Babies Born February 2006 #6

[Kaydee]

Great to hear from you all!!!!

I know Ben deserves the place as much as any other child. I know it will be really good for him

Been a bit stressful at home, we have been going though a bit of a worry about Dh's work. VERY long story short, Dh isnt going to sign a new contract that starts in October (it would have locked him in for another 3 years!!!) - so looks like moving to Australia is getting more real every day. Our plan is for me to move back to Oz with Ben in Dec/Jan and Dh will follow as soon as his last exam is over (Feb/March). Getting everything organised for the Visa will be time-consuming, but it will be well worth it in the end. Dh is telling his work today that he will be leaving as soon as his current contract runs out. Scary stuff, but exciting at the same time

Nadine - I keep thinking about you, wondering if you have been sucessfull at TTC. I (still) wish you all the luck in the world. I have my fingers crossed for you!

Wilson - i hope everything is fine. I'm sure it is, perhaps just see your GP for reassurance?

Nai - The info is VERY useful, there are so many companies that i would have never thought of. As soon as we start the ball rolling, I'm sure we will be contacting you for some more advice.
Very best of luck to you too with TTC! Exciting!

Take care!
Katie.

[Nadine]

Thanks Katie, but unfortunately we still haven't been successful. I just have to TRY and be patient. Kayla only took 4 cycles to conceive, so I have no idea why it's taking so long this time. Oh well. I guess it will happen when it is meant to. Atleast I am young hey

[Nai]

Nadine, fingers crossed that it will happen for you soon! We will be joining you next month TTC'ing - you do have a bit more time up your sleeve than I do though

[Nadine]

Thanks Nai and Good Luck to you. We may end up in the same belly buddies

How is everyone?

[narelle]

Thankyou all for your messages of sympathy on the lose of my "Pa".
It wasn't unexpected as he had been battling cancer for nearly 2 years yet it was sudden. My dad was in with him the night before and he look so well and was so alert. But he did say to my dad "your home now"...my dad and mum had gone away for the weekend...we think he might have been saying he's ready to go?

My poor dad and mum have been really affected by this a lot more than i think they realised. My Pa lived over the road from us for 50 years and would pop it everyday at least once...even when you were on the loo he would knock at the door saying he was in the kitchen waiting for his cuppa!
It's been a little over six weeks now and poor Zara still cries for him...some nights she just lies in my arms asking why did my great pa have to die? she's so switched on. at the gravesite she didn't want to say goodbye as the coffin was being lowered because she would come back and visit, she would only say "see'ya later great pa".
Even as i type this i can't stop the tears from flowing...he was one pretty special guy.

On a brighter note: my kids are wonderful. all growing fast. Zara is 5 in 5 weeks, aiden is 2.5 and cale is 6 mnths were has the time gone. Our house reno's are nearly finished, kids finally have there rooms with carpet! we have our room, just got to get the bathroom finished and living and dining areas done inside. A bit more work to do outside but i don't care bout that, just want inside done!

I hope everyone is well

Take care
Narelle

[Snowgirl]

Hi Girls!

How is everyone?

Zara is toilet training right now. We have days where we stay dry all day and then days (like yesterday... arrrrg) where it goes wrong half the time... so hopefully we'll be totally there soon.

She is still her very stubborn little self. So funny, so sneaky and sometimes so fragile. She is getting more and more independent and every day I get the "No, I do it on my lone" several times from her (putting on shoes, putting on clothes, getting in the car seat, etc.). She wants to do everything on her own (which hey, is fine by me.. Wolf still can't put on his own shoes or pants.. little pasha... maybe it's a boy thing? or maybe a lazy first born thing?)

The pregnancy is going well. My belly is getting bigger and bigger (was greeted with "Hey Fattie!" on the weekend and got the "u sure it;s not twins this week as well )

Zara likes looking at the belly and wants me to pull up my top to see the naked belly in the most inappropriate places and if I don't, chucks a tanty.. so I've been flashing my naked belly all around town in order to keep the peace, lol. She gives it a cuddle and says "Hello Leni" and claims she has a baby Leni in her belly too.
I am so curious to see what she will be like as a big sister.

Tomorrow in 2 months will be the caesarean! Scary thought! Not that long to go (which is fine, things are starting to hurt).

I am also looking at furniture for Zara's room (it's just Wolf's old toddler bed in there right now, a mirror and an old chest of drawers which will go into the guest room soon). I was thinking Leni and Zara could share for a while... but who knows. Zara seems to be happy in Wolf's room and all her clothes still fit in his wardrobe and chest of drawers so maybe the room I had allocated to Zara will become Leni's room.. who knows... But I better hurry since every where seems to have 4-6 weeks delivery time so I better make up my mind soon.

Snowy

[Nai]

Hi Everyone,

Zara sounds like she is very switched on Snowy - I hope she TT's for you before the new arrival. Genevieve is resisting TTing with her usual stubborness so I am trying really hard not to push her and let her do it at her own pace....

Well as you can see from my ticker, Genevieve is going to be a big sister around the time of her 3rd birthday. We have had an early bleeding scare but things have settled down so fingers crossed that they continue to go well. We started TTC on the 1st June and I think that we hit the jackpot first try (again) so it was a little bit of a surprise as I was sure it would take a bit longer....

Hope you are all well and coping with your little (almost) 2.5 year olds!

[Snowgirl]

Hello girls!

Well I am happy to report that Zara is fully toilet trained. Sure we have accidents still but not very many. Once every 3-4 days or so, which is no biggie. I still have no idea how long she can hold it for... sometimes she is like she's sprung a leak and wants to go every 5 mins .. but that's usually when she has to poo I think and she can't figure out what the sensation is. Funny little monkey. But we are out of nappies... so that is great! Just at night time we use a nappy.

Furniture is ordered though the more I think about it, the more I think it will be for this baby and not for Zara.. she seems too content sharing with Wolf and has no inclination to sleep in her room... oh well.. fine by me.

Less than 5 weeks until the caesarean.. I can't believe it's just around the corner! The pregnancy has certainly flown!
Which brings me to Nai: CONGRATULATIONS!! Very happy to hear you are due with no.2!

Hope everyone else is well.. better run, someone doesn't want to sleep just yet!

Snowy