my subscription alert always drops off for this thread too BOC. It really irks me cos then i have to put in about 10 hours of reading to try and catch up and do persies. grumble grumble grumble.

Hi Murph - we all know you are queen of the ramblers pft! i was just filling in while you help jazzy discover the wonderful world of sound How is she??? Gorgeous we know already

Saph - hey that's great about work. and i agree totally, toughest thing i've ever done. I alsways thought it was just bleeding heart lip service when people said that... discovered the hard way i was wrong!!!

MadB - that's great she's sleeping and I love chubby bubbies! Ash never really was and i always wished he'd get those gorgeous rolls up his legs to a squishy little bum lol. I have a baby bum obsession - they are just the cutest little things... well until you see what comes out! lol. HOw are you handling the two kiddies?

lise - any relief yet??

AFM - well it's all happening here. I got into the gorgeous Birth Centre (yiiippeee) after realising we could not afford the $5/6000 that the only private obst we coudl get in with here was going to charge (there's only 3 private docs here and you basically have to book in as soon as you've dtd). So the birth centre seems the next best thing. You go in, push it out and go home about 4 hours post birth! I'm kinda scared of that but my mum and DH will be at home here and I"ll miss Ash like crazy anyway.

Ash is sick atm and we are quarantined from one another so lots of tears from both of us the last few days. He's got chicken pox as well as a bacterial infection in his ear - it's the bacterial infection the docs are worried that i'll contract and being 19 weeks preg now, are very keen to see that NOT happen. It is so incredibly difficult not being able to comfort my sick, unhappy crying baby especially when all he wants are mummy cuddles. It's breaking my heart

but on the up side - i did get 6 pages of his scrapbook done, finished my book series i've been reading and started another! lol. so i have lots of unexpected ME time while DH does baby duty. And another plus, dh had to do all 10 wake ups last night! Okay, i'm making light of it and putting on a brave face cos i really want to go to him when he's crying, but you can't complain when you get a full night sleep and just have to nudge your partner to comfort the baby!

So DH is home probably til at least weds caring for Ash and I'm not dinner, housework and 'do whatever i bleeting well please' duty (except cuddle my lovely little boy ;( )

NEver realised just how affectionate i am with him now i can't touch him. when we are in the same room, i reach for him constantly and have to stop myself from kissing him.

anyhoo, that's life here atm. Oh and it's bleeting hot and humid!

oxox