My gosh, I haven’t posted in here for so long! I’m really sorry about that. I miss hearing everyone’s news and I have tried to check in here from time to time but I never get very far. I might not be very good at doing personals because I have pages and pages to catch up on, but I’ll try a few…

Mooshie – that is so cute about Lani sitting on Jay’s knee at school. I’m not sure what it would be like to have a kid that doesn’t eat – I suppose that you gotta figure that she’d eat if she was hungry, right?

Christy – hope the pregnancy is going well. It’s going so fast! Does it feel that way for you?

Mitch – LOL at DH thinking you were sick giving him a cuddle! I don’t get to do that much anymore either. I took a few minutes to make out with DH at Charlie’s party today while neither of us were holding children – barely remembered what that was like! And ggrrr at your outlaws… what is it with inlaws? Why do they have to make life difficult all the time? They’re all the same, aren’t they? Sherie is right – SIL sounds like a 5 yo. Idiot.

Jo – don’t worry about venting. I would have wanted to give THEM a good smack! Oh well, at least you know how much he needs his sleep now, right? We did a similar thing with Charlie a while ago with similar consequences, so don’t feel too bad! Now we know to always plan things with Charlie’s sleep in mind, and we’ve had to insist on it with family and friends (especially the childless ones who don’t know what it’s like!). You do what’s best for you guys – your little family is your No. 1 priority, especially for the early years. Looking forward to meeting up on Thursday. And don’t worry about your baby belly – when you see me you won’t feel so bad!

Mel – wow, you sound busy! Hope Eliana enjoys her day care and that you enjoy the ‘me’ time too!

Snowy – wow, sounds like you guys are flat out! And bugger the outlaws to re: your nanny. What’s the problem? It’s absolutely none of their business. Would it be worth DH saying something to them?

Sherie – sorry to hear that Paige has been so crook. It never rains – it pours. I hope she’s feeling better soon.

Please excuse me posting some of the next bit that I also posted in the May 06 bubs thread – I just don’t know how much time I’ll have to write before Toby wakes up!

Hopefully our busy period has passed – for a while at least. We had Charlie’s birthday party today and I spent all week organising it, so now I should have a bit more spare time (provided my boys behave themselves!). It went really well and the weather was perfect (we had a picnic in the park). I made a cake in the shape of a kite (complete with tail and everything!) and he loved it – it was just like one that is on his ‘Spot’ DVD and he thought that was pretty cool. We gave him a remote control Bob The Builder truck and a ukulele, and we got our friend to bring his guitar to show Charlie how it’s played properly. He couldn't quite strum it - he kind of just hit it, but it was very cute. We’re a bit worried that DH got some food poisoning from today (but we don’t know from what because everyone else is fine), because he’s feeling really sick atm – he is lying down now and has probably fallen asleep so I hope he feels better when he wakes up. Other than that it was a great day. I can't believe Charlie is two already!

We’re going to take Charlie to a speech therapist because he can only say four words, even though he understands everything he says and has a few hand signals that he uses to show us what he wants. I thought it was just that he was a 'late' talker, but I think he has confidence issues. I think he's what could be described as a 'Highly Sensitive Child' - he is very particular about things and is very sensitive in so many ways. Things have to be 'just perfect' and he is so self-conscious for such a little guy. He's certainly got the intelligence to talk but he won't do things in front of other people until he can do them perfectly and I think he's the same with talking.

Toby is doing really well. He’s so loud! He’s really found his voice in the last few weeks and he just loves to chat. I bet he’ll beat Charlie to talking! He going 3 hourly almost on the dot (sometimes a bit longer), which is cool with me. I’m not as anxious for him to go longer (like I was with Charlie) because he’s so calm about it all – feed, nappy change, other side and sleep within about 20 minutes at night, so no problem. We did have a couple of meltdowns this week when Charlie and Toby were inconsolable at the same time after their afternoon naps, which was terrible because I felt like I couldn’t help them, but I’ve figured out how to deal with it now so it’s ok. All in all, there’s not much to report because it’s mainly all good.

Got a busy week again this week, kind of. My aunty is coming over for morning tea on Monday, I’m sure I’m doing something Tuesday but I can’t remember what, playgroup Wednesday, going into town Thursday morning, lunch with my best friend Thursday afternoon and a trivia night to go to on Saturday! Ah, the fun never stops…

Anyway, I should go and check on DH again, the poor thing. Hope you all had lovely weekends.