Dec 05 mum's - #11!!

[Chumps]

Hi everyone,

Brooke, there is no way you would ever leave Adelaide! You sound like you love the lifestyle & area way too much. Not sure if you are still planning on a possible Brissy move, but it is quite different here!

Emma - wish I had your drive & determination at the gym. In my gym days, there was none of that bisso. I would go for an hour to walk on the treadmill & sometimes the stepper (if I were keen), and I'd be watching every minute, counting down, but you are right, you definately feel good after going, but it's the getting there I seemed to have trouble with.

Jess - even though you are taking a break from us here - we are thinking of you. Hope you feel happier & more yourself soon.

Well, I feel like cr@p today. I am so frustrated with Ryan's ill health, it's really getting me down & I must admit, had a bit of a :crying: this morning. I feel so helpless, and he seems to distant at the moment. I can tell you one thing though, after he is better, I will never wish I had a less active child again. I miss his activity & happiness. It is just dragging on day after day & for some brief periods he shows some improvement, but then it all falls apart again. Havn't got a sample from him yet:rolleyes: , typical!! He just seems so unhappy & I feel so helpless. Sorry about the post, just had to get it out.

[Mummaof2]

Hope you ladies havn't gotten lost finding our #11 thread.

Tracey - Im sorry you have had a bad day. It is terrible when your kiddies are sick for a long period of time and you feel like there is nothing you can do for them but you are doing the best you can by being there for him to give him lots of hugs and kisses and you have seeked medical advice so you definately have done everything you possibly can till you get the test results. :fingerscrossed: Ryan gets better soon.

In regards to the gym...i think im turning into a gym junkie as I get all guilty and depressed when i dont get there. I never knew i would enjoy exercise so much...well i cant say i enjoy doing the actual exercise specially the personal training but i feel so good afterwards and seeing the results gives me a huge confidence boost.

[Chumps]

Hey Emma,

I had to drop DH to the train station this am, and on the way home, I decided to swing by the lab place where I had to take the sample to see what time they opened. Anyway, it was still dark, and there is a gym in the complex where I had to go. All I could see through the window was a cycle class PACKED! My initial thoughts were 'what is wrong with these people' :laughing: , it was still dark! And here I am, all that I concern myself with that early in the morning is getting my caffeine fix :D . Crazy crazy people in this crazy crazy world!!!!!

[Mummaof2]

LOL thats pretty funny chumps. I can honestly say I definately wouldnt be able to drag myself to the gym that early no matter how much of a gym junkie i become. I enjoy my sleep too much. I even slept in till 7:30 this morning and then rushed around like speedy gonzales getting the kids ready and getting myself ready just so i could have a bit of a sleep in. This cold weather just makes me want to stay in bed.

[Chumps]

See, maybe you aren't considered a true 'junkie' until you get up to start at the gym at 5am (even in winter)!!! I agree - winter is for sleeping :laughing: . (There's my reference to being a reptile again :rolleyes: ). In my eyes it IS the only good thing about winter, the fact that it's not light at 4.30am.

[sharvs]

Chumps, sorry Ryan being sick for so long is getting you down but it is understandable. Even the most sympathetic person can only go on so long. Its a horrible feeling, isnt it? I know when Kayden is sick I beat myself up because Im his mum & I should be able to make him feel better. :fingerscrossed: there is an improvement soon, for both you & Ryans sake.

I totally understand what Brooke means about Adelaide. I cant wait to get back there. Ive noticed its one of those places that people seem to love or hate. A lot of people I have spoken to that have visited Adel but never lived there hate it. I love it because its small but not too small. Like Brooke said, everything is only half an hour away. Im hoping to be back there by late October at the latest.

Chris is finally back at work. Spending 7 weeks together, 24/7 after nearly 12 months apart is just too much. I was worried how Kayden would cope because he was used to having Chris here all the time but he has been fantastic. I cant remember the last time he has been this well behaved.

I have some good news and some not so good news. My best friend gave birth to her second little boy this morning. All is going well. The not so good news is my cousin in Adelaide gave birth to a little girl yesterday 5 weeks early. The bub isnt going too well and doctors are really worried. What makes it so sad is that my cousin lost 3 children in a car accident in 2003. She since had a little girl who is now 2 years old. This little bub was very much wanted and needed by the family & I dont know what they will do if she doesnt make it. My cousin can not have any more children as this was her 5th C-section.

Well, tea time for this little black duck - I've made a stir fry but it doesnt smell that appealing so I might have to top up on Choc-Crunchie Ice Cream.

:wave: Goodnight all

[brooke]

hello ladies!

Tracey- :hugs: Big hugs for you and your baby ryan! Poor little thing! Its so not fair when they arent well. I hope he is feeling better soon!

Sharvs- Im so sorry to hear about your cousin.... thats so sad! My fingers and toes are crossed for her new little bundle of joy!

Well dh and I bought a new entertainment unit for the lounge room today. We had been looking for ages annd finally decided on one. I hate parting with money for that type of thing.... Next on the list is a new lounge and a Feature chair for the corner!

[Funkychicken]

Good evening ladies!
More hugs from me Tracey. I hope you see some improvement in Ryan soon. It is usually just when you think you can't do it anymore and they turn the corner, so heres hoping you are just about there. :fingerscrossed:

Sharvs, I am one of the ones who love Adelaide. Actually I love SA. It's not dissimilar to Vic in terms of the countryside etc...
I'm sorry to hear about your cousin's baby. I'll keep up the well-wishes too. Congrat's to your best friend too!

Brooke, how cold has it been!!!!:eek: Yesterday was the coldest day I can remember in so long, so know I know what you were referring to the other day.

[brooke]

sal its so freezing at the moment it feels like it goes straight thru to my bones! And the rain just hasnt stop at all this week. I know we need it but come on! :eek: lmao!

[Reidymac]

I know it's a case of the grass is always greener, but.....

It was a warm an sunny 26c in Brizzy today. the air conditioning at my work brokedown and we were sweltering in the office. and now I'm sitting in the lounge with a tshirt on. So much for the first day of winter. I lurrrrrrve winter......bring on the jumper weather!!!!!!!!

[brooke]

Reidy- Hmmm that weather seems like so far away now... warm... what is that! hahaha
Whos idea was it to move to the hills at winter? :o

[elissas]

Hi gals,

I'm not ignoring you all, I'm just sooo exhausted. Just thought I'd pop my head in and say I'm alive, and I'll catch up on all the goss tomorrow.

Will's still going better with sleep, but I think I've hit a rut with mine. My body's just gone "CARASHHHH" now that I'm catching more than 4 hrs in a row!

Take care and catch you all on the weekend. :wave:

[brooke]

lis- look after yourself. You obviously need the rest. Dont worry about us.. we will still be here when you get back! :hugs:

[Reidymac]

Living in the Adelaide Hills looks and sounds beautiful Brooke!

I imagine it's pretty misty in th mornigs.....just beautiful.

We live on the edge of the samford ranges and some of the mountain areas look alot like that (sometimes) but at the moment everything is so dry and brown. My inlaws live in the hills and it's just a scary fire trap at the moment

[Mummaof2]

Evening ladies,

Tracey - Sorry i dissapeared without saying goodbye this afternoon but i didnt realise what the time was and had to close up the office.

Brooke - How is your detox going. I love the view from your front verandah. Now that i have fixed my digital camera I can take some pics of where I live to share with you ladies oh and some updated pics of the kiddies.

Sharvs - Im sorry to hear about your cousin I will be :fingerscrossed: and praying for her little bub to pull through.

Sal - It has been so cold here the past few days to. Getting as low as 3 degrees overnight. Yesterday morning i walked outside at 8am and it was that cold it took my breath away. Its going to be a nice cold winter for me with no one to snuggle up to. Im thinking of going and buying myself an electric blanket tomorrow.

Reidy - :wave: im looking forward to the brizzy weather in a few weeks will give me a chance to thaw out from all the cold weather we are getting down here.

Jackie - Hope you have a relaxing weekend after your week at work. Its been very quiet in here without your daily posts

[Funkychicken]

Lis, this is exactly what happened to me! I felt worse before I felt better. For about 6 weeks, I felt like cr@p but then one morning I woke up and realized that I was actually starting to feel like a regular person again!

Reidy, it does sound lovely and warm up there. But I love the seasons down here too much to wish for warm all the time. It was a big reason why we moved back to Vic from QLD. You kind of get, warm for a few months, damn HOT for more than a few, then back to warm again. :p
I really love the changing of the seasons in Vic. It gives such a lovely rhythm to life. :yes:

[brooke]

reidy- where you live sounds beautiful. Its very foggy atm. This morning I couldnt see my own bonnet! eek now thats scary

Emma- Its not really a detox as such I just cant eat carbs and protien in the same meal and wait 3hrs in between each and then taking my laxative type thing at nights to clean me out so to speak in the mornings! Im feeling 100% better for it though!

DH just set up our entertainment unit and it looks so much better... hmmm now i need a plasma! hehe

[Mummaof2]

Brooke - Im glad what your doing is helping you to feel better.

I have to go back to the doctors on Monday as I have been bleeding on and off for the last 2 weeks so she wants to a pap smear (i was due for one at the end of June anyways) and rule out that I dont have CIN3 again and I may also need to have a curettage done just to make sure nothing else is going on. I have also been put on a preventer for my asthma. I only have mild asthma and on a ventolin but the past week it has been playing up somthing chronic.

[Reidymac]

Reidy, it does sound lovely and warm up there. But I love the seasons down here too much to wish for warm all the time. It was a big reason why we moved back to Vic from QLD. You kind of get, warm for a few months, damn HOT for more than a few, then back to warm again. :p
I really love the changing of the seasons in Vic. It gives such a lovely rhythm to life. :yes:

Thats what I mean Sal. I hate the same same of it all. I am an Irish girl under the summer clothes and I long for the cold weather and misty mores. I want to rug up in 4 - 15 layers and still have cold feet. and most of all I want to see the change of season on the land and feel the excitement and silence that a true winter can bring. instead I am stuck in ground hog day of fine and 25 with possible weekend showers that never eventuate and a dust bowl where my lovely garden used to be. I am the ultimate ungrateful cow and far from the beach babe that Brooke once described us Qld girls as. (that still makes me giggle :laughing: )

Brooke i am so glad that the dietary advice is working out for you. You sound a lot happier already.

Lis you poor bugger. A true sleep drunk and hungover situation it sounds like. I always feel **** after a decent sleep when I have spent many sleepless nights wandering the halls. I really hope the balance comes soon and you are feeling a million bucks again.

Emma you sound like you are doing so well at Gym and I will try and keep the weather nice for your visit (even if it does feel like ground hog day;) )

[Funkychicken]

Thats what I mean Sal. I hate the same same of it all. I am an Irish girl under the summer cloths and I long for the cold weather and misty mores. I want to rug up in 4 - 15 layers and still have cold feet. and most of all I want to see the change of season on the land and feel the excitement and silence that a true winter can bring.


Ah, Reidy, my friend, you have such a beautiful way with words. :yes: I have been venturing out in the wee hours (well 7am, but it is only just getting light) for a spot of running and as cold as the air is, I am loving the coming of the frosts and crisp air. Although I did skip out on it yesterday morning-sideways rain and gale force winds kept me indoors!

[Mummaof2]

Thanks Reidy that would be lovely.

Well im off to bed. Hopefully Coop will sleep through instead of wanting to talk and play at 2am this morning and hopefully he will sleep in.

Sweet dreams all

[Reidymac]

Ah, Reidy, my friend, you have such a beautiful way with words. :yes: I have been venturing out in the wee hours (well 7am, but it is only just getting light) for a spot of running and as cold as the air is, I am loving the coming of the frosts and crisp air. Although I did skip out on it yesterday morning-sideways rain and gale force winds kept me indoors!

:laughing: Sal you are forgiven. Gale force winds and sideways rain is almost a good enough excuse not the run. Almost ;)

*see chumps, thats why those silly people were running on tredmils. there was sideways rain in other states. Or you were actually still too sleepy and caffine deprived to realise you were actually at a pet shop and they were hampsters on the treadmil*

night Emma :wave: keep warm

[brooke]

alrighty girls Im off to bed too... been a LONG week!
And I am so ready for bed! I hope Pp sleeps in tomorrow! :wave:

[Reidymac]

Night Brooke *waves*

You leaving me too miss Sally?

[Reidymac]

Shavs - I am sending prayers and wishes to your cousin and her little one. I am so sorry to hear of her tragic loss and hope that this little one is a fighter.

Congratulations to your friend on her second little bundle.

I am so glad that Kayden has been a joy for you and that things are still going well with your fella. Take care of yourself!

I think I'll wander off too, now. Night night.

[Funkychicken]

Oh, I missed the big Waltons goodnight again! :crying:

G'night Brooke, g'night reidy, g'night emma, g'night all........:sleeping::sleeping::wave:

[sharvs]

I want to see the change of season on the land and feel the excitement and silence that a true winter can bring. instead I am stuck in ground hog day of fine and 25 with possible weekend showers that never eventuate and a dust bowl where my lovely garden used to be.

LMAO Reidy, you summed it up beautifully!

Thats another reason I am looking forward to moving back to Adelaide, 4 seasons!

[brooke]

good morning ladies!

Well dh was ment to have today off.. but wadda ya know... he is at WORK! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Its driving me crazy! All he does is work work work and now he is talking about opening up a buisness with his boss... yeah nice... just what we need... so you can spend more time at work.. NOT!
And then last night we had a fight because I am ment to be working full time hours in 4days... so 7am-5pm and I said to him he would have to drop PP off at childcare on friday mornings because it opens too late for me to drop her off... and you would have thought i was asking him to chop off his right leg or something! God forbid he would have to start later for one day so I can improve my position at work.. which actually benfits us financally in the long run. I am so mad at him atm! :banghead:

[emilysmumma]

Morning All

Brooke- I'm hearing you. You would of thought I was asking Dh to chop his right leg off last night, because I asked him to watch Emily in the bath for a few minutes while I went to the toilet!!!!!!!!
He was complaining as he said he told me he wanted to watch this tv program for the half hour. Well excuse me for having my AF and not realising until that moment that I really needed to do some girly business. :banghead: (sorry tmi)

[brooke]

i swear men only have one thing on their mind and its themselves!

I called dh before to see when he was coming home and i got the same old speech... Im just about to leave... believe that when i see it!

[sharvs]

Grrrr... they are so hopeless.

I asked Chris last weekend if he could keep Kayden busy whilst im in the shower - we all know what its like, never getting any privacy so the weekends are the only chance to have a shower in peace.... well, he must have misunderstood & thought I said stand on one leg whilst playing the guitar blind-folded with once arm tied behind your back, by of the way he carried on. All these little things they just take for granted.

Vent over.... lol

[mytwolilprinces]

Afternoon ladies!

Well, where do I start. Had the night from hell last night.

At around 9:30pm Josh came tearing out of his room screaming that his tummy hurts. He wouldn't even let me touch him and was just having major tantrums. DH was watching the football and asked me to "deal with it" so he could watch the game :mad:

Anyway, I am carrying Josh into his room and his does the biggest, most disgusting spew all over me! Then again, and again and I'm basically drowning in his vomit, screaming for DH to come and grab a towel. I've never seen a child throw up so much, it was like something out of the exorcist. Poor little guy .... he was terrified because he has never vomited (apart from little baby spit ups when he was tiny) and he didn't know what was going on. The vomiting carried on most of the night and wouldn't you know it - now Blake is sick :eek:

So for all of you that have been complaining about DH's lack of help - I think mine tops the cake as he sat watching the damn football the entire time I was being drowned in vomit!

I'm hoping Blake is better by tomorrow (Josh seems fine today so it looks like it's a 24 hr thing) we are supposed to be having a bbq at our house.

Sorry this post has just been a big whinge.

Brooke & Sal - you poor things freezing to the bone. I must say it was pretty warm here today too - it's very cold in the mornings and at night but during the day it's t-shirt weather!

Ok, better go. Have a great weekend girls and I'll try to get back on later to read through all the posts properly.

[Chumps]

Oh dear Jackie - and I thought we had a rough night last night :o . Makes our approximate one hour of screaming seem minor in comparison! You poor thing.

On the up side, Sal, you were correct, Ryan seemed to wake this morning, for the first time all week without a body temp you could fry an egg on & seemed a bit brighter & happier. Seems he has a bit of an appetite back, although we are restricted to those basic crackers, bread, rice & pasta. Probably be like that for a while as I have read after a good bout of gastro they may be lactose intorerant for a few weeks so we will see how we go on that one. Poor lil sausage though, he has no excess body fat on him (as you Brissy girls would know) and he has lost quite a bit of weight :( . Hopefully we are on the road to recovery.

Hoe everyone is well, a big huge hi to you all :wave:

[brooke]

jackie- :eek: :eek: I cant believe your dh sat and watched the football! WHAT THE!!!!!!!!
I hope he coped a big ear full afterwards! I swear men have ZERO idea. If my dh did that he would be sleeping on the cold tiles for a week.....
I hope your beautiful boys feel better asap!

Tracey- so glad ryan is feeling better today. Poor little man his bugg seems to have lasted forever.. well seems like it anyway. I cant imagine how drained you must be feeling.

Well Im having the in laws over for dinner tonight so I am cooking roast lamb (for them). Roast veggies.... garlic bread, Blueberry pie and I have baked fresh bread and choccie cookies... yummy! I thought I would make a nice dinner to say thank you to my MIL for looking after PP for us while we are at work. She has helped us more than i can ever repay her for.

[Chumps]

You are so sweet Brooke :p . But I thought you said somewhere ages ago that you can't cook :confused: . I always have drool coming from my choppers after reading your posts :laughing: .

[brooke]

shhhh... dont tell anyone that i sort of can cook.
Only when Im in the mood. Actually I have gotten a lot better over the last 6mths and hate to say it but I almost enjoy it. Its almost a type of relaxation and I feel like I have acomplished something when I have finished and it turns out like its ment to! :o

[emilysmumma]

Yummy Brooke. I know where you live is beautiful but Please!!!!! move to brissy so we can have dinner at your place.

I hope Ryan is on the mend now Tracey. That is right about being lactose intolerant after not being well. Emily had the runs a bit after Vanuatu and then for the next month was in agony anytime she had diary so stopped for that time, until she could handle it again.

OMG Jackie. Your poor little boys. I hope Blake is feeling better now too. And yes, your DH won the biggest ' I can't believe he did that' comp this time around. You poor thing.

Sharvs- I loved your explanation on how DH's carry on. LOL. And it's good to see you pop in again a bit more frequently.

Well I've had a few lovely days. The sun has been out now for 4 days in a row.
On Thursday I had a lovely shop with my SIL and a pub lunch, then out to dinner with the kids that night.
On Friday we took the inlaws down to Mandurah which is about an hour south of Perth. We use to live there some years ago, and it was good to see how much it has changed for the better. We had lunch at the new harbour and a walk around, and when we were walking back over the foot bridge over the water, 4 dolphins swam by and frolic for about 20 minutes. It was so amazing. We were all pretty much gobsmacked about it. The closest I've seen dolphins in the wild is at Monkey Mia up the WA coast where they are a tourist attraction and they entice them in by food, so not really wild. And another time they swam by a boat cruise we were on in Tassie for a few minutes. So this was very special.

And yesterday we went visiting some friends, but then DH gave me the sh!ts for getting p!ssed and then we we got home he realised he had forgotten some things, so I had to go back and get them for him. And because we got home late, even though I had been asking for over an hour to leave, Emily was too tired to eat dinner and was cranky. Then when we went to bed he had the audacity (sp) to say he was cranky at me for being moody with him. But he was good enough not to say anything. Puhlease! :banghead:
But if that is the worse thing I have to complain about, well then I don't think it's all that bad.

Have a good day everyone. And Hi to Sal, Reidy and Jess too.

[brooke]

sarah- sounds like you have had a lovely couple of days apart from your dh troubles. Dont you just love when they turn it around on you. My dh is a big one for that and it drives me crazy!

we went out today and looked in Ikea and freedom and then in plush. I want to get a new bed for pp a small toddler one til she is big enough for a big bed.. she has started climbing out of her cot! :eek:
and then we looked in plush and freedom because i have decided i want a new lounge. I love the look of the modulars that are out at the moment and im pretty keen on getting one. Plus freedom have the chair i want for the lounge room near the window! so had to drag dh there to show him and convince him we need it! :D

Its freezing her again today so Im sitting at the computer with my quilt wrapped around me! hehe
Back to work tomorrow... geez the weekend always seem to fly past! Hope every one is well!

Jackie- I hope the boys are feeling better today and Hope the BBQ went well! :hugs:

[sharvs]

Sarah - glad to hear you are having a good time. I am so jealous, I would love to take off for a while, travel from spot to spot. Your DH sounds so familiar.... its never their fault. They just dont get it.

Brooke, Im also jealous of you being cold! I know that sounds odd & winter in Brisbane is nice but nothing beats curling up under a quilt. It was colder inside our house today than it was outside - I was all rugged up because it was overcast & it looked cold, only to go outside and it was really nice.

We had a quiet weekend. I think its going to take us a while to get back into the routine of Chris working during the week and home weekends - he like to stay at home and relax where I prefer to go out because I have been home all week. I cant wait to start working again, I would start tomorrow if I could, but im trying to wait until we move back to SA.

I went and visited my friend in hospital last night... OMG, her little boy is sooooo cute. I cant believe Kayden was ever that little. Its amazing how quick you forget. Cluck Cluck... lol. They took 24 hours to name him but they have finally decided on Tane. I havent heard of it before.

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekends - Kayden is at daycare tomorrow :smiliedance: so its mummy's day off - pity I still have to be up at 6am to take Chris to work... Grrrr, thats a whole other story though.

:wave: for now

[brooke]

Sharvs- I know what you mean. I have spent the afternoon curled up on the lounge with my blankie and watching mtv cribs and the hills... gotta love those shows!
What type of work are you looking at doing when you get to SA?
Looking forward to you coming over!

PP has been so adorable today! I cant believe how much she is growing up! She is talking so much its crazy and understands any instructions we give her!

[brooke]

Jackie I could have sworn i just saw you post! Or am I going crazy???? :confused:

[mytwolilprinces]

Hi girls, if any of you just read a very strange post from me (since been deleted) it was my DH being a loser!

[brooke]

LMAO! I was like... hmmm I know Im tired but surely Im not that delusional! hehe

Is he spying on our thread??? :detective:

[mytwolilprinces]

Jackie I could have sworn i just saw you post! Or am I going crazy???? :confused:

Damn, I was hoping no one saw it. DH was at the computer and I had left Bub Hub logged in. He started laughing and said "I just did a post" and he wrote something really stupid. He's had a few too many drinks :eek: :laughing: :o

[brooke]

lmao so the bbq went well then??? :laughing:

[mytwolilprinces]

He's so annoying when he is drunk. We had a bbq today so he's had a few drinks.

Just so you all know what he wrote, here it is:

"LOL my DH just had a BFP!" It doesn't even make sense :confused: :rolleyes:

[mytwolilprinces]

omg, now he wants to post. No way am I letting him on here!

[brooke]

lmao if he got a BFP that you make you millionares! :laughing:


Omg PP just did the cutest thing EVER!

I started running the bath and she came running in saying "Bath.... BATH.. MUMMY BATH" so i said "yes bubba.... if you want a bath you have to get undressed" so she undressed herself!:eek: she took her pants off and tshirt off and walked over and put them in the clothes hamper and then took her nappy off and put it in the bin! :eek:
Just goes to prove she is no longer a baby!

[mytwolilprinces]

Brooke - she is growing up way too quickly. You'll have to keep an eye on her, she's going to be one independant little girl!

Blake is finally saying some words - he has now added "dirty", "chippies" and "lollies" to his vocabulary. He has also started trying to copy everything we say. FINALLY, I am so relieved that he is trying to talk :smiliedance:

Got to run, be back soon. Got to log out so DH can't get on whilst I'm away!

[brooke]

tell me about it.... I cant believe how quickly they grow up!

Im glad that Blake is chatting more! Its so cute once they start to talk.

Hmmm I have a feeling PP is going to take after me and do a lot of this :ecomcity:

[sharvs]

Brooke - Im not really sure what sort of work I want to do. I've previously done customer service, transport co-ordination and distribution, and most recently credit union work. I could slip back into credit unions easily but im not sure if thats what I want to do or not. I think i will just take anything to get me out of the house and start earning some cold hard cash...lol

PP sounds adorable, cant wait to meet her. One of my close friends up here has a girl born 3 weeks before Kayden & its amazing to watch the differences between boys & girls, even at such a young age.

Jackie, Kayden has been quite slow on the talking front as well. He's been saying the same words for ages now & has only recently started copying. Hes also just started string words together. Mainly "hi there dad dad". Very cute but growing up soooo fast.

[brooke]

sharvs- Im sure you will find work really easy. Thats one good thing about adelaide its always easy to find a job.. when are you looking at coming down again?

I find that reading to PP a lot really helps. She brings books over to me and I sit on her special chair and we read together. She points to the pictures and is really good at saying what they are! We have a lot of look and find books as well which she LOVES!

[Mummaof2]

Evening all,

Jackie - Your DH is hilarious. I can only imagine what kind of things he would post under your name to make us all think you have gone crazy.

Im just updating some pics on my Zoints profile for you to all look at

[Chumps]

OMG - what's going on here? Everyone has changed their avatars :laughing:

[Mummaof2]

Here are some updated pics

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[Mummaof2]

Did i scare everyone off

[Reidymac]

Lovely photoes Emma! Cooper is a super cutie!

Hello to you and Sarah. I see your little lights all aglo. :wave: What you up to?


Sorry to hear that so many of the December Dads have been bad boys this weekend.

[Mummaof2]

:wave: Reidy

He is a little cutie isnt he. Not that i thought that much this weekend. I swear he has hit the terrible 2's already.

[emilysmumma]

Evening

Just checking in before I go and watch greys anatomy soon.
Feeling a bit off from my MIL's buttery cooking. Yummy at the time though, but have just brought it all back up. Gross.

Great pics Emma. Got to go. Nighty night.

[Reidymac]

Oh dear! I hope it 's just a weekend thing. And not really the terrible 2's

My little Miss 3 is the epitome of willful independence and will do the opposite of everything you would like or ask her to at the moment. Yesterday she was rousing on me an with a waggling finger she said :shame:
'Now, I'm going out of this room and when I return I want you to apologise to me mummy, because you are reallllllly annoying me today"
:eek: :mad: :laughing: (who taught her to speak?, lol)

Hi and bye sarah. that was short and sweet but when Dr Dreamy calls a girls gotta answer, LOL

[emilysmumma]

:laughing: I love little Miss G's attitude. Mmmh, I wonder where she gets that from? :rolleyes:

Feeling much better this morning. It's just that the MIL loves to cook everything with butter. So if she frys a steak or mince or anything, she uses half a slab of butter to do so.

DH is getting itchy feet again. I prempted (sp) this and wanted to break our stay here in Perth with going down south for a couple of weeks then back again for a few more. But DH complained it would be too cold, so disregarded that idea. Now being here is driving him insane and he feels like he is doing nothing and getting nowhere. Geez, there is no pleasing people sometimes.
So if he had just listened to his wife in the first place who knows him so well, he wouldn't be feeling like this, and bringing the whole place down. His depression has set in fairly well these past couple of months, so it gets a bit dreary after a while. It means I'm the marshall trying to kick him out of it but it gets frustrating when all my 'up and at them' plans get knocked back.

Sorry about the whinge, but his bipolar (even though it can't be helped) gets to me at times. But I'd rather the low than the highs. I feel terrible for getting angry about it when he has no real control over it, but still I'm only human too I guess.

On another note, Emily doesn't have too many words yet either. Just Mum, Dad da and yesterday she finally clearly said Ball. She does try and say More and Bounce but thats about it.
She is very adept at pointing her finger and aahing.

Thank goodness the sun is out today. It's my brothers birthday so I may go down and see him as it's a public holiday here today.

[emilysmumma]

I like all the updated avatars btw.

[emilysmumma]

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She loves those boots.

And this one is her laughing at her pooh bear as he is pegged to the clothesline and spinning around.
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And the afro she seems to be getting
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She wasn't wearing her best that day. Just a mish mash of clothes of a shirt to short and pants that kept falling down. It was washing day. She does have many nice clothes. :o

[Chumps]

Love the pics Emma & Sarah :yes: .

Well, looks like our loonnggg week is coming to an end finally. Yesterday Ryan had a huge rash on his body, so DH bundled him off to the GP. Turns out to be nothing & doc said it's not uncommon for a rash to appear after an infection is pretty much over. So that's good news. Today the rash is a lot better, hopefully be fully gone in next 2 days. Poor little buggar, he seems so hungry now, just needing to catch up. He lost quite a lot of weight, and Sarah, was going to ask you if we could have some of that chubba bubba of yours :laughing: . Little Ryan needs some meat on his little chicken legs :crying: . It's quite hard atm with no dairy. I'm hoping to try & introduce it slowly back in towards the end of the week. He normally just lives on it.

Reidy - I too love Little G's attitude :D . Man, it's so hard to take something like that seriously isn't it?? So cute!!!!

[sharvs]

Chumps, glad to hear Ryan is finally getting better... It must have been the most horrible time for you. Better go to the shops, he will probably eat you out of house & home now!

I thought I would share a few pics of Kayden since it has been a while. They are probably close to 2 months old now but he hasnt changed that much... well, maybe he has but i cant see it. lol

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He has had a hair cut since these were taken... lol

His first night in a big bed
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Kayden is at daycare today so its supposed to be my RDO but I had to pick Chris up at 11am - he has broncitis (sp) and was sent home from work. He also has tomorrow off and possibly Wednesday depending on how he is. Dont get me wrong, i do like spending time with him but I also loooooove having Mondays to myself!

[emilysmumma]

Tracey- that must of been so scary for both of you when that rash came up. Thank goodness that is all it is. Emily has lots of chubba bubba on her legs to share with Ryan, no probs there. Emily loves her diary too. I worry that she will have an overload of it sometimes and isn't having enough vegies. But thankfully she does love eating the tops off cooked brocolli, so it makes me feel a bit better that she is getting some greens. Loves her fruit though.

Lis- I hope you are spending time catching up on some long lost sleep that you deserve.

BB- We haven't seen you for some days. Has the MS abated yet?

Sharvs- I love time by myself. You get to do things that you never get the chance to. Like have a bubble bath, eat chocolate and watch trashy tv. Well thats what I would do if I had some time to myself. Hopefully next monday works out for you.

Well today has been a nothing day. After getting all showered and dressed, it was time for Emily to have her sleep, and I promptly went to sleep with her for nearly 2 hours. I wished my brother a happy birthday over the phone, and soon DH's brother and wife and 2 kids will be over for a few drinks. Then it's time for bed again. The days are going by too quickly.
I also forgot that Emily's other word which was her first word to say is "No". She is very good at saying that :yes: It's amazing though how she can understand everything we say to her and follows instructions so easily.

I hope everyones monday and start of the week went well today.

[Reidymac]

Awwww, cute pic's girls

As it seems like the day for it I though I would post a special little picture of Liam too.

Less of a cute pic and more of a confession perhaps :o

I'll let the picture speak for itself (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/527571300_933124b897_o.jpg)

:eek: :o :D

[emilysmumma]

what??????????????????????????

[Reidymac]

:laughing: whadda mean, what?


:D

[emilysmumma]

Ok lady, spit it out. You know what I'm talking about.

[Reidymac]

I mean........

One sucker for punishment reporting for duty, captain.

[emilysmumma]

More details!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yes:

[emilysmumma]

Silly me


CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!


:smiliedance: :smiliedance: :smiliedance:

[emilysmumma]

Happy dance, happy dance, happy dance.

[Chumps]

WHAT THE???????????????????? Glad I popped my head in :D . Reidy, didn't know you hated working THAT much :laughing: :laughing:

Congratulations:p

[Reidymac]

Details .....OK

Where would you like me to start....??

The bit where the birds and the bees get together at the local disco.?????

or ................

the bit where I confess I'm getting fat and it has nothing to do with the fact I haven't been able to keep down a meal, a morsel or even a drink for about 3 months now?

[emilysmumma]

Damn I have to go the rellies are here.

Hurry up and fill in the details Reidy for when I get back later.

BTW, HUGE congrats to you and your family.

It's either that or your joining the Big Brother house as an intruder.:D

[Reidymac]

HAHAHA, thanks girls.

I didn't realise you were genuinly confused, i thought you were teasing me ;)

Oh, yes work.............I pay you $50 if you break the news for me ;)

[Chumps]

Oh, yes work.............I pay you $50 if you break the news for me ;)

Mmmmmm, I'm sure that will be a fun day for you!!!!

[sharvs]

Congrats Reidy!

Thats great news, totally unexpected but GREAT!

:yelclap: :smiliedance: :yelclap: :smiliedance:

[Reidymac]

:laughing: You have no idea how terrified I have been of telling you guys.

Times that by 10 and you have a glimps of how scared I am of telling work. But I better do it soon because I started to show this weekend and soon it will be the elephant in the room that everyone can see and no one is talking about ........................

"What did the new girl swallow over the weekend??? she appears to have eaten a bowling ball:confused:

[Reidymac]

Awwww, Thank you again for being so kind to me!

I better go and point at things for long suffering DH to cook for dinner. This is the bit of the day I hate the most. If I can pull it all together again later I will try and come back.

thank you

[brooke]

Congratualtions reidy! How exciting!

I am over the moon for you!

And I am loving all the pics!

Sharvs- How cute is the little man in his big bed! soooo adorable!

Sarah- so sorry to hear your dh has been down. I hope he pics up soon! Your a stronger woman than I!

Emma- your kidlets are adorable too!

Alrighty I should run... long day at work tomorrow... 7am-8pm for me... long long day... I swear it never stops!

[mytwolilprinces]

OMG Reidy! How exciting for you! Wonderful news ..... I'll tell your work. Just give me the email address of your biggest and meanest boss :D

I am sure my work hates me now. I left after only 2 hours in the office today and there was A LOT of work to be done. In my defence. Matt was up all night being sick, I was starting to feel sick and I am terrified of being stuck at work and vomiting and then having to make the dreaded 45 minute train trip home with a paper bag for company. They are not going to be too happy with me at all but I thought to myself. I'm just a temp, I never want to work for them again, actually I never want to work in an office again so if they don't like it they can tell me to stay at home!

Oops, sorry for the mini vent.

Anyway, back to the main topic.

Soooo Reidy .... what's your EDD? Have you told Little G? Is she wetting her pants with excitement?

Josh is forever on my back about having "two babies" apparently one just isn't enough for him :rolleyes:

He's so cute though, he knows that babies come from "tummies" and apparently he has a baby in his tummy and it's his "girlfriend" WTF? Sometimes I wonder if my child is smoking funny stuff behind my back :laughing:

Woo hooo Reidy!!!! Congrats again xx

[Mummaof2]

CONGRATULATIONS REIDY:smiliedance:

OMG god what a shock. Could this be the reason for your lack of late night luming lately?????

Jackie - sorry to hear your not feeling the best. Sending you some get well :hugs:

Sarah - I h ope your DH's spirits pick up soon. I know how terrible i feel when i have a bad day so i can only imagine how he feels when his spirits are low. Sending you some :hugs: too just cause i can.

Brooke - Why are you working such a loooong day tomorrow????

Sharvs - your little man is soo cute

[emilysmumma]

A quick HI.

I'm a sucker for details Reidy. I need more.

And why would you be worried about telling little old us. We're pratically family now, lol.

[emilysmumma]

Good morning

Last night was a bit rough. Emily went to sleep ok, but around 10 or so she kept waking and crying. This went on for a couple of hours. Nothing would work. It was a pain cry and at first I thought it was her tummy but when I felt in her mouth, a molar down the bottom had started to poke through that wasn't there on Sunday. So around 2 in the morning when she just would not relax to sleep even though her eyes were rolling back she was that tired, we gave her some panadol. About 20mins later she was fast asleep. I was getting so fed up with it as nothing I was doing was getting her to sleep.
On sunday she was very clingy and sooky too from her teeth so I should of guessed straight up. But I don't think clearly when I'm tired. Can't see the forest for the trees kinda thing.

The sun is out here again, but there is a cold wind blowing which makes it yucky.
DH is chomping at the bit to go and do something today. The only problem is I told the MIL I would clean house for her today. Now do I be the bad wife or the dreadful DIL as I'm going to have to let one of them down.

[Mummaof2]

Hi Sarah,

It must have been the night for it last night as Coop would scream out in pain every 30mins last night even after I gave him a dose of Nurofen. I feel like a zombie today. Oh and on the way to drop him off at day care he opened the car door while i was driving. Someone has obvisouly taken the child lock off the car door and no matter how tight i do his seat belt up he still manages to get his arms out of the straps.

I would take your DH out somewhere for the day and maybe ask him to give you a hand with cleaning MIL house when you get back. He deserves a fun day out and hopefully it will lift his spirits a bit.

[Mummaof2]

This isnt a vent as such just something i need to get off my chest.

As you are all aware I sent to Parenting Orders to the ex 3 weeks ago now and he still hasnt sent them back signed. He rang me last week asking me for money and I asked him if he had signed them and he reckons he went to see his solicitor but ran out of time to sign them (yeah right). He then said that he would sign them just so he could see Cooper but thought we could have come to an arrangement where we met half way so the didnt have to drive 1.5hrs to pick him up and drop him home. I said no you did the wrong thing by me and the kids so if you want to see DS you can make the effort and drive the 1.5hrs to pick him up. That was last tuesday and I still havnt received the papers back.

Im not getting concerned that he has decided to have the orders changed by his solicitor or even worse is applying for full custody. I have sent him a few emails and left messages at his work to contact me in regards to the parenting orders and he hasnt responded to any of them.

I know its making my life easier with not having to deal with him coming up every weekend and taking Coop for the day but at the same time I am so scared that he and his mother are going to try and take my little man away from me.

[Chumps]

Hidee ho people,

We had an awesome night finally. Ryan slept from 10pm (not so great, but normal :rolleyes:) through until 6am, hope this sleep bisso is back on track!

Sharvs - nice pics!

Sarah & Emma - hope you are getting through the day ok after your rough nights.

Jackie - good call on the leaving work!! It's very unprofessional, but you've gotta love the 'I don't care' attitude :laughing: , I use to have that a lot before leaving to have Ryan!

Reidy - Why oh why would you be terrified of telling us? As Sarah said, we're practically family in a cyber kinda way!

Hey Brooke, Sal, Jess, BB & any others I've missed.

[emilysmumma]

The little miss is not happy. She is finally asleep and so is DH, but she has gone into overdrive with the clinginess atm. I don't mind at all, it's just that she won't settle even with me most of the time. Granted she did just fall asleep on my chest, but only after screaming blue murder first. She must be in a lot of pain and that's with the panadol.

The house is clean. I managed to break the mop somehow....oops. We have been dealing with work stuff all morning also so haven't even had time to work out where to go. DH is picking up his brother later this afternoon to take him to the docs to get cortisone injections in his shoulder so there goes the day again. Where does the time go? :D

I'm glad to hear little Ryan had a good sleep last night Tracey.

Emma- vent away. It's just good sometimes to let it out. Otherwise it can build up and fester.

And Reidy- you are still not off the hook yet. When is our new bubba due? How far along are you? Are you hoping for a blue or pink? MS? Planned/unplanned? Do you have enough room in your house? Comparasion to your other 2 pregnancies?

Don't want to know much do I :p Nothing is sacred with me :laughing:

[Chumps]

I agree Reidy - you can't just come on in here & drop a bombshell & leave no details - we don't have our own exciting lives to fullfill us, we need DETAILS :D

And Sarah - you just don't know your own strength :laughing:

Emma - I don't think you have anything to be concerned about in regards to your ex trying to get custody of Cooper.

[emilysmumma]

Thank god someone is here. I've been trawling the hub for hours waiting for someone to pop in.

Hi Tracey:wave:

Typical Emily has just woken

Bye :wave:

[Chumps]

Doh :banghead: , of course Ryan is sleeping :rolleyes: , and now I look like the desparado :laughing: .

Oh yeh - just made a white chocolate mud cake for DH birthday tomorrow........and you know what? all I could think about while making it was Reidy, Sarah & Jess!!!!

[emilysmumma]

I agree Reidy - you can't just come on in here & drop a bombshell & leave no details - we don't have our own exciting lives to fullfill us, we need DETAILS :D



Why do you think I hung around all afternoon. I'm a desperado who needs fullfillment from info from my dec mummies.
:crying: A very sad state of affairs it is. :D

White chocolate mudcake!!!!!
My jam rollettes and cup of tea I'm having now pale in comparsion.
Now Tracey, that's a bit mean popping that information out like that. I'm too far away to drop over to do a taste test for quality control ;)

[Chumps]

Don't get too excited - we wont get to taste it till tomorrow - who knows, after my last disaster (remember at Jess's) might be absolute cr@p!!!!

[mytwolilprinces]

Where is everyone?

Sal - haven't seen you in here for a while? Hope everything is ok. I just had a thought that maybe Hamish is having his operation?

I must admit I have not been reading through the posts as carefully as I normally do. I just can't find the time!

Tracey - it's funny that even with my "I don't care" attitude about work - they asked me today if I want to come aboard full-time and have my old (much more exciting) job back. I told them they couldn't afford me :laughing:

Ok, better go - a big hello to all you lovely girls :wave: hope you are all well. One day I'll find the time to sit down and read through the thread :rolleyes:

[Reidymac]

Sorry to hear that teething pain is rife with the little ones. It just doesn't seem fair that they suffer with them so much. hope coops and emily get a good sleep tonight.

Good on you jakie for telling them like it is maybe they will come back with a counter offer, would you actually enjoy doing your old job again????

Sarah I am always in awe of the great spirit and stride in which you work on making every day a positive one. I am certain your Dh is a wonderful man and I hope he knows what an awesome woman you are.

Miss Sally, I hope things are well in your world :hugs:


And Reidy- you are still not off the hook yet. When is our new bubba due? How far along are you? Are you hoping for a blue or pink? MS? Planned/unplanned? Do you have enough room in your house? Comparasion to your other 2 pregnancies?:

Due: December 12 ish :rolleyes: ( I have my second scan on Thursday)
How far along are you? 13 weeks
Are you hoping for a blue or pink? Yes
MS? Morning, Noon and Night.
Planned/unplanned? Yes
Do you have enough room in your house? Do you ever have enough room for children and all of their stuff? :rolleyes: The house we can handle, the car is the biggest issue.
Comparison to your other 2 pregnancies? Not sure? Lil G's pregnancy was sooooo hard and scary, by this stage we were being prepared for the worst and I was in hospital all the time for pain and stuff, Liams was scary because we knew what could happen .......this one so far pain is manageable, we are trying to treasure and enjoy every moment but because no one knew until this week (told mum and brothers while on that holiday mid may) and I have been so sick, it hasn't seemed real IYKWIM. (more like a horror case of 13 week gastro)

I am sorry for keeping quiet but we have had a tough history in the early stages and it was a special lil something for DH and I to share. I was also painfully aware of the hopes and struggle so many of us on here have shared and the tough time people have been having. At the time of bfp there was quite a few of us that were all looking positive at the same time and I was heartbroken for my friends on here and the disappointments as things didn't work out ......I still am so sorry for those losses. I hope you know I don't take how lucky I have been for granted and I am so very greatful. You girls are always so generous and I thank you for your support and kindness.:kiss:

[emilysmumma]

Reidy- I and I'm sure the others take no offence whatsoever that you didn't say anything before.

Now I must say you were a bit cheeky in some of your answers there :shame: :D
I just hope you feel better soon and you can start worrying on how you will transport all your little people.

Well the little one has been fast asleep quite nicely all evening.

Another word to add to her vocab is Yellow. Sounds more like lell-yo but she can pick the colour out amongst others.

And I brought a new floor mop for the inlaws. The one I broke was one that someone replaced as they broke their previous one. Hmmmm, me thinks they are onto a good thing by waiting until the mop is so old and deteriorated, they let some sucker like me at it and hey presto they get a new mop.

It's not that late guys (see post time). It's not midnight here yet.

[brooke]

hey girls

quick one from me before I run out of the house... starting to feel like I live at work! :rolleyes:

Emma- :hugs: I wouldnt worry too much Im sure a low life like your ex would have no chance at full custody!

Reidy- congrats again!

Jess- where are you??????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????

[Chumps]

I see your light on Miss Sarah :wave: The white choc mud cake gets :thumbsup: .

[emilysmumma]

Tease!

happybirthday to your DH. What did he get besides his top notch birthday cake.

[emilysmumma]

I would like to stay around but there are things to do, places to go and people to see.
I didn't get to bed until 1.30 last night and then it was freezing. Then Miss Emily got all fussy when I got into bed and always has to have a hand on me. Her latest one is either rubbing my tummy (does she think I resemble a buddha?) or running her hand over my face or cupping my face in her two hands. Very lovely, but not when your trying to get to sleep.

I hope little Ryan is putting back on some weight and he had a good night too.

Have a good day everyone. (wherever you all are?)

[Chumps]

Sh!t, just wrote a long reply & have lost it :banghead: , anyway, basically nothing exciting, and the cake is extra good :p

[emilysmumma]

I hate losing posts.

Well I've just arranged a date with DH to go to the drive-in tonight to see Pirates of the caribenian (sp). I have no interest in the movie and haven't even seen the 2nd one and don't even remember how the 1st movie went, but I'm trying to come up with inventive ways to get him out of his rut.
It's exciting anyway, I love driveins. Emily will be with us of course and he is really looking forward to it.
I find them romantic Valentine

[Mummaof2]

Hi girls,

There was something spooky going on with my internet last night. I could check my emails and use MSN but coudln't get onto BubHub or any other websites so I ended up going to bed early as I was so bored cause I didnt have BH.

Thats sounds pretty sad doesnt it.

The ex has finally replied and said that he signed and sent the documents back last week. If that was the case I would have received them the next day and he also told me something else which peeved me off but I will let you read my Vent thread if your interested
http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=96805 (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=96805)

I went to the gym last night for my boxing class and tore a muscle in my left thigh and it bl@@dy (bl@@dy) killed. It was so pianful driving home as I have a manual and copped every red light possible.

I have been so busy at work this week that by the end of each day my eyes are ready to pop out of my head.

Talking about eyes did I tell you ladies that Coop managed to give me a black eye on saturday?

Well Im going to get the guts up and finally ask my boss about sending me or letting me go to Fiji for the conference in September so i hope all you gals will have your :fingerscrossed: for me.

Brooke - Jess sent me an email end of last week saying that she was going to take a break from BH for a while until she comes to terms with the accident etc. I will let you know if i here from her.

Tracey - That mud cake sounds devine

[Funkychicken]

Hellllllloooooooooooooooooooooo to my dear friends! :wave:
I am here but just haven;'t been here much, if that makes sense. Actually I have logged on so many times over the last few days, but have then walked off to do 'stuff' and just haven't gotten back.
Phew, it has just taken me about 2 hours to catch up, between entertaining a small boy who wants to sit next to me, making quiche for dinner and trying to do other 'stuff' on the 'puter that isn't working!
Reidy-fantastic news my friend. I am so very pleased for you (not for being :barf:) for the fact that you are going to have another BABY!!!! :smiliedance: And your last post about how you have felt about sharing your news had me nearly shedding a tear or two. You are such a beautiful person.

Tracey-I have just ridden the wave of Ryans illness and recovery seeing as there were so many pages to read. I am so glad he is better now.

Sarah, your Emily is just so cute. I bought Hamish some wee little gumboots last week and he won't take them off! I put them over his pj's (gro-suit) the other morning and he cracked a wobbly so badly when I needed to get them off for a nappy change. :rolleyes: toddlers!

Emma-sorry about your yukky stuff with your Ex. I haven't looked at your other thread yet, but just from reading this I can tell it has been difficult for you lately. Hope your leg is feeling better.

Brooke, I hope you and your DH have sorted your wanting to work more ours out. And all the cooking you keep talking about-you need to move to Melbourne instead and cook for us girls.

Jackie, arrghhhh, vomiting children and footy watching DH's! They just dooooont' get it. I hope you are feeling OK now and your work wasn't to put out.

Sharvs, so good to see you in her posting more. I'm sure you and Brooke will have fun when you finally get together.

As for all the photos-they are just gorgeous. It's amazing to see so many other 18 month olds and they all seem so similar.
Well my little boy has had enough of me being here, so hopefully I can come back later and fill you in on what we have been up to (nothing as exciting as Reidy though!)

[Mummaof2]

Hi Sal good to see you around again.

Brooke - Just so you know Jess said she is going to pop on later tonight to post. She spent this morning catchin up on all our chatter and will reply tonight.

[Mummaof2]

WHO WANTS TO MEET ME WHEN I COME TO BRISSY

Its only 3 weeks away now and I am getting so excited. It will be Coops first plane trip so not sure how I'm going to cope with that but any suggestions will be appreciated.

We arrive on the 30th June and depart on the 7th July. So far I only have 2 days where I have something on and thats Sunday, 1 July I have a christening to go to and Thursday, 5th July taking the kids to Movie World.

I would love to meet all of you brissy mums.

We will be staying in Forest Lake till the Tuesday and then we will be staying at Ormeau but I will have a hire car so will be able to drive where ever need to meet you all.

:fingerscrossed: Someone will want to meet me...hehe

[brooke]

hello sal... Missed you around here too!

Talking about that where is lis and BB?

I miss my dec mummies! Its so sad that everyone seems to be going thru hard times!

Jess- I miss your posts and your emails! I have been thinking of you!

Well I am sooo exausted I can barely move. dh is picking up PP for me tonight and I have been waiting patiently for them to get home. Im so glad tomorrow is my "day off" as I am missing PP terriably!

Sunday I am off to the coporate box at aami stadium! Should be great fun we get drinks, lunch etc! Cant wait!

[Mummaof2]

Hi Brooke

Lis has been quiet lately hasnt she

[elissas]

Hi gals!

I'm here. I keep checking in and starting to type, but I'm just trying so hard to catch up. I've thrown a couple of posts around elsewhere on the hop, but never get more than a few minutes on BH lately.

I miss you guys. I'm just trying to catch up on sleep, and all the things that have suffered because of lack of sleep ;)

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. :wave: to you all and I feel so rude, but I miss you all terribly and can't wait to have a bit more time to read over everything properly and chat again.

And congrats Reidy!!! That's amazing news. I've been craving my belly again lately.

Hehe, who needs sleep after all? A new bub will fix that right up.

Will has started sleeping through some nights, usually from about 9 till 6. And he's now taking anywhere between a few minutes to half an hour to settle in his cot (with his book and kissing teddies ritual :D). Today he went down for his nap in under 3mins! My how things have changed.

I'm thinking of you all and will have some more time to devote to you again soon :hugs:

[Funkychicken]

:wave: Lis. Not long now and you'll start to feel a bit more human again. I think it took about 6 weeks of Hamish sleeping properly for me to come out from under the fog. :hugs:

[mytwolilprinces]

Morning ladies!

Lis - I hope you are getting some rest. Well it seems that when one Dec Bub starts sleeping another starts waking. Blake has been waking every night and going absolutley mental. Screaming and tossing and turning and nothing I do seems to calm him?

Someone suggested to me that he might have worms :eek: As it's only at night that he becomes distressed - I doubt he does but I have dosed up the entire family with combantrum (sp?) just incase. The thought of it makes me feel all icky!!

Reidy - good luck with your scan today. Don't suppose your going to post any belly pics are you :D It's hard enough getting any pics out of you, let alone belly pics!

Ok, got to get the boys breakfast. I'll be back to try to finally read through all of these posts!

[brooke]

morning ladies

Im just popping in to say a quick hello before miss muffit wakes up!

Mum is coming up this morning so we are going to do breakfast which means I have to be super organised to get out the door in time!


Lis so glad you are finally getting some well deserved rest!

Jackie- I hope blake starts sleeping thru again soon... could it just be more teeth? PP gets restless at night if more teeth are moving in that mouth of hers

Talking about PP she has just been sooooo adorable lately. She is growing up so fast!:kiss:

[Me]

Sorry ladies,

I wrote a HUGE post this morning and then my computer crashed.

Reidy - Congratulations and good luck for today. I'll be thinking of you.

Hi to everyone.

Sorry that i'm not going to reply to each of you. It's not even 8am yet and I am just too drained.

Emma - I would love to see you when you are up. We should set a date so that if it's during the week I can organise the time off.

[brooke]

hey jess :wave:

I have been thinking about you and I hope your looking after yourself and beautiful caydence!:hugs:

[Funkychicken]

Hey there sweet Jess. I hope you are feeling OK. We are thinking about you, but please know you aren't obligated to pop in. We will always be here, so take your time. :hugs::kiss:

[Mummaof2]

Morning girls,

Just a quick post to say :wave:

Im have started a thread in regards to me coming to qld to organise a BH meet;

This is the link: http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=97378 (http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=97378)

[proud_mama]

Hello Girls, :wave:

Just wanted to say hi. i never knew about this section. I remember talkin to brooke when i first joined up when i was pregnant with DS.

I can't believe it's been a year and a half already :eek: and now i am 19 wks pregnant with my seccond.

[brooke]

welcome proud mama. Pregnant with your second you must be over the moon!

I am back from my natropath appointment she has loaded me up with all this stuff and a big bill later so fingerscrossed it will work so its not money wasted! I so could have got a jacket I wanted for that price! :laughing:

PP is in bed now... she only had 25mins this afternoon and then had to wake her to go to my appointment i so hate doing that so i am hoping she will have a nice looooooong sleep now. I so need to vacuum this house but i just dont have the energy I managed to get the vacuum out but b hub seem so much more appealing haha

[brooke]

Hmmm its quite in here today...

where is everyone... ????

Tracey- how is little man feeling?

Sarah- hows the weather in perth today? Its freeeeeezzzzzing here today! :eek:

Emma- so when do we get to see a pic of you? Im sure you said you were gonna post a pic of yourself since you have been to the gym.??????? :thumbsup:

Well I have been waiting for the princess to wake up seems to be having a good sleep this afternoon... I managed to vacuum finally which is good!
I am talking dh into get a cleaner since we have both been working so much to take the pressure off and seeing as dh got ANOTHER pay rise (i made him tell his boss he deserved more:D ) and i am working more we more than deserve it... note the WE its my marketing tool hehe. I am also thinking about getting our MIL the poor thing she is so exausted looking after the kids during the week and she is doing us such a big favour i think we should do it!

[Mummaof2]

Hi everyone,

Brooke - I will try and get a picture taken this weekend.

Proud_Mama - Welcome and congratulations on you expecting your 2nd

It has been very quiet in here today.

What are everyone's plans for the long weekend.?

[emilysmumma]

Go the cleaner Brooke. They are so worth it, but the only problem is that I'm never quite happy with how they clean. They never seem to clean as good as I would (if I had the time). In saying that I haven't had one for a few years, as when we brought our house in Brisbane it is so small it's all done quickly.
And I think that is a lovely thought for your MIL. Think of the savings you are having with her looking after PP and not having her in childcare, plus the benefit PP gets with being with family.

If your DH says no, just don't clean for a couple of weeks and ask him again :devil6:

Well the drive-in last night turned into a fizzer. It so was not romantic with Emily crying and acting funny. I didn't think it through properly as I thought she could go to sleep in the back seat. The only thing is her carseat is in the middle so there isn't enough room for her on either side. So she went to sleep in my arms but everytime I moved to get comfortable she would wake up and scream. So after an hour and a half we went home. No matter, we made up for it this morning ;)

Today I picked up my SIL and we went to Harbourtown near the city to do some shopping. I ended up with some bargains and so did Emily. I got the cutest dress from PPatch.

Good to see you back Lis. How are you enjoying your sleep?

Jess- Hi hon. I hope to see you around again soon. Keep looking after yourself.

Jackie- My uncle has twin girls and he said when they were little they use to scream only at night and all night. And they had worms which they didn't realised. Once it was treated they slept again.

Time to go. Welcome Proudmumma, nice to see you here and congrats on your pregnancy.

Reidy-I hope the scan went well for you.

[elissas]

Hi everyone!

I've got 10mins to say hi! Yay!

Tracey - I hope Ryan is stacking the weight back on. It doesn't take them long does it?!? It's amazing how much their weight can fluctuate.

Emma - you are sooo active and driven! I reckon you've been an inspiration to quite a few Bubhubbers of late! Best of luck with the Fiji trip. You've certainly earned it!

Brooke - PP is amazing, such a little lady. Except for the stripping her clothes off. That's not so ladylike... ;) Hope you get your cleaner. I had one for awhile, but I found that I cleaned before she came, and then went over some of the stuff afterwards because I'm anal and I was paying for basic cleaning, not spring cleaning, every week.

Sal - thanks for the encouragement. I have ups and downs. Sometimes I feel like on top of the world, the next minute I feel like I've taken 5 hayfever tablets (of the drowsy variety)... But it's getting easier each day.

Reidy - I'm so excited for you. And green with envy! Everywhere I looked today at the shops there were bellies, and every time I imagined being pg and I'd feel all the flutters, that little butterfly feeling, like your belly is tingling all over! Can't wait for that again. Anyway, hope your scan went well.

Jess - hope your feeling better soon :)

Hi proud_mama, and welcome! Congrats on the pregnancy.

Sarah - sorry your romantic night didn't work out as planned. I'm enjoying the sleep, but will enjoy it more in a few weeks I think. I'm still a bit sleep drunk (or hungover) during the days.

[elissas]

So, an update on Will's sleep - the last week he has slept through all but 1 night (Tuesday night). And on that night he woke screaming in pain, after some teething relief he went straight back to sleep. When I say sleeping through, he goes down about 9-9:30, sleeps till about 6 when he has his morning feed, and then we're up about 7:30-8am. The last bit, Will and I snuggle in the guest bed, which is really sweet.

Apart from a bit of extra sleep, and more relaxed sleep because I'm not expecting to have to get up all the time, I'm getting some me time.

DH and I are playing our online games for an hour or so in the evenings now, which I'm loving. I really missed hacking into strange magical creatures with him and running around middle earth as a troll or elf... :geek:

[Me]

Lis - Sounds like the extra sleep is here to stay:smiliedance:

Brooke - Go the cleaner, you are right, you more than deserve it. Even if they only do the basics, it makes it a whole lot easier for you on the weekends to do the little extras.

Sarah - Sorry your date didn't go as planned.

A very quick update on Caydence - she is TT at the moment. We started last week putting her in training pants at kindy for a few hours of an afternoon. Monday she had an accident, tuesday they skipped it(too busy) and wednesday she used the toilet. She hasn't had an accident since and will tell us when she needs to go. I had to get more nappies this week, so I just bought a little bag and some pull ups for when we are out. :fingerscrossed: we'll be 100% out of day nappies within a few months.

Next week I am going to be MIA - we are finally taking a holiday. More on that later, I've really got to be getting ready and making Caydence her lunch as DH won't know what to make her.

[emilysmumma]

Jess I'm glad to hear you are finally having some time away. Enjoy!
And that is amazing news with the TT.
So far with Emily she will pull at her nappy if it's been a stinky one to let us know what's in there and that's about it. I'm going to use the idea of the toilet insert instead of the potty that you guys told us about. Great tip!

It's raining here. The week of beautiful sunshine is now over.

Tonight we are going to DH's brothers place for drinks and nibbles for his b'day tomorrow. My brothers and nephews will be there as well so it will be good to see them again. I have been pretty slack with catching up with them. My brother has been sick all week though so I'm using that excuse for not seeing him :o
Then tomorrow we are having dinner at DH's sister place and she has some friends of theirs that DH hasn't seen in years coming as well.

Time to go, Samantha is popping over quickly soon. She was on call yesterday for work and they rang her in the morning to do the flight which is on their longest route, at the top of WA. She worked 12 hours straight. The airline she works for is a regional one that flies to all the mining camps here. So she goes to places and she has no idea where she is.
The funny thing is though, that she is so gorgeous that the pilots make her coffee instead of the other way around :laughing: She may be on her way of havng her dream of being a flight attendant (tick, doing that) and marrying a pilot (seeing a guy who is studying to be one, and he is HOT!!!) But I don't like to think of her that way :no: It's quite scary to think what I was doing at her age, and I thank god that she isn't like that, or her father and I would have to send her to a convent :laughing:

[emilysmumma]

I can't believe I just was going to say a quick hi to everyone, and I end up babbling my brains out.

Sorry!!!!!!!

[mytwolilprinces]

Hi Girls,

It's such a yucky day here. I am supposed to be meeting up with a friend at a playcentre this afternoon but seriously, it's pouring outside, windy and freezing .... so I might be calling her up to give it a miss!

Sarah - it sounds like you are having such a great (and social) time. I was thinking whilst reading your post that we don't do anything, so anyone or go anywhere. If we do it's about once every couple of months :eek:

Jess - wow, can't believe Caydence can use the toilet already. I am not even going to try with Blake. When he has done a stinker he runs a mile and tries to hide from me. He hates having his nappy changed but has no problem with sitting in a big pile off poop - yuck!

Lis - I am with you about wanting those little butterfly flutters again - we haven't really been able to try this month as DH has been sick, I have been sick and the kids too, so there hasn't been much time for any baby making. So if it happens for me this month it will be a miracle (and very close to an immaculate conception :laughing: )

Emma - I agree with Brooke, show us a pic of your new hot bod - ha ha! You are so lucky to be able to have personal training sessions all the time. I couldn't afford it and I'm too lazy to go anyway!

Ok, got to run x

[Chumps]

Hello ladies :wave:

All is well in our land! Ryan is finally better, TMI to follow - but nice poo's again :yelclap: , and he is back to his old self. He is eating heaps to catch up - I like it! I hope he continues to eat like he is at present, he could certainly do with the extra food continually. I'm sure it's only temporary though, just till he feels his body is back on track. Now we are just pacing the introduction of dairy back into his diet. Of course if DH was in control, he'd have Ryan sucking back tonnes of cows milk - obviously he didn't have to clean up much after Ryan's 'explosive week' :rolleyes: . He just doesn't understand the concept of a possible intolerance to dairy temporarily. I like to be cautious - if not overcautious.

Jess - hope all is well with you, excellent that you are getting away.

Reidy - hope yuor scan went well.

Jackie - you probably will end up pregnant this month, because you aren't expecting it in the least. Things always work out like that!

Hey there Brooke, Emma, Sal & Sarah & welcome proud_mama.

[Reidymac]

:wave: hi folks

Chumps I am so glad to hear you little man is back in form and eating you out of house and home. He will recover that weight in no time, but I don't think he will ever qualify as a chubby boy

Jess it's so great to hear from you. Hope the holiday is wonderful and just the break you need. Take good care of yourself and we will been sending good wishes your way.

Lis you poor bugger. When you go without decent sleep for so long, it's hard to imagine that its possible to feel even more cr@p when the sleep does come. Hope you get all caught up and your feeling better soon.

Sal it's so lovely to see you, sounds like your super busy at the moment or just more busy than the usual super busy) hope your doing well. And thank you for everything :thumbsup:

Brooke, getting a cleaner for your MIL is such a lovely thing to do :yes: and you should absolutely get one for yourself with all the hours you and DH are working. I dream of the day I can leave for work with a messy house and return to one that sparkles ( I'll keep dreaming)

Emma I'm keeping my eye on your coming to Brisbane thread. It will be great to meet you! Although I might take a miss on the girls night out as I am so very old and vomity and live on the opposite side of brissy (I would be no fun)


Reidy - good luck with your scan today. Don't suppose your going to post any belly pics are you It's hard enough getting any pics out of you, let alone belly pics!

oh Jackie, I haven't laughed so hard in ages. You know me so well. I was amazed at the Dec 07 thread as some of the girls had belly shots up @ 6 weeks WTF????? I don't have anything to see as yet except slightly used (third hand) lower abdominal muscles. With Liam I told work when I was 4.5 month and probably started showing the next week (out of relief).

The scan went really well, apparently even though I am soooooooo verrrrrrry ooooold and therefore high risk, everything is great and I saw the little person laying back with legs crossed and thumb firmly in mouth, sucking away, strong heartbeat, lots of movement, what more could you ask for :D

hello to everyone

[Chumps]

[QUOTE=Reidymac;1559104The scan went really well, apparently even though I am soooooooo verrrrrrry ooooold and therefore high risk, everything is great and I saw the little person laying back with legs crossed and thumb firmly in mouth, sucking away, strong heartbeat, lots of movement, what more could you ask for :D
[/QUOTE]

That's great news Reidy - just had a little reminisse (sp) to Ryan's 12 week scan and he had his foot frailing in the air :) , little did he know back then that I am soooooo obsessed about little feet & that was just the beginning of our little foot relationship :o .

[Reidymac]

Awww, Chumps i am a foot lover too!! The lady gave me 2 shots from the scan. one is great and you can see the whole baby, the other is weirdly blurry but it's a perfect picture of the little legs crossed and all the little toes.

Ooops, I promised myself I wouldn't rave about it yet :0 sorry!

[Chumps]

Feel free to rave... we are alll so happy for you & it's nice to rave :D , makes it more real!!!!

Poor Ryan - if he had a dollar for every time I've said out loud 'god - I just want to chop them (his feet) off & bottle them this way forever' - he'd never have to work in his life :laughing:

Oh yeah Emma - Ryan & I would love to catch up for a coffee or the sorts when you are around. Count me out for the chicks night though, I'm with Reidy on that one! I don't do nights :o . My inlaws are planning a trip up here around that time, so I will have to check those dates.

[Reidymac]

Poor Ryan - if he had a dollar for every time I've said out loud 'god - I just want to chop them (his feet) off & bottle them this way forever' - he'd never have to work in his life :laughing:

BUT CHUMPS YOU KINDA CAN!!!!!

:laughing: One of my brothers gave us a "twinkle toes' voulcher for christmas when Graysie was new. I kina of thought it was a bit sick and morbid to have a little set of hands and feet forever trapped under glass and mounted like a hunters kill (not strong feelings you understand :rolleyes: ) but we did it anyway..............and in hindsight I really like it. It's hidden on the study wall where people don't go but ....when she is being evil I can have a little look at how sweet her little foot was and I can't imagine she was ever so tiny. (because it's 3d it's very real. I'll take a photo of it tonight to show you, its a left foot, right hand and photograph)

Did any of you other girls ever get hand and foot casts done? what do you think of them when you look back at the size???

[Chumps]

I had someone tell me to go get that done - but I never did. We have so much cr@p that I can't even get on the walls as it is :laughing: . Ryan also has a toe that sits up higher than his others. Not as obvious now, but when his feet were so small, it was very obvious. I was a bit concerned that as the cast is taken from the bottom, it would look like he had only 4 toes :o Not that there's anything wrong with that! But I didn't like the idea of paying so much for a potentially incorrect cast!!!!!!! I did manage to get some ink prints though when they were pretty small. Being a 5lb 9oz bub, as you can imagine, they were snack size :D .

[Reidymac]

Awwww, snack sized HAHAHA you are obsessed girly. I am going to make you a white chocolate foot shaped birthday cake for your birthday!!

Graysies foot was curled and her little toe stuck up in the air too, but because it is fully 3 dimensional you can see every little toe and crease and even the swirls like fingerprints on the skin, just amazing!!
They used that dental setting paste with glad wrap over, squeeze the little foot into it and then wrap it around and hey presto a foot. There were big kids hands and feet too so it's never too late for a true foot fetishist ;)

What you up to for the long weekend, anything exciting??

[Chumps]

Ok, i might get it done for the next one!!!!! Don't know when that is though - so no, I'm not trying to tell you anything :laughing: .

If you do the cake thing for my birthday, it will need to be 'enlarged' of course :D

Our long weekend plans - I have a massage tomorrow (no it won't be pleasurable unfortunately). A bit of a carry over from last weeks massage (or should I say manipulation) was so tight after ferrying Ryan around all week when he was unwell. I would love to really know what my massarger guy thinks when I walk in. I'm sure it's along the lines of 'what in he!! does this chick do all week????' Anyway, then we are going on a city adventure with Ryan. We havn't taken him on a train yet, so going to do that, then maybe get a rivercat, go have bruch, and DH *must* go to this shop in the city and get himself a Pink Floyd t-shirt :o , thank goodness he only wears them to bed :laughing: . His last one he had, he got for his 21st - it's a little holey now. I told him he should get 2 tomorrow and store one away for when he turns 40.

[Reidymac]

That sounds great!

Sorry to hear the massage is for movement and not pleasure, thats no fun. And of course it would just be cruel to make a cake baby foot size. maybe a size 11 would suffice.

My little people are playing catch and kiss :rolleyes: made all the more interesting/ dangerouse by the fact they both have winter socks on and I just washed the polished wooden floors. At least they are entertained

[Chumps]

Aaahhhh, the socks on the wooden floors :yes: , I went out and got a stack of socks with the grip on the bottom for that very reason!!! I was so excitied I said to DH 'we should have shares in the 'sock with grip' company. His reply was 'do you really think your 10 pairs is keeping the company afloat? :o . I did get a little carried away!!!!! DH did put me back in my place :laughing: .

[Chumps]

Little person waking, must go catch u later:wave:

[mytwolilprinces]

Reidy - I also have a little chuckle at the belly pics people start posting from so early on. I've even seen pics posted that say 4 weeks. I don't mean to be rude but any bump at 4 weeks has nothing to do with baby and a lot to do with bloating/fat :laughing:

I'm so glad the scan went well. It's so exciting when you first see your little one, even if they do look like a scary alien with big black eyes :eek: :laughing:

Tracey - you really are obsessed with Ryans feet. I have a great idea for your cakes. You could have little feet shaped cup-cakes.That way they could be life-size but you don't have to miss out on quantity as you can eat as many as you like!

[mytwolilprinces]

Oh and you could also have little baby feet shaped chocolates! I wonder if you can buy chocolate moulds in the shape of feet - my friend had penis shaped chocolates on her Hens day, so if they make penis moulds I'm sure you can get foot moulds too :laughing:

I just looked up a site on chocolate moulds and YES they do have baby feet moulds - so there you go! You can now eat baby feet to your hearts desire!

[brooke]

hello ladies

Jackie how are you going in sydeny? We have had over 1500 claims lodged just in the afternoon today and they have taken assessors from every state to help out. I have told them if they need a client manager Im sure i could come along! :p

Reidy I am so glad to hear the scan went well!

Tracey- enjoy the massage! I love a good massage!

Jess- I am soooooo glad to hear your taking a holiday. you more the deserve it!

well pp got bitten at childcare today! I have never seen a bit so big and its clearly from a child that has way more teeth than her. My poor princess!

[Funkychicken]

Hello everyone. Lovely to catch up on your news/s. I love it when a couple of you girls get chatting in here and have these little conversations-shows me what great friendship's have been created in here.

Jackie, my turn to LOL, at your description of Blake and nappy changing. :laughing: If I say to Hamish, "Have you got a poo?" He makes this EEErrrrr.... noise at me (like he is saying nick off!) and then runs away, yelling it at me!

Reidy, thanks for sharing about your scan-I am getting all excited and fluttery for you now!

Jess, thanks for dropping in. I wish you the best, most relaxing break ever. You so deserve it. :kiss:

Tracey, glad all is back to healthy in your world. I went and had the manipulation massage yesterday too. I swear I was so close to tears it was hurting so much. I found myself saying, you gave birth, you can do this! I knew it would pay off though. I have been all 'cricked' in my neck and shoulders for weeks and it had to be done.

Proud mama-welcome to the Dec 05 thread. Where have you been? I was sure we were all so loud in here that everyone on the hub could hear us! :D

Brooke, not very nice for PP to be bitten. I hope she is OK.

Ok, an update on what I have been up to. All the usual stuff but I have been a bit busy with my work which is good as I really need that money to pay our school fees.
We had our school AGM last night and again I find myself putting my hand up for all sorts of stuff! I was strong though in turning down a place on the committee, I just can't give that much of myself right now. I am involved with two craft groups, am about to start knitting (learning in my case!) with another group of girls (some lovely BH ones), I am part of the school publicity group as well as trying to get our parents association group up and running and get our monthly cafe/market back up and running. Hamish has begun playgroup and I have somehow found myself heading a group to teach some of the other parents about the craft we do.
The thing making me most tired by days end and keeping me from posting here until all hours is getting back into running again. I started doing a bit again a few months ago but not regularly enough, then I had a mum from school who has transformed herself over the last 12 months in terms of diet, exercise, health ask me if I could help her do a fun run. So I found a race, a few months in advance, and realized I had better get my own @ss out there and into training too. So time has gone by, I have been running 6 mornings a week and really enjoying it, and when I spoke with this mum again yesterday she is still worried and I can't get her to commit to a trial run together. So I have paid my entry fee for the run and it looks as though I will be going alone! And it's next Sunday! But I feel great in term's of fitness right now, so I am really pleased I stuck to it. Maybe I just needed pressure from someone else to get myself back out there. :p
The only problem is I am dead on my feet with droopy eyes by 9pm and then I think about getting up again the next morning and I am finding I want to go to bed so I can wake up refreshed enough to run again.
OK, I have rambled way, way too much and by now you are probably all bored.

[elissas]

Jess - that's great news about the TT. I'm hoping to start Will soon, but I wanted to get the sleeping business sorted first. Hopefully in a few weeks we can get started. He's familiar with his training pants, but to date I haven't taken it seriously. He also HATES nappies at the moment and screams whenever I put a new one on him - he tries to rip it off so fast I have to quickly put his pants back on!

Sarah - hope you had a lovely weekend. And don't worry about your rambling. If you hadn't typed exactly what you did, you wouldn't have posted at 11:11 (DING!!!) You and Reidy are spooky.

Tracey - glad to hear Ryan is doing well. Shovel that food!!

Reidy - good news about your scan. How exciting! I have to chuckle at posting pics at 6 weeks. I think I was about 6mths when I finally got my butt into gear and sent a pic of my belly to some friends in London...

I must admit, I've been meaning to get Will's size 7 clodhoppers cast, but I haven't got around to it. Should do it before they get too big!!

Jackie - you had to mention chocolate. Oh well, better go have some Chocolate Overload Kit Kat...

Brooke - poor PP. I hope the bite isn't too nasty. What are they doing about it?

Sal - looks like you've got yourself all busy again!! You amaze me :D Oh, and by the way, we met Dr Hastings today. Lovely doctor. Thanks for the referral!

[elissas]

OK, thought I'd better post some pics - these are from Mothers Day...

http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n228/goldenjungle/?action=view&current=Mothers-Day-07-b.jpg

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Please excuse how I look. It had been a long day and I think I was as tired as Will!

[brooke]

sal- good luck on your fun run. I am so proud of you getting back into it. I bet it feels good to accomplish something so big. Sounds like you have been keeping yourself super busy as well.

Lis- Love the pics. Will looks so grown up! what a beautiful boy. And you look fine I dont know what you are talking about.

[mytwolilprinces]

Morning ladies,

Lis - great pics! Will is a cutie. Also, have you lost weight since the last pic you posted. I can only see your face in the pic but going from that it looks as though you have - resisting choc must be working for you!

Sal - no wonder you are so tired. Running 6 days a week is a huge effort :yes:

Well DH has outdone himself this morning - not in a good way though. This morning I was up at 5am with Blake. I have the flu and by 6pm I thought "right it's DH's turn". So I woke him up and told him to take care of the boys. By around 8am I hear a heap of crying so I come out and DH is fast asleep on the lounge, the boys haven't even been given a drink and Blake hasn't had his nappy changed :eek:

I told DH ignoring them and not even giving them a drink is child abuse. He's such a lazy a$se sometimes!

Anyway, they are both fed, watered and dressed now. Guess I will never get a guilt free sleep-in....

Better go. Blakey is having a big cry because Josh won't share his spaceship with him... ahh the joys :rolleyes:

[brooke]

:eek: Jackie- I hope you gave your dh a swift kick up the backside! Poor little kidlets and poor you. I hope you get some rest and feel better soon! :hugs:

[elissas]

Thanks! Will is such a little man. It's amazing how much he's grown up. He's always looked like a little boy though, rather than a baby. And he's just soooo tall. His clothes and pj's in the pics are size 2 :eek:

Jackie - I wish I could say I've lost weight. With all the feeling worse, I've got stuck into the junk again, and since I'm not breastfeeding so much (just 2 small feeds a day now), I've put weight on. :crying:

Not happy, I weighed myself last night and felt like crying.

So no more choccie again, at least for awhile.

Oh and your DH needs a swift kick. Could you imagine if we fell asleep on the couch!?!

That's why I do all mornings. My DH is terrible in the mornings, and until he improves I'm not subjecting Will to that! DH is just lucky I'm a morning person...

[brooke]

lis- you dont look like you have anything to worry about weight wise. I looked at the pic and thought....
Lis looks so skinny. She has nothing to worry about.


Well I have been busy. Spring cleaning the house. we have guests coming over for dinner. I mentioned to a friend I made lamb roast last week and she begged me to make her one this weekend.... so Im busy again making lamb and roast veggies and home made bread. Dont think I can be bothered making desert so I might send dh over to oakbank to get some home made apple pie... yummy! :D

[mytwolilprinces]

Lis - you seriously do look skinny in that pic. You have nothing to worry about at all.

Brooke - yum, can I come to dinner at your house too?

I'm in such a foul mood with DH today. Everything he is doing (or should I say ISN'T doing) is really annoying me. He certainly isn't trying to redeem himself. He had a go at me because I was having a go at him. He thinks that he does everything and I do nothing WTF? I swear he is suffering from delusions if he honestly thinks that.

A lot of what he is doing is really getting to me latley and I'm starting to feel as though I can't find anything I like about him anymore!

Being stuck in the house all day in this shocking weather is not helping at all :no:

[Chumps]

There you go again Brooke - cooking up a storm :D , sounds yummy!

Jackie - those feet chocolates sounds tooooo good! Thinks me might have to look into those :p

Lis - beautiful pics of your little man. (And you of course - goes without saying)!!

Well we went on our first train ride this morning into the city. I love people watching in the city :D . Ryan wasn't overly imressed on the train - just wante to keep pulling stuff out of my bag instead of looking out the window like we had planned on! However when we got off the train, we stood there to wave goodbye & he started crying - a bit sensitive he is!!

[emilysmumma]

Lis- Will is gorgeous. Your not too bad yourself :D

Sal- running.....Ugh! I can't say I'm into it. When I see people running on the side of the road, all I can think is "are you mad?". But I highly commend you for doing it. I must say when I have had my fitness up, the feeling I get in being able to achieve 10 mins on the treadmill running, is a great high. The natural endorphins that are released and the sense of being able to actually do it, is pretty awesome. But 10 mins is usually the max for me :o

We had a great night last night. Emily didn't go to sleep till nearly midnight, then we got home around 1.30 in the morning. Feeling a bit icky. A pina colada, 2 shooters and nearly a bottle of wine mixed together isn't really a good mix.

Now it's time for Emily to have a snooze, and then its off to the SIL's for the afternoon.

And Brooke- Please move to Brissy. I want lamb roast too!

Emma- I'm really dissapointed I won't get to meet you when you come up to Brissy. I too wouldn't be doing a night out either. Slacker that I am, but coffee and cake would of been great. Hopefully next time.

Got to go. Have a good weekend all.

[emilysmumma]

That's so cute about Ryan being upset about the train leaving. He is going to be a SNAG- Sensitive New Age Guy.

[brooke]

sarah- sounds like you have been a bit of a party animal since you have been away! :cool:

Hmmm that drink mix doesnt sound like it would sit well either. And miss emily stayed up late and partied too by the sounds of it... lmao!

Jackie- what is it with men thinking they do everything. My dh has been a lazy @rse lately and then complains when i ask him to do anything. And if I dare say anything then i get the "dont start...." line. DRIVES ME CRAZY!

Tracey- A train ride... now thats brave. I would hate the imagine what pp would be like on a train.

Taking of PP she has been asleep for ages. we went to the shops and on the way home she feel asleep and has been ever since that was at like 1030! :eek:

[Chumps]

Hhmmmmm - I second that party animal comment :laughing: , I reckon you are just getting it out of your system before the next one comes along :D .

We were brave going on the train - obviously a DH idea! After today, I did say, don't think we will ever fly anywhere, in fact never go anywhere further than 2 hours drive away!!! Except for the family do's of course which have already proved to be a trip from he!!.

Jackie - Hope your day gets better. There's nothing worst than being sick and having to put up with that sh!t too. Makes things seem so much worse. Meant to ask you - have you made plans to go to your FS yet?

[brooke]

tracey- I second that! I am not looking forward to travelling to brisbane with Paige. she will be a little terror! :eek:

[Chumps]

:D :D :laughing: :eek: ,

But, she might like it - look how far Sarah & Emily have travelled. I only wish Ryan would be that comfortable to travel with.

[brooke]

i know she will hate it... we will be in the car for 10mins and she starts screaming! she cant sit still for more than 5 seconds!:rolleyes: :eek:

[Chumps]

Yeh, it's no fun :no: . By the time you get home again, you feel like you need a holiday. We've had some absolute shockers and they have only been to Coffs Harbour mostly, and one trip from Brissy to Newcastle (with a stop over near Coffs where my parents live). Even then, we had to stop for 2 days for our own sanity :laughing: .

[brooke]

:eek: hmm now im really not looking forward to taking her on the trip. I know it will be fine once we get there but GETTING there will be the issue.
If there is one thing that "does my head in" is her screaming and tantruming in the car. Its like your locked in there and you cant escape! :eek: :eek:

[Funkychicken]

Hi everyone,

I see you are busy chatting in here again!

Tracey, Hamish is discovering trains and he thinks they are just the best thing. The station for the Puffing Billy Railway is just outside the gates of school and the other day, I walked Hamish over there just as it pulled in and he loved it! I couldn't imagine him on one for a period of time either though. Ella was my easy-sitter. She sat on my knee for 30 hours on a bus to Brisbane when she was 11 months old. I couldn't imagine Hamish sitting for ten minutes!

[sharvs]

Brooke, do you have a portable DVD player? It wont help the entire way but it may provide a bit of relief for PP. We have one and we only put it on for Kayden when we are travelling a distance so its a bit of a novelty thing. Thats about all i can suggest.

A lot of our DP's sound similar. Whenever I convince Chris to get up with Kayden (which is very rarely) and I stay in bed till around 7.30am - he is back in bed by 7.35pm & stays there for hours. They just dont get it... I would love to see Chris look after Kayden by himself for an entire week, i think he would have a lot more appreciation for me then.

Speak of the devil, he is working today on guard duty. He started at 7am and finishes at 7am tomorrow so I have to be there to pick him up... No doubt he will come home and go to bed. Grrr

I took Kayden to swimming lessons today and it was so cold. He just screamed and screamed. I think there is only a couple of lessons left this term. I think I will finish it then leave it until it gets warmer.

[Chumps]

Oh yeh - I'm hearing you!! We had an experience where we had to stop on the side of the road not at a rest stop as Ryan was so worked up & vomitting etc. Trucks etc were flying past and it was so scary. I ended up getting into the back seat (after reshuffling all our luggage into the front as our car is only small) and holding him until we came across a proper rest stop. It was such as awful trip. But like I said, PP might just surprise you. If you've never travelled that type of distance before, she might like it and sleep for you!

[brooke]

sleep... in the car... lmao... i wish. She fights it and fights it when we are in the car. Although today she must have been REALLY tired cause she fell asleep i couldnt believe my eyes. The portable dvd player might be a good idea. Havent got one yet but I am thinking about it.

[Chumps]

Hey Sal & Sharvs :wave:

The boys are so cute with their boy toys (ie trains etc).

Ryan recently started doing an elephant impersonation. It is the cutest. We say 'Ryan what does an elephant do?' and he raises his elbow up and makes a bbbrrruuuuuhhhh sound. Just makes me melt :o

[brooke]

tracey- that sounds soooo adorable!

Can you believe Paige is still sleeping! she has been asleep since 10.30am and its now 1.50pm! :eek:

[Chumps]

That's nice of her to do that on your day off! Except you would probably prefer her to be awake for you. Little Chumps is just making noises, so think he will be up soon. I just snaffled him and he is so warm in my arms, I want to hold him all afternoon :p . Like a built in hot water bottle!

[Chumps]

Gonna do a runner - have a nice night with all your food Brooke :) .

[brooke]

thanks tracey, I am sure everyone else will enjoy it. I still cant eat protien and carbs in the same meal so its one or the other for me and I normally find carbs the easier option. Bummer too.... The roast is smelling sooooo nice!

[elissas]

Thanks girls, you made me feel better. But I ain't skinny. Far from it. I'm 15kg heavier than when I met DH, and I was a size 8-10 then! So, I must just look ok from the shoulders up. It's the rest of me that is ick. I really feel heavy now, not comfortable. Especially since I'm short and have a light bone structure - it makes it harder to carry.

Today I was dancing with Will to the Wiggles and I had to hold my boobs. Of course, I'm now learning that maternity bras just don't cut it when playing with crazy active toddlers (which I've also figured out at work recently), so it's bra shopping this week :( I hate doing that.

Sarah - Midnight! Wow, that beats Will. He finally put his head down at about 9:30 last night. I'm missing something with him. Must be missing an early tired sign, coz 9-10pm is just a little later than I think it should be.

Brooke - You've made me hungry... And that's a huge sleep PP is having! What's your secret?

Jackie - I hope your day gets better. Does your DH see anything wrong with what he's doing and just keep doing it anyway? Or does he believe he's fine?

Tracey - That's so cute re the train. Will loves watching trains, he hasn't been on one yet though.

Sal - We've been thinking about taking Will on Puffing Billy lately. I remember hanging out at the Puffing Bill station after school. Such a rebel I was, waiting there instead of the regular station ;)

Sharvs - swimming lessons in the cold weather are a pain. We're thinking of stopping next term as well, and picking it up in Summer.

[brooke]

Lis- I am positive that you have nothing to worry about. I really dont think any of us weigh what we did when we met our dh's. When I met my dh I weighed 45kgs... Let me tell you Im WAY WAY more than that now! :eek:

As for my secret. I dont have one.... although would you believe she is down for ANOTHER nap!:eek:
we have people coming over for dinner soon too... and her little friends will be here so I hope she wakes up soon!

[mytwolilprinces]

Lis - you sound like you have the same body type as me! I am quite short 162cm's, and have small bones. I can still wear size 8 to 10 jeans but I am carrying a LOT of extra fat on me. Even though to look at I am quite small if anyone saw me naked they would be shocked. Even when I had my fitness assessment for the gym the instructor said I had quite a high body fat percentage :eek:

So I can understand you saying that you just don't feel comfortable with how you are because I feel the same.

Brooke - now don't get me started on you. I know you are taller than me and if you weighed 45kg then you were very underweight - so it's a good thing that you weigh more than that now :yes:

Got to go and try to get the little men off to bed. Be back soon hopefully!

[brodiebunch]

Hi ladies.I have had a hectic week and need to get it out.I will start with the fun part!Fri week ago I went to the Baby expo in syd with my closest friend then we had a night out in Carringbah at a tepenaki bar minus babies and hubbies.It was great.Her mothers group do it once every 2-3 mths and although their bubs are 2-3mths older than Oli I have been welcomed into the fold.Next morning Genelle and I cashed in on our joint mothersday pressie,2 tickets to see Priscilla the musical,WOW:thumbsup: .when I got home things started to go pearshaped.

MIL and FIL were here:thumbsdown: I got abused cause the kitchen was filthy and I had scrubbed before I left,stupid BIL let me take all the abuse and so did DP.Next morning They had made coffe and I cant deal with the smeel at the moment so I spent the morning spewing,then off to DP nannas for lunch where oli Did the most amazing spew followed by another and another......That was sunday.Monday Ol is still chucking everywhere MIL has Gone(thank god)by the time we get to the DRs Oli just lies there and groans.He has had tonsilitis for 5mths,yes 5 mths and nobody knows what to do,anyway it is now severe enough for him to be spewing all the time.More antibiotics(bactrim) and we were sent home.The Bactrim gave him the runs,as it turns out my family is allergic to it so another trip to DR on tues and the poor kid is put on Flagyl.Wed still spewing wont drink.Thursday couldnt even force liqiud into DS and he had stopped peeing so off to hosp.

We spent 8 hours at hosp while drs held him down and forced liquid into his mouth with a syringe every 5 mins,they kept saying trust us better that than a drip.Oli was hysterical but it worked he peed after seven hours and he had no kidney probs.Yesterday DP decided that He might stay home and help me.So I hid in bed all day.Oli spewed some more but the hosp had taken away his antibiotics cause they thought they were making him worse.Today No spew:smiliedance: and Ol is eating and drinking again.But I got so worn out that I now have a chst infection(and he started coughing today) It never Rains it pours.

Sorry it is so long

[Funkychicken]

Oh, BB, that sounds awful! Poor little Oli. :( These are those life-changing events that people talk about happening when you have children. :hugs:
And how horrible of your MIL and FIL. I would have given it to them-sorry I have little tolerance of being told how to run my own home. You poor thing, pregnancy hormones would have made you feel even worse.

I'm glad Oli is on the up now. It must have been such a traumatic experience for both him and you at the hospital.

Don't apologize for a long post. That's what we are here for-to listen. Plus, you should see the size of my post a page or two back. :D

Nice to hear from you, regardless.

[brodiebunch]

It is kind of funny really.The one time that I have access to BH for a reasonable amount of time,No one is on here and I have to go soon.Makes me laugh:laughing:

[elissas]

Jackie - we're the same height. And with a small frame, even a little bit of extra weight feels harder to carry. If I had a medium frame I'd probably feel more comfortable, but I can feel my back, neck and hips suffering, even my feet. Most people reckon I'm not too bad, but I can feel it. Even though my boobs aren't massive, they're bigger than they used to be before I met DH, and some days they do feel heavy (was worse when full of milk, and doesn't help when I need all new bras). Your jean size is my goal size though ;). I'm anywhere from a 10-14 in jeans, depending on where they're from. I remember wearing a size 6-7 in Gripp jeans when I was 23. And I wasn't really really skinny even then. Probably about 52kg's. So the weight I'm carrying now feels mammoth.

Anyway, enough feeling sorry for myself.

BB - you poor thing. 5mths!!! I'd be giving someone a bit more alternative a go. Have you seen a naturopath or homeopath, or even a chiro? It's amazing what can be affected by poor spinal alignment (since the nervous system controls just about EVERYTHING in our bodies). I had bad hayfever since I was 6, but not anymore since I got my spine fixed up!

[brodiebunch]

Hi Sal.Must have posted as you were.The hospital was pretty bad,I had to leave DP in Emergency a few times to get away from it.I couldnt beleive how strong a baby(oops toddler) who hasnt eaten or drunk anything for a few days could be.At least I didnt have to hold him down!

[brodiebunch]

We have tried some natropathic alternatives,but no good.We just keep going.He has had tonsil and adenoid probs scince about 7mths.No specialists will see him untill he is 2.so we are going to try a chinese herbalist in the very near future.He has not put on weight scince 12mths but lost about 500gms in the last few mths.We will get there:fingerscrossed:

gotta go to bed.See you!

[brooke]

BB- So sorry to hear oli hasnt been well and your inlaws were monsters! I would have old them where to go!

well Im off to bed. Our guests just left and I am sooooo tired and have a big day ahead of me tomorrow!

[elissas]

BB - good luck with the Chinese Herbalist. MIL went to one for her menopause, which plagued her for several years. None of the traditional treatments worked. 2 weeks after seeing the Chinese doc she felt better than she had in years!!

Oh well, I'm alone here now. I'm going to jump online and create a new character for our game :D Been wanting to try another race. We're such geeks ;)

I've just finished cleaning the house, coz we're having friends over for a bbq tomorrow.

DH keeps asking why I'm bothering, as I'll just have to clean it again afterwards, and they'll mess it up. Men really don't understand sometimes. This is my home, I want to feel proud of it...!

And now the interesting stuff. I was sure AF was due yesterday, by my calculations... I've been getting a feeling, but I don't want to get my hopes up. We timed it pretty well this month.

And the day I ovulated, Will ran away with the home phone - the next thing I hear is a voice on speaker saying "Good afternoon, This is Bridget." He'd called DH's work and put the receptionist on speaker!! But the really kooky bit is that if we have a girl her name will be Bridget... (insert Twilight Zone music here).

[elissas]

OMG I'm so excited! Will slept from 8:30-6 last night!! And then went back down till 8am :smiliedance:

Sorry, have to let it out. There's nobody here to tell except Will (DH still being in bed of course).

At least I can tell all my friends today (including the one who insisted only 2 weeks ago that I would have to let him cry it out, that there was no other way). Woohoo. Can't wait to tell her :D

[Funkychicken]

Good morning all. (Well Lis anyway, your the only other green light on!) :D
Hope everyone has a great Sunday. I'm off soon for my last big training run before next week and then we are heading down to my parents for the day/night. Do the other states have a public hol tomorrow too?

[Me]

Morning,

Just a really quick post - I have to get ready for work(my little 3 hr shift) and for going away at the same time.

I got an SMS from Emma last night. She's ok, but with the wild weather they are getting down there, they are flooded out. Steph is with her folks and her and Coop are at her sisters. But on Friday night a huge tree uprooted and fell on her sisters house.

I'm sending quick recovery vibes her way - I hope that the weather clears quickly and they can be back to normal soon.

:hugs: BB - you've had a rough week! I hope next week is much brighter for you.

Lis - I'll cross my fingers for you. I hope get your BFP!

Have a good week everyone

[elissas]

OMG!!!!

:bfp:

:smiliedance: :yelclap: :smiliedance:

I just knew it, I've known since I ovulated. It just felt right. Just like when I knew I was pg with Will.

Then there's the fascination Will's had the last fortnight with lifting up my top and playing with my belly.

And DH has a beautiful sleepy smile now. He reckons he knew it too. It wasn't a surprise to him.

I'm shaking with excitement.

[elissas]

Where is everyone goddammit!!!!!! I'm exploding.

And I've got all my friends coming over and we can't tell them till we've told our parents!

Spose Will knows it was time to sleep through huh? So Mummy can rest!?!

[mytwolilprinces]

YAY LIS!!!!!! :yelclap: :smiliedance: Congrats! That's wonderful news .....

Well I hate to tell you but you won't be losing weight just yet :D

[mytwolilprinces]

No wonder you said your boobs were feeling big and wobbly - now you know why :D :laughing:

[elissas]

I know! But I'd better eat a bit healthier anyway huh?! :D

The second line appeared in 10secs. So quick!

We're stoked. It took 2yrs to fall pg with Will. This time I've only had 3 periods and been off the mini pill for 2mths! Yay!

[mytwolilprinces]

Yep, I guess pregnancy is a good incentive to be healthy, although for me it was just an incentive to pig out - ha ha!

I'm so happy for you, I can't believe it happened so quickly for you guys - any tips for me? (apart from the obvious ofcourse :D )

[elissas]

Dunno. We didn't do anything different to last time. Except have a baby already, which seems to have fixed my body right up.

I guess I won't be going bra shopping!

Going for a walk with Will now before I explode. Have to get out of the house!!

[mytwolilprinces]

Have fun on your walk - I'm glad I was on the hub and got to hear the news first :thumbsup:

[brodiebunch]

:smiliedance: :smiliedance: :yelclap: Congrats Lis!:fingerscrossed: All goes well for you.Bridget is such a pretty name.I hope the MS fairy is kind to you.You can still go bra shopping in a few weeks,just get new maternity ones.It took 3 yrs for us to get Oli and #2 blew us away how it could happen with out all the trying and planning.Oh I am so happy for you.

As for baby names.We like Layla,Amelie and DP likes Vivienne(his Grandads name)for a girl.Layla is my Fav.Everyone thinks I will have another boy though.Our boys names are Flynn,Jasper,or Bailey with Thomas(my Grandad) as a middle name.OOOOOH how I love baby names.I can never just choose one till bub comes and we wont find out the sex.

Oli has a temp again today and he woke screaming his little head off at 6.30.He screamed all morning but is back in bed now.That means we wont get our long arvo nap.We still dont have our computer up and running So I could dissapear again for a while.Chat when I can!

[elissas]

Hey BB - thanks! We love Bridget. Coming second, but a bit behind, is Molly.

For a boy not sure - I love Jack but it's so popular. But then, so is Will I found out a week after he was born. They were everywhere! I also like Charlie for a boy - not Charles, just Charlie.

I'm getting ahead of myself though. Very early days yet!

Hehe - 3 periods in what will probably be 4 years. Not bad huh?

[emilysmumma]

LIS- CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was so exciting reading the posts and catching up, then your posts of the possible belief you may be, then............you are :smiliedance:yelclap:

I'm so happy for everyone. Love the name choices Lis and BB. Molly is gorgeous and so is Layla. I'm always stuck on girls names. I too live in the dark as I didn't realise that Emily was such a popular name either until a few months later. I love Will and that is what I want to call our boy (if we have one), William or Willem in the dutch way.

Hmmmm, feeling a bit left out. Not that I'm going to do anything about it just yet.

Yesterday I took it a bit easier and only had a couple of glasses of wine. It made me feel a bit icky. Also I remembered I had a barcardi breezer amongst that mix the night before :D

Washing day today. Tomorrow we are heading down south for a week and I need to get organised in a big way.

Brooke- how are you feeling with not mixing your food types?

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

And again :smiliedance: Lis :)

[mytwolilprinces]

Sarah - I'm with you on the names. I actually really love the name Emily and if I have a girl one day I will probably be a copycat and call her Emily. The other name I like for a girl is Annabelle.

I've kind of run out of boys names but there are two names I plan to use just not sure in which order if I ever have another boy. Christian and Henri - both are scandinavian names (my dad is Swedish) Henry was my grandads name but if I use it I will put a modern spin on it and have an "i" on the end instead of the "y".

Hmmm, all this talk of names .. now I've just got to get pregnant :rolleyes:

[Funkychicken]

:smiliedance:I am so glad I popped back in here! I was just on my way out and thought I would have a last look at BH and look what I find! That's fantastic news, Lis. I am so pleased for you guys.
I love Molly-Tristan was going to be Molly or Amelia (still two of my fav names). I'll be back tomorrow,but in the meantime, heres some piles of sticky baby dust coming your way! :wizard::wizard::wizard:

[brodiebunch]

Oliver was not popular when we had him but they are everywhere now to.My 3 all time Fav names from when I was young are Hamish,Lavinia(already taken in tims family)and Ella for a girl,My god daughter is Ella and my neice is Elly,lucked out there to:rolleyes:

[brooke]

OMG CONGRATULATIONS LIS! :yelclap:
Do you know your body or what!
There is new babies coming from everywhere in here now.

Jess- thanks for the update on emma. I actually didnt even think about that. I hope she and the kids are ok.

[Mummaof2]

:wave: Everyone

Well what a terrible last few days. As most of you would know NSW has been hit with some pretty terrible weather. Coop & I got flooded out from home. Mum Dad and Steph just made it home before roads were covered in water. Coops pre school was being evacuated and I was flooded in at work but had no-one else to get him so i had to walk through knee high freezing cold water to get to my car which was park just after the flooding had stopped so was able to turn the car around and get out of our street at work to go and get Coop. I then had to drive to my sisters which is only 10mins away but took me 2hrs to get there. We all went to bed about 9:30pm and Coop woke up 30mins later screaming and wouldnt settle down and finally went to sleep when he was exhausted from all the crying. Then i went to the toilet and could hear the hurrendous wind and went back to bed and basically layed across Coop because i had a gut feeling something was going to happen and then I heard a cracking noise and then a bang and my sister screaming out to her sons and me. A huge massive tree uprooted and landed on the house and caved in the verandah and loungroom. And as of today the whole loungeroom roof had collapsed. SES still have not been out to see how dangerous it is and the longer its left the more damage is being done. I spoke to my sister at 5pm and she was packing up as much stuff as possible and said that her bed and bedroom floor were absolutely saturated and her bedroom is next to the loungeroom. I reckon that by time SES get out there to help too much damage would have been done and the whole house will have to be demolished

[brooke]

Emma- sounds like a terrifying couple of days, I know you probably have already done this but has your sister called her insurance company to see what they can do? I know they probably are streatched to the MAX to say the least. I am so glad to hear you are all safe and sound and I bet you are worrying about steph with her not being with you. My thoughts are with all of you! :hugs:

[Mummaof2]

Hi Brooke

Yes i was worried about steph. Even though i knew she was safe with mum & dad because I wasnt there protecting her i was constantly worrying. Yes my sister finally got onto NRMA today and they took her details and said they will call her back.

Lis - CONGRATULATIONS ON THE :bfp: :party:

[brooke]

emma- have you got steph back now. I bet you are all exausted. You poor thing.
I hope her insurance company call her back soon and can arrange some sort of emergency accomadation for her. I bet she is just devestated!

I have been reading up about these storms. How scary!

[Mummaof2]

Yes I have Steph with me now. I cant wait to sleep in my own bed instead of on the floor

[Mummaof2]

Some pics of the tree on my sisters house

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/Mummaof2_photos/Natural%20Disaster/Image015.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/Mummaof2_photos/Natural%20Disaster/Image014.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/Mummaof2_photos/Natural%20Disaster/Image013_edited.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/Mummaof2_photos/Natural%20Disaster/Image012.jpg

[brooke]

omg emma how scary! I have never seen a tree so big in my life! I am so glad your all ok!

[Mummaof2]

Here are the pics of the flood at home this afternoon after the water went done.

In one of the pictures you can see a white stick near the first palm tree...thats where the water came up to and the pic was taken from my front door. And there is another photo with some gas cylinders in it if you count 4 fence posts back from the front of the pic thats where it came up to at the back of the parents house on the same property

http://s144.photobucket.com/albums/r187/Mummaof2_photos/Natural%20Disaster/

[brooke]

wow emma thats scary. SO do your parents live on the same property? Or did I read that wrong?

[Mummaof2]

Yeah we live on 2.5-3 acres and there are 2 houses on the property. Me and the kids are living in the house I grew up in and my parents are living in the house my dad grew up in

[Mummaof2]

Well im off to hit the sack and try and get a good nights sleep

Night

[elissas]

Wow - Emma - that's amazing. I don't envy what you've just been through.

Thanks everyone for the congrats. I'm still teetering between shock and wanting to spin and dance around like a crazy thing.

I also knew because last night when I brushed my teeth I felt that gagging feeling. That was really the only time I felt sick with Will. Brushing teeth. Otherwise, I had a few queasy moments but the pregnancy was awesome. Hoping it's the same this time around.

And we're hoping for our water birth this time. And no syntocinon. Otherwise bring on a birth that was as great as Will's :D Can't wait!!!

[Chumps]

Congratulations Lis :yelclap: :smiliedance: :yelclap:

Just popping my head in to catch up, be back later to elaborate :laughing: .

[brooke]

emma thats so cool you live on the same property. You are very lucky. No wonder your ex dh left so quickly. Im sure any man would knowing their dad lives on the same property :devil6:

Lis- I am so glad your so happy. I hope this pregnancy and labour can be as good as it was will will. You are so lucky to have such great pregnancies and birth. I am so envious.

[emilysmumma]

Holy sh!t Emma. My God! You and your poor sister. That would of been so scary, but how lucky that no one was hurt.
And that's some water on the property there. And it looks like a really nice place to live as well. You're lucky to have your family so close by and the kids get to grow up on some property to play on.

Lis- I'm sure with your power of positive thinking you will have the birth that you want. And I too got the gagging with brushing my teeth while preggers. So now when ever it happens ( a throw back I think to that time) I get a bit excited thinking I may be pregnant. But it's just me being very sensitive or shoving the toothbrush too far down my throat.

Sal- I too love the girls name Amelia and am trying to get DH onto it as well, with Millie for short. But he thinks it is too close to Emily.
Jackie- I love Christian and that's my nephews name. Back when he was born it was actually frowned upon as my other nephew (other brother's son) was only 6 months older and was named Christopher. To this day they are both called by their full names and not even their friends shorten it to Chris. It has a lot to do with their parents always calling them by their full name and correcting anyone who said it wrong.
I have only had the problem with one person who keeps calling Emily, Em. So everytime she does I just repeat 'Emily can you wave hello' etc. If it is to be shorten I would prefer Emmy.

That was completley off track above :o

The public holiday was last week here, so I hope all you eastern states ladies have a nice day.
Time for me to go and get ready for our trek down south. Also hopefully I should have some news tomorrow about something else we may be doing.

[brooke]

good morning sarah-

Have fun on your trip today. I have to say I am loving that today is a public holiday. I well and truley need the break. I am so looking forward to my holidays now its not funny. BRING IT ON!

Paige's best friend is called Amelia. I love the name. Actually come to think of it sarah. I had 2 best friends who where twins and they were Emily and Amelia. I think it sounds great together. I always tend to call people by their full names even if it drives them crazy (expecially older people). I think it sounds nicer and I figure its what their parents intended to call them.

I am still contimplating (sp) if I should take Paige to the farm barn in hahndorf today. She just loves Animals but its so cold here i almost dont want to leave the house. Im such a lazy bones some times.

Well just heard to washing machine stop. I would have thought DH might have done it yesterday while i was out but NOPE! He told me he thought I should do it... WTH like I dont do it every single day 7 days a week.... and I dont have to work ALL the time. GRRRRR he is driving MAD at the moment! :banghead: Any who Vent over.... have a great day everyone!

[elissas]

Thanks Tracey!!

Brooke - hehe, I think DH has entered the laundry 5 times since we moved into the house 3 years ago, and that's just to throw his socks in. He's never done a load of washing in the time we've been together! But I'm happy with that. I'm a washing nazi and I didn't even like my MIL doing it (she used to help out by stopping in home while I was working and pg with Will and doing my washing and cleaning the house). I'm soooo fussy, even with the order I do the loads in. Darks, then reds, then lights, then linen, then towels. Then I clean out the washing machine and start again. DH just couldn't handle that ;)

Sarah - I'm the same with Will. When people call him William I tell them that "he doesn't answer to William, only Will." Especially one of DH's uncles who thinks it's funny to call him Wee Willie. OMG I hate it and I told him last time too. :o

I'm so excited about the birth again now. Feels like it's so far away but I know it'll go sooo quickly, especially with a toddler to keep me occupied every day!

[Chumps]

Hello :wave:
Congrats again Lis - was hoping I may have some news to share this month, but looks like AF is in the process of rearing her head :rolleyes: . On the up side, havn't had a red beverage for 4 weeks now, so at least she indicates I can crack open a few reds this week :laughing:. Once again, bad timing on our part! Our strategy for next month is to not go so hard in the first week after AF :laughing: . Seems we were over the trying bit by the time I would have o'd this month. Must say, it's a bit disapointing anyhow, but Jackie - at least it may still look like we might be pregnant at the same time next time!

[Chumps]

Emma - I was thinking of you during those floods the other day. DH's family called us to say their street was evacuated (they are right on the lake). Their house was the last one safe in the evacuation stretch, talk about lucky! Sounds so awful, glad to hear all people involved with you are safe & sound.

I'm a bit funny about DH doing laundry too - don't know why. I don't have any particular order like you Lis - but when he offers to do it, I just say, oh it's ok, I'll do it tomorrow! Even though I like him to offer, it's a nice thought.

Well we are contemplating a new car - (probably a year old). Don't think I could stand a new one, although, I'd imagine I'd run into Sarah a lot more at the shops way over there in the back corner :laughing: . DH is set on a turbo forester, but I'm thinking it will take us a while to find one for the price we like! Found one that looked good, private sale, great price, but it was in Cairns :rolleyes: so a bit far to go for a test drive!!!!!

[Reidymac]

Lis, :smiliedance: thats such fantastic news!! Congratulations to you and your DH. I trust that you will have as rich and wonderful a pregnancy and birth experience this time, as you did with Will and I will keep my fingers crossed for that little bundle of Bridget pink :fingerscrossed: And congratulations on Wills big sleep effort too!

So much has happened in 2 days....

Emma I am glad to hear that all your people are safe and well even if the property hasn't fared so good. I hope everything works out OK for your sisters home.

Jackie I hope your flu is getting better and that your DH is giving you a hand with the boys today.

BB - I hope Oli is on the improve. I am so sorry that you were in hospital and had such a scary night.

Sal, you wonder woman you, I know that you are a dynamo but ....OMG, when do you stop to breath? I would love to hear more about your craft that you are teaching (do you still do the dolls? when i first joined BH I was always intrigued by your avatars of them) And good on you for entering a run this coming Sunday. It must be great to have such a big goal to train toward and to feel super fit and be enjoying your morning runs.You go sister!! :D

Sarah, happy travels today! glad to hear that you are having a change of scenery for a bit. hope you, DH and Miss Emily have a great time.

Hello to all of the other lovely ladies I have missed....

Lis - once again I am so excited for you! I am still giggling about your early birth thoughts, I have been exactly the same, I would love a birth experience similar to my previous 2. But I am terrified and having reoccurring nightmares, because after the speed that Liam arrived, I fear I will be on page 4 of the Brisbane papers as the woman who's 2 and 4 yo children delivered their mothers 3rd baby on the living room floor :rolleyes: (oh please don't let that happen)

[elissas]

Thanks Reidy!

I must admit, I'd be satisfied with the same birth, but happy with better. And maybe a little quicker :yes: . My contractions started Christmas Eve morning when my waters broke, continued through Christmas Day, and by midday Boxing Day the middies said, "OK maybe time to get things moving a bit faster".

That said, hopefully not as quick as yours. Or as quick as my Mum's (4 kids all drug free natural births, the longest labour for her was 3hrs, the rest about 1.5-2hrs). When my youngest brother had gone for 2.5 hrs she asked the doc what was wrong. :rolleyes:

You'll be fine - I'm sure you won't be delivering on the living room floor! Though, I have a friend who didn't even make it to the living room. Her waters broke in bed, almost no contractions, she went to the toilet and popped him out on the ensuite floor :eek:

Sorry if I just scared you. You'll be fine, I'm sure of it!

[elissas]

Tracey - I hear you on the laundry front. The laundry and kitchen are my domain and I hate anyone fooling around with them!! Almost feels like my space has been violated :D

[brooke]

wow its been busy in here today.

Tracey- Hmmm a new car.... I am still trying to talk dh into getting a new one. The forrester is VERY nice. That car sounds like it might be worth the drive. Maybe you could make a weekend out of it or something?

Reidy- A quick birth? That would be nice. I always envy people who have a quick labour. I had this fantasy going on in my head when I was pregnant with PP that it was all going to be over with in 6hrs... oh how wrong could i be! hehehe.

Well we went to the Farm Barn today with PP. Would you believe I ran into my best friend who I havent seen in AGES (I have just been soooo busy). She and her little family were up there. I was in shock at how much her son has grown as well which made me feel sooo guilty as well. So I have promised her I will catch up this coming saturday. We then went to a lovely place in Hahndorf for lunch they had a nice open fire.... BUT they were so busy they had to start turning people away and we had to wait over and hour for lunch so PP was getting very grumpy and over tired by the time lunch was served!

[Reidymac]

:laughing: Ha, Ha Thanks lis! I don't think you could scare me any more than I have scared myself. Having said that I think I will keep the ensuite extra clean and stocked with fresh towels for that last month or so. ;) I like the idea of a home birth but I insist that the midwife would have to be older than 4years and 2 months old and have some experience of these things. I am excited that your mothers last birth was the longest so there is hope! I keep hearing the old "number three is always the fastest" and "each consecutive birth is about half the duration of the last" :eek: That means I'll have about 25 minutes to first figure out whats going on and make the 40 minute trek to the hospy (or call DH to come 20 min home from work and then make the hospy trek:eek: ) I'm not great at math, but those figures scare the **** outa me.

[Chumps]

He he Brooke :laughing: I hope you are not serious about that suggested trip to check out the car after our discussion of late about children in cars :no: Sounds like a great place you went to, except for the wait of course. I know too well about an antzy child having to wait!!!!!

Reidy - your calculations are scaring me :laughing: ,for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reidymac]

:laughing: So Chumps, You've got a drivers licence, want to come and hang out at my house for the first few weeks of December?;)


Hi Brooke :wave:

Anyway, got to go make dinner and pass out in a puddle of vomit :rolleyes: see ya

[brooke]

tracey- good point that did slip my mind...... Maybe your dh could take the trip up there.... you know what they say if the price is right!

Reidy- Tracey is right those calculations are VERY scary..... Hmmm maybe your dh should be taking a midwifery course! :eek: ;) :laughing:

As for cars has anyone seen the new Pajero.
I would love one of these. They look so nice.... as for the price though... hmmmm

[mytwolilprinces]

Evening ladies:

Emma - those pics are so scary! I hope the waters are receding. I've been following it all on the news and thinking of you.

Reidy - Although I'm not pregnant yet, I share the same fears of a too quick birth. Blake was only 3 hours - and 1 hour of that was spent pushing as he had the cord around his neck twice. So if he had been able to come out on his own the labour would have been 2 hours max. Luckily for me the hospital is literally 2 mins drive away, I could run there if I have to :D I'm sure you'll be fine. I read somewhere that you should go down on all fours and put your head on the ground and your bum in the air if you ever get stuck and are waiting for the ambulance :laughing: :laughing:

Brooke - sounds like you had another nice (and busy) day.... I imagine you are going to be pretty busy at work this week.

Sarah - ahh the toothbrush gagging... I had a flashback to my morning sickness last night because I was up vomiting. It kind of made me grateful that I'm not pregnant. It brought back all the hours I spent laying on the bathroom floor, I'm not looking forward to that part again.

Tracey - yep there is hope for us next month. I think I'm out of the running this month too as DH and I have both been sick and haven't had many bd'ing opportunities. I have my fertility specialist appointment on the 21st so I've got that to look forward to anyway.

Hello to everyone else that I may have missed :wave:

[brooke]

Jackie- I am dreading to think how busy we will be tomorrow. Its always crazy after a long weekend anyway then add in the weather over the past week and :eek: . I am actually really glad that I am going to start doing Theft claims now as it means I will be too busy to help out the other guys. Although I am suspecting if things are REALLY bad in NSW they may need to send a client Manager there....*Jumps up and down.. pick me.. pick me!*

[mytwolilprinces]

Brooke - if they send you up here we can go out and paint the town red (or pink in your case :D ) that would be awesome!

[brooke]

Jackie that had already crossed my mind! :laughing:

[brooke]

I thought I might post some pics of today.
Paige just loved the Farm Barn! She loves Animals so much!

Here is me and PP
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/brookeandpaige2005/P1010644.jpg

PP and the ducks (she LOVES ducks)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/brookeandpaige2005/P1010641.jpg

PP feeding the rabbits
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/brookeandpaige2005/P1010639.jpg

And PP patting a Goat (this is so adorable)
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/brookeandpaige2005/P1010646.jpg

and this is just a photo I took the other day with Paige playing in her toy room playing mummy
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o236/brookeandpaige2005/P1010626.jpg

[Chumps]

Brooke - they are beautiful pictures. She is so cute, and I just love that toy room :D Maybe she would like a little sibling to push around in a similar stroller :p .

Reidy - think I might give your place a miss in early December :rolleyes: . Not sure what you were getting at.I'm thinking you are trying to freak me out even more - in which case that's not necessary :laughing: Now all I can think about is making sure I get to the hospy on time for my next one so I can get that epi in time! The thought of not getting there freaks me out!!!!!!!!

[brooke]

thank you.... I think she is pretty cute... but im bias...
as for another sibling I think that is well and truly out the door.. My natropath doesnt think it would be a good idea as she fears my tummy condition could get worse... I cant imagine it being any worse I already feels like it rules my whole life. So looks like it will be just one for me.:crying:

[mytwolilprinces]

Brooke - great pics! I just noticed that PP has curly hair! It's the first time I've seen a pic of her from behind (or above) and I hadn't noticed all those cute little curls. Oh and I WANT THAT TOY ROOM!! It looks so fun in there :D

Tracey - now why wouldn't you want to go and hang out with Reidy in early Dec? I would be terrified if someone started pushing out a bub with only me there to help out. Actually, I was terrified pushing out my own bub and I had a whole room full of people there to help me :laughing: :o

[brooke]

Jackie- I love her little curls... she has her mummies hair.. poor kid! She will hate me for it as she grows up. Her god Mummy is always threatening to chop one off to keep it! hehe
I love her toy room too... actually I love her room and her toy room... she has better stuff than scott and I put together... hehe
I often just go sit in her tent with her and we play hide and seek! When kids come over you should see their faces they are like :eek: :smiliedance:

[mytwolilprinces]

:yes: it's certainly kids heaven in that room!

[brooke]

LMAO you know its bad when you go to the toy shop and there arent any toys left to buy!
and even worse when your 17mth old can go thru the pages of the toy catalouge and know all the toys by name.. hehe "barbie, dora, bob bob, thomas, man (spiderman), baby"

[Funkychicken]

Hi girls,
I see you have all been busy chatting again.

Emma-I'm glads to hear you are all OK. It must have been a very scary few days for you.

Lis-I know what you mean about looking forward to the birth. It is such an exhilarating thought!

Now Reidy, don't read this bit *each of my labours halved in time*
Maybe you DO need to plan a homebirth. Now that would be exciting! And Tracey might come and help you out! :D

Brooke-those pics are gorgeous. I think i took Tristan there when he was about 18 months old. Is it not far down the road from the town of Hahndorf? And they have an indoor demo with a cow?

Jackie-I hope things are good in your world.

Tracey-see my bit to Reidy above. :p

BB-I hope you are feeling a bit better now too.

Jess-hope you are feeling OK.

[brooke]

Sal- thats the place. It was so busy when we got there. Paige loved the little chickens too...
Almost makes me want a farm.... Almost!
They had a little pony there as well.. I so want one! I wonder how expensive they are to buy?

[mytwolilprinces]

They had a little pony there as well.. I so want one! I wonder how expensive they are to buy?

LMAO Brooke (your poor DH :eek: :laughing: )

[brooke]

lmao... He already knows I want a pony, I have been asking for one for years. There is a place up the road that rents out stables so that would be convient as well... hehe and I am sure.. PP would love a pony.. who can say not to her cute little face hehe :D :o

[Funkychicken]

Ponies range from the very reasonable to the outrageous. It depends on who is selling them and how biased the seller is! Our pony was a freebie as she needed a new home. I wouldn't actually pay money for a pony while the children were little. It was more of a-we have a home available if one shows up. And she did! Tristan enjoys a bit of a ride but is not that motivated to just go out and see her. Ella has just started (six is a very normal to start to become obsessed with all things horsey for girls) wanting to ride every day. She just says, "Mummy I'm going out to ride Goldie" and away she goes. I usually follow her and just oversee her putting the bridle on but then she takes her to the fence and just climbs on in her little paddock. She can't put the saddle on by herself but usually she just jumps on her bareback. I'll often go and bring in washing etc... while she 'plays' so I am within earshot but far enough away for Ella to find her own way, so to speak. This pic is a couple of years old but this is Goldie.

ELLA ON GOLDIE (http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g175/SalOO8/PIC00773.jpg)

HAMISH'S FIRST RIDE (http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g175/SalOO8/number%203%20preg%20belly/PIC01322.jpg)

[brooke]

ok this is a serious question... can you buy ponies on ebay? :o

[brooke]

omg sal I sooooo want a pony now! How beautiful.
Is that your property? It looks so peaceful!

[mytwolilprinces]

Hi Sal!

So you say your labours halved each time. Ok, now you've got me worried. Josh was 7 hours, Blake 3 hours .... so basically I'm looking at around 1.5 hours next time around :smiliedance:

Lis - I was watching a water birth on some RPA show the other night. It was one of the first water births at their hospital (back in 1995) it was very calm and peaceful - the woman birthing the bub did not seem to be in pain at all.

[Chumps]

Sal - I love your 'Goldie'. I just love her pony hair do, all shaggy, great for the cold climate :D .

[mytwolilprinces]

ok this is a serious question... can you buy ponies on ebay? :o

LMAO Brooke - I'm sure you can. You can buy just about anything on ebay!