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Hi Amanda, glad things are holding up! I'm kinda proud of a scar I scored when I was abotu 4 or 5 - courtesy of a glass topped coffee table. We both came a cropper, but I was allowed to stay and the table got a chip and had to go. Scar on the corner of one of my eyes, think it's my left (hard to remember when it's right next to your eye and you only see it in the mirror!). Scars tell stories (like the one on my left elbow, where my horse stood on it during a nastier fall)!! I remember you being vacuum cleaner-less now - oh, how I can empathise now...everyone around us is upgrading to fancy Dynon's, but we want to get to Ireland in January, and one of those cleaners will cost us an airfare!
We didn't make it to the pool this morning...it's effing freezing and we just couldn't do the waking up thing. We all snuggled in like sardines, instead. Gotta go soon to Booby Club, though, so I'm downing a honey porridge that DP made. Will go the pool later. It might be sunny, but it sure is crispy cold. Where are my favourite knits? I LOVE when it gets cold so that I can rug up in my lovely knits!
Mel - hope you get to see your nan.
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Keep fingers crossed ladies, looked at a 4br house today and it is hopefully looking good!
Pat has really been off lately, crying and actually throwing tanties! He throws his head on the ground and puts his bum in the air, it's so funny to look at.
Haven't got much time just wanted to let everyone know I'm alive.
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IK and Amanda - thanks for your support. I did go and see my nan today and it was pretty hard. I haven't seen her for about 2 months and back then she was out of bed sitting on chair, dressed in her good clothes, hair and makeup done (she always made sure these things were done!) and having a good conversation. Today she looks so thin, she was in bed with her nightie on and her fingers looked so long and thin, like a skeleton with thin skin. She is having alot of trouble speaking, her voice is so soft and quiet. She says she is not in any pain and she is not ill or anything its just old age. Marley really brightened her up which was nice. My Dad and SIL said that nan looked better today and they thought she might pass away yesterday, she looked so bad. So I am glad I didn't see her yesterday. She still seems pretty with it and can hear ok, she was laughing a bit when we were telling her some stories. The ironic thing was I was feeding Marley some chopped apples and my SIL was feeding nan some jelly! Nan had a bit of laugh saying she is 91 and being feed just like a 1 year old - good to see she can still laugh! Dad has notified other relatives to let them know her condition, so any that wish to come and see her better do so soon. Its very hard for my Dad at the moment, he is moving house in 2 weeks and has lots to organise with that and with the worry of nan.
Amanda - its so hard deciding on a cake. I actually found an egg free, dairy free one on the internet (there wasn't many!) so I think that might be it. I have no idea about pressies either, better get a move on about it LOL!!! It will be so nice to spend some time with Cody on his own, I know I love the days that Chelsea is at kinder. Wyatt will no doubt love it! Cody's "shaking" action sounds really cute, you should try to capture it on video and put it on your site.
IK - it was freezing today! DH got in the pool with Marley today so I stayed dry!!!! While he was in the pool, he was chatting to one of the mums and it turns out he works with her husband! Small world! DH loved doing the lesson, he just needs to learn to pay more attention to what is going on and keep up with class - typical male LOL!!!! He has said he will take her whenever he is doing afternoon shifts. I dragged a thick woollen cardy out of the draw, it did the trick! Wish I could knit my own. I bet your fire must be roaring and keeping you nice and toasty!!!
Hope everyone else is well.
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hi there, sorry no personals at the mo - too tired and grumpy. About an hour after i'd put Will to bed last night he came down with an awful cold without any warning. He couldn't breathe and it sounded like his throat was closing up (i was so close to taking him to the hossy), it sounded so different from a normal cold and he's had plenty of those. Demazin didn't do anything to dry him up and we'd given him nurofen also as his throat sounded so sore. Once we got the vapourizer on it eased abit and i think we managed about an hour of unbroken sleep. poor little man feels so pants. it just sounds like a bad cold today so i'm glad i didn't waste the hossy's time by taking him now. It's so annoying as he's only just gotten over a cold a week or so ago. grrrrrrrr, hoprfully be back later abit more cheerful.
Julie x
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Mel- sorry to hear about your nan. Actually i really need to go see mine. she is in a home and is not much of a life anymore. been there for 5yrs and no one thought she would still be here this long. she cannot walk, hardly hear or see and a skeleton of her formerself its horrible to see someone go like that. My mum took Nixon to see her yesterday when i was at work.
ik- been meaning to ask u and sorry if u have mentioned it and i havent picked up on it. Is oscar still in bed with you guys? just wondered if he is how is he going? i think nixon wriggles so much in his sleep he'd keep me awake all night!
My SIL bub is due tomorrow (pretty ironic 1st june was Nixon's due date!) tues she found out her heomagloban (sp) was only 70 (should be about 120) and now is high risk, had to change hosp and order blood incase she needs a transfusion.
she has an appoint at hosp now and waiting to hear the outcome, i think sooner bub is out the better. it would be bizzare if bub is born tomorrow and the family gets a June bub afterall!
anyway Nixon has just woken up, hope your all well speak soon
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Nic - I can't remember if I'd mentioned it or not, but yep, we've got the 'family bed' thing going on, and happy as pigs in poo with the arrangementOscar wriggles in the morning when he's waking up, but when he's asleep, he's a little log. Um, a gently wheezing log! So, yeah, it's still lovely. I know other babies who are real wrigglers, too, so I'm appreciating Oscar's cooperation! It's sort of like having breakfast in the morning...I do it, but don't talk about it especially unless it's relevant, even though I might make passing reference to it in conversation if it's something to do with sleeping or going to bed, or waking up etc! Sometimes I realise once I've made a natural reference to it that the person I'm talking to doesn't see it as a normal thing (if I don't know them very well), but once I realise that, I just keep talking about whatever I was talking about so that they also realise that it's a normal thing to do and that it's no big deal - I don't want a medal, I don't want to be told I'm bizarre (as I was a few weeks ago...who does that?), I just do what we wanna do. And it works extraordinarily well for us, too. And it doesn't interfere with 'intimate relations'
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am, back, more cheeful but so unorganised today. We are all still in PJs, brekky pots still on table, house looks absolutely disgusting, ill hopefully sort stuff out when DH gets back and have a bth with the kiddies so i'm not totally grosse. my little clingon is sat on my feet playing with some stuff. The drugs are so not working on him and he can't stop coughing so have to keep giving him massive cuddles (not a hardship though!). We've watched so much tv today i feel like i'm being vrap mum of the century although i quite enjoyed the new Thomas dvd we got at the w/e - shaun the sheep dvd this arvo me thinks.
Nic - good luck to your SIL - hope she stays ok and doesn't require blood transfusion
Mel - sorry to hear situ with your Nan - hope she is comfortable and that you are ok. When i went back to the UK in 2004 preggy with Oscar i knew i would be saying bye to my Gran for the last time - i hadn't seen her for 18 months and it's such a shock when they go downhill. She died 10 days after i'd got back to Aus but was definately for the best in her case as she was v ill.
IK - we co-slept with Will last night for half the night as the only way he would settle and i do like it - he insists on sleeping with a hand on my face which is so cute but is such a light sleeper i only have to snuffle and he wakes. he also like going horizontal between us so we end up perched on the edges of the bed with him having 3/4 of it!!! Do you have a kingsize?? (we only have queen)
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Nic - its sad when they are in a nursing home, its a bit depressing walking in there. Your nan has done well being there for 5 years, I think most of them go down hill a bit when they go into care. I'm sure she would have loved seeing Nixon, it really seems to perk them up. How are you guys doing, have you gotten over your colds? Hope all goes will with your SIL, any news yet?
Julie - I hope Will gets better soon, poor little man! If Perth weather was anything like Melb weather today it would have been perfect to stay in pj's and watch dvd's all day! I find it sad that our grandparents end up looking so frail, nothing like what they used to, but I suppose its bound to happen to all of us.
Dad saw nan again today and she is not too bad, just very weak. She cannot feed herself now which makes things hard and see can't eat very much.
How bloody cold is it in Melb today? I took Chelsea to kinder and then didn't leave house for the rest of the day. Chelsea came home very excited as they are getting a rabbit and babies at the kinder next week. They have them for 4 weeks and they are keeping the mummy rabbit as a permanent pet. They have a veg garden set up to feed the rabbit and the kids are responsible for maintaining the garden and feeding/caring for the rabbit. Good lessons to be learnt for them. Marley has started to stand on her own the past two days, not for very long but she thinks she is pretty cool when she does it!
My GF sent me an email today with this little caption on the bottom, which I thought was beautiful
Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble
remembering how to fly.
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Mel, gotta fly but sorry about your nan! I know when my grandmother was in a similar situation I took solace in her long life. Didn't make it much easier, though.
Hugs to you
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Happy 1st Birthday Caitlyn
Well I'm making Cody's birthday cake today so hopefully it will work out, DH always loves to help decorate the boys first birthday cake and then leaves the rest of the birthday cakes up to me, lol. We decided to stick to tradition and make a No 1 cake like the other boys, so it's a chocolate cake, that's about all I can say right now as we still don't know how we're going to decorated it. We ended up getting him a cement mixer truck that you can put balls in and can push along.
I also can't believe that this time last year I was in hospital with high BP and so close to having Cody, another thing I can't believe is that I've made it till 12mths with b/fing which I've never done before so I'm very proud of myself for doing that.
Mel that's a beautiful caption, yay for Marley standing up on her own and the rabbit sounds great, I know that not long ago Lockie had chicken eggs in the class (in an incubator) and they got to watch them hatch and then look after the chicks, he loved it. I'm glad your nan didn't look to bad when you visited, it can be so distressing when you know them before they're ill and then see them like this.
Julie I really hope that Will is starting to get better, it's horrible when they are so sick, especially when you stay awake listening to them, making sure that they're breathing alright.
Nic good luck to your SIL, hopefully she will not need a transfusion. How are feeling today?
Hello Bath, Roryand IK.
hugs xoxo
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Happy first birthday Caitlyn! Emma hope u pop back in soon and give us an update!
Amanda- u cannot go wrong with the number 1 cake i rekon!
IK- thats great Oscar is a "log" so to speak lol. Nixon has his moments, like early thismorning i had alrready been up to him a few times and made dh get up, his solution is to just bring him into bd with us! anyway as soon as he was in between us he didnt move, but last week i tried the same thing and he squirmed for 45min i end up with his feet in my face!
Nixon- well i had to share my super brag with u guys. On the eve on Nixon's corrected birth age of one (the age he should be) he took his first steps! It was so good that we all seen it. DH just got home, went to the toilet, i was in the kitchen and MIL was following Nixon. i heard her make a comment how he opened the sliding door to the bathroom, went to have a look and dh came out of the toilet (was behind him) we all watched and he took about 4 teeny weent steps to make it to the other side of the door frame!
we all clapped and cheered for him the look on his face was priceless.
I was just so happy that both dh & i were there to see it
anyway at work so better get back to it, just needed to share my proud moment with you all, (i am not trying to brag that my child is doing something someone else's is not so i hope i did not offend anyone in that respect)
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Wooo hoooo Nixon, you must be so proud Nic and what a clever boy waiting until daddy is home to, most of the time my boys always do stuff when it's just me and not when daddy is around.
hugs xoxo
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Nic, that's great! Go Nix! If we can't come to our baby buddies to share our kids' firsts, what are we for? The way I see it, all our kids are doing things that other's aren't, in one way or another. Oscar has no words, just sounds, but he's walking (trotting!), others have kids who have words but aren't walking. The way development works is that eventually they all catch up
Amanda - way to go with the 12 months mark soon
Julie - we only have a queen bed, too, but I think we should be ok for now. I was toying with the idea of getting a king futon, but I'll see how we go. People I know have co-slept with 5 kids in a double bed, so I guess it's as hard as we want it to be. DP can always create a platform to attach to the bed at a later stage, for the next kids. How are the kids going?
I think Oscar is teething - fingers down the back of his mouth, a bit more saliva than I'm used to (he doesn't drool, but now there is sometimes a bit of drool when he has a dummy in his mouth). We'll see...
Went out to a local cafe to meet my GF and we had coffee and cake - we were planning to go to the park for a walk, but I decided a hot cuppa was in order instead, on such a crispy cold day, and it really hit the spot!
Mel - how's your nan holding up? I hope she picks up and hangs around for longer
Got a full weekend coming up and I won't see Oscar for about 12 hours tomorrow - not looking forward to that, but I'll hopefully be too distracted to notice. It's CFA related, both days. My dad will have him tomorrow and MIL will share him with B&SIL on Sunday. Must remember to pack my pump tomorrow!
Hope everyone has lovely weekends!
Hi to Ali, CC, Bath, Rory, Jess (good luck with the house!) and anyone I have failed to mention here - Oscar is strung out and I must tend to him and enjoy his company tonight
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Hi Ladies and babies, just cam in to say hi and let you know that I have missed oyu guys latley but I am struggling to find time to do even household chores let alone get in here for posting.
Nic- Congrat on having another boy. I actualley think I am having another girl (based on absolutley nothing of course, just get feeling) it will be nice for them to have each other to grow upwith.
Mel- Sorry to hear your Nan is not well. I love that little quote, brought tears to my eyes (what doestn these days).
Things have been flat out here, I did my last shift at my second job this arvo so hopefully I will feel like I have some more time for myself soon. We are moving in 6 weeks, which I am looking forward to and dreading as well.
I have my NT scan next friday and I am really looking forward to seeing my little bubba again, just to check that everything is ok.
Tori had her first big accident on Wednesday night, she fell on our slate tiles and smashed her moth against them and made her top 2 teeth bleed, I thought she had pushed them back up into her gum, but after full on panicing, and calling the Health direct number I realised that she wasnt that badly injured just gave her teeth a bump and made her gums bleed a little bit, but man it was scary. What made it worse was DH was at TAFE and I had been feeling really sick so it was just all a little too m uch for the emotions to handle.
I cant believe that it is June already and the rest of the Junie babies will be turning 1, what an amazing year, I think I have learnt more about myself and my DH in the last year that I had learnt in a very long time.
Anyway better go, BIL is coming to stay and the house is a tip, it is along weekend heere in perth so I will endeavour to get in and ctch up over the weekend!
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Rory - thanks sweety!
Amanda - can't beat a No 1 cake, and a chocolate one too, yum!
Nic - brag all you like, I love listening to how the other bubs are going and definatley don't take any offence. It something that every mum is so proud of and wants to share. Please keep sharing. Well done Nixon on taking your first steps.
IK - what a great day for a coffee and cake, preferably by an open fire! Have a good weekend, even if it is a busy one.
Ali - thanks, she is still hanging in there. The quote is beautiful and good to see the pregnancy hormones are working lol! How exciting about your scan, not long to wait. How scary for you with Tori falling, so glad she is OK. You prob got more of a fright than she did. Its always feels worse when you are on your own too.
Ali mentioned reflecting on this time last year. I have been doing that so much lately. This time last year I had finished work and enjoyed 2 days per week on my own when Chelsea was at kinder. Instead of spending the day relaxing, I used to shop! I went to the shops all the time, sometimes not spending, just wandering and looking and would come home stuffed. I then bought myself a crossword book and would spend hours doing crosswords until my eyes hurt. I was so huge that I thought my belly would burst and people used to joke that there was two in there!!! Thankfully they were wrong. Sleeping was difficult and I was always tired. Is anyone else reflecting????
Went to work today to discuss whats going to happen when I return. I originally worked 3 days per week but I am going back 2. I was worried how I was going to manage the workload with 1 less day. Some of my duties have been removed (the ones I hated which is good lol!) and we will just give it a few weeks to see if I need any additional support. I am nervous but excited about returning. Hated the traffic on the way home though, and it wasn't even peak hour.
Have a good weekend everyone
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That's great Mel! Glad they took away the icky jobs from you
SIL's friend has gone into labour WAY too early, so fingers crossed the drugs take and she keeps this one inside. She's not in the greatest physical shape to begin with, so it will take a toll on her.
Oscar's packed for a day with his grandaddy tomorrow, spare clothes and all!
Ali - have a great weekend, take it easy, huh? I know, so easy to say from my end, but please look after yourself and that little bunch of cells
Gonna have a drink then to bed for me...
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Good morning girls
Sorry no personals at this stage... it's too noisey around here for me to concentrate... easier for me to just rave on about myself LOL but I am thinking of "this time last year" and look forward to reading all your reminiscences
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Happy 1st Birthday to my little man.
Well we've been out shopping most of the day, DH is finishing decorating the cake and we will be going to my brothers for the party later on. Cody was in a weird mood last night, he was up every hour and I couldn't settle him unless he was on the boob.
hugs xoxo
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