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Hey girls, lots of goings on here at the moment - not too many good ones though.
I started trying to catch up on all the posts last night and will keep reading when I can today (I hate missing anything!)
We're not very well here at the moment. Started with me on Friday sneezing non stop (allergies) but I've developed some sort of cold from it - so's Immy and poor little Alex too (he's the worst). Alex woke this morning with really yellow-gluey eyes and he can barely cry because of his cold - his cry sounds all strained and he's as pale as a ghost. I've got a Dr's appointment at 12:15 today for him so we'll see what they say. Immy has a runny nose and a bit of a cough but lots of sleep will help her. Chelsea & Nicola both have had a little bit of a runny nose but hopefully their bodies are big enough to not be affected too much. Apart from lots of sneezing, I'm feeling ok, just very congested and extremely tired from being up so many times during the day and night with Alex. I'm giving him babies panadol but he really hates it (don't blame him). He really hasn't been himself at all since Friday when he had his immunisations so this is the last thing he needs.
Uh-oh, he's still not re-settling so better go. Every 10 mins I'm up those jolly stairs trying to get him to go back to sleep. Poor thing - he's so over tired but has a nose all blocked up.
I'll be around, catching up where I can.
So sorry for the lack of personals lately. Had an especially busy weekend here by myself with 4 kids and no hubby. I'll be a better friend soon - thinking of you all every day. xoxo
Sorry to barge in here....Chen we miss you in the July 07 mummies group.....I know how it feels with a congested bub and not really being able to help them.....My doctor recomended fess little noses for when Bailey was sick with a cold and it worked wonders with him and helped clear his nose up, might be worth a try. Bailey also had his needles on friday and had a fever for about 24 hours afterwards but is fine now.
hayleylea
27-11-2007, 10:32
Anna - hope your house hold gets better quickly!!! :hugs:
Coopers sound asleep...he went to bed just after 11 and im hoping he wakes up with his happy pants on. I will hopefully find my happy pants to put on while he is down too cause ive been a cranky bum today!! :(I actually feel really awful about it. I have been really angry at Cooper - in the end i told trent i had to get away and went down the street and wandered around aimlessly just to wake up to myself a bit! I guess i just needed a bit of time out. Things have been so full on here latley - getting up, going coming home, having so much to do then going to bed basically. The house is stressing me out. And basically if we dont go to the house with Trent then we dont see him...but thats not his fault he is just trying to get the house done. :hissy: Hmmm i think i need to go have a cold shower and slap myself around the head a few times:laughing:
sorry for my whinging guys...i promise I wont do it for atleast another week ROFL.
MrsMiggins
27-11-2007, 11:43
Ah Hayles!!! :hugs: Whinge away!! That's what we're here for!!
Dave had to go pick up my parents from Brissie airport this morning, so he had to get up at 5am. Well, he had me set the alarm for 5, but that just means he then lays around for half an hour while I lie there awake waiting for him to get out of bed! :rolleyes: My darling Owen was awake every hour again last night too. Little bugger! He had a string of really good nights where I only had to get up 2 or 3 times, so I thought he was getting better, but the last 3 nights have all been shockers. Oh well, at least Claire slept in her own bed last night instead of trying to create the letter 'H' in our bed again!! And I have them down this morning at the same time, so here's hoping they both have a decent sleep.
Hmmm... all about me again!! Sorry Hayles! Basically what I was trying to say was that I totally hear you on the tired thing!! You certainly have one up on me though - at least I'm not PG on top of everything else!
Sorry to hear the house thing is stressing you out. :( You certainly don't need any more stress right now. Maybe you could get your MIL to look after Cooper for a night & you & Trent go have a nice dinner or something?
Anna, what a bummer about the colds! That is awful! Hope you & the kids start feeling better soon.
Tan, poor Will & his fall!! :( Poor little guy!! I swear these kids are made of about 90% rubber though, they never seem to hurt for too long. And (or perhaps this is just Claire!!) they never seem to learn from it! :laughing: Although to be fair, every time Claire climbs up on something now or goes running around like a loony, she says "Be careful or you'll bonk your head!" lol Claire is also covered in bruises ATM - also mainly on her shins. I put it down to her current climbing infatuation. I'm sure Joe Public think I'm bashing the poor child!
Renee, glad to hear you had such a great weekend!
Cath, I couldn't watch your video on my computer, but it sounds very cute!! (Wish I could see it!!)
Lou, I've been meaning to ask you - how's your friend's daughter Maddi going? I hope she's fully recovered now.
OK, I need to go get some lunch, I'm bl00dy starving! I'm back down to my pre-Owen-PG weight (:smiliedance:) but that's purely from BF & not having time to eat! When I do eat it's more often than not complete rubbish! So I've put some fish fingers on. They're pretty healthy. I'd have a salad or something with it if I had any in the house - really need to go do some groceries!!
hayleylea
27-11-2007, 12:16
Fi - Every hour! God you have every reason to be tired...more then me! i slept for most of the night atleast! Well done on the weight loss!
Cooper had a bit of an accident today too. It was while i was out. Cooper was helping Trent out in the shed. Trent had a little welding job to do - might sound irresponsible having Cooper out there while he is doing this but Cooper knows exactly what to do. Dad has to weld. Cooper gets his safety glasses (weld flash protected), his ear muffs on and goes and stands in a specific point in the yard. Very cute to watch! Anyway Trent did the small job (took about 5 minutes) and then told Cooper Ok take your safety stuff off...and then they were playing in the yard. Trent turned to get a ball they were throwing around and turned back around and Cooper was right near the job he had welded and his little hand reached out and touched it!!! (Curious minds Daddy - i told you you have to watch them cause they are FAST!) Anyway luckily it had been long enough after the weld to not really do anything but give him a fright. trent raced inside and put his hand under cold water...his tip of his finger is a tiny bit pink but didnt seem to be hurting him. Ill check it again when he wakes up but i think he will be fine! I think Daddy now realises he has to be very very carefull and that Cooper is VERY VERY QUICK! Ah well Accidents happen!
Coopers still snoozin, id say he will be up shortly though...i havent managed to find them happy pants just yet but im feeling a bit better :laughing: Might go have some icecream actually..im sure they will assist me with finding that "happy place" LMAO.
ETA: Fi as for the whole dinner thing. I actually have a playgroup mums dinner on monday so ill be going out for that. And im hoping the following friday that the MIL will have Cooper while Trent and I go down to the local for some raffles and some dinner - just something we use to do all the time and havent done for like FOREVER!
Hey.
Well Alex does have bacterial conjunctivitis - meaning we didn't catch it from anyone but rather he's probably wiped his eye with his fist and contracted it that way (most likely as babies fists go from mouth to nose to eyes etc). I have drops that I put in - two in each eye 4 times a day for up to a week. :crying:
He's actually not too bad with it all - I can only do 1 drop at a time then have to wait a minute before I give him the 2nd in the same eye because his eye is so little that it won't take two at once. He sounds terrible today, all croaky and strained voice/cry. He's had a huge feed so hopefully he won't wake but I reckon he still will.
Immy is not too bad - she had a good nap and only had a little runny nose. Lots of sleep for her tomorrow.
I got home from the Dr's around 1pm and there was a message from the kinder teacher saying Chelsea wasn't feeling well and wanted to go home, so piled Immy & Alex back into the car and went and got Chelsea. All 3 had naps this afternoon and I could tell Chelsea wasn't herself but I think it's more just being really tired - apparently some kindy kids get like that this time of the year which surprises me.
Anyway, Shane's going to take the car to work tomorrow so he can go pick up Nicola from my nans house in the afternoon and I can just stay home and look after these children.
Again, sorry for no personals, I'm so buggered and if tonight is going to be anything like last night then I'm going to pack up and head to bed now.
Check in tomorrow, I hope everyone is well!
xoxo
ETA: Holy cr@p Hayles! That was such a close call with Cooper and the welding today! Maybe welding should be left to "Daddy time" only!
Oh poor little Alex. Hopefully the drops will start to work quick and he'll be over it soon. Its such a yucky thing isn't it. Thankfully Maddi has only had it once but ewww it really grossed me out and not much grosses me out in that regard. Well I hope you guys don't get too sick and that sleep will cure all.
Ohhh Hayley that was a close call with Cooper hey. I guess he's learnt the hard way what HOT is :eek:. And that Trent learnt just how fast these 2 year olds are. Lightning fast!
Ah Fi, your husband and my husband are clones! Tony does the exact same thing in the mornings. It takes him ages to get out of bed, I'd hate to think what he was like as a teenage boy. So annoying that they do it all the time. Whats going on with Owen waking up every hour? You poor thing, you must be exhausted. Fish fingers sound good actually.....yes I'm partial to a fish finger sandwich with lettuce, mayo and tomato. The update on my friends little Maddi is that she is still in hospital and still not in a good way. She is still having high temperatures and has a very bad infection, but they can't figure out where it is coming from. Today they were doing bone scans, CT tests and a whole barrage of other tests to try and investigate WTH is going on. Poor little thing has been so sick for such a long time now. Its 3 weeks. I don't know how her mum is getting by, I really don't. Each time I think about it I get all sad.
Renee, your weekend sounded like great fun. I LOVE Kahlua and milk. Mmmm.
Tan, how's your shoulder healing up? Have you been able to get into the pool again?
Cath, I loved that video of Will. He does have a very cute laugh, I have to ask though - who was making whom laugh???? IMO I think Will has Dean all figured out.
Oh excitement, I found a hair conditioner for kids! I've been searching high and low and could only find 2 in 1 hair stuff which frustrates me because Maddi's hair just gets all frizzy and knotty. Anyways, this shop called googoo on the internet sells shampoo, conditioner and bath gel. You pick the flavour and the sticker for the bottle. I got it today in the mail and its was all wrapped up like a present and smells so nice. I got a green apple shampoo and a coconut conditioner. I can't wait to wash her hair now! And they've got free postage on at the moment until Christmas.
Work is so busy at the moment the days are flying by. Its crazy!
Hello there,
Lou the shampoo and conditioner sound great -I love little kids freshly washed hair (not that Paddy has much left after his recent haircut). Your poor friend and her daughter- it is all so full on. I got an email from somewhere today highlighting that it is 4 weeks until Christmas -bloody hell!! You are so right about the weeks flying by. I am nowhere near organised. We have my family coming here for dinner on the Thursday before Christmas because my brother and his girlfriend will be interstate with her parents on Christmas day.Then on Christmas day we have the double whammy of my parents place for lunch and Dean's parents place for dinner. I really better start thinking about food and presents -so can't be bothered! There is this weird thing between Will and Dean - Dean is the one who makes Will laugh the most and as soon as Will sees Dean he just breaks into this massive smile - it is the cutest thing to see how much he loves his Dad already.
Oh Anna your poor thing. Sounds exhausting at your place. I so hope you don't get too sick - you need all your strength. Poor little kids. Good luck with the eyedrops and I hope Alex's little voice improves soon - sounds sad.
Hayley how scary about Cooper touching the hot metal -so lucky he didn't get badly burnt. Poor little man -they just have no idea about what they should and shouldn't touch do they? Paddy has gone a bit mad recently and is climbing on all sorts of things and throwing himself over the back of the couch like a stunt man -I have to watch him carefully - there is going to be some sort of injury soon enough. Hope you have a happier day tomorrow.
Fi Dean does that too - sets the alarm then doesn't actually get up for half an hour -drives me nuts - you might as well be asleep for that half hour! I hope you get a decent nights sleep tonight - you must be stuffed! Congratulations on the weight loss.
Tan you are so right about Will's arms -he has creases in his forearms for goodness sake - he is the chubbiest baby! Poor Will and his bruises - the poor little fellow. That really was quite a fall.
Renee great to hear you had fun at the wedding - hope you are all recovered.
Anyway just a quick check in for now. Hope everyone has an okay night and chat soon.
Oh another new thread!
Hmm, there should be a bubhub award for the most chatty group per "capita" (as in # of posts per people in the group), we'd take that out for sure! :laughing:
Cath - I just LOVED that clip of Will and daddy! Although I'm with Lou, I think Will has daddy around his finger! I'm so shocked at how much Paddy had grown up in the photos! He really does look about 3 but also that hair cut really suits him!
Lou - I might have to look up that place online for kids conditioner - we just use sunsilk for Chelsea & Nicola because they have such long hair they really need a good conditioner. But I'm always worried about the normal shampoo going into their eyes and stinging them. Oh you'll have to pm me the link because I tried to google it but only came up with a childrens clothing site!
Renee - kahlua and milk - yuuuuum! Hmm, good alternative to when my baileys runs out!
Fi - I think all men are like that with their alarm clocks. Shane actually has the clock set 20 mins fast so he only gets up when the clock says 7:30. :confused: Bloody oath! I mean how hard is it to just keep the clock at the right time and get up at 7:10 for goodness sake?!!
Tan - how on earth are you 18 weeks already?!! That's crazy! I still haven't read back yet but what happend to your shoulder? I hope you're ok.
Ah ebay. I received so many parcels in the mail yesterday and I'm quite happy with the dresses I bought! Some I got for $7, $8, $11, others $10 and the most I payed was $30 but it's Chelsea's Christmas outfit so I wanted to spend a bit more. I'm so glad these girls are going to look girly for yet another summer and not like they've come from the 60's in some of these cr@ppy tunic style things that are out there. I just couldn't help myself though and last night I was up late looking for size 4's for Nicola, I haven't bought any for her yet. I have my eye on a few really cute dresses that she'll just love!
Oh and I also bought an absolutely GORGEOUS adent calendar that should arrive today! I'm so sick of buying the cardboard ones with the cheap yucky chocolates and by next Christmas it's going to cost me about $16 as I'll have to get 4 of them! So I found this stunning one that's sort of quilted. It's hard to explain but it has 24 little pockets on the front that I can put little chocolates etc in for the kids.
HERE'S A PIC (http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/chenicimo/advent.jpg)
The lady who sold it actually makes them and although I missed out on the auction (got outbidded), I had already arranged to buy one off her so she just gave me a 2nd chance offer and she's not even waiting for my payment to clear, she expressed it yesterday and it should be here today! I'm so excited, it's something that will be a lovely heirloom/tradition for the kids.
Anyway, too much blabbing from me.
Alex did ok last night, he woke at 5am coughing and we gave him his dummy but it kept coming out so he came for cuddles in bed with us but of course he could smell milk so I fed him and we didn't get up til 9am! Chelsea was up watching tv but Immy didn't get up til we came downstairs. Immy is very croaky today but ok, Alex's eyes are good today but I'll keep the drops up as directed. Hopefully his cold disappears by tomorrow but he's coping really well and is still happy.
Ok better go do some work, plenty of washing to do while the weather is sunny! :sunshine:
Pop in later.
xoxo
ETA: Never mind Lou - found the site :o. Ooo! Free post until Christmas! Might stock up! OMG! I'm getting the frangipani and the jasmine! Jasmine is my FAVOURITE scent! Now look what you've made me do! :laughing:
Where the heck is everyone today?
It's not even Monday!
hayleylea
28-11-2007, 13:36
Hi guys
I now feel awful to Trent about posting about that weld! He really is a good dad and is usually pretty good with safety it was just one of them accidents that happened really quickly. As I said he is fine....unfortunatley accidents happen. Im usually there at all times if Trents is doing something like that in the shed but i happened to be out and the guy was coming to pick up the thing Trent was welding yesterday so he didnt have a choice....Ah well - alls good and thats the main thing.
Lou - well done with the conditioner! Ill have to tell my sister about it - her little girls hair gets so knotty all the time!
Anna - Hope Alex's eyes are better and Immys cold goes away soon. Sounds like ebay is getting a work out - Bargains though so thats the beauty of it.
Cath - sounds like you have a busy chrissy planned! Im with you on the whole present thing though - im over it. I have most of mine already or they on layby. And Thats it. Im not even going to contemplate getting anything more for anyone. I love christmas but things just get soo hectic and things cost too much money. Im proud of myself this year. Ive limited all the presents
We have had a good day today much better then cranky pants cooper day yesterday lol. He slept in till 7.30 so was much happier, then we went to play group and he had an absolutle ball! I think both of us were pleased to get out of the house to a new enviroment other then here or our other house lol. He is in such a good mood though and went to bed no worries. When he gets up we are going to mow the lawn...well im going to mow the lawn while he goes down to the MILs patio and waters the plants - so that should keep us busy for a bit.
Speaking of which i might open up his door...I find if he sleeps any later then 3 then its harder to get him to sleep at night.
Talk soon.
MrsMiggins
28-11-2007, 13:47
Oh yeah! Lou, I've seen those ones (in some magazine or other...) Certainly nothing I have to worry about at the moment though! :laughing: Owen has waaaay more hair than Claire!
Oh I'm so sorry little Maddi is still so sick! That is just scary to think they can't work out what's wrong. I'm not surprised her mum isn't coping well - I'd be a wreck!
Anna, those drops I'm sure will fix Alex up a treat. Just a bugger getting the things in though! Both my kids ended up with bad conjunctivitis several times as little bubbas. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of the drops! Seems more trouble than it's worth putting them in! lol Good work on the eBay stuff! I'm currently waiting for a camera battery + charger to arrive from Hong Kong. My charger got lost somehow in our move so I have no pics of Owen for the past few months (well, very few anyway) so I'm dead keen for it to arrive! It's bugging me because I know the flippin' thing is somewhere, we just can't for the life of us find it!! I ended up buying it off eBay for 99c + $18 postage from HK. Very happy with that - they want $80 just for the charger itself if I buy one from Tandy!! :eek:
Hey, what is it about men & alarm clocks then?! Dave doesn't have an alarm clock (reckons he can't work one :rolleyes:) so I just set mine for him, which is a PITA because it also means I have to hit the snooze/turn it off etc. I'm forever yelling at him just to get the hell up! :o They certainly all came from the one mould, didn't they?!
Tan, I'm with Anna! 18 weeks?!!! How on earth did that happen?!! That's gone so fast!! Hope you're still doing well!
Ouchy Hayles! Poor Cooper! Hope he's OK. It's always the way isn't it? Turn away for one second & they're straight into everything they're not meant to be!! BOTH of mine are the same! Frustratingly, Owen is even worse than Claire at it!! Ugh! I dread to think of all the accidents we're yet to have!! I actually got a book from the library this morning about "dangerous things" or something like that. It's a lift the flap book of all the things it's dangerous to touch around the home. It says for kids 3+ on it, but I thought it would be very good for Claire right now!
I might go have a little lie down on the couch I think. Both the kids will probably be awake any tick of the clock now (no doubt as soon as I get comfy on the couch!!)
Chat again soon!
ETA: Hayles - we posted at the same time!! Hey, don't worry about it!! We are all parents & I'm certain our kids have all had accidents while we have been watching them (and I'll be the first to put up my hand & admit that some have even happened to my kids when I haven't perhaps been watching them as well as I should have been!) It's not Trent's fault & it didn't sound at all as though you blamed him or anything. Just one of those things! :hugs:
Hello there,
Anna I love your new avatar of Alex's little face peeking at us - so cute! Good to hear the little man is doing okay and Immy had a nice big sleep in. Love the advent calender thing - looks great. I'm going to have to start getting in to Christmas again now we have little kids. Dean and I have never even put up decorations or anything (I haven't really got into it since I left home at 20 or whatever I was). We do have some decorations I bought a couple of years ago stored up in the roof so might have to get those down and get decorating soon -Paddy will love it. Good work with all the dresses -it really is the best way to shop. I was looking at a couple of things last night and Dean was saying I could get one of them (a little blow up pool) cheaper at the shops and he is probably right. However he says "just" go to the shops and it will be $5 cheaper. There is no "just" going to shops now in between sleep times and household maintenance - it is so much easier to buy it on ebay and get it deliverd and I say that is worth $5 at this point. I would love for him to be here with the 2 little ones for a week on his own and manage everything and "just" get them into the car and out to the shops with no tears/crankiness/tantrums etc. - he has no idea!
Anyway enough of that rant. Hayley don't feel bad about the accident - it is going to happen to all of us I'm sure. You've done well organising all the presents. I've got the kids done (I think?) but have to do the family ones which is a pain. Good to hear you had a good morning.
I am trying to organise Dean's 40th birthday present and the stupid site keeps crashing. His birthday is on the 22nd of December and I am getting him 4 laps aournd Calder Park Raceway in a really fast V8 car doing 200km/hr or something-he is going to love it! He loves the Grand Prix and plays hilarious car racing games on the XBox so think this will be good. Paddy will love seeing his Dad going around in the really fast car too. I want to organise to go out there and pay cash for the ticket so Dean won't see it if he looks at internet banking. Oh well -hopefully I can get it organised tomorrow.
Anyway better be off. Safeway is delivering the groceries between 3 and 6 so I'd better make some space in the kitchen. Chat soon.
MrsMiggins
28-11-2007, 14:01
Hi Cath! You were posting at the same time too!!
What a great gift for Dean's 40th!! I'm sure he'll just love it! Dave is soooo incredibly difficult to buy for. For his 40th last month I ended up getting him a greyhound racing DVD he wanted & also a collectors item - a St George Dragons club member badge from 1967(He's an avid Dragon's supporter). Both obtained from the fabulous eBay!! I just had no idea what to get!!
OK, really going to have a lie down now!! lol
Oh Cath! That sounds like an AWESOME present for Dean's Birthday! For Shane's 35th or 40th (haven't decided yet) I'm thinking of booking him a flight with Top Gun Tasmania where they spend 1/2 a day with a military trained fighter pilot where they get briefed on safety, operations, weapons & G-force, then they get outfitted in full military flying gear inc helmet, mask, gloves etc before they're taken up for the ride of their lives! They pull G's, they dive and do all sort of other crazy manoeuvres that I don't even want to think about - so long as they bring him back in one piece, I'm happy! Anyway, it's super expensive so I'll have to start saving now but I know he'd just love it!
Oh and by the way - I'm with you, there's no "just" ducking down to the shops! What are these boys of ours thinking?!!
Also, I'm so jealous that you get groceries delivered!
Fi - LOL about Owen having more hair than Claire! I believe she's just choosing to keep hers short! :D Good job on the battery & charger by the way, I get those sorts of deals all the time off ebay. My point & shoot digital camera came with a genuine battery and 2 weeks later my spare "generic" battery arrived from ebay. 2.5 years later, both batteries died within 2 weeks of each other! So there goes me ever paying for a genuine item again! I've also bought car chargers, hands free, desk top chargers etc and all have been great.
Oh and Murphy's Law says that your original charger will turn up the day after the new one arrives :rolleyes::laughing:.
Hayles - have you found those happy pants yet? I do like the sounds of Cooper watering plants while you mow the lawn! However - should you be doing that? I can't remember the last time I mowed the lawn, simply because Shane would never let me do it while I was pregnant with any of the kids. Just don't strain yourself.
Ok well I've been doing bugger all today, although I have gotten a few loads of washing done - better go hang another load.
hayleylea
28-11-2007, 14:47
Anna - our lawn isnt very big. It honestly takes about 20 minutes max. And i was definatley not straining myself. I see it as good exercise more then anything :)and nothing wrong with that when your pregnant! Trent would probably have the cranks if i knew i was out doing it - but saves him from doing it (and theres nothing he can do about it now :laughing:). I feel really good now they are all done actually...and feel good that i have done something rather then sit on my butt! While i was doing the front the old lady was out next door so Cooper took his tractor over there and played with her while i did it. He loves her!
Cath - what an awesome present for Dean - he will love it!!! The pool sounds great too. Its much easier shopping online when you have kids!
Fi - always good to hear from you that book sounds really good!
Oh Anna - yep i have definatley found my happy pants today. Was just having a "feel sorry for myself day" yesterday lol. I realise although i may have a few worries in the world they arent nothing compared to some people so gave myself a slap around the head and woke up happy lol.
Hi everyone,
Been very busy the past couple of days so haven't really had a chance to post in here.
Anna - poor little Alex. He sounds as though he really hasn't been well. I hope he is improving now and that the girls are all coping ok as well.
Cath - I am so with you about the "just go out and get it" comments! It's never that easy, even with one child! The sad thing around here is that so far Will has a couple of books and a teeny, tiny set of duplo for Christmas and that's it! The only other present I have got so far is one for my Mum and Dad and I bought that on-line too! Your pressie for Dean sounds great, I am currently racking my brain to think of a present for Troy for Christmas - he's so bloody hard to buy for!
Hayley - poor little Cooper and his "welding" finger. Sometimes they have to learn the hard way (and so do Daddies). Thankfully it wasn't too bad. So glad to hear that both you and Cooper had your happy pants on today - you should post them my way because I have not been a happy camper at all today! More about that later.....
Lou - well done on the S&C for Maddi! I've often wondered about that kind of stuff - especially if we had a little girl. If she was anything like Will there would be heaps and heaps of hair and would need something like that. Maddi is going to smell so yummy when you wash her hair though - I'd probably have to have a little munch!:laughing:
Fi - thanks for telling me that Claire has bruises galore as well. I think Will is going to have one above his eye now as I am pretty sure he whacked his head jumping around in the bath tonight. I'm sure someone is going to call DOCS on us! LOL at Owen having more hair than Claire - do you or Dave have really fine hair? It just amazes me that she has so little still. Everyone in my family has heaps and heaps of hair so little ones who are a bit lacking in that department fascinate me!
Oh and how funny are men with Alarm clocks? Troy is just like Shane and has his set 15 minutes fast - drives me nuts. I don't have one and never have but lately have been seriously thinking about investing in one. I work a lot more efficiently in the mornings and always have, but I need an alarm to get up early enough to get a decent amount of work done.
I have been such a cranky pants today. It all started when I had to leave home by 7:40 to go to a work visit. Troy decided that meant (because he wasn't going swimming) that he could sleep in til I started yelling at 7:30 that I was NOT getting Will's breakfast. When I got home at 10am I find that Will is still in his PJ's, the dishwasher is not unpacked and the washing up from last night is still sitting there. I lost it - well, lost it for me, and it all got worse when Troy told me that other than dressing Will - they were "my jobs" cause he works FT and gives Will a bath. He then went out and went swimming! I was so angry. I know he has been running all over the place trying to get the renos started but honestly he has no idea what I do all day and at night too. He seriously thinks he shouldn't have to do anything else, especially as we have a cleaner once a fortnight. My problem is that I can't keep being annoyed and by the time this afternoon had come around it had worn off. To top it all off- my friend who usually minds Will when we go out tells me today that she can't mind him anymore on the night of Troy's Christmas party and now I have to find a new babysitter. All the usual people are busy and Troy wants to ask his Aunt who we see occasionally but who has never put Will to bed in his whole life and has no children herself! (she has been here when he was asleep though). I know that it will probably be ok and even if he is naughty then we can just deal with it later, but I feel really stressed at the moment and that just made it worse. So tonight I have given in and am having a glass of wine. I think I started the day out of sorts - cause Will had a funny night last night starting with hopping out of bed (:mad: I thought we were over that), then yelling out in his sleep and waking up early. I know the problem initially was that he slept too long yesterday afternoon (cause I fell asleep on the lounge and woke up to realise that he was still asleep!) and probably wasn't tired when he went to bed at first last night.
That makes me ask - how strict are all of you with "bed time"? I'm kind of wondering lately if I need to be more flexible. Like maybe some days Will doesn't need to go to bed that early? I'm more flexible now if we are going out etc but I'm pretty strict when we are at home. What does everyone else do?
Oh and another question - how much do you girls know about fake tans? I've used the home ones before but only on my legs. We are going away in 2 weeks to the beach for a week and I've been thinking about a bit of "colour"? The only thing is other than going to a salon for a spray tan (very nervous about that) I don't know how people do arms etc? Any hints? I really don't want to look stupid.
OK - have chatted too much again! Sorry for the ramble... must be the wine.
Night night all!
hayleylea
29-11-2007, 06:46
Tan - :hugs:Sounds like you had a bad day yesterday. Ill post my happy pants down to you express post and lets hope today is a better day. As for Troy - MEN! They can be a bit silly sometimes....
Bed times - here we are pretty flexible. Depends on what we have done for the day what time day sleep was and all that. The majority of the time Coopers bed time in 7.30 - but on weekends etc or if we have people over or out and about that can change till whenever we get home which is usually anywhere from 8-9. His pretty much in routine of going to bed at 7.30 during the week though, mind you if he isnt ready he wont actually go to sleep till around 8-8.30 but he is happy to play in his cot so i just let him go till he falls asleep - sometimes he will yell out and want to play peekaboo but i just say its bed time and he will go to sleep.
Fake Tans - Cant help you out there sorry. Ive never had a fake tan in my life - I probably should though this summer with my lilly white legs! HAHA. My arms are pretty brown actually but my legs :eek:Thats another story. I have heard that the spray tans are good though, if you get them done at a good place??
Anyway Thats it from me i can hear a little boy waking up.
Talk soon.
I washed Maddi's hair last night and yes I did want to have a little nibble it smelt so yummo. Anna glad that you found it and have bought some too! The girl that sells it is lovely too, she packages it really nice and it came express post so you should receive it in the next couple of days. Yes ebay is my good friend too. I'm actually selling some stuff as well as buying and its great.
Hayley, Maddi is forever having accidents. They're just so inquisitive and fast! You must be pretty fit to be able to do the lawn and not feel any aches or pains the next day. Maddi HATES the mower. When her Dad is mowing outside she hides and complains the whole time. Don't know why as she's never even been near the blasted thing.
Cath that present is the best idea. The photo's you'd get from that day of a big beaming Dean all trussed up in a racing suit will make a nice addition to his wall of fame. And make sure you get some photo's of the boys with him.
Fi, I think little kids with minimal hair while they are still young is cute. Somehow it just makes them look like babies that much longer. One of Maddi's friends in mothers group has about the same amount of hair as Claire and its just started to grow a little bit and her mum is frantically sticking it in tiny ponytails and putting clips in it. She's SOoooo cute.
Tan, bedtime here is a debacle. Maddi goes to bed at 9pm and wakes at 7am. She sleeps in the middle of the day between 1-2 hours. I've been wondering if I need to cut her day sleep out to get her to bed earlier. But it doesn't bother me that much, its a HUGE improvement on what we've had in the past and I'm just grateful that she now sleeps through the night and in her own room. I think its whatever your happy with is the right thing.
Ah I have to go. Miss Maddi is wanting her breakfast, I NEED a coffee and there is no milk in the house, AND my DH is still in bed snoring away.
hayleylea
29-11-2007, 08:03
:laughing: Lou - i wouldnt say im fit! I would love to be alot fitter. I dont feel bad at all today though so im pretty happy with that! :yes: Trent and I have sold 2 things on ebay the last 2 weeks which has been great. They were biggish items so in total we got $4700 - gotta love that! The only thing is the people who brought the items are from queensland and have to organise frieight etc so it slows the money handing over!
OK i really should start getting myself motivated. Im still in my pjs. Coopers dressed but im just a bit slow today. We are home all day so im thinking of something fun to do....hmmm Any ideas???
Ok gotta go get dressed. Have a nice day everyone :goodvibes:
hayleylea
29-11-2007, 08:19
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/preggas.jpg
Hey guys heres a pic i took the other week of my 26week pregnant bump - just thougth id share.
Holy Cow Hayley, and here I was getting all excited that one of my items is up to $31. That is a truckload of $. Good job:yelclap:. I'd say that I'm really unfit. I've done zilch exercise of late and boy can I tell. I keep thinking that I'll start tommorow but as always that day never arrives.:laughing:
OMG I just saw your photo. Are you sure your 26 weeks? Your bump is a mosquito bite Hayley. Wish I looked like that when I was pregnant. Actually I think I look like that now!
As for what to do today.....how about some photo stuff? The latest photo comp has hardly any entries.
hayleylea
29-11-2007, 08:53
haha i would hardley call it a mosquito bite Lou - im now 27 weeks heading onto 28 and im sure it grows every day. Ill have to take another photo and post it. Im bigger this time around then i was with Cooper believe it or not. Im really tall so thats why i dont show as much - well thats my theory anyway!!
Hmmm photo comp..worth a shot. Might go check out the theme...
hayleylea
29-11-2007, 10:10
OK lou just been out taking photos for the photo comp. Just uploading them now,..lol not that great but it filled in time! lol
Hi again,
Hayley I agree with Lou - that is a very small bump -you look great! Nice work with the ebay sales -that's huge!
Lou Paddy gets a bit freaked out by the lawn mower too -must be the noise.
Tan I used to be pretty strict about bedtime here too -always had Paddy in bed by 7:30 at the latest. However since we have had Will it has become alot more flexible and sometimes it gets to about 8 before Paddy gets to bed. It takes so much more time doing the "bedtime proceedings" with 2 - mostly due to the before bed feed for Will and the fact that we need to make sure Will is happily going off to sleep before Paddy goes in. If Paddy sleeps until late in the day I do find he isn't quite ready for bed at "normal" time and an extra half hour up makes things easier in terms of him being happy to go back to bed. It is much easier keeping Paddy up for a bit longer these days - he is always happy to read one more book (compared to baby Will who is very cranky when he is tired and there is nothing you can do to stop it but get him to bed). However I must say that I get them both to bed as soon as I can because I am hanging to get some time to myself and the earlier I can get them both to bed the better.
On the fake tan thing I have used a spray one on my arms and chest before and it worked (well might have been a bit dodgy but not too bad I don't think). It only lasts for a few days really so I just bit the bullet and gave it a go and thought if I looked stupid it would only be for a couple of days. I don't have any hints apart from don't spray too close and try and keep the spray even.
Anna that birthday idea for Shane sounds great! I think it is cool to do something like that which is something they would never organise for themselves. I know I am so lucky with the grocery delivery thing - I should shut up about it because it must be really annoying. Hope everyone is on the mend in your household.
Fi the presents you got for Dave sound great - a collector's item thing is a great idea. Hope you are getting some sleep.
I moved the pram around today so Will is sitting up in the bottom seat rather than lying down. It made me all sad - my baby is growing up! He was getting really cranky about lying down and seems much happier sitting up and looking around. Got a busy day tomorrow catching up with friends in the morning (and handing the bassinet back to one of them who is now pregnant with her second child and will need her bassinet again soon enough). On the way home I have to drop in to the local kinder and book Paddy in for 3 year old kinder (seems nuts but has to be done apparently) - I so hope he gets in - it is a 2 minute walk from home and looks like a good one. Tomorrow night I am going out for dinner with my 3 best friends which will be great. This is my "christmas party". Dean has his work one next Friday night. I have always made sure since I stopped work that I get a "work Christmas party" too - my job is just as full on as Dean's (actually more I think) and I need an end of the year celebration too.
Anyway once again the night has got away from me - better get some stuff done. Hope everyone is well and chat soon.
OMG Hayles - you look like you're just bloated or something - not 26 weeks pregnant! :laughing:
Still, I think I'd rather be small for as long as possible, you'll probably pop out a lot over the next couple of months and then you'll really feel it!
Good job on selling on ebay - goodness woman, what on earth did you sell?!!
Tan - Immy's bedtime has become quite slack lately but since she's had the sniffles I've been trying to bump her bedtime back to normal - the latest she ever got to bed was 8pm but last night we got her into bed at 7:15pm and still still didn't wake til after 9am, although she didn't have a nap yesterday. I really want her bedtime to go back to 7pm because she obviously needs the sleep and it's really hard on school days when she wakes up so late.
Cath - Alex really enjoys sitting up in the tandem pram as well. I have 3 settings, upright, semi-reclined and fully reclined and I mainly I use the semi-reclined. I sat him up fully yesterday but he doesn't have enough control and his poor little head went to the side of the pram and he got stuck in that position - I felt just awful but the girls quickly pointed it out to me so I laid him back a little. I've also started tying a couple of pram toys to his part and he seems to enjoy that too.
Oh do you mean 2 year old or 3 year old kindy? 3 year old kindy isn't uncommon - Chelsea & Nicola have both done "Grasshoppers" which is a pre-kinder. You have to be 3 before you can go but it gets kids use to other children, to teachers and to a system while they also have lots of fun doing art, craft, stories, excursions etc. It's especially good for kids who are a little shy or need a little encouragement. Our Grasshoppers is expensive - $20 per 1/2 day session - and Nicola goes 1 full day (2 sessions) a week which totals near $2K for the year! And last year it was more because she joined in during 3rd term for a session while Chelsea was also going (but on a different day). Hope Paddy gets in! Oh and dinner with your friends sounds great!
Lou - I haven't bought any shampoo yet - when I sussed it out I realised that they're only 250ml bottles which would barely last a couple of weeks in this house with 3 girls! Still, I might give it a go just once - it was payday yesterday so I have money to spend again (although not for long at this rate!)
Fi - those gifts for Dave sound wonderful! What a great idea - I'll have to keep that in mind for the future. Ebay can come in so handy for things like that!
Well today has been all over the place. I was cleaning up a bedroom when a friend of ours (Nigel, who's wife is pregnant with their first) come into our driveway pushing a pram! It was quite the surprise! He'd been down the end of our street visiting his niece and decided to come for a drive while his SIL ran a few errands. So he left not long ago and I've got to go make the girls some rolls for lunch.
Shane has taken the car today to get some paint work touched up - apart from a couple of scratches, a little while ago he reversed into a low lying brick wall and the back bumper has lots of little dots on it! The guy is going to fix the lot for $90 which is really reasonable considering he's respraying the whole bumper too. Shane also took our beloved dyson in to be serviced so hopefully it'll be done so he can bring it home in the car.
I had a rotten day yesterday and was really crabby with Shane (long story), and to top my day off I went to Best & Less to find Nicola a couple of summer dresses only to discover that a dress that I paid $30 for on ebay was in Best and less for $20! ($16 actually cos it was on sale!) I was so cross! I never thought to ask the seller the brand but if I had known it I'd have known that it was one that B&L sold. On the other hand, I managed to get 4 dresses for $60 (2 have to go back as they were huge) and I was actually thinking of being cheeky and buying a few more dresses and selling them on ebay or oztion too. Haven't decided if it's worth the trouble yet or not.
I really want to go down to the shopping centre today so I can get a few things but it means getting on a bus with all 4 kids and meeting Shane there. I think I'm crazy to even consider it but we're planning on staying home tomorrow and going for a family day out on Sunday and I really can't be bothered going back up for late night shopping tonight.
Anyway, better go fix lunch before the kids perish.:rolleyes:
xoxo
Oh Tan - I forgot to mention that it sounds like your DH needs a good slap upside the head! What makes him think that just because he works full time that he gets out of the clean up of the house? To be honest I think that you have a far more stressful job juggling work, caring for a toddler, keeping house as well as being pregnant, all at the same time. Troy eats food, he wears clothes, he uses the bathroom etc etc, therefore he should take some responsibility in cleaning up afterwards.
Has Troy ever had Will for an entire day by himself and still had to get stuff done? I think you should book in to a lush health spa for the weekend and leave Troy to care for Will, cook, clean and THEN see what he thinks about it all.
I really feel bad for you and I really hope Troy snaps out of that mentality soon. In the meantime, why not just stop doing "your" jobs and see what happens! :devil6:
hayleylea
30-11-2007, 13:09
:laughing:BLOATED?? Nah definatley a pregnant belly lol. Its got bigger since that photo. It pops out every day im sure!! Like this morning i looked down and thought where the hell did that come from!?! :eek: Ah well i guess at 6 months it has to start popping out sooner or later!
We have had a busy day at the house again. Cooper was good, had a sleep in on the way home but woke up so he will be off to bed reasonably early tonight.
As for the ebay stuff. We sold an old industrial air compressor of Trents we had that was sitting there doing nothing and also a tractor. And we just sold a cedar sliding door that we dont need for our renos too.
Im contemplating whether or not to send Cooper down to my mums tommorrow for the day night and sunday so Trent and I can get some stuff done on the house without Cooper. I dunno yet though my sister and her kids are staying down there too so he would have heaps of fun..but im just wondering if it will be too much for mum having everyone there...Ill see what my sister says she can be a bit funny like that..
OK better head off and tidy up a bit. Trents just about to head to work.
talk soon.
Sorry for lack of personals.
Hi again,
Hayley sounds like a good plan for Cooper as long as your Mum is okay with it. Cooper will probably love it and it will make things a bit easier for you. Sounds like the house is really coming along -how exciting.
Anna I hope you're not out there on a bus with 4 kids -that sounds like madness! I got Paddy on the list for kinder - yep for when he is 3 (for the start of 2009). I think he should just make it in to the one I want (the 13th person on their list so far and they have 15 places I think she said - I was all a bit vague when I was there after a busy morning and had 2 little boys with me who needed to be in bed). I didn't even think to ask about the fees or session times or anything -what an idiot -just rushed in, put his name down and rushed out and was told I'd hear from them in about a years time -crazy. Oh well. I think Paddy will love it and it will be really good for him (and for me who is quite possibly going to be pregnant with number 3 by then). Will is really getting into his toys these days too and I've noticed he likes to look at things dangling from the pram too. It is so nuts how quickly they go from newborns to interactive babies. Will finally managed to roll his chubby body over yesterday from his tummy to his back which was exciting - had a great little shocked expression on his face when he did it -too cute. How annoying about the dress - I hate that! Oh well - you did pretty well with the 4 dresses for $60.
Tan I meant to comment on the "your jobs" business too -so wrong!! I love Anna's "he eats food and wears clothes" comment -too true! It's like they think some magic fairy keeps all the clothes washed and the plates clean and in the cupboard etc. There really is alot of work involved in keeping a household running smoothly and it takes 2 adults to contribute to achieve this when there are children to look after as well which is a full time job in itself. Sounds like Troy needs to pull his finger out and add to "his list" of jobs. Good luck with the babysitter thing too -hope you get something sorted.
Anyway I'd better be off. Will has finally fallen asleep on our bed after talking to himself for 20 minutes. I really am so impressed with that baby -there is no way Paddy would have ever done that. I don't know what I am going to do when Will starts fully rolling and crawling. Most days I have to get Will to have a sleep on our bed because it ends up being Paddy's sleep time first and then Will is ready again about half an hour after Paddy. If I go in and disturb Paddy by putting Will in to bed then Paddy will get out of bed and that's the end of any chance of him having a sleep. It's going to get tricky - might have to use the portacot in our room a bit or something. Anyway I'll work that one out when I need to. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Hi everyone!
Anna - LOL, slapping Troy up the head was exactly the expression I used to my best friend the other day when I was having a gripe! I shouldn't really whinge all that much - most of the time Troy is very good. I should also say that we both have "set jobs" and always have had, it's just that some of Troy's are a bit obscure like "budgeting and finance". Let's just say that in our house things like budgeting and finance are VERY detailed. It's just that no matter what is going on in our house Troy will not do any jobs that are supposed to me mine. Bathing Will is one of "his" jobs and last night I did it because Troy was mowing the lawn. Let's just say if the roles were reversed, Will would have had a bath much, much later! Mind you, I had sweet revenge this morning when I decided to let Will wear undies today. For the first couple of hours he was great - no accidents or anything, then I had to go and pick something up for work and in the next hour Will had 3 "accidents" while Troy was looking after him. LOL! I was very amused.:goodvibes:
I would have been very annoyed about that dress on e-bay too. It seems somewhat dishonest even though I know it isn't.
Hayley - what a nice little bump you have there! If it because you are tall then I don't know what my excuse is. I have not much at all and last time I was something like 30 weeks before I had to wear maternity pants. This time I guess it'll be a bit earlier but I doubt I will get very big. It just isn't in me.
$90 sounds very cheap for paint repairs Anna. I think I need to move to Tassie, everything costs a bomb here and I am quite fed up with it. Sorry - something else I am whinging about. I'll stop now - I promise!
Oh wow - the little ones are sitting up in their prams. That's exciting and very, very cute. Anna - I love your new Avatar. Alex is such a cutie. I could kiss him to death.
Have I told you guys that I am totally convinced this bubba is another boy? It's quite stupid really (as Troy keeps telling me) but I just can't seem to even consider that it might be a girl. My scan is next Wednesday and I am not finding out but part of me is kind of hoping that we "accidentally" see or something. Hmm - the brain does weird things when you are pregnant.
I'm thinking that tomorrow I might put up our :tree: I think Will is really going to love it. They have one at his daycare and I think he knows what's ok and what's not in terms of touching. If not - he soon will!
Will is also persisting with the silly wake-up call somewhere between 2 and 3am. Last night I didn't even go into his room, just stood outside the door and told him to go back to sleep. He did - it's just an annoying habit he has got into somehow!
OK - had better go. Will is using some whiteboard markers on his whiteboard for the first time. I am so paranoid about it!
hayleylea
30-11-2007, 14:42
Hey guys
Cath - how good Will went to sleep by himself after having a chat!! How cute!! also cute he is starting to take an interest in his toys. Boy oh Boy them boys (Will and Alex) are growing up so fast arent they!!!!
Well done getting Paddy into 3year old kinder - Sounds awesome. I might look at doing that for Cooper. Theres huge waiting lists around here too. I cant really do it though not knowing where ill be with the whole PNG thing! OH well guess it doesnt hurt to look around though. Our new house is in a little village (its actually called the village of wattle flat) and there is a girl out there that has a boy 6 months younger then Cooper and she runs a child care centre a few days a week and has said if i want to put Cooper in for a day here and there when the new baby comes along she is more then happy to have him. Ill have to see how i go! Sounds like a good idea though. OH and i must say im happy to hear that your thinking about number 3 already :eek:Your a gamer woman then me lol. Im still stuck that this is my last after the whole MS thing :laughing:
Tan - As for the whole being tall thing...I dunno why but everyone says to me thats why i dont show that much. Mind you i really think ill be very big by the end of this one lol. And thats being honest! I didnt wear maternity clothes at all with Cooper. I fitted in my normal jeans till about week 34 - and i could have still wore them then but they were just a tad too tight and uncomfortable. My jeans this time around are already starting to get a wee bit tight so ill see how i go....dont like it staying that way this time especially when the festive season is here!!! ALL that food and pregnancy means a big belly for sure! :laughing:
Oh well done for even thinking about putting the chrissy tree up!!! Im sure Will will love it. I think Cooper will this year too. He wasnt too fussed last year....he knew it was there but just looked at it lol. We usually put ours up the first of december every year but this year im going to be a bit behind. Might leave it till next week or so. Cant wait to put it up though!! i got a few chrissy decorations the other day so i am thinking about it lol.
Looks like we are in for another big storm today. We had a huge one yesterday and it rained just about all night.
Anyone else have a look at their "2" year olds latley and think OMG when did you get so big??? So grown up??! Honestly where has the time gone. Cooper is so tall and so grown up latley, i just cant believe it! When he is next to Trent im amazed at his height! AWWW they grow up way to quickly!
man im rambling today arent i?? oh well i might aswell keep going HAHA!. Im buggered! I didnt do that much today, just stained the skirting boards and architraves - i could sleep all day latley!
Anyway i better head off. Coopers dancing around the lounge room and wants me to join in. LOL.
ETA: Tan i think ive told you before that im also convinced im having another boy. The thought hasnt even entered my mind that i may be having a girl. Dunno why!!! i kinda wish i knew! OH and that brings me to the point. Trent and I dont even have any names or anything sorted!! If it does happen to be a girl i want something pretty girly because of our horrible last name! So if anyone has any suggestions through them my way!! ANY IDEAS are welcome. As for boys. It took us 9 months to finally find one we liked and agree on it so its going to be a tough one too! Its so hard with our last name because it basically combining 2 boys names! So help me out if you can ladies lol I need to atleast start a list!
:laughing:Hayley, what about Lucinda as a girls name? OK how about these one's
Matilda Rose
Olivia
Giselle
Selina
Hmmm, I could go on and on. Boys names however I find a real challenge. I used to think that I would love Machlan as a boys name but perhaps having a Maddi and Machi might be a bit too much M! Well thats what Tony thinks.
Yes I agree that these 2 year olds are just all of a sudden Big boys and girls. I can't wait until Maddi is out of nappies. Yesterday and Today she has been really naughty and taken off her pooey nappy and ran away :nono:. So I told her if she doesn't like to poo in her nappy she needs to do it in the potty. Toilet training is going to be a real challenge isn't it! Anna - how did you do it with your girls?
I just rang up about pre-school gymnastics. There is one around the corner and its only $4 for a session. Its at a primary school around the corner and they get the grade 6's to help out. I think it will be heaps of fun. They're going to call me back on Monday for more info, wouldn't surprise me if they don't start until next school year.
Oh Tan i just missed the whole your jobs and my jobs bit in your previous post. I guess thats the accountant coming out in him? If you want to hear something funny and the other end of the scale, Tony tells me this morning that he'll do his own laundry if I didn't mind. He is so particular about his washing and ironing and I'm so bad at it. I just throw everything in and press the button. Tony has to separate everything and have it ironed ready to go. I don't iron anything. So of course I agreed and laughed so hard. I just don't think he realizes just how much washing he creates.
I've been so bored today. We went shopping this morning for something to do and that didn't eventuate in much apart from me finding some sunnies that I love and cant affors. D&G's for $380. OMG! Well I better go, Maddi wants to play dollies with me. This hot weather just makes me want to lie down and sleep!:sleeping:
hayleylea
30-11-2007, 15:34
Lou - thanks for the names. We actually had Matilda down when i was pregnant with Cooper (trents fave girls name) But we had a boy and a day after us Trents best friend had a girl and called her matilda!! So that name is out...
We like the name lachlan for a boy but we cant have that either cause Trents half brother called his little boy that lol....back to the drawing board.
I hear ya with the whole Toilet training thing. Its going to be a challange. I dont think Cooper is anywhere near ready to be honest!! I would love for it to happen this summer but figure you cant rush these things.. Ill try though and see what happens.
Hey I'm really bored and have thought of a fun project for me to do for all of you. Can you take a full length photo of your October baby, with a plain background behind them. Then email me with the photo and how tall they are right now. Then I'll photoshop them all together and we'll have a group photo of our October babies. What do you think? As long as you take it with a plain background behind them it should be easy.
Alrighty then, I'm off to continue having some vino's on the couch. I've had 2 already and I'm feeling pretty happy :sunshine:. If you can email it to my westnet address that would be the best. If you don't have it let me know and I'll PM you with it. Hayley, can you ask Ange to email me a photo of Seth. I really want him in it too :yelclap:
hayleylea
30-11-2007, 18:21
Lou - sounds like a great idea. Ill do that tommorrow. Just put the the little man to bed...I will tell Ange when i talk to her aswell.
Im sporting a fat lip at the moment. Cooper and i were reading books and he got excited and flung the book up right up to my mouth! OUCH!! I was bleeding everywhere and he was so upset - Poor little thing. I told him it wasnt his fault and gave him a cuddle and he pointed at my lip and said "me do it" HAHA :crying: I reassured him that mummy was ok and he got Ted and headed for bed....
Anyway night guys im planning on a nice relaxing evening on the couch!
Anna, sorry to hear you haven't been that well lately. Poor little Alex with his conjunctivitis....that's just horrible that is.....oh I know all about that!! Doesn't hurt to keep up with the drops for a while even after it looks like it's cleared cos I've found that it comes back again if you stop them too soon. Hope you're all feeling better again soon.
Fi, lol about Claire creating the letter H in your bed....that's what Katelyn does to us when she occasionally ends up in our bed. My side of the H is often nearly ending up on the floor! :laughing:
Hayley, oh that's so lucky that the welding had cooled down before Cooper touched it. At least Trent knows now just how quick these little toddlers can be! Oh I just checked out your "bump" LOL, really not big at all! Kinda like I was when I was preggers with Katelyn...didn't really get very big until a lot later on. Hope your lip gets better soon. LOL that's so cute Cooper saying "me do it" & being upset about it! What a sweety!
Lou, I'm sorry to hear your friend's Maddi is still not well. Has she got any of her test results back yet?
Cath, the laps around the raceway sounds like a great idea for Dean's birthday, I'm sure he'll love it!
Tan, we're not very strict with bedtimes for Katelyn. We normally aim to get her to bed around 8:30pm particularly when she has daycare the next morning has to get up really early, but on the weekend sometimes she's still up at 9:30pm & we don't mind...just means she'll sleep in & we'll sleep in the next morning! :thumbsup:
We just bought Katelyn a couple of new nighties last weekend, one with Eeyore & one with Dora on it....she kept saying Eeyore Eeyore! and Dora Dora! when we put the nighties on her. But the mornings after she wore the new nighties it was such a struggle getting them off her...she just wanted to keep them on & chucked wobblies because she didn't want to take her nightie off! :laughing:
Um, that's all I got time for now...gotta go watch a movie now. Hope you all have a great weekend...we're off to Toddler Town tomorrow for a 2nd birthday party for one of the kids from daycare.
Hi girlies!
A "HAPPY" post from Anna who's had waaaaay too many "Moore" sized vino's for the night! ("M for Moore = M for MASSIVE!! LOL!)
Just wanted to let you know that YES I did venture onto the bus with 4 kiddies aged 5 & under! Chelsea & Nicola were WAAAAAY excited, Immy scared sh!tless so I had to pick her up and get her on the bus with Alex in the front pack! LOL! As soon as Immy saw the older two grab a seat she was fiiiiiiiine and quite enjoyed the novelty of transport with no seat belt!
Met DH in town and we drove out to a store and bought Immy a new chest of drawers for her new room. Shane painted the undercoat tonight over the deep red feature wall ( I know Lou - you're thinking WTF?! Paint over red?! NEVER!!!!) but we're replacing it with a lovely fresh, light & airy apple greeen which is quite girly and will be a longer lasting colour. I'm taking pictures so I'll show you when it's done!
Ok I'm practically snoring at the keyboard here (that's what red wine does to me!) so I'd better get my butt up to bed. Shane went up about 10 mins ago and I'm so hoping he's asleep because who know's what he thinks he could get tonight! LMAO!! :laughing: This little chicky is going to sleep as soon as her head hits the pillow! And because he's poured the vino tonight I've told him that if Alex wakes at 5pm then he's getting up to make a bottle! :yes::laughing:
Okies well I hope everyone has a good sleep - esp Tan (hope Will sleeps right through!) and I'll check in tomorrow!
Night! xoxo
hayleylea
01-12-2007, 07:41
HAHA. Anna hope you managed to get some sleep....well done with the bus Trip. Im planning on taking Cooper on a bus trip down to mums soon too! You did well with all your kids though!
Hope Harry hangover didnt get you today!
Renee.. Good to hear from you. How cute about Katelyn with her nighties!! I have a hard time getting tshirts etc off Cooper if they have bob the builder and thomas on them too.
anyway i have to get going. We have to head out to work on our house. Oh man i cant wait for this house to be finished. I definatley need some time out...i need a hair cut and just some time out i think. Ah well it will be done soon enough.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Hope Harry hangover didnt get you today!
Oh you can have him back, he's not welcome here :dizzy:.
I feel ok, I just have a little headache but I think that's mainly due to the paint smell in the house - undercoat is really strong.
LOL Anna! I think you and Shane enjoyed yourselves a little too much last night!
Have fun painting over red paint too! I think a few undercoats might be needed for that one!
We went out for dinner last night to a favourite Italian restaurant and ate ourselves silly. LOL - Troy keeps reminding me that dinners out might be few and far between once no2 gets here so we are making the most of it.
Will went to my friend's place and was a good boy and went off to bed well. We brought him home about 11 and he went back to sleep no probs til I heard him banging around at 6:30am. He then read some books in his room til I was ready to go and get him. He never does the wake up if we have had to wake him up to bring him home from somewhere so that's a good thing.
We have been out shopping nearly all morning - mainly for some clothes for Will. We hardly ever go shopping like that and Will was such a good boy in his pram. He started to get a bit crabby towards the end but was easily distracted (there's lots to look at when you are at the shops at the moment!) so that was good.
Will is in bed now and Troy is asleep on the lounge (he got up at 5:30 to go walking with a friend - convinced he needed to walk off last night's dinner!). I'm just about to head out to get some groceries so I can make a potato salad for this women's Christmas dinner I am going to tonight. The Christmas tree is definitely not going to go up tonight now - I am just too busy!
hmm - wouldn't mind a nap myself.
OK - just babbling on now, better go and get those groceries!
MrsMiggins
01-12-2007, 13:20
Just REALLY quickly as Claire is doing her best to wake Owen up (again! :rolleyes:) and I haven't read all the posts, but I just wanted to add in that I too am terrified of the whole Toilet Training deal!! I have NO idea where to start, how to go about it - nothing!! How do people know what they're doing?!
Like a couple of you said though, I don't think Claire is anywhere near ready. I'm wondering if maybe it's because she doesn't go to childcare? Seems all my friends with kids around this age are TT, but the majority of them are in childcare. I was considering just buying a little potty for her so she at least knows what it is & what it's for, but I haven't done it yet.
Anyway, gotta run!!
I think I spoke too soon, my tum hasn't felt right most of the day.
Tan we got up to some serious no good last night. I won't elaborate but I mentioned it in my July 07 thread. No more red wine for me :nono:.
Sounds like Will has been such a good little boy lately! Tan I'm so very impressed that he plays happily in his room when he wakes up in the morning, a lot of little boys especially, let alone 2 year olds, would not have the patience to do that!
Renee - I definately will keep up the eye drops for a while, plus the Dr gave me 2 repetes for the script so I don't have to go back to get more which is so handy when you have 4 kids who might just get it!
Hayles the girls were just so good on the bus! They chatted and laughed and looked out the window and waved! Chelsea's been on buses before for excursions and I think Nicola may have been on one once but Immy (once she got on the bus) REALLY enjoyed herself!
Well we've hit a bump in our painting plans. We had this nice sage green in our spare room once when it was set up as a guest room and we thought it would look lovely in a little girls room but Shane brought the tin out (we'd bought a new tin a few weeks ago) and I took one look and went YUCK! That won't do at all! It's a lovely colour but compared next to Immy's doona cover it looks terrible. So we've been looking at our colour sample books and debating between a mid orange colour (not too bright, but not too apricot) or a nice fresh apple green called Citronella Green - it's almost a warm green. After much debate we bit the bullet (well I did) and chose the green so Shane's gone down the road with C & N to buy a new tin. I'm so hoping we made the right choice!
Suppose I'd better go do something while Shane's out - it'll be all hands on deck to paint the feature wall when he gets back.
Anna, sounds like you & Shane had a good night last night with all those red wines. No good that your tummy's not too good now though. I get pretty bad hangovers if I've had red wine. Sounds like the girls had a great time on their bus trip yesterday!
Hayley, you sound like such a busy bee! How are all the renovations going? How long do you thing it'll be before everything's done?
Tan, glad you and Troy enjoyed your dinner last night. Mmm Italian, one of my favourites!
Fi, I hear you on the whole toilet training thing. We have kinda made a start though.....bought a potty & put it in the bathroom for her! That's about it though. We've told her to tell us if she needs to do poo poo or wee wee & we'll take her to the potty.....that's not working! I really don't think she's ready yet.
Just thought I'd put up some photos from last Sunday when Katelyn was having fun in the back yard with us spraying her with the hose. Hope these work...
Katelyn (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=269132&l=cbb92&id=702070059)
All wet! (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=269133&l=b23f2&id=702070059)
Drying off (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=269134&l=c9a59&id=702070059)
We went to Toddler Town today for one of the other kid's at daycare's birthday. Katelyn had heaps of fun. Toddler Town is like this indoor playground with lots of cool things for the kids to play on. Here's some photos.
Toddler Town 1 (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278015&l=dc387&id=702070059)
Toddler Town 2 (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278016&l=7ad90&id=702070059)
Toddler Town 3 (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278017&l=4bdb0&id=702070059)
Toddler Town 4 (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=278018&l=ead12&id=702070059)
They had an area sectioned off when it was time for them to eat. There where helium balloons there with little bags of lollies holding them down, so of course Katelyn rips into her bag & eats all the lollies & her balloon ends up on the ceiling. LOL, little piggy girl she was today! She ripped into a second bag & then took a 3rd bag home with her which was nearly all finished by the time we got home! (Mind you...James & I did help her with that one!) She's now been having a nice big nap since she's been home for about 2 hours now. Guess she'll be waking up pretty soon.
Hope everyone's having a great weekend!
hayleylea
01-12-2007, 15:45
Hey guys
Anna - sorry to hear harry hangover visited you today. I havent missed that guy one bit!
Renee - Great photos! Katelyn has such a cute little grin! She looked like she enjoyed herself all wet and at toddler town. As for me being busy! I dont have time to do anything latley lol. By the time we get home im just stuffed! I cant wait for the renos to be done i really cant. We are in the final stages really. But with Christmas coming up its hard to get tradies etc around but we are hoping to move in in january!!! Hopefully before feb anyway! :fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed::fingerscrossed::f ingerscrossed:
Anyway im having a rest on the lounge while Trent and Cooper are at the MILs. Im really buggered today and have finally talked myself into the fact that i AM 6 months pregnant and need to take it easy and rest when i can!
Oh just a quick one on the whole TT thing.
My girls trained late (late for girls anyway) and had just turned 3 when they trained. However, they were night trained 2 weeks after they started. Chelsea never had one accident, Nicola had a couple but no big deal.
I coped a LOT of flack especially from my family because the girls trained later but I don't believe that you can force or rush it. It's like a light just came on in their heads one day and they just "got" it.
Couple of things you can do:
* Lose your inhabitions. Keep the door open when you go to the loo and allow them to come and see that mummy & daddy go to the toilet and not in a nappy.
* Keep a potty somewhere central. Not the nicest household decor item but by having it clean in the lounge room, hall way or where ever, you might just find that they get curious and try to sit on it when you're not around.
* At each nappy change, ask if they'd like to go sit on the potty. I do this with Immy every morning. She's not keen yet but I can see she thinks about it - and she's quite happy to venture into the toilet and suss it all out.
* Buy a book about potty training or a special doll (washable maybe!) that can be put on the potty or the toilet.
Can't think of anything else right now. I acutally wrote this message just after my other one but just came back to the computer and realised that I'd forgotten to post it! LMAO!
Better go help with dinner - mmm lamb cutlets, mash & veggies!
MrsMiggins
02-12-2007, 07:17
Thanks Anna. Yeah, I agree that it's not worth it to start it before they're ready. I think I need to buy a potty though, as I'm not convinced Claire grasps the concept yet that it is possible for her to go on the toilet/potty rather than in her nappy. Yes, she does see us use the toilet and I make a point of telling her "Mummy/Daddy/Dora/Wiggles etc... do poos/wees in the toilet not a nappy" She repeats it back every time (and often tells me herself) but going to the toilet is still something she has absolutely no interest in.
lol about the red wines! Anna, you are a shocker!! Too much red wine is a lesson best learned in your late teens/early twenties like the rest of us!! :shame: :laughing:
Renee, what great pics!! Katelyn is such a little cutie! She looked like she was having a lot of fun at Toddler Town! And with the hose! lol
Hayley, I hope you got that rest you so richly deserve! Wow, how nice to think you guys could be in your brand new home by January!! Not far away now!
We're off to our Bubhub Xmas Party this morning. It's been bl00dy raining though, would you believe! Grrrrrr!!! I'm still going to have it at the same place though, so I hope everyone still decides to show & that the rain holds off for us. We'll be having a visit from Santa too! Yay!!
I am soooooo tired! Owen's been having a shocker lately. ~sigh!~ How on earth do I get this boy to SLEEP?!! The last couple of nights have been better in a way, as he has been sleeping for longer at a time (ie: more than 20 mins!) but instead of taking 10 mins to get him back to sleep, it's been taking half an hour to an hour (or more!) I am so over it! I'm wondering if it might be time to cave & enquire somewhere about sleep schools.......
Hmmm...... *sniff! sniff!* Spekaing of poos, I think Claire has a little surprise for me! (LOL - I just asked her if she'd done a poo, but she's watching Wiggledance, so she said No!!)
Too much red wine is a lesson best learned in your late teens/early twenties like the rest of us!! :shame: :laughing:
Nah - late teens were reserved for learning my lesson about drinking too much passion pop!
And HEY! How much past my early 20's do you think I am?!! LMAO! :laughing:
I really did only have 3 red wines though, and it was over a good 4 hours! I think it was more because we've been more of white wine drinkers lately (like the last few years) and red wine seems to affect me WAY faster than white.
Ah well, we've learned our lesson but Shane has yet to learn his and it's going to be somewhat of a stressfull two weeks in this house :o:(
Gotta get back to the painting - looks good actually, I'm quite surprised! Just one more coat (hopefully) on the feature wall then we're out for the day!
Have a good one! Weather is GORGEOUS here today!
Oh Anna, your poor Tummy and head. I find that red wine gives me shocking next day troubles too. I think I've narrowed it down to the sulfur content in the wine? Hope the painting in Immy's new room is going well. Does that mean Immy will have a room all to herself and in a big bed?
Fi, I feel tired for you! Thats terrible sleeps your having with Owen. I'd be ringing up and booking into a sleep clinic ASAP. There's no way you can keep on surviving with that little amount of sleep. When Maddi was 10 months old that was when she started having sleep issues and it went on for about a year! The sleep lady that came out was really good and helped me out heaps.
Renee, I loved those photo's of Katelyn. she looked like she had a wow of a time at the party. Did she get all hyped up after all those lollies :laughing:.
Tan, I've been thinking about our christmas tree and was quietly thinking to myself that I could get away with not putting it up this year considering we are going to my parents. But today Tony makes the bold statement that we should get it out and up.
Today we took Maddi out to Red Geranium day at a local winery. Its a fundraiser for the Red Cross that they have every year. They sell plants and condiments and stuff like that. Maddi had her face painted, stories read to her by a fairy and bubble blowing. She had a great time. But then come home time and she was miss cranky pants "don't wanna! :devil6:".
Well its time to assemble the lasagne and get ready for another week at work. These weekends seem to go by faster and faster these days.
Oh I almost forgot our excitement today. Quite sad that I get excited about it but Maddi came running up and wanted her nappy off. Then she ran right to the potty and did a wee. We had a little dance and song about it and got all excited. Mind you because we've been out all day thats been it!
Well - I did start a post earlier today but somehow managed to lose the thing and left my computer in disgust.
I don't know what is wrong with me at the moment, I have been such a moody cow in the last week. I swear I wasn't like this when I was PG with Will - I just constantly feel pressured, not enough time to do things let alone something NICE and I get annoyed really quickly with DH - none of which is usual for me. I just keep telling myself that in one week we will go away on holidays for a week and the fact that I won't have to do any work that week is very appealing right now.
Whinge over.
Fi - you poor thing with so little sleep! All I can say is if you think you need help then go out and get it, that goes for anyone. Parenting is definitely not one of those things you should have to struggle with - whether it is feeding or sleep issues or whatever. There are people to help, they are great at it and you feel so much better afterwards! Of course - that's just my opinion.
Renee - I checked out your pics too. Katelyn looks so cute and has a real twinkle in her eye. I bet she keeps you guys on your toes. That toddler thing looked like so much fun. One of these days I'll take Will somewhere like that.
Lou - YAY for Maddi and the potty thing! I started rewarding Will with a star yesterday afternoon when he did a wee on the potty and that seems to have given him the idea. Yesterday afternoon he had no accidents at all. This afternoon he had 2 - but one was when he was outside "painting" the fence and tipped water on himself (next thing you know "Oh No Mummy - Wee!" and one was just before dinner. For some reason - wee on command does nothing. I had taken Will to the potty before dinner and he did a wee but it was only small. 5 minutes later he starts yelling "Mum, Mum!" from the loungeroom and he had done a wee on the floor. So wee on command didn't work. Never mind - we live and learn. I'm not sure how long to persist with it before I decide now is right or not - maybe a few days and if it keep improving then keep going?
I haven't done the Christmas tree yet and a friend just messaged to see if I want to go for a walk so I don't think it will happen tonight. Maybe tomorrow night.
Hayley - you sound like you are going great guns with the house. :fingerscrossed:you really do get to move in soon!
Anna - hope you are feeling better and that you have managed to get away with your naughtiness! I peeked in July 07 thread :eek:
OK -sorry to cut this short but I think I do want to go for that walk!
Lou - your new avatar is gorgeous but when are you going to update Maddi's site with more photos?!! :nono: Sounds like fun and Shane and I would have loved to go to something like that.
WELL DONE MADDI! Good girl for her doing a wee on the potty! I think I really need to step it up a little with Immy and bring it into the lounge again so when I change her nappy in the morning then the potty is there and she can sit on it.
Tan - oh a holiday, how nice would that be! Just one more week to get through! I wouldn't worry too much about your moodiness, blame it on the hormones while you still have the chance! Shane always got so annoyed when I'd blame stuff on being pregnant or I'd use it as an excuse to get out of things! Can't do it anymore though :laughing:.
Fi - I think you need a serious holiday! No DH, no kids, just you, a resort and a never ending supply of margaritas served by a tall, dark and handsome cabana boy! :thumbsup:. Actually, why don't I join you?!
Today had to be one of the worst days EVER with Imogen. Apart from the fact that she's unwell and tired, the day was just FAR to lovely to sit home so we went for a drive and called one of the Hobart mums to ask about a park. Turns out that they were out at the shops near us so we met up at a park then we invited them back to our place for a bbq dinner. We were suppose to all go down to the beach but we ran out of time.
ANYHOO . . . Immy has been a down right little turd and refused to move, throwing herself to the ground. She kicked and screamed and cried and was a snot of a kid all day - she's just soooooooo full of attitude at the moment it's just not funny anymore.
On a better note - ALEX CUT HIS FIRST TOOTH TODAY!! :eek: :crying:
He's had two lumps on his bottom gums for ages now and I thought the left would break first but today when I was showing Kat (mod - MISCHIEF) the lumps I discovered a little pearly white poking through! And there was a little dark line on the gum where it was cut! I think from memory this makes Alex the youngest to teeth. The 2nd bottom tooth will be right behind I'm sure but I can't feel any lumps up top yet (thank goodness!)
He's just far too little to be cutting teeth, and it's just one more phase in the growing up which I just hate. I want him to be a baby for a long long time :(.
I suppose I'd better get to bed.
School day tomorrow so up bright and early.
Hope everyone's had a great weekend.
xoxo
hayleylea
03-12-2007, 07:13
Lou - Love the new Avatar of Maddi. Its gorgeous! How does she go getting her face painted? i think Cooper would freak if i got his face painted lol. :yelclap: for her using the potty too...i need to get the potty out again too. I honestly didnt think he was anywhere near ready but the last few days he keeps telling when he has pooed or wee wee'ed so i will try a bit harder now. I ask if he wants to go on the toilet and he says NO! lol. But he might go on a potty!?
Tan - I cant explain the grumpiness - but im blaming mine on hormones aswell cause as you know i have been exactly the same. I dont remember being like this with Cooper either...but i put it down to the stress of the house and being so busy all the time and not having 2 seconds to scratch my butt little own do anything else! :laughing:HAHA! Yeah we are getting there on the house. It all takes time though, im annoyed because Trent and I are the first to help people when they need help (we have moved 3 of his cousins from house to house, put in kitchens, done bathrooms, put up sheds - the lists goes on!) And when we ask for help - everyone is too busy! So that leaves Trent - who is pretty damn good but not superman and Me - 6 months pregnant who does her best to help him but cant do half as much as i want to. So the days are long and we do achieve a bit but wish other people would return the favour and help us out. We have vowed not to help anyone unless they help us out this time. (there i go raving on again!)
Anna - Immy must be being a cranky little girl, thats the first time i recall you actually calling her Imogen!! Its usually when they are being naughty you call them by the full name isnt it lol. As for Attitude we are experiencing a bit of that here too at the moment. I cant be too mad though cause the long days that this boy has out at the house gets to me so i can understand it getting to him. He has been great though.
Yesterday the MIL came out and brought lunch which was nice. But Cooper refused to eat and then 10 minutes later he went to cry and yelled out to me and he puked all over the floor!!! Thankfully we dont have carpet down - omg it smelt so foul! Poor little mite. He went pale after that but then after about half an hour just when we thought we shoudl take him home he come good again. So not quite sure was going on there. He didnt eat much dinner either and apparently was crying for about half an hour at 11 (Trent got up to him and i slept through it all - thats how tired i was - i never sleep through anything lol) But he went back to sleep and seems happy enough today. Oh another thing that annoys me is my MIL - we ask her to help and she says no i dont like painting i dont like doing this and that blah blah blah blah. Well can you mind Cooper? No im too busy. Then on the days she is too busy she bloody has Trents cousin over with her 2 kids having drinks and carrying on..now would have Cooper really been in the way? And even when he was sick - she was there and she didnt even offer to take him home for us - because she refuses to put a car seat in her car! Yes you heard right she refuses to put a car seat in her car because she has leather seats. Now to take him every now and again im sure she could put a towel under the car seat or something like that....GRRR - sorry Vent over.
I have my mum coming up today. Trents on day shift which although it means the house will be a bit slower this week im must say im happy that i will see him of an afternoon/night. Mums minding Cooper while i head down and have this blood test and i will hopefully be heading for a hair cut too! My hair is sooooooooooo long so i cant wait for a hair cut. Im going to wait till closer to my due date to go and get a nice colour etc.
OK I better go get organised mum should be here soon.
talk soon.
Hello there -it has been so busy in here!
Hayley how annoying about your MIL -you guys really need all the hlep you can get over the next few months. That's so wrong that you are alwyas helping others and aren't getting the favours returned. How are the names coming along?
Anna you crazy woman -I can't believe you have a stressful TWW situation. You are so having baby number 5 one of these days. How did Immy's room end up? When will the big move be happening? I can't believe Alex has a tooth -I'm with you and want to keep Will as a baby for much longer but have started to realised he is becoming a "grown up" baby. Will has the tiniest whit dot of a tooth on the bottom gum but it has been there for a little while and I'm hoping it doesn't move for quite a while yet - I still hate the breastfeeding/teeth combination.
Tan how unreal you have a holiday coming up. Good luck with you scan on Wednesday - how exciting! You are a strong woman not finding out the sex -I can't control myself if there is the option to find out and jsut have to know. I wonder if you are right about the little one being a boy. We will find out soon enough. How are the 2am wake up calls going?
Lou I love Maddi's new picture too -very cute. I love your group photo idea. I will take one of Paddy and send it soon. I made lasagne yesterday too! Sounds like you had a good day out at the winery.THe gymnastics thing sounds cool.
Fi how did the Xmas party go -hope it was a success? You poor thing with Owen's sleep - must be exhausting. I don't know why babies struggle so much with happily going to and staying asleep -it is bizarre! I think we have Will sorted out now but it has been tough and has involved quite alot of crying unfortunately. I think it has been worth it though because he is dong really well with self settling now and is doing some great big sleeps. We haven't really got onto the TT thing here yet. We have bought a potty but havent really done much more - I'm a bit lazy and can't be bothered but will get onto it one day.
Renee great photos!! Katelyn looked like she had a great time at Toddler Town and out in the sun. How funny about the lollies.
Oh damn -was going to write more but will have to come back later -it is time for today's drawing session apparently.
hayleylea
03-12-2007, 11:40
Hey guys
Sorry for the rant before.
Cath - the names arent coming along at all! i just cant find any that im happy with lol and Trent just doesnt have a clue. - We will figure it out eventually.
Fi - i meant to say poor you being so sleep deprived!! I say go ahead and book the sleep school - I know a few people who founds it really helpfull...and hey if it gets you even an hour or 2's more sleep i say go for it. I was tired thinking about you getting up every 20 minutes! :hugs:
I went for my blood/glucose test. And i got my hair cut! WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO. It feels sooo much better now! I am going out for dinner tonight with my playgroup mums. I forgot all about it and im really tired today and dont really feel like going anywhere but i figure i might aswell get out for a nice dinner! not often i do it and it gives me a break so why not :thumbsup:
OK Im off to have a shower while Coopers asleep and straighten my hair etc ready for tonight...wont get much time this arvo while MR ATTITUDE (CRANKY PANTS TODAY) is running around.
talk soon.
Hayley - I'd be cranky with your MIL too. Honestly some people drive me crazy with their selfishness. It's one of my pet hates. I hope Cooper's little tummy is ok, it's never nice when they vomit. I hope you have a more restful week this week - you must be very tired with all that is happening.
Anna - like Hayley said I don't think you have EVER called Immy - Imogen on here! She must have been really testing you out. Little monkey. That is one downside to Will being just Will - there's nothing I can stretch out when I am cranky. I can only use the tone of my voice and he mimics it right back! LOL!
Cath - I am tempted to find out the gender of the bub. But I won't do it - I kind of like the unknown. I still think it is a boy though - very silly of me I know!
The wakeups continue - we had a bit of a debarcle last night - not all Will's fault but he was probably awake for an hour between 11 and 12. I tried leaving him to cry a bit and that just ended up with him getting really upset and not settling for ages. I chatted to the on-line tresillian nurse about it this morning (things must be bad - I never talk to tresillian!) and she felt Will is having bad dreams and to just keep doing the tuck-in thing and he'll probably settle down in a few weeks. I think that might not work given it is the holiday season and we are all over the place but if we can limit the awake times to just a tuck-in & cuddle then I am happy to ride it out.
I can't believe little Alex has cut a tooth! He seems so young still. How cute though. I love those first teeth.
The name thing is a tricky discussion isn't it Hayles? We don't really have names picked out yet - we briefly discussed it at dinner the other night for the first time. I find boys names really hard and most of the ones I like someone we know quite well has used it. We'll get there in the end. Our joke has always been that if we had a girl we would call it Grace so that we could have Will & Grace but we just can't do it. Too much of a giggle!
Oh well - I had better go and get some lunch.
Chat later!
Hi again,
Tan I hope the wake ups settle down soon for you. Paddy had a bad dream (I think) a few nights ago and was wailing at 2am and was all confused when I went in to him (he came out and started rummaging through his toys then wanted to read books in the dark). We had to "read" in the dark and get him a drink of milk to calm him down and then took him back to bed and did the "dump and run" when he started wailing again and he went quiet as soon as we were out of the room - so bizarre.
Hayley good work with the haircut and have a good dinner tonight if you get there.
I had a great dinner out with my friends on Friday night but had to come home early (well it was 12:30 so really not that early but I was the first to leave) because Will was awake and Dean couldn't resettle him. Unfortunately at this point Will won't take a bottle (which I never even thought about because Paddy always took one) so if he needs a feed it has to be from me. We tried a bottle a few weeks ago when I got my haircut and he wouldn't accept it at all and even spat the milk out (expressed milk so not even different tasting) when Dean managed to get some in his mouth. Damn it! I have a wedding in mid-January and now it is going to be a pain having to feed him in between the wedding and reception -oh well -I'll work it out.
We set up the Christmas tree here yesterday and Paddy loves it. I skipped Mothers Group this morning because Will was asleep and it was raining (and I couldn't be bothered basically). My Mum is coming over tomorrow to help me get some stuff done which is great. Going to organise Dean's present and get out to a few shops without the little boys hopefully (so much easier to just do it all on my own).
Anyway hope everyone is well and I will chat soon.
hayleylea
03-12-2007, 13:14
Tan - sorry to hear the wake ups are still happening. Hopefully something will work itself out! I had a giggle about the whole Will and Grace thing too. Mind you I think the name Grace is quite cute! I actually spent the hour at the pathology place today scouring magazines for names that i might like (yes im desperate lol) but nope nada, zip, nothing! i will work it out though!
Cath - Thats no good that Will wont take a bottle! Luckily for me with Cooper he took it straight away - he didnt have a choice mind you cause it was that or nothing cause i was dopped up on morphine with my kidney stone lol. But its funny how some kids just dont take. Maybe you need to try a different teat? I know its just the odd occasion that he might have a bottle but atleast you could have a rest here and there??
Well done with your Chrissy tree too Cath - ours will hopefully be up this weekend sometime if we get a minute! Im hoping for a very relaxed week this week. I have to book into the hospital tommorrow then i plan on staying at home for the rest of the week.
OKey dokey. Ive just put a treatment through my hair and its time to wash it out...So i better do that before Cooper wakes up and sees me with gladwrap on my head and freaks out :laughing::laughing:
Haha Hayles. I kind of like the name Grace too but can't do it!
I did manage to put our tree up last night and Will has been very funny about it today. He keeps running to the lounge room and saying "I found a Christmas Tree!" Well, Christmas doesn't sound anything like the word Christmas but you can work it out. So funny - I don't know where he thinks it came from.
Oh no Cath! My friend's little girl wouldn't take a bottle either and in the end she bought this funny looking bottle called a "boobie bottle" (? I think, Can't quite remember). Basically it is soft and round like a breast. It still cracks me up - makes me think of Meet The Fockers - but it worked! My friend was doing a course at night and they had to work something out - cause the little monkey would not drink until her mother came home!
The dream thing I can live with I think. He is usually pretty easy to settle - I'd like to know what is giving him the dreams though. I was a bit sceptical at first - I mean it is nearly every night but the nurse was pretty certain. I guess Will is learning heaps at the moment and he is pretty placid so maybe he plays a lot out in his dreams - like his Dad (and my brother). Whatever it is, it will pass.
Hmm - apparently I have to go and write some letters - see Cath - you have to draw and I have to do letters.
OK -I have one last giggle for the day for you. I forgot to tell you earlier. We have this storybook called Cinderella's Bum - we have had it for years. It's really for older kids but Will loves it. If you ever see it in a shop it is hilarious.
Anyway the other day Troy tells me that Will doesn't know what a bum is anyway. So last night I asked him if he knew what a bum was. He said yes. So then I asked him where Will's bum was and he told me "In the toybox!" :flowerz:
Thought you might all like that one! Oh - and I'm going with it - if he wants to think it is something in the toybox that is fine with me!
Cute Tan -wonder what he thinks it is if it's in the toybox? Don't think I will be getting one of those "boobie bottles" -sounds freaky! How funny. Hopefully I will be able to work out how to do the feeds for this wedding. Thankfully most of the time (of course not on Friday night when I was out) once I feed him at about 7ish that's it so I can still technically go out and he will be fine after that (actually he woke at 2am for a feed last night too -maybe I should shut up about not feeding again over night).
I have a quick question - where do all the little 2 year old's sit to eat their meals? Paddy has always been in the highchair but I've realised that I will need it in about a month for Will so Paddy has to be booted out of it. I was thinking of getting a booster chair for the kitchen table but actually just sat him on a chair for dinner tonight and he was pretty much high enough. The problem is he won't stay seated. He will have one mouthful then get off the chair and run around the kitchen (even roll around on the floor for a bit of variety). The only reason I would be buying a booster chair would be to restrain him which seems like a bit of a waste of money. It might just be the excitement of sitting somewhere new but I have actually sat him there a few times before and he has done the same thing. Any ideas? I did try explaining that he needed to stay sitting on the chair for his dinner etc. but there is no way he is going to take note of what I am saying and comply.
hayleylea
03-12-2007, 20:19
HAHA Tan!! Thats very funny!! A story for when his older thats for sure!!
Cath - Cooper just sits on the dinning room chair without a booster or anything. He does have alittle booster high chair but he got frustrated with it and fits well in the normal chair so im happy for him to eat like us with us if you know what i mean. He hasnt been in a high chair for months. He did use the booster for a couple of months though till he knew it "restricted him" and he didnt like the idea of that - being mr independent and all.
Just got back from dinner. It was good to get out but i wasnt fussed on the meal! It was tiny and i got the only thing on the menu that i would eat - yes i may be a little fussy lol but im not that bad and i just wasnt impressed lol. Couldnt even get a dessert cause nothign took my fancy! LOL but all in all it was good to get out of the house and the boys coped well without you mind you it looks like a tribe of kids have been in my lounge room playing with the toys and not just one! :rolleyes: ah well they had fun and there were no tears and Cooper was asleep when i got home so they did well.
Anywho im stuffed. But im still hungry lol So i might have some icecream and then head to bed....
night guys!
hayleylea
04-12-2007, 07:04
Well Daddy must have worn Coops out last night cause he is still snoozing! Always the way isnt it? When I have somewhere to go this morning so I cant sleep in with him lol. We have to book into the hospital at 10 but we have to leave here at about 9.30 to try and get a park (our hospitals parking is TERRIBLE! and theres a new hospital getting built at the moment so its even worse cause there is all workers and roads closed etc.)
I have the car today so im making the most of it and doing some shopping aswell. Im hoping to take Cooper to see Santa too but im guessing it will end up in tears! Ah well if worse comes to worse ill sit on santas knee with him!! OK maybe not ON santas knee because that wouldnt be very fair to santa but next to him anyway :raspberry:
Anyway might go grab myself some breakkie and then look at waking this boy up. Talk soon..
MrsMiggins
04-12-2007, 09:26
Sorry guys - no time once again to post properly, but I just wanted to say about the seating arrangement thing, Cath. We have been meaning & meaning & meaning to get Owen his own high chair, but when we've got the $$, we can't find a chair we want & when we find the chair we want, we've no $$! So far, Owen's just been having his dinner in the electric swing. We have one that does double duty as a high chair, but I'd much rather have a proper high chair. Yesterday though, I said to Dave that we may not really need to buy one, as Claire has her lunch now just sitting at Dave's chair at the dining table. She really would need a booster seat though for dinner time, so that she can see properly.
I reckon if you had a booster seat for him, he may not be as keen to run around. Do you guys all eat together, or does Paddy eat dinner earlier? We all eat together & I don't think Claire would run around if we had her out of the high chair, as she likes eating at the same time as the rest of the family. My only concern would be her wanting to get down before she's finished because she gets cranky sometimes & wants to get out of her highchair before she actually is finished eating.
OK, have to go. Claire's being really noisy & Owen's trying to sleep.
hayleylea
04-12-2007, 11:34
I meant to say that Cooper is really good eating dinner with us without his high chair. On the ODD occasion he will try and get down before he is finished. But i just say No and he is usually fine with it and will sit till his finished. I find its much easier if we all eat together - its nice and cooper will eat alot more.
Well we had a pretty good day. Sleepy head woke up at about 8.45 - i went in a checked on him. I freaked out cause he was in exactly the same spot he was in when i tucked him in last night lol. I touched his little back to see if he was breathing :o He must have been tired the poor little man. Then we went and booked into the hospital. I had to park about a 10 minute walk away - how ridiculous is that!!! That was the ONLY park i could bloody find. And it was up a side street (the hospital doesnt have a proper car park! GRRR) And I had to push Cooper in a pram up this huge hill and i had to push it on the grass cause there were no paths and there were cars coming up and down the road looking for parks. I was stuffed - it was just a stroller so not really made for pushing on grass! Anyway we then got to the hospital and it really made it all real being in the maternity ward seeing all the newborns. Cooper loved it! he was so cute he was saying OHHHHHHHHHHHH (really LOUDLY) and then in the same sentence "SHHHHHHH bubba" really quietly. It was so cute! He loves babies. Hope he is keen on ours as much as he is on other peoples :laughing:
He was well behaved during the whole booking in process. Then we went shopping to see Santa. Cooper thought he was wonderfull but wasnt too keen to sit on his knee to get his photo taken so we just talked to him, gave him a high 5 then went on our way. We went to the reject shop, Cooper was walking and went down the christmas isle and popped out around the corner wearing a santa hat giggling his head off! it was sooo funny! So i brought him the santa hat and he wore it around shopping and insisted we go and show Santa. So we went there and i said are you going to sit on santas knee and get your photo taken. He said yes...went up there sat on his knee and then went really shy and refused to look at the camera lol...he looked the totally opposite way so you couldnt see his face at all. Funny little man. He gave santa a hug and said bye bye so we will have to try again another day! Not to worry. We got further then i thought we would. I didnt think he would go anywhere near him!
Anyway i best be off, im going to do some reading of the books i got in my bounty bag :biggrin:
Cath, about the seating for dinner.....Katelyn hasn't used her high chair for ages because she hated it. She's an absolute devil to keep int he one spot when eating. At the dining table we have 4 plastic chairs stacked together that she sometimes sits on & it's about the right hight fr her. But most of the time she just eats dinner in the TV room on the couch with one of us holding the bowl for her, or she'll have the bowel on the coffee table & stand up eating (while running around between mouthfuls :rolleyes:). And she's now taken to eating her breakfast outside. :rolleyes: Anyway, James & Katelyn have just got home now so I better go.
Hi everyone!
Been super busy trying to get some Christmas shopping done while Chelsea's been at school, as well as organising 2 rooms by dismantling 2 beds, setting up bunks and reassembling a bed in another room for Immy, we're getting there, not done yet but will post some "getting there" photos tomorrow.
Renee, Katelyn must have so much fun eating her meals at the coffee table, and breakky outside! That suuuuure will be interesting for you when number two arrives!
Cath - I had Chelsea & Nicola in a highchair - one of those ones that reclines and also goes up and down. Found it really handy to sit at the couch or the dining table and have them at our level to feed them, however with Immy - because we all eat dinner together - we gave up on the idea of a bulky high chair and bought a fisher price booster seat (http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2002&e=product&pid=27475). It's great because it can fit securely to a normal chair, is height adjustable, has a little safety strap (Immy doesn't use it much), has a tray (but we only use that when we go out) and is really portable (take to grandma's, out to dinner etc). Also, the sides of this seat come up a bit so he can't get out! It's about $50 when on sale and TOTALLY worth it! Another option is to buy an actual car seat booster seat (just the bum seat one) and pop that on a normal chair (that way you can use it in the car way later) but it might not be too secure.
Hope you find something that works! Immy LOVES being up at the table with us.
Tan - LMAO about Will's bum being in the toybox!!! Keep him innocent for as long as you can - that's just too cute! Oh and here's a laugh for you - I just read your last post about liking the name Grace but wondered why you wrote you couldn't do it? Well it took me a good 5 mins and it just occurred to me - Will & Grace! LMAO! Only one of my FAVOURITE SHOWS! DUH Anna! :rolleyes::laughing:
Hayles - I can't believe you had to walk so far to the hospital, don't they have parking there? So cute about Cooper and the "shhh bubba's!" Good to see he likes babies! Oh and just so you know, I can TOTALLY relate to the whole going to check to see if they're still breathing. I've done it with every child and I still do sometimes if they have a big sleep in. Don't worry, I don't know anyone who hasn't done it and it's totally normal.
Fi - woman you sound just so busy with your two littlies! Do you ever get time to yourself? Does Dave every stay home and watch them while you take some time out? I hope so! Oh I still remember the first time we met and Claire sat ever so beautifully in her highchair in the cafe and ate sushi! I'm still so impressed about that!!
Well we haven't set up our tree yet, still might not be til the weekend either at this rate.
Our house is the biggest bomb site at the moment and I have my mums group end of year break up here on Friday! :eek: Shane's such an eager beaver and wanted to get these bunks all set up. But it's so hard late at night when the kids need to sleep and I'm so tired. Immy & Alex were in bed by 8pm and C & N stayed up later. By 8:30 though I just threw them in bed together in the spare room (in the queen sized bed) and they were out to it in about 10 mins! So they're sleeping in the next room to us and I hope they sleep in!
Today during our travels we came across Santa, Immy was quite happy to wave from a distance but as soon as we approached and Nicola went to talk to him Immy got all shy and then totally freaked out when I went to undo her from the pram! Looks like we'll have to visit santa a few more times before we even THINK about getting a photo.
Oh before I go (because I'm buggered) Alex cut his 2nd tooth yesterday! (Tuesday that is!) So he cut #1 on Sunday and #2 on Tuesday! Looks like he's going to be exactly like the girls - a couple of teeth at a time and barely a problem. Just another reason why I had 4 kids!
Ok it's WELL past my bedtime and I haven't been to bed before 1am for a few nights so off I go.
Night!
xoxo
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 06:44
Anna - we still havent put up our chrissy tree yet either! :(Im a little annoyed cause Trent left to do our house this morning and i asked him to get the christmas decorations down so we had something to keep us occupied and he didnt get them down! (they are on the roof space in the shed so I cant get them even if i tried - not in my condition anyway!) I realy really really want to put it up too. Im not sure when he will be home either he is putting in a big day at our house putting up the hebel panel on the rest of the extension so - pretty exciting. Im thinking I might ring my BIL up later and ask him to come and get it down lol. He works nights but he has to come into town this morning to take my nephew to the fracture clinic (he broke his arm 2 weeks ago).
Poor Immy and Santa - Cooper was much better then i thought he would be but i still dont think we will be getting a photo in a hurry!
Renee - Cooper sometimes eats breakkie at the coffee table too...or i just put a plate of toast etc down and he plays and eats it when he wants too. Breakfast is the ony meal i have trouble with him with so if he can pick it makes him happier for some reason.
Coopers still in bed again. He didnt have a day sleep yesterday so he is probably catching up. We had a quote done on getting our kitchen floor done yesterday and they should ring through today with a price. Not sure if i want to hear it or not though! HAHA. We choose something a bit different - its called a knight tile. And it can get a bit exxy but it looks soooooo good. And if all goes to plan he should be able to do it all the week before chrissy!! And the gyprocker will be there on the 15-18th of december so it will be getting there!!
Anyway thats my little man awake so i better go get him.
And Just talked to my BIL and he is going to come and get the chrissy decorations down!!! :smiliedance: What a good man lol. Coops and I will do most of it but ill leave a few special decorations that Trent can help Cooper put up when he gets home.
Talk soon.
We still haven't set up our tree yet either. I'd meant to do it on the weekend, but that just didn't happen. Will have to do it this weekend....although with all the chrissy shopping that we haven't even started yet!!
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 11:33
Im pretty much done for all the chrissy shopping. Thankfully!
Our Tree is up and half decorated and Cooper is now in bed yelling out MUMMMMMA ME DO IT! he doesnt want to go to sleep he wants to decorate the tree lol. What a stupid idea from me to put it up before he had a sleep! I dont care though cause he is having a day sleep today whether he likes it or not! :raspberry:
We are going pretty simple this year for our chrissy tree decorations. 2 reasons really I like simple lol and i dont want any of the glass balls getting thrown around the house onto the tiles like balls :laughing: Im going with a "santa" theme this year cause Cooper loves santa so lots of little santa heads and stuff like that. Dunno about tinsel yet either. Cooper likes to rip the tinsel apart and i dont fancy vacuuming more then what i already do :laughing: We put up our waving reindeer which he thought was just wonderfull but it sings and waves everytime you walk past it so it will be limited to what hours of the day its on...man i sound like a mean mummy dont I? dunno about mean i think im just tired and cranky lol.
Anyway better go im about ready to give my rottweiler away today. I swear she takes more looking after then Cooper somedays!!!!!
Anna - i forgot to answer you in relation to parking at our hospital. NOPE THEY HAVE NO PARKING!!!! its ridiculous!!! The streets are just piled with cars all around the hospital - i feel sorry for the people who live in the houses cause they have people parked out their house 24/7 - we are having a new hospital built at the moment (almost ready) im assuming they will have a big car park! Well atleast they would want to!
ETA: I stopped being the xmas grouch and got out the tinsel lol, i shredded it all though and Im just going to throw it all on the tree. Its pretty plain jane but i think Cooper will like it. He still has a few decorations to ADD to it anyway.
Hi there,
thanks everyone for your replies about the meal time seating thing. I tried getting him to sit on the chair at the table again last night with the same result -getting down between every mouthful of lasagne (all 4 of them!) and alternating between rolling on the floor and giving Will a kiss and just doing a lap of the kitchen. My Mum suggested putting a belt around him on the chair -is that cruel? She said to tell him it was a safety belt (more like a restraint!). Anna that booster seat looks great but when I have a good look at our kitchen chiars I don't know whether they will even hold a booster seat very well (funny old retro chairs). He really is pretty much at the right height without the booster so it would sort of be a bit pointless (apart from the restraint bit). I didn't put up with the getting up and down thing too much and put on my "serious" voice and said if he got down one more time then dinner was over (which is what happened -dinner time was all of 10 minutes and 4 mouthfuls of food). Maybe I will do the belt thing - seems a bit wrong though!
Hayley that is so wrong there is no parking for the hospital and pregnant women have to go trudging up hills. How cute about Cooper and the "bubbas". He is going to love having his own little bubba I would say. Well done on the Christmas tree - I hope Cooper went to sleep for you. I don't think Paddy is having a sleep today - has been making ridiculous noise for over an hour. I will give up at 2 -just need 20 more minutes on my own (at least he stays there - just yells and makes fire engine noises etc.).
Anna you are one busy woman. What a big job shuffling all the kids around - I bet they are so excited. I can't believe Alex has 2 teeth -were your other kids early teethers too?
Renee we have to get on to the Christmas shopping here too. I am hoping to have it all done by the end of the weekend as well.
We just had the old fridge collected (one month later - has been sitting at the end of the hall annoying me) - found a charity doing up old fridges thanks goodness -was going to be a pain to get rid of. Ran aroudn like a mad woman yesterday while my Mum was here to help out. I managed to go to 4 shops in about 45 minutes in the morning and Coles and Kmart in another 45 minutes in the afternoon - amazing how quick you cna be on your own! Anyway might go and do some dinner preparations before I release the yelling toddler from his room. Luckily Will is sleeping on our bed or he would have definitely been woken up by now. Hope everyone is well and chat soon.
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 12:48
Cath - hope Will had a sleep for you or atleast gave you some time out. Cooper went to sleep not long after i wrote my post which i was pretty happy about. As for the seatbelt at the dinner table - i think its a pretty good idea. Sometimes kids just need a "novelty item" to keep them in one place and that just might be it! Worth a try anyway. I have one of the booster seats too like Anna was talking about, but Cooper got to cranky in it. He is tall though (like paddy) so doesnt really need it. I measured him the other day and he is 91cms!
cant wait to see his little eyes light up when he gets up and sees the chrissy decorations around. My BIL got all my MILS decorations down - OMG that woman is crazy! she has sooo much stuff. Santas that ride bikes, a real life size santa - the list goes on and on and on - she adds to it every year. Im dreading Cooper seeing the santa on the bike because he LOVES bikes and he will want it and i know she will break his heart and say "no you cant touch it" :mad: Seriously why get these things out when you have curiuos toddlers running around and not let them go near it? it drives me nuts!
Anyway im rambling. Better head off.
MrsMiggins
05-12-2007, 13:38
lol Anna, yes I guess I am busy, at least it feels like it, but I feel a bit slack saying that to a mum of 4 under 5!!! :laughing: Dave does look after them, but Owen (being demand breastfed) is a bit of a mummy's boy & doesn't take too well to being away from me if he does happen to want a feed. He actually goes happily to pretty much anyone to be held (which has been fantastic because Claire would never in a million years have done that before the age of about 18 months) but has recently (and I mean like in the last 4 days!!) starting getting the whole stranger/separation anxiety thing happening. It's right on queue I guess, as he'll be 9 months old next week, but I was kinda hoping we'd skip that whole thing!
It's a pain actually, as my gym finally opened up this week & I managed to get there this morning for the first time. OMG it's AMAZING!!!! I want to move in there!! They have a fantastic creche for the kids & it's only $1/hr for each of them. Claire of course, loved it & went straight in, never once looking back at me or probably even noticing I was gone, but Owen was a little tired & apparently cried on & off for the hour I was in the gym. I hope he gets better, as I plan on spending as much time as I can there! they have the best machines & they all have tv screens on them with Austar, music, normal tv etc. The gym is massive & you never havce to wait for a machine. The ladies change room is like a lounge! they have really great showers & everything, as well as a relaxation zone with a sauna, steam room & monsoon showers (it's a shower with a huge shower head that sprays you with cold water - you alternate doing that & the sauna or steam room) They've also got a wall along one side of the change rooms with hairdryers in the bench with all the attachments & stuff, so after your workout, you can have a shower & then get your hair looking decent again! I was very impressed! I've booked the kids in again for Sat morning, as there's a spinning class I want to do. (Hmmm... gee.... can you tell I'm excited about the place?!! :laughing:)
Now, who was it that asked me something about having the two kids? It was a while ago - maybe a week or two ago? I think it was Cath, or Nat or Tan??? I'll be buggered if I can find the post! And I can't remember what the question was, but I thought it was interesting. Of course I forgot to answer it in my post at the time, and now I'm stumped!
Glad to hear everyone's chrissy decorations are going well! I gave up trying to figure out what we'd do woth our tree this year (it'd be like an Owen Magnet!) so I went out & bought a 90cm fibre optic one & put it on top of a low cabinet we have in the lounge room. It looks really good actually & Claire loves it. Dave & I also put up all our other decorations yesterday (with a little "help" from the kids! Note: Owen does NOT like tinsel!!) Just have to do the outside stuff now.
Hayley - our big public hospital here doesn't have parking either!! And if you happen to be unlucky enough to have an appt during visiting hours, you often have to park quite far away. I used to get so annoyed with it when I was PG & having to go for my OB visits. It was a million degrees, and here I was, waddling a kilometer to the bl00dy hospital!
Tan, that is just the cutest thing about Will's "Bum" in the toy box!!!! LMAO :laughing: God I love it when they come out with stuff like that!!!
Oh bugger! I was hoping to do some more personals, but Claire's just woken up (been having quite short sleeps lately - I think it's too hot for her).
I'll be back to chat some more soon!!!
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 14:46
Fi - owen 9 months! omg how quick has that gone!!! That gym sounds awesome by the way!!!
OK Well cooper got up and this is his face when he saw the chrissy tree!! PRICELESS!!!
Look Of Excitement! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web2-7.jpg)
Did you say Not to touch or to touch Mum?! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web3-4.jpg)
Coops and Ted (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web4-1.jpg)
WHAT WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 20 DAYS TILL SANTA ACTUALLY COMES? HAHAHA! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web5-1.jpg)
Our Chrissy Tree (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/web6.jpg)
close up of decorations (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/decorations.jpg)
The photo of the Tree doesnt really do it justice it looks much better in real life!!
Ill take some more photos when Trent gets home and we get some of Cooper and his decorations etc.
Hi again,
Paddy finally shut up and went to sleep 10 minutes before my "give up" time of 2pm and is now still asleep -that was an hour and 20 minutes of carry on crazy kid.
Fi that gym sounds excellent and $1 for child care - how unreal! Well done getting there and getting into it -I am very impressed. I can't believe Owen is 9 months either (but I also can't believe that I almost have a 5 month old)! I think the question you are thinking about might have been from Nat about how do you settle the baby with a toddler running around.
Hayley love the photos! Good work with the tree. Cooper looks so cute in his hat clutching on to Ted.
I just bought a beach shade form ebay. Dean has 3 weeks off over Christmas and we have plans to take the boys to the beach over that time. We live only a 10 minute drive from a small beach which is excellent. I decided it would just be too hot sitting in the sun with a baby so lashed out and bought this huge beach shade thing. I just told my friend it is over 2m wide and she thinks I'm nuts and said that we would be blocking people's view -of what I said? Hopefully it won't be too crazy and easy enough to put up. Anyway I'm off to read my Donna Hay magazine that just got delivered (Dean's parents got me a subscription for my birthday -cool present!). I've got to find something to make for entree on Christmas Day -any suggestions?
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 15:21
Cath - glad Paddy went to sleep for you. Goodluck finding an entree aswell - im not much help to you there. Im not that great at cooking little own choosing something lol.
We have lunch here at Trents mums this year. Each year they have a different theme - last year was italian and this year its asian. I personally prefer when we go to My familys christmas for the old traditional chrissy dinner but i guess this is different lol.
Hmm wonder how Trent is going on our house! all the hebel should be done which means the entire house is cladded YAY! Oh we got the quote for the floor in the kitchen and lets just say that i think we will be looking into other options first :dizzy:lol
I have picked up a child from creche that is not mine tonight. She looks a lot like Maddi but has a really bad temper and is throwing herself on the floor at the drop of hat in a temper tantrum :hair: I suspect she is either over-tired or unwell. But geez my patience is wearing very thin tonight.
Oh Hayley, what a bummer about the flooring. It sucks when you finally choose something and have your mind set on it and then the quote comes back and its out of range. Happens to me all the time. Somehow I always manage to pick the most $$$. Hopefully you can find something quickly. The photo's of Cooper are funny as. He was really excited hey!
Cath, an entree that I love is smoked salmon with thinly sliced salad onion, capers and lemon juice. Its light and gets the juices flowing. Or a good old fashioned prawn cocktail? If you don't have seafood fans, how about a gazpacho (cold tomato soup)? We don't generally have entree so not much help to you I'm afraid. I bought an beach shade too off ebay :laughing:But the one I bought is a umbrella that has these flap things I think its called a sportsman? Yours sounds huge which would be great for the whole family to sit under.
Fi that gym sounds fantastic. How cheap is the babysitting! Can you duck out of the gym and have a quick shop :laughing:.Sounds like a great place and I'm very envious. Makes me want to ring my local gym to see if they have anything like that.
Anna, I'm very envious that your kids cut teeth so well. How old is Alex now? I can't believe he's cutting teeth already!
Maddi still sits in a highchair, we've got a $50 ikea one that I love to death. Originally I had one with all the bells and whistles but it was so big and hard to clean. But she only sits in it to have dinner so she can sit at the table with us. At breakfast and lunch she sits at her kids table and chair and is really good at it. They have a rule at creche that when they eat they have to sit down. So she's really good with her food generally - except when she's tired and cranky like tonight.
Well I'm off to get this angry child into her PJ's and then its off to bed with her. Honestly she is a real nutcase tonight.
Oh and I meant to say I've only got a photo off Renee so far.
hayleylea
05-12-2007, 19:58
Lou - i havent forgotten about the photo yet just finding it hard to get get him to stand near a plain background!! i did measure him for you though lol.
Yeah the photos are funny as arent they!! He was REALLY excited as you can see lol. He looks so funny in them god love him.
He is in his big bed tonight. YES I KNOW ABOUT TIME! He has been sleeping in it for his day sleeps for months and months and tonight for the first time he decided to go in there for his night sleep. I ask him every night and he says no cot. And tonight he was in the cot and yelled out about half an hour later and pointed to his bed and thats where he wanted to go so in he went. Im hoping he pulls an all nighter in there cause im stuffed lol.
Anyway thats it from me.
night guys.
ETA i told trent about the price of the flooring and he still isnt convinced its too expensive...thats men for you! We are going to have another look this week and see what we think..and get a few quotes on a few different things aswell.
Hi again,
Lou I hope you have Maddi in bed by now and the tantrums are over. Good suggestion about the smoked salmon -I am thinking seafood and there was actually a smoked salmon thing in the magazine I am thinking about. That's cute Maddi sits at her little table and chairs to eat some of her meals. I bought some little charis a while ago and have been meaning to get a table but haven't yet. We actually don't have a good spot for them which is a pain as I like that concept (I can picture Paddy and Will sitting there eating together in the future - cute!). I think it is going to be several years before we get to eat dinner as a family sadly and the boys will be eating dinner before us for a long time. I promise I will do the photo of Paddy on Friday (he is at Mum's tomorrow).
Hayley how annoying about the quote. That happens here too. We had wanted stone composite on the walls and as the bath surround for our bathroom until we got the $10,000 quote -we now have tiles and only got the vanity benchtop in stone composite. It can be so expensive!
Tonight was amazingly a big success with Paddy sitting at the table to eat dinner. He didn't get down once and the more amazing thing is he ate his whole dinner!! That is so rare here. It is probably due to the fact that he didn't have any lunch -we went out for coffee and cake at 11am (gingerbread man and OJ for Paddy) and he seemed to fill up on that and wouldn't eat his sandwich for lunch. I was so impressed with him - sitting still and eating his dinner -woohoo! I'm sure it is a one off but at least I know it can be done (he got lots of praise but I'm sure he will still be rolling on the floor in between mouthfuls tomorrow night).
Lastly here is a photo from tonight of Paddy saying "good night" to the Christmas tree (our new before bed routine -so cute he goes over and lists all the different colour stars etc. he can see and then says "bye bye Christmas tree) :
Good night Christmas tree (http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/IMG_5268.jpg)
Hi everyone,
You guys have been chatty! I did try to write a post yesterday but Bubhub went down while I was submitting and I spat my dummy and left!
I have been very busy the past few days. Yesterday was Will's last day at daycare for the year and for the first time he stayed from 9am to 3pm (he usually comes home at 12). They had a little Christmas concert at 2pm and it was so cute. They sang little songs and Will even did the actions and of course he then clapped himself! What I was even more impressed with though was that I packed his teddy and dummy and around midday one of the teachers asked him if he was tired (he was staring into space) and he said yes - "Bedtime!". The teacher went and got him his teddy and dummy and he crawled into the pram and went to sleep! Just like that! I thought he wouldn't have a sleep there as they don't really do "sleeps" unless it's in a pram, they have quiet time after lunch and sometimes the odd child falls asleep but it's not really planned. I think I have mentioned before it is only a tiny place, just 10 kids, not a proper daycare as such. Anyway - he only slept for 45 minutes but it was enough to get him through the day reasonably well!
Along with that, my Mum came to stay last night -also very exciting for Will and today he wore his big boy undies (except for when we went out for an hour and his sleep) and had NO ACCIDENTS ALL DAY!:yelclap: He just comes up and says "Wee" and we run to the bathroom and he wees on the potty. Haven't had to tackle poo yet, but I was so impressed. I didn't think he would get it at all yet.
This morning I had my ultrasound and managed not to find out what gender the baby is. It's one relaxed little baby though - it was lying back with it's legs crossed at the ankles and one arm up like a wave. So funny. Will was a real wrigglepot but this one looked very placid. They tell me all looks nice and healthy and that's the main thing - despite all my worries, the dates seem right as well and we are still looking at the very end of April (I thought they would move it to the first week in May or something).
After the ultrasound I took my Mum out to visit her brother, came home and put Will to bed before running around the kitchen like a mad chook making cheesecakes for church, scoffing lunch and then bolting out the door for a work appt. When I got back I had to drive my Mum 45 minutes to catch and XPT and by the time I came home it was dinner time. Oh and I forgot to mention that I was up at 5:30 this morning writing reports.
I am stuffed to say the least. Will continues to having nasty dreams, but we do seem to be able to resettle him and that's the main thing.
OK - Cath. Will sits on a portable highchair with the tray removed at our dinner table now. I like him being strapped in too. I have used a harness thing at my Mum's so I don't think there is anything wrong with a belt at all if you want to give it a go. Our table is way to high for Will without the booster - but it is a big table.
Lou - I am sorry about not sending a photo. I'll try sometime tomorrow or Friday. Otherwise it might have to be when I get back from holidays. I hope Maddi finds her happy pants for you soon and that she is not unwell!
Hayley - I always like the most $$ things too. You should see how much our new bathroom fittings are going to cost. Renos drive you mad like that! It sounds like things are progressing well though.
Fi - that gym sounds great. Years ago I was a member of a Fernwood gym and that was a similar setup. I'm shocking with gyms though and really wasted my money. I am much better as an aerobics girl I think!
Anna - I can't believe Alex had 2 teeth! That's Incredible!
Hi Renee- I'm fast running out of steam and am too tired to remember what I was going to write to you. How's the TTC going?
OH - and we bought a sun shade for the beach the other week too! It sounds like Cath's - a dome thing about 2m wide.
OK girls - gotta go. Hope this all made sense...
hayleylea
06-12-2007, 06:10
Hey guys
Cath - Cute photo of Paddy and your chrissy tree looks great! Im envious of Paddys bare little feet lol. Cooper REFUSES to go anywhere - even walk around the house - without socks on. Drives me mad lol. As for the quotes - yep im a bit dissapointed. But hopefully this arvo we can go down and work out what we are going to do. Trent still wants to go the expensive way....but we will have to sit down and check our finances out - the stuff we are looking at does have a 12 year warranty so i guess if we cant find anything else that we really like then we will have to go that way. No real use in getting something that your not completley happy with especially when its in one of your main living areas!
Tan - I had a little chat to you this morning. Im VERY impressed with Will and his day in his big boy undies without any accidents. I mentioned to Tan that i dont think Cooper is ANYWHERE near ready to be TT. He wont even run around without his nappy off lol. He is a funny kid! :laughing: Mind you after talking to Tan he did tell me he was doing a poo so i said ok off to the toilet and he went. We took his nappy off and sat him on there and took a book but nothing - but i figure its a start lol. Im not in a hurry anyway, he will do it when he is ready.
Tan - how exciting you had your ultrasound. I think its always a nice relief seeing your little bubba! Have you got some photos? if so you will have to post them - im glad you didnt find out the sex either..glad to see im not the only one. Mind you sometimes i wish i did know because we are still stuck on names!! Knowing the sex would atleast help me out a bit then lol.
Well Cooper did stay in his big bed all night but decided at 6am it was time to get up. Well he didnt actually get out of his bed he just yelled out to me. But i figured that was still a pretty good effort for his first night in his big bed. Needless to say we are both tired today so he will be having an early day sleep no doubt!
OH Lou - i did Tell Ange about the photo too. She said she will get one too you. She is having a bit of a hard time with Seth - well not hard time but he isnt well. He had another seizure on the weekend and yesterday he was sick and he has a urinary tract infection. Poor little man. So get well vibes heading his way!
OK i better head off. This house seriously looks like a bombs hit it.
hayleylea
06-12-2007, 09:14
we got the christmas cards that you put photos in? you know with the inserts on the front with a border around them to put your own photo in? Anyway Cooper and I have been playing around and this is what we come up with. How cute are they ...Cheeky little monkey!
Santa Sack (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/merrychristmas1.jpg)
CHEEKY! (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e53/hayleylea/XMAS1.jpg)
Just came back from mothers group at the park. It all ended up with all the kids naked running through the sprinkler. Very cute. I was not happy that I didn't have my camera though. Maddi is now zonked in bed so its nice and quiet but I'm guessing not for much longer.
What are you guys getting
1/ your parents
2/ your DH's
for christmas. I'm stuffed if I know what to get. Especially my Mum. Its so hard.
Cute photo's Hayley!
hayleylea
06-12-2007, 12:55
Lou - how cute about the kids running around under the sprinkler! Pitty you didnt have your camera!!!
as for christmas
My mum we are getting a digital photo frame
Trents mum we are putting a new roof on the front of her house :laughing:sounds pretty silly huh? But she has absolutley everything and has been wanting this done for AGES! So Trent is going to do that for her.
And im either getting Trent a pocket knife ( a good one) or a watch...dunno yet. Id usually get him the both but money is tight this year with the house so close to finish so ill have to decide which one to get him.
I just woke Cooper up. He had been asleep for almost 3 hours and i didnt want him sleeping any longer lol.
Anyway better head off and finish cleaning this house. Off to look at flooring this arvo when Trent gets home from work.
Hi there,
Lou how cute about the kids running through the sprinklers -gorgeous! I've decided this year that pretty much everyone is getting vouchers. We've done KK with my family and Dean's family so I just have to get presents for my Mum and brother and 2 adults and 2 kids (who are both 13 year old girls) from Dean's family. I got a JB HiFi voucher for one of our nieces and my brother this morning and will be getting a Borders voucher for my Mum and the other niece if I can manage to get back out to the shops this afternoon. I sort of prefer to buy something that I can wrap and is a real "present" as such but I just can't think this year and Dean says that people prefer vouchers anyway (which is sort of true - I love getting vouchers). I'm thinking I might make some little Christmas biscuits and package them up nicely to add to the presents just to make them look more substantial (whether I actually get around to that time will tell). Dean and I have decided not to get each other Christmas presents this year (we didn't do it last year either). We probably won't do it now for a few years until Paddy is old enough to fully realise what is going on then we might get back into buying each other presents so everyone gets a present. Our funds are pretty tight and with Dean's birthday 3 days before Christmas it gets really hard to think of things. We are happy at this point just to spend the money on things we want for the family (like the beach shade) and leave it at that. I went out to Calder Park raceway this morning to get Dean's birthday present - I can't wait to give it to him now. Booked him in for the 10th of February -it is going to be so much fun. Paddy is going to love it out there.
Hayley I know what you are saying about the sock thing. I had that issue with Paddy a while ago but just kept saying to him that it was too hot for socks and showed him that I had bare feet and that he had to have bare feet like me -he slowly accepted that. Funny kids and their feet. I have issued with Paddy only wanting to wear certain shoes. He has these slip on shoes that he loves but they have started rubbing on his feet (have a little Bob The Builder on them - I don't really like them but my parents got them as a present and of course he loves them!). Anyway he was hobbling the other day and then I realised his foot was cut so I said he had to stop wearing them for a bit - oh the dramas! I've had to hide them and had such a battle getting different shoes on him this morning. I bought some nice summer sandals at Kmart the other day and I can't even try them on him! He will only wear these crazy blue Bob The Builder shoes or these fairly ugly other sandals (with coercion) or he will still wear his socks and runners but it is getting too hot for them these days. Thank goodness I now have a second boy who might get some wear out of these shoes he refuses to even try on at this point.
Good boy Cooper staying in the bed! It's funny how they call out but don't always get out isn't it. Paddy still waits to be collected and he has been in the bed for ages now.
Anyway that's enough rambling for now. Better go and do something useful.Chat soon.
hayleylea
06-12-2007, 13:35
Cath - I agree vouchers are good and that way you cant go wrong. Better then getting them something they dont want i reckon!
As for the whole feet thing. After i wrote that message to you this morning i took Coopers socks off to cut his toe nails - and low and behold he has had them off ALL day! WHOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! He keeps asking me for them every now and again and i just say but then we cant see your nails that we cut and he is happy with that for now lol.
as for the whole shoe thing i know exactly where you are coming from! Cooper loves his work boots and its sooo hard to get him to wear any other shoes!!!!!! Work boots are good for working on the house and were good in winter but definatley not summer shoes lol. I have so many pairs of shoes for him but he only will wear one pair of sandles and his work boots lol. the MIL brought him a pair of army print rubber things the other day from pumpkin patch and he refuses to wear them. He cant keep them on his feet lol. She wasnt impressed but what can i do? i keep offering him to wear them and he says No mummy Boots :laughing:
Im so hot today...its not really that hot just hotter then the last few days and im really feeling it. I started getting dressed today and put on a long tshirt and havent still got pants on!! lol TMI probably but its really like a dress (you know them long tshirts styles that are out now) its just really comfy and i wasnt going anywhere so why not! lol. Better put some pants on before i go down the street though i guess :laughing:
OK the house is almost clean. Just a quick vacum and that will do me. Its not spotless but its clean and thats the main thing.
:laughing:Hayley -I'm just picturing you pregnant in your undies and tshirt vaccuming the house - hilarious!
hayleylea
06-12-2007, 14:06
:laughing:Hayley -I'm just picturing you pregnant in your undies and tshirt vaccuming the house - hilarious!
you poor woman cath - you will have nightmares now!!! LMAO
hayleylea
07-12-2007, 07:07
Morning
Just a quick one to report that Coopers second official night in his big bed went much better - he went straight to sleep and didnt get up till after 7.30! and thats because i checked on him and woke him up! WHOOOHOOO. I dont know why i didnt put him in there early now :laughing:
Gee- it's gone all quiet in here today. Is everyone out doing their Chrissy shopping?
After a mammoth effort last night I managed to get my files ready to be couriered back to the office for the week I am away and waved goodbye to them this morning. I feel so good looking at my desk without any files on it! It's just great!
Hayley - glad Cooper is doing well in the big bed. I think there is just a "right" time with kids and you must have picked it with Cooper. LOL at you in your shirt yesterday - I have days where I feel like that too.
Cath and Hayles - how funny are your boys with their footwear preferences! I swear Will just doesn't give a hoot about those things. I just put whatever I want on him and always have. Sometimes he'll ask for a particular shirt but usually it is only if he saw it in the drawer but he's not very picky at all. I rather like it!
Lou - running through the sprinklers makes me think about when I was a kid. We did that heaps. It was one of my favourite things. Sometimes I wish it was acceptable as an adult to do stuff like that!
For my Mum and Dad we have got them a voucher for a dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour. It was pretty $$ but it's also for my Mum's birthday and their 40th wedding anniversary so it was worth it I thought. As for Troy - I have no idea at the moment - I think he wants another lens for the camera, but he has a birthday in January as well so I have to stretch my brain a lot for him. I really only have to buy for my oldest brother and his wife and I am totally stumped with them. They might end up with vouchers yet. My other brother (with the kids) we usually just buy for the kids and they wanted some money to buy some more stuff for their aquarium so that was easy.
I had better go - Will needs to get up soon, I am starting to stress about packing for our holiday and it is Troy's Christmas party tonight. I hate feeling rushed and this week has been one big rush!
The Christmas ideas are fab! Thanks guys. My 2 cousins who are about 13 will get vouchers to buy CD's. My IL's are getting a digital photo frame. My brother is getting a box set of David Attenborough DVD's. I think I might get my parents a wotif voucher?
Tanya, I meant to say how awesome about Will being potty trained. I hear that boys tend to be older to get trained, so you've done really well. Maddi is doing wee's on the potty, but because we've been out a lot these past couple of days I've been putting nappies on her. So I'm probably confusing the hell out of her. I need to stay home and get dedicated to it all.
Hayley, thats so exciting about Coops in a big bed. So that means you can move the cot out and get it ready for bubby #2. How exciting! And whats better is it was Coopers choice. Maddi is still sleeping in her cot. She's just not ready to willingly stay in bed.
My hunch was right, she's got a cold that has just stuffed her right up. Do you notice that when your littlies have a cold that they really wee a lot? MAddi's nappies have been overfilling a lot. Last night she was up at 2am wet right through, top and all.
Better go, she hasn't had a sleep yet and its time to start the battle.
Lou - I wouldn't go so far as to say that Will was potty trained just yet. There have been no 2's in the potty -I have a suspicion he waits til the sleep time and he has a nappy. I could be wrong but I think there would have been more than 1 poo in a week during undie time somehow. (That was yesterday - after swimming, yuk, messy). He has also had one accident today and one yesterday. The little monkey seems to have stopped being excited about it all. It's very annoying, he does it with lots of things. He thinks it is cool while he is learning and then once he has mastered it he is not very interested. Right now he has lined up all his little wooden chairs in a row (calls it a bridge) and is running along them before he jumps off into the bean bag. I can see a big crash coming.
You've done very well with the Christmas presents too. I think I might resort to a perfume pack for my brother's wife - I still have no idea for my brother. Maybe I''ll get some inspiration on my holiday. Somehow I doubt it - not much exciting on the beach to inspire me!
OK better go again before this boy really stacks it.
Thank GOODNESS it's Friday!
(I'll explain later)
So sorry I haven't been on - I have so much to share, stories, photos, whinges etc.
Just wanted to say that Immy had her first nap in her big girl bed today and she slept for over 4 HOURS until I had to wake her at 5:40pm! :eek:
Tonight she wanted to sleep in there so we popped her in, gave her a bottle then I lay with her for about 20 mins with the lights off, shining my torch onto her glow in the dark fairy stickers and glow in the dark fairy mobile! We lay down on her pillow looking up and she said "Oh WOW! Fairies dancing!!" :laughing: Oh it was so cute and my heart ached and nearly broke into a thousand pieces! My baby is growing up VERY fast. :(
Anyway, I should get myself to bed, haven't been to bed before midnight lately, my own fault.
I promise to make some time to catch up over the weekend. Sorry for being such a slack friend (I'll make it up with photos ok?!)
xoxo
MrsMiggins
08-12-2007, 05:03
Oh and I meant to say I've only got a photo off Renee so far.
:eek: I've obviously missed something here!! Can someone fill me in? :o
oh Fi! I posted a while ago asking if you guys would like a group photo of all the October babies together and if you did to email me a photo with them standing in front of a plain background. That just makes it easier for me to photoshop. I also asked for their heights so that I could try and get it as natural as possible. It was just an idea I had as I just did a job for one of my friends. She wanted me to photoshop Elvis into a wedding photo for a Christmas gift. And it made me think how nice it would be to do this idea. It was just an idea and if everyone isn't keen thats ok.
We just had a yukky mess. Maddi was trying to set up her potty (stupid me put it away last night) and she ripped off her nappy and there was a huge poo in it. So of course poo goes flying everywhere. Nasty stuff!
OK I've got to fly, have to go to the stationary shop and shops to pick up some stuff before it gets too hot.
hayleylea
08-12-2007, 07:50
Morning guys...
Tan i must have missed something about you going on holidays...sorry my brain doesnt work much these days. Your chrissy presents sound great too by the way...And even though Will might not be completley toilet trained he is doing very well!!!:yelclap: As for picking the right time when to put him in a big bed...im glad he made the choice and not me because otherwise he would still be in the cot lol.
Lou - Hope Maddis cold gets better soon....And i wouldnt worry too much about her still being in a cot. Going to a big bed is a big step and if she is sleeping well in her cot and happy there i say leave her there. Like i said it was Coopers choice so thats why he is in there. Mind you we were running out of time with baby number 2 on the way. It will make it alot easier now when we move house though cause the cot can go straight in the babies room and he will just have a bed in his which will give us lots more room!
Anna - Immy did well in her big bed for her day sleep! 4 hours!!!! :eek:How on earth do you get her to sleep all night after waking up at that time! What a good little girl. they are definatley growing up though arent they! :crying:
Not much happening here today. Trent and my BIL are out at our house wiring up the extension so the gyprockers can go in next week (hopefully!) So Cooper and I are just taking it easy at home. He slept till 8.30 this morning so he is definatley loving his big bed! He did wake up at 4am but Trent went in there and he had just lost teddy, once he had him he went straight back to sleep...god love him.
Anyway better go get some breakkie organised.
Talk soon
Hey girls,
Well it's a beautiful day here and I'm feeling so so sick.
I was up bright and early to pick Chelsea up at nans house before dropping her at a party at 11am. I decided to come home as my tummy was upset and my friend Louise would bring Chelsea home.
I've been on the toilet ever since, my tummy is churning and it's a both ends event. :rolleyes:
I think I either have a tummy bug or I've eaten something yesterday that hasn't agreed, either way I'm off to bed for a nap. I've also got the shakes which isn't too good.
Shane's taken the girls up the road and Alex is snoozing so I'd better make the most of it.
I'll pop back on when I'm feeling better.
Bucket beckons . . . :barf:
Hope everyone's enjoying their Saturday xoxo
Oh Anna you poor thing. Hope that its just a 24 hour bug and you recover quickly. Nothing worse than being so sick during such lovely weather.
When does Tan go away on holidays? Tanya if your still around just wanted to wish you a Great Holiday and safe travels. :thumbsup:.
hayleylea
08-12-2007, 17:12
Oh Anna I hope its nothing too serious and you feel OK and better yet that you dont pass it on to anyone else! You poor thing!!!
We have had a busy day...yeah so much for staying at home! lol. My sister ended up coming and getting us and we went out to our house and helped the boys and then we went to her house so Cooper could play with his cousins. He hasnt had a sleep today and was getting very naughty by the end of the day - He is watching movies at the moment in his jammies but will be going to bed at about 7.
Trents gone out to a work party so im home alone. Its a "boys" only event. So god knows what state Trent will come home in lol. I told him to sleep on the lounge and if he wakes up Cooper he is in BIG trouble.
Anyway better go this boy is getting a bit naughty!
Hey, thanks girls.
Turns out it's a bit more of a tummy bug. I have some sort of virus that hit me full force and I just wanted to die. I've never been so ill so incredibly fast. After my post yesterday I collapsed on the couch, my body was aching and screaming in pain and I got really lethargic. I ended up going to bed but Alex kept waking up so when Shane got home I begged him to take him downstairs to let me sleep. I got up at 7:30pm and lay on the couch until 11:30pm, took some panadene and went to bed. I had a couple of hydralite blocks as I hadn't eaten or had any fluids all day and I was worried about my milk. I had a good sleep overnight, fed Alex at 4am and by 8:30am was feeling a little better. I'm still feeling a little woosey but my headache has gone and I've stopped the diahhorrea and I've managed to drink some blackcurrent juice & had some honey on toast for breakfast.
I'm going to drag myself along to Shane's work bbq today then come home and have a nap (that was the deal anyway). We're about to set up the Christmas tree (I know, slack hey?) so better go help move some stuff.
:fingerscrossed: I'm completely better by tomorrow, otherwise I don't know what I'm going to do with 4 kids on my own!
Hope everyone's having a good day xoxo
Hello there,
Oh Anna you poor thing -how horrible. I hope you get much better today. I can't believe you have to go out to a BBQ - probably the last thing you feel like doing.
Hayley I hope you had a nice relaxing night last night and Trent came home in one piece (and quietly).
Tan well done with all your files and I hope you have a great holiday.
Lou I hope Maddi's cold is okay and I haven't noticed that about the extra wee thing. Sorry I haven't done Paddy's photo yet -it is still on my list of things to do.
I've been having a tough time with the boys the last couple of days and have been really struggling. Paddy has started some crazy "mumma obsession" phase where I can't leave the room without him calling out "mumma" and coming to find me. He has also been ramping up the tanrums and is screaming and crying at all sorts of stupid things. At the same time Will's self settling has gone to **** again and he has been screaming the house down when I try and get him to sleep. It has all been hopeless because as soon as I leave the room with Will to get him to bed Paddy is at my heels and if I close the bedroom door Paddy starts wailing which seems to upset Will who then joins in. :hair::hair: It is so tough sometimes with 2 little ones and it really depresses me at times when things don't go according to plan but at least I can then have other moments where I don't care (like today - feeling much better today). I was panicking yesterday afternoon when we had to resort to going for a dirve to get Will to have a sleep and stop Paddy's tantrums -it all just seemed so ridiculous and I was thinking Will would never got to bed again (I'm a bit of a stress head sometimes). Thank goodness Will went to bed fine last night and then I stopped panicking and I have had to feed and cuddle him a bit before his sleep today but at least he slept (and for 2 hours - it really isn't all that had). Anyway that's enough of my babblings. I only have one more week with them on my own (Anna I look at your post and think about you with 4 kids on your own and that puts it all in perspective!) and then Dean is on 3 weeks holdiay -can't wait. Pefect timing with Will and Paddy both going through crazy phases.
Anyway better go -Will needs a feed. Chat soon and hope you get better soon Anna.
hayleylea
09-12-2007, 14:14
hi guys
Well Trent made it home at 3.30 and crawled into bed with me and that was a big mistake coming home waking up your pregnant girlfriend at that hour smelling like BURBOURN of all alcohol lol. So he got summoned to the lounge. HE didnt last long though cause he was next to me when i woke up.
We have had a busy day today, went to an auction this morning, had santa photos done - we ended up all having to get in..Cooper was too shy just to sit by himself god love him.
Then we went to the pool. Its a new aquatic centre and Cooper had a ball. Only we went to big w to get him a floaty thing and i picked up the wrong one and didnt realise to we got to the pool. I just wanted the vest - but i picked up the swim suit with the vest. - Anyway It had bob the bulider on it and Cooper saw it so we had to go with it. They look sooooooooooooooo funny on though but he seemed to think it was Ok so i guess ill just have to go with it lol He had a good time considering its the first time he has been in a pool since last year! he wanted to keep going from pool to pool god love him. We didnt get home till 2 and he is having a sleep now because we are planning on taking him to carols by candlelight tonight....if it doesnt storm that is.
Cath - big hugs to you. I can understand you getting depressed some days. I Cant imagine having 2 little kids is always fun and games - especially when they are going through funny phases. I think your doing a great job though....so hang in there. :thumbsup: And how nice Dean has 3 weeks holidays soon that will be good for you guys! and give you a bit of a break!
Anna - hope your feeling better today....
Anyway i better head off and clean this house and pull these clothes off the line. Trents asleep now too.
Talk soon.
Lou I'll get you a photo of Immy soon - keep reminding us!!
thats ok Anna, whenever is fine. No biggy. Hope your feeling better now? Poor thing, that virus sounded very nasty indeed. Hope you didn't have to go to the bbq today, or if you did that you felt better.
I had to work today which sucked, but I kept thinking of the overtime $.
Exciting potty day here, Maddi used the potty 3 times for wee's! And all of her own accord. Its so exciting.
Check out what I did today! Maddi and Rudolph (http://s37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/?action=view¤t=christmascardsmall.jpg) We took Maddi to a fundraiser day at the local hospital and they ahd a petting zoo with the most placid and beautiful deer. It was just like a stuffed toy.
OK better go start the bedtime routing. We hardly got any sleep last night. Maddi was up all night coughing and screaming. This darn cold has her all stuffed up. At least with the coughing its getting cleared up. I did some physio massage on her yesterday so thats probably why?
Oh Lou that's so sweet! It's great that Maddi wasn't afraid to sit there - I think Immy would have a cow! :biggrin:
Well I'm feeling fiiiiine today! :smiliedance:
Oh I NEVER want to feel that sick again! EVER! *shudders*
I'm going to watch Immy like a hawk today as she was warm last night so we gave her some dymadon and by the time I checked on her at 10:30pm she felt fine. She's bright this morning but I'm thinking I might give her 2 naps today since my darling friend has taken Chelsea to school and will be picking her up too (just so I don't get close to other people).
Immy's transition to her big girl bed was perfect! She had a day nap one day then that was it! She hasn't budged at all - just like the girls! All the girls would toss and turn in their cot but once in a bed stayed in the same spot most of the night! Her room is basically the furthest away from ours so I'm thinking I might set up a baby monitor just in case, but I've been leaving her door wide open when I check on her at night and our door is wide open too so hopefully if she woke I'd hear her. Actually, 3 nights in her big bed and she hasn't woken once! Wonder if it's because she's always under the covers?? :confused:
I'm going to try and read some of the posts I've missed today and I'll be uploading some photos soon to show you all.
Well I thought I'd let you all know that I did a test this morning, I'm happy to report that it was a BFN although I swear my eyes are playing tricks on me and I see a shaddow (but doesn't that always happen?! LOL!) I showed DH and he took a blokes look and said, nup - one line - negative. Problem is that because I got so dehydrated from all the events, I haven't had much output so the stick wasn't under the flow for very long. Someone once told me that you see what you want to see. Hmm . . . not sure if that theory is true for me right now! However, my maybe baby is still happily ferning away so that'll take it to 6 days now:babydust2:. The longer it ferns for the more convinced I am that I'm very possibly UTD once more. Lets hope it's just breastfeeding hormones!
I guess I'll test again tomorrow, but maybe this time in a cup! LOL! Still early days, I should get a more correct result by the weekend.
Alex has his first taste of farrex yesterday! He was all for the food but had this funny look when he actually got it in his mouth! LOL! Still he went back for more! So I'm going to try again this morning. He slept til 5am this morning and I didn't even hear him wake! Shane just got up, popped his dummy back in and he was awake for a feed at 7:15am - my good little man, letting mummy sleep! Here's hoping solids will only improve things! Shane's getting awfully frustrated that Alex isn't sleeping through yet and he's comparing to the girls which I don't think is fair at all. Boys are more hungry, and if he looks on a broader scale, waking once a night since birth is actually pretty good - I keep reminding him that it could be far worse!
Ok, better go get some kiddies dressed, tonnes to do, washing, ironing, transferring Immy's clothes to her new room (a slow process as I'm still sorting the size 1's to be stored as well).
Be back later!
Hope everyone has a great day!
xoxo
Hi there,
Hayley how cute about you all getting in the Santa photo -love it! The bathing suit thing sounds hilarious -I think I know the ones. That's great Cooper had fun at the pool. I just went and checked out a small swim centre that has opened near us and runs classes and Paddy will be going to a class on Saturday morning (with Dean going in with him). He hasn't been in a pool since he was 12 months old so I hope he will be okay and not freak out. Did you go to the carols?
Lou I absolutely love that photo!!You clever woman- it looks great. Good work with the potty Maddi. Hope you had a better night with Maddi last night.
Oh Anna I am so nervous/excited for you! You musn't be able to stop thinking about the pregnancy possibility. So glad to hear you are feeling better. Great to hear Immy is doing well in her bed. Alex is sounding so grown up with his teeth and starting solids. I'm leaving starting Will on solids until 6 months (I am too lazy to start the whole solids thing until I have to:laughing:). I hope the solids helps with the sleeping through thing. We started Paddy at 5.5 months and I do think he slept better once he started them -good luck.
I've just had to banish this cool blue star light from the wall in the boys room and I'm so annoyed. Their room is going to end up very bare the way we are going as I am slowly having to banish all sorts of things because Paddy is mucking around with them when he is meant to be sleeping. He started the light obsession a couple of days ago and he can reach the switch which dangles from the light on the wall if he stands on his bed. Last night he was clacking the light on and off from about 8pm to 9pm (and poor Will was in his cot sleeping the whole time -amazing!). I took it away today when he instantly started reaching for it when I put him in bed (told him I had to fix it and it was not for turning on and off). He was okay with that for a little bit but after about 10 minutes he started screaming "blue light,blue light" and he scared poor Will (who was asleep in there when I put Paddy to bed) with his screaming. I had to go and collect Will and tell Paddy off and now Paddy has finally gone to sleep and once again Will is asleep on our bed. No wonder Will's self settling isn't going too well - there is no consistency for the poor baby. Half the time I feed him to sleep on our bed (if he won't settle) and the other half he is going in the cot. Oh well - hopefully it will all become a bit more consistent one day (not sure when that is going to be though). Mostly as long as I have them asleep when they need to be asleep I am happy.
Anyway I hope everyone is having a good day and I'm sure I will be back to chat soon.
MrsMiggins
10-12-2007, 13:00
Hey Anna, if Shane's complaining about Alex not sleeping through the night, just send him round to my place for a night - we'll sort him out!! :laughing: I lost count of how many times I was up to Owen last night, but it would've been over a dozen! I hope you are feeling better. Sounded downright nasty what you had!! I think the heat may have been playing up with us here, as both Owen & I have had a bit of the runs. Not feeling sick or anything though. I had to be very careful with Owen yesterday as he had urates in his urine. Both my kids had it as newborns, as my milk took ages to come in & so they were a little dehydrated. I didn't realise they could get it when they were older. But yesterday was about 32 deg here & it is incredibly humid & so the kids were sweating heaps & Owen was too hot & cranky to feed. Also, when he drinks water, he doesn't swallow it, but spits it down the front of himself. :rolleyes:
We've had a horror few days here with the heat actually. Both the kids haven't slept too well during the day & the other day I was totally stressed out. It was so hot & so humid, neither Claire nor Owen had had more than 10mins sleep the whole day, Claire was being really naughty & not listening to me at all, Owen was clinging to me and screaming & and chasing after me any time I tried to move. I was trying to get dinner on for them, Dave was running late coming home from work, so I decided just to give them their dinner & sort ourselves out later, but it was a disaster! Owen was crying & clinging to my legs, and the potatoes were boiling over & the gravy I was making in the microwave boiled over too & made a huge mess!! I was trying to call Dave on his mobile, but he wasn't answering & I ended up having a little breakdown & crying.
Now, as naughty as Claire can be, she is just the most darling little girl in the world! With everything falling apart around me, she managed to cheer me up in an instant so that I could pull myself together again!
There I was in the kitchen bawling my eyes out, when Claire comes up to me and says "Awwww! Don't be sad mummy! Come here, I'll give you a cuddle!" So I bent down and gave her a cuddle, feeling terrible for crying like that in front of her! Then she looked at my face and said "Got tears! Want a wipe?" So she went up to the dining table & got her tub of wipes down, pulled about 6 out (they don't tear off easily!!) and wiped my face for me! Then she said "OK now mummy? Need another hug? There you go, don't be sad, OK mummy?"
Isn't that just the sweetest thing you've ever heard?!! Cooper did that for you once not so long ago, didn't he Hayles? So sweet!!!!! How on earth can you still be sad after that!! :hugs:
Lou, what a great idea about the photo!! I don't know how I missed that. Must've been when I wasn't able to get online for ages. There were a lot of posts I did miss. Is it too late now? I just got my new battery & charger in the mail today, so I'll be back in action with the photos now!! Poor Owen will have had no pics of himself as a baby!!
Good on Maddi with the potty too!! :yelclap: That's excellent!! She'll be fully TT in no time by the sounds of it!! Awesome too that they had a deer at the petting zoo! What a great photo!!! We went to a kid's xmas party on Friday where they had a petting zoo & Claire loved it (no deer though unfortunately!) That's no good about her cold. Hopefully it'll be long gone by Christmas.
Anna, slow down woman!!! Ironing??? I gave that up long ago!!! lol And oh the clothes sorting!!! OMG I have so, so much of that to do! It's one fo the things I really must get done when I have a day clear of kids. (So should have it done some time around Claire's 20th birthday!) Good to hear the big bed transition went well. Claire was the same - tossed & turned all over the place, but as soon as she was in the big bed, no problem at all! Wonder what it is...?
Another test!! I reckon you're pretty safe if it was BFN. Maybe Shane needs to sleep in the spare room for a while!!! :laughing:
Hayles, sounds like Cooper had a blast at the pool!! Love the water - always tuckers them out!! The swim suit sounds good - even if it was the wrong one! Good old Bob, huh! I hope the rain stays away for you guys tonight. I want to go to some carols this year (we have several to choose from here) but they are always very busy, and I don't know if I could be bothered making the effort.
OK, well it's taken me probably a couple of hours to write this post!! I've been on the phone, kids have woken up, and I've been making lunches in the middle of it all! Better go before the kids realise I'm gone!!
Oh Fi your story bought tears to my eyes - beautiful Claire! That is just precious! I've been having a couple of days like that around here too - you are not alone. It can be really tough. Dean had to come home from his Christmas party on Frday night because I just could not physically get the boys to bed on my own (someone needed to distract Paddy in the loungeroom while I mucked around with calming Will down and getting him into the cot). I feel like a bit of an idiot sometimes not coping with 2 kids but soon enough they will be little boys at school and it will all be so much easier (I hope). How is the gym going?
I just discovered Will has a tooth! Sad! My baby is growing up. I just went to see a friend who had a baby 3 weeks ago -Will looks huge against this tiny baby. It all goes so fast!!
hayleylea
10-12-2007, 18:48
Hi guys
Nope didnt end up going to carols! The weather turned a bit miserable and we were all tired so we spent the night at home, made nachos and had a nice night just lazing around!
Cath - WOW a tooth for Will! It does mean they are growing up - its going so quickly! Oh and dont feel too bad about all the stuff your banishing from the boys room. Ive taken a few things out of Coopers room aswell lol. I figure that when they get older or forget about it you can start putting them back in. At the moment Cooper goes to bed with about 5 teddies lol. I then go in and fish them out and just leave him with his favourite one so he has room to move! lol
Lou - LOVE the photo - looks excellent! Well done Maddi with the toilet training too!
Anna - sounds like Immy loves her new bed! Thats great! I hope she is OK too and doesnt get the nasty bug you had! Oh and ill be awaiting the news to see if your pregnant or not! :raspberry: Sounds like Alex went well with his first taste of "food"...like i said to Cath them boys of yours are growing up so fast!!!
Fi sounds like you had a bad day the other day. The new house doesnt have aircon? You poor thing. I complain about the heat in bathurst so i have no idea how you do it up there in sunny QLD!!! Oh and your allowed to have a mini break down too lol - we all have those we wouldnt be human if we didnt! Oh and how sweet about Claire when you were crying. Moments like that make motherhood all worthwhile.!!!! Priceless! Im with you too Fi - Ironing? Whats that?? I dont do it unless i REALLY REALLY need too which is hardley ever lol.
Trent and I went to sydney today to look at a landcruiser for him and a granite benchtop for our kitchen...im buggered. The rain was so bad on the way home i was literally holding on so tight - the roads were so wet. It was really scary. Cooper stayed with mum and had a ball. Him and I are still here now. Mums at a work party and he is in bed. We will be here till about thursday. Trent gave me strict instructions that i have to take it easy and since he will be at the house for most of the week and then working afternoons i was ordered to stay here....mind you it didnt take much convincing cause im looking forward to a few easy days here of doing not much at all! lol.
anyway better head off. Talk soon!
Hey everyone. Hope you all had great weekends. Ours was pretty busy. We had another 2 year old's birthday party to go to on Saturday morning. Katelyn had a ball of course! Then went home to do quite a bit of housework, while Katelyn slept for 3 1/2 hours!! :eek: Yesterday we did some christmas shopping. We've got Katelyn's present organised now. The main one is Ariel's kitchen which is a little talking kitchen that we have to set up for her with a stove & stuff in it. Looks pretty cool. We also got her a toy mobile & beeper...the mobile looks just like James' one so hopefully they don't get them confused! Also bought her a baby doll that comes with a carrier, a dummy, a bottle & a change of clothes. It sucks on the dummy when you put it in it's mouth & cries when the dummy's taken away. Plus there's a Dora the Explorer beach ball, bucket & shovel set. I think that should be enough pressies for her!
Hayley, I saw those piccies of Cooper you put up the other day. Very cute! We just put up our christmas tree on Saturday night....Katelyn had fun helping. :yes: Oh & yay for Cooper sleeping in the big bed at night now!. We haven't even attempted to get Katelyn into the big bed yet.
I like your idea for the Christmas cards with the photos in them. And I just love those photos of Cooper in the santa sack. Especially the 2nd one....SUCH a cheeky grin he's got! :biggrin:
Tan, I'm glad your u/s went well. How many weeks are you now? Oh & yay for Will doing wees on the potty now & getting to wear big boy undies! You asked how the TTC's going? Well, still going! I'm 3 DPO now so I guess I won't know anything for about 2 weeks.
Lou, that's a bummer you didn't have your camera when the kids were running around naked through the sprinkers, that would have been so funny to get on camera!
That photo of Maddi and the deer & chrissie tree is so gorgeous!!!
Hmm, as for what I'm getting my parents & James for xmas...I've got my mum & little bunny rabbit calender (She loves bunnies) & I'll probbaly get her some sort of haircare product as well. Not sure what I'm getting my dad & step-mum yet or James for that matter. My mum's easy to get presents for...she just wants the same thing all the time :rolleyes: The others are hard to get presents for.
Cath, that's cute Paddy saying goodnight to the christmas tree! Wow, Alex sure is growing up isn't he, a tooth already!
Oh, & I'm liking your idea of gift vouchers to give to people. Might give one to my dad & step-mum if I can't come up with a present soon. Their present needs to be sent interstate too, so I'm running out of time!
Oh, Hayley & Cath, I have issues with Katelyn keeping her shoes & socks ON! She would rather just run around in bare feet all day, which is fine in the house, but I like her to wear shoes outside & when we go out to the shops.
Anna, wow, I can't believe Immy slept for a whole 4 hours!! Yay for her sleeping in a big bed now! Sorry to hear you've been so sick though. I'm glad you're feeling better now.
Fi, sounds like yucky weather you're having over there. I like the hot weather but I hate it when it's all humid & sticky. Oh that is so sweet Claire coming to give you a cuddle to cheer you up! LOL & getting you some of her wipes too! That's just so cute!
OK, that's all for now....dinner should be ready soon.....chicken kievs & salad. Yum!
hayleylea
10-12-2007, 19:33
Renee - well done with the chrissy presents! sounds like Katelyn will be a very happy girl on christmas day :biggrin: Glad you liked Coopers photos. He does have a VERY CHEEKY grin! lol he usually uses it when he is in trouble too to try and get out of it!!
my nose wont stop running tonight..i hope its something in the air and not a cold! Anyway thats it from me im off to lie on the lounge and then head to bed im buggered.
night!
Ha ha, yeah I can just imagine that Cooper could use that cheeky grin of his to get him out of trouble! :biggrin:
Hope you're not coming down with a cold or anything Hayley.
hayleylea
11-12-2007, 06:12
no no cold thankfully must have just been something in the air. Cooper slept well and i had a great sleep too so im stoked about that! He is already racing around mums house on his little bike - crazy kid!!
Anyway im off to get some breakkie.
hope everyone has a nice day!
Maybe you've got the late pregnancy sniffles Hayley? A few days rest at your Mums place sounds lovely to me today. Maddi was up screaming from 1-2am last night and could not be consoled. I'm out of practice getting up in the middle of the night these days that I'm so tired today. The thought of a newborn and handing a two year old at the same time really scares me (hence no second baby yet!)
Renee your presents for Katelyn sound great. And I can't believe that she slept for so long yesterday. Was it a late night to bed last night then? Well I'm sending you some :babydust2: for a Christmas present this year.
Oh Cath, I can't believe the boys mucked you around so much on Friday night. You poor thing. Deans so lovely to come home and help you out. We've got our work chrissy party this Friday and I'm lining up a girl to babysit. I'm dreading whats going to happen as this girl hasn't babysat Maddi before. I totally trust the babysitter, but I'm sure Maddi is going to perform and we're going to have to come home.
Fi, your story about Claire looking after her mummy brought tears to my eyes. She is such a gifted child isn't she? And adorable to boot. Your entitled to a meltdown every now and then. Lord knows I occasionally have those for no good reason at all.
Ah - I have to go. I'm late for work - yet again and here I am sitting here having toast and coffee. I'll try and pop on soon to finish the rest of this post!
Hayley, good to hear you haven't got a cold, & that you & Cooper slept well. :)
Lou, yeah Katelyn did do to bed about an hour later than usual when she had her big sleep!
I hope Maddi is well behaved for her babysitter. I've found the couple of time I've had Katelyn babysat for she's been an absolute angel.....unlike what she can be like for us!!
Pretty boring day here at work.....I haven't actually done any work yet....only have a few patients today. That's OK though. I want to leave as early as possible.
MrsMiggins
11-12-2007, 14:34
I've been having a couple of days like that around here too - you are not alone. It can be really tough. Dean had to come home from his Christmas party on Frday night because I just could not physically get the boys to bed on my own (someone needed to distract Paddy in the loungeroom while I mucked around with calming Will down and getting him into the cot). I feel like a bit of an idiot sometimes not coping with 2 kids but soon enough they will be little boys at school and it will all be so much easier (I hope).
Oh Cath!!! :hugs: I am yet to master the art of getting the 2 of them off to bed on my own!! I don't know if you remember a while back, Dave had to go away for 5 days & OMG it was soooooo hard!!! Thank god for the distractive abilities of a brand new Wiggles DVD, or I'd never have managed it!!
Uh-oh!! Better watch out with those teeth!! Will has gotten his first tooth right around the same time Owen got his first & he got 7 in two months!! (Mind you, that #8 has been the one causing us all the grief! It's been trying to come through for over a month now & it's just not happening :mad:) Hope they aren't causing him any grief.
The gym is going great. I've only been the twice so far, but I'm hoping to go again tomorrow morning before the library & again on Fri & Sat. It's just a bit of an epic getting the kids organised & out the house so early in the morning, but I guess on the other hand, it's the best time to be doing it - before it gets too hot.
Renee, Katelyn's chrissy presents sound awesome! LOL about her & James getting their mobiles mixed up!! You know, I used to love the hot weather - the hotter, the better - but ever since I've had kids, it's just a complete nuisance! And if it's humid - even more so! I would just about kill for a nice, mild 26 degree day, with no humidity & a nice gentle, cool breeze. Ahhhh!!! BLISS!! Best of luck for your 2 week wait! Ugh! I used to hate that time when we were trying for Claire. I hope this is your month & that you guys get a well deserved BFP for Xmas!
Hayles, I'm glad the sniffles turned out to be nothing. Maybe Lou's spot-on about the PG sniffles? Are you guys getting a full granite bench top? I've got a friend who got a granite one when they redid their kitchen, but it was just one of the overlay ones. It worked out to be so much cheaper. But I guess you guys can't do that with a new kitchen? I'm not sure - clearly I am a renter & have no idea how these things work!! :laughing:
Lou, I don't blame you not wanting a 2nd when you have half of us on here complaining about the logisitics of having more than one child to look after! But as difficult as it can be, I do know it's all worth it. Like Cath said, when they're older, it's going to be very good. (It's OK Hayles, don't panic!! It's not all bad!!)
I hope Maddi has a better night's sleep for you tonight. I think it's a stage they go through. Claire had a little run there of climbing into our bed in the middle of the night, but (HOPEFULLY!!) seems to have gotten over it now.
I also hope your Friday night works out well. Fingers crossed Maddi will be fine. I know you said she hasn't minded Maddi before, but has Maddi met her? Just make sure you sink down about 4 good glasses of bubbly as soon as you arrive at the party, then you'll be set for any eventuality!! :D
Owen slept a little better last night, but in a "quirky" twist of fate, my insomnia decided it'd had enough of a holiday & there I was, lying in bed wide awake from 2am (the first of Owen's wake ups) til about 5.30. I'm buggered today!! Grrrr! I'll catch a break one of these days! Not today though - Claire & Owen have decided not to have naps at the same time! Owen's asleep now & Claire's eating lunch beside me, watching Hot Potatoes Live (have I ever told you guys how much I appreciate the Wiggles?!! :laughing:)
I tidied up the kids toy room today (which is to say, I threw a heap of stuff into cupboards. *shrugs* Good enough!!) and it looks so much bigger!! It's been a bit of a debacle ever since we moved in, so I'm glad to have it sorted. We'll need the room for all the Chrissy pressies, I think!
Better run! Chat soon!
hayleylea
11-12-2007, 15:35
I must be really silly ive never ever heard of the Pregnancy sniffles?
Fi - well done with the gym...and also tidying up the kids toy room! You sound like me shoving things away in cupboards lol. As for the full granite bench top....we are actually going up to the next town from us next week to look at the granite transformations that you were talking about. We do need a whole new bench top but they supply you with both the bench top and granite transformation overlay aswell. Just working out our options! Trent really likes the granite look - and so do I but im scared of it cracking etc...but we are just sussing out our options for now.
I brought a dress today to wear on christmas day but now im having second thoughts about it. I just cant get my head around this pregnant belly that just appeared out of the blue lol. Im not really a dress person at the best of time, but i just think it doesnt do anything for me....but my mum tells me im being ridiculous. Ah well ill try it on during the next few days and see how i feel about it then...
Anyway better go see what Mum and Cooper are up to.
Fi, well done on getting to the gym in the mornings! Bummer about your insomnia especially when Owen was sleeping well. Hope you get a good night's sleep tonight.
Hayley, didn't you get the sniffles when you were preggers with Cooper? I got the sniffles quite abit with Katelyn....although half the time it actually turned out to be more than just the sniffles.
hayleylea
12-12-2007, 06:05
Hmmm Cant remember getting the sniffles with Cooper! Could have happened though its all a bit of a blur lol. Love your new Avatar pic Renee:thumbsup:
Hello there,
I'm sitting here waiting for Will to wake up so I can go and do the grocery shopping (decided to do it this fortnight instead of the delivery - feel like wandering the aisles sadly enough - the choice is a bit limited sometimes online). I'm sure he will now wake up any second now I am typing this. Paddy is out with Dean's parents which is great.
Hayley how are you feeling about the dress today? What colour is it? I am hanging to buy some new clothes. I haven't bought anything in ages. I think I might have to spoil myself and hit the shops on my own while Dean has time off work. I have to find something for my friends wedding in mid-Jan which I am sort of dreading - I hate buying something for one occasion -I would rather buy a heap of "everyday" things. I hope I can find some bargain at the after Christmas sales or something.
Cute new avatar Renee. Well done with the Christmas shopping - all sounds perfect.
Lou I've sent you the picture of Paddy for the group photo -don't forget everyone! Good luck with the babysitter on Friday night.
Fi well done with the gym. I wish I could distract Paddy with DVD's when I am trying to settle Will but it won't work (I've tried). He just won't stay still and watch them - he's always calling out "mumma" and coming to find me and then climbing on the side of the cot poking at Will etc. and if I close the door he cracks it and that upsets Will. Hopeless! Yesterday morning I had to go for a big drive so Will could have a sleep. Thank goodness Paddy mostly has a decent day sleep so I get some time without him to settle Will for a proper sleep. How annoying about the insomnia -I hope it hasn't hung around - there is nothing worse!
Anyway I really should do some cleaning or something useful while I'm waiting. It was such a battle to get Will to go to sleep (the whole putting in the cot awake to go to sleep thing is a lost cause for now - will try and work on that again when Dean is on holiday's I think) but now I almost want him to wake up so I can get this shopping done. Crazy!
Hope everyone is well and having a good day. Chat soon.
I am soooo bored today! I'm at work & only 3 patients today. Already done 1, but still have to wait 45min for the 2nd one to come back! I just feel like I'm wasting my time here today when I could be at home getting the house really clean for my friend who's coming to stay for the weekend. She gets here tomorrow evening. On a brighter note though, I got all my chrissy cards done last night & they're all sent off now! Plus got my dad & step-mum's pressie organised & posted off this morning. Hopefully will get the other part of my mum's present organised after work today then I can post it.
Cath, I hear you on the needing more clothes. I haven't bought any new clothes for myself for ages. My MIL actually gave me $50 for my birthday to either buy a dress or nice top & yeah, still haven't got around to spending it yet. Maybe in the post-Christmas sales I'll have to do some clothes shopping.
Hope everyone's having a good day! :)
hayleylea
12-12-2007, 13:19
Hi guys
its quiet in here latley...
Cath - the dress has a few colours through it..mainly blacks and browns - its patterned if that makes sense. I havent tried it on again today....might do that in a minute. I went shopping by myself today just looking to get something for Trents dad...but couldnt find anything. Its hard when ive only ever met the guy a handfull of times and Trent barely knows him himself - i just have no idea what to buy him so needless to say i didnt find anything! Im thinking i might just get him a mug with Coopers photo on it or something like that -something personal from Cooper - might make him feel bad for never taking an interest in Coopers life (:devil: WOW That was b!tchy huh??? :laughing: oh well thats the truth lol)
I finished all Coopers shopping though. Got the last of his stocking fillers - i got him a $6 bubble gun from the reject shop that he will love, some pooh bear crayons, and some textas and coloring books so he will be happy. OH and i picked up the cutest little stacking doll things - I cant think of their names now...but they are a set of wooden "dolls" that go from big to small and they stack inside of each other (russian dolls i think ?) anyway he plays with the MILS all the time and these ones are Santa so he will love that and all for a bargain of $7 so he is completley done now!! :smiliedance:
Cooper hasnt had a sleep today - he had a rest in his cot for about an hour but kept yelling out to "Nanna" so we eventually got him up lol. He had a stack and hit himself on the corner of the lounge - and as soon as he got up he had a HUGE lump and bruise there already!!! its not his eye though just his cheek...no doubt it will be here till christmas lol. I was only just thinking how nice it will be not to have a black eye or scratches for christmas - he usually does for birthdays etc lol. Ah well his a kid. He seems to be over it now anyway and thats the main thing.
Renee - Sounds like your having a boring day i hope the rest of the afternoon managed to go a bit quicker for you!
OK thats all from me..
Hey girls,
Just me.
Still trying to catch up on all the goss.
Not a very well household here at the moment.
Last night Immy flaked on the beanbag watching rugrats while I was making dinner and we just let her sleep through dinner as we knew she wasn't feeling the best - but put it down to her refusing a nap.
3am and we hear her screaming out to us and we raced downstairs to find her sitting up in her bed with vomit in a huge pool in front of her. OMG it was the worst I've ever had to clean up.
Poor little thing was white as a ghost. Shane bathed her and got her dressed and popped her to bed in the cot (thankfully Alex isn't in it yet!) with some towels in case it happened again. She was happy this morning and managed 2 pieces of honey on toast for breakky but was still very pale. She had a morning nap and fought an afternoon one but I just let her carry on for a bit then 10 mins later silence.
Everyone's now in bed but Chelsea got really hot tonight (38.2 degrees) so she's sleeping upstairs in the spare room next to ours (gotta love lots of bedrooms! :rolleyes:) and I've given her panadol, left her some cold water and have a fan going on low (it's really warm tonight - esp upstairs).
So I'm still going to a bit spacey on here the next couple of days while I take care of these kiddies of mine.
Oh I got a BFN this morning yet my maybe baby has now been continually ferning for 8 days. If AF doesn't show over the weekend sometime I might take myself off to the Dr's whenever I can get there next week to see what's going on. I read up on it and continued ferning means increased levels of oestrogen which occurs in pregnancy, so I'm hoping there's another reason for it!
Missing you all heaps and I hate not having a good idea what's going on!
I'll probably pop on again tomorrow to keep catching up. Hope everyone is well. :hugs:
xoxo
MrsMiggins
12-12-2007, 22:08
OH and i picked up the cutest little stacking doll things - I cant think of their names now...but they are a set of wooden "dolls" that go from big to small and they stack inside of each other (russian dolls i think ?) anyway he plays with the MILS all the time and these ones are Santa so he will love that and all for a bargain of $7 so he is completley done now!!
Babushka's Hayles! Classic!! I love them!!
Anna, don't you worry about us - you just take your time & look after those kids of yours. Hope the girls are all feeling better tonight!
Just a quick one from me I'm afraid. I want to go to bed & try & get some shut-eye!
(Oh!! I saw ER tonight!!! First time in ages!! And it was only by some happy coincidence I even knew it was on!)
OK, going to bed now! Will chat later!
Babushka's Hayles! Classic!! I love them!!
*shudder* HATE the name Babushka - rhyme's with the name my parents called me when I was about 18 months old and I always got teased to within an inch of my life.
Hmm . . . come to think of it, not sure if I've actually shared that story with you guys!
Hayley, if that was my FIL he's wouldn't even be getting a present! But I like your idea of the personalised present from Cooper to make him feel bad about not being interested in Cooper. Oh, I'm such a meanie!
Anna, you poor thing with your sick kiddies! I hope Immy & Chelsea get better soon & that there's not more :barf: for you to clean up.
Anna, has your AF actually returned yet since having Alex?
Well, my day ended up being not quick so boring because I had an urgent scan added up just after I posted this morning, so that gave me an hour extra's work to do. :) Managed to get my mum's pressie organised & posted after work. So that's all the interstate & overseas presents sorted now. How are the rest of you going with your chrissie shopping? All on top of it?
hayleylea
13-12-2007, 07:31
Fi - i love them too - thanks for the name too - i really had no idea lol i thought they were just called russian dolls LMAO :confused: Cooper will love them anyway!
Anna - im with Fi - dont worry with us just look after your little girls. I hope Immy is better and hope Chelsea is OK too and her temp settled down!!!
Renee - Im with you i didnt really want to give him anything at all to be honest but i guess it is still is Trents dad and they will send some thing little to Cooper so i better do the same. I actually gave up on the mug idea. I thought it was too good for him. I sent a card off with lots of recent photos and ill just find something little and send it off hopefully this weekend. Im pretty much on top of all the christmas shopping i think. For mum i have all my nephews and neice coming over on saturday to take photos of all the kids. So that should be good but apart from that i think im sorted. OFf to get my laybyes out today...just gotta find somewhere to put them!!!
Anyway my sniffles have turned into a cold so i feel like ****! But i better head off i have heaps to do today and im heading back home today also...
Talk soon.
Thanks girls :hugs:
Immy seems fine now - probably a similar 24 hour thing like mine maybe?
Chelsea was really hot for most of the night and woke warm as well. She's still warm but I'll hold off on the panadol unless she needs it - she seems happy enough, writing all her Christmas cards for her school friends!
Been up since 6:30am as that's when Chelsea crawled into bed with us, then I had to make some brownies for Nicola's LAST EVERY DAY of Grasshoppers! :(
OMG that reminds me - Cath was it you who mentioned once to try the Coles brand of brownies? Well that's what I had - a packet mix of chocolate brownies and YUUUUUUUUUUUM! They're so rich and moist and gooey! I've been requested to do it again next week for Chelsea's end of year party at school as they have to bring a plate too.
Renee - in answer to your question - yes I've had 2 AF's since Alex was born - 1 when he was 7 weeks old and one mid November so if it's here to stay now, the reason I'm a little stressed is because we had a little 'mis-hap' on day 14 of the cycle. I'm happy with my BFN however my maybe baby has been ferning continually for 9 days now and I have no idea why.:confused:
Ok, off to try and organise more of this house. I'm in a mood at the moment where I start something then get bored with it so there's cr@p all over this house only half done, washing, ironing, cleaning the kitchen, sorting clothes into drawers, tidying the gift wrap drawers - ALLLLL 1/2 done! :rolleyes: LOL!
What lovely weather today - hope it's nice where you are too!
xoxo
hayleylea
13-12-2007, 14:08
Glad Immy is better and chelsea seems OK too!
Im home again now. I dropped mum and Cooper off at my sisters and come into town to do some grocery shopping. Coopers now gone to a christmas party at my neices' child care so he will be having fun. Should be home soon...no sleep so an early night which im quietly happy about because this cold is knocking me around today!!
I got my santa photo back today - OMG i look DISGUSTING in it! i look so pale and look like a big fat cow lol. OH well one for the album but i dont think you will be seeing this one on my website lol. Its a shame cause it was a nice one of Trent and not too bad of Cooper only he wasnt smiling cause he didnt really want to be on santas knee LMAO.
Anyway im buggered!!! Oh for all of you guys with SLR cameras who ever thought about buying a tripod (if you dont have one already!?) i got one from aldi today for $20 and its REALLY good!!!! For 20 bucks i was stoked!!
OK im off...
Well it seems I'm not the only one feeling like **** today. I woke up with a throbbing head so tony stayed home for a couple of hours while I laid down to let the tablets take effect.
We had Maddi's creche christmas party last night which was a bit full on for me. They had a graduation ceremony for the kinder kids complete with the full outfit. Then Santa came in a police car. Maddi absolutely freaked, its official - she really dislikes Santa.
I've just come back from doing what feels like a billion errands but was only a few. And now I'm ready to flake out on the couch. Our Friday night looks like a no go for at least one of us. The babysitter we had in mind is already busy that night, my brother can't get off work to get here in time and the IL's........well lets just say I'd rather not go. I can't say I'm all that disappointed.
Poor little Immy, sounded like she was really quite ill. Nothing worse than having the vomits when its hot as well. Isn't it amazing how much these kids can vomit in one go! Hopefully your household gets better soon Anna. I wonder what your Dr is going to say about the ferning?
Maddi has just made me a present. Better go!
I've just been working on that group photo. And I think it looks alright so far. Check it out and let me know what you think?October toddlers unite (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/octoberbubbies2007.jpg)
Cute Lou!! You are one clever woman.
hayleylea
13-12-2007, 16:59
OMG - I have left Coopers Pillow at mums house!!!!!!!! Cooper LOVES his pillow - its one of his security items he has to have to go to sleep! its a little boomerang pillow...he wont take any other pillow - especially not a blue one - yes he is a very stubborn little man!!
I have come up with a bright idea and put a blanket in the spare blue pillow case i had here for it and im hoping to swap it over with another pillow when he goes to sleep (dont think it will be that comfy lol) But hopefully it gets him to his bed! I cant believe i left his pillow down there...oh well it will only be one night cause my sister is going down there tommorrow thankfully!!
Lou i hope your feeling better - im not. I have threw up twice and cant stop sneezing or blowing my nose!! Lou that photo so far looks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good. I PROMISE to take that photo for you tommorrow!!!! the photos so far look so cute!! Your very clever!! Sorry ive been so slack getting the photo to you!
Cooper was a dream for my mum and sister today and has been good this arvo too considering he hasnt had a sleep. I figure he might be too tired to realise there is something different about his pillow !! LOL.
anyway talk soon.
Thats alright Hayley, whenever you can get a photo is fine. As they come in I'll add them to the group shot. It sounds like you've got what Immy had Hayley. I'm feeling better, just really tired and can't be stuffed doing anything apart from sit in front of the computer. There is stuff everywhere, Maddi is currently painting and creating a mess. But its quiet and I'm happy enough.
Lou that photo looks amazing! I'm looking through some pics at the moment but nothing on a plane enough background for you. Might just have to take a photo of Immy up against a spare wall.
Sorry to hear that your babysitter isn't available. I hate it when that happens. We got an invitation to one of my good friends (here on bubhub) hubby's 30th in Melbourne and usually I'd be able to palm off 3 kids easily. But Mum was in WA, Dad was in India, Nan was in Greece and the babysitter - who's keen to do an overnighter - was turning 21! (Note: no mention of the in-laws :rolleyes:). So there went my plan to not RSVP and just rock up on their Melbourne doorstep! Ah well, plenty more opportunities!
Oh I suppose I'd better mention - about the babushka doll. My name IS Anna right, but when I was about 18 months old my parents decided that they liked another name - Russian for Anna. That name?? Annoushka (sounds like babushka) so you can guess what I got called growing up :banghead:. It took me 2 whole years of high school to finally ditch it and go back to Anna (which is on my birth certificate thank GOODNESS!) and the only people who call me that 'other' name are the in-laws (:mad:) and DH's best friend (don't ask me why). Even my parents don't call me that anymore - I wouldn't speak to them if they did! LOL!
Anyway, today was a good one. Immy was much better, eating well and is back in her own big girl bed tonight (I'm just SOO proud of her, I could just squeeze her - she's so grown up!) but Chelsea was still a bit warm all day but was happy and cheerful so no problems there.
Today Nicola "graduated" from Grasshoppers (pre-kinder), such a proud but sad day! Not only have the ladies had 2 of my girls 2 years in a row, they've now sold the business and are heading on to other things (they're in their 50's). They've both been doing it for 10 -25 years! Imagine that! So long dealing with 3 & 4 year olds! Anyway, we'll miss them dearly but I'm sure we'll see them around from time to time.
Hayles hope Cooper went to sleep ok without his favourite pillow - I guess he's grown up enough to understand that it's not here and I hope he got over it quickly and went to sleep!
Renee - you sound like you could pretty easily have a nap at work and the world would go on turning! What do you do in the quiet times? Do you get paid per patient or per day? I hope you're kept busy, can't imagine how slow the days would go if there's no work!
Cath - I'm so sorry to hear you're having problems with Will's sleeping again. I'm still not caught up yet but have you contacted the sleep centre at all? How's it gone the last couple of days? I can't believe you went and walked the supermarket isles by CHOICE! I guess with only 1 baby in tow it's probably a bit more relaxing!
Fi - Good job with the gym - you go girl! How I wish I could do that but I'm sooo uncommitted, maybe when the kids are at school or something (yeah, right!) I nearly cried when I read about your little breakdown and Claire's reaction! What a sweetie you have there! My heart skipped a few beats - if you ever want a break, send her down here - I'll be sure to just eat her up!
Better head off, really should get an early night in but don't think it's going to happen at this rate.
Shane has just arranged our babysitter to come down tomorrow after work to take care of the kids so we can go out for dinner and a movie - it's been FAR too long. I'm actually quite looking forward to it but a little part of me simply can't be bothered. I think part of it is because I don't have any clothes to wear at all and it's more of an effort to get ready to go out than it is just to stay at home with a dvd!
Night girls!
xoxo
Oh ETA: I finally started and FINISHED a job today! I took out my 3 gift wrapping drawers, totally emptied them out and threw away a LOT of stuff! Then organised sticky tape, ribbons, papers, tissue, cards etc into neat little sections in the drawers so I'm all ready for the Christmas wrapping & birthday season! Yeah I know - mixed priorities but I feel so much better now! :laughing:
I'm glad you guys like the photo so far. I'm having heaps of fun doing it in the meantime. If you can't get a photo of them on a plain background then email me a photo your happy with and I'll give it a go. It just makes it heaps faster for me if its on a plain background. But in saying that I know what these kids are like when you try to take photo's of them.
Anna that name Babushka reminds me of that song by Kate Bush "Babooshka". Images of you singing that song running around is making me giggle.
I've just realized why I'm so dodgy today and feeling like crud is its time for my AF (yet again). Tony came home from work today to tell me that he's happy to sit at home while I go to the xmas do tomorrow night. But if I'm feeling like this tomorrow I think I'll be the one HAPPY to sit at home and wallow in self pity.
I wonder how Cooper went without his pillow?
Oh Lou - I NEVER ran around singing "Babushka" when I was little! It was always sung AT me and I was so embarrassed about my name because it was different. Funnily enough though, my best friend in primary school had a younger sister ALSO called Annoushka! How's that for coincidence?
Oh, wanna swap? I'll have the AF and you can feel lovely, light and happy :laughing:. I don't know if mine's even going to show up this month anyway, but I got another BFN today (hello . . . my name is Anna and I'm a POAS-aholic :rolleyes:) but yet again my maybe baby just loves to fern! I'm so over it now - If I am, fine, I'm ready - bring it on. If I'm not, fine too, just bring me my bloody AF already :mad:. Hmm . . . maybe judging from my mood my AF will be arriving after all. :rolleyes::laughing:
Happy to report all kids feeling well again. Chelsea's temp has gone and Immy MUST be feeling fine because she requested 6 weetbix with "nunny" this morning for breakfast! LOL!
Suppose I'd better get these kiddies dressed and start the morning nap shift (probably just Alex as Immy's playing happily) - none of us ventured out of bed until after 9am today - DH must have been uncharacteristically quiet on his way out :rolleyes:.
Soo much to do today, as always. Might be an all in effort to get this house presentable to our babysitter! And the weather is nice so a little tidy up this morning then outside for a picnic lunch I think!
Have a good day everyone!
xoxo
Where is everyone today? :confused:
I'm here dealing with tantrums galore from a hot and tired 2 year old who refused to go to sleep today!! Not fun. I was hoping to do a proper post today but it will probably have to wait.I'll start anyway.
Anna you are going to kill me but I like the name Annoushka. Poor Immy and her big vomit- nasty. How bizarre about what is going on with your cycle -must be quite frustrating not knowing what's going on. I haven't contacted the sleep centre about Will's sleep issues becasue I know it will be a massive wait and I know how to do it really (sit there for bloody ages while he cries). I just can't sit in there for an hour these days with Paddy wanting my attention all the time -it's too hard. Dean is on holidays as of tonight so we will work on Will's self settling again but for now I am back to feeding to sleep which is a right pain in the ***. It is so annoying that we were getting there after a month of "working" on it and now we are back to square one. I don't know what happened. Have fun going out tongith. Dean and I are going to try and get out for a night too over the next few weeks - we both need it I think.
Lou hope you are feeling a bit bettter. Are you going tonight?
Hayley how did Cooper go without his pillow?
Oh damn - drawing time -gotta go.
MrsMiggins
14-12-2007, 15:11
lol Anna! I actually don't mind the name Annoushka! In fact, I really like a lot of Russian names! :o
Lou! That photo is just amazing!! :laughing: Keep off the Grass!!! Yes, that'd be all our little monkeys all right!! :yes: I'll see what I can do about getting you a photo ASAP. I'm not sure of the plain background though.... not that Claire wouldn't do it (she's a complete show pony!!) but more that I have no idea where I could take a photo that had a plain background. Hmmm... I also have no idea how tall Claire is - not very!! The CHN didn't weigh or measure her at her 2yr checkup, because she said she could tell by looking at her she was healthy. I wanted to know so I could put it in her book!! :p
And yes, I think of that Kate Bush song too! Sadly my dad was always a huge Kate Bush fan (betcha you didn't even know they existed, did you?!)
Hayles!! I hope Cooper went OK without his pillow.
And to all the sickies - I hope you're all feeling better!!
Cath, has Paddy had a sleep yet? Claire had a late sleep today too. I'm so over this hot weather! I feel for you with the self-settling thing. I am convinced Owen is now in the running for the "World's Worst Sleeper" Award! Dave ended up sitting up with him for a couple of hours this morning, because I was at my wits end. And Claire decided to jump in bed with us again at around midnight, so not much sleep had by anyone here last night!
I just honestly don't understand how you can get an unsettled baby to sleep on his own when you have another young child to worry about & when the weather is so hot too. I would contact a sleep school in a second if I thought they could help us without having to go through the whole controlled crying caper.
I went to the gym this morning while Dave stayed home with the kids. It was FANTASTIC!! I am feeling so great! I've got my fitness assessment tomorrow though, so that should put paid to the feeling good about onesself thing!! :laughing:
OK, Claire is needling me for a peanut butter sandwhich. I'd better go as she's getting louder & will wake Owen up any second now. (BTW, are any other Oct bubs addicted to peanut butter?? Claire would have it a hundred times a day if I let her!!)
Yep Fi Paddy is a huge peanut butter fan too. He has it on toast every morning and if I happen to put on Vegemite or something else it is swiftly rejected. No sleep for Paddy today. I just give up after a while and hope for an early bedtime (depending on how Will behaves as Will goes in first). That's the problem with the sleep thing Fi - having the other little one to tend to at the same time - it is really tricky. We put aside a week about a month go where we started working on Will self settling and Paddy was looked after all week by either Dean or my Mum or the in-laws and we were getting there. Now it has all gone to **** again I can't keep asking people to look after my son while I go through the whole thing again -it is ridiculous (especially as it obviously hasn't worked). I wouldn't mind if it was a quick feed and Will nodded off and I put him in the cot and that was it. Half the time I have to feed him while talking to Paddy in a quiet voice then somehow get Will off my nipple and up to my shoulder without opening his eyes and then leave the loungeroom to go to the bedroom and quietly lower him into the cot "shushing" him the whole time. Then I will put him in and he will wake up and start crying and I have to start all over again -it can take over an hour to succeed:hair: I can't stand it!! I just want to be able to put him in the cot (maybe provide a minute of comfort) and walk away and I had it like that for a bit and now I've lost it:hissy:. Anyway I'm sure I will live through it and there are worse things in the world. You poor thing being up for hours in the middle of the night -Paddy used to do that to us. Will hasn't started that yet but there is a big possibility he will one day the way we are going.
Anyway I am hoping Dean gets hom soon. It is 30-something here and so uncomfortable in this un-airconditioned house. I was hoping we would win Powerball so we could get A/C but it didn't happen. Dean is off to see some "jaw specialist" on Monday to get fitted for some crazy mouthguard that is meant to stop his snoring (this whole process has been ridiculous). Unfortunately it is not covered by medicare and is deemed as dental and we don't have dental cover so we could be up for some nasty bills for it. Stupid snoring has cost us so much money and we are still in separate beds. I so hope this fixes it - it is all too tragic.
hayleylea
14-12-2007, 17:32
Hey guys
Well there was success with his pillow he didnt even realise. Anna - i didnt even try to explain to him i just fooled him with it because its one of his favourite things in the world and if i would have told him there would have been big dramas. Im a bit like him too i like my own pillow, but his is a security item just like his teddy. All worked out fine and thats the main thing!
Lou I tried to get a photo today but couldnt get one against a plain background cause we were outside most of the day! I got one that would look pretty good with the background though of him holding a ball - but i dont think its a plain enough background for you....
Cath - Big hugs and Wills sleeping. It must be so frustrating - definatley a lot harder when you have a 2 year old aswell!! Im sure you will get there! you were doing so well, you are still doing well...
Anna - glad everyone is well again now.
Fi - well done with the gym! Cooper wont touch peanut butter - i dunno why i have tried him heaps beause i like it but nope wont touch it at all.
Cute little story from me now. Cooper did a wee on the potty today! it was really funny. I gave him an early shower because he had been out watering grandmas garden and was all wet and afterwards he was running around in the nuddy. He has only just starting running around in the nude - before he wouldnt move without any clothes on! Anyway his little doodle was starting to look like he needed to do a wee and i said to him oh you better go do a wee on the potty! And he said No grass!! :laughing: (he saw trent do one on the grass today out at our house! lol) Anyway so i said ok you can go outside and we will take your potty with you. So out we go with the potty and then he tells me to go inside and closes the door!!!! So i look out the window and there he was parading around the potty looking at it from all different angles, picking up the toilet seat and dropping it and then he sat on it, fell off - omg it was hillarious. Anyway i kept watching him and he stood up and pushed his belly out over the potty and tried to push out a wee, then decided nope that wasnt good enough so sat down. And YAY! he did it! He weed in the potty! and he was pretty chuffed with himself too. Needless to say i have had a hard time getting his nappy back on - but its a definate start anyway. Hopefully he doesnt want to do it outside all the time though LMAO
anyway this boy has had a half hour sleep in the car today and is just about ready to go to bed. He has been such a good boy though!
OK talk soon.
Hayley, email me the photo and I'll see what I can do with it. As you can probably tell I'm at home - not at the work xmas do. I've sent Tony off to it on his own. One of us has had to stay here to babysit as there was no-one available and I was happy enough to miss out. I am in such a grump of a mood (got the dreaded AF) and boy am I in a doozer of a mood. Not sociable at all. I was secretly hoping that Tony would not want to go, but was out the door faster than I could say please stay. Who could blame him really, stay at home with a grumpy woman with her monthly or go to a christmas party and drink up.
So here I am, I've poured myself a big rum and coke and have a kiev in the oven. Maddi is on the couch watching playschool and its a quiet night in.
I went to target today to buy Maddi some big girl undies. Although I think after todays efforts she won't be needing them for a while. We've had a number of accidents and the novelty of doing wee's in the potty is wearing off. I remember Tanya complaining of the same thing last week too. Anyways, the Dora and Dorothy knickers are hanging on the line and they look so CUTE hanging out there.
Cath, you poor luv. Those boys are certainly fighting the sleep fairy for you. But it sounds like your being really persistent which I totally admire you for. The plan of waiting until Dean is on holidays sounds like a good one. You really do need that second person to help distract Paddy. I'm guessing the hardest thing is that not only are you trying to get Will to self settle but trying to do it with a toddler in the same room is pretty difficult hey. Have you considered having Will in your bedroom until he gets a good sleep pattern going on? Or is your bedroom too close and still disturb Paddy? When I was so desperate to get Maddi to sleep well I considered hiring this lady who was meant to be the sleep angel. She comes and stays with you and comes with a guarantee but she also costs a lot of $$$ but at that time in my life I would have paid anything. The only thing that stopped me was I ended up getting help from the council sleep school. So, I understand your frustrations Cath :hugs:. You sound like your coping a lot better than I did at the time.
Fi, Maddi isn't huge on peanut butter (I am!) but she is a big fan of honey or vegemite. I just read about you going to the gym and I was so envious. I've been attempting to go walking and that in itself is proving damn impossible.
Whoa - this rum is going straight to my head! :goodvibes:.
I got to talk to Anna for a little while tonight on MSN which was great. I'm hardly on there these days. She's off for a great night out by the sounds of things.
Hayley, thats so funny about Cooper peeing in his potty outside. I wonder if the neighbors were wondering WTH was going on. Good on him for giving it a go. Hopefully its the start of many more. Good to hear that the pillow wasn't a drama for you. I was imagining nights of no sleep until that pillow was back with its owner.
Wonder how Tanya is going on her holiday?
Renee - how are you guys going over there? What you up to? Did you like the photo so far?
Alright I'm going to leave it there before this Rum really goes to my head and I start really spurting forth utter nonsense. You would not believe the spelling errors I'm making (thank god for spell check!).
Oh - exciting news is that my friends little Maddi is finally home. They have a nurse visit once a day but she's making progress! Its just terrific that she's home for Christmas.
hayleylea
14-12-2007, 19:38
Yeah im thinking Cooper isnt quite ready for the whole TT thing but it doesnt hurt to try. He told me again he wanted to do a wee. So i took his nappy off and he went over to his potty and nothing happened...but that was ok. Then he was playing in his room and I heard a "uh-oh" went in and he had piddled on the floor lol. He then rang to the potty and finished it off (just a little trickle) so im quite happy considering he has had NO interest what so ever before.
He went to bed at 7 and ive just been lounging around on the lounge. Im just about ready for bed lol. I didnt sleep well last night so im hoping i flake tonight!
Lou - i emailed that photo to you..not sure you will be able to do much with it though - but thats cool ill get you another one soon..
Talk soon. :sleeping:
OH and Lou - have a drink for me too :D
Oh by the way - the neighbours cant see in our yard (unless they come up the driveway and stick their head over the fence) so cooper wasnt seen lol.
Hayley, I think I did alright with the photo? Let me know what you think. Its a bit hard to get it to look natural though with Cooper and Seth's photo's. Cooper's photo looks sunnier than the others and Seths looks quite dark. But I think its fine. I've just guessed and made Seth about the same height as Cooper?
Very cute photo's of the boys!
Maddi is now in bed so I'm now officially drinking alone. Now I've gone past the warm fuzzy stage and already sleepy!
It is very exciting that Cooper is happy to sit on the potty. Once they get that step the rest seems comparatively easy IMO. But we're only at the early stages too so maybe I'm wrong?
might help if I post the link to the photo hey! I'm actually running out of room :dizzy:
October toddlers unite (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/octoberbubbies2007-2.jpg)
hayleylea
14-12-2007, 20:29
Lou it looks good! I should have got one with Cooper in barefeet lol....you did a really good job though! - if you want me to try for a better photo tommorrow i can..not a problem. :yelclap: I would say Seth is roughly the same height as Cooper. He was taller when we met them but not by much...it looks about right anyway :D Well done.
Well im still up but keep telling myself to go to bed lol.
Whatever your happy with Hayley is fine. I thought it was a great idea having Cooper with the ball - very playful and like you said it fits with the park theme.
hayleylea
14-12-2007, 20:38
:thumbsup:Im happy with it Lou - i think you have done an awesome job :thumbsup: (dont mind the dirty ball lol. Cooper decided to rub it in the dirt first before playing with it lol)
Its actually raining outside! YAY! It never rains here in Bendigo and all our plants are dead or dying so its exciting. Last night I think I had a drink for everyone and I have to say I don't feel too bad this morning. Thank goodness as we're off to the IL's for lunch today. I'm really dreading it as I know the MIL is going to be on my back about going to church on Sunday. I won't go into the finer details of things except to say that I'm catholic and Tony is Uniting and she hates it. You should have seen the tears and tantrums (not by me) over our wedding. Anyways, if it comes up again today I'm walking out. Its an ongoing battle that drives us batty. Its not that I'm a devout catholic who won't bend, its that both Tony and I don't like being emotionally blackmailed into going to church. I'll stop there before it gets messy.
The past week has seen Maddi waking in the middle of the night absolutely screaming. I go in there to shush her and convince her all is well but it gets to the point I have to cuddle her, bring her out to the lounge and she will go back to sleep. Its like she's having nightmares. I'm wondering if all the santa sightings have set this off? Yesterday we went Christmas shopping and there were so many santa's I had trouble escaping. Maddi was freaking the whole time. She really is dead scared of the bloke.
Hayley, how is Ange going? How come she doesn't come on here and talk to us anymore? I miss hearing about her and Seth and the pool comps ect. After her Tassie trip she hasn't been on since? Tell her I miss her ok? Seth is adorable in that photo. He's grown up so much!
Well best be off off. I'm in a better mood today and hoping it stays that way for the rest of the month :D
hayleylea
15-12-2007, 07:54
Lou - funny you should mention the wake up calls in the middle of the night. I think Cooper might be having nightmares aswell. LAst night and the night before and once a mums he woke up screaming too. LAst night i couldnt console him but the other nights i just told him it was ok and tucked him in and he was fine. But last night i had to bring him into bed with Trent and I at 3 in the morning cause he was so upset. He was hogging the bed and kept tossing and turning so i got up and slept in his bed lol.
Ange is doing good, im not sure why she doesnt come on here that much, she doesnt come on bubhub much at all really - just busy and stuff i guess. I will tell her you said hello though and you miss her. Seth has grown up hasnt he! He has such a sweet little smile!
As for your INlaws - your MIL does sound like a bit of a Monster In Law doesnt she? lol.
Anyway i better go....Ive gotta get this house clean - i have one of trents friends coming over for dinner tonight and this morning i have to take some photos of all the kids (Cooper and his cousins) for a present for mum at the park. Cooper has a bruise on his face and is hypo as so this should be an interesting "photo shoot" :laughing:
Okey dokey have a great day everyone!
Hey Lou I think you've done a marvellous job of Cooper's photo! I think you're being a bit picky with your own work. I'll get Shane to take some photos today of Immy - looks like it's going to be a home day as it looks like it's about to pour - me on the other hand - 6 hours of shopping by myself - NO KIDS!!!
Even though it's Christmas shopping - pfft, who cares?! Then I have my Hobart mums group meet tonight at 6pm! We're going to a mexican place called Taco's where they serve fishbowl margaritas!! :dizzy: Then we're off to find some lush dessert and play some pool - woohoo!!
Ok gotta go - running late for shops!
Have a great day!
hayleylea
15-12-2007, 13:05
Yep i agree with Anna - Lou you are too hard on yourself and your own work. Im the same lol.
Anna hope you enjoy your shopping trip.
Well i managed to take some photos of the 4 kids today for mums present....none of them want to co-operate AT ALL so i was a bit of a task. I ended up with heaps of photos where 3 of them took really nice one then one was really bad, it was a nightmare to say the least lol. And of course now you have 3 mothers (me, my sister and SIL) that have to pick one out of all of them to give to her. And of course thats a decision in itself because no one picks the same one LMAO. OMG who comes up with these ideas lol. The one they have choose im not that happy with because the kids are all squinting from the sun and its really shadowy - and they dont like the one i choose because its natural. The kids are laughing and mucking around which i thought was cute. But anyway majority rules so im the odd one out...ill just get the other photo done for myself LOL.
Anyway i better head off. I was going to clean up while cooper slept but i havent done a thing!
Hayley, how about a series of 3 photo's in the one frame. That often tells a story about the complications of taking a good photo and looks quite good?
Lou, that photo you've put together looks so cute! Well done. :D Hey, how tall are Seth & Cooper? They don't look much taller than Katelyn in the photo. I alwya thought Katelyn was a shorty. Anna, glad to hear you're feeling better too. And that's great news that your friend's little girl is out of hospital now! :smiliedance:
Hayley, bugger about leaving Cooper's pillow at your mum's place. but great that he didn't notice that the replacement wasn't his proper pillow! Oh how cute Cooper running around in the nuddy & wanting to do a pee outside.
Anna, yeah sometimes I could have a nap at work lol. No, don't get paid per patient thankfully, I just get paid the same amount every fortnight no matter how much work I've done. I think it's got quiet recently because of Christmas approaching. No one wants their scans done they're all on holidays! On quiet days I just do some tidying up & stuff, & surfing the net lol.
Glad to hear your kiddies are feeling better now.
Cath, sorry to hear about Paddy tantrums & that Will's been having trouble sleeping again. You must be so tired.
Fi, sorry to hear Owen's been keeping you up at night. On the peanut butter, we've never actually tried Katelyn with it, so don't know if she likes it or not. I know she likes nutella though!
Well I had a great day yesterday. I don't know if I mentioned but I've got a friend from Adeladie staying for the weekend. She came Thursday night & we spent yesterday at Fremantle just having a look around. Gonna go out to dinner somewhere tonight as well so that should be good. Katelyn's having a nice nap now. Been in bed for nearly 2 hours now, so she should be nice and refreshed when she gets up & will hopefully be really well behaved tonight. Katelyn absolutely loves my friend, which is great, but I'm worried that she'll be upset tomorrow when we're saying goodbye to her at the airport.
Oh, I've got a bad mummy thing to report....:o Last night Katelyn said a bad word....bulls**t! Said it twice quite clearly. Wondered where on earth she picked that up from....then of course later in the night we were playing monopoly & I had to pay money & chucked a little hissy fit & said that word myself.....& now that I think about it I do say it quite a bit.....:o On a brighter note though, I won the monopoly game in the end......cleaned James & my friend completely out!!! :smiliedance:
Anyhoo, that's all for now. Hope everyone's enjoying their weekend!
Hey there Renee! Thanks for the photo compliments, I'm enjoying doing it which is the main thing and I reckon it will be a long time if ever that we get together in the one place. As for the height thing I haven't really applied it yet as I don't have everyone's heights. Maddi is 88cm, Cooper and Seth are 91 and I don't know about the other kids? You made me laugh about the swearing thing. Its funny the things you learn about yourself when you've got a little parrot sitting on your shoulder. I tend to say "huh" a lot and didn't notice until Maddi started to do it and it really annoyed me. It wasn't until one of my friends pointed it out to me that I realized it came from me. I haven't played monopoly in years! I love it, but I also love pictionary.
Maddi and I have just come back from the video store and stocked up. I'm watching pirates of the caribean 2 tonight. Tony is off at a BBQ thing tonight, so its just us girls again tonight. I went out with a couple of friends this arvo for some coffee and cake which was lovely. It was so nice to sit outside and relax with a coffee and not have to rush and be able to concentrate on a conversation.
Lunch at the IL's was all fine until the church thing came up again at which point we walked out. It was terrible and exactly as I predicted this morning. She even came out with the "what happened to my son" line. Tony was so mad he couldn't talk when we left. He just said to his mum thanks for spoiling a lovely lunch. :hissy:.
Anna your day out sounds great. Like you said even if it was for christmas shopping just being out without kids sounds like bliss. AND your getting to go out for dinner too. How lovely.
Oh I've been on here heaps this weekend! Yak Yak Yakkity yak, you guys must be sick of me! :raspberry:
Hi everyone! I'm back from my holiday now and you guys chatted up a storm this week while I was away! I've had a brief read of the posts and think I have caught up on the important stuff.
We had a really great week (even though the weather was pretty lousy for most of it) and it was just so lovely to not have to worry about work. Poor old Troy ended up having to do some work while we were there as one of his client's has got himself into some financial strife and desperately needed some help. It was all ok though, just an hour or two of work here and there. He was a bit antsy about it one day as the stuff he had to do was really urgent, but other than that it was all fine. I think the best bit about our holiday was that our friends were in the apartment upstairs from us (actually it is one very large extended family) and Will loved the fact that he could go up there to play with all his "friends". We have booked again for next year - with the same people upstairs so it should all be good. We were only about 20 minutes from Troy's parents as well so we could visit them a couple of times, and saw some other family members too. So Will had a great week being very social. I just loved having our own space. We often visit Troy's family up there and while it is nice I always feel a bit self conscious about how we parent and whether we are a hassle, disturbing sleep etc. This holiday was the best of both I think. The only other bad thing was that yesterday morning Will woke up with conjunctivitis and has been pretty grumpy and miserable since.
OK - so catching up with all of you!
Sounds like Cooper is going well in the big bed and so is Immy. Ahh - they are so grown up now! Will decided to get up rather early when we were away too and could open his door by himself (we have high door handles here and he can't do that) so the novelty of the patter of little feet early in the morning wore off pretty quick!
Oh No about Cooper's bruise Hayles - these boys certainly know how to do these things! Will had a whopper on his cheek for his birthday so I can totally relate to you. I hope your cold clears up soon as well - no fun at all during the party season.
Lou - your photo is turning out great so far. I will try to get one of Will in the next couple of days. I'm not sure how tall he is though - he was 89cm a couple of months ago but I think he might have had a bit of a growth spurt since then, I know I have had to buy him bigger shoes - maybe I'll see if I can measure him too. The others sound very tall - and Will doesn't seem shorter than the other kids his own age..hm, I'll have to see. Maddi is doing well with the potty thing. Will probably went a bit backwards when we were on holidays in some ways but in others he is still doing great. He has decided the "big" toilet is for him so I might have to invest in one of those step ladder seat things. He's even doing poos on there now which is exciting. He just isn't very consistent with telling you he needs to go - but then holidays were very exciting and there were lots of distractions. Your MIL sounds more and more like Marie Romano every time you tell me something about her! What a nightmare. Man I have good in-laws compared to lots of people. Mine just forget stuff that I think is important.
Fi - you are entitled to the odd breakdown I think. Especially with Owen not sleeping well - let alone the heat. I can't cope with high humidity when it is hot and never have. I can't imagine living without a/c - I always feel like I can't breathe when it is really humid like that. It must be hard with the little ones too - I always feel so sorry for them with their little sweaty heads! Claire was so lovely when you had your little cry, Will did something similar a while back when I was having a very hormonal moment and had a big bawl about nothing. He asked if I wanted a cuddle and then looked at me and said "Oh dear - big tears, need a tissue" and ran off and brought me about 6. And then gave me a another cuddle. I think after that I was crying about how beautiful he was! They can be so lovely at this age can't they?
Anna - that sounded like a nasty, nasty tummy bug you had. Poor little Immy too, what a fright she must have had with all that vomit. I still cry if I ever vomit so she has my sympathy! I think it is the worst thing in the world. You have to tell us what the doctor says about the whole ferning thing. That's just weird. Or you are UTD and it's still too early.... :laughing: I know I am being a bit cheeky.
Cath - you sound like you have had a rough week. I think Dean should get you a half day at a day spa or something for Christmas. (This from the girl who spoilt herself with a facial this week). I imagine it would be very hard with the two boys right now. I hope Dean being home over the holiday period can really help settle things down for you. Oh and just to make you feel better I have rung and asked Troy to come home before and I only have Will. So you are just human!
Renee - your work sounds so quiet lately! I hope Katelyn has a lovely weekend with your friend (and that you have a great night out as well). Katelyn is such a cutie with her little pigtails and cheeky grin. Oh - and don't worry about the bad word thing - you wouldn't know this but one of Will's very first words (right in front of Troy's parents :o) was "bugger"! Right in context too. They all do it and suddenly you realise exactly what you say and how often you do it!
My big gripe for the week is that even though all our renos are now approved it looks like they can't start til late Feb thanks to all the rain and storms Sydney has had lately. I can't imagine it will all be done before bub 2 arrives which was the original plan. Thank goodness most of the work is separate to the house but it might mean we need to rent some storage space for a while so that we can get the baby's room set up. Seriously - when you work from home you would not believe the amount of stuff you accumulate and have to have.
Anyway -I think I have chewed your ears of long enough. I hope you are all well (or getting better!) and having a nice Saturday night!
Oh Anna - I almost forgot. I had a good giggle at the Anoushka thing! My name is Tania which comes from the russian name Tatiana and I cannot tell you how many people over the years have insisted on calling me that. Mainly elderly, Russian clients - but seriously.... I think the bit I found funniest is that you are Greek right? With a Russian first name - what a classic!
Hey Tan! Good to see you back!
Just quickly as I have kids to feed and bath and dress . .
I went shopping again today by myself and didn't get home til 5pm! I just hate shopping if I don't know what I'm shopping for though.
I just went through the gift cupboard earlier and I seriously think I'll be keeping a lot of stuff back for birthdays! :D
Tan - LOL about the Russian name thing - actually my 2 sets of grandparents are Greek/Greek & Russian/Polish so that's where the name thing comes into it - but to look at me, I think I look a little more on the Greek side!
As for being UTD we REALLY don't have any idea!
I stopped testing 2 days ago cos I was out of tests and can't afford anymore, however AF still hasn't shown and the maybe baby is ferning so pretty! LOL! :laughing: I'll call the Dr tomorrow and might make an appointment for Wednesday and see if my friend can watch the kids for me so I can focus on talking to the Dr. I'll let you all know.
Ok better go - Shane's gone up to get groceries and my 3 darling angels are clambering all over the couch and have all the cushions thrown everywhere. It's so nice that Immy is playing so well with the old two now, although she can spit it BIG TIME if she doesn't get her own way or if they're tormenting her.
Ok gotta go,
talk soon!
xoxo
hayleylea
16-12-2007, 19:53
Hey just a quick one from me...
Lou - I like your idea about the 3 photo thing. Thing is my sister and SIL are very very stubborn. Doesnt matter though....Im going to make a little album with all the photos i took in it so mum can have a giggle at the frustration that took place! :laughing:
Renee - I had a giggle at you and your monopoly playing! lol. Its funny how much little kids pick up isnt it! we really have to watch ourselves...well not so much me but my BIL has a foul mouth and he has got my finger waved at him many a times latley!! But its far worse then Bullsh!t - Cooper hasnt said anything like that yet. Although he does call Sticks - D!cks which is pretty funny! lol.
Tan - Great to have you back!!!!!!!! IVE MISSED YOU! Im so glad you guys had a nice relaxing time - you deserve it!! Thats no good about the renos - it can be so frustrating at times cant it!!! We have hit many brickwalls with tradies - especially this time of year.
Speaking of renos - we have had a HUGE day today. Leaving here at 8.30 and not getting back till 5.30 then we had to go the MILS for dinner and have only just walked back in the door!!! Cooper has been an angel and even slept for us out there with all the banging and stuff we were doing. It was a late sleep though - he curled up on my knee and went to sleep at about 2.30 i thought he was just giving me a cuddle and in a matter of 2 minutes he was asleep! So i put him in the portacot and he slept for about an hour or so. Then excitement plus at grandmas house cause she is a christmas nut and has every decoration under the sun and most of them make noises so he had a ball and was sooooooooo hypo!!! He had a ball though and after his hard work today (yes he works just as hard as us lol) it was good to see him so excited about something other then drills and wood! :laughing:
Ok thats it from me i need to lie down and then head to bed..
Oh Anna - ill be staying posted to hear the news!!
Ok I managed to steal a couple of mins before I have to head to bed. I'm going to zonk out as I've taken an antihistamine for my hayfever (a safe one for breastfeeding).
Tan I'm so glad your holiday went well, we all missed you heaps! The apartment sounds AWESOME! I'd love to rent out a place like that! Bugger about Troy having to work - I hope he charged triple time! LOL! :D Well done with Will and the potty training efforts! I'm very proud of him! Keep up your good work! Bugger about the delay in starting the reno's but thankfully that's better than not having plans approved! Look on the bright side - you'll have the Chrissy holidays to relax and not have to worry about tradies running through your place.
Hayles - sounds like another busy day for you. Will it ever end?!! I'm sure you're asking yourself the same question! LOL! As for the photos - I think the fairest way to choose which should be the one to give is to place them upside down, shuffle them around and get someone else to pick one! Good luck with it anyway!
Lou - I'm still working on a photo of Immy for you! I'm having trouble loading them from my camera. I haven't yet figured out the magical combination of plugging the cord into the computer and pushing certain buttons to get the photos to load. Then it always brings up some other sort of program with it too which I have to click out of coz I never use it (yet!) And I also just realised that it doesn't automatically delete the photos from my camera after I download them so I have a near 500 sitting on there taking up space! (Well, which is really just a speck on an 8GB card! :laughing:)
Oh Lou I'm just catching up and that's GREAT about your friend's little Maddi! That sure is some fast recovery! I hope she'll start recovering much faster now she's home and in her own surroundings. Oh I was so excited to hear that! I hope they have a fantastic Christmas together.
BTW, Maddi's not the only one who's petrified of Santa! Immy will yell out when he's on the tv and get really excited but even walk past the display at the shops and she flips :rolleyes:.
Oh - what's the deal with MIL blackmailing you to go to church? Why does she want you to go and why's there so much tension about it all? Hope you don't mind me asking.
Renee - PMSL about Katelyn saying the word bullsh!t!! The worst I've (so far) had any of the kids repeat is ********* - and that was Chelsea when she was all of 3 when some idiot cut me off while driving! I was so shocked that I had to pull the car over and explain that mummy said a very naughty word and that we shouldn't say it again! LMAO!
Your monopoly game sounded fun though - although I don't ever remember finishing a whole game before! Shane and I are big board game fans too - we love things like pictonary, yahtzee, scattegories and when you have a group of people (and a few drinks on hand!) a REALLY fun game to play is Taboo! You just HAVE to try it one day!
Last night I went out with the Hobart girls to dinner which was really nice. We all ended up having mocktail margarita's though as 2 were pregnant, one was TTC and I (a) didn't want to take any chances and (b) didn't want to be the only one drinking! We then headed up to a little bar in North Hobart and played a few games of pool (oh we were all so rusty but it was good fun!) then we went and had some LUSH dessert at a little cafe place not far away. I can't wait for the next meet - these girls are great and we've had many nearly-wet-myself-laughing moments! Next meet we're planning dinner then disco bowling! :D
Ok my little eyes are sore and heavy so I'll have to come write again tomorrow. Chelsea has 2 days left of kinder EVER - tomorrow they have an excursion to Risdon Brook Dam where the parents can all go join them for lunch; and Tuesday is the end of year party so yet another plate of goodies that I have to whip up for her to take. Thankfully both days are free dress which is good coz I can't be bothered ironing her school dress! LOL! Ooo girls you all must remind me tomorrow to go buy 2 x Christmas lillies to give to Chelsea's teacher & teacher's aid to say thank you.
Ok I'm really off now, my chin is nearly resting on the computer desk and I'll be asleep in about 2 mins if I don't get myself upstairs.
:fingerscrossed: I get my AF tonight and I don't have to book in for the Dr (mark these words ladies, you'll never ever again hear me say I WANT my AF) I think as of tomorrow it'll be safe to say that I'll be overdue. :gloomy:
Nighty night
xoxo
hayleylea
17-12-2007, 06:04
Anna - Will it EVER end???? YEP! lol there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Sorry you guys must get sick of my ever ending renovating saga :laughing: The gyprocker goes in tommorrow (final lot of gyprocking!) Painting on thursday/friday and the carpet gets laid saturday!!!!! :smiliedance: Our kitchen floor wont be done till jan some time but we are pretty much to move in early to mid jan!! Then of course we have the task of decks etc outside but atleast we will be out there!
OK i better go and get dressed before this boy wakes up. We have so much to do today!! Instead of giving mum one photo i have managed to talk the others into a scrap booking frame (which i have to do but doesnt bother me!) so we can have lots of photos in it and then everyone is happy lol. So have to go get all that stuff together...do the shopping for the week...get some last minute pressies, clean the house, and then hopefully sit down lol.
Talk soon
Morning all,
I think we all must have had very busy Sundays - it was quiet in here yesterday!
Of course once we got home it started raining here so there is washing all over our house trying to dry. I will definitely be using the dryer today (I try really hard not to use it often) - can't stand looking like I live in a laundromat.
Hey did you guys hear about the hail storm Sydney had about a week ago? Well - we live right in the middle of where all the damage was and by some miracle we have survived relatively unscathed. A couple of our awnings are quite dinted but considering it is tarp city (lots of people had cracked tiles and skylights) around here we are very, very happy. We had a friend come around while we we away to check so we were pretty confident things were ok but it was a bit of a relief to see it for ourselves. I'm actually glad we weren't home - the hail was literally the size of tennis balls (some friends took some photos for us to see) - it would have been very, very, loud!
Well Anna - I thought you must have been late already! I hate to say it but I would not be trusting those tests you did one bit! I don't trust anything until after AF is due and even then probably not for a week. I hope it all sorts itself out soon though! You sound like you had a good night the other night - a girls night out sounds like fun to me.
Hayley - how exciting that you will be moving in soon. All that hard work is paying off. I hear you loud and clear about the Christmas present thing. I don't think the 3 of us could ever give my parents one pressie! Cooper is such a good boy with all the renos going on around him isn't he?
I'm afraid to say that we don't think Will is very well at the moment. First there was the conjunctivitis but he has been quite cranky and irritable as well. Then he was crying in the night with what sounded like a wheeze and the beginning of croup. We gave him some nurofen and he settled down but this morning he had the worst nappy ever - it's definitely a nappy day here, no big boy undies today. I don't trust it. He seems ok in himself, just quite irritable I guess. We'll just have to watch him and see what happens. That wheeze is just the worst though!
OK - gotta go, I plonked Will in front of Play School a minute ago and I need to send some e-mails for work.
Hope you all have a great day.
Feeling very sad and sorry for myself today.
Woke up and my feet and calves are hurting from walking town Sat/Sun in bad shoes.
Not only that I was walking out the door with the kids at 8:45am when I realised that Shane hadn't replaced the kids car seats in the car! He took the car to work on Friday so he could come home early, but he'd taken the seats out and put them in the boot so he could take his work mates down to their Christmas lunch. Since the kids have been home with Shane all weekend he hadn't replaced them.
OMG I was so mad! I had to take the kids back inside and go and install 2 booster seats with H-harnesses, a maxi rider and a baby car seat in the reversable position. Took me over 20 mins and I was swearing through my teeth coz it was such a hard job to do (coz I like them done up nice and tight).
Then I went back inside to get the kids, picked up Alex, turned, stepped on something and twisted my ankle. I fell to the ground with Alex in my arms but thankfully instinct kicked in and I whipped my hand up to protect his head while my other hand went out to break the fall. Alex didn't even touch the ground but I ended up landing hard on my knee which crunched terribly, and also on my wrist which buckled and my elbow. The girls were outside and I just lay there sobbing with Alex next to me. It hurt so much. :(
Sorry for the sook, I'm still so upset and I think if Shane called then I'd lay into him good and proper so he'd better not call!
Suppose I'd better go clean up before we make our way out to the park where Chelsea's class is going for an excursion today. Parents are invited to join them for lunch. Weather is cool and overcast so we'll see if I feel like it when Alex wakes from his nap.
Hope you've all had a better start to the day than I have - oh wait, that's probably not that hard to do :rolleyes:.
xoxo
Hey Tan - must have been posting at the same time as you.
Oh my goodness! Hail the size of tennis balls?! I think I'd be glad to have been away too - that would have scared me too much! Glad most things escaped damage! For those who were affected by it - would their insurance companies cover this sort of damage? I imagine it would be a freak of nature type event right?
Oh what do you mean you wouldn't trust the tests? I sort of figured that if I was going to get my AF this month then I'd have been due the weekend just gone as I got my AF on the 17th of Nov. With all my other kids - as they were planned - I got a BFP at least 3-4 days before AF was even due so I just figured that if on Friday (the last test I did) I got another BFN then that was the true result. Stupid maybe baby is still ferning, and apart from the fact that it looks so pretty, I'm starting to really wonder what it all means.
The thing is, I've gone through so many emotions in the last 7 days - from shock, to worry, to acceptance, to dissappointment, to acceptance again and now starting to worry again. I'm even taking folate and my preggy vitamins as a just in case - can't hurt right? And then if I AM UTD I won't be stressed that I didn't take any. Gosh I'm a worry wart!
Anyway, I refuse to buy any more tests as I've spent enough this last week on them so I'll just have to get off my butt and make a Dr's appointment - I think I'm procrastinating because I think that as soon as I make the appointment my AF will arrive - or while I'm waiting in the office for my turn! LOL!
Anyway, outwardly you wouldn't think I was stressed but inside it's a bit of a battle to stay calm at the moment but I think I'm winning - whatever will be will be right? Another little blessing is something that we know wouldn't be the end of the world.
Now I really have to go do something - it's really quite cool today, or could that be because I'm sitting here on my butt doing nothing?!!:rolleyes::laughing:
Oh Anna - you poor thing! I hope you are not too battered and bruised. I would be very annoyed with Shane too. :mad:
All I meant about the preggy test thing was that I think they say a negative result is not very reliable before AF is due and sometimes not for a week afterwards. I suspect in your case it has more to do with the hormones related to BF though - especially with the ferning. AF had returned before but not regularly right?
I'd be tempting fate and making that doctor's appt - bring on AF!
hayleylea
17-12-2007, 10:54
Tania - Yep Cooper has suprised me so much how good he has been with the renos and the long days. I really feel bad on him somedays because its a long day for me little own a 2 year old...but he just soilders on with a smile on his face. I keep telling him his been a really good boy so Santa might have a few special presents and he just laughs lol. Im planning on making Christmas day really really special for the 3 of us though, nice and relaxing and lots of fun...we deserve it! :D
Trent and I went to sydney the next day after the huge hail storm there (and saw the hail stones on the news!!! WOWSERS they were huge!) Anyway We saw all the tarps on roofs etc..looks pretty bad!! Some houses were a wreck and then amazingly there were ones in the middle with not a mark on them....You were very lucky Tan!!
Oh No about Will being sick either! I hope its nothing too bad. I also suspect Cooper is coming down with a cold. HE looks really tired today and has a bit of a sniffle...my neice and sister are sick as dogs today too which isnt a good sign cause he spent a bit of time with them on the weekend - oh well cant help these things! It could just be hayfever with him because its been soooo windy here the last few days and pollen and stuff flying around everywhere!!!
Well we went down the street. I decided NO to the dress i told you about a week back. Instead i opted for a top and skirt for christmas day...well at this stage its a skirt but ill probably change to a pair of nice shorts lol. Im not a real girly girl when it comes to clothes id rather put on a pair of shorts and a nice top rather then wear as skirt or a dress :o See how i go anyway.
Cooper was excellent down the street. Even while i was trying on numerous amounts of clothes - oh what i wouldnt give to go shopping by myself though. It seems to take me twice as long with Cooper and then i forget things! i got most of the groceries though, have to pick the photos up at 3 this afternoon which im not looking forward to going back down the street cause its a mad house!
Anyway im off to do a big clean up while Coopers in bed. I put him there about 15 minutes ago cause he was a bit whingy and there is silence so thats a good sign.
OH almost forgot - Anna - you poor thing falling over - lucky you thought quick with Alex, as you said though its just instinct. I would have been furiuos if i was you too.
Look out shane when he gets home! :mad:lol that is if you arent over it by then lol. Nah i hope you manage to get some rest today. Stay off your ankle for a bit.
ok better go..
Oh my goodness I'm so so proud!
Chelsea got her very first school report today and she did amazingly! They obviously have a fairly basic grading system at this level although she was rated the highest at Standard 1 which goes from K-2 so her level of rating is at grade 2!
Just had to share some of the comments - hope you don't mind!
"Chelsea views herself positively as a reader and writer and has displayed aptitude for this learning area"
"Chelsea displays a love of music and movement and is keen to suggest a singing or music activity" :laughing:
Overall Comments from Teacher:
"Chelsea is an enthusiastic, friendly, confident and capable little girl who has developed positive relationships with her friends and adults. Chelsea delights in all aspects of the kinder program, especially music and dramatic play and literacy and numeracy activities. Chelsea is a willing contributor to class discussions (LOL! Nice way of saying she likes to talk a lot! :D) and also displays good attentive listening skills. Chelsea has been a delightful student who has added a real sense of fun and an infectious joy for life to the kinder group."
Thanks for letting me share my proud mummy moment! :hugs:
hayleylea
17-12-2007, 19:25
Anna - sounds like Chelsea is doing very well :yelclap: You must be very proud.
Im off...Cooper has a runny nose and cough this afternoon...and its getting progressivley worse. He is bed now coughing pretty bad god love him. I just gave him some demazin to try and stop the runny nose so hopefully that kicks in for him.
Anyway im off to watch Cold case.
Night guys.
Oh Anna how fantastic about Chelsea's report - you must be so proud. It all seems so grown up. It is going to spin me out when Paddy is getting school reports -too cute. What a job putting 4 carseats back in a car - not fun (especially when you were heading out the door)! We have to buy Paddy a new carseat this week so Will can take over his as the capsule we hired is due back in a couple of weeks and WIll is really getting too big for it anyway. Good luck with the doctor/pregnancy thing. You musn't be able to stop thinking about it.
Hayley you are one busy woman. How many weeks pregnant are you now? You must be feeling so tired. Paddy and Will both have colds too at the moment poor little boys. Will was awake coughing a couple of times last night and I had to get him and feed him both times to get him back to bed poor bubba.
Welcome back Tan! Great to hear you had a good holiday -sounds excellent. I saw that crazy storm on the news -you're probably right about it being better to be away - might have freaked poor Will out.
Lou how annoying about the IL's and the whole religion thing - it is so wrong when you are an adult and have people at you about religion (we have issues now and then with my parents too). Excellent to hear about your friend's little Maddi going home.
Renee how funny about Katelyn's new word. They take everything in don't they.
We had a busy weekend taking Paddy to a swimming lesson on Saturday (which freaked him out at the start but he was starting to warm up in the end) and then going to our Mother's Group Christmas party in the park yesterday. This morning we went out and bought a sandpit at Bunnings for the boys for Christmas and went and got a birthday present for Dean's Mum. Tomorrow we are out for lunch for Dean's parents birthdays (his Mum's today and his Dad's on Wednesday and then Dean's on Saturday - crazy December family). We have all sorts of other stuff happening this week but I won't bore you with the details. I am loving having Dean on holiday's already and am looking forward to doing some fun things over the next 3 weeks.
Anyway just a quick check in for now. I will chat again soon.
wow its been busy in here. Tan welcome back from holidays. Sounds like you had a wow of a time and so did Will. You were so lucky that you missed hail damage :smiliedance:. Thank goodness. And thats so exciting about Will using a big toilet. He's going to be wearing big boy undies all the time soon enough. And YES your so right about the Ramones. Thats pretty much my life sadly!
Anna how's your ankle? 4 carseats is no minor job thats for sure. I puff and pant enough when I have to put Maddi's in let alone another 3. No wonder you were ropeable. Hopefully Shane has given you a lovely foot rub to make up for it. That school report is glowing isn't it. So is Chelsea getting a special reward for such a good report? Can't blame you for being so proud, I'd be proud too. Imagine what her Nona is going to say!
Cath it sounds like your holiday is going well already. Its heaps better when the blokes are around isn't it. Are you going to take off one day to do a spot of shopping all by yourself?
Not too much to report from here. I bought myself a dress off ebay, cost me all of $14. Hope its as nice as the photo was. Its for a wedding in Feb so I'm hoping I've just saved us some $. Speaking of $ we just got our tax return in the mail and HELLOO cash! Tony and I were so excited we did a happy dance in the kitchen. Pretty funny.
OK I'm off to put this child to bed. She really is fighting the sleep fairy these days.
hayleylea
18-12-2007, 07:37
Cath - Ill be 7 months on the 26th of december according to my ultrasound!! I Cant believe its going so quick! Probably because of how busy i have been. Im off to orange today (next town outside of bathurst) to pick up Coopers final layby and to look at tiles for our fireplace! So a busy day again...not what i feel like doing cause i woke up with the sorest throate today and Cooper is snot city!
Anyway i better head off.
Talk soon
Hello all,
Hayley I hope you are not coming down with anything nasty! Not good for Christmas festivities if you are. Oh WOW - 7 months! That little bubba will be here before we know it!
Lou - Maddi just doesn't like to miss out on anything does she? What a night owl she is turning into. If she misses her day nap will she go to bed earlier? I know some kids stop day napping at this age (but I'd go insane without my midday break). I guess though one bonus is that you could take Maddi out somewhere at night without too many hassles, Will's just hopeless after about 7/7:30.
Cath - you sound like you are well and truly in holiday mode. I can't believe all those birthdays in Dean's family the week before Christmas! That's insane and not very well planned at all! How stressful - I would seriously hate that.
Anna - you are one proud Mummy. I bet Chelsea is one little chatterbox at school! She is doing very well. How cute - first report cards. The standing joke in our house is that Troy's mid year kindergarten report says he knows his address and can tie his shoelaces but his end of year report (same year) says he has forgotten them! :laughing:
Well - I gave Will some cough medicine before bed last night and that seemed to help a lot. He woke once about 4:30 this morning but that was because he was cold more than anything. He seems ok today.
We had some sad news this morning. My best friend's hubby rang and told me they had a miscarriage and my friend is in hospital today having a curette. I felt so sad - she was about 10 weeks and they were so excited. I had a bit of a cry and then sent them a little succulent garden in a pot. I feel a bit like I can't visit right now - it would feel a bit like rubbing their noses in it with me being PG. It's a bit hard to know what to do I guess.
Anyway - I had better go - time for Will to go to bed.
Chat more later.:wave:
Oh Tan I am so sorry to hear about your friend -was that the friend who had cancer? How awful! Ten weeks is such a long time to get excited and start planning things especially if it is her first pregnancy. The poor things. It is so hard to know what to do -just ask her how she is going and be there for her really.
Hayley that's nuts you are 7 months pregnant -where has that time gone?
Lou how unreal about the tax return -are you going to buy anything exciting. I am definitely planning a shopping trip on my own sometime in the next 3 weeks.
Oh damn - I thought Will was going to settle himself off to sleep but it's not sounding good - better go. Chat again soon.
Hey girls,
Just quick coz I'm supposed to be going to bed.
Tan - I'm so sorry to hear about your friend's m/c. That's a very sweet idea sending a little plant. I'm sure your friend won't feel like you're rubbing their nose in it by being pregnant - after all, what can you do about it? I hope they're able to try again when they're ready. LMAO about Troy's kinder report card though! Shane thought that was a bit funny! LOL!
I hope Will has a restful night's sleep tonight.
Cath - I hope Will ended up settling to sleep ok tonight. I'm getting really tired of Alex waking for a feed - even if it is getting later and later (now it's around 5am which is TERRIBLE coz I just can't go back to sleep). Tonight I stuffed him full of farrex - I swear it was about to come out his ears!! But he kept gobbling it down - I think it's nearly time for pumpkin or potato (can't remember what to start real food with???)
Hayles - holy cow! 7 months?! Where did that time go?!! So you've got about 10 weeks to go right? Or a little less? Any more news on the PNG plans? How'd your trip to Orange go? Slow down woman, you need to rest!
Lou - LMAO at your little happy dance in the kitchen! :laughing: I SOOO wish I was a fly on the wall so I could have seen that! :D
Not sure if I'm going to do anything special for Chelsea. I think instead of buying her something as a well done - I'm going to invest in one of those school memory books where each year she can stick her school photo in, draw a picture, make a list of her class mates/friends etc and keep her report cards in. I've already found some that I like on ebay and the seller has done me a deal on 4 of them (may as well get them all now LOL!).
Ok well I'd better go. I've been busy all night sorting lots of photos for you girls!
Lou - Immy was being such a little turd today so I couldn't get a nice one of her. I promise to keep trying every day!
The pics I'm about to put in photobucket include Immy's new room and general photos of the kids.
I'll post the link when it's done - probably tomorrow.
I'm off to bed, so tired after a busy day.
Will fill you in tomorrow.
xoxo
hayleylea
19-12-2007, 06:33
Hey guys
Tan - your poor friend. That must be horrible! That was lovely of you to send that plant - as for going to see her I dont think it would be rubbing it either but you have to do what you feel comfortable with. :hugs:
I had a giggle at Troys report card too lol too funny!!
Cath - I hope Will ended up sleeping good for you last night.
Anna - Im 30 weeks and 1 day so yeah 10 weeks left! it will be here before i know it. I cant believe how fast it has come around I really cant. As for slowing down - i wish i could! its just such a busy time a year especially with everything for our house...which has hit another standstill which is resulting in Trent having to drive to wollongong today or tommorrow CRAZY!!! We are waiting on money from the bank and the loan documents were sent out till yesterday and will arrive today and if we dont get them back to them by the end of the week then we wont be able to get the money till nearly the end of JAN which isnt good enough for us right now. So trent is going to drop them off personally which means we will have the money by the end of the week and it will keep us back on track for moving in on mid jan.
Well my cold got worse and worse yesterday. Nose wouldnt stop running and i couldnt stop sneezing! Feeling a bit better today. Cooper seems better today too. Not as runny a nose, a little cough here and there but all in all he is happy! (which is a vast improvement on yesterday! :hair: Cooper had his cranky pants on well and truly ALL day!) Trip to orange was pretty hectic because of cranky cooper but we got all we had too...picked up some bargains at Kmart - a maternity denim skirt on a clearance rack for 20 and there was also a special on 30% off fisher price and barbie. Anyway i saw this elmo bath toy - Cooper loves ELMO and this propells for the water - he hasnt had a bath till now (in our new house) so i thought i would get it for him and it had fisher price on the box so i thought cool 30% off so that brings it down to $5 BARGAIN. And I got a barbie fairytopia tambourine for one of Trents cousins little girls thinking also 30% - ($7) got to the counter and they told me no they werent 30% off because they were seaseme street and fairytopia not just fisher price and barbie :banghead: I argued the point that the sign didnt say that and they agreed and gave them both to me for $30 off :devil::raspberry:
I have Coopers christmas party for play group today. I wasnt going to go but I think Cooper will really enjoy it so we might go and see Santa and get his present and come home. i dont want him spreading his germs..mind you i think his pretty much OK anyway. His nose is only clear. We had to get them a $5 present for santa to give them. I got him a $5 hotwheels bike he will love it..he loves bikes!
Anyway i gotta go get ready...talk soon.
Hi girls,
My friend that had the m/c is not the one that had the cancer - that particular friend is doing very well and is going to have her 18 week scan on Saturday! This friend was my bridesmaid and I was hers etc. We have been friends for years and years. Her husband grew up with mine so it's all pretty chummy! They have one little girl already, she is 2.5. I felt very sad for them as they have trouble falling pregnant to begin with (serious cycle issues) and they have other medical issues with Adrian as well. I won't bore you with the details but he has a benign tumor on his spine that keep reappearing and causing problems. Anyway we had been all excited about being PG together.
Funny you should mention that Immy was "a turd" yesterday -Will was a right horror too. So far this morning its not looking so good either. I think yesterday was a reaction to the stupid cough medicine I gave him the night before - I wrote a post in general health about it and apparently cough medicine is not recommended for little ones anymore because they do tend to go a bit funny! Anyway, yesterday he mucked around about having a sleep and then only had an hour before I woke him up, and then he mucked around again when he went to bed last night. He had absolutely no attention for anything at all yesterday and it wore me right out! He's also doing the wake up in the night thing again which is frustrating me (although Troy did it last night and I don't even remember). I think it frustrates me more because there is absolutely nothing I can do about it - we just have to ride it out. The last 2 weeks he has shown some improvement in that there have been a few nights where he didn't do it at all - so I am trying to focus on those and tell myself that eventually he will stop doing it. I am sure that teenagers don't yell out in the middle of the night for Mummy.
Gosh - I am having a whinge today aren't I? I have back to back work appointments today and then my Christmas party tonight and to be honest I am actually quite glad that I'll be out most of the day. Troy can deal with Will. Oh - the naughty spot in the cot is going to have to graduate to one on the floor. Aside from the fact that the cot will be needed for something else in the not too distant future, Will has decided that he can amuse himself in there by jumping up and down, singing nursery rhymes and making animal noises. I don't think it is serving the purpose anymore!:laughing: He is a cheeky boy.
Hayley - good for you sticking up for yourself in that shop. You were so right and they should give it to you for the discounted price! I hope your cold gets better soon and that Cooper stays happy for you. We should burn all the cranky pants so that they can't come back!
Alright - I should go. Sorry about the big grumble, I think it is just one of those days...
Morning :wave:
Well I'm going to be a terrible mess today for a few different reasons.
I don't even remember how many times Alex woke last night - all I remember is the horrible grunt/growl sounds he was making which was just sooo frustrating. He wasn't upset or crying, just playing around making that noise. I'm going to give him some more farrex this morning but I think I might have to start him on some proper food really soon. I'm just trying to stretch him out to 6 months as much as I can.
Another reason I'll be crabby is that guess who showed up last night? Dear old AF! Hopefully she'll be kind to me with all she's put me through being a little late. So that's 2 months in a row now so I guess she's here to stay - meaning no more oopsies. I was actually both a little relieved but more disappointed that it showed up. Been thinking a lot more lately about feeling like I'm just not done yet - and I think I might want a 5th. But then where the heck does it end?!! :dizzy: I think DH is afraid that I'll never feel like we're done.
Anyway better get moving - my friend is dropping her two girls down here today so she can do her Christmas grocery shopping in peace. While the kids are all playing happily I really should start sorting some more stuff - I have clothes all over the house and I really should get the cot all set up for Alex to move into the nursery - I'd be interested to see if it made any difference to his sleeping.
I'll pop back in later and catch up.
Have a good day everyone!
xoxo
hayleylea
19-12-2007, 12:21
Hi guys
Tan - well hopefully when your friend is ready she can try again and it all happens quickly for her and its a healthy full term pregnancy!
Oh havent we had a busy morning! Loan documents finally arrived this morning at 8am (our out of town postie dropped it to our in town house before he did his rounds - what a lovely man!) So i then had to go get trent from work at 8.30, go get everything signed at the broker we went through, go find a jp to witness signatures etc. Then Trent dropped us off at our playgroup christmas party and he is now in wollongong dropping the papers off lol
The christmas party was a blast. They had a jumping castle there and Cooper had a really good time. But there was a mishap and i think i am going to be wearing a black eye because of it!! :eek: One of the older kids turned off the compressor for jumping castleand Cooper and a couple of the other younger kids were up to the top on the slide of the jumping castle. Have you ever seen how fast them things deflate?? OMG i was sitting at the foot of the jumping castle makikng sure none of the little kids fell off when they come down the slide and next minute one of the mothers is screaming to get all the kids off. All i saw was Cooper and the 2 other youngest kids up the top with one of the older one. And their heads were slowly being sunken in by the top of the jumping castle. I didnt even have time to think and i raced up clawing my way up the slide. Grabbed the younger ones and basically threw them down the slide...(no one was hurt but it was all i could do!) Then the older one freaked out (she doesnt like small places) and i grabbed her but she jumped and her head ended up smack bang in my eye and i couldnt see a thing out of it. Managed to grab Cooper and get him out. We got to the bottom and by then one of the mothers had turned it back on so it come back up. OMG it was so freaky! You always hear on the news about tragedys happening with things like that - it was hot in there too cause its quite hot today. Needless to say the one that turned it off got in huge trouble...but it didnt stop Cooper from wanting to go back on at all lol. Little bugger. I was quite glad he went back on though because atleast i didnt scare him for life. Everyone was screaming out for the kids and yet i was the only one that went on to get them and im 7 months pregnant!! Then they said to me - you shouldnt be doing that when your pregnant - i was like well i wasnt going to leave them there especially when my son is up there. It was really just a scare more then anything but i couldnt stop shaking!
one of the dads dressed up as santa clause and the kids thought it was sooooooooooooooooo good. It was really funny cause he didnt even know he was going to do it he just turned up and we said pleeeaaase. So heres santa in a sant aoutfit and thongs - priceless. Cooper loved him!! he even cried when he left. The guys kids didnt even know it was him either it was very cute.
Anna - sorry to hear AF has arrived. As for the decision about not feeling like your finished...Your a machine girl! You sound like my mum if my dad didnt die i reckon there would have been atleast 3 more of us! So does she! You have a while to make the decision though, alex is still a baby and you guys arent old - so it will all work itself out sooner or later.
Oh and its official Cooper loves babies!! theres twins at playgroup who havent been for ages and he just loved them. And i thought he would be the real jealous type if mummy held another baby but that wasnt the case at all. Infact he got cranky when i gave them back!!! lol. He was so cute with them too giving them toys to play with and saying their names and holding their hands. Beautiful!! not sure if it will be the same when its MY baby but he wasnt too keen on them going home with their mum he wanted them to come with me LMAO!
Anyway im off. Coopers asleep and i havent had lunch yet. talk soon.
YAY its holiday time for me! My last working day was today and boy I reckon I crawled to the end. I'm so TIRED this week and Maddi hasn't been sleeping which is probably the reason why I'm so tired.
Cath I just looked at my hotmail and saw the first lot of photo's you had sent me of Paddy. They were very funny. Yes, getting them to stand still for a photo is one challenge that I'm still facing with Maddi. Now she tends to frown at me as if to say GO AWAY MUM.
Anna, so your good 'ol AF fairy turned up eventually. Sounds to me like you'd rather be UTD??? WTH are you thinking? I get tired just having Maddi and here you are with 4 kids and wanting another. I admire your ability Anna, I really do. Wish I had the stamina you do. How is your ankle going?
Hayley, I can't believe you rescued the kids at 7 months pregga's. But like you said when your kids in there nothing is going to stop you saving them. But me at 7 months - well I had a huge bump and being able to leap into sagging jumping castles would have resulted in a save the whale campaign just for me. The christmas party sounded like a good time anyway.
Tan, I hope you have a great time at your Christmas party tonight. Have you settled back into a good routine since you've come back from holidays? There must be a full moon or something because Maddi is also in a grump this week and has been a real handful.
TIme for dinner !
hayleylea
19-12-2007, 17:49
LOL Lou - you crack me up with the whole save the whale campaign.
My belly is by no means small (has grown and grown and grown since that little bump photo i sent) But like you said when your kid is in trouble its just instinct. I wouldnt say i saved their lifes. It could have been worse then what it actually was. It was just a bit scary thats all.
Cooper was a right little bugger yesterday but good as gold today. Lou i hope maddi finds her happy pants for you now you are offically on holidays!! :smiliedance:
OK gotta go. This boy needs me to settle down for bed.
Trent should be home in about half an hour im hoping to get him down before that or else he will never go to sleep if he sees Daddy!!
Hayles I know exactly what you mean about instinct. I think I'd have done the exact same as you. Shame on the kid who turned the machine off - I really hope they got into some serious trouble - like you said, people could have been hurt or suffocated under one of those big things. Glad to hear everyone is ok and although I'm sorry to hear about your eye - I'd love to see a pic if you end up with a shiner! LOL! :D(:shame: Anna!)
Tan - I'm glad to hear that your friend who had cancer is still happily pregnant - but it's sad that you won't be going through your pregnancy with your other friend. I hope that there's a plan for them in the future and they'll be blessed again.
How'd your day end up today? I hope you're out relaxing at your party right now and having a few sparkling apple juices!
Lou - YAY for the holidays for you! Hope to get to chat to you a bit more - Shane's last day tomorrow and he's off until Jan 2 - Chelsea's birthday. He's looking at taking some leave late Jan but we haven't decided yet.
About the stamina - hmm . . . not sure if that's what I'd call it - insanity possibly! :D I'm in a really mixed up mind at the moment about having another baby. I KNOW that Shane is so dead set against anymore (unless it's a little surprise blessing :rolleyes:) and today in an email he said - Maybe what you want me to do is to agree with you (to have another one).
I'm really confused with how I feel because every time I look at my kids - and especially Alex as he's my little bubba boy I just get this overwhelming feeling in my heart and I just could have another - especially like Alex because it's all still very new and I just LOVE having a boy! Don't get me wrong, I love my girls very very much and very equally - I think it's just that a boy is very much a novelty still at the moment and I really could have 10 more just like him! I just so in love with my baby at the moment! And I had the same feeling for all my babies too.
I think I fear that I'm not done yet but I also fear that even after another I will still want more. I don't know if this feeling is something that I have to work through and wait for to fade, or if I'm still going to feel like this in years when (for us) it will be too late because of the ideal age gap and the fact that Shane wants to go get the 'snip'.
Going through this week fearing that I might be pregnant, I had actually accepted that I could be and had even gone so far as to name it (in my head!) if it was a girl :o.
How do I know what the right decision is? And how do I know if this feeling will ever fade? I really could just cry.
Oh Hayles - yes we both are still young (ish) and Alex is still a bubby but if we were to have another baby - planned or surprise! - we'd much rather it be sooner than later. Like in the next 6 months.
So looks like we have some serious (no wine involved) talking to do - it's something I really need Shane to take seriously and help me with - without being bias as to his own decision.
Ooooo sooo sorry for blabbing all this out - maybe I'll look back on this in a month or so and think what the HECK was I thinking?!! Or I'll look back in a month or two with a little smile and a twinkle in my eye . . .;)
hayleylea
20-12-2007, 07:13
haha no black eye thankfully but its really red around the corner of my eyelid and sore!
Anna - yep sounds like you and Shane have a big talk ahead of you - goodluck with it all.
Speaking of talks - I think it was you Anna that asked how the PNG plans were going? Trent and I actually stayed up till all hours last night talking about it. Im back at a place where i dont think its a good idea. I know people out there are probably saying come on just make your mind up already but for me its just a really hard decision and just all different factors make me not want to go. The fact that they (the company) are getting housing etc that they can only take out at 12 month lease for - Trent and i had discussed going for a year but it was always our intention that if i found it too hard or if trent did for that matter then we would all come home as a family. Now if they take out a 12 month lease i will feel bad and feel like we will be stuck there iykwim. With every email they send or every pm i get from the PNG forum i shudder at the safety concerns over there and I just really dont know if i want to even take the risk especially with a newborn and Cooper for that matter. Timing factor all wrong again. We finally get into our NEW house - that we have worked so hard towards and then get shipped off to another country that is so different to here. I dunno the list goes on. I had a good old cry last night and actually told Trent that my decision was No - he is really good to me about it and does understand where im coming from but im not quite sure he is actually convinced that that is my final decision....I dunno girls im really in a pickle at the moment. Everything is telling me No at the moment and I have no idea why or more to the point what to do. Anyway I fell asleep sobbing on Trents shoulder last night :o so no doubt we will be in for more talks this afternoon sometime - i just want to forget about till after christmas but i know the longer we leave it the more stuff we both get built up. Seriously why cant i just have a nice easy end to this pregnancy and a nice happy christmas without all this stress! :hair: Agh! Im feeling sorry for myself today...Sorry guys.
Anyway this boy is still asleep! I have to head down the street (hopefully for the final time before christmas!) and get some wrapping paper and send off a present for Trents dad.
Hope everyone has a lovely day. Sorry to start the day off with such a negative post.
Ill leave you with a :D
Tan, I feel terrible because I forgot to mention how sad I was to hear the news of your bridesmaid. I'm sure that she would appreciate hearing from you and that plant sounds like a great idea. Its so hard to know what to do in these situations isn't it. Anna pretty much put into words what i was thinking too.
Anna, sounds like you've got some thinking to do about having another one. I was talking to a lady at work and she was saying that her mum is one of ten kids. Imagine 10 kids! You'd surely have to either own a bus or walk everywhere wouldn't you. 5 kids isn't a huge number in comparison :D. Sounds to me that if Shane said lets have another you'd be UTD already. I remember ages ago you mentioned that even when you stopped having babies you would go into the foster program because you just love kids. I think its an admirable trait to have.
Hayley as for the PNG thing, well its not exactly a small decision so I can understand why your so upset. And that 12 month lease is the companies issue, not yours so don't stress about it. I'm sure that they're used to it happening with the comings and goings of employee's. Sound like they have a huge wait list for the houses anyways so they wouldn't have trouble re-letting. Is it possible for Trent to go on his own and travel backwards and forwards to see you guys?
Oh I got my $14 ebay dress in the mail yesterday and it's gorgeous! What a bargain.
Here's some photo's of the dress
dressn 1 (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/dress2.jpg)
dress 2 (http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e97/lucinda3550/dress1.jpg)
Morning all (she says very sleepily),
Happy Holidays Lou! I hope Maddi has her happy pants on for you today. I'm hoping that Will finds his too - so far he hasn't been too bad....
Hayley - I hope you can come to a decision you are ok with soon about PNG. I know I'd be terrified of going but that is me and it has to be a decision you and Trent make together. So glad you don't have a black eye after the jumping castle incident. That kid was very naughty! It's weird how some parents can just sit and watch disasters happening. I would have been in there with you!
Anna - you poor thing and the bubba decision. That's a real toughie. I can tell you that my Mum is the youngest of 11 children and my Dad is one of 8, Troy is the oldest of 5. I don't think 5 is a huge number and you are young enough to do it. I think there are some physical issues to consider as well as emotional (and heaven forbid - financial) so I would probably take my time. I think I would be asking Shane what it is that is making him lean towards no more children and go from there. Eventually it will come when there will definitely be no more kiddies but I think for the moment it sounds like neither of you are quite ready to say that.
As for my friend who had the m/c we had a good chat on the phone yesterday afternoon. She is quite devastated about the m/c and feels very confused right now. I think I mentioned that her hubby has medical issues - one of the problems is that he needs to have radiation therapy next year and that can cause fertility issues. They had been talking about freezing sperm but now it all seems very confronting. Hubby is tempted to delay his treatment to see if they can get PG naturally but it took almost a year with both previous pregnancies so that's not really a good idea. My friend started to cry yesterday and said she has been wondering if this is God's way of saying that there won't be any more babies for them. I felt so sad for her and just wished I could make it better for her. I just encouraged her to take the next few weeks easy and to let her body settle before she tried to make any decisions. She seemed ok with that.
Anyway - my Christmas party was just great. It was in a restaurant called Aria which is very flashy. The website is www.ariarestaurant.com.au if anyone wants to have a look. We didn't pick Will up til midnight (oops!) and are soo tired today! I feel so old - once upon a time I would not have cared one bit about that!
It was just lovely all the same but boy I am looking forward to having a rest over the Christmas period! (What rest - right?)
OK - gotta go, Will can have some lunch soon and then a snooze. I have to go to the Ob today and maybe I can have a snooze somewhere in there (I wish).
hayleylea
20-12-2007, 12:06
Hi guys
Thanks for all your thoughts about PNG - I will come to a decision sooner or later. Your right though Lou its their problem about the lease. See the problem with me is im too ncie sometimes and i just think about these things too much and feel really bad for them. How stupid is that! Im still not any clearer on my decision and to be honest i dont think i will be in the next couple of weeks. I just want to stop stressing and try and enjoy christmas then deal with it. Its easy to put it off (seem to be good at doing that) but its only a week anyway not even that so i think i can live with that!
Such a scatter brain today. Went down the street to do what i had to do. GOt down there and realised the pram wasnt in the car - trent had taken it out yesterday :banghead: So i had to cart Cooper around town in a trolley cause it was so busy. Couldnt get into the shops i wanted to with him because it was so busy so i got a few things then came home. Then i walked in the door and thought what the hell am i doing!? And got back in the car (forgot the pram again - Cant blame trent for that either lol) So i let Cooper walk...we got my mum a present, Roxy and Axel a present (yes they have their own stockings LOL. Trent a new wallet and some undies to go with his presents a book thats called I love you this much...its really sweet it goes through all these animals and how much they love each other and at the end it says I love you to the moon and back - and thats what we say to Cooper and each other every night so i thought that was a pretty cool gift to him from us. Cooper was impressed with the undies and wouldnt put them in a bag and was telling everyone they were Daddas - it was very cute and definatley lightened my mood.
Anyway sorry for the lack of personals. Cooper was such a good boy today and we didnt get home till not long ago so i decided he didnt have to have a sleep - he is lying on the lounge watching the wiggles and having a rest. I told him he has to stay there for an hour and he is quite happy with that. He didnt go to sleep till after 8.30 or so last night and didnt get up till after 8.30 this morning so i figure this way he is in bed early and it makes it easier for me because Trent will be at our house painting! We have to get the 2 new rooms painted before the carpet goes down on saturday!
im off to the doc at 5.30 aswell for a check up.
talk soon.
MrsMiggins
20-12-2007, 15:00
Hi all!
Just popping in to wish you all a very Merry Christmas (in case I don't manage to get on before then!)
I hope you all have a very safe & restful day.
Also, just a very quick one from me - can you believe Owen is now walking?!!! For a bit over a week now he's been gradually toddling a little further every day. Today he can manage a few metres before plonking down onto his butt! Fair few brusies (at last count 3 on the forhead alone! :rolleyes:) but that's all par for the course, I guess!
Hope you're all well & again, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :xmas:
Apologies if I forget stuff in this post -there has been lots to read and my mind is frazzled as it is.
Fi I can't believe Owen is walking - how nuts!! Just like Claire hey?
Anna you poor thing. The whole having another baby issue is so hard. Dean is one of 5 too and I don't think it is a crazy number. I totally know what you mean though about will that be the end of it. I don't think I will ever stop wanting another baby but I am going to have to force myself to stop at 3-it is going to be very hard though. Hopefully when Alex moves out of your room he will sleep better. I slept better when Will moved to his own room (think he did too).
Hayley it sounds like PNG is a no go which is totally fair enough. Maybe if your kids were older it would be okay but it would be so hard with babies. Good luch with it all. I can't believe you - the 7 month pregnant woman- had to jump on the deflating castle to rescue the kids -so wrong.
Tan I totally know what you mean about midnight being late these days - sad isn't it? Your poor friend with her miscarriage and other problems. She is obviously comfortable in having a chat to you about it which is great.
Lou are you still keen on catching up on your way to your parents for Christmas? What day would that be?
This has to be a quick one. I'm off to have a shower before my family arrives for Christmas dinner. My brother and his girlfriend are heading interstate to be with her family on Saturday so we are doing Christmas dinner here tonight (and then going to my parents for lunch on the actual day). I'm really not in the mood. I've tried to keep it as simple as possible but it has still been alot of work to get the house tidy and food organised plus deal with 2 little ones. Thank goodness Dean is on holidays. Anyway tomorrow should be a quieter day. Just have to go and get a new carseat for Paddy in the morning. Hopefully I will be back tomorrow. Hope everyone is well.
Hi girls,
Sorry no personals right this minute - read on and you'll find out why . . .
After surviving yesterday looking after my friend's two little girls (Isabelle 5 & Samantha 3) all day I have them back again tonight! I'd picked up Shane from work and we were out putting a deposit on a wardrobe for Alex when my friend Lou called saying that her hubby had been taken to hospital in an ambulance from school (he's a teacher - last day today!!) and she didn't know what was going on and could I take the kids! Well we hot-footed to her house, got the kids and we're about to order fish and chips for dinner and sort out a couple of extra beds!
Ok - Alex is screaming for food (he had pumpkin last night and gobbled it up like he was starving!) so I'd better head off. Hopefully I'll get back on later but I'm sure you understand if I don't! LOL!
Hmm . . . and I want 5?! :rolleyes:
hayleylea
20-12-2007, 17:47
Fi - WOW! owen walking!! Man your kids keep your on your feet dont they!! lol. How cute!!
Cath - have a nice christmas dinner! As for PNG being a No Go - i wouldnt say that just yet but its where my decision is heading. I dunno i just cant get my head around it. I can see it from Trents point of view and i feel a bit selfish making the decision NO because that then stops him from going (there is no way he could be there a couple of months and come home etc etc) So he has said he wont go without us. Ive said it all before if it wasnt for 2 kids (especially the newborn - i could do it with just Cooper) my decision would be completley different. I will work it out eventually!
Anna - What was wrong with your friends husband to get rushed to hospital? Sounds like your in for a busy night. Glad Alex liked his pumpkin - little boys definatley love their food thats for sure! did he sleep better last night?
OK well off to put Cooper to bed. He has been an absolute trooper today without his day sleep but he is looking very sleepy!
talk soon night guys.
Well my friend just called - her husband has kidney stones :eek::( so he'll be spending a night or two in hospital. She's still there with him waiting for the Dr to give some information as what they'll do next - either operate or let them pass naturally (Oh god, give me labour over passing kidney stones!)
So we've set up a couple of spare beds - Immy & Alex are in bed, now I have to get 4 very excited & hyper girls aged 3, 4, and 2 nearly 6 year olds - to bed! Ah I can just see there's going to be talking to midnight! :rolleyes::laughing:
hayleylea
20-12-2007, 20:13
Anna - OUCH your poor friends husband. OH man they HURT like hell (talking from experience!! OUCH!)Hopefully it breaks up for him so it passes more easily!
Have almost all the chrissy presents wrapped YAY! just gotta program Coopers "Elmo knows your name" doll. The MIL brought it for him and brought it up for me to program....never ending i tell ya! lol
hayleylea
21-12-2007, 06:12
Good Morning guys
Just a quick hello for me for the day. Im off to do some painting today while mum looks after Cooper. We have so much to do today before the carpet gets laid tommorrow... lol. Always in a rush we are. Not really our fault though because it was the only time they could lay it before the end of january. We will get it done.
Anna - hope the girls didnt talk too much last night :laughing:
Anyway better go get ready and get breakfast sorted.
Tan - i meant to say im glad you talked to your friend about the m/c. Im sure the next few weeks and months might be a bit unsettled for her and her hubby but ill send them all the baby vibes I have. It would be nice if they could fall naturally - :wizard::babydust2::fingerscrossed:
MrsMiggins
21-12-2007, 07:04
Morning ladies!
Sorry - just another very quick & largely selfish post from me :o
Anna, I hope the kids were OK for you last night!
OK, I was feeling mighty cruddy yesterday - fever, aches & pains etc. - and thought it was just a combination of catching Owen's latest cold & soreness from the gym.
:no: Turns out, I have mastitis!!! Of all the things!!! Owen's been feeding OK, so I've no idea what on earth's happened! I have had a sore boob for a couple of days, but hadn't really paid much attention to it. I just thought it was all part of my gym aches & pains. (Of course, never in a million years thinking that it would be mastitis at this stage!!) I actually had a bit of a look at it yesterday afternoon & lo & behold - one whole side of my breast is bright red & lumpy!! I know it seems odd that I wouldn't have noticed that before now, but I hadn't!
Anyway, I don't think it's bad enough to warrant a visit to the Dr (definitely not relishing the thought of Xmas/NY on a course of anti-biotics!) so I'll just tough it out unless it gets worse. I think it's getting a bit better this morning though.
OK, must go sort noisy children out! :wave:
Oh Fi - Mastitis? You poor thing, if I were you I would head off to the doctor as you don't want it turning nasty over Christmas. That's just me anyway.
I can't believe Owen is walking already! Wow - your kids want to grow up in a hurry don't they? Amazing. I have a friend whose little one is 1 on 28 December and he's not even crawling! They are not worried about it at all - he does all the other things he is supposed to do at his age, he just has no interest in moving!
LOL Anna - you had your hands full last night didn't you? I hope your friend's hubby managed to pass the stones on his own. They sound very painful. I've been meaning to ask does Immy still have her dummy or did it disappear when she went into the big bed? Yet again I have been thinking about ditching the dummy - probably after we come back from the Christmas/ New Year break and are at home for a week or two solid. It's just a timing thing for me - I don't think it will go very well if I take it away and then make him sleep in strange places while he is adjusting.
Right now - I don't know what has gotten into Will this week. He has been such a pain - and really irritable in the afternoons. I wondered if it was just post holiday adjusting but he has had really foul poos and yesterday he had a bit of a temperature. He keeps poking at his ears but he doesn't seem in pain. Oh and he has this cough when he sleeps. I've checked his mouth and he doesn't seem to be getting his molars (who knows where they are) and all I can think of is that maybe he just has a virus as I had as sore throat last night and this morning as well. We are supposed to be leaving tonight for the Christmas/New Year period with all the family and I am kind of dreading it cause he has been a proper little monster. He's still waking up at night too - it got better when he went on holidays and now it is back to what it was before. Maybe this is just being a two year old. :hissy::hissy:
Gosh - sorry about the grump. At least I know that you all have days/weeks when you wonder what has gotten into your little ones too! :hair:I wish I could have a glass of wine then I would feel so much better but no drinks for me since that story on fetal alcohol syndrome (DH suddenly very adamant on that one!).
OK better go and get the gremlin some lunch. That's the one running around by the way...
Tan, great to hear you all enjoyed your holiday. Pity about Troy haven't to work while you were on holiday though. How's Will? Sorry to hear he hasn't been well. I hope he's feeling better now. Sorry to hear about your friend's m/c. I understand about not really wanting to visit because of yourself being pregnant. When I had my m/c I couldn't stand it when I saw pregnant people...just made me more miserable. But I think if it had been a friend of mine who was pregnant I would have liked to see them. That little garden in a pot sounds like a nice gift you gave them.
Anna, you poor thing having to install all those car seats yourself & then to top it off twisting your ankle....I think you're entitled to feel sorry for yourself. :hugs: I would have been so angry with DH if that had happened to me!
Wow, Chelsea's got her 1st school report already! You must be so proud of what a great report she got.
Sorry to hear your AF arrived....mine arrived too, unfortunately. I guess we can both have christmas drinkies now though!
Hayley, you sound like you're still so busy witht the renovations. At least you've got a nice relaxing day planned for Christmas. Sorry to hear you and Cooper have colds. At least Cooper's getting better. I hope yours improves soon too.
Cath, hope Paddy & WIll get over their colds quickly. Seems like there's a lot of them going around. James had the sniffles for a few days now I've got them.
Lou, well done getting that dress off ebay for $14. Looks very nice! I've just recently bought my 1st couple of purchases off ebay & wow you can certainly get some bargains on there! Picked up 3 ultrasensitive pregnancy tests for $1.05 (but didn't I feel silly depositing that tiny amount into someone's bak account!!) & have just bought 20 OPKs for $8. Saw them at the chemist for waaay more than that! Oh & yay for your tax return! I had to PAY this year! At least James got some back though to make up for it a bit.
Fi...OMG, Owen's walking now???? :eek: Geez that boy's growing up. Him & Claire are going to be up too all sorts of mischief together now!! :laughing: Oh no good about your mastitis. Ouch!
OK, that's all I got time for now....I gotta go to the bank & pay for my OPKs!
hayleylea
21-12-2007, 16:06
Hey guys
Fi - Mastitis! OUCH! i hope it gets better soon! You poor thing ive heard it can be very painfull!
Tan - sorry to hear that Will is being a bit of a grump latley and testing the boundaries. I think alot of it is to do with being a 2 year old. Cooper has days where i could :hair:! Have fun at the Inlaws hope Will finds his happy pants and you have a nice relaxing christmas break!
Renee with done with the OPK's! Heres hoping the new year brings you guys a :bfp:
Im buggered (yes again!). Trent and I spent the whole day painting our new lounge room! (how EXCITING!) I was there from 8.30-4 and didnt stop the whole time. I had to leave trent and come and get Cooper (he spent the day with my mum and my sister). Trent still has to put the skirting boards on before the carpet goes tommorrow - he is such a tropper but its looking really good! Looking like a house now not just walls! We did a feature wall but im not quite sure if im happy with it. Its not where i would have put it but Trent really wanted it where we put it and after all the work he has put in i figured i could atleast give him the place where he wants the feature wall. It will look good in the end just something i have to get use too I think! once the furniture goes in it will be a different story.
Cooper wouldnt sleep for mum, he had the other kids there so was running around all day. On the way home he closed his eyes and i was like Oh no you dont buddy! not at this time. So we come home and had a shower, and he didnt want to get out. So i turned the water off and he had his water spray bottle in there pretending to clean the shower and then i hear this "MUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMM" go in there and he had done the BIGGEST GREEEEEENNNNNEESSSTTT poo EVER!! Now he hasnt eaten all day or barely had anything to drink so i have no idea why it was green but obviously he had a bit of a crook tummy! lol. It was funny...but the funniest thing was i had just got out the video camera to film him telling me off - cause everytime i asked him if he wanted to get out he would say NOOOOOOO! and get a really cranky look on his face. SO i thought that would be a cute video and instead i copped a movie of him in the shower with his bright green poo :laughing:
Anyway gotta go get him some dinner organised.
I am sitting here so annoyed right now. We finally got Will into bed happily at a decent time for the first time in days and then we put Paddy in about 45 minutes later and he started yelling and carrying on and scared the **** out of poor Will who woke up screaming poor baby. Now Will is up and we can't get him back to sleep but he is so cranky:hair: We are back to the only thing getting him to sleep is to feed him but he is already stuffed full so keeps coming off the boob and not feeding and therefore not going to sleep. I tried just putting him in the cot but of course he started crying and now we can't have him waking up Paddy. Man!! We just can't win!! We are just going to have to entertain Will for another hour or so until he empties out a bit and can feed off to sleep again. How ridiculous.
We have had really busy days since Dean has been on holidays and it won't end until Boxing Day so we just can't spend the stupid hours we have to spend sitting next to the cot while Will cries to sleep. I am so sad about the whole thing. I absolutely hate having to listen to him cry and I can't believe we still don't have it sorted when I feel like we have been working on it for so long. We just have to start again and hopefully we can sort him out in the week and a half we will have left of Dean's holidays. This morning I was thinking I would just give up and feed him to sleep for a few more months and deal with it but tonight of course I have changed my mind. There are so many problems with feeding to sleep - one obviously being when they are too full like tonight, another being noone but me can get him to sleep which is not good when I need to go out and have a life now and then and of course another one being that I need to have Paddy occupied while I do it. Sorry for going on and on about this - I am still all over the shop with it.
Anyway sorry for the lack of personals -I needed to get on here to vent. Wil lis really cracking it so I will try for the 4th time in an hour to get him to sleep. Chat soon.
hayleylea
21-12-2007, 20:22
Well so much for an early night. Cooper went off to bed at 7 only to wake about an hour ago screaming. Went in and he was wet with sweat!!! So i stripped him off and washed him down with a cool face washer...Went to get some nurofen cause he was running a temp - got back to the lounge and he spewed everywhere (poor little guy!) So I managed to get some nurofen into him and he is now lying on the lounge next to me with his pillow and teddy in a singlet with the aircon on and is snoring. Trents still at our house and should be home in about an hour. Im thinking i might try and put Cooper back in his bed but i dont like my chances and i dont want to upset the poor little fella. I really hope its nothing too serious. he didnt eat hardley anything today and then he did that poo, and he apparently didnt have much to drink either according to my mum and sister. He has had a couple of glasses of juice though since he has been home. He kept saying OWWWWWW OUCH OWWW and he keeps screwing his nose up in pain in his sleep - im thinking its his throat but i cant be sure. Would explain the non eating thing though.
Ill keep an eye on him tonight and if he is no better by the morning or gets worse during the night ill have to try and get him into the doc because of christmas etc coming up. Fingers crossed its only an upset tummy!
Anyway i might go and try my luck putting him to bed..
Cath just saw your post. Big hugs coming your way! It sounds poor frustrating your poor thing. I dont have any advice but just keep it up what your doing...surely you will get a break soon. Sending lots of sleeping dust Wills way! :babydust2: In the mean time get on here and vent as much as you like! Thats what we are here for. Your not doing anything wrong - this motherhood business can just be really hard and testing at times! Hope you managed to get Will down.
Talk soon night night.
Back again. Think we finally have Will down. The last 2 times I have taken Will in Paddy has sat up and said "black fan" (he has a bit of a fan obsession and there is a black one in their room to keep them cool when it is hot). I just thought he was saying it for the sake of it but now Dean is saying he is probably hot because it is hot in there but I don't want to risk waking Will by falling over something as I plug it in (have it unplugged for safety). Poor little Paddy -that cute little voice saying "black fan" in the dark. Oh well -he's not screaming out so he must be okay.
Oh Hayley poor little Cooper -sounds awful!I hope he will be okay. You must be so tired after your big day poor girl.
Renee good work with your ebay bargains. Best of luck with TTC for next month.
Tan I hope Will is okay. Hopefully all the Christmas excitement will distract him from his grumpiness.Paddy has been having some whopper tantrums in the last few days - he has taken to just screaming in frustration if something is not working out -craziness. Two year olds are definitely strange little creatures.
Oh Fi not good about the mastitis. Be careful with it because it can get nasty quickly. My friend got it out of the blue when her baby was 5 months and was fine then a few hours later was quite delirious -hope you are okay.
Anna sounds like you have been very busy. Your poor friends husband -nasty.
We are off to the pub tomorrow afternoon with some friends for Dean's birthday which will be good. My parents have kindly offered to stay here while the boys have a sleep (technically) and Dean and I head off to the pub at 1pm then they will ring me when they wake up and I will come back and get them and we will all head back down there (5 minutes away). I can't believe Dean is 40! I worked out he was 31 when we got together and he hasn't changed a bit (well in personality anyway -he doesn't act like a 40 year old).
We bought Paddy his new booster seat for the car today and he looks really cute in it. It makes him look really small. We haven't installed it yet but will get aroudn to the whole carseat swap thing soon. I explained to Paddy on the way to the shop that we were getting him a new seat and Will was going to sit in his current one. He thought about that for a bit then kept patting his current seat and saying 'Will's seat". He is such a good sharing brother at this point and is very happy for Will to have "Will's toys" etc. and to bring them over to him -such a good boy.
Anyway I'd better head off and wrap Dean's present. I hope Cooper is okay tonight Hayley.
hayleylea
22-12-2007, 07:05
Cath - glad you got the boys to bed last night! Paddy does sound like an adorable big brother! Makes me really cant wait to have this little one. I think Cooper will be a very loving big brother cause he loves babies (lets hope so anyway LOL)
HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY to Dean too!!! Hope you guys have a great time at the pub! Thats good you got Paddy a booster seat too. Cooper used a booster for the first time the other day at my sisters just to go into town. He looked so grown up. He still fits in his car seat pretty well it has an adjustable head rest too so he will fit in it for quite awhile...But the baby will eventually have his seat aswell.
After my post last night i checked Coopers temp and it had dropped so i picked him up and put him in his bed and he didnt budge and i didnt hear from him till 7.30 this morning and he seems fine today. Wont eat breakfast but looks 100% from last night and is quite happy so it must have just been an upset tummy? Who knows im just glad he is better.
It rained all night last night and apparently this is the weather we are expecting at christmas :(I hope not!! I have my:fingerscrossed:for a nice day!!
HI guys,
just a quicky from me before we head off. Yes we're heading off today Cath. Sorry I'm slow in getting back to you. We'll probably arrive in Melbourne just as your tucking into lunch at the pub! I don't know what the weather is like there but its teaming down rain here so its not likely to be park weather anyways. Maybe on the way back in a couple of weeks we can meet up?
Alrighty I have to scoot off to finish packing (should be heaps of fun in the rain). Fi I hope your mastitis clears up quickly. I got it once with Maddi and is was very painful. Hot showers and massaging/hand expressing helped heaps and I didn't end up on antibiotics but I managed to get it in the early stages. Maybe just get the antibiotics in case you need them on christmas day. You don't want to end up really sick.
Merry Christmas if I don't get to jump on here before then. Safe travels to all who are on the roads :tree::wizard::noel:
hayleylea
22-12-2007, 08:11
Lou - safe travels. Have a wonderfull Christmas! Hope Santa is good to you :xmastree::tree::xmas:
Hi everyone,
Just a quick one from me. We are at my Mum and Dad's (the farm) til Boxing Day. We had an eventful trip up here. We left at about 6:45 last night and Will was nodding off in the car when we stopped at Macca's to get me some dinner. He woke up of course and asked for a couple of chips and then proceeded to stay awake until after 9pm! He was very quiet in the car though and dropped off to sleep only to start crying and whinging about 15 minutes later. 10 minutes after that he threw up everywhere in the car! So we had to stop by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and strip him off in the dark, wipe him down as best we could and put some clean shorts and a nappy on him. Thankfully we were only 20 minutes from here and could wash him off properly when we got here. I think we got him into bed by 9:45 and he crashed straight away but cried a bit at 2am. Then the little monkey was awake at 5:45! Other than being very tired, he seems a bit out of sorts, not very hungry and keeps poking at one ear. He's very excited to be at the farm though so it is hard to know what to think. I'm playing the wait and see game right now. He slept for 2 hours today so that was a start although my Mum said he was coughing in his sleep again. Who knows? Like Hayley said it just seems to happen out of the blue.
Anyway - I had better hop off here. I hope you are all safe and well.
MrsMiggins
22-12-2007, 13:53
Sorry ladies!! Another quick one from me (feeding Owen & typing one-handed right now & he's being a wriggly, cranky little worm!!!!)
Just wanted to let you all know that I am feeling much better today. Boob is still a bit sore, although most of the redness has gone. Feeling much, much better - even did an hour and a half at the gym this morning!
I had quite severe mastitis with Claire (twice in about 2 weeks in fact - blah!!!) so I knew it was nowhere near as bad as that. I even had the start of it when Owen was a few weeks old, but managed to fight that one off. I was just really surprised as it came totally out of the blue this time round.
We're off to Dave's work Xmas party tonight. Just at his boss's place 5 mins drive away. Mum is coming to watch Claire & we're probably taking the cranky little anti-sleep Klingon with us (at least until he's tired, then I may sneak him back home & duck out again..... we'll see!)
hayleylea
22-12-2007, 19:26
Hey guys
Tan - OH NO! about Will. Him and Cooper sound the same with their little "sick" night. Cooper was fine all day today and then woke up only an hour nap sobbing and was dripping wet again!? Hasnt got much of an appetiite but seems ok apart from that. He settled down after i got him out of bed and after about half an hour he was back to himself.
Fi- glad to hear your feeling better today! Goodluck tonight...hope your anti sleep Klingon (:laughing:) goes to sleep and you can have a nice relaxing night!
Well our carpet in our new house is down and looks SOOOOOOOOO GOOD! We got the best underlay we could aswell and its soooooo soft (much better then what we are use to here lol). Anyway Cooper thought it was wonderfull. OMG you should have seen the smile on his face. IT looks soo different with carpet down, he was running around diving on the floor, zooming his car, spinning around and falling down, running from room to room, just beaming. He loves the space. He will love it out thtere. As for the feature wall. It looks AWESOME today and im quite happy where its at too even though i was against it at first. It looks really nice. Trent did a really good job on it. Its a dark brown suede effect. Its really nice.
Anyway im tired and off to lie on the lounge. Trent has just ducked down the street and is coming back with some dessert. Better be something yummy lol.
Talk soon
Goodness it has gone all quiet in here. I guess everyone is doing Christmas things.
Fi - glad to hear the mastitis settled again and I hope you were able to have a good time at the Christmas Party.
Hayley - your carpet sounds very nice. It all sounds as though it is just finishing touches happening at your place now. Seems so exciting (especially when we can't start ours for ages now).
Just like Cooper - Will was sobbing his heart out on Saturday night but we could not get him to settle for ages. I ended up taking him yesterday to see the doctor on call at the hospital because he had been out of sorts for so long and we have a lot of travelling etc ahead. What do you know? A double whammy - tonsillitis and an ear infection. I felt like a big mean mummy. So now with some regular nurofen and antibiotics he seems to be sleeping better and was not naughty at all yesterday afternoon. This morning he has been rather naughty but I think he might be quite tired. It has been a very big few days.
Anyway -Merry Christmas to all of you. I hope you have a safe and happy one. Hugs to all the littlies! :xmastree:
hayleylea
24-12-2007, 11:57
Hi guys
im just dropping into to wish all of you and your kiddies a Very Merry Christmas!!! :tree:Tommorrow will be busy so thought i would get in today. Hope Santa is good to you all :xmas:
Tan - thats no good about Wills ear infection and tonsillitis. Im thinking Cooper might have tonsillitis too. He has been a horror! This morning sobbing at 4am and didnt go back to sleep till 6 and then we got woken by the phone at 7 and he is refusing to have a day sleep, and refusing to eat. :confused: I dunno he seems fine apart from that. Its so hard to know if im over reacting etc and last time i took him to the hospital they were a bit funny about it cause he didnt show any symptoms. Low and behold he did have tonsillitis but they didnt even check his throat! The doctor closed at 12 today so ill just have to grin and bear it and hope tommorrow brings a better day.
I have had the worst day ever today and im not even going to write down the things that have happened cause it is the season to be jolly not cranky lol.
Have a good one all...take care and drive safe! :hugs::noel:
This is just a quick hello and Merry Christmas from me. Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow and all the little ones have lots of fun.
Fi good to hear your mastitis isn't too bad. Poor thing having suffered it before. So far I have managed to avoid it but it scares me that it could still happen. Well done with the gym!
Hayley hope you are doing okay and Cooper is okay too. How exciting about the new carpet. There is nothing better than new carpet -I would have been rolling around on the floor with Cooper - I love new carpet!
Tan you poor thing with the vomit in the car episode -not nice! Hope Will is going to be okay enough to enjoy Christmas - poor little fellow.
Lou it would be great to catch up on your way back. Have fun at your parents.
We had a great day for Dean's birthday on Saturday and he loved his present and he has been out today to spend the voucher he got from his family and mine for a bike. He has decided that bike riding might be his exercise of choice -time will tell. He is excited about it for now which is good.
Will has been a right pain with his sleeping for the last week and hasn't gone to bed and stayed in bed for the night for ages. It is driving me nuts but I do think he is teething so can't be too mad. I'll get a night to myself again one of these months in the future I hope. Speaking of which his crying is ramping up (he went to bed early tonight after 2 little sleeps today) -better go.
Merry Chrismtas everyone!!:xmas:
Hey girls!
Well Shane and I are still fluffing around the lounge room. Presents are out, 2 desserts are done and in the fridge with one more + the punch at mums house, stockings are hung by the chimney with care - stuffed to the brim! LOL! :laughing:
House is a bit of a mess but I don't really care.
We've been so incredibly busy the last few days as Shane finished work for the year on Thursday afternoon so we've been rushing around doing "stuff".
Sunday we went up to my dads place for brunch with dad & Jane, my aunt & two of my cousins and my two brothers and we ended up staying til about 3pm! He lives (I lived) in a country town and we wouldn't have been able to get our car up the driveway so dad came down the hill to get us all and we piled in - kids on knees - and had a fun bumpy ride up the hill to his house! Alex was a little bewildered!
Tonight we performed our Christmas Eve tradition - we did the rounds and delivered little presents to our close friends - this year it was a lovely little Hebe plant - then had take away dinner, listened to our Christmas cd's and peroused the streets looking at the Christmas lights around the Hobart suburbs. We stopped at a local suburb and I took the 3 girls out to go up close to them - it's freezing cold tonight so we were only out for 10 mins while Shane sat in the car with Alex.
Off home to bed and Chelsea & Nicola wrote a letter to Santa and left him bikkies, chocolate and baileys :D, as well as water and carrots for the reindeer! The girls were all out like a light all snug in their beds within 5 mins! It was about 10:30pm when they finally got to bed! (Our secret plan for them to sleep in on Christmas morning! LOL!)
Shane then brought down all the presents (my OH my there's a few :rolleyes:) and I proceeded to take out the ingredients for dessert number 3 - only to discover that my Irish cream chocolate mousse cake was missing the crucial ingredient - Irish Cream! "Santa" had had the last drop! So Shane has decided that 2 massive desserts (pavlova and trifle) are enough and he'll take the brunt of anything his mother has to deal out tomorrow!
So sorry for my lack of presence lately - I promise you TONNES of photos and a decent post after the mad rush of Christmas day.
We're off to Shane parents for lunch then to my mum & John's in the late afternoon for dinner - the kids will have a nap there, at least the younger two.
As for the morning, Santa will be coming down our street at about 9am (on the local Fire Truck - SO cool!) then we'll have some yummy croissants for brekky before bathing and dressing the kids (come hell or high water - or 15 degree weather - the girls and I WILL be wearing dresses/skirts this year! :laughing: )
Oh keep forgetting to tell you - Alex has moved downstairs to the nursery now and seems to like the cot very much! He's still waking at night - but it's around the 4-5am mark and he settles back to sleep after a feed very well. He also hasn't been waking around 10-11pm looking for his dummy so I think he was definately ready for the move. Don't get me wrong - our cradle is huge and all the kids have stayed in it til around 6 months of age. We're still wrapping Alex but he seems to still get his arms out from time to time which he seems to like. Oh and he's found his voice by the way! He's the loudest kid I've EVER heard! Sometimes he'll just let out this huuuuge moan/groan/noise just for the hell of testing his lungs! And he has such a priceless focussing look on his face when he does it! Must try and get it on camera!
Ok - better head off. Shane's gone upstairs and I really should get some sleep too. Still have heaps to do in the morning along side enjoying myself and trying to relax and take it all in.
Sorry for the long me-me-me post - will catch up more soon!
Love to all and a very HAPPY AND SAFE CHRISTMAS to everyone!
Oh - and I want to see photos! LOL! :laughing:
Lots of Love - Anna xoxo
Hello everyone.
Hope you all had a great day yesterday and are resting up now and recovering.
We had a really good day and Paddy was still running around at 10:30 last night. He had a short sleep in the afternoon at my parents but was having too much fun last night and was happy so he just stayed up with everyone. Will slept in the portacot at both houses -woohoo. We are on the way to sorting him out again thank goodness. Dean is such a lifesaver and we started the self settling thing once again the other day and he is doing well.
Anyway this has to be quick -Paddy is fighting a day sleep and will be out again soon (he did sleep until 9:45am so I thought we were pushing our luck). Here's a couple of photos from yesterday. Chat soon.
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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMG how tired are we! :sleeping:
Cath how nice to hear that your Christmas went so well! I'm so glad that Will slept in a portacot for you and that Paddy remained fairly happy even though he was up til all hours. It's the season for them to get away with a night or two of that!
I think Will looks just adorable in that little red suit he's wearing in the photos and well done on starting the self-settling again, I really hope he cottons on pretty quick!
Well my darling little boy has all of a sudden pressed the "growing" button and has gone from having 2Tbs of farrax for breakfast to 2-3 FULL bowls of food a day!:eek: I'd been giving him about 4-5 ice cube size blocks of pumpkin to start him on solids late last week but on Christmas day I just piled a bunch of steamed mushed veggies in a bowl - thinking it would be WAAAAAY too much - and he scoffed the WHOLE lot, complaining between each spoonful that I wasn't moving fast enough and still wanted more! Tomorrow I'm going to have to get steaming and mash up a heap of veggies to freeze. I bought these cool little trays to store food in the freezer but sadly I'm going to have to progress to the old glass jars as they'll hold more food!
Christmas was SUCH a whirl-wind here! We had to wake the kids at 8am on Christmas morning, can you believe that?!! Obviously our Christmas Eve plan worked a treat! LOL! Lots of fun was had by all and there was LOTS of yummy food to eat! The kids were all so well behaved and lasted the whole day with no complaints. Even Immy handled it all really well except for in the car on the way home but they were all in their pj's so went straight to bed.
Today we've had "Christmas Day hangover" and have been so incredibly tired. The day was spent taking toys out of boxes, packing things away and generally trying to tidy house. We had friends down for dinner and the 11yo girl from next door here all day - who decided that it was time for a sleep over so she's on a matress on the floor in the girls room tonight!
Oh I've just got to tell you though that my DH is the biggest ratbag! All the pressies I got for him paled in comparison to what I opened up on Christmas day. Apparently he'd done really well with some shares so he decided to splash out and buy me a KitchenAid which is something he's always wanted to buy me and something I'd never DREAMED I'd ever own! Not only that, it comes with a free ice cream bowl that has been sent away for AND the homewares store he bought it from gave him a $50 gift voucher for me to spent too! I'm still in shock, I just about cried and I don't think I've ever hugged Shane so hard in my life! I suppose I'd better be serious about making cakes then! LOL! :laughing:
Oh well I'd better head to bed. Our guests left not long ago, DH is checking out a new PS2 game I bought him and I'm out of champas.
I hope everyone is thoroughly enjoying the holidays and will have many happy stories to share soon!
I'm still working on some photos and I'll put some up soon.
Can't wait to talk to you all again.
Nighty night all!
xoxo
Moooooorniiiiiiing! *insert sing-song emoticon here!*
Just wanted to share that Alex slept through 12 hours last night! Not that it really helped us though because we didn't get our butts to bed until 1am! :laughing: I REALLY hope it wasn't a one-off, it's about time he started sleeping through, the girls all were at this age! LOL!
On the whole 'Great Baby Debate' Shane asked me this morning on a scale from 1-100 how much did I want another one, I said about a 79. I suprised both him and myself! We both thought it'd be higher! LOL! I'm flip-flopping around back and forth on the decision. One minute I look at my kids and esp at my little bubba blue and my heart just melts and I want 10 more (ok, well maybe not 10 . . .:rolleyes:) but then I look at them all playing so nicely and sleeping and how much they're growing up and I think - oh things are just so nice like this. Then there's the whole, I've done pregnancy/labour 4 times why would I be silly enough to WANT to do it all again?!! LOL!
I feel that my head and my heart are both pulling in opposite directions and I have no idea which is right. Can someone please offer me a crystal ball to see my future so I can stop thinking about it??
Hope everyone has a great day, looks like we're pottering around home again, I really wanted to go out and buy some cheap Christmas lights so we can start decorating next year. Might pop out later, we'll see.
Talk soon
xoxo
MrsMiggins
27-12-2007, 11:39
Morning ladies!
Hope you all had a wonderful Chrissy & that all the kids (and mummies!!) got massively spoilt!
Claire & Owen sure did! I couldn't even begin to list all the stuff they got, but they love all of it. Claire was so into playing with her toys yesterday that she didn't even manage to squeeze in a sleep!
I got 2 massage packages (1 each from the kids!) so I will be looking forward to using those. I think I'll probably save them for when I'm really sore!
Christmas night we had a shocker sleep-wise. Claire was awake in our bed from 1-4 & Owen, well, he was pretty much awake all night! I guess the excitement of the day was all too much for them. Last night was much better though - thank GOD for that!!
I have to go try wrestle Claire away from her new kitchen & dollhouse now & get her nappy changed & into bed for a nap. I'm not having 2 days in a row of no sleeps!! lol
Chat to you all again soon!
Hi again,
Anna how unreal about the KitchenAid. We got one as a wedding present from my parents and I love it!! What colour did you get? I have a red one which I love - there are some cool colours. I've had mine in action the last couple of days whipping up a chocolate pavolva and whipped cream to go on top - it is a great machine. Good work Alex with the 12 hour sleep! How exciting for you. Now it has been done once it can be done again. Will has been waking up quite often once a night anywhere between 1-5am for a quick feed but he really is so good - it only takes about 15 minutes all up which is nothing like the hours that Paddy would keep me up. I'm thinking that Will is pretty much ready for solids as he really seems hungry in these middle of the night feeds (could be because he doesn't feed very well during the day though as he is easily distracted). I'll buy the farex in the next couple of days and start soon. Can you believe our babies are almost 6 months!! How hilarious about Alex powering through his food - funny little man. Good luck with the baby 5 decision. Is Shane coming around to the idea? It's such a hard one.
Fi I hope you got some sleep out of your little ones tody and have a better night with them tonight. The last thing you need after an exhausting Christmas Day is little ones who won't sleep - no good. Good work with the 2 massages - an excellent present!
We have had a nice quiet day at home (no day sleep for Paddy again but he has been sleeping in until 9ish so fair enough). Tomorrow my parents are taking Paddy for the day and he will stay there tomorrow night and Dean and Will and I are hitting the shops. Poor Dean just has to come along to look after Will really. If Will would take a bottle I would be going on my own but he is going to have to come because if he needs a feed I am not giving up my shopping to rush home (which I had to do the other day). I got a Myer voucher as my KK present which is perfect as I am desperate for new clothes and I also have to find something to wear to my friend's wedding in a few weeks.
Anyway hope everyone is well and I will chat again soon.
Well hello again everyone!
Anna - I think you should start your own sleep agency for little ones. You've gotta be doing something right for all 4 of your kids to be such good sleepers. We had a little boy who was sooo overexcited last night that he was awake for about 2 hours in the middle of the night (bit like Claire) and was then awake at the crack of dawn again!
We had Christmas day at the farm which was great and then came here to Troy's Mum and Dad's yesterday. We are going back to the farm tomorrow as my brother and his kids are there and we will be there for 2 nights before finally heading home. Will seems to be a lot better now but he had a cough still and every now and then just seems a bit off.
Like all our little ones Will was very spoilt by all the family but I thought a real sign that he is growing up was that one of Troy's brothers bought him a remote control car and he can actually use it! He is such a little boy now.
Cath - you sound like your Christmas went very well - I think Paddy is amazing. It doesn't matter when Will goes to bed, he rarely sleeps later than 7 these days and has never in his whole life slept til 9am!
Anna - woohoo for the 12 hours sleep! :smiliedance: I hope Alex keeps it up for you now. LOL at you and the baby argument. I'd say 79% is a fairly positive outlook at this stage! Hehe - where is Shane's percentage at?
Oh yeah - well done on the Kitchen Aid too. That's definitely a pressie you deserve and will get a lot of use out of. Troy bought me something similar when Will was born and I am a bit ashamed to say it has not been used as much as it should have. I really love it when I do get a chance to use it though.
DH spoilt me with a lovely white gold necklace that has a long pendant (kind of a zigzag) with 3 little diamonds in the bendy bits (gosh that's a hopeless description!). It's very pretty. Although I usually wear yellow gold there are times when I think silver or white gold looks classier and I love the fact that he bought me something so personal. He can be just beautiful like that.
OK - I am being a bit rude and hiding fromt he rest of the family in my FIL's office so I had better say goodbye. Chat more soon!
Hi everyone. Hope you all had a great Christmas! Ours was pretty good. We had the MIL, BIL & SIL come over for Christmas lunch/dinner. Katelyn was really spoiled with all her pressies & was just so excited with the all that she hardly ate anything on Christmas day & just wanted to play with her toys!
Poor little thing though, she loves sucking 2 fingers but she's made them all red from biting them I think & the nails are starting to come off, so we've had to bandaid them up & stick micropore tape over the top to stop her sucking them....of course she absolutely hates it & just tries to get the tape off. I think this is also causing problems with her going to bed lately, since she's normally happy just to lie in her cot & suck on her fingers. But for her day sleeps over the weekend & Christmas she wouldn't get in her cot without screaming the house down so she's had to fall asleep on myself of James & then we'd have to carefully pop her on thc couch. Her night sleeps were still going ok though until last night. Tried to put her to bed twice & she just started screaming the house down. Eventually she went off to sleep on James' lap & he put her to bed without waking her. I sure hope this isn't going to continue like this.
Oh I got my OPKs in the mail yesterday so I'll start using them today. :smiliedance:
Hayley, LOL, just had to laugh about you getting an unexpected video of Cooper & his green poo! Sorry to hear that he wasn't well though. Oh, yay for your new carpet! That's so cute Cooper being excited about the carpet. :D
Cath, how are your boys going with their sleeping now? I hope you're managing to get enough sleep. Happy birthday to Dean! I'm glad he had a good birthday & loved his present! Oh, cute photos from chrissy day. :yes:
Lou, hope you enjoyed your trip to Melbourne!
Tan, sorry to hear about Will's puking incident in the car. That must have been a nuisance to clean up. That's no good I hope he's feelling better now. Oh, that necklace that Troy got you for Christmas sounds lovely!
Fi, that's good to hear your mastitis is starting to get better. Hope you & Dave had fun at his work's xmas party! Hey, what sort of kitchen did Claire get? We got Katelyn a Little Mermaid one & she just LOVES it!
Anna, yay for Alex moving into the nursery. That's great that he likes the cot. Oh & yay for his 12 hour sleep! LOL, I remember when Katelyn had her 1st big sleep (I think it was about 12-13 hours) that I just had to go check on her to make sure she was OK! That's great that you loved your Chrismas pressie. What exactly is a KitchenAid? Don't think I've heard of them before.
OK, that's all for me for now. I should get back to work now!
Hey!!
Renee - your Christmas sounded lots like ours! Immy sort of picked all day and was more excited about all the new stuff she got - so overwhelming for a 2yo don't you think??
Oh and THIS (http://www.petersofkensington.com.au/Product/ProductInfo.aspx?id=1589524) is a KitchenAid!
Tan - LOL about the sleep agency! I was seriously about to call one myself about Alex and his waking! I think we just had high expectations because the girls started sleeping through earlier. I do realise though that we're very lucky parents and that even 6 months is a great age for a baby to be sleeping through - I'm not taking that for granted and I'm going to start going to bed earlier myself! LOL!
Oh and as for the baby percentage thing - I asked Shane yesterday and I told him that his percentage out of 100 wasn't allowed to be below 10 so he chose 10/100 :rolleyes: men . . .:laughing:
How has Will settled down now? Did he sleep well last night now that the Christmas rush is starting to slow down? I really think it's a HUGE amount for toddlers to deal with, they really don't have the understanding that we do and would get overwhelmed pretty easily.
Oh Tan your necklace sounds just gorgeous - I'm very much a white gold person! I can totally picture your necklace and well done of Troy to buy something so personal all by himself! Shane's not too bad like that either!
Cath - I got a red KitchenAid too!!! :smiliedance: Shane had to order it as the store doesn't stock them and he had SUCH a hard time choosing the colour! He said he was sweating over it!! It was either the red or the brushed nickel (silver) but he chose the red - he chose well! I'd have been happy with silver too but the red looks sooooo cool against my latte coloured glass splashback in the kitchen! I haven't yet turned it on - I'm not game enough yet - it looks so pretty all clean and shiny, I'd like it to stay that way juuuuuust a little longer! PMSL! :laughing:
Have you started Will on solids yet? I really wanted to hold out to that 6 month mark but it was so obvious that Alex was just a hungry little boy, now he ploughs through breakfast and dinner - I'll start adding a little lunch soon, maybe just some mashed fruit so he doesn't fill too much - I still want him to be hungry for milk at his 4pm feed. Let me know how Will goes on the farrex - Alex hated it from day 1 so I put a little mashed banana or some tinned pureed apple for a little flavour and he was happier about it! I'd say fussy boy but I wouldn't eat farrex either! LOL!
Have you managed to get yourself out to Myer to buy some clothes yet? I bought myself a black skirt a week before Christmas and it was the best $20 I've spent! It's cotton, fully lined and has really nice embroidery and detailing on it. It was reduced in some store in town and I though, ah what the heck - it's $20 and it's so comfy! I really need to go get myself some tops though.
Fi - great to see you popping in more often! You got broadband yet?!
Oh I'm so envious about your massage packages that you got! I really hope you can find the time to go spoil yourself when Dave has a day at home! Is he back at work or does he have some holidays? How are the kids sleeping now - any better? OOh Claire's kitchen and doll house sounds cool! I simply don't have any room here for those kind of toys at the moment! The kids got lots of "outdoor" stuff - scooters, soccer net set, totum tennis etc!
Well must be off - the 3 girls spent the night at my mums so Shane and I and Alex are off to town to buy some more Christmas lights while they're on sale! I've decidede that we're going to get into the Christmas spirit and make the house look pretty next year! Can't believe how cheap they are! Who the heck would buy lights just before Christmas? They're all 50% off and I already spent $200 yesterday! :laughing:
Oh Alex has slept 12-13 hours for 3 nights in a row now! :smiliedance: He's SUCH a good boy! But it just shows how hungry he was though so we've been filling him full of veggies at night after his milk. I have a george forman steamer that I just stuffed full of veggies and set & forget then 1/2 hour later they're all nice and mushy, so I made a MASSIVE pile of mush the other day and have frozen it in individual zip lock bags so all I have to do is pull one out, defrost it and there's a couple of days worth in the fridge. Stuff the little ice cube trays - he'd eat about 1/4 in one sitting! LOL! At least this way I can add some pasta, rice or meat to them in the next month or so.
Ok - kids will be home in a few hours so we'd better get moving!
Talk soon!
xoxo
hayleylea
29-12-2007, 11:57
Hi Everyone!
Ive been missing in action since Christmas because things have just been NON STOP!!! Im sooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired its not funny and today is the first day we have had at home since christmas day!
Christmas day went really well. Cooper decided of all days to sleep in he would choose christmas day. I ended up going in at 8.30 and telling him Santa had been and he was out of bed quicker then i could say anything else!! The look on his face was priceless and he had a ball opening all of his presents! So we did the present thing, had breakfast, went down to the MILs - did the present thing there then had to head off to mums - Cooper was so excited the whole way down to my mums, he just kept saying Santas been then the whole time. The funniest thing was everytime someone asked him what Santa gave him he would look up with the biggest smile on his face and say "WOTS!!!!!!" It was hillarious and Oh so cute!
So we left my mums at 12 and came back here to have lunch with Trents family.Cooper didnt have a sleep but was an absolute angel all day...he played with the kids all day so it was very relaxing for me (mind you i didnt go much on the food but thats a whole other story!) I was buggered at 8 and came back up to our flat but Cooper wanted to stay with grandma so he played for a bit longer and eventually crashed about 9.30 then boxing day it was another luncheon at a friends house so Cooper again misses out on a sleep! (good boy though!)
We didnt get home till after 9.00pm so as you can all imagine we were exhuasted.
Thursday we had to go do some work on our house and were meant to be back for Coopers day sleep but that didnt happen because Trents friend turned up at our house with his brother to take him for a motorbike ride and then my sister turned up so we all went out for lunch and then by the time we got home it was almost dinner time. Cooper had about a 10 minute sleep in the car but that was it. (i was getting pretty worried about then that his day sleeps were over lol) YEsterday was suppose to be a quiet day at home but my friend rang and said she was in town (my home town where my mum lives) and she has a little baby thats 3 months old that i hadnt seen yet so we went down to visit there instead. Cooper didnt even have a sleep in the car so i was even more worried lol. But it worked out for the best because he was in bed at normal time last night, up at normal time this morning (he hasnt been getting up till after 9.30 all the other mornings) and he went for his day sleep at 12 and is sound asleep! YAY! (FEEEEW for that :laughing:)
Needless to say we are at home doing nothing today...although Trent is working on our house. He was in trouble yesterday cause he went out the night before for what was suppose to be for an hour and got home after 3am and woke Cooper up:banghead: I was not a very happy mummy!
So yes very hectic but good christmas! Cooper got some good presents - but i was very happy with the amount given this year. He got alot but people didnt go totally overboard (including myself and santa lol) like last year. He got alot of outdoorsy stuff aswell. Id have to say his favourite thing is his motorised motorbike that trents mum gave him and his sand and water table. I got pretty spoilt too, off Trent i got a portable harddrive for my photos, a webcam,and a fridge for my car...So i was pretty happy with that. We got our dinning room suite off the MIL along with watches, and IDOG, and the deal or no deal game. The list goes on lol.
Anyway sorry for lack of personals just thought id pop in so you know im all here. Im trying to take it as easy as possible over the next few weeks so if im not around as much thats why. I dont want to whinge but my MS has decided to reappear for most of the morning up until lunch time and its not very fun (only queaziness not throwing up) but still not nice!
take care and talk soon.
MrsMiggins
29-12-2007, 12:25
Hi ladies!
Just got both the kids down after a busy morning at the gym (I did the cycle studio class - 45 mins of full-on cycling! Excellent, but man it's been a while since I went that full-on on a bike!! My butt is so sore!!! :laughing:)
Just thought I'd jump on for a proper catch-up before all the other stuff I want to get done before the hellians awaken! ;)
Anna, Ooooh!! I am sooooo envious of your KitchenAid! Dave apparently went to get me one for Xmas (last year... year before... I can't remember) but they'd sold out. Obviously he then forgot all about it, because it's never made an appearance since! lol Yay for Alex sleeping! Can he come have a chat with Little Mr Wide Awake for me?? I've been using a bit of Rescue Remedy with him (and me too actually!) and it seems to be working in that he's much easier to get back to sleep, but he's still waking an awful lot. Claire's driving us up the wall too. Do you remember a little while ago I was saying how she kept coming into bed with us, but then she stopped it? Well she's back at it again with a veangance! It's been every night now for at least the past week. I've told Dave that we're going to have to start taking her back to bed, but as I can't do it (I'd have to be available for Owen) he would have to, but he's too damn lazy! Dave is one of these people who needs like 12 hours sleep a night or is just a complete zombie for days afterwards. Drives me crazy! I always tell him that he must've been a cat in a former life!
No, no BB yet. Still waiting on our upgrade. Maybe when we win the 30mil Lotto, we'll finally be able to afford it!! (Ooh! That reminds me - GO TO NEWSAGENTS THIS ARVO & BUY QUICKPIK!!)
Cath, LOVE your Chrissy pics!! Glad to hear you had a nice day! Hmmmm..... chocloate pavlova huh? That sounds divine!! I hope your shopping spree went well & that you find something nice for the wedding. I hear you on the feeding thing. I feel as though I have to take Owen everywhere as well. As glad as I am that I was able to BF him, I do envy the freedom I had when Claire was younger. I'm just looking forward to the time when he is a little less dependant upon me & I can leave him with mum & dad for an afternoon. Although, in saying that, I know I will be upset at my little baby growing up so quickly!!
Tan, wow! That necklace does sound lovely! Will sounsd so cute & so grown up playing with his remote control car!! Xmas at the farm sounds like a blast!! I think I mentioned to you once before how great I think it is you can go there for a break. I know how much Claire would love it - I wish we had friends or rellies with a farm! Oh no about the car puke!! :barf:
Lou, I hope your trip to Melbourne went well! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Renee, Claire got some Little Mermaid stuff too! She got a carriage pulled by dolphins & an Ariel doll & a watch (just a lucky door prize I won a few months back, so I thought I'd chuck it in her stocking. She loves it! I'm sure she feels all gron up having a watch!) The kitchen she got is a Elmo one. It's massive & has a million accessories (half of which have been chewed up by Owen already - much to Claire's distress!!) Mum saw it on sale & said she just had to buy it! She's worse than me!! It's very cool though!
Halyes, wow! No wonder you're exhausted!! Make sure you are able to take it easy now for a while. You sure sound as though you guys had a great Xmas!! Cooper sounds so cute all excited!! I feel so sorry for Claire right now, as she was utterly in love with Santa and now I have to keep telling her that he's gone back to the North Pole for a big sleep. I tell her that he was a very busy man & now he needs a rest until next year. She seems OK with that, thankfully! Oooh!! Naughty Trent coming home so late & waking Cooper up! I'd have been angry about that too!
Well, I'd better go get all my work done, instead of sitting here on the computer! Talk soon!
hayleylea
29-12-2007, 14:42
Fi - im with you and the whole feeling sorry for the kids about Santa. Cooper loves him too and im dreading taking down the christmas decorations lol Itsgoing to break his heart.
Cooper slept for 2.5 hours today and when he woke up i took him out in the yard and put the sprinkler on for him. He had a ball!
Anyway speaking of which he is chucking a tantrum so i better go
Talk soon
Its been so busy on here and I've been popping in for a quick read and now I can't remember what I've just read. I'm sure I've pickled/preserved my brain with all the alcohol I've been consuming. Love this silly season. I'm at my folks place in Bairnsdale and mad is it HOT today. 40 actually and searing hot. We've been spending the day in the house with the air con on hiding out.
Christmas has been fantastic. We had one lot of cousins/uncles/aunties come down for a few days, then tag teamed with some others from Tassie. All with kids who love the outdoors and just entertained Maddi all day long. She's been loving it and so have I. Its so relaxing. But like a few of the others on here her sleep has gone up the creek and she is waking up at least once in the night. And because I'm in holiday mode I just pick her up and put her in bed with us. Unfortunately I'm finding that she has just about outgrown the portacot and I think perhaps she is waking because of the restrictions.
Maddi got a wooden balance bike and some wooden dolls from us. She got a lot of books from my brother, money from DH's parents, a teddy bear that lights up and changes color from my cousins, a toy saxa phone, a bunch of hair things from another cousin, a wind chime from one of our friends. And the big mother of all presents was a dools house that my Dad made. Its awesome and matches the rocking boat. I'll have to take a photo when we get back home. Thats what the wooden dolls are for. So yeah she scored really well.
Our trip down was in the pouring down rain. We ended up driving right through Melbourne and all the way to Bairnsdale. It took us only 5 hours this time which was awesome and Maddi was so good in the car. She's been really good. We've brought the darn potty with us because she won't sit on the big toilet. And with all the excitement of christmas her dunny trianing isn't really going to plan. Although when she's in the wading pool she screams out wee and runs out of the pool and right onto the potty. Its funny as.
We've been to the surf beach once, and tested out the new shade umbrella which was ace. Hoping to get there again soon but with these searing hot days I'm not sure we'll be going. Maddi will be sure to burn to a crisp in this heat.
Tony and I are toying with the idea of scooting off to Melbourne for a shopping trip/night out and my parents will look after Maddi. Its very tempting! But with this hot weather going to the city might be horrible.
Sounds like everyone has been having a great time over Christmas and that everyone got great presents too. I'm very envious of the mixer Anna. One of those has been on my wish list for a while now.
Well I better go. We're about to hit the wading pool out the back for a dip, then there's visitors for tea. I think we'll head back to Bendigo mid week next week? We'll just see how we go. Take it as it comes. Not sure what we're doing New Years yet?
Have a great time!
Anna, that KitchenAid looks pretty cool...hehe maybe I need something like to actually get me into the kitchen & cook for a change! :laughing:
Hayley, sounds like Cooper had a great Christmas! I agree, it's going to be sad taking down all the christmas decorations. Katelyn loves them too, & we've got a Santa face on the wall that she keeps pointing too & saying "Santa!"
Fi, Katelyn's also started up getting into bed with us again. Several times over the past week it's happened, she'll wake up screaming & then James will go get her & bring her into bed with us. I'd like to just be able to put her back into her cot, but I know that she'll just keep crying & she'll just get herself all worked up. Oh & well done on getting to the gym this morning! I had enough trouble just dragging myself out of bed lol, that would have been such an effort riding a bike for 45min 1st thing in the morning!
Lou, sounds like it's pretty hot over there! Feels pretty hot here too. We've been in the pool a couple of times already today & think I might head back in there soon!
Well, I really don't know what to do about Katelyn's fingers that she sucks on. I tried the bandaids on them with micropore over the top, but she now just uses her teeth to scrape it off, so it might be making her fingers even worse. The poor little fingers look so red. :no:
Well, I better head off now. Want to go for another swim, then should start thinking about getting ready to go out for dinner. We're going to a Chinese restaurant with James' brother, sister & possibly their mum, as James' sister heads back to Sydney tomorrow. I love this Chinese restaurant, we normally get take away from there once a week, so it'll be nice to eat in there for once. I sure hope Katelyn's on her best behaviour tonight! :fingerscrossed:
hayleylea
29-12-2007, 18:45
Lou, glad to hear you had a good chrissy!!!
Renee- thats no good about katelyns fingers!!! Poor little thing it sounds so painfull!! HOpefully you can get them better soon!
Well im off for a 2 night break!! :smiliedance: Trent came home from our house and said pack yours and Coopers bags cause Im taking you away tommorrow! Its only to wollongong but the place we are staying out sounds nice and it has a pool, and ive been wanting to take Cooper to the beach for ages. So that was a nice suprise - im looking forward to doing not a great deal and not having to do house work etc! What a sweetie!
Anyway bags are packed just put Cooper to bed. And im off to lie on the lounge...
talk to you all when i get back!
Hayley. enjoy your break. You really deserve it after how busy you've been recently! How nice of Trent to surprise you like that. :yes:
Dinner was nice tonight and the food was yum! Katelyn was mostly well behaved apart from not wanting to sit in her high chair. She sat on James most of the time but got a bit wiggly after a while. She actually ate plenty of food at the restaurant tonight which I was quite surprised about because she normally just picks at her food. She was also trying to be helpful to the waiters by handing them a couple of plates when they came to pick up the plates we'd finished with. It was so cute!
Anyhoo, I'm pretty stuffed now so I'll head off to bed. Hopefully Katelyn won't wake up screaming in the middle of the night again. :fingerscrossed: Night everyone!
Hope you have a good trip Hayles - how thoughtful of Trent to organise that for you all! Hope the weather is good for you - it's been just LUSH here lately.
Renee - that's great that Katelyn behaved so well at the restaurant last night - how cute about her helping the waiters! Maybe in a year or two you should send her to the kitchen to wash the dishes!
HEY LOU! GREAT to hear from you! It sounds like you're all having a great holiday! I wish we had places to go to visit relatives - all of ours are too close! When are you guys going to come to Tassie? We have lovely beaches here too! LOL! So was Santa good to you? Maddi sounded like she did VERY well! I can't wait to see a picture of the doll house your dad made, he's so very clever!
Well Shane and I are taking the kids to the movies today to see Bee Movie, then he's playing a round of golf with a friend who called at about 8am - WT?? I'm not happy about it, especially because I'm savouring every minute Shane is home with us before he goes back to work on Wednesday. Worst thing is that he's invited this guy down for dinner too and I'm like - yeah thanks - means that we have to tidy up and I have to cook.:mad:
Anyway, Shane and I are taking turns playing the PS2 so I'd better get the kids hair done while it's his turn.
Talk soon!
xoxo
MrsMiggins
30-12-2007, 09:39
Hey Renee, about Katelyn's sore fingers - Claire is a chronic thumb sucker & a while ago, she actually got blisters on both her thumbs from sucking them so much. Poor thing! It looked so sore & I was really worried about it, but nothing we could do would stop her from sucking her thumbs. In the end, we just left her be & somehow the blisters cleared up on their own. Hopefully the same thing will happen with Katelyn. :fingerscrossed:
I will have to come back later & type the rest of what I wanted to say. Owen is just driving me INSANE today!! He was up all night (doing his every 20mins stints again :banghead:) and now this morning I've tried to put him down twice already & he just wakes up 5 mins later. He is so tired & just WILL NOT SLEEP!!!!
Well, Katelyn was really good last night. No screaming during the night & we didn't wake up till 8:30 to the sound of her chattering away to herself! :)
Nice warm day here again. We went out to the markets for lunch today & to get me an anniversary present (it's our 5 year wedding anniversary on Thursday). We bought James' pressie yesterday which is a silver chain that he wanted. Got it half price in the sales too.....handy that our anniversary is right after the end of year sales! :thumbsup: And today we got me a necklace and earing set. It's a nice colourful one that's made of dichroic glass. The same sort of stuff that the pendant James got me for xmas is made out of. It was so hard picking out which one I wanted. There were so many pretty pendants there
Anna, yeah Katelyn might be ready to help out with dishes in a couple of years. Certainly not at the moment as she proved last night. She was playing with her toy kitchen and she managed to pull the tap right off lol, so it was James the plumber to the rescue! :laughing:
Oh hey Anna, we're planning on heading to Tassie possibly next year during the footy season! Probably going to spend a week in Tassie then head to Adelaide for a week. We've never been to Tassie before and have been wanting to go there for a while.
hope you enjoyed the Bee movie today. We haven't seen it yet but from the ads it looks pretty good. We'll probably wait till it comes out on DVD.
Fi, sorry to hear Owen kept you up all night. Hopefully he'll be much better for you tonight. How long did it take for Claire's thumb to heal up? Was she still sucking on it while it was healing? I sure hope Katelyn's heals up by itself because I just can't think of anything else to do for them.
Oh yay, Katelyn's just FINALLY crashed on the floor in front of the TV!! :smiliedance: I'd been trying to get her to sleep for a while & then just gave up because she just wanted to keep playing. I'm not going to bother trying to transfer her to her cot......just let sleeping toddlers lie I think! :yes:
Hope everyone's having a great day.
MrsMiggins
30-12-2007, 16:42
Yep Renee, she was sucking her thumbs the whole time. I was actually very surprised they healed so quickly & so well, as they were really quite bad. Didn't take very long - couple of weeks maybe from when the blisters first started to appear to the time they were completely gone.
OK, Both the kids managed a big nap (albeit a very late one :rolleyes:) and I had a bit of a chill. Not feeling quite so stressed out now, although Owen's decided to wake up in a "mood" (ie: has screamed pretty much non-stop since he woke up) so who knows how long my de-stress will last!! (Mmm... have to go get something for dinner shortly before Woolies closes. It's very windy & rainy here today. Sigh!)
Lou, I'm glad you guys had a good Chrissie! Can't wait to see pics of Maddi's dollhouse! That boat was awesome, so I can only imagine what the dollhouse must be like! What is it about our kids & sleeping ATM??
Hayles, enjoy your break!! Sounds like BLISS!!! You deserve it!! :yes:
Anna, lol at someone calling at 8am! We're all up & about long before then, but Dave's parents have been guilty more than once of forgetting the daylight saving's factor & calling us at 6am or something equally as stupid! I may be up at 6am, but I'm certainly in no mood to be talking to IL's!! lol
How was the movie? Bee Movie looks good!
Oh Renee, happy anniversary for Thurs in case I don't catch up with you before then. Our 7th is coming up at the end of Jan, but I don't think Dave will be here for it (grrrr!! He'll be down the Gold Coast caddying. Bad timing as he'll also be away for my birthday at the beginning of Feb. :mad:)
I'm glad Katelyn slept better for you last night. Claire was better last night too. She managed to go the whole night in her own bed.
I'd better go. Claire's lured Owen down the hallway & it sounds as though they've started WW3 in the kitchen.
Oh hello everyone!
Lou - Lovely to hear from you. It sounds as though Maddi has had an excellent holiday season - and you are so right about all the excitement throwing the sleep out the window! Although we managed (by some miracle) to get through the last 9 days without missing any day sleeps. Maddi's doll house sounds very cool - I think I need to attach myself to your Fa - Will would think he is soo clever!
Renee - poor Katelyn and her fingers. I've got no idea as Will is a dummy sucker for bed. I've been making plans for ditching the dummy lately but then I read your post and decided the dummy isn't so bad afterall! I still might ditch it though. I have a funny feeling he won't miss it after a day or two. Katelyn sounds as though her Christmas was very special too. I'd love to buy Will a toy kitchen as he just loves to "help" while we are cooking or cleaning in there but I get the strangest looks from people whenever I mention it. Apparently he spends a lot of time "cooking" in the day care one as well. I don't care if he likes cooking - most of the world's great chefs are males!
Anna - Alex is really going great guns now he is into those solids isn't he? I still think you should have a parenting/sleep hotline! If 6 months is the longest any of your 4 kids took for sleeping through then that has got to be some kind of record or something! Now- has Immy "lost" her dummy yet? I'm taking your lead on this one I think. (Now she'll tell me that Immy lost it weeks ago...)
Fi - my oh my. You are one busy woman with those two kidlets of yours. I hope Owen settles down for you soon. At least you have managed to retain a sense of humour about the whole thing. The anti-sleep clingon term was a good one! As for the whole night time visit thing from Claire....Will would love to visit our bed I am sure. He just can't get out of his room when he is at home but he did ask on one occasion while we were away - and we all had to share a room. More about that later...
Hayley - lovely to hear from you! Cooper sounds as though he has had the busiest Christmas of all of our little ones! He has managed so well too by the sounds of things. I wish Will would find the sleep-in dust. Doesn't matter when that boy goes to bed he is wide awake before 7am.
Well we are home again after 9 nights away. After we were at the in-laws we went back to the farm so that we could see my brother and his four kids. The farm is the perfect place for the kids to run and get tired but my Mum and Dad's house is just too small for all of us to be there together! My poor parents had to leave the house and sleep in their caravan - but I could honestly say that they would have had much better sleep than the rest of us! I have two older brothers and the farm is a 3 bedroom house only. So my oldest brother and his wife were in one room, then my 3 nephews and one niece were all in another (getting them into bed and to sleep was like WW3 every night) and we were in the other room with Will on the floor on a mattress. My other brother slept in the family room on a sofa bed (his wife left on Saturday to visit her BF in brisbane). The past two nights Will has woken up really upset and soaked in sweat (like lying in a puddle). The first night we managed to sort him out reasonably quickly but last night he took a while to settle down. The main problem seemed to be that he was kind of in a nook between the dresser and a built in wardrobe and just not getting any fresh air at all, but there was nowhere else to put him. In the end we opened all the windows and the door last night (we pretty much never open the door) and thought we don't care who sees us and he slept quite a bit better. I am hoping he settles down after a couple of nights back at home. The days were great though- Will just grew and grew in confidence with all the things on the farm and just loved it. We are now hoping to go back before the end of summer. Other than riding quad bikes and tractors, sitting in the back of the ute and collecting eggs etc, we took him down the river to paddle and throw rocks etc. He had such a great time.
OK - I've talked too much. Need to download photos - if you are lucky I might be able to share some with you.
Hello again,
Welcome home Tan!! That sounds like one crowded house at your parents. How funny they had to escape to a caravan. Sounds like Will had a great time (apart from a few sleeping issues). It must have been so nice for him to play with his cousins. Paddy has 9 cousins (all older -the next up in age is 9) and he absolutely loves them and all the attention he gets from them. They are all from Dean's side of the family. I don't think my brother will be providing him with any cousins which is a bit sad but I am still so happy he has the ones he's got. How is the pregnancy going? How are you feeling?
Fi you poor thing with the crazy sleep dramas -it is not fun at all. Good to hear you had a bit of a de-stress. I'm like that- one minute it is the end of the world that Will won't go to sleep and the next minute I think it's no big deal. No good Dave will be away for your anniversary and birthday. You'll have to get out for a nice dinner or something when he gets back.
Renee sounds like you have been having fun out shopping and out for dinner. Good luck with Katelyn's fingers -that's a hard one. Best of luck too wit hthe OPK's -I found them great in helping me to get pregnant the first 2 times. Very cute about Katelyn helping the waiter.
Anna hope you had fun at the movies. The red KitchenAid is excellent -it looks really funky I think. I do like the sliver too but red is my favourite. How cool about Alex's big sleeps. Will is waking up religiously every night now which I am a bit over. I started him on solids today but it wasn't a big success. He gagged on the first few mouthfuls of rice cereal (didn't have it runny enough) and then after about the 3rd mouthful he threw it all back up. I tried to give him a bit more but he just kept thrashing his head from side to side and was not a happy boy. I don't remember Paddy being like that but maybe he was. I will try again tomorrow. I'm inspired by Alex's 12 hour sleeps now to get Will full enough to have some big sleeps again. Hopefully hunger is the reason he is waking up as that can be fixed.
Hayley how unreal about your little holiday -sounds perfect and exactly what you all need. Your Christmas sounded very busy. Enjoy your rest.
Lou sounds like you are having fun with your parents. The doll's house sounds excellent. The weather in Victoria is just hideous isn't it? It is going to be 42 degrees here tomorrow for goodness sake!! How ****!! That is no way to celebrate New Year's Eve. Not sure what we are going to do. Friend's are having a spit roast BBQ from 6pm but there is no way we are taking 2 little boys to that when it is going to be that hot. We are going to try and just hang out at home but we might have to escape to some A/C which means going to either of our parent's house. Dean is not at all keen to hang out with my parents on NYE which I totally understand but they have a bigger house than his parents and lots of toys for Paddy and it would be better there for the boys for sleeping. We will work it out as the day goes along I guess. I t is going to be 37 on Tuesday with an overnight low of 26 -horrible!! I totally hate summer! Bring on winter.
Anyway I will catch up again soon -off to have a bath.
Just had to pop on to say that KATELYN DID A WEE ON THE POTTY!!!!! :smiliedance: LOL, I came inside to find her with her nappy off, so quickly raced her to the bathroom intending to put it back on, but instead she ran over to the potty & sat on it & did a pee! I'm so proud of her!! Of course, then she went and put her hands in it lol & had to be cleaned up! :laughing:
Oh, and today she's taken to an oven mit. I have her an oven mit when her & James were playing with her new kitchen & when she fell asleep on the floor earlier she still had her oven mit on. She's just gone to bed now & she wouldn't let me take it off her, so she's gone to bed with the mit on. :rolleyes:
Fi, thanks, I feel a bit better now knowing that Claire's thumb healed up by itself while she was still sucking on it! We've given up putting bandaids on her fingers because she just takes them off, but she wanted a bandaid put on anyway and chucked a bit of a wobbly until I put a bandaid on her hand, which she took off again pretty quickly! :rolleyes:
Oh, that's no good that Dave's going to be away for both your anniversary & your birthday! :no:
Tan, welcome back! Sounds like Will had a great time. Look forward to seeing some photos. :)
Cath, I hope Will starts to eat the solids soon, especially if the reason he's waking up is that he's hungry. Once he has a nice full tummy hopefully he should start sleeping for a lot longer.
Well, I should really start thinking about heading to bed soon. Got to be up nice & early for work tomorrow. Once again a nice "busy" day of only 3 patients awaits me! Ah well, it's NYE & we're meant to be closing our doors at 3pm anyway, which means I have to be finished my 2pm. Should easily manage that!
:smiliedance: for Katelyn! What a big girl.
The TT has been going well over the holidays although it is probably more toilet timed rather than toilet trained. It's easy at the farm as we just tell Will it is wee time and he runs outside to do a wee on the grass. Can't really do that at home though.
Today I am so tired! I don't know where my little boy has gone that used to sleep so well. I know he has probably gotten a bit confused over the holidays with all the travelling and the million different beds he has slept in, but it feels like his sleep has just deteriorated in general since October when he turned 2! Last night he woke at 12 and went back to sleep after being tucked in but then was awake again at 2:30 and it took about 4 trips into his room before he nodded off again. I am so over it, I just want a decent night's sleep. (Sorry Fi - this must seem like such a ridiculous whinge to you right now.) Today he has found his cranky/naughty pants and has had a zillion trips to the naughty spot. Oh well, he really was very good while we were away, I guess he had to muck up eventually. Sorry about the whinge. I guess it is pretty petty really.
Ok - Better get off here and go and do something constructive. I have managed to go out and get some fruit and vege this morning but that's about it really!
Oh - Cath - I feel for you in this heat! Not nice at all with little ones. I hope you can find a nice cool spot somewhere today.
MrsMiggins
31-12-2007, 11:26
Oh Tan!!! :hugs: Not at all!! If anything, I just really feel for you, as I honestly think getting up repeatedly for a toddler is much, much worse than getting up for a baby! I just hope that your peaceful little Will comes back to you in the New Year (hint, hint, Will! That means you have to start tonight!!!)
Owen had a reasonable night last night, which is to say that he had a couple of stints of 2+ hours, although he kept waking up every few minutes after I first put him down. I wasn't feeding him back to sleep then though & BOY, OH BOY did he get cranky!!! :eek: But we got there eventually & he had a couple of half decent sleeps. Claire was back in our bed though at 1.30 *sigh!* :rolleyes: If it's not one it's the other ATM! Oh well! At least Claire is quite low maintenance when she wakes up.
Owen woke up at 7.30, which was a good thing as I had them booked into the gym creche at 8am!! Bit of a rush job, but we made it there only a few minutes late! And believe it or not, he was actually quite happy there today. I'm going to have to watch the kids (Owen in particular as he's not had his 18m needle yet) because the creche had an outbreak of chicken pox. Hopefully they'll be OK. :fingerscrossed:
Renee, how awesome about Katelyn using her potty!! :yelclap: What a clever little girl!!!! Hope you have a cruisy day today! How's she going with her pet oven mitt today? So CUTE!!!!!
I'm feeling for you guys with all the hot weather! We've actually got the opposite problem up here - nothing but strong wind & rain (which sucks because windy days make the kids go nutty - just what I need!!) Apparently several NYE fireworks have been cancelled in QLD due to the weather. Not that it'll affect my NYE celebrations much! Nothing short of my couch being stolen will upset that apple cart!!
Well, must run now. I'm going to try & get Claire to have a nap while Owen's down.
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S OCTOBER 05 MUMMIES!!!
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OK - so hopefully these will work and you can see some photos of our time away.
Oh Tan those photos are beautiful! Will has such a beautiful little face and with those gorgeous curls he really does look angelic. You poor thing with the night wake ups -it must be so annoying. I really hope he stops doing it soon so you can get some decent nights in before baby 2 arrives.
Good work with the gym Fi. I saw how crazy the weather is up there on the news.Hope it calms down soon.
Renee how exciting about Katelyn on the potty! Funny kid with her oven mit -they really are quite mad sometimes aren't they?
So far weare sticking it out at home in the heat. All the fans are going and it is okay but I'm sure it will be horrible in here by tomorrow. Will did a bit better with the rice cereal this morning thank goodness and was actually opening his mouth to receive the spoon half way through his "meal" which was good.I guess the whole thing must be so weird for them to begin with. I really can't remember what it was like with Paddy.
Anyway better go. No day sleep for Paddy today as he woke up late. Hopefully that means he will go to bed easily tonight (as long as he's not too hot poor kid -it's like an oven outside and it is slowly seeping in and his bed in near the un-insulated wall).
Happy New Year everyone!!
Looks like I'm the 1st one to post in this thread for 2008!.
:smiliedance:HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!:smiliedance:
We had a pretty quiet one last night, just sat at home on the couch & watched the countdown. Struggled to even stay awake till midnight! :laughing:
Katelyn's still got her oven mit...took it to bed again last night & is now sleeping on James with the oven mit on. :rolleyes:
Anyhoo, that's all I got time for now. James is whining that he needs a drink. :rolleyes:
Wow! Do we all have hangovers today or something? It's awfully quiet!!
How was everyone's new years??
We had a great night! We originally were going to go to a fellow bubhubbers place for a bbq and fireworks but the kids had all just been so tired with late nights and family catch ups that we decided to stay home.
Then a good friend asked if we'd come down with her & her hubby to a party. The people hosting had just moved to Tas and were still getting to know people.
Turns out that I'd met the mum at my mums group and her daughter Lily and Nicola are in the same class together next year, and they also have a son who's only a couple of months older than Alex! Well the 4 girls got along like a house on fire and Immy finally crashed at 10pm so we put her to bed in the parent's room. They had a portacot so Alex slept there, then we had some fireworks and sparklers. Shane had ducked home to grab the PS2 and the kids watched a movie while the adults all sat around and played Buzz. Nicola finally crashed on the couch at about 1am while Lily and Chelsea pottered around eating chocolate! I think we must have left at about 2:30am and thank goodness our place was only 10 mins away!
We had a really great night and got along really well with this new couple. We're going to have them all over for dinner soon and they really love playing board games just like us! LOL!
Today the kids woke late and all 3 girls had naps - Chelsea & Nicola only just got up and Immy's still sleeping. We were going to have the babysitter come down tonight but we called and changed it to Thursday (she was tired too!) so tonight the kids will be in bed early and I'll prepare some pancake mix for Chelsea's birthday tomorrow. Shane will probably go in late to work (first day back :() and 2 sets of grandparents will be visiting after work. Then we have a party for her on Saturday and I have to make 2 cakes (one for Chelsea, one for her best friend Isabelle).
Anyway . . . I'm off to start some dinner then do some more tidying up.
Hope you've all had a nice relaxing day - I'm still sitting here in my bed tank top, no bra, a denim skirt I threw on as I came downstairs and DH has just asked me if I've looked at my hair today. Hmm . . . what's he trying to say??? :confused::laughing:
ETA: LOL Renee! I was busy typing away while you were posting! So cute about Katelyn still wearing her oven mit! PMSL! :D
:party:HAPPY NEW YEAR:party: everyone. Just wanted to pop in and say that before it turns into next week. Can't do a big post as I need to help my mum cook dinner. Still having a great holiday and enjoying the relaxation and NOT being at the W place (work). Maddi and I have been swimming in the wading pool today which was lovely and cool. Last night we went to our friends place for a BBQ, then off to the beach for fireworks. It was lovely except that Maddi HATES fireworks as much as she dislikes Santa. But we still had a good time.
OK's better go help my Mum before she does it all herself!
hayleylea
01-01-2008, 18:14
Hi guys
Well we have arrived back home from our little get-a-way..
First things first is personals…since I have been so slack with them lately I thought I would do them first before talking about ME ME ME lol.
Anna – hope you savored every moment while Shane was at home…even despite his golf playing!
Renee – Glad katelyn was better for you and didn’t wake up. Cooper went through about a week of waking up at around 3-4am too. I think like Tan with Will that its night terrors. I could be wrong though but with Cooper its all of a sudden – no whinging just full on screaming and like he is scared. Thankfully that has stopped now!!! Your anniversary shopping sounds like fun! Well done with the bargain for James! WELL DONE to Katelyn doing a wee on the potty too!!!
Fi – Hope your kidlets are sleeping well for you! They sure like to give you a hard time sleep wise don’t they – too busy planning what to do next lol.
Tan – well done without missing a day sleep for Will for the entire 9 days! We have no hope of that here. Cooper is just too busy and will refuse a day sleep if too much excitement is going on. Sounds like Will had a great time on the farm and I hope his sleeping gets back to normal now you guys at are home. Cooper and Will sound like they would be best of friends enjoying quad bike riding and tractors etc. Cooper just loves going out to our house for all of those things. Your mums house sounded very crowded…oh well atleast you all got to spend sometime together! Cute photos of Will as usual!! He has gorgeous hair and eyes!! He looks happy with all his cousins!
Cath – keep them fans coming. I dunno how you go without having an air con – im such a sook and we don’t even get that hot! Lol
Lou – good to hear from you too! Glad to hear your still having a great holiday!!
OK HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!! Hope everyone had a good one!! I actually fell asleep before midnight! Lol. I find it hard to stay awake past 8.30 these days im just so tired!! We did have a good night though will talk later about it in the next few lines lol.
Our mini get away was EXCELLENT!!! Just what we ALL needed and we had a really really really really good time! The weather was perfect and Cooper was excellent! Day one we arrived at around lunch time and just had a look around (Cooper didn’t even sleep on the way up there he was busy chatting to himself and watching at everything pass by the window). Booked into our room, And Cooper looked out the window and saw the pool and was so excited so we all got in our swimmers and went swimming. We were in there for ages and had the pool to ourself for most of the time so it was excellent. He loved it! After that we all went for showers. Went to the shops for a look around..then walked down to the leagues club for dinner. On the way we stopped at this really big kiddie park and Cooper played around for ages and then we had dinner went home and put Cooper to bed about 7.30. I thought we were in for a shocker of a night because the motel only had a queen and single in the same room. But he was perfect and didn’t wake up till 8am so that was good for us all.
So yesterday we all got dressed went and had our breakfast and then headed down to the beach. This was Coopers first time at the beach and he wasn’t too happy about it to be honest lol. He was so excited when he first saw it, and loved looking at the water…but actually going in it was a NO GO! Cant blame him though because as with the beaches in qld and Sydney at the moment it was pretty rough. He ended up loving it in the end and we went down where the wet sand was and dug him a hole and it filled with water and he played for ages in the sand but then a big wave came and the water got him and he told me Home mumma!!! HAHAHA. He had a good time though, we then took him to another beach that had a “pool” there and he enjoyed that a lot more…then went for a walk along the beach and collected shells which he had a ball doing!! He fell asleep in the car on the way back to the motel so Trent and I decided to do a tourist drive and have a look around, which was good.
We then headed back to the motel. Had a little rest and watched TV, had showers and then went to a fun packed new years at a show ground. It had rides and entertainment for kids, Cooper had a ball watching all the people on the stage and the music, he had an ice cream and then we went to hogs breath for dinner. Cooper loved the curly fries!!! We had a nice time – a lot different from drinking on new years that’s for sure but it was such a nice night! Like I said we didn’t do much went to that park thing, then for dinner then got home around 9, put Cooper to bed and he fell straight asleep and Trent and I had a nice snuggle and chat in bed and both fell asleep before the new year! Lol. Oh well we had a good night and that’s the main thing. (it was good to catch up on some sleep too!) We woke at 8am this morning, got dressed and went to the pool for an early morning swim and then we went down by the harbour and showed Cooper the boats…got some fresh prawns and ate them by the water and then headed home along the coast. We took the national park route aswell instead of the freeway so it was a nice drive! Once again Cooper was an angel in the car considering he only had an hour sleep!
We stopped at mums on the way home, and Cooper said bye to me and Trent and wanted to stay with her. She said it was OK and she is minding him tomorrow anyway cause we are going to an auction in Sydney so we come home to a very quiet house. OMG its so different without him here..i walk around like a lost puppy…mind you im putting my feet up and waiting for Trent to arrive with Chinese! So its all good. Cooper is having a ball at mums aswell so that’s nice to know aswell..
So we had a great time. It sounds like we cramed a lot in but really it was nice and relaxing and just great to not have a worry in the world about our house or have to be somewhere. It was nice to have Trent all to myself (well sharing him with just Cooper anyway) and it was just a really great time.
Anyway better go. Trent will be here any minute!
Happy New Year!
I too was asleep well before midnight last night. I have to say though that if we don't go out then I don't really give a hoot about NYE. Just another night to me.
Hayley - sounds as though you had a great little get away! LOL at Cooper at the beach. Will has his moments but he usually does pretty well there. I always think the waves must look huge to our little ones!
Anna - I am so amazed at your girls last night! They really have stamina! For kidlets who are usually such sleepyheads I never would have thought they could stay up like that! Good for you - showing us NYE can still be done!
Renee - I meant to say that I had a good giggle about Katelyn and her oven mit. My best friend's little girl (she is 2.5) insists on wearing a sun hat to bed every night. It's hilarious. Her mum was going in and taking it off her head after she was asleep but she starting waking up in the night crying and asking for her hat so now she just sleeps in it!
Lou - glad you are having a relaxing time at your Mum's. Maddi sounds like such a funny little girl. Fireworks and Santa are obviously not her favourite things!
Well, I am pleased to say that Will had a much better night last night and managed to make it all the way til 4am before needing a tuck-in. That was the only one and I felt that was a good sign that things might improve. We have had a very busy day again today catching up with some relatives and some friends over tonight though and Will was very excited before he went to bed. We'll have to see what happens I guess. Sometimes I don't care about the waking as I have read a lot of stories that tell me it is quite common at this age for little ones to wake in the night and need some reassurance but there is always this thing in the back of my mind that I need to fix it. Troy says it doesn't bother him, but even then he still won't get up to Will every time. We share it fairly equally.
Speaking of which Troy decided tonight that he would try a different method of getting Will to stay in bed. He doesn't get out very often anymore but he was really hyped up before bed tonight and that's usually a good indicator that he will hop up. We have been using the cot as a naughty spot up til now but Troy saw some SuperNanny thing that said punishment was bad at bedtime. Just say nothing and put them back into bed. So he did that - 3 times. Will did go to sleep. I really didn't think there was anything wrong with what we had been doing but Troy got this idea into his head and went with it. Hmm - whatever.
OK - better go. Hope you all have a good sleep tonight and that it cools down in Melbourne soon!
Hello there,
I am sitting here in a beautiful cool 25 degree day. I had to escape with the boys to my parents yesterday as it was 41 degrees for the second day in a row and the house was like an oven. Crazy Dean stayed at home in the heat on his own and played xbox all day (he was going to come over to my parents a bit after we left but changed his mind). At least he was here to open up the house when the cool change finally arrived.
NYE was horrendously hot and it was still 30 degrees at 3am. Dean and I hardly slept (even though I went to bed at 11pm) and I was up having cold showers every hour to try and cool down. Amazingly Will and Paddy slept all night (after we finally settled Will at 9:30). We set up a wading pool and all lay outside in that from 6-7:30pm which was beautiful and Dean and I sat in it and had a few beers later on. I chatted on the phone to a few of my friends but everyone was laying very low because of the heat.
Tan that's good that Will had a bit of a better night. Funny Troy with his Supernanny!
Hayley your little holiday sounds fantastic!! I think I am ready for one of those. I'm going to start planning for a holiday soon I think - it has been too long!!
Lou that's a bit sad that Maddi didn't like the fireworks - poor kid. Sounds like you are having a really nice time.
Anna sounds like you had a great night with your new friends. A big happybirthday to Chelsea for today -I hope she is having a lovely day!! Hey is it your birthday on the 11th of January (I sort of have a feeling your birthday was the same date as my best friend's)? Not long to go if it is.
Renee that is just hilarious about the oven mit -love it!
Anyway just a quick check in. Paddy has gone with Dean's parents and his 2 favourite cousins to the beach (Dean's parent's live a short walk from the beach which is great). Dean and I are going out for a nice lunch soon (when Will decides to wake up -of course he battled us going to sleep and only went to sleep at 12:30 and now we are starving).
Hope everyone is well and I will chat soon.
Goodness it has gone quiet in here over the holiday season!
Cath - so nice to hear it has cooled down in Melbourne for you. Your NYE actually sounded quite nice sitting in the wading pool with a few drinks!
Will actually slept all the way through on Tuesday night which was fabulous and renewed my optimism that my sleepy little boy is in there somewhere! Last night was unforunately a different story with a very upset boy in the middle of the night but I think he may have had a pain in his tummy given the nappy he presented me with this morning! I was a bit worried that maybe the tonsillitis/ear infection hadn't cleared up properly but I guess we will just watch what happens in the next couple of days.
Last night I went with a friend to the movies. I saw the movie PS I Love You and I can highly recommend it. You'll need your tissues but you will also have a good laugh. It was the best movie I have seen for ages. (actually I haven't been to the movies for ages! LOL)
Alright gotta go. Hope you are all having a good day!
hayleylea
03-01-2008, 07:08
Hey guys
Tan - glad that Will slept better for you the other night! Hopefully it continues! About Cooper with the beach not even i could go in. I tried and i got belted by a wave in the stomach and it hurt so i choose not to go in either! The thing with Cooper is he is a clean freak and once the water got his feet and then the sand stuck to him all hell broke loose (:laughing: funny boy!) I am happy to report though that he did get over it and enjoyed himself even if he didnt like the water all that much - well the waves anyway!
Cath - glad you escaped to your parents place to get out of the heat. I would be there too! How nice you were all lying out in the paddle pool too!
Cooper was good as gold for my mum on tuesday night and slept all night for her, he didnt have a day sleep for her yesterday - he was on the go the whole time!!!! He was over excited i think, but he was good and thats the main thing. Our day was huge yesterday! We went to 2 car auctions looking for a car for Trent (sick of being a one car family especially now cause i find it too hard to walk to the shops lol) But we had no luck. But it was so hot in the auction sheds!!! So after that we drove to a billion car yards and looked but still didnt find what we were after! I was so hot and sick of walking and bubba certainly let me know it to the point of me actually throwing up on the side of the road! I told trent to stop just in the knick of time! I think i mentioned before that my MS has come back a bit? I havent threw up till yesterday but i have that queazy feeling again which isnt fun! We didnt get till my mums till 7.30 - Cooper fell asleep on the way home and stayed asleep all night till 8 so that wasnt too bad. But we are having a day at home today relaxing!
Anyway hope all is well with everyone else and ill chat soon!
hayleylea
03-01-2008, 09:27
Tan - we posted at the same time. Good on you for getting to the movies. I havent done in that in ages too. Think i better put that on my list of things to do before bubs born lol. Wonder if ill get there or not :confused:HAHA.
I just put a whole heap of photos up on my website from our little get-a-way. The photo quality isnt that great cause i used my old little camera because i didnt want to take my big one to the places like the beach and stuff. But there are a few cute ones on there. As you can see im the photo taker and not in many of the photos....but theres one of me and Cooper on the beach where you can get a sneak peak at how my belly is looking these days. Mind you it doesnt show much! Ill have to get another belly shot up soon.
OK hope everyone is enjoying the day. I havent done anything! just got our of my jimmy jams actually - am about to tidy up a little...and do the joyus chore of washing after being away! :barf:
Hey girls,
really busy with the kids and house here at the moment but I just wanted to share Immy's line of the week!
Mummy: "What would you like for breakfast this morning?"
Immy: "Ummm . . . lunch!"
LOL! :laughing: Still makes me giggle!
hayleylea
03-01-2008, 12:09
Hey girls,
really busy with the kids and house here at the moment but I just wanted to share Immy's line of the week!
Mummy: "What would you like for breakfast this morning?"
Immy: "Ummm . . . lunch!"
LOL! :laughing: Still makes me giggle!
:laughing: how cute!
Hello again,
Hayley you poor thing feeling sick - not good. I had a look at your photos which were great. You look fantastic! It looks like such a nice holiday. Dean and I chatted about a holiday yesterday and have decided to aim for going to Qld. in November. Some friends have just moved up to Brisbane (the one's who changed their son's name) and Paddy just loves their 2.5 year old son Archie so it will be good to visit them for a bit and then maybe stay at a beach somewhere (Fi if you are around in November maybe we can meet up?). I think it will cost a bit so we are starting to save up now but I am already looking forward to it.
Anna what a classic about Immy wanting lunch for breakfast - funny girl!
Tan going to the movies sounds great! Good to hear Will gave you a solid night's sleep.
We had a great day today taking the boys to an open range zoo. You get to go on a "Safari Tour" in a special bus and drive past rhinos,zebras,giraffes etc. which was really cool. Paddy loved it and Will had a nap in my lap which was good. Then we wandered around the zoo and found a cool water play bit with Hippo shaped water squirting things and Paddy had a ball running in the water and getting sopping wet (which was a good way to cool him off -it's pretty warm again here today). Luckily I had spare clothes for him which I don't always have.
Anyway better go and get Paddy's dinner organised. Here's a couple of photos:
Paddy at the zoo (little man in the funny blue shoes) (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_5506.jpg)
Will trying to eat his spoon (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_5487.jpg)
Will asleep in the car on the way home from the zoo (http://s159.photobucket.com/albums/t122/cathbroadbent/?action=view¤t=IMG_5511.jpg)
hayleylea
03-01-2008, 16:28
Cath - them photos are great. Will looks so peacefull asleep in the car! Your planned holiday sounds like fun. Ours was only a quick trip away but it was so good just to do that!! Oh and thanks for saying i look fantastic because today i feel horrid!!! Ive had a queezy feeling all day and just cant find anything to eat or drink that makes me feel good. The baby is starting to hurt when it gets in certain positions aswell! im off to my doctor tommorrow for a check up - up to going every 2 weeks now! I cant believe that soon ill have another baby!! A bit scary really - i feel so unprepared too lol. oh well im sure everything will be fine.
OK i better go get dinner organised.
Talk soon
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