same bug as A.
dp hasnt been home the last few nights till late so she knows i've had to wait till after 9 just to have a shower coz i've had to hold A while she sleeps but still she didnt have to do that. i love my mum.

i really wanna do something special for her but i have no idea what. shes too hard to buy clothes for. she wont go into like day spas or anything.. i might get the girls to paint a piece of framed material.. cant remember what its called.. any idea where i'd get that??

oh im going to get her a necklace with the girls faces engraved on it too. she'll love that!

[Elmopalooza]

BIG VENT AHEAD!!!

I deposited the money for my Retro Green Ergo into the bank account provided today at around 6pm and then when i got home from craft at 11pm i had an email saying that the Retro Green Ergo wont be in stock until mid-October to November!! :mad: Why the hell would they not say that on their bloody website!?! (their website says that they have 5 in stock by the way) So anyway, I had to choose from either the Black with camel or Black with green... i chose the black with green. I am soooo furious though!

*Vent Over*

Sheree - Nup i didnt get a chance to put the Ikea stuff together. Griff wanted to be held, then Amity was home and cuddly then they needed feeding etc etc

You really do have a fantastic mum! How much do you want to spend on a pressie for her??

Hollie - Lol yeah i hate cleaning up vomit but at least now she doesnt have milk! When milk gets spewed up it curdles and stinks and goes everywhere.... much easier to clean up chunks :barf:

ETA: Oh and i just wanted to remind you all that the cut-off date for the Kris Kringle (secret santa) is THIS SATURDAY! So if you want to be a part of it and havent put your name down yet... get moving! http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=114423&page=5

[melannh]

Well, we are on our own today after having Daddy home for 1 week. Would have been hard for him to get up so early again! E's awake in her cot - probably heard DP getting ready for work.... I'll let her play in the cot for a little while.

We went to the clinic nurse yesterday and E weighs 8.4kg - can't remember the height... So, she is doing quite well... Pam was happy with her and she is sitting for moments on her own - then topples over to the side or backward. So funny to see... ha ha
She was a good girl yesterday too - don't think her teeth are bothering her as much, but they are yet to break through. Poor little thing - they are still really red and raised.

Not sure what we'll do today - big walk could be on the agenda. It's going to get warmer here - predicting around 28 on friday. No storm eventuated yesterday - so wait and see if we get them at all.

Lana - super annoying about the ergo... I am with you, why wasn't that put on the website? Hope you like the other colours you've chosen though....

Hollie - eeeeuuuwww - vomit... I'm not too good either with the cleaning, but it is way better when it is your own child than someone elses..... (I can do it, but find ithard). Thankfully - we haven't had any major spews for a while...

Sheree - glad you found walking with the ergo easy.... and what a wonderful mum you have... and to have it as a surprise - well it is even nicer... You deserve it though - it is hard to buy something to say thankyou, but your suggestion sounds great.
How is A going. Did you get into the Dr??? You poor thing - and A must be so unwell. Hope you're doing alright....

Vicki - sorry to hear that your conference plans have gone out the window. I'd be rather pi--ed off too if i were you. Sounds like you're mother doesn't consider anyone else - and I know you were looking forward to spending time with your Dad - and now he might be going away for a while again... You poor thing... Hope it works out and you find some great leads at the conference when you can attend.

Kellie & Michaela - hope all is well after the needles. E has hers on Friday. She has been good with previous ones - so hoping that continues. It is always heartbreaking to see them so distressed and sad.....

Well, Miss ellery is calling from her cot. Thankfully no tears (yet).... Will try and write some more since I may have some more free time...

[nemosmum]

awww hollie that sux!
I know its not the perfect solution but can frog take the two days off work and look after Monty?
I mean its only two days and its a one off once a year type thing that you obviously really need for your business surely frog would be supportive

is your mum staying with you?:rain: :)

Sarah, if you were my mummy there is no way I'd want to leave you! Still cant get over how cute Iris is. So dainty.



aww thanks hun and everyone else who said something noice about this sad mummy moment......



sarah thankyou for the pm. love the tutu, im going to check out cotton on once im up there again. they have really cute things hey.

sarah i'd be shocked if the girls wanted to leave the house with chris let alone live with him. in one way its sweet tho coz obviously O and his daddy have an awesome bond. it doesnt mean yous dont tho. theres enough love in that gorgeous little man of yours for both his parents. plus i'll guarantee if he falls over he'll want mummy. (that sounds bad like im all for pushing kids over haha)

!

Sheree....your mum sounds lovely you are very lucky I have no idea what you could do to say thansk though sorry

LOL yeah O always goes to me when his had a boo boo!
They do have a very strong bond they have very similar personalities....while typing this O just came up to me and said "mummy i love my daddy":rolleyes:


lana that sux about the retro ergo i would be demanding they get one in asap as its false advertising :mad:

YAY secret santa:yelclap:

[TenAndTa]

ETA: Oh and i just wanted to remind you all that the cut-off date for the Kris Kringle (secret santa) is THIS SATURDAY! So if you want to be a part of it and havent put your name down yet... get moving! http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=114423&page=5

I added my details to the secret Santa. What a great idea Lana. I can't wait to receive a mystery gift in the mail. Who doesn't love getting mail? I'll PM you my details now.:yelclap:

[Bambaloo]

Brisbane / Gold Coast girls we're organising a meet - here is the link, I hope some of you can come!

http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1895912#post1895912

[library-laksa]

morning ladies...

Lana oh i would be SPEWING! how can they say 5 in stock when they arent in for over a month?! that is so wrong.

Sheree your mum is so nice. i think a pressie is a great idea.

Hollie i was going to suggest the same as Sarah - is there any way frog can have some time off? coz it sounds really important that you go. annoying mother :mad:

Al missed his plane this morning!! so he flies out this arvo now and no pay for today. we're going to go and book our flights for dubai before i drop him at the airport. my brother's new gf is the manager of a travel agency near our place so we'll go there and hopefully get some discount. it looks like over $4000 for just the flights! OUCH. we will be staying with mum most of the time so accom costs not too much but looks like we're going to this resort place for a couple of nights which will be exy too. and shopping money of course :D

my little man is not a happy chappy. he slept quite well, but this morning he was so sad. i dont know if its the cough/cold or from the needles, feel so bad for him. gave him some dymadon and he's been asleep for over an hour so i'm hoping he wakes up feeling a bit better.

[Elmopalooza]

lana that sux about the retro ergo i would be demanding they get one in asap as its false advertising :mad:


yeah i was really angry when i read the email! I had my heart set on that one. But seeing as though i had already transferred the money across i just chose for her to send me the black with green lining. Still not happy though.

I added my details to the secret Santa. What a great idea Lana. I can't wait to receive a mystery gift in the mail. Who doesn't love getting mail? I'll PM you my details now.:yelclap:

Yep i love getting mail too! It wasnt me that came up with the idea of it i just offered to do the organising lol. It is a great idea though, you're right.

Hollie - What a tricky situation you are in. I agree with Sarah and Michaela, will Frog take the couple of days of work?

Well Amity has just woken up (11.16am). I hope she is feeling better today.

[kel2boys]

Hellloooooo girls,

Great news, my sister rang me this morning and says out of the blue 'what you doing this time next year?', I'm like pretty much what i'm doing now, she say well guess what We're getting married!!!!! ahhhh so she has asked me to be her bridesmaid ahhhh how exciting. She has been engaged for about 2 years and she has finally picked a date.woohoo, this definately gives more incentive to loss those exta kilos.

Noah is still a bit sick with his cold/cough and he had slightly warm legs after his needles(weird I know), he stirred about 2.00 this morning when he normally sleeps through so I gave him a bit of meds and brang him in bed with us and he sleep quite well til morning... he has gone off his food a little bit too like not drinking his full bottle this morning and 11.30 bottle mmmmno good hope he hungry at dinner and eats his pear/apple/farex mix.

Michaela Hows Harper today after his sleep, has he cheered up a bit?:hugs: to little Harper.
Holy #### $4000 just for flights, I suppose thats normal for two adults return. I am bit naive when it comes to the cost of flights and things...Have you been plannning to go for a while? We are planning to go OS eventually once the kiddies get bigger, not sure when, not sure where????

Sheree Sounds like you have a great mum there. It's always nice to someone close that can be there when you need them even when you don't say it. I'm sure she will just love the pressie you get her whatever it is...

Lana That's a shame about the ergo, I really like the retro green one aswell. I know your probably just busting to get one but I think I would wait for the order to come in and get the colour that you really wanted...It's only really a month to a month and half away which might sound like to long but i'm sure it would go fast (well we can only hope)...How's Amity after she woke up? Is she feeling any better?:hugs: for Amity too.
Do you need me to pm you my details for the secret santa? Is that what we have to do???besides putting name on the list of course.

Mel I notice you post around the same time in the mornings. Are you an early riser or is that near the time your DH goes to work?
Hope all goes well with Ellery's needles on Friday. Noak is still a little blah and just a slight temp of 37. but not sure if thats from the needles or his cold???

Carrie I'm a bit nervous or something about the meet up. I've never met anyone from computer land before, it's a bit like a blind date.lol but I suppose there's a first for everything. Do the brissy girls meet up often?

[Elmopalooza]

Kel - yeah if you can please PM me your address details etc for the secret santa that would be great.

Its not that i dont like the black with green ergo, that was my second choice. Its just that when i saw she had some (supposedly) of the Retro green ones i got my hopes up. I will email her today and ask what the absolute earliest she can get them is.

[defaipe]

sorry just a quickie.. A is still sick. still cant get into drs. she'll be better before our friday appt :laughing: well i hope she is anyway!!

decided to get my mum a charm bracelet with all her 10 grandkids photos on it.. $350 tho so im thinking she can have that for her birthday lol. which is boxing day. they engrave the faces into each charm. still not sure what to buy her for now tho.. she is the hardest person to buy for.

lana i hope you get a reply soon. very rude to falsely advertise. i love the retro green.

sorry gtg. i am reading everything i just get no time to reply properly!!

take care all xx

[nemosmum]

I added my details to the secret Santa. What a great idea Lana. I can't wait to receive a mystery gift in the mail. Who doesn't love getting mail? I'll PM you my details now.
YAY another sign up for our SS:yelclap:


it looks like over $4000 for just the flights! OUCH. we will be staying with mum most of the time so accom costs not too much but looks like we're going to this resort place for a couple of nights which will be exy too. and shopping money of course

.

OMGawd! thats alot but Im sure youw ill have a great time you'd want to for that kind of $$$:D



yeah i was really angry when i read the email! I had my heart set on that one. But seeing as though i had already transferred the money across i just chose for her to send me the black with green lining. Still not happy though.


.

Read your email Lana gd work!
I really lurve the retro one too BUT did read somewhere it was pre order only so was suprised to see they were in stock already!
I hope you get it asap:fingerscrossed:

Great news, my sister rang me this morning and says out of the blue 'what you doing this time next year?', I'm like pretty much what i'm doing now, she say well guess what We're getting married!!!!! ahhhh so she has asked me to be her bridesmaid ahhhh how exciting. She has been engaged for about 2 years and she has finally picked a date.woohoo, this definately gives more incentive to loss those exta kilos.



Congrats to your sis
Im going to be a bridesmaid too next may for my sis and I so need to lose this extra baby weight!
I might have to bite the bullet and start climbing with hollie....even though im scared of heights I suppose it would be worth it to have a killer body like Hollie's!


decided to get my mum a charm bracelet with all her 10 grandkids photos on it.. $350 tho so im thinking she can have that for her birthday lol. which is boxing day. they engrave the faces into each charm. still not sure what to buy her for now tho.. she is the hardest person to buy for.


awww im sure your mum will love it!

I bought my mum a statue of a horse lol with a little girl riding it...she said it reminded her of iris (she wants to get iris into riding) anyway its for her birthday but she picked it out!

Hope all the sick kiddies are well again soon!

[melannh]

Well, spring has certainly arrived here.. It's a great day on the coast - really warm out in the sun. Went for a decent walk around lunchtime - and I was all yukko, sweaty when got home. Gave E her lunch (bottle and puree fruit) and then she had a sleep. (just waking now - errr)... Had a decent day, so can't complain.

Kellie - yeah, I get up each day at the same time. A habit i got into with my work (when i was a career girl) always up early.... DP gets up at 4am - but i don't stir with him - he's gone by about 4.45am. I think Ellery hears him though - so she'll probably wake a little earlier. So, that's why my posts are always that early. We're in bed early too - watch the 8.30pm shows from bed, and if we fall asleep - well doesn't matter. Thankfully, Ellery has adapted to that routine also - so works well.

Congratulations to your sister - and woo hoo on being bridesmaid!!!:party: Party time..... Always exciting when things like that are happening - lots to do and its all nice stuff....

Sorry to hear that Noah's still a little out of sorts.... Sounds like it could be either the needles or the cold.... Hope he's a little happier for you soon.

Lana - how is amity going. Hope she's a little better poor little poppet. She's had a difficult time lately hasn't she? Hope she's doing alright though.

Hollie - hefty $$'s for the flights to Dubai - but that's just the cost isn't it. Terrible really. Hope you have a great time though. When is it you're going again?

Sheree - the bracelet for your mum sounds fantastic... Where is it you can get that done?

Ellery's calling - chat soon.

[Elmopalooza]

Ok... i sent that email... (im sooo second guessing my choice now though! Maybe i shouldnt have said anything.)

Sheree - What a great gift. Your mum will love that im sure. Not sure what you could get her now though, maybe even just a nice bunch of flowers and a heart-felt card?

Mel - Oh i wish the weather was like that here in Perth! We had it the other day but its gone all yukky again and has been raining heavily most of the day.

Hollie - Have you been able to talk to Frog about taking the days off for your conference?

[Bambaloo]

Hi girls

Kel I have met a few March girls before - Nic (M2B), Emma, Sharon & a girl KirstyE that used to post here who was from GC too. It is exciting and it's like you already know each other. I have also been to a Bayside meet before & met a few more girls, 2 who come to MG now & one of those I have become really good friends with.

Mel I hope you can come. It was a very warm day wasn't it!

Shezi - that bracelet sounds beautiful! Maybe you should make it a joint b'day/chrissy present to justify if u have to lol.

Lana - What a bummer about the Ergo. Hopefully the one you ended up ordering arrives asap to make up for the disappointment. Have I pm'd you my address yet for SS?

We have been in baby beehinds all day today & as my order hasn't come through we have no covers. I put plastic pants on E when she went for asleep but the rest of the time she just had the nappy on & it's amazing how absorbant MCN's are!

Girls ... I am ADDICTED! HAHA!

Atm I am looking at cars on the internet. Does anyone know about auctions or how to go about an auction?

I hope all the sick piglets get well soon! Hugs to all of them from me & Ella (at least cyber hugs Ella won't get sick lol).

Good night!

[Elmopalooza]

Ok well the lady from Little Koala emailed me back about the Ergo and said that she will change the site so that it says pre-order only and that she didnt realise there was a wait for them until she contacted the supplier to order one. She also said she is more than happy to refund me my money OR i can wait for them to arrive OR order the black/green one. What to do?? Any suggestions?

Carrie - Yay for soft cloth bums!

[nemosmum]

Lana personally I would wait coz I like the retro heaps and I know every time I would wear the black one I would wish for the retro:yes: :laughing: but thats just moi!


Iris is now offically slide crawling hahahaha she plants her face on the mat bum in the air and her lil legs push her off shes so cute!

this arvo O was chucking a bottle in the air and catching it and she started pi$$ing herself laughing it was so funny! nothing dainty about that laugh ha she has mikes sense of humour ARGH!

Ive just booked O into karate....I hope he likes it!

have a great night girls

[Bambaloo]

Lana - I agree with Sarah as I'd be the same!

My wrist is KILLING ME!!! The one with the carpel tunnel ... it is getting worse. My appt with specialist isn't til mid-Oct. Maybe I should ask dr on Friday at E's needles about strapping or something.

TMI warning - I can't use tampons (well unless anything has changed since being prg) because I had this vaginismus condition where I wasnt even having 'special cuddles'. There was a big lump inside stopping everything & basically means I have great muscles 'down there'! Lol. Anyway so I had this cream we had to massage everynight which improved - I had ella didn't I?! Hehe.

But now Ella is doing swimming I am thinking I am gonna have to wear tampons at least for that instead of a pad.

Is there any other option?

[Bambaloo]

Sarah - Iris better watch out for O! Hehe. At least she should be able to get away now,lol. Clever girl, that's wat E was sorta doing on Monday but backwards ROFL. Apparently i started crawling backwards too :)

[melannh]

Carrie - regarding swimming, i don't know of any other option apart from tampons. Not for any physical reason, but I can't really wear tampons. They never feel comfortable and I don't like the feeling of them inside.... I have had previous work to my cervix and i think it is really, really touchy - so anything that even goes close (like a tampon) is just too YUKKO for me.... Not too sure if there are other things you can use - but if you find something, I'd love to know..... I would like to avoid Tamp's too if i could.

[Elmopalooza]

All this talk of tampons lol. I am so glad that i havent really gotten my period back (due to the IUD i have inserted) because when i did get my period and of course wore tampons, they would really irritate me. I would get all red and sore and itchy (TMI sorry). I try to avoid them but at the same time i refuse to walk around with a surfboard in my knickers! lol

We just got back from Anna's (sams little sister) school play. It was fantastic! The difference between a public and private school play is massive. They private school really go all out. The play was Treasure Island and it was a bit of a musical. Very proud of her :D

ETA: Michaela are you still going to the meet tomorrow? Did your friend drop off the grobags to you? Just asking so that i can make sure i bring enough with me lol

[melannh]

It was quiet on here last night!! Usually everyone is up and I am in bed.. haha

Up early again (hey Kellie.. ha ha) Usual time. Ellery was a bit disrupted last night... Kept getting out of her wrap - so had to go in 5 times to re-wrap her, that was about 2am to 3.15am... HHMMM - I ended up taking her super cuddley and soft rug in (the one she loves to cuddle) and that seemed to work. I was worried she would get hot - but it did the trick. She still has larry lamb resting on her head. Carrie - does ella still like rabbit on her head? She's is asleep now - don't think she has stirred.

Sorry if the talk of 'tamps' was too much info - but I am glad I am not the only one that has difficulty with it... I am just use to using surfboards i suppose.

Lana - sounds like you enjoyed the play/musical. I go to my cousins etc. at the schools (and did it myself years ago.. ha ha) and i noticed the difference in the private to public also - but I guess that is all due to the mighty $$ isn't it....

Carrie - sorry to hear that your wrist is so bad. My wrist (although not carpel tunnel - more a ligament problem i think) has improved out of sight since going to the chiropractor. They work on it every week. I could hardly hold E and near dropped her numerous time due to the pain. I hope it doesn't worsen before your specialist appoint. in october. I know how debilitating and painful it can be - it really got me down at times. Hope that isn't happening to you....
I've looked through the diary - and not sure if I can make the get together. I am going to try and re-arrange the booked things, so will let you know. Would love to meet you all.

Sarah - yeah for iris doing the shimmy, side crawl... Clever girl.:yelclap: Ellery is rolling all over the place and trying to lift her knees up. She gets really frustrated and cranky because things aren't doing what she wants them to.

Hope O enjoys karate. I did a bit of that around the age of 8 and loved it... They look so damn cute in their outfits....

I got E one of the 'sucker' things with netting on the end. Pam (nurse) suggested it. I shoved small pieces of apple and mushy banana in it yesterday, and she started to suck on it. YEAH... She's getting it now. She loves it - but she also gets a bit frustrated with it too after a while - but it is giving her natural juice so it is all good. Has anyone else used them?

Hoping our glasses are in today - DP said that after 1 hour of being back at work, his eyes were really sore. I phoned and they said they would arrive today, so off to the shops again to get them... I hope they help with his h'aches and all.... He's never had glasses before (I've had reading glasses for years) so it'll take a bit of getting use to I suppose.....

[nemosmum]

Sarah - Iris better watch out for O! Hehe. At least she should be able to get away now,lol. Clever girl, that's wat E was sorta doing on Monday but backwards ROFL. Apparently i started crawling backwards too


that is very cool how genetically even their crawling style is effected!
Yes iris will have to be able to make a quick 'get away' as O is still transfering his anger about the seperation onto iris sometimes
he says "I dont like iris" when I ask why he says "coz I love my daddy"
I am looking into soem sort of play therapy for him atm

Carrie I hope your wrist is ok today, re; the tampons I wouldnt have a clue only to say that ive never been able to wear them either
My AF hasnt come back yet and probably wont till I wean Iris, thats what happened with O
i might continue bfing till iris is ten just to stop AF from ever returning hahahahahaha


Sarah - yeah for iris doing the shimmy, side crawl... Clever girl.:yelclap: Ellery is rolling all over the place and trying to lift her knees up. She gets really frustrated and cranky because things aren't doing what she wants them to.

Hope O enjoys karate. I did a bit of that around the age of 8 and loved it... They look so damn cute in their outfits....

I got E one of the 'sucker' things with netting on the end. Pam (nurse) suggested it. I shoved small pieces of apple and mushy banana in it yesterday, and she started to suck on it. YEAH... She's getting it now. She loves it - but she also gets a bit frustrated with it too after a while - but it is giving her natural juice so it is all good. Has anyone else used them?
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yeah iris gets cranky too and then she lies still as if shes exhausted after shes moved like an inch lol

that sucky thing sounds perfect for iris shes sucking on everything/one we call her lil vampire lol

I tried her again on some veggies and she screwed up her face and started regurgitating it like she was dying....drama queen
I gave her the apple and she slurped it back like it was heaven!

argh! two kids who hate veggies and lurve fruit!

[melannh]

Sarah - the sucky thing i was talking about is great - i got it from a chemist. Can't think of the name and threw the packet away, but i'll have a look on the actual thing and see if I can get the name for you.... If Iris loves to suck on things - maybe you could try some mash/vegies in it? Sounds like i am lucky that Ellery eats her vegies - but she loves the sweet fruit......

Question - how do you multi-quote... I have tried and tried, and I am doing something wrong.:banghead:

[nemosmum]

I just use the multi quote button at the bottom of peoples posts its next to the quote post

just click it until it goes red and continue reading etc until your ready to post then press the post button

hope that explains it:)

yup you are def. lucky ellery loves veggies too makes life alot easier!

[BlueGin]

Happy 6 monthdays to lots of little bubs! happybirthday
(I wont say the ones I remember as I'm sure to miss others then :p )

Sarah-amazing that Iris is on the move already! I just love your avi, it's amazing but yeah, "so cute it hurts" is actually true eh? I still remember when I showed Mum the photo of Iris you sent to my mobile when she was born, and she said that was what she had dreamed Kes would look like! (He kind of did too!).

Not a fan of tampons either, but don't react well to things like depo and stuff so *sigh* I'm stuck with an evil AF!

Hollie- I hope you were able to figure a way to get to that conference! I was writing to you the other day when my stupid computer decided to have a stroke or something, I need to upgrade!!!
Are you able to take a holiday and head north with your Dad for his Darwin trip? That could be fun!

Lana-I think that any way you can get the retro green is probably worth it, I know I would end up not liking any other colour if I had my heart set on it!

Shezi, I hope your family are all on the mend :hugs:
Not sure with your Mum, but the flowers and card (Lana?) sounds like a great idea!

I had Mum up here again on Tuesday to help out (ie. play with Kes while I clean!), it's great to be able to get stuck in to a task. Funny thing was, he chose that day to actually sleep! LOL, he had 4 day sleeps instead of none :rolleyes: I was worried it would affect his night sleep but no, still straight through! *phew*
He has started waking a bit earlier though, and not wanting to go back to sleep. So I think my sleep ins are over with... DH working late this week though so that has been more fun, as we all chill for a bit before getting up.

Tomorrow is my birthday!!!!!!!! The big 27... So i imagine that means DH and Kes will be hanging out tonight (making my card, they'd better be! LOL) so I might have a bit of fun and make a full on dinner like fried chicken or something evil like that!

I notice Caithi hasn't been online for a while now, does anyone remember when her biopsy was to be?

[nemosmum]

Happy Birthday Gin


:party: :smiliedance: :yelclap: :kiss: :party:


Caithi.....I have no idea I really wish her well and hope she pops online soon!

Toady hope my pm helped:fingerscrossed:

[BrendansMum]

Hi Ladies,
Hope all of you are well.

Things have been a bit challenging at our end here. B & I met up with work around 2 weeks ago (which was wonderful) and got massively rained on on the way back. Since then I've been having a real nasty cold that I can't seem to shake-off, lose my voice and feel very tired all day. Meanwhile B has been going through a lot of changes, which I think confuse him a bit and and make him a bit cranky. He keeps hurting his hands bitting them hard with his new teeth, rolling on sleep and wakes himself up, etc. He's also having some allergic reactions to the solids (not sure what at this point), itchy face and puffy eyes give him a lot of grief...poor boy.

Sorry I haven't read any of the posts so far. Been bit of a struggle to go through the days lately. You girls have been chatting a lot, we've even moved to the new thread! :)

Anyways, I'd better catch some nap while B is asleep. Enjoy the rest of the week girls! Oh, and apologies for the gloomy post.

[BrendansMum]

Just noticed Sarah's last post,

happybirthday GIN! :smiliedance:

Sarah, Iris looks so yummy in your new avatar! :thumbsup:

[M2B]

Hey Ladies!

happybirthday GIN!! I hope you have a fantastic day!

I found the jolly jumper stands, thanks for the replies! I looked online but ended up buying one from Babies Galore, just have to wait for it to arrive.

OMG! Work is so full on, I am having a really hard time. I hardly get to see Madi at all, and ended up in tears yesterday. We leave home at 5:30am and don't get home til 7pm, it's really really hard! But I am on really good money and we need me to work. Madi is having such a great time, she is loving day care soooo much, she never wants to go home. We only get to spend one day together, but we make the most of it. I hope with time it gets easier.

I hope everyone is well, just so busy to catch up, but will try once things settle down at work.

Does anyone know if there are any other website where you can upload pics? photobucket isn't working for me.

Madison is 6 months old on Saturday! I can't believe it, growing up so fast! She is getting her 6 mth needles tomorrrow, hope she goes well.

Happy 6 months to Madison and Ella for Saturday!

And of course to all the other beautiful March bubs!

[Elmopalooza]

Nic - Another site you can upload pics is Flickr.com I havent used it but some of the others do and it seems to work fine for them. It must be really hard having Madi in day care and working such long hours. I dont blame you for missing her so much. Hopefully things will get a bit easier for you and maybe you will be able to cut down your hours in a few months.

Jenny - Sorry to hear that you havent been well. I hope your cold goes soon. Poor B having a reaction to some of his solids. I remember you saying that there are a lot of different allergies in your families. Im sure he will get used to having teeth soon enough and will realise that biting his hands hurt.

Mel - I hope you guys get your new glasses tonight and that they are able to give your eyes a break.

Gin - it is soo typical of Kes to sleep on the one day that you have help hey! Cheeky little monkey!

I still dont know what to do re the Ergo. I really need one asap so that i can take both kids to do the food shopping etc BUT at the same time i really want the Retro green one. Maybe i should just wait.

Had a great time at the SOR Perth meet today. We took a pic of Harper and Griff "playing" lol. Not sure if they were looking at the camera though cos they seemed to find each other much more interesting.

[defaipe]

Girls im struggling to keep up and we have a lot going on here at the moment so im going to be away from the computer for a while.

Thankyou everyone for always being there. knowing that i could chat to yous at anytime of the day(and night hehe) has meant a lot.

Take care girls. and yes im still in the christmas swap. hehe.


Bluegin happybirthday have a fantastic birthday!! i hope you get spoilt:D :party: :hugs:

[Elmopalooza]

Hey Sheree, MASSIVE :hugs: coming your way! I really hope you are able to get everything sorted out and under control. :hugs:

[BlueGin]

:D thanks guys! And thank you Sarah and Jenny for my pretty colours! I can't wait to see what DH has planned for tomorrow!

Jenny-it sounds like you're having a really rough trot! I hope you can figure out what B is reacting to quickly :hugs:

Lana-have you looked in to ordering a retro green from the US? I think you could get her to pay the difference as it's her fault... or get the black/green, it's more versatile having a plainer one anyway ;). It made me laugh that Kes seemed to know I didn't need him to sleep, LOL
How is Amity today?

Nic-I don't know how you do it! good on you for having the energy to do long days like that as well as being a new Mum, and it sounds like Madi's carers must be fantastic for her to be so happy!

Shezi-you just make sure you take care of yourself, we'll always be here when you need us :D

My little champ slept today! Got a whole hour out of him, now a bit grumpy, I think sore teeth poor fella.

Anyone want a lighthearted chuckle at my expense? Check this out... (http://bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1901633#post1901633)

[Elmopalooza]

Hey gals check out these! Teeth Bling http://www.ekidnakids.com.au/proddetail.php?prod=TBling&cat=11

What a great idea hey!

[kel2boys]

Lana Not sure about those necklacey things, would they be hygenic mmmm but I suppose it's just the same as chewing on a teething ring or a toy. Might have to forget the perfume when wearing it. In regards to your ergo if it's not to late I would def. wait, it's the one you really want...

Sarah Iris trying to crawl (sideways hehe) How cute!!!! How exciting for O to be doing karate, we are thinking about soccer for E...

Carrie How's your wrist??? Too bad you have to wait til mid Oct til appt. Bummer. Hope your doc has some ideas to help.
Good luck with Ella's needles tomorrow.


Hoping our glasses are in today - DP said that after 1 hour of being back at work, his eyes were really sore. I phoned and they said they would arrive today, so off to the shops again to get them... I hope they help with his h'aches and all.... He's never had glasses before (I've had reading glasses for years) so it'll take a bit of getting use to I suppose.....

Mel off to the shops again hey, dammit hehe, did you end up getting your glasses today?


Tomorrow is my birthday!!!!!!!! The big 27... So i imagine that means DH and Kes will be hanging out tonight (making my card, they'd better be! LOL) so I might have a bit of fun and make a full on dinner like fried chicken or something evil like that!


Gin Sounds like you will fabulous day tomorrow, fried chicken hey, naughty naughty.*licks lips* Is hubby making your card? any sign of glitter or sparkles? Have lots of fun :D Btw those pants made me laugh "whoops" haha Also haven't seen you around in a little bit, nice to see your post today......

Jenny Hi there, hows Brendan? Has he had his needles yet? Hope eveything gets better for you soon....

Nic Glad you got the jolly jumper stand, just a bugger that you have to wait for it. I hate waiting for purchases, if I pay for it, I want it then and there, just a little bit impatient I suppose....
I really feel for you about Madi's daycare situation, it must be so hard not to see her as often as you want to. :hugs: maybe things at work will slow down soon. I'm sure the day's you do have with her she is absolutely spoiled rotten...Good luck tomorrow with Madi's needles too. ouch

Sheree Hope things settle down for you soon, don't go to far away hey, come back soooooon:)

[library-laksa]

hello!
had a nice day, perth meet this morning was good. we sat and chatted for almost 3 hours! will post pic soon. my quiche was sh!t tho lol.

Lana - hope it wasnt too stressful with 2x 2year olds! love that teething bling but no spending for me, we've booked our holiday, need to pay for it now!

Sarah re fruit and no veg, Harper is like that but tonight i tried sweet potato and he loved it. so i will mix the plain potato in and trick him :laughing:

oh my god, i am HATING his poos so much now with the food. so rank :barf:

Gin hope you get your card and have a great birthday!!

ok well i am trying to get some cleaning etc done. i even made carrot and sweet potato purees tonight. i hate peeling and chopping veg and i cut my finger too. unco...

[kel2boys]

Harper is like that but tonight i tried sweet potato and he loved it. so i will mix the plain potato in and trick him :laughing:

Michaela I gave Noah some sweet potato and potato recently and had hated the texture of the swt pot. He had a few spoonfuls and gagged ahhhh and then brang back up what he just ate ewww i know...As i made up a few days worth I didn't want to waste it so I mixed in some cooked pumpkin and :babydust2: wahhlaa, tried him on it the next day and he ate every last bit :D

[library-laksa]

here's pics of Lana and I with our boys today...
click (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/0709132.jpg)
click2 (http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o37/library-laksa/070913.jpg)

[BlueGin]

Lovely photos of you guys! I am totally jealous that you get to catch up!

Kellie-it is so sweet of you to say that, nice to know you missed me, and that the pants post amused you :D ;)
I doubt there'll be sparkles... getting a squirmy little hand and foot to paper would probably be enough to do his head in! (I wouldn't be surprised if after that he forgets to write in it :o )

LL-ouch! Your finger OK? What went wrong with the quiche? SO frustrating when stuff goes wrong that is being fed to non-family, LOL
And thank you, when I had my shower this evening I think I heard DH in the craft/paper drawer... :p

Oops, I hear baby sounds... night all! X

[kel2boys]

First photo - beautiful smiles, you girls that is :D
Second photo - awwwwhh "there there" says Harper to Griffin, very cute boyzzz!!!

[Elmopalooza]

Lana - hope it wasnt too stressful with 2x 2year olds! love that teething bling but no spending for me, we've booked our holiday, need to pay for it now!

oh my god, i am HATING his poos so much now with the food. so rank :barf:


I had a great day today too! Wish i could have stayed for longer though, oh well, next time for sure! It actually wasnt that bad with Finn there as well. He was really good and Amity and him play really well together. (for those of you that are wondering what im talking about, i watch my friends little boy for a few hours while she went to a meeting at work)

Lol re the poos... they just keep getting stinkier and stinkier too! :laughing:

I think i look a bit dorky in that first pic lol. And Michaela it didnt even click that we were both wearing matching red tops! (look how much Harpers eyes stand out!)

Kellie - I dont think the necklace thingys would be that unhygienic as they are round your neck so at least they wont be able to go one the floor. Plus you could always give them a wipe over every now and then.

Well i went and did the food shopping tonight... ALONE!! I had a great time too :laughing: When i got home though Amity was still in her high chair with food all over her face and on the floor and when i called to DP i got no answer. I asked Amity where he was and she said "Daddy in bed" :eek: I went and had a look for him and he was fast asleep on the lounge!! Needless to say he got a serving from me.

[Elmopalooza]

Oh and i almost forgot... Here is a pic of my friend Darshee in her sari at the Bollywood night
http://s102.photobucket.com/albums/m111/Amitys_mum/?action=view&current=Darshee.jpg

It looked even better IRL!

[melannh]

Happy 6 Months for Ellery today happybirthday
Unfortunately, it is also needle day. Hoping she is good like the previous lots she has had. off to the Dr at 9.30am... (eekk)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIN TOO!!!!!!!!!!! Love the pics of your creativity.. The pants look groovy and the teddy, well you're just too clever!

Lana & Michaela - great that you were able to catch up. Love the photos.... I didn't notice you were both wearing red tops until you mentioned it.. ha ha.. Great minds think alike hey! The boys are growing too, such cuties.

Lana - isn't it nice to get out to some things on your own. I sometimes go and do groceries on my own - but i must say, don't come home to a child in its highchair with DP asleep on the lounge...:mad: I can imagine you would have been somewhat surprised.... Glad you had a good time out though.

Jenny - sorry to hear that Brendan is having a hard time at the moment, and the allergies would be difficult. Hope you're doing ok though and thinking of you heaps.
Kellie - well, went to the shops and :banghead: the glasses weren't in (they told me they would be) but got us out of the house. Suppose to be in today, but i might have to go tomorrow as E has her needles this morning. DP's battled through so far, and he is home half day today - so he will survive.

We went for a longer walk yesterday also. Very sunny out there again - but not as warm as wednesday. It is really dreary out this morning though. Looks like rain is on it way again. I have to rummage around and find ellery's summer clothes - it has become rather warm quite quickly.... I am not game to put the warmer stuff away just yet though as the weather changes really quickly at the moment.

No other plans for the day - just hoping E is alright after her shots..... Nearly the weekend everyone (yeah)... We have nothing major planned, which in ways is nice as we've had guests here for the past 3-4 weeks most of the time... We'll no doubt get bored but sometimes you need to just chill out....