Ok i made it back!! :0 Been busy here, DH as gone away again for the next month for work. He's home on weekends still though. I'm kinda glad in a way after all that's been going on, I feel like it's a timely break. Give us time to sort out stuff on our own and hopefully make us remember what it is we appreciate about each other. My little (big really, she's taller than me!) sister is staying for a few days so she can travel with a friend to her nursing prac so that's nice, I'm not completely on my own. And it's nice to have some time with her when we can just chat.

Jake is doing well, I'm trying to get him to not go to sleep on the boob all the time, mainly so if I need to go somewhere I can go and not worry about him not sleeping. I have to nearly force him to take the dummy but he will take it. Just not keen on it. He won't go to sleep without sucking something, and he has gone to sleep sucking his thumb a few times. I had a scare with him the other night. I woke up to hear the latch on the cot flicking and clanging, so I shot out of bed to find him out of bed and crawling on the edge (!!!!) of the bed playing with it!! Wouldn't be so bad but his cot was still on the highest level and the side was down so a couple more seconds and he would have been on the floor! I feel so terrible that it could have been awful for him. He usually doesn't even sit up in bed, just lays there and crys. TG all is ok though. Needless to say his cot is now on the lowest level and the side is up!

Jake's newest trick is to pull himself up on his knees and if he's lucky his feet. GRRRR!! Although he thinks it's great and he's so clever! He can reach things on the couch and the coffee table etc now. Everything has to go up another level!

Andie - I would love to catch up and 'meet' you for sure! Although I am a little nervous! Those dates are fine, just let me know when you can squeeze us in, I know what it's like when doing flying family visits. So hard to find time for everyone!

Laura - GL to you! And you are right you can always leave. Hope you come out of it with loads of info for us all though those BL's sound gorgeous, will look forward to the mail. Thanks. Oh and yay for Sam's tooth!!

Catherine - Glad your trip went well. And that the transition to FF went well. Whoo hoo for Flynn sleeping too!!! Damn airlines.....we flew once to Melbourne when Ben was 10 months old, and he was teething and had thrush (always got it when teething.....). NOT FUN! and that was only a 50min flight!, lol. We got stuff around too, had to go to another airport and collect passengers etc making our flight later meanwhile Ben was getting crankier!

Jo - Isabella is doing beautifully!! And she will do things in her own sweet time.....we still have no teeth at all here, and no sign either! Jake doesn't babble much either, says bub-bub under his breath but not much more!

Mel - I struggle to write to you on here! lol. I'm so glad that James has been diagnosed FINALLY!!! and don't do the guilty Mummy thing.....you know now. Besides no one else picked it up, just dismissed him as a challenging baby. SO glad it's all looking up for you!

Robbo - SO glad you are well again too. Hope DD is feeling better now, surely it can't hit anyone else now?? I really think our 'down below' problems need a dr's opinion, can't get an early appointment for a week now!! GRRR! It's the best time to take the kids other times when we have to wait we are there over lunch, MT or AT times not good with the kids! I'm beginning to wonder if he doesn't just have a problem with his foreskin instead?(sorry ladies, this must make NO sense to you!! I have a NC thread here ) Is clearing up with the sposies but I hate using them! They give him a nappy rash a normal dotty one. Hmmm we'll see. Gosh Ari is growing so much and he is looking like a real little boy now! So gorgeous, all your kids are

Hi to all Hope you and bubbas are all well. Nina I'm waiting to hear news of your wedding!! When is it??

xxx