Maya - it will be so nice to spend a night in, esp if it has a gourmet kitchen - yummo! Hopefully it has a big open fire too!! Don't know what to do about your rug, anyone got an old Martha Gardener book? She was the guru who could get stains out of anything. Did you and your sister have fun swimming? You were lucky it was clear up there this morning, fog was shocking everywhere else. Hope Coco's smell has disappeared from the house LOL!!!!

Bath - your DH has been a good boy! Its nice when they can help out ocassionally and give you a bit of a breather. What did you bake today? Prob something yummy. Fog was terrible this morning, couldn't even see traffic lights until you got right to them, very dangerous. And twits driving with no lights on, idiots!!!! So far so good with Marley at nanas. Need to check in with her soon.

Dee - poor Nathan! Glad he didn't injure himself too badly. How much you selling Melissa for LOL!!!!! Going cheap?

Julie - love the new av! It is so cute. Bath, you are such a clever cookie!

Well my day started crap!!! Set my alarm for 6.15am as I had to get 2 kids ready to be out the door by 7.20am. I woke up to see the clock saying 6.58am!!!! *****. Mad panic, run, then turn heaters on! Quickly go and wake Chelsea, show her where her clothes are, tell her to get dressed, get her b'fast and tell her to eat fast (poor kid!). She was such a good girl, she got herself dressed and even put shoes on the right foot. DH arrived home from nightshift and I got him to brush her teeth and take her to creche. I didn't have time for shower (yuk!), just got dressed, did hair and makeup, had 1/2 cup coffee. Went in to wake Marley and the poor cherub was sound asleep, had to gently wake her, put her big sleeping bag and hat on, pick up all the bags and go! Raced to MIL, dropped her off (it was very sad actually) and then off to work. Made it to work on time, which was a miracle.

Had Marleys paed allergy review today. Good and bad news. Good news is that her cows milk allergy has gone, but we still have to slowly introduce. 1ml of cows milk in her bottle of formula and double it each day. Watch for changes in poo, rashes or vomiting. Then slowly start giving her yoghurt and cheese too. Her egg allergy increased but he said I can try to give her cake or biscuit crumbs as they don't react as badly to cooked egg. Just small samples and monitor any reaction. The new one which came up very severley was cashews!!! The rash came up instantly and she was itching and getting very irritable. She didn't have any reaction to the sesame seeds, peanuts, or hazelnuts. The good thing is, the chances of her eating cashews is quite low. We don't really eat them but will be sure not to have them in the house. Thankfully she is fine with other nut products. They also suggested that she have her immunisation as she was sick at the time I was going to get them done. They did them and I have never heard a baby scream so loud and for so long - I felt like the wicked witch of the west! The poor thing just kept screaming and she had snot and tears streaming down her face. It was awful! She finally calmed down and then we went into see the paed (his nurse did the injections) and he went to check her breathing and she went nuts again, prob thinking her was going hurt her! He then had to get her to play with a mobile on the wall and he listened from her back. I then had to say goodbye to her when MIL took her home and she gave me a lovely smile and a wave - so hopefully all is forgotten!

Well after that marathon post, I must get ready to go home!