Katie - DH has been driving on his Aussie driver's license in Europe for 10 years. It's not like they can prove you are not just an Aussie tourist visiting. You are officialy allowed to drive on your Aussie license for 3 months, after that you are supposed to get a German one (same everywhere in Europe). I have lived in the Netherlands and never got a Dutch one, I have lived in London and never got a UK one (and I have lived in Sydney and never got an Aussie one). The police has no idea whether you have been in the country for more than 3 months. If you ever got stopped, I would just speak in English and say you are visiting and borrowing a friend's / MIL's car. I certainly wouldn't bother getting one and I certainly would still drive. Don't worry... unless you have a car licensend in your name, they have no way of proving you are actually living in the country and not just holidaying.
I am sure your MIL was shocked to hear you are moving back (or have plans to) next year. My mom always says that she hopes she is dead when we move back to Australia (lovely, hey? talk about emotional blackmail). It's hard having an international marriage when kids are involved. I am sure MIL's reaction was just bad because she would hate to see you guys go (especially her first grandchild). It's got to be hard for them too (even though they have been very weird towards you...). Well, when you go back, she won't be able to boss you around anymore and butt in all the time... that will be a killer for her... lol. And when she comes to visit, you can tell her that THIS is how we do things in Oz, he he. We are quite lucky because we go to Oz once a year and MIL & FIL come across to Europe once or twice a year, so they don't completely miss out on seeing their grandchildren grow up.
Lol on DH thinking she might take the pancakes back
and YUCKY on the change table!!
Narelle - great to hear the U/S went well. Good heartbeat... are you going to find out whether it's a boy or girl? My guess from the heartrate would be a boy... though that is a bit of an old wives tale about the heartrate isn't it? Though in my case it was true. Wolf was usually 120 - 140 and Zara more 140 - 160... the midwife kept harping on about how it had to be a girl because the heartrate was so strong and high "typical girl" she kept saying... so even though Zara's gender was a surprise, I kinda knew it had to be a girl because the midwife kept claiming it had to be one during my induction.
Well, what's new here... Zara is babbling a lot as well. She makes all sorts of weird sounds all the time... it sometimes sounds like klingon... lots of sounds I can't even reproduce! So funny.
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