Babies Born May 2006 #29

sheree - im glad everyone enjoyed Lachlan's birthday last week, the cake sounds great! and congrats on ttc#2, goodluck, we are starting today too!

nat - oooo your clothes sound great, u lucky thing! Poor Ems fat lip, it must be the week for them Archie's went away after 2 days they heal really quickly thank goodness. Archie had Pyloric Stenosis (where basically the milk couldn't get much further than the stomach due to muscle thickness so he stored milk in his tummy then would projectile constantly for 12 hours) it is fairly common in first born boys and is often hereditary (but not in our case), it was a straight forward op but he has had servere reflux ever since. We just feel extremely lucky that we live in these times where so much technology is available!

alison - totally agree with you about the threads, i used to belong to the pg after m/c thread and i haven't been in there for ages cause it scares me alot too, but after 12 months of our precious babies i have come to realise that going through all that pain is worth it if you eventually get a healthy baby in the end

sara - poor briley she must have been feeling horrible, at lest shes getting a rest now though. i think i packed my bags about 37 weeks, no need though, arch certainly was in no hurry!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUN!!!

Archie stayed at his nana's last night and when we picked hm up this afternoon he showed us his new tricks, he now points to his nose, eyes, teeth, and hair when you ask him where they are!! its just incredible how much they can grow up over night! Well we got a bit drunk last night and our true feelings slipped out and we discovered that we both really want another bub, so we are ttc as of today!! Very exciting, now we just have to remember how to DTD he he.

Happy birthday Shaun

:clap:Happy Birthday Shaun......!!!!!:clap:
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Hope you had a great day.

:happyforyou:HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUN!:happyforyou:

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Vic - There were so many times when i nearly piped up and asked her if she wanted a hand but i did'nt. I suppose i did'nt really want to intrude. I wish i had now. We all have to learn though i suppose.

Kim - I don't see the girl enough to be around to notice if things are getting nasty. Hopefully she realises how lucky she is to have a beautiful little baby and changes her attitude. I really hope so.

Elissa - WOW! Archie sounds like a very clever little man! Good on him. Congrats on TTC. Fingers crossed for a short journey! Sending vibes your way too!!

Well did'nt end up getting around to the Birth Plan. This might sound odd but i kinda feel bad about doing a birth plan. Kinda like i am trying to tell the dr's and midwifes how to do their job. Stupid i know as its MY birth but thats just how i am feeling. I'm still going to give it a go though.

Well i am off to watch Big Brother than go too bed i think. I am getting a Hot Spot on the middle of my tummy and it hurts. Hot shower should help. I hope!

Ni night ladies!

Hi Girls...

Woke up again this morning with no voice. That's 3 days in a row - and no sign of it coming back! Not even a squeek out of me!!!

Shaun opened a couple of presents this morning - whilst Yariv was in bed. - then we got ready for the baby show at the shopping centre. Shaun won 3 sashes - but no trophies. Bit disappointing as he won 2 trophies last time :(. oh well.
Then headed to nan & pops to open more presents! And he had such a busy time there. No afternoon nap. My step mum made the most awesome Elmo cake and shaun loved it. (must load photos onto site soon). We decided to let shaun just go for it and eat it with his hands - as everyone was too full to eat any. He was a bit nervous at first, but then went for it - and ended up with red icing everywhere!!! Some great photos/video were taken. The baby wipes wouldn't remove the red colouring, so we had to give him a bath at Dads place - which he loved because we don't have a traditional bathtub at our place! And he got bath toys as a present too!! Came home, had a bottle and has completely died without a boo.

Hard to imagine it was a year ago that I was giving birth. It's gone so fast!!!

And he only opened two of his toys at our place - so he'll have to open the rest tomorrow!!

Shaun has had two teeth pop up in the last few days! so he has a total of 5 now. I should rename him Jaws because he's biting everyone!!


Sorry for lack of personals girls. I'm dog tired, and I really need to get some sleep if I am ever going to get over this cold!!!! I just wish I could pop some sudafed or some really good flu medication - but I can't!!! I feel like a martyr.

Hope you all had a great weekend...

Morning girls,

Well i managed to get a fairly decent sleep lastnight. Briley went to bed at about 7.15pm and slept through till some time before 12am. She went back to sleep till 5am and slept through till 8.30 thismorning. I feel fine if i can get a sleep in till 8 so Briley did well!

I am quite sore around the stomach and hips thismorning. I have noticed that when i get up to Briley at around 5am, i am really sore in the belly. Its either from the way i sleep, lack of belly support or i am stretching heaps during the night. Might have to try and get one of those belly support pillows.

Vic - Well i don't really have many friends with kids. I have a few but we are'nt all that close either. I have one mate, Michelle, and we are really close but i have'nt really thought about wether i like or don't like the way she parents. Rian is only 4 1/2 months too. The others i do have problems with the way the parent. Obviously i NEVER say anything to them cause its not my place but yeah i would do things differently.

Jodie - Sounds like Shaun had a blast of a day. 5 teeth already WOW!! Briley still only has the 2 but we def think there is some more on the way. I think it might be the canine. I wonder which takes the longest to come through??

Have you had your iron levels checked?? You might be like me and have low iron and therefore be sick heaps. I have had like 5 colds and coughs just this pregnancy. Its really horrible as it takes ages to get rid of them. Hope you feel better soon hun.

I spoke to Brent lastnight and he reckons he is coming home on wednesday. He is not due back till the 13 of June but he is sick of it out there. They ran out of water on saturday so he has'nt had a shower since then. Unless the got the water back up lastnight after i spoke to him. He was really cranky!

I want him too come home but i want him to stay out there for the money too. We are up to date with everything but the extra money is still nice. Its up to him though. Once he has made up his mind there is no changing it. He will call me tonight and let me know what he is going to do.

Not much planned for today. Might try and do some washing if the sun comes out. Don't know if its overcast or if the fog still has'nt gone down. Won't know till after 10am.

So it must be Toby's birthday next hey??? I wonder how Kellee is going.

Well better get moving i suppose!

Have a great day girls!

Oops...Just checked out Kellee's blog and Tody's b'day is the 9 of June! I thought he was before Briley.

Hi every one
hope you have all had good days we haven't but you get that when you have a one year old and they want everything their own way :wall: i'm hoping Ryan will give up early tonight cause i really need to sleep we only got about an hour last night after he decided that he wanted to ride the skate board like his big brother does it was cute for all of 2 seconds before it turned very ugly and he brought a kitchen chair down on top of himself ( i think he was recapping the moment and having night mares all night after that )
any way i'll be back later for a catch up properly

:happybirthday:HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAUN!!!:happybirthday:

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Sorry I missed it yesterday.....we weren't home all day!

Heya Girls.

Just popping in quickly (yea right) to say hi and catch up. I ended up winning 4 pairs of boots off Ebay lol! I can’t wait to get them! I've done sooooo much shopping in the past few days! :redface: I am a new woman I tell you! I was just so sick of all my clothes being a size too big for me and I have prac teaching and had nothing really appropriate to wear... hmmm excuses excuses eh?

:happybirthday: Shaun! I hope you had a fantastic day matey!

Sara ~ OMG @ all that poo!! How gross!! LOL. How disturbing about your kind of friend. I too hope it doesn’t turn out like that. My birth plan was a few dot points about wanting to breast feed and have skin to skin contact straight away. Not wanting pain relief, DP to cut cord etc etc.

Vic ~ First of all I don’t have 4 kids!!! I’d say that Sara does it harder as she seems more isolated then me. I have a lot of support. Good question. I haven’t noticed any of my friends parenting techniques *annoy* me so maybe we do parent similarly….? I will watch out for it lol.

Jodie ~ Oh no about losing your voice – what a PITA. Sounds like Shaun had a fantastic day! That Elmo cake sounds adorable – I bet the photo’s are ace! I can’t wait to see the,.

Ellissa ~ Poor little Archie and that reflux would have sucked! How smart of him pointing to the different parts on his face and WHOO HOO for TTC #2 you lucky thing!!!

Shazz ~ Eeek @ Ryan and the skateboard!

I'm so excited - I have a girls weekend away this weekend. We're going to a resort and having a massage and dinner.... its going to be lovely!!! I can't wait!

I have some journal entries to type up and then I'm off to bed. I am on top of everything but I'm still nervous because we start prac teaching Thursday and then Friday week everything is due :o. So I better be organized!

Morning girls!

Just poppin in to say hi! Feeling quite sh*t today. My arms were really restless during the night and i could'nt get comfortable! My arms of all things!!!

Briley is good. Walks everywhere now. She will be walking properly by her birthday i'd say. She has picked it up so quickly. She is also saying more and more words everyday. She can basically say Chooks now rather than tooks like before. She says "go" and "up" (not one of my favourites!!;)) and a few others. Dad has been her favourtie today. Maybe she must sense he is thinking about coming home tomorrow!

Nat - Your a little socialite lately are'nt you!!! I don't really have any girlfriends i could do that with. The one that would has a little boy of her own so we both don't really have the time. Hope you have a ball mate!

Shazz - Mines not even one yet and she already has NEARLY everyone wrapped around her little finger!! Ouchy for poor Ryan! Hope is feeling better today.

Not much on today. I am just re-doing MIL resume for her at the moment. Somthing which Brent said i would be willing to do!! Oh well! She does lots for me i suppose.

Hope you are all well!

Well, I didn't get my Martha Gardner wings last night when I attempted to make cup cakes! What a joke!

I was "instructed" to bring a cake (or cupcakes) to the occassional care centre to celebrate Shaun's birthday. So I thought Okay... I can do that... even though I'm sick.

So I bought two cake mixes - vanilla & chocolate. And the icing, 100's & 1000's, food colouring. Got busy, and finally started baking around 9pm last night. Started with the Vanilla mix. Made lots of cup cakes and thought that should be enough. Until they cooked, and the set that was on the lower rack in the oven - burnt all the bases of them (tops looked good tough). Couldn't give the kids burnt cakes, so had to make the chocolate mix too. In the mean time - I ATE most of the burnt cakes!! And none of these cup cakes look like cakes in the pictures... they are small, flat and ugly! Their only saving grace was the coloured icing & sprinkles. But kids aren't fussy.

So I took them down today, and all the kids howwed into them. Probably bouncing off the walls now!

My voice still hasn't returned. Started to get annoying now. The m/s seems to have stopped - so now I'm worrying about that. It's "too quiet" down there. I hope it's all okay. See the ob next week.

Nat - congrats on winning the boots on eBay... and enjoy your weekend away.
Sara - hope you're feeling better soon. Must be so cute to hear Briley talking (shaun babbles most of the time).


yariv said he had a dream about me the other night. Said I was pregnant every year. A baby making machine! - Ha!! I told him that was definately a DREAM ! It's not going to happen!

sara - thankyou very much for the well wishes ttc, hope your tummy is feeling better today. i have a belly pillow from spotlight and i can't reccommend it highly enough i have lent it to several women who still rave about it. Hope you get to see Brent soon, ur not alone in the money thing, we JUST get by every week too, not fun but at lest i get to watch my beautiful boy grow up.

vic - i totally agree with you about different parenting, we were best friends with a couple for years, they have a boy nearly , but we hardly see them since our son was born cause they try and tell us what to do but they do ridiculous things like they force their nearly 3 year old to sit down 3 times a day to have a bottle of choc milk WTF!! since he was a little bub they have given him Panadol and Nurafen every night jsut in case cause, and i quote, it helps him get into a deep sleep!!! In summer they give him demazin every night too just so that if he has a grass rash or something it doesn't make him uncomfy????!!!! Makes me crazy angry! So yeah it is really hard to get along well with people who have different parenting styles to yourself.

jodie - its horrible being unwell whilst pg and not being able to take anything, just suffer through it, hope you get better quickly. Sounds like Shaun had a great birthday lol at him attacking the cake we let Archie and his little cousins destroy his cake too they loved it!! nothing i ever cook turns out how i want it too, sounds like the kids enjoyed them though. Its great that the m/s has stopped, we always have to worry though don't we, you'll be fine.

Shazz - poor Ryan hope you have a better night tonight

Nat - i am soooo jealous of you right now! New clothes that fit properly, massage, dinner, oooooooooo

Archie is such a chatterbox its amazing. Still tyring to get our home loan sorted out useless B****rds, no will take responsibility for their own mistakes, i wonder if we will ever get the money for our home improvements.....Builders are coming this afternoon to assess the leaky roof so hopefully that will be fixed soon. having a lazy day today still haven't had a shower, you can probably smell me from there he he he

Hehehe Jodie, I'm not great at stuff like that either. I should put Darcy's cake pictures up to show how daggy they were - she didn't care though. DH wanted to make Darcy's first cake (he never cooks - highly unusual). It took a bit of digging to find out why, but it turns out that he has never had a birthday cake made specially for him until my mum made him one at 29. We still get to pick one out every year.
Hope your voice comes back soon!
Nat add me to your jealousy list. My clothes aren't a great fit either atm, but for the opposite reason! What a great weekend you'll have.

That's odd about your arms Sara. Stretching belly's not nice either. The physio at the hospital should be able to help you out though with a support. Did Brent make up his mind whether to come home?

Oh No Ryan!!! Dag. Hope he went down well for you Shazz.

No smell here Elissa lol. OMG at that kid's parents! They obviously aren't aware that they're doing serious and long term damage to his kideny's and liver with unnecessary use of panadol and nurofen. Nurofen is SO not recommended as a long term thing.

Yes Vic I do agree with that. You know how I feel about the IL and their parenting....lol.

Just put Darcy down for a sleep and hoping she gets a while cos I need a sleep so I'll either be back later or tomorrow to tell yuo about my job interivew.

Job interveiw you changing career's Kim and nope no luck here with sleep i've had 2 .5 hours in the last 2 days so i'm wrecked i actually feel like i'm drunk i'm hoping tonight will be the change gosh i NEED sleep
sorry guys i can't even read back further then the last post my brain aches .... i'll be back tomorrow

Darcy - yes that kids parents know about how bad it is to give drugs all the time they are just very ignorant and lazy parents who would do anything it takes to make thier job ax parents easier and that includes drugging their child to sleep, sometimes when i think about it it really is child abuse in a way, so that is why we choose not to be around them very much anymore it is too stressful for us. Goodluck with your interview, you will be fantastic im sure.


Shazz - gosh you poor bloody thing, im praying you get some much needed sleep tonight

Arch woke from his afternoon nap at 5:15 tonight and bawled til 6:00, don't think he really wanted to get up at all! Anyway hes happily back in bed so thats great. Dh working night shift tonight so i will be on the net til god knows what time....

Hey Girls!

I had a great day today. Coffee with friends, completed an assignment in one sitting and then went and saw another friend to cheer her up! Then tonight I watched some episodes of Heroes and boy does it get good!!!! :dance: Tomorrow more studying and playing with Em before I go to uni. My last lecture for this subject tomorrow :dance:!!

Kim Goodluck with your interview! I can't wait to hear all about it.

Shazz I hope you get some sleep soon matey! I can't imagine how much your head would be aching!

Ellissa I hate waking Em up for whatever reason from a nap! He just hates it!! I LOVE lazy days! I hope you enjoyed it!!! And I hope that roof gets fixed soon. Yea things are pretty sweet atm and its about time! Maybe my run of bad luck is finally over :rolleyes:

Jodie pmsl @ the cupcakes! Sounds like you had fun! LOL @ Yariv's dreams turning you into a baby machine!!!

Sara I hope you are feeling better by now! How cute of Briley speaking more. How did that resume for MIL turn out?

I have been trying to teach Em colours with the balls from his little tent. I only worked on it for a few minutes and I got him saying something... BALL lol! So now he says ball too - oh well we'll leave colours for another day I guess!

Has any one else noticed how smart their babies are getting? I know its only to be expected. But tonight I said to Emerson in the lounge room "Do you want a bath?" and he got up and trotted down the hall to the bathroom door and tried to reach for the handle. The other day I asked if he wanted a banana and he said 'nahnah' and walked across to the table where they're kept, raised his hands and said 'ta' and then walked to his high chair?!!?!? Its making me so sad to see how much he's growing and getting more and more intelligent. I mean all of my questions are theoretical - I never actually expect an answer and now he's starting to answer me!!! :( I suppose I better get used to it eh?

Alrighty I think I might go and update Em's baby journal which has been completely neglected meaning I have to troll back through my posts and C&P sections in LOL :redface:

Just quickly as I am posting at work (ummm maaaa)

Kaitlyn is walking!
I am so excited.

BBL tonight for more personal stuff.

Morning girls,

Well i am really pi**ed at Brent today. I last spoke too him on sunday night and he said he was thinking about coming home on wednesday (today) and he would call me on monday night. Well he did'nt call monday night and did'nt call lastnight. So i have no idea what is going on. I rang the satelite(sp??) phone and left a message for him thismorning to call me and he still has'nt. I just want to know what he is doing. I am angry that he is leaving me in the lurch like this. Anyhoo...

Felling like crap again today. Don't have any energy at all and just want to bum round the house.I WILL get up this arvo and go and do some waters and check the animals waters this afternoon though. I feel sh*t sitting around in the house all day but i have no energy to do anything else.

Sorry about the whinge girls!

Jodie - ROFL @ your cupcakes! At least you made an effort. Have you got your voice back yet??? Hope your feeling better than me!

Elissa - I think i might have to invest in a belly pillow. I have been stuffing my normal pillows (i sleep with one between my legs, i cuddle one and 2 under my head!) under my belly and it has been making a big difference. Kinda waste of time getting one this late in the pregnancy though!

I hate when the babies wake up like that after an afternoon nap. Briley does that EVERY time she wakes up for an arvo nap. I try and avoid them but she has changed her sleeping patterns again. She won't go down for a morning nap now. Its early arvo now. We just have to take her outside to distract her from being miserable after she wakes up!

Nat - Resume turned out really good actually. I am quite proud of myself!! Everyone gets me too do their resumes. I don't mind its just quite time consuming.

I think we might have the same house thingy that has all the balls in it. Is yours clourful with clear plastic windows??? Cause thats what Briley's is like. She too can say ball just from playing with them balls.

Yes i do aggree that our babies are getting smart. Briley knows what i am talking about when i say bath. And she also can banana. Briley's name is stuck in letters on her door and we always stop at the door and spell it out too her. She loves when you do that! Now whenever we don't stop and do it she reaches out for the letters and says "b" like she knows. She always tries to say words that start with B. When she got out of the bath lastnight she burped and i said to her "ohhh big burp" she then followed my cue and was saying burp but half whispering it. Trying to practice i suppose.

Kim - Good luck at the job interview!! I think my little whinge above gives you an idea about wether Brent decided too come home or not!

Shazz - Hope your feeling better today hun!

Not much else to report!

Have a great day ladies...

I will be back later but I just need to let some stuff out.....

Last night I get to work and someone's done a raid and there's more than 100 cannabis plants in the basement wafting their nauseating smell right through the AC. It was so strong you could smell it across the road. I am highly allergic to cannabis. Good start. Then we got SMASHED! we were so busy for hours and hours. Then I get home and DH manages to be so noisy I get less than 3 hours sleep. I've been up less than 2 hours and already we manage to have a major blue so I'm ready to leave again and Darcy's in the foulest mood cos DH is too lazy to get her to have a sleep and she's been screaming for 2 hours. It's taken me 45 minutes to get her to sleep and I haven't eaten since 11pm last night.....I'm so over this.

Just a quick one, it is funny how our babies say the b and d words. Lachlan words to date are:

Bye
Boo
Bird
Bee

Duck
Dad

I agree they are really starting to understand us now.

But he has never, still never said MUM! :(

Hope you feel better soon Sara, there has to been an explanation for your parnters whereabouts!

one of the first phrases Darc learnt months ago was Oops a daisy (thanks Poppy), only hers comes out OO de dais. She must use it like a thousand times a day (in the right context).

I totally agree their understanding is improving. When we were away the other day I was packing out things on the bed and I told Darcy to go and get the nappy off the table so I could put it on her. I didn't indicate the nappy or the table and never expected her to toddle over and actually reachup and bring me the nappy and wait for me to put it on. But she did. So I tohught I'd test the theory and ask her to bring my water bottle. Off she toddled and brought it right back.....funny little sausage.

Sheree I'll swap you a mum for a bit of quiet......

OK I've recovered with 6 arrowroot biccies and butter for lunch (and a diet coke). My interview was for a different branch in the cops. But it is in town which is about 1.5-2hrs travel time for us, and they wanted me to work 5 days/fortnight not the 4 I do and on a rotating roster, not fixed shifts like I do now. Probably OK with someones who's partner didn't work shifts too.

be back shes awake again.....

nat - i know what you mean about the answering questions thing, Archie does exactly what Em does it is sad and exciting all at the same time. i have been trying to get arch to say ball for a while now but he hasnn't picked it up yet, clever Em!!

leanne - well done on the walking, how exciting what a big girl!

sara - get one!!! it is NOT a waste of time it will be the bes money u ever spent, i bought mine at 28weeks and was thinking that it was a waste of money for the short time i had left, but it most certainly wasn't!! i might try taking Arch outside tommorrow afternoon see if it helps, thanks for the idea. Sorry you are feeling crappy, hope Brent calls tonight and puts your mind at ease.

kim - gosh yu sure had a nightmare shift at work hey?! What reaction do you have to cannibas? Darc is so cute saying oops a daisy, arch said oh dear tonight very cute, im just waiting for him to swear, today i got angry at a driver for not using indicator and swore at the top of my voice then heard an echo in the back seat, not the actual words just sounds thank goodness, but i really need to watch my language

Had a bit of a crappy day with arch today, though he was an angel during grocery shopping thank goodness. He refused to have a nap til 1:00pm today and sooked and grizzle and tantrummed and was just plain naughty and cheeky up til then, then he woke in a feral mood, til i clicked and realised he had a sore bum. What an understatment, poor little bum is red raw the worst ive seen it, hes been biting and dribbling bucket loads, bloody teeth.

Spent $10 on a TommeeTippee Nuby cup with handles thinking i could replace his bottle, well he threw himself around the room screaming til i made him a bottle! Hopefully the next bub will get some use out of it then. Sometimes i think he'll still be having a bottle before bed when hes 18!

YAAAAYYY Katie! I did mean to say that before. Now you can chase each other around.

Elissa I tried one of those. Have you tried yourself to suck out of it? It's REALLY hard. Have you tried a straw? That's what works best for the Dragon ATM.
Hooch gives me hives and now I've discovered at that level makes me really nauseas. Discovered the hives while I was pulling up a plantation.....lol they should do a screen before we sign up for this ruddy job.

It is a full moon though so I bet lots of us had crappy days.....

....there's a spelling mistake in my ticker :doh:

Leanne – How exciting!! Congrats to Katy!!!

Vic ~ pmsl @ Adam only walking when he has to! Kids are smart eh?

Sara ~ I’d be ****ed at Brent as well. I hope he has called you now! I love it when they start whispering things and trying to mouth them out – sooo cute!

Kim ~ OMG @ the cannibis plants! Pmsl @ your typo. I think that oops a daisy would just be the most adorable thing coming from Darcy ever!!! My heart would just melt hearing her say that!!! Em does say the oh of “oh oh” and his eyes go all wide when he says it!

Ellissa ~ Are you trying to get Archie off his bottles? I haven’t even thought about that with Em lol! But he only really has his bottles at night and rarely during the day. I think with those cups you can remove the suction thing in the lid which lets the water pour out so they can get used to it. Em still didn’t like it and prefers his pop top drink bottle. He can also drink out of a straw now!

Sheree ~ The week Em started saying Mum he got sick… he crawled about the place crying mum constantly for over a week. It drove me batty LOL. He rarely says it now though.

We had a bit of a lazy day here today. Even now I should be doing stuff and I'm not lol. Still got my assignment in though and went to uni tonight. It was our last wednesday night session - YAY!!! I am really looking forward to this uni break and moving house as well.

Got called up today and they cancelled my shift tomorrow at work which kind of sucks. Its the only one I'm working as I booked the weekend off to go away. Counting down the days till we leave - I am really really excited to go! We're getting dressed up for dinner and I'm trying to think of something to wear! I can't wait to wear heels again!!!

Okay enough from me! I have dishes to do etc etc. I start my 6 day teaching prac block tomorrow so wish me luck! I think its gonna kill me getting up early all those mornings!

Hey Christine where are you???

Nat Christine's at Tressillian this week....hopefully she's home tonight I think.....Good luck this week.

Morning girls!

Feeling like sh* t again today. I really think the pregnancy is starting to take its toll on my body and energy levels. Things must be hard at work in there. I did'nt even move from the lounge all day yesterday. Remember how i said i would go outside for a while! Well i did'nt. I just could'nt move. I hate this feeling!

Briley and i are going camping with my mum and a few other this weekend. Well its not really camping as we will be staying in a hut but it kinda still is! At least it will make the weekend go quick and get me out of the house.

Brent called lastnight...finally! He decided to stay the full 2 weeks. They asked him to stay 3 weeks but he said no. I think he really wants to be here for Briley's birthday. Even though he will fly in the day after.

Nat - I kinda miss uni and wish i was still there! But with the way i am feeling now i know i would probably be so run down. Its better this way. I just miss having some time for ME! Your weekend sounds like its going to be a blast!

Kim - PMSL @ the weed! What kinda smashed are you talking about??? ;) Briley can drink out of a straw too. She suprised us a few weeks ago by having sips out of Brents milkshake! She loves being able to do it. I too was thinking about getting one of those sippy cups for when she turned one.

Sheree - Good to hear from you mate! Briley says a lot of those words too. Don't mean to tease but she has been saying mum for months and months now! How's the new business going? Don't know if i have mentioned it before but i have been to Tieri. A while ago now. When Brent was riding bulls we went there for a rodeo. Very small place!

Elissa - Archie sounds like Briley at the moment. She has changed her morning sleep to an afternoon one. I don't really like it that way either! She woke up way more happier if she had a morning sleep. Hopefully its just a phase. Ohhh poor Achie. Briley is having her moments of a red bum. None the last few days though!


Well i think my mum is going to call soon and ask if i want to meet her in town. I def don't have the energy so i will probably say no. Terrible i know but what can i do! I really have to try and do something today. Anything that means moving off the lounge!

Oh and Briley's new thing is screaming!! Argghhh its annoying! She screams so loud!

Have a great day girls!

kim - i haven't ried to suck out of it yet, but i'll try later thanks for that, yeah have tried everything i can think of but he chucks MAJOR tantrums at night if i don't give him a bottle before bed, and he absolutely refuses to drink milk so i have to keep buying bloody formula, just hoping he gives up the bottle before we have another bub. LOL at the ticker, i never ever noticed!

Nat - yeah would rather he didn't have bottles cause i reckon the longer he has them the harder it will be to stop them, bt i think i just need to go with the flow, he only has 1 bottle each night before bed so its not too bad. Goodluck with the prac, you'll be great im sure!

Sara - sending lots of energy vibes your way today!!

Arch just woke up, grumpy of course, better go entertain him

Sorry just a quick pop in ladies, but just had to share something.

I just had a visitor pop in out of the bloo from where we came from before coming here for the Newsagency. It was so lovely to see them, I miss them so much and I am so glad we are special enough to them that they found the time to pop in on their way to Mt Isa. Isn't it funny how things like that make you all emotional! I feel so special and it really hit my heart, big time, I am such a sook! They mean alot to me, I worked with her and miss her dearly, made me realise how much!

sheree - its fantastic that you got to seeyour friend again, sometimes its just the small things that happen during a day that make us sit back and really be thankful for what we have in life. Good on you

Took arch shopping with my sister today, he just ran around playing with ll the toys and chatting to strangers, had a lovely time and totally wore himself out hes been sleeping for a couple of hours now. Its my birthday tomorrow, we are going away for the weekend to stay with relatives in victoria, am really looking forward to it!

Have a great weekend all, i know i will! (if archie sleeps, that is)

Too true, too true Elissa.

Hope you have a wonderful birthday and a great weekend. xoxo

Happy birthday for tomorrow Elissa

Grrrr stupid puter I lost a post....

Happy Birthday for tommorrow Elissa! Have a lovely weekend.

What a nice surprise Sheree. Nope you're not the only sook....I cry at the drop of a hat these days with soppy stuff.

I took Darcy to her first concert today - Bob the Builder. My firend gave us some tickets (it was a free concert). It was cute, but she was more interested in the helium balloons she could see in the store room. That was the highlight of her day getting a balloon (well 2 cos my nephew didn't want his).

Does anyone else's kiddo get really clumsy when they're tired? Man Darc's a shocker. She was climbing in the bath tonight and slipped and knocked her face (big red mark on her eye - great), and then got drunker and drunker til she went to bed.

Funny story though. I bought a bad of choccie sultanas this arvie. I gave Darcy a couple of big ones to try - well she eats sultanas by the truckload so a bit of chocolate won't hurt right?. BIG MISTAKE. Every time she heard my hand in the bowl she's be around in the itchen quick as a flash saying "more?" with her little hand out. SO tonight I put her to bed. Then I cleaned the bathroom right next to her room. That was pretty noisy, but she stayed asleep. So after that I thought "I'll have my sultanas on the computer." I settle in, put my hand in the bowl - and whammo she's awake....lol cow :)

Well I'm pretty sure she's not weening - when I unclick my bra she chuckles and waddles over smiling - if she was weaning she wouldn't do that right?

bugger Kim hope you got some chockie tarna's what a little monkey and no i wouldn't think she would come to you for a feed if she was weaning herself how cute BTW

Morning girls!

Just poppin in quickly before Briley and I go camping!! I decided it would be good for me to get out of the house. And we are taking Daddys all flashed up Landcruiser!! He he!

Happy birthday Elissa, hope you have a great day hun!

Well i hope you all have a lovely weekend. I will be back on sunday!

Talk then!

Ciao

Hehehe funny time today. We just got back from the babies ans kids expo (more nappies woohoo!). I forgot I had left a half eaten bowl of yoghurt and apples sitting on the ironing board. The IB is at the back of the lounge ATM. Well I took Darcy's nappy off and went to get another. By the time I got back she had gotten up and got the bowl. She had both hands in it and it all over her face. I couldn't stop laughing....and then i took photos. I had to scrub the lounge and change all her clothes - oh well. Made my day.

Hey Kim, did your tickets get there in one piece.
I express posted them.

They did, right on time Leanne!!

My Nan is leaving Thursday morning so hopefully I'll be back by Thursday night......I haven't even had a chance to catch up on posts!!

Jayden had his shots yesterday and couldn't walk last night.....this morning he is putting more pressure on his legs but still quite whingy. He was asleep when I got home from work at 5.30pm which is very unlike him. I hope this is the extent of the reactions, the poor baby! How did everyone elses babies go with their 12 mth shots?

I better update my ticker soon too!