Hi Junie ladies

Tali – Hope Zay gets some good support from his school and definitely talk about him in here – he is part of the Junie family so we all want to hear about him too (not forgetting Miss May as well). This is the only thread I really talk in so I talk about Osc and the new one here too. Congrats on your DH being offered lots of jobs! At least he will be able to pick and chose whats best for him and you.

Bath – booo at Niall eating your choccy! I would be devastated! He must learn for later life that a woman and her chocolate must never be separated or he will be in big trouble! Hehehehe.

Nic – hows life without dummy for Nixon? Will has chewed all but one of his dummies to bits and I keep saying to him that once that one is chewed there will be no more but am very nervous as he is so addicted to it at bedtimes/in the car/when he’s tired. I think ill end up weakening and going and buying him more which I really don’t want to do. Good luck with the move, how exciting (and tiring at the same time though)

Ali – hope your boys are better now too, along with your nephew poor little chappy.

Ang – how funny he can sneak into bed with you and you don’t notice – he must be very stealthy! Oscar comes into us some morning but he’s as subtle as a brick so there’s no way we could sleep through his arrival.

Mel – glad life has calmed down abit for you now. Oh those tanties…. Lovely! Will has started putting his forehead on the floor and bum in the air if he doesn’t get his own way which just looks so funny we end up laughing at him, bless him. Chelsea sounds like she’s having a ball in her holidays, going to the cinema and Disney. Loved the echidna cake you did – looked fantastic.

Amanda & Jaspen – how are you going? Not long for you now Jaspen!

Dee – How’s your new home in the new country going?

Rory – Glad you are enjoying your new job.

Hope all your bubs had great birthdays. Will’s was good – seems ages ago as it was on the 9th – I had written about it in my last post but ? of it disappeared! Only downer is that the boys caught the horrible chest bug from a girl at Will’s party, Osc was ill for 4 days (and he’s hardly ever ill) and Will took ages to get better, had a temp for 5 days straight then an ear infection to boot. I caught it too along with James’ cold which he caught home from work (thanks!) and still haven’t shaken them! I have a gp/ob appt tomorrow so I will get him to check me out as most nights when I lie down I cough until I’m sick (not to mention should be buying shares in Tena lady products! At least I’ll have fab pelvic floors at the end of it!).

James Is away at a conference in Italy and I have been dreading being on my own at this stage for ages. My backs sore but the boys have been so good for me that I can’t really complain, although I can’t wait for him to get home on Sunday. I have to stop being bitter and twisted that he is getting to fly business and the conference takes place in the most amazing looking resort style hotel in the mountains, and he absolutely loves his subject/job so its hardly like working anyway!

All going well with the pregnancy so far. I have finally had the appointment with the ob at my local hospital and he seemed very nice. If I go into labour naturally they will let me have a little go but if I don’t progress very quickly then it will be off to theatre for a 3rd c/s. I don’t really mind this as he explained that as its only a regional hospital if anything went wrong (only small chance I know but don’t want to risk it) it would take around an hour to get everything/body ready and that could be too late for me and bub. So we have a date of 19th August which I will have a c/s on if she’s not here already. I am so pleased about the level of care that they offer in this small public hospital – they have already said that I will get my own midwife so bubs will stay with me the whole time except for getting weighed (about 5 mins) and then will come with me into recovery where I can do the skin-on-skin and feed her without any delay which is just fab! I had the boys privately and they weren’t ever brought into recovery so I always felt I missed out on the first hour or so of their lives, so to be able to have my little girl with me all the time will be just so good. This will definitely be our last as I am having clips put on my tubes while they are in there!!

I have started washing and sorting a few things, the bassinet is ready and all the bedding and second hand clothes I have been given have been washed but I’m still to scared to take the labels off and wash all the new stuff I’v bought yet – anyone remember how far along they were when they did that?

I don’t seem to get much time to post anymore, I come on for a nosey quite regularly but after quickly reading through what everyones been up to I usually have to go to bed, as the boys wouldn’t let me ‘surf’ in the day.

The boys are being great as ive mentioned. Oscar is such a sweety and so sensitive, when he sees me hobbling with my back then sitting down he comes over and gives me a rub and a cuddle – he’s going to make someone a great hubby one day! Will’s speech still amazes me, full on sentences! He’s so much more advanced than Oscar was (which is good as this is the only milestone that Will has been early with!). Most people are quite shocked when they hear him speak as he looks so young as he’s so short – 83cm last time I measured him a few months back. He’s doing great at his swimming lesson and last week was the only one of the class who would jump of the mat onto the noodle so I was very proud – even he knew he’d done really well as he was grinning ear to ear when he did it. I think it’s because he knew what to do from watching Oscar do it in his lessons.

We changed cars a few weeks ago to one that can fit 3 child seats across the middle. It’s an ex-rep car so abit tatty but its only 3 years old so should be good for a few years. Shame its already broke! The glass bit of the boot can be opened so you don’t have to open the whole boot except that now it wont shut at all so whenever I leave the car its open – someone could just lift the glass door up and climb in that way! Of course it happened the day James went away so ill have to wait until he gets back until I can get it fixed. The bugger being is that I can’t open the whole boot while the glass bit isn’t shut so the pram is stuck inside the car! I don’t really need it much these days as Will walks everywhere but I wanted it tomorrow for my ob appointment so I could put the toddler seat on and know they are both strapped in and not be able to trash the drs office while I talk to him! Never mind.

Anyway, I’ve typed this in word to be on the safe side so I guess all my punctuation will turn to ? again! I’d better get this posted so I can get to bed as it’s way late.

Take care

Julie x