Morning girls,

Thought i better get by bum into gear and do personals!

Sheree - I'm so sorry your feeling to great at the moment. Just take your time and come back when you are ready. We will all be waiting here for you when you come back. Lots of hugs and kisses to you and lachie.

Elissa - Briley went to sleep and stayed asleep in her big bed all night lastnight! I also changed rooms cause the other room was where the sun rose. So the new room in darker. She is still asleep now!! I had a lovely sleep-in till 7.30am. The first night though she kept coming out of the bed and i ended up putting her back in the cot to fall asleep then Brent transferred her to the cot later on. She would've slept in yesterday too but the geese escaped and were right outside her window making heaps of noise! Damn things! I had to do the transferring thing for the day sleep too. She rolled into the wall and woke herself up after an hour of sleeping and did'nt go back to sleep!! Grrrrr.

Kim - Oh you poor darlings. It all sounds quite dodgy does'nt it. So you have moved further down south yet Cam is going to Qld??? Is that right??? Thats a bit silly. If i lived closer i would come and see you and Darcy. It all takes time honey. At least you will ALWAYS have us! Darcy is probably just spinnning out on everything that is going on. Baby's tend to adjust pretty well though. Will you go back home for Chrissy??? Keep you chin up hun.

Shazz - Great to hear you had a good time the other night. And no hang over! You did well. Was it good to see everyone??? Did everyone look the same??? I can't believe its been almost 7 years since i left school!!! Time just flies does'nt it. How are you going with the Doula course??? I am starting to fly through it now. I am setting aside ANY free time i have during the day to do a bit on it. I am only on Module 1 still but i will probably buy the 2'nd on this week. I can't wait to go to a birth that is'nt my own!! I am meeting with a lady named Phillipa on the 31'st of October. She runs a business called Birth Buddies here in Townsville and i think they'd rather have me work along side them rather than in competition with IYKWIM! See how we go!

Hi to everyone else. Hope you are all well.

Its been rather quiet in here lately has'nt it!

OK now for us...

We are all doing ok. Briley and Colby have caught the flu of my sister though. Briley is coughing and spluttering and is all snotty nosed. Just in time for the pre-appointment for the eye op tomorrow quite conveniently!!! I have been pumping the medicine into her and even brought a liquid multi-vitamin for her. Seems to be helping though. We had chicken soup lastnight.

Briley has just crawled out of bed and its 8.13am!! First thing she says to me is "daddy work!". Daddys girl!!! She is going so well with her speech. She is starting to put words together. Only really 2 words at the moment though. She came up to me yesterday and asked for peas and corn!!! And yesterday while i was moving things from her old room to the new one she was playing around me. She was looking at me saying something but i was'nt really paying attention until i realised what she was saying. One of her toy fish was stuck under a draw on the bed ( i was transferring clothes into the new drawes) and she was trying to pull it out. She was saying to me "Pish stuck, pish stuck!" LOL! She says the same when she gets her fingers caught. So funny.

Yeah so we are off to her pre-op appointment tomorrow at 1.30pm. Then her op date is the 23'rd. She seem to be better today though. I'd hate for the op to be put off again. She really needs it done.

We are going to our first mothers group tomorrow! I've never been to one before and am quite nervous. There are'nt many Townsville mums on here so i went and had a look on 2 other forums and both had mothers group meetings in Townsville. The same day i signed up to them their was 2 other mums, the same age as me, who signed up aswell. I have been chatting to them aswell as a mum i met here on BB on MSN and we are meeting in the carpark tomorrow as they will be newbies to the MG aswell. I have always thought that MG's were'nt my type of thing but i really want Briey to have interaction with other kids without paying for it. This is the best way i suppose. If i don't like it at least i will be able to keep in touch with the mums i've met on MSN and just meet up with them. Between them they have 7 kids!! All but one, a boy 5 months, being the same age or older than Briley! More than enough for her!

Colby is going well. Still sleeping well. I am having a few afternoon issues though. She cries heaps and does'nt like too be put down. I don't think its evening colic. I jut can't work her out. I have been trying something different every day. Yesterday i though maybe i will try and put her down at 6.00pm cause maybe she was tired. So i bathed her and everything and she fell asleep till 7.00pm and i had to get her back up. Then she finally went down at her normal time of 8.30pm. She just seems to want to be on my boob from about 5pm to bed time. She does sleep quite a bit during the day somedays so maybe she is trying to make up for lost time! I don't know. I will figure her out sooner or later

Other than that she is going well. The breastfeeing is going wonderfully! I can't believe i have managed to feed her for this long. Briley only lasted just under 4 weeks. Colby does'nt seem to want too give it up either. When i have tried to give her a bottle during her crying periods she won't take it. Maybe cause she knows i've got the goods! But yeah its all going well. Growing well. Lifting her head and all the rest. I measured her the other day i think she is 62cm and just over 6kgs. A big girl!

As for me, yeah i am going ok. Handing being a mum to 2 under 2 quite well actually. I do have my stressful moment where i just want to break down and cry but its no use. I am really focussing on my Doula Course at the moment. I am quite enjoying it especially as it is mostly "me" time. Brent has been really good with it. He tries his best to look after the girls while i do some study. He is only male though so i don't expect too much from him! I told him how much a Doula can make, once she is qualified, for each birth. Well...he started saying oh well you'll have to do as many births as you can a month!!! I was like bub you have to understand that if one of my clients calls at ANY time in labor, i have to pack up and leave right then and there. No matter where we are. He was like yeah but i can just tell work what you do and i will just come home from work!! YEAH RIGHT!!! I'm sure work will really appreciate that too. He not much of a reality thinking my ol' boy!

Well i better leave it at that. Briley is watching the Wiggles but i should get her some brekky! She is totally wrapped in the Wiggles at the moment. She is going to love Wiggles World when we go their in January!

Ok girl, well i hope you are all well. I will try and keep up with personas now girls. You get so far behind if you miss a bit don't you!

Take Care!