I am sooo wanting to move back here. I miss it so much its my home!!!
BUT Lee is not so excited about the idea.. i am working on him.. any tips???
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I am sooo wanting to move back here. I miss it so much its my home!!!
BUT Lee is not so excited about the idea.. i am working on him.. any tips???
umm didi.... why doesnt he want to stay??? mayb some sort of sexual favours for a year or so?? ;) lol
he is aussie.. so loves australia.
i dont blame him :) aussies are pretty bloody fantastic.
Just your fam over there or his?? any better job oppertunities?
Well.. where do i start,
I have a minivan in OZ cost us 12,000... the same thing in Canada we have was 2200. and the dollar exchange is basically the same.
Clothes, Food, accomodation, transport, fuel ...... everything is 2/3 cheaper here
Diapers everything a box of 118 pampers is 19.99$ here..
So many jobs here and with cost of living and making the same money as in OZ... your money goes further here..
No one locks there house or cars here, we live on a farm and close to a city... ben has a dune buggy... and a horse.. and dog and cat... and 1200 acres to do anything he wants..
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON
Hi Girls,
Didi - Sounds like you're having a great time in Canada & I kind've don't blame you for wanting to leave. How long have you lived in Australia for? Hopefully you and DH can come to some sort of agreement as to where you guys are going to live. What part of Canada do you live in?
Nothing much to report here. Lara was up most of the night crying coz she is teething. I was hoping for a really good night sleep last night coz I am going out with some friends tonight. We are going to Manpower lol, I've never been, should be a laugh though. It will be DH's first time home alone at night with the kids. He works every night so is never home to put them to bed. Should be interesting to see how he goes tonight. I am going to try not to worry and enjoy myself though. I am praying I'm not too hungover tomorrow.
Gotta go, have a great weekend everyone!!!
Didi - i reakon u should move their permantley! just tell DH that we all said its a good idea and that its .... woman against him so u have to go! hahaha
I had a lovely day today - as mean as this may sound i was totally Bianca less! went and spent the day with a friend while DH looked after B and i must say i really had a GREAT time! but typical B was on her best behaviour and had 2 big sleeps! oh well
Leigh - i think u will enjoy ur night our! and dont worry about DH coping with the kids - he will be fine!!!
Hey everyone, I've had a crappy couple of weeks with the kids getting virus' and so on, but everyone is on the mend now. Julian still only has 6 teeth, but is crawling and starting to walk around furniture a bit, so sad my little boy is getting bigger. We went to Seaworld yesterday was a great day but felt exhausted afterwards.
HJ are you going to the meet this weekend?
Hi everyone else.
hey girls! how are our gorgeous bubba's doing? I think we have the cutest group on BB when it comes to bubba's :) ;)
im feeling much better, just abit of a runny nose and cough.. but nothing drastic. Mia still has a little bit of a snotty nose but much better too.
I finally made the step today. I rang the local playgroup so i can meet some people. :) its on tomorrow 1-3 pm!! im nervous, im no good at meeting new ppl.
amanda - oh seaworld! that would have been awsome fun!!!!!
Hollye- Good on ya for ringing playgroup. I've been meaning to go to my local playgroup too, it is only 200 metres down the road from where I live but I'm nervous to go too coz I don't know anyone who goes. I really want to meet new people so I should pluck up the courage and go.
HJ - Glad you had a great day yesterday, my night out on Saturday night was really fun, it was the longest I had ever been away from Lara. It turned out to be a huge night and I didnt get home until 4am and I had less than 2 hrs sleep. Lets just say I struggled big time on Sunday coz DH worked all day and I was very hungover.
Amanda - Glad you had a good day at Sea World, it would've been a long & tiring day though. Glad all your kiddies are starting to get over their virus.
Hi to everyone I have missed.
I went! and it was great!
I met someone off BellyBelly today to!! yay!!
Leigh - hehehe oh well at least u had a good time!
Amanda - i really wanted to go on the sat but its DH's sister Bday so i couldnt - however that has now been cancelled cause her partner is sick and we dont want B getting sick so im not doing anything now - but after reading the thread im not too sure if it would be a good idea for me to ask if i could still come :redface: so i think im going to have to give it a miss.... again!
Hollye - who did u meet?
hj - you should come!!! its gonna be fun!!!
i met Salad aka Sally.. and her beautiful lil girl Georgia :) it was great fun!
oh Hj - how HAWT am i lookin right now?? ;) (me new avi)
hollye - love your new Av!! :)
Holl - thats one hot AVI u have there!!! (wolf whistle)
soooooooooooooooo......... whats everyones plan today?? Meant to be a whole 17 degrees here today! yay!! sun time today i think! oh and i have to go food shopping :)
Bianca and i are off for her 1st picnic today with 2 of her friends! should be exciting!
HI girls,
as you can see I have had a name change. I want to keep my anonimity abit longer and my other username was too obvious. This one relates to a poem I wrote a long time ago about a fragile fairy with crystal wings so is quite personal but the name has a nice ring to it I think.
Olive is going really well. She has 10 teeth now, almost 11 and is just such a happy baby. She has had no night feeds for the past 2 nights, how is everyone else going with this? last night she woke and had some water but no milk for 2 nights. Sleep is still unpredictable with all the teething but in general it's ok ATM. Olive has quite a few words now and is standing more and more each day. I'm loving this age!
Our bubs 1st b'days are fast approaching, anyone got pressies and parties sorted yet?
Our mums group will ahve a little party which will be so cute but we will also have a family party at the local park I think. Then all Olive's cousins can play in the park and the adults can have a lunch time bbq with a couple of drinks. I'm not too sure if I will give Olive her pram for her b'day or xmas. I also want to get her a wooden block trolley so will have to see.
I have had Olive back to the doc's on wednesday as she still has a cough and has had it now for around 3mths I think. The doc thinks it may be reflux but she doesn't spew so i'm not so convinced. It is abit of a mystery. I'm doing an elimination diet, cutting out soy as 70% of people intolerant to dairy are also intolerant to soy. I also bought a vaporisor so will have to wait and see.
Hollye - has Mia taken anymore steps yet? Glad PG was good, it is so important to have the support of other mums. I don't know what I would do without my MG.
hj - Are you looking forward to going back to work? What are you doing for childcare?
Leigh - your night out sounds wild - good on you!!!
HI to everyone else, have a great weekend!!!
Hi Girls,
CW - love the new name, when I started to write just then I almost typed your old name lol. Yay on Olive cutting out her night feeds for last 2 nights, fingers x'd she continues to do it for you. I don't think it sounds like Olive has reflux either. In regards to Lara's 1st birthday, we have no idea what we are doing yet.
HJ - How was the picnic yesterday? Did B have a great time playing with her little friends?
Hollye - Glad you had a great time at Playgroup, I really must stop being a wimp and go myself. The one up the road from me is every Tues 9:30am - 11:30am. Its literally a 1min car ride or very short walk.
We've gotta go to my friend's bubs Christening tomorrow. Will take us just over 2hrs to get there, should be good catching up with everyone though.
Gotta go, hi to everyone else and have a great weekend.
Hey ladies..
How is everyoen doing.
Jorda has her now 5th ear infection.. poor thing is just sleeping all day and night.
Canada is still lovely...
Just kinda found out my parents will be divorcing.... ITS A GOOD THING.. just emmotional for us all.
Hope its warming up over there!
Didi - sorry to hear ur P's are divorcing! whether its a good think or not i guess its still a hard thing to go thru! hope Jorda gets better real soon! Poor bubba she should be up and about keeping u on your toes! hehehe
Leigh - the picnic was fantastic - and B has such a great time! she even had a nap for 1hr when we got home! totally wore her out i think! Have fun at the christening - Hope Lara is good with the drive! im sure she will be tho!
CW - love the new name - sounds very pretty! i cant believe the Olive has soooo many teeth! thats amazing - Poor B still only has bottom 2! havent done much 1st bday wise but have decided on a butterfly theme! as for looking forward to going back to work - im not really! the "me" time will be good but i will miss B soooo much! only going back 1 day a week at this stage as permanant part time! hopefully they will let me rotate each week so DH can look after B and have daddy and daughter time! if they dont let me i will just go casual!
hey girls.. :)
CW - nice name ;) 10 teeth!! OMG!!! Mia's presents are sorted.. but not her bday! better get to it tho.. its in just 10 weeks!
Didi - poor bubba, hope shes feeling better soon. Sorry to hear about your parents. Tho when my mum left my dad, it was the best thing she could have done. :)
and for us... still no teeth. Been in Shepparton all day. got Mia a push along walker coz she keeps rearranging my furniture so she can walk around the house. n i got a stroller.. so sick of lugging the big pram around. and some more stuff.. in other words, once again.. spent way too much money!
pooped now.. need a smoke... pity i gave them up :(
Yup totally agree.. with parents splitting
I am getting a new MACBOOK!! I cannot wait I am so excited.SO COOL!!
I am starting to miss hubby now!! Fun fun.. I have also started biology, chemistry, physics and math course.. Man i am going to be one busy lady! But happy I will have a brilliant stable career and a good future ahead.
Soooooo now that our babies will all be 1 soon.... WHO IS planning another baby and when???
Nice here in canada.. loved seeing a bear really close to our house yesterday so big!!!
oh god didi.. a bear???
another bub... well the thought of one has gotten me quite excited. So u could say.. im a lil clucky ;) lol but i want to finishing my hair dressing certificate first and do a little work in a salon.
what about u? u having another?
Didi - A bear!!!!!!!!! a big black bear??????? a real life bear!!!!!!! how awesome yet scary that would of been!!! We have decided we will have next bub in 3-4yrs!
Hollye - hows the MCN's going???
Yup big black bear.. there are lots around here.. just not normally so close to the house!
2 more weeks and i am back in oz... mmmm Not sure how i feel about that!!!
oh no didi... all this talk of canada makes me wanna visit...
HJ - great!!!!!!! have heaps comin in the mail this week... about 17 lol
Didi - i think u should come back to australia and i should go over to canada - lets swap!!! hehehe
Hollye! 17!!!!! oh my gosh! where are u getting them from? u are sooo hooked!
I am packing everything up.. getting ready to come home in 2 weeks..
We had Jordas 1st birthday party for all my friends here in canada.. a month early.. we had so much fun!!!
didi - i bet she got spoilt!! lucky bubba! having 2 parties!
Well i go back to work on the 21st of september! it will only be for 1 day a week and only a 10 hour shift from 6am-4pm. at this stage its mondays, but if DH is working on the monday (his shifts rotates) they will find another day that week that i can work so DH can be home to look after Miss B!!!
Im really sad about going back to work!
Hi Girls,
Hj - I can understand you being sad about going back to work. But it is only for 1 day a week and at least they are will to work around your DH's roster. Will prpbably be nice for you to get out of the house for that one day and have some adult company. I know you will miss little B so much though. When DD1 was 14 months I went back to work full time and I was devastated. All I wanted to do was stay home with my baby but once I got back into the swing of things it was ok. Made the time that I had with DD1 all the more special.
Didi - I agree with HJ, lucky Jorda getting 2 birthdays. Bet you're not looking forward to coming back. It is sad packing to come home when you've been away and had such a great time.
DH and I are going out to dinner tomorrow night and leaving the kids with a friend for a few hours. I am quite nervous coz I have never left Lara with anyone other than DH before and she is so clingy at the moment and teething so she has been a bit unsettled. I just hope I can take my mind off her for a few hrs so I can enjoy myself.
Hi to everyone else. Its been so quiet in here lately.
Gotta go, have a great weekend!!!
HI everyone,
Didi - Jorda is a lucky girl! Hope the move back is ok. How much time do you spend o/s each year?
hj - it is daunting going back to work but once you get in the swing of things it's ok, miss B will be fine! Is B walking yet?
Leigh - hope you have fun 2morrow night.
Hollye - Are you just starting on MCN's? Which one's did you get?
Olive and i are going good. Olive has had another cold but the doc thinks it's just from being in childcare. He did give me ab's incase it gets worse though as she may have a form of pnemonia seeing as she has had so many colds. She is fully off dairy and soy though which seemes to have made a difference.
She is standing for longer and longer periods and is now saying "boo" when we play peek-a-boo which is so cute. I'm very blessed with having an incredibly happy baby and can't believe she will be 1 soon. I have been pricing prams and toys and it's all very exciting! Olive is in mostly 1's now so it's fun going through the baby and little girl sections when shopping.
Anyway have a great weekend
good morning girls,
3rd bad night in a row with Mia, so bear with me ok... ZZzzZZzzz
ok..
didi - its still crap weather over here.... i wouldnt be comin back lol.
HJ - yay on going back to work. its sad u have to leave B but its great Kev can spend some more time with her. N i think the break from lil miss will do u good :)
Leigh - have fun tonight xox
CW - Olive is growing up so quickly! hope she gets better soon xoxo I have CT coutures, BumGenious, itti bitti's, BBH, BB, ticklefish tots, HH. They are all AIO and AI2's. Yep i have just started out. Still some coming in the mail. When they get her ill have about 24.
AFM - M may be teething finally.. had some real crappy nights with her. She can stand now and will take 2-3 steps to grab onto something. SHe falls alot but hay, its all part of the learning.
oh and happy 10 months to my lil girl!!! xoxoxox mummy loves u soooooo much!
Hi everyone, long time no post I know lol. We have been very busy and I don't get as much time as I would like on the computer : (
We are gutting our bathroom and putting in all new stuff, including the walls..... so a big job there.
Meara is doing really well and has shot up in height. She has 6 teeth now and is standing up all the time. She likes to babble at people too but does say mum, dad, nan and bub.
Not sure if many read my last post about me becoming an egg donor but it has come around so quickly and I start pill popping next Friday. Then comes the nasal spray and then the injections the month after and then the egg pick up. Hopefully Vanessa and Matthew (my recipients) will have a BFP not long after that.
We are still having trouble with our eldest girl (14) and now it is all about attitude (bad in her case). We have her in seeing a counsellor and he wants the specialist psychiatrist to have a look at her. Grrrrrr why is nothing ever easy.
It is sooooo good to read about everyone else's bubs and how wells they are all doing. We must be all doing a fantastic job lol. I must admit I got lucky this time as Meara is a very placid child and it doesn't take much for her to be entertained.
Will hopefully chat you all again soon
Take care
Ops Mia please forgive me for not wishing u a happy 10mths yesterday xoxoxox
Leigh - how long did it take u to get back in the swing of things going back to work? im worried that cause its only one day a week i will never get back into the swing of it and every night before i go to work i will stress and worry just like its my 1st day back again!
How was dinner? and how was Lara while mummy and daddy were out? did u manage to talk about other things? hahaha the 1st time (and last time) DH and i went out for dinner we really had nothing to talk about and bth really missed B heaps - we were only gone for 1.5hrs! hahaha
CW - B isnt walking yet - but stands on her own just wont take that 1st step however yesterday and this morning she has been trying really hard! so maybe not too far away - i want her to hold out a little longer tho!
How cute is Olive playing Peek a Boo! hehehe she is growing up fast! and i can't believe that yes we are going to be shopping in little girls clothes soon - i never thought of that!!! is she feeling better today?
Holl - wooohooo if Mia is teething! and oh my gosh taking a few steps already!!!! soon she will be walking down the eisle! oh my gosh that thought brings tears to my eyes! Our little girls cant grow up that fast!
Kim - 6 teeth! my gosh teeth are popping up everywhere - B still only has 2!
I still think ur an amazing person for doing what u are doing for Matthew and Vanessa! - do you know them?
Harmony - its ok lol. I still cant believe she is 10 months already! still no teeth.. hrmm
thanks Harmony. I did have to do this as a known donor because of my age. The clinic has a cut off point of 36 for anonymous donors (silly I think) so I have met Vanessa and Matthew and what is scarey is that we look alike, have common interests and both our partners are british and we even met them in the same month of the same year : 0 They are both lovely people and I feel very privileged to be able to help them have the family they so desparately want.
Will have to keep you guys informed of the progress : )
KimB- that is just awsome! u 2 are just........ wow..... thankyou so much for doing this for these 2 ppl. Your a legend :)