That sucks Meg but exactly the reason why I do the long one in the first place. We have family history of diabetes so we get the 2hr test done and dusted without wasting time on the 1hr one. I certainly hope you pass it this time!
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That sucks Meg but exactly the reason why I do the long one in the first place. We have family history of diabetes so we get the 2hr test done and dusted without wasting time on the 1hr one. I certainly hope you pass it this time!
Ooh looking forward to seeing new name you've picked AnnaT.
Meg- that sucks hopefully it'll come back ok. Mine came at 7 so was at higher end of ok so lucky didn't have to redo but I reakon its cause I ate hr prior and then got told at pathology no its meant to be 2 hrs prior fasting. Anyways hope you survived sitting around.
Chrissy- That sounds like great idea, perfect send off for Craig I bet he would love it.
Not much here, Matts ****box car broke down yesterday, $440 later its fixed (I don't even think the car is worth that much but can't afford new one just yet). Plus he needs 2 new tyres, thats our xmas present to each other!
Ah dont worry Shell I will probably end up sharing it, I kinda borrowed inspiration from someone else ;) Thankgod Dh agreed to changing it cause I adore the new name now, feel like its 110% right for us.
Sucks about the car, and right before christmas too! Congrats on 30wks btw, Im so jealous your closer to popping than I am, starting to get antsy and very over being huge and tired. Thankgod for nana naps!
The test today was HORRIBLE. I was starving by the end, as I had to wait about an hour before they even started, so was there for 3 hours all up. Took the laptop with me and edited some pictures, so that took up a lot of the time.
Shell- Bummer about the car.
Anna - Spill! I saw your status on Facebook, and now you have me wondering what bub's name will be.
I can't remember what anyone said as I am on a new page, so hello all!
I am going to try and catch an early night tonight.
Just a Q, does anyone else find that their kiddies get untucked in the night, then wake because they are cold? It has been happening a bit to J lately. Thinking of putting him in one of his sleeping bags in his bed so he can keep warm.
Cant help you Meg as we dont get cold up here :)
Ah I gave a hint on what the name is in my previous post, Im betting atleast two of you clue in to whom Im referring too. Just got to hope Ry doesnt suddenly have a tanty about it cause I am set on using it no matter what. And I truly appreciate being allowed to "steal" it :lol:
anna - I have no friggin clue! Are RSJ his initials? My initial thought with those initials were River Silas Jude! lol
meg - like Anna said, we don't get cold up here. We have air cons on ATM during the night.
shell - bummer you can't afford a new car. Hopefully it'll keep running for a little while yet.
Ahaha Jodi close yet so far away :lol: Yep his initials are RSJ.
I'll put you all out of your misery soon enough!
im thinking River or Rans and Silas as well :) ..... I still like Gage though :(
Chrissy - Im over the moon for you babe...that is jsut the best news. I wanna see lots of pics when the time comes.
Meg - ah you poor thing...that stuff is the pits! BLAH
Hello everyone else...having a bad week here!!! Vy is horrible lately. I took all 4 kids to end of school mass last night and she screamed the whole time. I was so embarrassed. Some of the mum's tried to help me but it made her worse. I am so over a screaming kid...I know Wilhelm was bad but god not like this!
We also had the physio here yesterday and we both noticed that Mateauz has gone a bit backwards due to being sick with a virus. Sooooo we have to start more work with him and possible even get a brace for his leg to help soon (so it doesnt turn outwards) ah the joys!!!
BBL when the monsters are in bed
Ahh guys yes im Here....
In the process of moving so alot going on!!!
Shell- ahh pooey about the car! i just spent $300 on my car too for new shockers and brakes..
Jodi- did you get it cheaper?
AnnaT- well im going to go with River and i like, (have been known personaly to 'borrow' a name from a sept lady!!
Maz- hmm maybe its a girl thing cause Annika sometimes has a week where she will just hing all the tiem, through the night and yep drives even the most saintly bonkers. Hop it improves soon
Meg- ahh pooies abot the GTT, did you get your results yet? (sorry have no idea never ever took any of the GTT tests)
so as for me , well apart form my house selling quicker the we though and now having to live with mm for about 10 weeks nothing much going on
I have weaned Mj now and she will start spending a night a f/n with Ex in the new years. so looking forward to a night completly off. Think im ready t get out and meet new people (men :lol: )
Teleahs head is healing well.
Hi to everyone, have the feed the turds
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Annat!! i hate secrets but cant wait to find out!
Meg, i hope your results come back good for you! Starving a pregnant woman for 3hrs! how dare they.
Maz,i hope mateauz gets better soon. Does he need more physio. Stupid virus! How you feeling? Hows your cold. And i have screaming matches here with both girls at each other.I need a referee whistle.lol
My sister came home sun as a bday suprise for mum.I picked her up from the airport. Mum and dad were very shocked and suprrised! My sis and her boyfriend took the girls to the zoo on tues so i had all day to myself!!! Was great and did lots of sewing. Was good to whip stuff up without feeling guilty! Then my bro came home wed! So our xmas will be so huge this year as we also have others coming who are on there own this year.
Belle,you havnt popped on lately? Just had a thought of you and hope you are ok?
Ness - that's great you're ready to get out there and start meeting some new guys. The first couple of times you have no kids overnight you'll walk around the house lost :lol:
maz - oh that sucks about Meateauz going backwards. Here's hoping when he fully recovers from being sick, he'll have enough strength to catch up to where he should be. He's a fighter remember.
What a shame about last night. Did the boys have a good time? Do you think she was tired and that's why she was playing up?
anna - close, but not close enough hey :think: Can you give us a hint? You know we won't let you keep it a secret till he's born :p
Took Nina to see some Christmas lights last night. She's was so excited as there were a heap of kids running around. I had a lady come up to me and ask how old she is, and when I told her, she couldn't believe how well she's talking. I thought her vocabularly was normal, but she reckons she's advanced :dunno: But YAY anyway!!
I hurt my neck last night in bed, and it's killing me this morning. Might have to raid the medicine cabinet for something to fix it.
Caddie- Great that you got a day to yourself, and that their Auntie got to spoil them.
Maz - It sounds like you have a lot on your plate at the moment. You are such a superwoman, I know whatever is thrown at you, you will work through.
Ness - It will be nice for you to have a complete break, and good that MJ can spend some more time with her dad.
Annat - We will all be scratching our heads on the name!
Off to the last swimming lesson of the year. It is raining agin here. It is so lovely to have the rain, and our grass has turned green again!
ETA - Jodi - I meant to say J LOVED looking at Christmas lights. He kept saying "ohh, wow!"
and Chrissy - I also meant to post ages ago to say that I think the Phillip Island ride is a great idea.
Ness - good luck with the move and everything :hug:
Maz - :hug: You sound like you need one as well! Isnt it funny that as a kid we are so excited about school holidays but as parents we could probably be happy if they didnt exist :lol: Im just lucky that Dh has a majority of the big school holiday break off so I can run away if need be in a few years time, or atleast delegate some of the whining to him.
Cads - what an awesome surprise for your parents and YAY for some you time!
Meg - have fun at swimming today! Glad your enjoying the rain!
Ok so the new name we decided on is.....................
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I thought on it for a few days and we had a list of about 5 first names that I liked way better than Gage, and the more I looked at River the more it 'fit' for us as a family. Dh just gave in cause he knows I always get my way. Dubious at first about two R firstnames but I get everyone's names mixed up already so decided it didnt matter :lol: I would have used Stellan as the fn but Ry says its too 'out there' (puzzles me that, seeing as Ripley certainly isnt mainstream). River fits our unique style, it isnt in the Top 100 and never has been, easy to spell, sounds great with the boys names and our lastname and I wont mind yelling it 200x a day in a years time haha
And its also very cute that he will be born in water with a water-related first name (Im a dork to think of that arent I!)
So we'll have two Sept siblings sharing names with a Sept 06 kiddo :redface:
Anywho should hop off and do things, might take the boyo's swimming this arvo after they wake up from their naps.
I got the River part right :dance: I think it's a great name Anna! And most importantly, you and Ryan love it.
meg - woohoo on green grass! How was swimming? Nina's swimming lessons finished last week.
caddie - what a great surprise for your parents!
How are all the kids reacting to Christmas coming, do they sort of understand what's going on?
Nina is very excited, she keeps saying 'santa coming soon. Santa in sky, bring presents for Nina and Emily, sooooon' :lol:
So far she's been really good with the presents under the tree. She hasn't opened any of them. She knows who's is who's, and I reckon it'll be her giving them out on Christmas Day!
Anna - Great name! But I thought Gage was great too.
Jodi - Tiana loves the lights too. When we are driving all you hear from the back is 'pretty lights, oh more pretty lights!' She isnt as good with presents though. If i had any out she would be opening them!
Maz - I'm sure Mat will catch up fast. He has done so well, he will continue to do so I'm sure.
Caddie - What did you do with your day to yourself?
Ness - Hope the move goes smoothly!
Chrissy - Hope that the kiddies are behaving and the bike is coming together!
Not much going on here. My sister is home from the Navy for christmas and automatically got roped in for babysitting duties! We are having xmas lunch at mums but opening presents here in the morning.Tiana has destroyed the bottom half of the tree there is like 4 decorations left within her reach!!!
John has been away all week, his birthday was yesterday so we will get takeaway tonight and play the Wii (his present). He is away again Sun but will be home Tues I think. Just in time to put the tramp together on wednesday... I am really excited about giving it to Tiana! She will love it.
What is everyone doing for Xmas day?
How is everyone else?
She's going to love the trampoline. We got Nina one for her birthday, and we're on it everyday. She's pretty good at doing different bounces now.
For Christmas Day, we're going to my parents for lunch. We usually have it here, but it's too much hassle with the 2 kids this year. Apart from that, not much planned. Probably just relaxing in the pool. It's usually one of the hottest days of the year here on Christmas Day, so as long as we're in air con, or a pool, it doesn't matter :lol:
Merry Christmas ALL
off to Agnes this arvie, then tuesday we drive up to Rocky to have xmas eve, day with mum, my sister, BIL, 3 nephews, 1 neice, 2 foster kids and us :) then boxing day down to g'stone for another xmas feast :o with IL's, SIL and nephew
then I think on about the 28th we go back to Agnes and dont come home till the 4th :dance::dance:
and Shell I wont forget if we get to bundy will definatly call :D
We're having xmas lunch at my uncles sister place, be bout 20 adults and half dozen kids, quite fun we do a crappy KK where you spend $5 and try find crappiest gift, good for a laugh. We'll prolly pop into my ILs late arvo/ dinner to catch up with them and BIL so be busy day.
Jodi- Not sure how much Ash actually understands, she knows there are pretty lights and presents and santa but don't know if she relates it to xmas or they are just things around at the moment. She loves it all anyway.
AnnaT- Nice pick, we must like each others tastes in here if we like using the names!
Meg- when you get yr results from the test? And yeah we've had some probs with blankets being off and getting cold, our bedrooms all upstairs so they are warmer then most and I've just been putting flanlette PJs on and socks so she been ok. More in colder months its prob and I usually just put lots extra layers clothes on.
Maz- Oh god how Vy today? Ash been playing up bit more than usuall lately will be sweet as pie one sec then screaming like devil next. Its bloody tiring. Hopefully Mat will pick up quickly, being the tough fighter he is he'll be moving in leaps and bounds after he fully gets over the virus.
Bea- That'll be great for you to get the whole night off. I don't think it'll take you too long to find some dates. you're a hotty!
Df car fixed, all that money later but at least its going well, Df reakons better than its been working for a long time so still got life in it.
How everyone else progressing with TT? Ash sits on toilet constantly but won't do a thing and will only sit there for like 10 secs so wouldn't even have time. Drives me nuts she seems eager in the loo, knows when she is going to poo cause she goes in another room and when I have her nappy off she also goes elsewhere to wee, usually same room so she knows what she is doing, just won't do on toilet. I think next week we'll just have to tackle full on and have no nappy at home just training pants and see how we go.
Rach - :rofl: Getting confused with names again??!! Hopefully you'll make it in, but don't make a special trip in, I know you guys are flat out as it is.
Shell - Weeellllll.....Miss A decided to do a poo in the toilet yesterday without telling me. Some of it made it into the toilet :lol: and she did try to wipe her bottom........
Bea - Just wanted to say congrats on feeding MJ for 9 months!!! :clap: You did so well honey, I'm so proud of you :D And enjoy your night out, I'm thinking we're overdue for one ourselves, DH and I don't get to go out much as a couple, we don't have many babysitters, and they usually are busy themselves. Oh well, I 'spose it won't be too much longer and Miss B and Miss T will be old enough to babysit Miss A (and she'll be old enough to be able to be babysat by them). Still a few years down the track though.
Jodi - We have a constant chorus of "Santa Claus is coming to town" and "Jingle Bell Rock" in our house at the moment, and I got told that "Mummy, you better watch out!!!" (with a concerned look on her face) "why?" "Cause Santa's coming to town!!!" (runs away laughing her head off!)
Maz - :hug:
Hi everyone else. Sorry, gotta run, my little munchkin is being a bit demanding, and I've got my niece here as well.
Thats Shar and Shell!!
Kinda sad to end BF but well pretty proud of how far we came
Just got back from the Tattoo place.. now i finished BF i was going to book in to get the girls names added to my tat and ended up getting it done then and there!! ouchies... nah it wasnt to bad at leas i didnt have time to stress out about it, over and done with in 30min
well im moving tomorrow so i hope you all have a lovely weekend
xxx
:redface:yep woopsie sorry!!!!!!!! old age setting in :lol:
Shell - :redface:TT is going fantastic here, Jack tells me if he wants jocks or nappies, been on anti so a few extra #2 so he has wanted nappies a bit more but thats ok, we have had afew trips out in jocks he went to a friends place in jocks they went swimming and after 1 hr or so he jumps out with toit mummy toit, and yep he needed to go,same thing we went to mums group party we were there over 3 hrs and all of a sudden mummy toit so jack is at that stage of being able to hold it for a few hours .... I would say we still average 1 accident every 2 days and usually if he has a had a big dinner and taken a while to eat it. It takes time and patience we did a few days where we did nothing no going anywhere etc seemed to help good luck hope she picks it up soon :)
shar - that's hillarious!! Won't be long and you'll have babysitters, and FINALLY get some free time to yourself!! Are you still b/f, how is that going?
b - I wanna see some pics of that tattoo. I'd love to get another, maybe on my ankle or something.
tt is going really well here. Haven't used nappies in about 3 months now. Soooo much less hassle with just undies. The last accident we had was at Nina's b'day party, she was having so much fun, and I think she forgot to go to the toilet :lol: We still put a nappy on her at night, but some nights latley she's insisted on wearing undies to bed, and she hasn't had an accident.
shel - that kk idea sounds like fun!!
Enjoy your holiday Rach.
No progress on TT here, and I don't have the energy. like Ash, he may sit there for 10 sec then jumps off. I don't want to make it into a battle, so I am going to leave it for the moment.
Something good, J has eated all his veggies 2 nights in a row, so I am pleased. Admittedly it was mixed up with meatballs that had a tomato based sauce, and they were mashed, but better than none! I have been sneaking veggies into all sorts of meat dishes, so nice that he ate them outright for once. I have to spoon feed him main, or he just won't eat it, but worth it as he is eating better.
Rach- Have a great time away. Glead jack is going well with TT.
Bea - Saw your tat pics of facebook!!
M3G - j has been singing Jingle Bells too! Loves it so much that I have downloaded it onto the comp. His fave songs atm, as jingle Bell, Little drummer boy, I like to Move it move it (thanks to Madagaskar) and Bob the builder. Basically they are playing on repeat here.
Shell - THey didn't call today about GD results. they said that they would call if it was positive. I will rest easy after Monday as they would Def have them by then.
Hello all.
Jodi.. i dont think Jesse completely understands but he loves seeing pictures of santa and christmas trees everywhere. He doesnt understant that one night hes going to go to bed and then wake up and there will be all these presents under the tree. So will be a nice surprise. Hes big into present opening so im not putting any under until christmas eve.
Anna.. i really like the name River. Great choice!
Shell.. Jesse's not at all interested in TT. He has a toilet seat and every night before we have a shower he will say "wee" to sit on the toilet. As soon as he sits there he wants off. Same thing happens every night. Im not pushing it at all as i dont want him to get scared as hes very insecure with new objects it seems. So just wanting to sit there if even only for 10 seconds, its a start. He starts day care next year so am hoping after he sees all the kids going there he becomes keen.
Meg.. oh thats great J is eating his vegies. Jesse still wont unless its in something and hes oblivious to it.
We are spending Christmas morning at home.. DH may have to go into work at lunch time for a little bit but then in the arvo are going to the IL's. Dont know when we will be seeing my family.. long story, but basically had a fight with mum yesterday about excluding my family for a reason i dont know, from THEIR family get together. :rolleyes: anyways.
Jesse and Keira are really well. Not much to tell here. DH is at his work Christmas Party tonight, Jesse's already in bed and Keiras on my lap. Hoping theres some Christmas movies on tonight for me to watch while i wrap presents.
Hope everyone is well.
Kell- I hope you sort things out with your mum. Its funny how at xmas time all these things happen where families exclude each other (also happened to close friend of mine) and I think isn't it time of year especially we should be really family orientated? Hopefully its something you can work out together.
Meg- We try hide vegies too, or offer a sauce, Ash has been quite good tho, as long as she has bit sauce (anything) or mash potato to dip into she is happy. I hear you on the feeding too, we start her off on her own but she plays round and will take ages to eat few mouthfuls then says finished so we have to feed her just to get decent amount in.
Ness- Saw yr tattoo on FB, look great, I have small heart tattoo on my left boob and was thinking after #2 is done with BFing getting his/ her name and Ashleigh's name put above and below it, close to my heart then!
And thanks all for the TT answers, I knwo they're all so different was just hoping to get alot progress made before #2 arrives mainly for the fact that buying nappies for 2 will cost a fortune! We will persevere, Df is home on holidays so togther we can use our energies to get it going.
shell - just remember if she makes progress with tt before bub arrives, she may go backwards once bub is here. You may need to wait until after bub has arrived and things have settled down. Nina was showing signs of wanting to tt before Emily arrived, but I waited until Emily was about 3 or 4 months old, when things have gone back to normal, then I started tt her.
kel - oh that sucks, I really hope you can get things sorted out. I hate it when ***** like that happens, and you have no idea why it's happening in the first place. My mum and I are going through that with my nanna ATM. It really does your head in.
How often will Jesse be going to daycare for next year? Just a day or 2?
Food wise, well Nina eat her vegies, but HATES fruit with a passion. There is nothing I can do to get her to eat it, yet she'll eat it at kindy :rolleyes: Weird child.
We were over at my mum's for dinner tonight, and Nina was looking at the presents under her tree. And when she found out that none were for her, she was very upset :lol: Mum has purposely hidden hers! lol
Well Ive just wrapped all of the christmas presents. Now to finish up Ripleys birthday shopping at the after xmas sales and wrap them, and then Im officially done with presents til September! Why oh why though did I have to have all the kids birthdays 3mths apart AND covering one major holiday period (or perhaps even two with easter in April) :doh:
Maybe we should put up the christmas tree too this weekend :lol: Jett loves redecorating the tree's at daycare, so Im loathe to put any decorations below head level for him. Might go get some cheapie ones from Crazy Clarkes that he can destroy if he wants.
Shell - Ive heard the same thing re TT and new siblings! Which is why even though Jett has made *some* progress, albeit very slow progress, Im not pushing it til after River arrives. Some days he is obssessive about going potty, others he flatly refuses, and sometimes he just takes himself off in there. We have some stickers he gets as rewards for doing something on the toilet and he is NOT allowed to have toilet paper or flush unless he goes otherwise its a fun game for him that gets us nowhere. I figure its a good start and one day he'll just be 110% into it and train overnight.
Well Im off to bed, completely knackered :asleep:
I hear you on the fascination of toilet paper and flushing the toilet paper! Nina even takes her dolly's to the toilet. Yes, apparently they need to do wees and poos as well. They even get toilet paper, and she flushes the toilet for them. :wall:
belle - honey have a fantastic day at Tara's christening. Make sure you enjoy the day, don't worry about anything. I wish I could have been there. I hope you like the present. :hug:
AnnaT - I meant to say in my last post htat I think you have chosen a lovely name. Personally I like River much more than Gage, but either choice would have been good.
Kell - I hope Christmas Day works out and that you don't let the famiyl stuff spoil the day with the kidlets.
Merry Christmas
I hope you all have a lovely chrsitmas and a safe and happy new year!
Thought I would pop on while I have a moment. Babies are doing well. DH and I are completely exhausted all 4 kids have a bad cold and it is really tough having 2 babies with blocked noses and problems. We are usually averaging about 2-4hrs sleep a night broken. Anyway Tallulah is asleep and Gabriel is content in his swing so I better go and wrap some presents. Augh Gabriel is no longer content. Better go.
Oh no Helen I hope you all feel better soon!
Not much to say here..
Hi helen,nice to see your ok except for the cold.
Annat whats your secret? Trying for number 4?
Gee Caddie, you are observant. Just noticed that too now that you have mentioned it!!
I have to go to the geneticist today. I am really hoping that all is alright and that the baby doesn't have the risk of a genetic disease, or it is a lot of tests really FAST to get some answers, nad then go from there.
Thanks guys.
Meg-Oh, I hope everything is ok. Best wishes and goodluck.
annaT-mmmmmmmmm
Thanks Helen. I have to go because my first cousin had a late loss nearly 3 months ago, and they just got their results and it may be a genetic disease. They get their full results on 7th Jan, but my obs doesn't want to risk me waiting that long in case it is something that I carry as well.
Fingers crossed for you meg... Im sure it will be ok. Sounds like you have a very thourough dr there!
Ha its not a secret relating to me (directly anyway), its pretty big news and Im still reeling from it but I cant say anything IRL yet as a final decision hasnt been made but................................
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Life is way complicated right now and I hate that Im powerless to help someone I love or be there for them physically. Army life sucks at times like these :(
Meg - Hope all's ok honey. How's your cousin going?
Helen - :hug:
Caddie - You ok honey?
AnnaT- Everyone must be as nosey as me cause yr PM box is full and now I am dying to know the secret, even if it is none of my business.
Meg- Good luck with the tests, at least you have good Dr that will look into these things and not just ignore it. I'm sure everything will come back ok.
Helen- Oh god how you coping on little sleep and sick kiddies?! Do the twins usually feed and sleep much the same time at night or are you up with one then the other?
I feel so lethargic today, this weather really gets to me, my legs felt so weak thought they'd give way! Don't think I'll ever be able to live up north! Maybe antartica for me.
Nelle- I meant to ask how yr church service went, end up organising it well?
Hi, Thanks everyone for your thoughts
Had my genetics stuff today. Basically they took about 6 tubes of blood, and now I have to wait for the results. Some of them could be a few weeks away, and my cousin will have further results by 6th Jan, so when she gets hers, she will let me know asap. So a bit of a waiting game now.
On the positive side, I haven't heard anything from my Obs, and they said they would call if my GD test was positive. Comsidering I had the test last Wednesday, you think that I would have heard by now.
Annat - I would love to know your secret, so send me a PM only if you are really comfy in spilling the beans. I hope it is a good secret, and everything is alright. You have got me a bit worried from your post.
Better go, I have a naughty 2yo, not so keen on going to bed.....