Babies Born February 2007 #10

[Impatient]

Hi everyone and happy birthday for all of the Feb babies because I'm bound to forget each one, so will do it all in one post!

I'm going back to work in one week. My old work called and offered me a temporary contract as a business analyst, and it's full time for 6 months and I still get all of the government perks like flex days, holidays, sick days etc. Money is good - much better than I was getting before, but thanks to the cost of child care, I'll be taking home only a little over what I was taking home before (around $50 more). Blah! The things we have to do. Hopefully that'll give me heaps of time to get my internet business launched properly. (Kel, I'll have to get you to check out my NEW website!). I currently have websites coming out of my ears - it'll eventually pay off!

The next week is now dedicated to spending time with my beautiful baby. We're also going to call into the child care centre for an hour or so each day this week, just so she's used to the place. She doesn't actually start there until Thursday of next week because Mum will have her on Mondays and Tuesdays for now (can't get a place for Tuesdays) and with Wednesday the 13th being her birthday, DH and I decided she couldn't have her first day at child care on her BIRTHDAY!! So he's having that day off! Bri went to the same daycare centre when she was little, and they were pretty good then. It's in a nice spot - back off the road, lots of trees around and an ambulance and fire station next door! lol

We still only have 2 top teeth but I think the top 4 are about to pop through any day! Bella has said her first word, which was "Ta" when I was trying to get her to give me the bit of rubbish she had picked up from the floor (I'm a terrible housewife!).

We're also not walking yet - lots of standing on her own, but that's about it for now. We've just about weaned Bella off formula, and when this tin runs out, she'll be on cow's milk. She eats ok through the day and LOVES drinking water from her straw cup. All good for day care!

I've got to go and do some mother/baby stuff I think. Talk to you all later!

[~Jayne~]

TASHIE _ I have missed you! I know you've been super-busy, so I haven't pestered you on e-mail. I"m loving the pics of Tobi, but he has changed so much! I'm so glad to hear that the weight loss is going great. Is Nathan being supportive now? Woo hoo to you on the almost weaned bub! That's great! Isn't it sad though how quickly they are growing up? I'm shocked at the little escape-artist that you have! Wasn't it Tobi who went straight for the front door on his first day of crawling?

IMPATIENT _ OMG now you are leaving us to the world of the working woman as well! It's a great feeling I'm sure & yay for taking Bella to the same daycare as her sisters. What a clever girl going onto cows milk! She will be walking in no time I think, the other kids at daycare will give her the motivation she needs & she'll just take off after them! Business Analyst! Very swish!

KYM _ I say go the butterfly cake. I did one of them for Jessica's first birthday & I got a couple of bags of rose petals from the florist to put around the edge so it looked like the butterfly was in the garden. WTG on having a baking DH! You made me laugh about 2 parties. I have done that to myself every year for Jessica & this year for claudia I have decided that I"m having her party on the night of her actual birthday. Kids birthday's can never go too late, so I don't care it's a 'work night'. Also, Alan will be home, so the most important thing is that her Daddy is there & he is only home 10 nights, so I"m not spending 2 of those 10 nights, entertaining people I just entertained the weekend earlier! KWIM?

ME/US _ We are going great. Claudia can stand herself back up now when she falls. I would say another week & she'd have forgotten what crawling is. She is SOOOOOOOO naughty with climbing though, she can get up on my sisters couch & actually tumbled off, landed smack on her back & thought it was great!

Love Jayne xox