Yay Marley! LOL I'm sure that was a pivotal moment Mel, she sounded so proud of herself!
I'm just about to do the school run... but if you haven't already noticed I've given up on the gallery in BB getting fixed and have resorted to booting up FaceBook again. If anyone here would like to add me I'm Bathsheba Smith in FB.
I am loving your pics!! Its so nice seeing the kids progress from their newborn pics to now. Niall is looking more like Wade now, his face has changed. And you girl!! You haven't changed a bit, still as gorgeous as ever!
Well girls, I am off to Brisbane tomorrow Still got so much to do. Hair app, back bags, hopefully not forget anything!! Type DH a list of what he has to do during the week (his request, he is worried he will forget something) and pick up some last minute things from the shops. I'm sure DH will be fine but it will give him an idea of what I do during the week. Difference is, he has the week off! Last time he was away, it was for 8 days and I still worked as normal during that time and the house ran like clockwork!! I'm not expecting it to go that well for him lol!!! I told his mum to expect him over for dinner a few times as his cooking is pretty disatrous!
Oooh have fun Mel!!! Enjoy your flight... I would LOVE to be taking off somewhere! Enjoy being served and eating food that you haven't had to shop for and make! I'm sure your DH will cope just fine Looking forward to reading your post-holiday debrief!
Hi all,
Mel - I know you're having a great time, wanna hear about it when you get back! I know, I haven't reported on last Monday yet, I'm still processing...will formulate something soon (have frantic boy who needs help with a bath and bed cos DP is getting drunk with BiL...grrr)
Ali - I'm a bit late on this one, but if you're not travelling further afield, stick with PT!
Well, I'm on the home straight now. Have my birth pool that I've borrowed from my wonderful friend (who's a BB doula, actually!) and I've got my salt lamps ordered (cheaper than getting 2 or 3 of the candles I was going to get...on eBay, of course ), so I'm all set. I've been having niggles and today BxHicks. My last gig for the Healesville venue was last night and I'm glad, cos it was hard work getting all those breaths in! Oscar seems to be adjusting well to talk of the baby beign in the house and needing his help with the baby. He's also not upset by the idea of sharing 'babu' anymore, which is ace, cos I'll need his help! He's helped keep my boob size down this pg.
I've been keeping my brain active here on BB, as well as IRL with this Birth Choices stuff. I made it into a Fairfax Leader paper and look set to be in one again shortly (with my local MP and other local activists, including Kazbah!). I've been tangling with some engaging material and it means I'm more tired than I would be otherwise..sigh!
Better go, I'm about to be attacked by a light sabre (my mum insisted that Oscar needed one cos his friend had one and I wasn't going to get him one...grrr...).
Hope everyone is well. Amanda - how are you going?
Have a good week!
OK, not sure how Oscar could get any cuter. He's really melting me this week - he understands soooooooo much!
I'll give a run down of the rally, now that I've got some thinking time:
Got into Canberra airport later than scheduled cos there was a knock-on effect of delayed flights, and my friend Mel (doulamelanie here on BB) collected my GF, her DD and I. She tells me she met someone I knew in the foyer of the hotel...it was Kazbah! We get into the hotel, crash through the doors and I headed to the mini-bar for a packet of chips. We all cooed over GF's DD, who had only just turned 1 the week before. I was sent into the bathroom to have a luxurious bath with a hot chocky and some handmade truffles we'd ordered as room service (we thought 'what the hell?") and then settled in for a great night's sleep with no DP stinking out the room or Oscar coming in during the night....bliss!
Woke up in teh morning and it was grey and drizzly. No matter, we were pumped and sms'ing and calling other people we knew who were around. I missed my pool session to watch the stupid Sunrise session - what a wasted opportunity! We all went down to brekky and I thought I might get a swim in for later, so I didn't do my hair. As we're at the buffet, we see Tracy Bartram come in and Mel talks birthy stuff with her briefly...I raid the Coco Pops dispenser with the glee of a madwoman. Mel did an interview with the smallest doco maker team present that day, then they ask if I want to say something...argh! My hair!! I figure I'm not going to miss my opportunity for a few offending follicles (shut up, I know, I have way more than just a few follicles...).
We realised the time had marched on and I wasn't going to get my swim and I had enough time to dash into the shower and get dressed to make it in time to the Tent Embassy to meet with our local MP. Well, we did and he was really on board with what we had to say (and has been since last year, way before the Bills were introduced) and so supportive - he's there in a piccy with us on the steps of Old Parliament House in about two or three local papers (he did a press release).
From the Tent Embassy we walked up to Federation Mall and walking up that hill was amazing - the amount of people spread before us was very inspiring, despite the rain and cold. We ran into Cookiemonster and her family (I was with Kaz as well) on the way up and just kept running into people I knew for the rest of the rally! I saw Kelly and her fella, loads of Homebirth in the Hills people, my midwives (very comforting to know they were there!), as well as some people I know through ABA circles. It was interesting to hear myself explaining to Jason Wood (our MP) that we all know each other through various, sometimes intersecting networks - isn't that just the way the Mummy Network operates? School, sport, boobs, birth? It's our strength and can also be our 'weakness', given that our lack of formal collectivity has allowed the fragmentation of our rights, and our interconnectedness has brought us together for important things. Anyhow, I digress.
We got wet, but we were also excited to be acknowledged by so many pollies who are actually on our side with real facts, instead of one-liners practised to ensure votes. Inspired by the women's stories we heard, too. Dr Sarah Buckley spoke and I spoke with her briefly afterwards (we've been in contact before through Facebook). Tracy Bartram was just perfect as the MC.
We broke off and my small group went for a big lunch and back for a look-see at Parliament House. The flight home was like a charter flight for all the Vic supporters...yet knowing it was only one flight back home amongst many planes carrying people who felt strongly enough to lend a face and voice (or who weren't so far advanced in pregnancy!). Again, heartening to know my middies were on that flight, too!
So, there you have it, my Canberra experience. Informed and inspired by so many women from BB and from my local networks
Bath - hope the night isn't too cold at the G!
Better go, DP has nearly finished filling the birth pool for the trial run...
I am so proud to know you Maya, what a great experiance that would have been, not that I would ever be brave enough to have a home birth myself I believe its our rights as mothers to choose the way we have our children....
Mel sounds like you have been having a ball in Brisbane... I think I am the only one who doesnt get out and about on my own, I havent been anywhere with out at least one child by my side since having Zayden, my time will come one day I am sure... maybe when BHL has a noraml job so that I dont feel guilty leaving him on his days off...
Well not much to say here, we are still TTC our little one with out any luck, BHL is no longer sure he wants to even have a 4th which is heart breaking... we are still TTC for now but I know that my time is fast running out, if it doesnt happen by Christmas I dont think it will... I am Hating Mackay, so I have been feeling quite down, hence been a bit quite, I told BHL that I would like to be back in Cairns by the end of next year, so we will see what happens, I am missing Melb and my family heaps which isnt helping, Kai walks around with a photo of her nanny and granddad and tells me she is missing them, so that is also very hard... things just dont seem to be going right for us at the moment BHL also doesnt like Mackay so at least that something, but been new in the job he doesnt want to ask about other sites just yet...
well thats about it
love you all I miss our dayly chats we used to have... but I guess as our junies get older and new children come along, things too must change...
I've been MIA.....sorry, I've had a shocker of a winter, someone sick every week and it was just way to much to handle I think. I just couldn't post, I've read almost all posts.
I've had a sick free house for just over a week now so hopefully everything is getting back to normal, Julian still only has 6 teeth.....he is chewing everything in sight. He's also walking around furniture and can stand unaided and has taken a step from the coffee table to the chair I was sitting on this morning, so I think that he'll most probably be walking by his birthday.
We're getting some pixie photos done on Saturday morning and I'm hoping that I'll be able to get one done with him in his birthday MCN that we got him, as well as a family shot and one of just the 5 boys.
Cody is growing so fast and he's quite the character....he's chatting constantly, whether to himself or his brothers and even DH and I, very funny at times. He also has quite a temper at time as well so have to keep an eye on that.
I've been reading a book called "star parenting" by Sherrynne Dalby, it's so very interesting, it's about the personality traits of your childs star sign and how their personality works and I've seen some very definate changes in the way I parent the boys and it seems to be working some what. It's helped me understand how certain signs work ect. If anyone would like me to photocopy them the star signs and send it to you let me know even if you just want a read, very very interesting.
We had Kailen's 9th birthday at the beginning of the month and wow I'm not liking the attitude change that comes with this age, I thought the terrible twos were bad they have nothing on the moodyness that he is having, lol. I don't think the gallery is up and running yet but I did an awesome castle cake for his birthday, took 5hrs in total to decorate. I also did an elmo cake that I was very proud of for a friends 21st.
Maya so hearing you on the neighbourhood kids, I've just started school holidays here and I've had a constant stream of the neighbourhood boys over, one boy in particular is getting on my nerves a bit, he likes to play my boys off against each other and it has been ending in tears lately and he's also always playing rough tackling/play fighting ect and it always seems to be my boys hurt or with the ripped clothing, not to happy about that. I can't believe that your little one is almost here....will be waiting for your BA. Just reading back about Oscar watching the Dark Crystal, my boys love that as well, it's an awesome movie.
Tali I'm hoping that by christmas time you have another bub on the way, everything happens in it's own time and I know how painful it can be when you want it now and it's just not happening that way
Hi Bath, Nic, Mel and Ali I hope you are all doing great.
Ok after a long hiatus I've now blabbed on enough for now. Till next time
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LOL I'm sure that was a pivotal moment Mel, she sounded so proud of herself!
Still got so much to do. Hair app, back bags, hopefully not forget anything!! Type DH a list of what he has to do during the week (his request, he is worried he will forget something) and pick up some last minute things from the shops. I'm sure DH will be fine but it will give him an idea of what I do during the week. Difference is, he has the week off! Last time he was away, it was for 8 days and I still worked as normal during that time and the house ran like clockwork!! I'm not expecting it to go that well for him lol!!! I told his mum to expect him over for dinner a few times as his cooking is pretty disatrous!
Enjoy your flight... I would LOVE to be taking off somewhere! Enjoy being served and eating food that you haven't had to shop for and make! I'm sure your DH will cope just fine
Looking forward to reading your post-holiday debrief!
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