Babies Born October - December 2005 #20

Alex I cant beleive you have already cooked tea, how organised are you? I havent even thought about what to take out yet.

Krisite Glad you and Michael sorted everything out. I know how it feels to be emotional. I am getting the worst of it at the moment I think.

Well SIL came to visit this morning and we took Jordan to the park and he had a great time on swings with his auntie. We went to maccas for lunch SO NAUGHTY but oh well havent done that in ages.
Just finished cleaning floors so will now rest up for the afternoon I think.
Liam has been quiet today so SIL thinks that tonights the night..... only time will tell.
XX

Hi!

Alex - Wow - you're super organised!! If only I had some of your energy! LOL!

Tracey - Sounds like you had a great day!! C'mon Liam - hurry up - we want to meet you! LOL!

We had a nice day - Louis had kinder and then we chilled out at my SIL for a while...headed home and vegged...Nothing too exciting!

So got to go to bed now though....chat later!

I'm at work today and soooo cant be stuffed working!
I dont have anything really to say other than Mothers day sucked! I hate Al...... I'm hanging out for the Wiggles tomorrow! I will see you there Nikki!

Tracey- Liam has to come soon, my girlfriend at playgroup had her bub the other day 3 weeks early! I believe all is well though....

Alex- what do you do for work that you are working nights?>

Aww Cindy...I'm so sorry to hear you had a crappy Mothers day...whats with these blokes??? Need a good foot up the backside I think...

I hope you have fun at wiggles tomorrow!

Off to the chiro soon..hope they can help...Looks gorgeous outside - really should get the boys out for a play around and hang some washing out....should...might help if I have a shower...LOL! God I'm so lazy lately...

we should start a club Cindy. It sounds like both our Mothers' days were about as good as each others.

I am hanging out for my osteo appt later today, my shoulder is burning after gym last night! ITs soooo sore.

Our mail server at work is having issues, and we are not getting any external mail at all coming in - not good as it means nothing from any of our customers as well as our own staff outside Melbourne, people working from home etc.

I'm looking forward to the wiggles too. Which show are your tix for?
We are going at 12:30, 5th row in the stalls.

Cindy, Hi.. Sorry you had a crap Mother's day. Men really do suck sometimes don't they!!!
I'm a dog groomer and I work from home in my garage, and I usually work when Nick gets home from work which is about 4pm.. It's tag team!! And I hope you, Nikki and the kids have a blast at the Wiggles!

Rach, Hope your osteo app fixes your shoulder. Good on you for going to the gym!! I think every time I started a membership at one, I always ended up not going!!LOL And hope you and Milo have a ball at the Wiggles too..

Kristie, hope they can help with your back. Yeah I really should get outside too.. Might go for a walk after the boys have a nap.. It's just so nice outside..At playgroup this morn we were outside the whole time!

Might go and cook Chow mein for tea I think.. Just gotta get these boys to bed first...

I do the same with gym memberships. Thats why I go to a $4 per visit gym, no memberships, pay as you go. I find that a lot less stressful!

Hi everyone

CIndy sorry to hear you had crappy mothers day also. Next year has to be better :) I am sure you will have a blast at the wiggles tomorrow.
Nikki hope you have a great time too at the wiggles. I am sure the kids will love it
Kristy LOL at trying to get motivated. I am with you there. I have managed to strip the beds today, just gotta hang everything out.......
Alex thats awesome you can work from home like that. Sometime I wish I had foresight into future and I would have chosen a job that I could do from home so I could have been full time stay at home mum. Oh well, thems the breaks.

Well still no action here, more pains last night which fizzled, so frustrating. Jamie took day off to give me a rest. He took Jordan to playgroup which was nice, I didnt have to hurry up this morning and get organised. Jordan was so excited that his daddy took him and when they came home he came in proud as punch to show me what they made ( a leaf stuck to paper ) :)
Hopefully I will have more exciting news for everyone over the weekend CMON LIAM we are over waiting now.........

Yeah, that is such a great idea, only paying when you go.. I started doing Boxing Fit in Hoppers which is once a week and you only pay when you go... It's hard work but fun and there's someone there to push you too!!!;)

Tracey, How nice that Jamie gave you a rest today and Jordan got his Daddy take him to playgroup.. Double bonus!:dance:! And I hope you have some BIG news over the weekend!! C'mon LIAM!!!

Well I have no carrots so I won't be cooking dinner just yet, but I did make some vanilla and lemon cupcakes...yum yum..

Hi!

Rachael - Hope the osteopath fixed your shoulder!! I had my visit to the chiro which was a bit daunting - but she seems to have freed up my neck a lot..not sure about my back so much though...
Have fun at the wiggles tomorrow!
Wow - what a great gym - since when can you pay $4 a visit at a gym??? I wish we had one of those around here!!!!

Alex - Gosh - your so good for cooking dinner so early! I had a last minute couldn't be bothered so I chucked wedges and fish in the oven! LOL...although dh is out tonight and I had both kids in bed at 6.57pm which is a record lately!!!
Vanilla and lemon cupcakes...YUM!!! I'm so coming over to your house....LOL!

Tracey - Thats great the Jamie took Jordan to playgroup! I'm sure Louis and Dylan would love to stuff with their Dad like that as well...I've told him he'll have to take them to their activities when I have the baby, while he's on holiday and he just says we'll see...I'm so going to make him though!! LOL!
Hope it all happens for you tonight!!

Ok - I need some advice - I'm really confused what to do about the work situation... I really enjoy it however, I'm finding I'm either not fitting in enough time with kids when I'm busy with work(even though I do a lot with them I had my little ideals of what I wanted to be as a mother and seem to be failing iykwim) OR I'm not putting in enough time and effort with the work if I spend more time on the house and the kids...
I don't know if any of this makes sense but I'm so confused...I just can't seem to do it all - and I know being p/g again doesn't help - but half of me is like I should be able to do everything and the other half kind of knows I just don't cope well with too much on my plate...
Financially, all I'm doing is earning pocket money as such - we don't rely on the income as it's very unpredictable so wouldn't miss it as such if it was gone...then on the other side it's been something for me away from the kids etc that has been really nice to have...
GRRR!!!! It's too hard!!!

Hope you're all well! Chat later!

Krisite I think you do a wonderful job with the boys and if you enjoy working why not just do minimum, 1 party a week or something.
I know what you mean about juggling working and kids but for me I really have no choice, we need my income so I reside myself to the fact that I am working FOR my kids to provide them what they need and want.

Well nothing else to report here hopefully I will get an early night and some good sleep.
XX

Yeah...I seem to find myself wanting to really excel at it though and reach incentives/targets or I kind of don't see the point in some ways...I'm a bit of an all or nothing person sometimes...
My other issues with the whole parenting thing just come from the way I was parented...thats mostly where I end up torn...mum always worked a lot and I was always determined not to be like that...I know you need a balance though and that I'm sure my kids will have their own issues with the way we do things...
I just feel uneasy at the moment - There's so many things up in the air at the moment I just feel like I don't know what decisions to make on so many levels...

Gosh.. I shouldn't be crapping on here about it...I swear I'm losing my mind...LOL!

hi ladies well so far another eventless day, although tomorrow is official due date so lets hope the weekend brings some excitement.
Jordan has been good today, had his nanny come visit which he was rapted with. She bought him 2 new matchbox cars and they played cars together..... he LOVES his matchbox cars at the moment, we have to take them to bed with him.
About to clean shower, hoping the all fours action might induce something.........

CIndy Nikki and Rachel hope you are having fun at the wiggles

hi guys,tracey,hope you are coping ok,you mentioned earlier that they wont let you go past 41 weeks,so have they given you a date for induction yet,are they doing another scan for size and are they going to let you try for vbac still even though lianm is not in a favourable position?????wow to think that no matter what, you are going to have liam in your arms in 1 week at the most!!!!!
today was fantastic,thankyou cindy for organising the tickets,did you notice that they didnt even scan tickets or anything,i reckon anyone could have walked through the doors and there were seats still available,did you notice?
it was such an intimate show,we were about 30-40 rows back,which was right up the back so no matter where you sat the stage was right in front of you,i thought that was fantastic.chantelle had a wonderful time and ofcourse she and tori and charlie were adorable the way they danced and knew all the words.we headed off to dfo after that and did some major shopping at pumpkin patch and the surf shops and did lunch,was such a great girls day out for us.
this weekend i have a baby shower and as far as i know a book party with a friend,is that right kristie????she hasnt even told me any info except that it is on sunday?
have a great weekend girls and keep us posted tracey on any news okay
nikki

melissa,was thinking of you today.how did your meeting go at the hospital?i really really hope that they gave you some lovely news.

What a day! Wiggles was great as Nikki said- did you have a good time at it rachael?

The girls were totally worn out from it and i even managed to get a sleep in this arvo which was fab!

I have just got home from a tupperware party and it was terrible! No bookings and low sales but hey thats life! I only have 2 more parties in my book at the moment - am going to have to start hassling people to have them! I will find out whats happening for June on Monday night so if anyone is interested let me know (Nikki?? Tracey??)anyone know of anyone who might be keen for one? PM me if you do.
I have just about reached theend of theline with the groups thathave been rebooking!

Melissa - how did your appt go??

Kristie - whats happening with your friend? What have you decided to do about all your decision you were talking about?

Ok, i must go to bed- I have nothing on tomorrow which is fantastic and a nice change! HAve another party Sunday which i am really looking forward to coz there are going to be 2 really new bubs at it!

Night all

Hi!

Tracey - Happy Due date!!!! Hope he arrives soon!!!

Nikki - Glad you guys had a great day out!! The book look has been rescheduled for a few weeks time...

Cindy - Glad you had a good time as well! It can be hard when the party bookings dry up...I'm sure you'll manage to organise some!

Yeah...my friend is waiting for a call on Mon/Tue as to when she goes into hospital for a d & c...Poor thing...she's very positive though..the bad thing is she just saw useless dr's...she had another scan yesterday at a specialised womens one and they don't even think she has a bicornuate uterus at all...also that she's actually 12w p/g but the bubbas only lived to 6w - so the dr's telling her to leave it to miscarry naturally when another dr's told her that she should have the procedure as it will be really painful and the sac is so large that it will be really difficult to pass...She has just been stuffed around no end...I really think she should make a complaint...as if it's not been traumatic enough as it is she has been given so much bad information...

As for my decision...I think I'm deciding not to make any decisions - LOL!!! I just feel so crap at the moment for some reason...I'm not excited about buying a house at all, I'm not motivated with work...I'm just all over the place...I had a great idea to rent down here and buy land up the country but everyones against it because of the risk of getting back into the property market down here in 6 years time (the time it would take to pay off the land) Urggghhh - I just hate the thought of having to wait 15-20years to do anything...I don't want to the kids to miss out on all of it and - urgghhh - see I'm rambling again because right now I have no idea what I really want...
The thought of just plodding away for soooo long seem too much...also like everyone says - work hard now and reap the benefits later - BUT - a lot of people that say that have already lived...
Because we got together so young we've been renting since we were 18 and struggling, then it was all about buying a place and I wanted to have kids - which is all fine - I don't regret anything but we haven't done the travel or even the going out, carefree lifestyle...I guess I've got to a point were I don't want to do the "right" thing - I want to do what will make us happy...but of course everyone around us will think that we're nuts and then michael won't want to do it...
It would basically mean making the decision to do what lots of people would like to do but are too scared off...Including Michael...I"M NOT - I don't give a crap if it meant the difference between having a few extra $$ in a few years...we would own land valued at least $130,000 and could then go and buy a house anyway....

Grr...it's best not to ask me any questions at the moment cos you just get a whole lot of gibberish - can you have a mid life crisis at 26??? LOL!!!! I don't know if this is just how I'm feeling anyway or if this p/g is doing my head in but I swear I'm losing my mind...

On that note - I hope you all have a great weekend...I'm doing a book look today at Lea's house and we have a birthday party tonight at a friends house...I'll probably go for a bit and then bring the kids home - Michael can stay out and get drunk...He hasn't done it in ages...then a quiet day tomorrow since the bL's been rescheduled...

Chat later! Sorry for the rant...

kristie,thanks for letting me know about the BL.
Im so sorry for your friends M/C.what a hard time for her,she is lucky to have a great friend in you.i think it would be twice as hard to have lost twins as that is such a precious gift that not many get to be blessed with,as for the rest of your post i found it a bit hard to follow but can say only do what you and micheal feel happy and comfortable with and dont worry about what society or friends and family think because you guys are the ones who have to live in that situation and fund it,i am guessing you are feeling like this due to your prg hormones and you will start to feel better in the next few weeks as you get further into the second tri i would say.

HAPPY DUE DATE tracey!!!!!!!

Hey guys..

Happy due date Tracey!! Hope Liam hears all of us and decides to make an appearance soon!!

Cindy, I'll see if I can organise some of my friends/family to book a party! Glad you guys had fun at the Wiggles. And lucky you got a nap in as well!!

Nikki, glad you had a ball at the Wiggles too..How cute it must have been to see all the girls singing and dancing together!! Which DFO did you guys go to?? I've only been to the one out at Essendon.. Are the others any good too??

Kristie, so sorry about your friend having to go thru all that and especially being stuffed around so much too! She must be a really strong woman to stay positive at a time like this. I wish her and her partner lots of beautiful babies in the future...
And I really agree with Nikki too, your preg hormones are not helping and you've obviously got heaps of stuff on your mind atm. I do get how you are feeling about you and Michael not getting to have 'really lived' yet, cause Nick and I sometimes feel like that as his friends are younger than us and some even still live with their parents!! and they have all the money and the time to go out every weekend, go on holidays and just whatever they want really... And I just think, well.. when our kids are grown up and we've paid off our house more and we're starting to get a bit more freedom to do more things, then they will just be starting out..... I suppose what I'm trying to say is life may be hard now but I know there is light at the end...IYKWIM??.I kinda look at it that way or somedays I would end up crazy too...LOL..
I hope you and Michael can agree on something, sometime soon and just go for what you both want and bugger what everyone else says. It's your life!!

Sorry, now I've written en essay!!

Well, I have both boys asleep(yay) and the house is clean enough, so I'm just gonna relax for a bit. We had a b'day party in Melton last nite and Jack had fun running around but Toby didn't want to sleep, so we were home by 11.30pm..mind you as soon as we turned out of their street, all of my boys were out like a light (inc Nick!)

Ok off to get a snack and a cuppa..

tbanks everyone for the happy due date....I am not getting much action although I am feeling really low and heavy "down there" so I think possibly that he has dropped lower.

Krisite dont worry about not being able to make decisions, I would agree the preg hormones would not be making the decision any easier. I am sure it will all work itself out, things always do.

off to get a nap in i think in case anything eventuates over night or later this afternoon
XX

Hi!

Just a quick one from me...have to cook dinner and then we're about to head out. I can't believe how cold it is!!!! Brrrr....

I know it's definitely hormones...even Michael was saying that I've never been so emotional and all over the place! I'll snap out of it soon! Thanks for all of your support though - it means a lot!
I'm sure once we sell the house and move things will settle down a lot...I really am a very lucky person to be living this life - having beautiful healthy children and having the choice not to really work etc...I am very grateful...
Enjoy your Saturday nights!! Chat properly tomorrow!

Sending labour vibes Trace!

well this afternoon we had to put one of our cats to sleep, Holly. Jamie and I were so upset we had to get our friend to take her to the vet.
So today was a little emotional for us all.

I have resorted to chinese tonight to poss kick start labour.....blackbean here we come. Jamie has gone to pick it up now. LOL

Hopefully it works as it did last time.

Tracey - how terrible having to put your cat down! WHat was wrong with her? my mum had a dog of hers put down the other day too and it just doesnt feel the same over there now! I hope the blackbean did the job!

Im off to bed. .al is at the footy with work tonight so i have had a really nice and peacefull night...

Tracey, I hope the chinese helped kickstart something!! If not, maybe try some Indian 2morrow!! LOL!

I so should be in bed atm but only got home from a party an hour ago..so just winding down. My god, it is freezing!!!

how was the black bean tracey?
off to timezone with the big boys to spend a bit of time with them.
alex i probably know your friends in melton.i work as a nurse here and with the kids sport etc im sure i know probably half the population.

well the chinese didnt put me into labour however I am pretty sure I lost the plug this morning. I thought I had the otherday however this morning I lost fluid with lots of mucas etc. I am pretty confident that this is the start of something. I may make app at hopsital tomorrow but hopefully they will tell me that everything is progressing and no induction is needed.

Cindy we are not sure what was wrong with Holly, she just started to shut down, they didnt find anything wrong with her from the blood tests etc and it was too late to fix her. I can understand how diff it is when an animal goes away, its so funny how muchthey become part of your lives.

Nikki I didnt end up with black bean but garlic chicken and swwet and sour chicken, it was devine, all i needed was a banana fritter, maybe next time. Hope you have fun at time zone

Alex hope you had a nice night at your party and got to sleep in today.

Well last night Jordan was out of sorts, he kept getting out of bed, he was up till 11.30 wanting to sleep with me. He then got up at 5.30 crying that "mummy was gone". Jamie got up with him at 7am after he got into bed with us and I got to sleep in till 9 which was terrific. Jamie had the nestings again today and cleaned the house like a maniac.
I am off to a friends girls 1st bday party in a few minutes so better get myself decently dressed. Jordan is asleep so Jamie is going to stay home until he wakes, he had such a bad sleep last night we dont want to wake him from this sleep.
Hopefully I will have something more exciting tonight/tomorrow

the plug known as the SHOW is normally blood stained,did you have that?

Oh Tracey! I hope that was the Show!

Trace, I hope it was too. The start of something I think!! And maybe Jordan was all out of sorts last night cause has a sixth sense and can feel something is going to happen soon, like his brother is on his way!!! Let's hope so!! So exciting...

Nikki, they live in West Melton and their kiddies are pretty much the same age as mine. And she works as a dental nurse in Baccus Marsh..

we had a relatively quiet weekend.

I went to a Tupperware party with my manager on Saturday to get some ideas etc, it was ok. It was n Keilor and th houses, OMG, they were massive, I thought that one of them was a hotel! It was so big.

My diary pretty quiet too Cindy, I am doing a prty next weekend for my personal trainer from gym, and thats it apart from 2 parties I'm "owed".

Milo had a great time at the wiggles, add to that the excitement of catching the tram there and back, and he was a VERY happy little boy :) ha ha He loves trams/trains etc, it almost eclipsed the wiggles!

Stayed in and watched Transformers on DVD on Saturday night, and Sunday we just hung about at thome in the mornng and went ot my unclesplace to watch the bulldogs on Foxtel. DH is not the best at coping with a close game, so he gave up on the doggies just before they made there match winning comeback, and missed it! hee hee. Oh well.

This morning Milo woke up, completely underneath his cot! I had put pillows there to stop it happening, but they've obviously been moved :(

Kristie :hug: for you and :hug: for your friend.

Tracey, hoping Liam makes an appearance soon.

i am going to sound like a nosey old lady now.....
alex,i also live in west melton,what street is she in and does her children go into day care,my 2 little ones go to the west melton abc?

Nikki, don't worry, I like finding out about people that I might know too!
They live in Blairgowrie pl and her MIL in Bacchus looks after the kids. She goes to playgroup on a monday I think, not sure where, but her girls are Keira and Tijana.

I drive past that abc all the time!! Small world hey!

Rach, sounds like u had a lovely quiet weekend. I wish!! We had parties both nights and friends over last night too!!

Trace how u going today??

Hi Ladies

Well had app today, had an internal and I am abour 3cm dialted. She did a stretch and sweep so heres hoping that might kick start things. I am also booked in for induction ( breaking of waters) on wednesday. As i have step b that will give me 6 hrs to establish into labour otherwise I will be given another c section. So either way, Liam will be here by wednsday. I am excited and a little nervous about it all.
We took Jordan swimming this morning and he was ok until he saw me and got upset. I need to stay outside the pool area and also hide and peak around corners to watch him. He gets so distracted when I am there. I prob wont go next week as Liam will be here and he can concentrate better anyway.

Rachel I would love to see how Milo gets under the cot, would be interesting to set up a nanny cam type thing. Its strange what these kids do in their sleep. I hope you work picks up though

hope you are all enjoying your monday
XX

wow tracey,how exciting,well tomorrow is your last day as a mother to 1.i am already picturing what you will be doing all day running around like a mad woman getting all the essentials done before you leave for the hospital the next day,what time do you have to be there wedneday?who is looking after jordan.

well Nikki tonight may be my last night as mum of 1.... I started having contractions again about 6ish. They are not coming between 15-20 minutes apart. They are not at all painful yet but am hoping to get some sleep before I need to go to hospital if they are the REAL thing this time.
Only prob is Jordan isnt asleep, he keeps getting out of bed cheeky bugger.

Jamies mum is going to have Jordan when we go to hospital so all has been organised. If we do end up going in wednesday morning then we need to be there are 8am. Heres hoping tonights events so far mean we are in the home stretch and will be holding little liam sooner rather than later.

Wow Tracey! Good luck big kisses!:hug:

Hi!

Go Tracey!!! How exciting!!! Keep in touch as to how everything is going! Thats great you're already 3cm dialated!! Woohoo! I'm so excited for you! Good Luck!
Sorry to hear about your cat...
Poor Jordan - maybe he's having some nightmares at the moment?? Hopefully he will settle down soon - he obviously knows somethings up...clever little munchkins that they are!

Nikki - Did you have a fun time at timezone? Michael likes to go sometimes if we're near one and I always resist but then have heaps of fun! LOL! Haven't been for years though...

Rachael - Sounds like a great weekend! LOL at Milo loving the tram more than the wiggles! I really should do something like that with Louis soon but I refuse to take the 2 boys with me without Michael! LOL!
How funny is it that he's ended up under the cot but obviously hasn't woken up!!! Be interesting to see if he does it again...he might think he's camping! LOL!

Alex - Wow - you social butterfly you! LOL! Sounds like a fun weekend!

We had a nice night out Sat night..Michael got plastered - LOL - and the kids stayed up until just after 11pm!!! They did so well but I had to get Michael out of there as I think Dylan would have had a tantrum if he'd been up much later (and understandably so!) We tried getting them to sleep there but had no hope...they like to party too much!! LOL
Had a very relaxed, chilled out day yesterday - got a sleep in and stayed in my pj's all day!!! With that I'm feeling much better about everything today so I think I just needed a bit of a break as such...
Went shopping today - there had been a fire in the escalators at chirnside park so all the firetrucks were there with Louis just loved! Lay-byed a whole lot of clothes for Louis and some maternity pants for me...I so hate lay-bying though - I just want to bring it all home - however we're on a budget...grrr...
Kids are well - Dylan is a crack up - singing and sooo trying to talk - he has lots of words now that we understand but mostly it's jibberish but soo cute! We had a snooze in the afternoon together on the couch which was nice...they're still catching up for the weekend so Louis had a big sleep as well..problem is we had to wake them up at 5.20pm so of course wasn't easy to get them to sleep tonight.
Louis is such a good little helper! He really is such a good little boy...we have such big laughs through the day...he really does seem older than his years...he understands so much and is always joking around...
Well, at least I'm feeling pretty much back to my normal self which is nice...
My friend went in to hospital today for her d & c...poor thing...I'll check up on her tomorrow...I'm not sure how you feel afterwards but I hope she's ok...

Must do some more cleaning up! Chat later!

Good to hear you are feeling much better about everything Kristie and good on you for having a whole day in your pj's!!Just what the doctor ordered I reckon!!

Tracey, How exciting!!! Hope the contractions are still going and Jordan is fast asleep ( and you are getting some zzz's too!!) C'mon little Liam!!

Better get to bed...

I just had to check before i went to bed if there was anything from tracey!
Looks like there isnt though!

Night girls

oooh Tracey how exciting, hope things are going well!

ETA:
still up in the air with the house bizzo. we were told last tuesday that we should have our unconditional approval by thursday. Still havent heard anything. The estate's land office rang neil this morning to find out whats happening with our finance. grrr. I will be soooooo angry if we lose our block because the broker and tha bank cant get their acts together. grrr.
So I have emailed the broker and will be calling later today if I have not heard back from her in the meantime!