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I think I know the one you are talking about and it doesn't have four walls, it is one wall that stands alone. Well if that is the one you are talking about.
Jayden had another accident today. We were at SIL#6's and he was chasing after a ball he threw and fell on to you know the brick part that comes out from the window (outside), he fell on the corner of the brick and hit the bridge of his nose. I watched the blood/bruise rise to the surface and the lump appear, not as much blood as yesterday...But poor Jayden looks like he has been bashed up! Sheree, I just uploaded photo's of it so i will send it to you now.
Better go Jayden is still awake as he had a very late sleep from 5pm-6.45pm.
GL Kim, hope you get a BFP this month! Hope AF stays away Sheree and you get one too hehehe.
thought i would share my baby won't stop staring at me i dyed my hair this afternoon from blonde to burgundy/ brown the looks he was giving me was priceless
Hehe Shazz that was just like Lachlan and I last week when I got my new glasses. He looked and looked away, looked and looked away! This was when he was on my shoulder giving me a hug.
Sorry i have been MIA lately. I have been SOOO tired its just exhausting feeling this tired. I have'nt even bothered to look at the computer. Most days i just lay around on the lounge and sleep when Briley does.
I have been getting lots and lots of prelabour signs. Contractions wake me up several times a night now. I never had this with Briley. I am keeping fingers crossed that i go early. But not before 37 weeks. I was thinking about asking for an internal when i go to the hosptial on wednesday too see if i have dilated any. Its going to be so weird asking to have an internal done!!
Baby is well on its way to engagement. S/he is 3/5 on decent. Briley was still floating after my waters broke and i went into labour with her! I have had quite a lot of mucous lately and from how i described it to the Dr she thought it might be my show!!! No blood but. I am now checking the toilet paper every toilet visit!!
Briley is great. She is cruising around the grape vines slashing the grass on the tractor with Daddy at the moment. I do panick a little about him dropping her but he is pretty careful. And she loves it too.
No new teeth. Plenty of new words though. We are looking after 2 horses up here at the moment and their names are Chordy and Parque (pronounces Parkie). Parque is a stallion and we let him roam around the yard and house. Briley absolutely loves him. As soon as she wakes in the morning she is calling out his name. He has really taken to her aswell. Whenever he see's her he comes up to her. We are very careful with him though cause he is a stallion and they can be tempermental. The other horse we don't really have much to do with cause she is locked in the paddock cause she is a mare and is about too come in season.
We have Briley outside for most of the days now. If its me home by myself we just stay in the fenced patio area until i get some energy which is normally towards the end of the day. When Brent and his mum are home they always take her out into the back yard where all the animals are. I feel so terrible that i don't have the same energy as them. I just can't help it. The outsdie time does Briley the world of good. Some days if we are out there long enough she has her 2 sleeps again.
Briley is still not sleeping through the night comletely. I have come the conculsion that it is the dummy that is the problem. If she wakes up in the night and does'nt have the dummy in her mouth she cries. This happens about 4-5 times a night. Some nights more, so night less. I really need to get rid of the dummy before the new baby comes. She really should be sleeping through by now. Any suggestions???? I read that if you cut the tip off the dummy it irritates them by rubbing on the roof on their mouth and they get rid of it themselves. I will give this a try.
We have been giving Briley a bit more independence at meal times buy letting her feed herself. She can't use a spoon or fork herself though and uses her hands. Does anyone else's bubs use the fork or spoon to feed themselves??? Briley tends to eat more of the meal than she would if we feed it too her which is good. But she does make a giant mess!!
Briley's personality is coming out more and more now. She is a little sh*t stirer!! Has a tendency to make a bee line for the bin even though she know she's not allowed too. When we give her a little smack on her bum she just laughs at us and comes back 3-4 times more after!!! She is a cheeky bugger.
I am sure there is so much more too fill you all in on but i can't remember right now!!! This is a huge post anyways.
Tania - I hope Jayden is ok! Poor little man.
Sorry for the shortness in personals!! With a new thread i can't remember what everyone posted about before. This post is long enough now!!!
I might be MIA a fair bit from now on. I will try and get on everyday if i feel up to it. And if anything happens in the mean time i will let Nat know. And if i can manage it i will try and pop on myself and let you know should anything happen.
Sheree ~ I googled that as well and couldn’t find a darn thing! I know what you’re talking about though. Buggar about thinking AF is on her way! And yes I may be organized but have you seen how much time I spend on organization… what I really need to work on is time management hehe!
Tania ~ OMG poor little Jayden is in the wars!!! I hope he’s feeling better!
Shazz ~ LOL @ Ryan looking at you funny! I’m sure Em will do that as well when I change my hair colour yet again!
Sara ~ I cannot believe that you so close to having this baby! It has gone so so fast! Briley sounds like she has so much fun on the farm! Em uses a spoon now and is pretty darn good at it though he has trouble actually scooping stuff onto the spoon. Hope you get some of that energy back soon! Can’t wait to hear an announcement!
I’ve been on hold to Centrelink for ages now – grrrr! Have to work this afternoon but I’ve cleaned the house through and I’m about to start on the study and finances! Have a great afternoon ladies!
Archie had a fisher price house, it sounds like what you are describing, got ours from kmart or target at xmas time.
sheree - hoping you are wrong and that u really are UTD, i am getting AF pains on and off, have been for a week, they wre strong last night and today i woke up really bloated but still no AF.....too scared to test JIC its negatiove.
tania - poor jayden!! Hope his face looks better soon!
shazz - porr ryan! i wonder how long it will take for him to get used to you??
sara - not long now, and Briley will have her little buddy!
nat - centrelink are hopeless aren't they, very frustrting. i am not coming to Adelaide anymore, DH is just gonna fly there and back, cheaper and much easier than driving 5 hours with Archie. Shame we won't get to catch up though.
Nothing new happening around here, just a very cheeky chatty little monkey running around causing havoc. AF still hasn't shown up im too scared to test though, its so disheartening to see a bFN.
kim - what CD are you?? It would be fantastic to be belly buddies!
fingers crossed elissa wishing you and kim and sheree all the best how exciting i'm in the middle of clearing out all my baby stuff and i tell you it is depressing when Ryan is playing up i try and tell myself enjoy it he is your last little bubba don't get cranky ( it works some of the time lol )
I know what you mean Shazz. I've started cleaning out Em's room and sorting through the toys he doesn't use as well. Slightly different for me because I know its not the end of the line for me but who knows when I'll have another (it'll be YEARS at this rate - I'm thinking 5+) and it depresses me because I always wanted to have my kids close together. But I will soldier on!
Ellissa pity you're not coming down! Where abouts are you again?
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