Hi everyone. Sorry I've been MIA a bit. I have to confess I've been hanging out in another thread. I've decided to move to cloth nappies and have been picking the girls in the cloth nappies thread's brains for the last couple of weeks. I think they are sick of me now! LOL I'll try to catch up on everyone's news. DH is at his work christmas dinner tonight. It was too hard for me to juggle the kids and other activities that we had on tonight as well as get 1 hour across town. Anyway, it means i have to pc!

Kate, I was more than happy to help you out with Kelsey's tonka truck. I hope you both get a lot of pleasure playing with it. And it really wasn't a bother taking it to your Mum's. It was lovely to see her again. She's so gorgeous. I'm just sad she's moved away, although it's a great thing for you. It was pretty awesome seeing your childhood home. Blake made himself right at home and loved playing with the toys, and also banging the knocker as we left. I hope the Paed goes well for Rylee tomorrow.

Deb, sorry to hear you've had a bit of a miserable time. Pg hormones can be a bugger, particularly at this time of year. I hope they sort themselves out, and that you can embrace a 'white' Christmas (if it snows!) BTW, did you get the house/place you were talking about? I was keeping my fingers crossed but can't see any news. I so hope you did. Bummer about your exam, but don't sweat it. You've got so much going on with your gorgeous son Al, your bump, trying to find a new place to live and everthing else going on. I'm sure you'll bounce back. And really, who talks about mountain climbers in day to day life!???

Brooke, Woo Hoo for your a/c going in. It makes such a difference, doesnt it? Woo hoo also that your Mum arrives tonight. I bet you can't wait. It will make for such a great Christmas, particularly with Maya being that bit older. Well done for getting most of your Chrissy shopping done in one afternoon. I've been picking up stuff for weeks/months - you should see our tree, there's about 40 pressies under it, and that doesn't include the pressie from us or santa for the kids! One drawback of having a big family!

Vanita, how are you going honey? Have the big girls finished school yet? Viv finishes tomorrow? How's Dion's Dora going? Still loving her? I think he's so cute. How's DH post-fires? Has he gone back to do some more fighting?

Bec, I hope you had a good time with your IL's. I bet it's nice to have you home back though. Visitors/guests are great, but it's great when they go, isn't it? How did Jonah cope with them? I bet he took it all in his stride the gorgeous boy he is! Any news from Telstra yet, or shouldnt' I have asked?

Hiya Hayseed. Glad to hear your u/s went well. How are you coping with the 1st tri exhausion? I bet you've been busy too with you DH fighting fires as well. Has he been off again doing it? My thoughts are with both you and Vanita whilst your menfolk are away. xx How's gorgeous Thomas? I bet he's getting so big and so clever now.

Hi Gemma. It was great seeing you and your family the other day. Thank you so much for coming and dropping the Tupperware over. It's now sitting nicely under my Christmas tree, and I promise I'll act surprised on Christmas day. How did you latest market go? Enjoy your catch up day tomorrow with the other girls down your way (are you still going?) and enjoy your time off work. And if I may ask, what's next on your TTC journey? I'm hoping things go smoothly for you.

Hi Lisa, welcome to our little crew. It's a bit sad that all of our babies are no longer babies, but I'm sure Brooke is growing up into a gorgeous and capable little girl. Good luck with TTC#2

Hi to Bel and Heather (is the m/s still gone? ) and I hope everyone is set for a wonderful Christmas.

Quickly to answer you question Brooke. Blake is getting a cubby, lots of FP Little People, sand pit stuff for his new sandpit DH has built. Ummm, thats all I can think of for now, but I know there's more... ooh, 2 Megablocks trucks - big ones a bit like Tonka trucks but not metal, all plastic with blocks inside. Books, a puzzle. Ummm. brain wont work any more.

take care all.
xx