A wonderfully written birthstory Maya! So much to be proud of I suspect that Tallarah may continue to be a little more reserved and cautious than your DS It kinda happens that way that siblings are very different. Wade and Niall are so very different as you know. The trick (and often the hard thing) is to accept their different ways. Sometimes I wish that Niall was more reflective and cautious like Wade and sometimes I wish Wade could be a little braver and outspoken like Niall... all for my own convenience of course It's easier to parent the child that is more similar to yourself... well in the early years... a different story when they are teens, as I am learning!!! So looking forward to getting to know little Tallarah!
Amanda: I'm in the mood to do an avvy... send me through your requests... you did mention that you would like an update?
Mel and Maya: yours are sent in now and in the queue for uploading.
Rory: congratulations once again! Can't wait for another few weeks to pass so that I can add a bump to your avvy too!
I take it I have miss a big announcement Rory, so congratulations on you 3rd baby...
Bath I would love another Avvy if your up for it... I was thinking this time just me, and maybe a green tree frog in there somewhere Oh and please keep my hair blonde even though I am red ATM but I know soon enough I will go back to been blonde
Not much really happening on my end of the world, same old same old really, Kai is loving the kindy program that she is doing, its only 1 day a week but she love the time away from me, which is biter sweet... been up here she is meant to be starting school in 2011, still not quite prepared for that, think she is too young, but the cut off up here is the 30th of june, not april like melb, so we might just have to go with that and see how she goes...
other than that like I said not much, its not been 10mths and still no luck getting UTD, but this month I have stopped trying, no longer on the TTC thread, dont chart, would even know where I am in my cycle, and dont really care either, I am not going back on the pill just yet dont see the point as we dont seam to concive very well, plus I am not too sure if I am quite ready to stop all chance completly, but not TTC either iykwim, if its meant to be it will be... otherwise I am quite happy with the 3 happy and healthy winkies I have got... and at times thay are all I think I could ever cope with ..
Maya I hope your milk is settling down and your getting to enjoy your babymoon
A little belated but congrats maya on the birth of your healthy baby girl- love the name too, I taught a Tallarah and she was the most gentle soul. I hope you are enjoying your babymoon.
Congrats Rory- I am crossing my fingers I will be joining you shortly as we have now started TTC #3
Tali- Sorry that it is taking some time getting UTD, hopefully a more relaxed approach is just what you need, I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
Bath- I finished reading The Declaration, it was awesome. It took me a little bit of time to actualley get into it, but once I was I couldnt put it down, it is one of those books you just keep wanting to know what happens next. Certainly puts a whole new perspective on parenting and motherhood though- I really cant imagaine exchanging my right to be a mother with anything.
Anyway better dash, off to work today. I hope everyone is well!
Did I miss something - Rory pregnant!!!! That's fantastic news.
Maya - how are things going with you and your little bundle of joy - milk still flowing like a fountain lol!!! I remember the first time we met, we had coffee at Gloria Jeans at Knox and you went to feed Oscar and this huge stream of milk flew across the table lol!! I have been loving the pictures on FB, she is just so serene.
I can totally relate to what Bath is saying about sibling being total opposites. I have one quiet, reserved and very polite child and one crazy, outgoing and loud child!!! They couldn't be more opposite and managing their differences is so challenging somtimes. But they are how they are for a reason and I just have to learn to adapt to it.
Tali - its so hard to imagine our Junie babies at school! Marley will start in 2012 which thankfully still feels like a lifetime away.
Ali - you'll have to read the next instalment of The Declaration (can't recall the name at the moment but Bath will know). I think they gave a preview of it at the end of the book.
Chelsea's school is having a Twilight Market tonight and thankfully the sun is shining!!! It has taken alot of organising but I am looking forward to it. Hopefully we get loads of people coming and make it a really successful event for the school.
Better go as I am leaving work early today to finish the set up for this afternoon.
Just a quick one here too... I've been such a good Domestic Duty Do-er today! Washing, vacuuming, sifting through the vacuum bag for pieces of Lego wearing a surgical mask... the lot!
Tali: would love to do another avvy for you... I'll work on it tonight.
Mel: LOL I didn't know that about the boobie milk at Gloria Jeans! Very impressive Maya!
Ali: The sequel to The Declaration is The Resistance. It's a bit more horrific with a more complex plot but I was equally entralled by it.
Amanda: Keep an eye out for your new avvy update too... it's been sent in for uploading.
Maya: off to FB to check out your piccys of Tallarah now
Maya: just noticed that your avvy is uploaded.... hope you are still in FULL Babymoon mode.... don't you dare "come back" to normality too early... it get's very tiring once you have more than one child! *zips up her bossy boots*
Great news, Rory!!
Mel - glad the market went well last night. Did you get the CFA on board in the end?
Bath - my avvy is so ace! I got such a surprise to log on and see it!
Tallarah is ace and Oscar is loving her - he came back from Kindergym today and asked to 'hold her', which I think just means lying next to her stroking her face, he's so sweet with her and loves to call her 'my sister'. He opened some cards for me yesterday and said "oh, wow, a book for my sister"!
I wanted babymoon to last for at least a week (which is short, I know, but there is social pressure to get out and about...more on that next) and I haven't left the house yet, T still hasn't had to get into the car and I'm just working on getting to know her and falling in love with her That said, tonight we've been invited to a dinner at my girlfriend's (just up the road) for her DSD's going away do and tomorrow night we're supposed to go to a 40th birthday in the next town. I'd rather go to my GF's if I had to choose one, and even then, I'm not inclined to go. I just feel it's too soon (and she understands, she was here for the birth) and definitely too soon to take a newborn to a raucous 40th with peering faces, loud music etc. Had T been born a week sooner, then MAYBE, but it will only have been just over a week by tomorrow and I don't want to thrust her into the world yet, particularly because tomorrow night's company is not quite my favourite ATM (the clique I managed to step away from last year and feel better for it). Tonight's company is wonderful, but just too soon for getting out and about - it's MY time.
My parents are coming this weekend - I have to let them hold her or I'll never live down the barbed comments from my mother. Not a biggie, I'll just 'intuit' that she needs frequent feeding or changing if she makes any noise Actually, if she DOES make noise, then she needs me - that's what a week of having her in arms has taught me! And, boy, does she love the slings!
Well, Ali and Tali TTC, and Rory UTD and we're all still hanging out in Junies - you guys are my little comfort zone I don't have many of them, either
OK, better go watch Buffy (this DVD is due back next week and there's another 3 discs to go!
Maya - love your new avvy, forgot to mention that before. I love how you are just relaxing in the bath. CFA did come last night, they were so fantastic. They arrived at 4pm and didn't leave until after 7. I don't think the truck was empty of kids until it actually left. It was a huge hit!! They let the kids sit inside, on the back, pull out the hoses and one of the guys put his breathing gear on (scared some of the kids witless!!!) and sounded like Darth Vader There was 4 volunteers and they were all so friendly and I think they enjoyed themselves too. One of the stall holders did massage and I saw a CFA guy (a rather cute one LOL!!) go in and get a quick massage! We also had a lady there from a company called Warbotanicals, they are based in Warburton. Beautiful natural products, bought some cream for Marley called Itchy and Scratchy!!
Oscar sounds like her is adapting the role of big brother very well. He is a very sweet boy.
If you don't feel ready to head out then you stay put girl! Like Bath said as both of us zip up our bossy boots lol! Friends should understand and you don't get this time over again. Any new pics yet? Will need to see a steady stream of them now
Maya I LOVE your Avvy, Bath you do a great job, Amazing I can almost always tell when someone has a bath avvy, you seem to be able to squeeze just that little bit more into to them that make them pop...
Maya I am so glad the Oscar is been a great big brother, knew he wouldnt be anything else... so cute to watch them bond with there new siblings, now see didnt we tell you that you always will find room in your heart for you new children, bet in a few weeks you wont even remember what it was like with just one... I have loved seeing the photos Tallarah is just the sweetest little thing ever, makes me just too clucky... cluk cluk cluk
Mel, glad everything went well for you yesterday, and the weather was nice... sound like it was a great night...
Bath you know you really are making me look bad, I dont know how you even have time to make that cake today... it looked quite hard, on the show... but also very yummy, let me know how it tastes, and if it was really that hard, never knew I might try it myself one of these days... BTW where did you get the recipe ?
Ali good luck with your own TTC journey, I hope it doesnt take you too long...
Tali: Awww shucks thanks about the nice avvy comments... I have to say it helps that I generally only do them for members i feel connected to The recipe wasn't all that hard... the trickiest bit was assembling it... spreading the lemon curd was very tricky. The recipe has now been loaded onto the Masterchef site. Although i think the way they have written it could have been clearer
Yay for the sticky baby, Rory! Hope you have a great weekend up in the mountains I thought I'd missed Ollie's birthday, but no...he's an end of the month kidlet! Can't believe he's gonna be 2 already.
Bath - thank you so much for the card! Oscar opened it and exclaimed "A book for my sister!" - he's being so cute with her.
Mel - you get in your pool today after work?
I had a great day today. We were going to go to Mt Martha and come back in time for the photographer who was doing our family shots pre and post pregnancy, but she emailed to say she'd be earlier (but I didn't get the email and she was on our doorstep before we could leave, luckily!) and we ended up not having to rush back from our aunt visit/beach day (DP's aunt lives down there) and it worked out well. I ended up realising a vision I had for a photo of Tallarah curled up in the seat of a saddle I have at home (keep meaning to clean it up and list it on eBay...so it's just been sitting behind a chair in the loungeroom!), so I can't wait to see the proofs. Susan Darcy is a wonderful photographer and builds a great rapport We'll be back at Mt Martha on the weekend, as it turns out, so maybe I'll get a swim in next time (I was wearing Tallarah and she was fast asleep today).
I just love how well Oscar is getting on with T's arrival. I got out of the shower today and there she was, cradled on his lap on the bed with a very proud big brother smile on his face...a melting moment for sure.
There is no real comparison between the two. It was hard with Osc, not just as a first, but with the feeding and colic issues, as well as Oscar's insistence on being awake for large chunks of the day! T seems to know that life will be there when she's ready and is a very phlegmatic baby.
Hey, now I'm like all of you chicks - I have an eldest child! Life is good (apart from the crappy bits that are not baby-related!!) and I'm enjoying my newest little person, even though I thought I didn't want to 'do' newborn again...ha!
Better get ready for bed (even though DP made me a yummy iced coffee...we'll see how that affects me)...xxx
Oh Maya, that is so sweet. I can imagine Oscar sitting on the bed cuddling her!!! Stop telling stories like that, gets my cluckiness going lol! Photo idea sounds amazing, did you manage to get her curled up on it? Tallarah sounds like a very relaxed, chilled out baby (just like her mumma!!) but it seems indicative of being a second child. They just seem to go with the flow. Didn't have time to swim yesterday as I had to go out, but the kids were in it and not wanting to get out. Even the lure of food wouldn't get them out!!! When you are ready for a trip down, come over and chill out with me and then I can sneak some of those beautiful newborn cuddles. Marley would love to hang out with Oscar.
Rory - well done Rory, I'm sure he/she will keep sticking nice and tight in there. Have fun in Bright.
Pool is certainly getting a workout now the weather is improving but the girls seem to want to use it regardless of the weather - they are like fish!! Yesterday the pool temp got up to 27 and even just dangling my feet in, was beautiful. DH got goggles for Marley as she is always trying to steal Chelsea's. She looks hysterical!! I will try and get a pic and put it on facebook. Trying to get them out is another issue. They get given plenty of warning that it will be time to get out but Marley throws a wobbly when she has to actually get out. I'm sure she will start getting the message soon enough. It so lovely and relaxing just sitting on the deck watching them play. I'm really looking forward to summer now and relaxing at home with them over the holidays.
Enjoy the unofficial long weekend Melbourne girls, and if you like a flutter on Cup Day, hope you have a win!
Amanda's new avvy is up, yet another master piece Bath well done
Maya things are sounding so wonderful at your place about now, congratulations on sticking to your guns and having the babymoon you wanted...
Mel glad you girls are loving the pool, we have the winkies in swimming class, Kai;s first time she is loving it, for someone who didnt like the water is now fast becomming a water baby like the other 2 have always been... she too has googles boy O boy does she look funny...
well lets see, I found out my sister after 2 yrs of TTC and finding out she has a blocked tube and pcos, that she is UTD she is now 6 weeks, keep telling her to join BB, plus she would be in your belly buddy group Rory... so very happy for her...
we have decided not to TTC anymore, so now I just have to tell my heart that there will be no more... I find myself looking down at my belly every now and then and thinking ther will never again be a life growing inside me, its a very sad thought... but something I will have to learn to live with...
which will be hard when my sisters all start to have there children, but something that was always going to happen seeing as I had mine so young and they have all waited until later in life to start their familys, I guess in someways it good that I wont be in the same state, so that I dont have to be reminded all the time...
Hi girls, thought I would have missed some posts but I haven't missed anything lol!!! Where is everyone????
Chelsea and Marley had their baptism last Sunday and it went beautifully (apart from Marley not letting me take any photos and not happy about having her hair wet!!!). The pool was finished in time and was full of kids Sunday afternoon. Most were in there for over 4 hours, barely getting out to eat! Everyone had a wonderful time which was great and the girls got some amazing presents. They both got a pandora bracelet each, which was amazing. They look so cute and now family can buy extra charms for them for christmas. It was a such a warm day, but the food was excellent (thanks for my BF Mal, who used to be a chef!) and everyone commented to him how beautiful it was. Their outfits were perfect and they both looked adorable. I put some pics on facebook but Marley refused to let me take any photos of her, so I have none with her godparents and I didn't really take any at the party.
My other BF Michelle was here from Brisbane with her DD. It was so much fun having her here, apart from Marley and her DD fighting! They screamed at each other like banshees!!! It was hard not to laugh. We went to the aquarium which was fantastic for anyone that hasn't been before. She went home on Saturday afternoon so the house is a little quiet and I always miss her when she has gone.
Back to work on Tuesday but enjoyed the week off. Weather was fantastic and the pool has been getting a workout. The kids are in it nearly everyday and night - the dusk swims are the best. Pool temp has been 30 nearly every day.
I've been meaning to reply to our thread but end up running out of time...if I can get near the computer at all!
Tallarah has been sick (I have a boo hoo in the Plat thread) and that's why I'm up - she's only just nodded off after being up nearly every hour with her snuffliness.
Mel - I wanted to call you this week for a catch up (while she's still technically a newborn, for newborn cuddles!) but we've been so lurgied that I decided against social visits this week for everyone's sake So, I'll sms you soon to organise something! A week with your GF sounds like it's too short! Aquarium is on my list of things to do with Oscar before too long - he enjoyed the zoo last week before his cold got the better of him and he got too tired for any more. The baptism sounds like it was really lovely - will have to trawl FB for pics cos I can't imagine M all dolled up!
T is asleep and wheezing away (like Mr Snuffleupagus), so I better get back to bed for as long as I have left to catch up on sleep...
Maya - sorry to hear Tallarah has been unwell, how is she today. Nothing worse than hearing a newborn sniffle. When she is better, I want those newborn cuddles before she gets too big!!! The zoo is heaps of fun but can be a long day, the aquarium wasn't too big and so nice on a hot day and plenty to see (and up close too). Miss M scrubbed up well - but the smiles didn't last long. How are you and Oscar feeling? I am home on Monday and Wed after 11am. So please pop down for a visit - tell Oscar to bring his togs!
Rory- congratulations on baking bubba 3 thats fantastic! how are you feeling?
Bath- a very very overdue thank you for my new avater, again its fantastic, and wow i love Maya's new one too!
just quickly as i am headed to bed. Nix had an OT assessment on Monday, still waiting for the full assesment report but he has a "sensory processing disorder" still getting my head around what its all about and reading a book called "The out of sync child"
he isstill waiting for the big diagnostic assesment which i missed a call from today a cancellation spot come up for the 15th dec, i rang back 1 1/2hrs later when i got the msg and they had rung someone else.... i was soo annoyed i didnt get a chance to call back and they had moved on!
still dealing with the day to say struggles with him, however he had his preschool xmas concert today and did SO WELL! he was a "cheeky monkey" and stood on stage and did all the dance moves!!
I suspect that Tallarah may continue to be a little more reserved and cautious than your DS 
It's easier to parent the child that is more similar to yourself... well in the early years... a different story when they are teens, as I am learning!!! So looking forward to getting to know little Tallarah! 
Can't wait for another few weeks to pass so that I can add a bump to your avvy too!
Oh and please keep my hair blonde even though I am red ATM but I know soon enough I will go back to been blonde
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