oh Kim, you made me laff. I used to stuff my unwanted vegetables, under the oil heater, and we eventually got RATS!!!! my parents didn't work out why, but i KNEW it was because of the vegies i put there - oh the guilt of my naughtiness!!!

have fun planning the christening, i bet you'll put together a beautiful day.

taralee - bilby was spitting it big time AFTER a cheesestick, AFTER a whole ricecake, being given crinkly wrapped up products to make a noise with,

i am such a "no cheese" person, but i am glad, bilby seems to love any kind of cheese. I won't go as far as giving her parmasean cheese, but i'm buying her lots of other sorts. Just wondering now, how much cheese is ok for a nearly 18 month old bub - any ideas? Like today, she had one cheesestick at lunch, one cheese slice at dinner - do you think that is ok?

corr blimey Ann, bilby is 8 teeth behind ella! we have lots of catching up to do!!! glad she eventully cottoned on to how cool an aquarium can be (as long as you're on the RIGHT side of the glass from the sharks!).

DH rang me today to go collect him late this afternoon, him being in ICU confused me, i thought that meant he would stay there a bit, until the cardiac thing didn't worry the medicos anymore, and then he would go to a hospital ward for a bit. but he was discharged direct, being told, if he got chest pains, to ring ambulance immediately (suspected heart attack).. They want him to see a cardiologist very soon to check out what happened to his heart while in surgery. DOing unusual things.

He has bandages on his nose, plugs up his nose sealed with stitches so they can't come out, and he has to treat it with a douche every few hours - saline solution i think. no pain though, for a nose reconstruction, they DIDN"T have to break his nose, or take cartilege out the ear, like had been planned, so that's why no black eyes.

he's a bit grumpy and the nose is running like a tap, but all things considered, it all seems pretty good for someone who got operated on early Friday morning - i am just so relieved. After years of sleeping next to dh with his CPAP machine on (very loud and blows cold air), for ten years, he will not need the machine, adn will no longer suddenly stop breathing for minutes at a time and scare the living crap out of me.

With the O2 mask off, the wires and tubes off him, bilby just about JUMPED into his arms today with excitement, she clung on like a koala and woudln't let go - it was very sweet. the nurses were clucking like mad ha ha.

Does your dh know what surgery he's going to have Vicky? Obviously certain parts are still working fine, from your post (!!!!). that's good!

Christy - is your household back to the land of wellness?

How are you travelling Blanchie? Is bubs kicking an SOS to you?