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No worries girls! I am very busy with making stuff for my baby market plus a couple of outside orders too so when i have some pics to show you i will!
Ok well im glad everyone is in good spirits. I dont know whether i am being woken at 10 to 6! Arghh
Meg - it worked...sort of!! the blisters have gone (YAY) but her tooshie is still red so ive wacked on another layer this morning. poor bugger is walking like she's been horse riding. Thank y9ou so much for sharing this with us and telyour doc he's a life saver when you see him next.
m3g - great to hear that you got some 'me' time hon. I need to get my eyebrows done..their sating to look like Don King sat on my face rofl
Jodi - Vy has the princess theme aswell! We got her a canopy that goes over her bed in the princess theme. It has lights in it that are purple. We so need to finish her room..it needs a new window and new pain job...it wont happen now..god we still havent finished the stuff for our permit.
Shell - when are you guys TTC again?
Caddie - hope your having fun at the market thingo
Ahh now Mateauz has started crying again
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Glad it helped Maz. It must be hot your way today!
Shar - Cool. I always forget to turn MSN on though :lol:
Jodi - I always thought if I had a girl I would do a butterfly these. J's room in barnyard animals. I didn't want to paint anything on the walls, so I have kept them white and got my cousin to do some canvasses for me.
Ness- I saw this on the Herald - Sun Website
Adelaide bakes in 75-year heatwave
It has been 75 years since Adelaide has seen such an extraordinary heat wave in Autumn and the weather bureau says there is no relief in sight.
Shell - I don't follow AFL, but DH went to a friends house to watch the game
Shell I had a giggle at the thought of you yelling at your car radio mate, cos I so could picture you doing that! :p Glad you're happy bout the footy.
That's so cool that Mylanta can be used on the butt. I wonder if Gaviscon would do the same thing? (I hate drinking it, so it may as well be useful somehow!)
Speaking of things I hate drinking, you girls should try my new iron medicine! Ewwwww! It's the worst kind of sweet possible. I'm going to try spreading it out diluted with orange juice over the day. Did I tell you I finally saw a referring dr for the birth centre the other day - $57 just for him to say 'yep you're low risk'. Well derr, and man I could have bought cool stuff with that money instead! Ah well. He was nice at least. But seriously...I was in there not even 10 mins!
It's so cool hearing about all the themes! I tried to get a water/pond/sailor theme going for River, but nope, he likes Lions. :p And jungle stuff. We went to Spotlight on Friday and showed him all the stuffed toys - straight to the lion toy with squealy kisses! Funny, how they can have preferences so young! And only the blue and orange crayons, at home and playgroup.
Caddie, I'm another who's looking forward to seeing some of your creations, you're sounding like you're enjoying it so much, that's awesome! My arty-ness extends to buying cool quilting cotton from Spotlight and stapling it over a cheap canvas - niiiiiice. (Nelle's tip - it's a good, cheap, nice looking solution if you need a nice looking barrier - we've got one in front of Ran's computer on the floor so Riv can't see the shiny power button or reach the game consoles- out of sight out of mind for him!)
No idea what else I was going to say...lurkers? Doing okay?
Ohhh AND yesterday mum came over to cut material and I got sewing - Meg...I swear, Monday in the post, and I am going to shout 'SORRY' into the post bag and seal it up real quick so a very personal and heartfelt apology gets to you...
I'm home at the moment, and not at church, cos I asked Rans to set his alarm, and he said yep and fiddled with his phone, and I said is it done, he said yep, BUT he was actually asleep the whole time! :doh: Am seriously getting worried about how normal and awake he can sound when he's actually asleep, we've had a few realistic conversations lately.
Hope everyone's enjoying their day! It's so sunny here, might try to get outside and enjoy the heat for awhile.
Ooow i like hearing about the themes too. Jesse's new room is a Jungle Room mostly... just with a car bed in it lol. He has a Diego doona, the curtains i have match the Diego doona but are just like jungle leaves, so when he's over Diego they can still stay and suit any age. Thats really about it so far lol. If we werent renting i would love to put up wall pics of jungle animals.
Maz.. oh how good is Mateauz going! What a little trooper!
Belle.. yay about finding out the sex! Are you going to let everyone know or keep it to yourself? Not long now!
Nelle.. woah thats alot for just a yeh everythings fine. I called up with mine and got the results over the phone and just got my GP to leave a copy of the letter at reception hehe.
Jodi.. ive seen Nina's pics so cute! Im stuck as what to do for a girl. Still looking around (and waiting until after Saturday). All i know is its gonna be pink :)
Well all you MCN mummas out there would be proud to know that Jesse has his first (well second cos first was pooped in already!) BumGenius MCN on his bum right now!!!! They are so good. The poop just rolled off into the toilet, they dont leak (so far so good!) and im saving $$ on sposies!! Just going to use them while we're home, but still every bit helps.
Not sure if you have noticed yet.. some of the Nappy thread mummas might have, but Nessa has had her account deleted. I think you all have her on her MSN, so you can contact her via there.
Good on ya Kell!
I did notice Ness's membership was gone. I will send her an email.
Nell :lol:
is nessa ok? i noticed that too, hope she is ok, and coping with all that hot wheather.
belle..would love to meet up at easter, you can come to my house or theres a cafe around the corner, we can have a cofee there its right on the water where the park is, and the girls can have fun there...good luck with your scan hun.
kell..go the mcn, they are great arnt they.
maz, i hope jed has let you rest this weekend and you have got your feet up!!
jodi, glad to hear thats nina is on the mend.
meg, that is so weird mylanta on the butt.
hi everyone else, i am so exhausted atm, must be a stage of preganncy, but i have no energy what so ever, even sitting here is taking it out of me, maybe its because i was screaming at the kids all morning:lol: anyway i hope your all enjoying your weekend
We went to a 40th birthday party today and Ash got baby sat, I forgot how nice it is to go out with Df child free! Had a great time got to chat and mingle, got to eat a nice lunch without interuption and got to have couple drinks too!
Kell- You could try those removable wall stickers of you want something for Jesse's room. Before we bought we used the removable wallpaper borfer thing round Ash's room and it does peel off really easliy left no marks or anything.
Chrissy- I think if I were pregnant and had all those kids you have I'd be feeling exhausted too! I hope you are getting some rest.
Nelle- Could you take the iron tablets instead? Eww, I hate medicines. You know I always wonder with todays medical advances why they can't make decent medicine. I mean they do transplants and brain surgery but to make a medicine half decent seems impossible!
Maz- prolly Aug we'll start ttc, was gonna be july but now I want to wait til after my 30th so i can have fe drinks at it.
well I guess I better plan a theme for Ashleighs room then I'll have an idea where to start!
Didn't get too much done in Emily's room today. The 2nd and final coat of paint was put on, but that's about it.
I had a friends' baby shower to go to, and Heath went to the pub with one of his mates. So we didn't et a chance to put any stuff back in the room, and my house still looks like a bomb has hit it!!
Ah, well, had some Nina free time, which was good. Almost didn't get it though. I organised with my mum 3 weeks ago to look after Nina this afternoon. And half an hour before we were going to leave, she decided that she needed to do stuff at home, and left. Nina was ready to have a sleep, and mum doesn't have anywhere for Nina to sleep. I was so annoyed, so was Heath. So I had to ring around and finally organised for my sister to come out and look after Nina. I got to the baby shower an hour late though.
I never ask anyone to look after Nina, and the one time I do, this happens :angry: Never again.
And our next door neighbours' car was stolen last night, right from outside their house, in front a street light! Game buggars they are. And he's a judge too. I wouldn't want to be them when/if they get caught. But it's definitely made us think twice about safety. There hasn't been anything like that happen in our neighbourhood in years.
Anyway, my feet are aching tonight. I'm sitting here with them immersed in my foot spa, and it's feeling sooooo nice.
kel - like shel said, try the removable stickers. That's what I've used for Nina's wall hangings.
shell - that's great you got ash-free time today with df. The last time Heath and I had time out just the 2 of us was back in August last year when we went away for our anniversary. I'd love to go out to dinner for his b'day next week, but the drama of organising a reliable babysitter isn't easy unfortunately.
nele - that's so cute that River likes lions!! Nina is definitely very girly, and likes girly things, she has about half a dozen dolls lying around, and finds things to make as thier beds. It's very cute.
maz - I'd love to see pics of Vy's room. It sounds really nice.
That's great news her bum is clearing up. Poor little chicken must be in so much pain. I have chafe (sp?) ATM cause silly me wore a skirt today, and it was really hot, and i was sitting on seat crossed legged. So it's very ouchie between my legs.
chrissy - glad to hear from you. I hear you on being totally exhausted. Except I can't really compare with you, cause I've only got one toddler to run around after, you've got half a dozen kids! Dunno how you do it woman!
belle - not long till your scan! Can't wait to hear the news. It's on Tuesday isn't it?
Oh Kell, yay on the cloth nappies! I love our BumGenius, they're so reliable.
Well, you're into the 3rd trimester now aren't you Chrissy? I found that I came out of the second trimester and suddenly all my energy was gone again, such a bummer. And I only have Riv, so I can imagine you're tired! I guess just try to eat and drink well and get as many early nights as you can.
Nope Shell, I don't really absorb the iron well from iron tablets. I have to drink it through a straw too, cos the pharmacist said it could stain my teeth, so it's hard to skull! Too right about crap tasting medicine, how hard can it be to make good stuff? Glad you had fun at the 40th.
Argh Jodi, what a pain about your mum leaving early - what was she thinking?? Do you have a portacot you can send with your mum for next time?
The foot spa sounds nice, I might go have a shower soon...mmm...
Just had to brag - Rans made dinner tonight, and he made the sauce from scratch! I'm really proud of him, I've encouraged him a million times that I reckon he could do it when he's watched me! He used some tinned tomatoes, garlic, olives, basil and heaps of other ingredients and remembered my advice about just tasting it as he went! So we had a rather yummy Spaghetti Bolognese.
It's good to know that when the new baby comes (and even now, as I'm slowing down), that we can still have pretty decent meals.
Oh and Meg, Rans pointed out that tomorrow's a public holiday, so...I'll post your stuff on Tuesday!! :doh:
Hope everyone has a great sleep and a fun day tomorrow - it's predicted to be 37 here!
Yep.. Nessa is fine.. just had to delete for certain reasons.
Shell/Jodi.. oh didnt think of those. My friend imports things called Wallies and sells them on ebay.. might see if she can get me somethin jungle like. I use those 3M hooks for anything i need to hang, well just Jesse's curtains really. Have been too scared to use them to hang a frame on the wall.
Shell.. glad you had a nice time out. Its always nice hey.. and strange i think.. i always feel somewhat naked when i go out without Jesse. But its good for you.
Jodi.. oh that sux. I hate when you make plans at the last minute someone breaks them and stuffs you all around. Oow yeh id hate to be them who stole the car!
Will put Jesse in BG's again today while we're home. Have a yesterdays load washing now as ill be out all day tomorrow.
Well for those who have public holidays hope you have a nice day..
Kell, I've used those 3M hooks, the prob I found was when we moved a couple were hard to remove, when I pulled the tab thingy it stretched and broke before it all came off wall then the hook was stuck and we had to struggle to get it off. The removable stickers were great though.
Nelle- I know yuck too hot this week! I'll be staying indoors I think. Yay on Rans, Df isn't too bad a cook I think cause before me he lived on his own for awhile so had to learn plus his mum is great cook so he must've got tips from her.
Jodi- grr at your mum, I'd like to know what was so importatnt at home she had to do! I hope you enjoyed the baby shower anyways after all the drama. You are due for just a Heath and you night out, we were the same last time just Df and I was last Aug for my birthday. I just hate asking people.
Might have a look for some, thanks Shell.
OMG i am shocked. I just had the Teletubbies on for Jesse. Weird and stupid show but he likes it. Anyways, they had a little girl going and looking with i think her dad, for spiders around the garden under bricks and things! Then they were picking them up!!!! Hmm i dunno, but i think that is pretty stupid to have on a children's program. I wonder how many kids are now going to go and run out into the garden and pick up a red back spider!
EEEk - Kell that gives me the shivers - sometimes I wish they wouldnt show programs like that. 1 more sleep mate, think of me tomorrow at 9am!!! We have removable stickers, we got stars and moon in Julia's room and arranged them into the southern cross and put clouds and stuff on the walls so cute got them from babies galore they have great removable stickers.
Chrissy - either sounds great! look forward to seeing ya at Easter! cant wait! so love it at port stephens too!
Nelle - that pasta sounds great! god im hungry lol
Jodi - how frustrating for you mate... hope the baby shower was good though. Yep scan is tomorrow at 9am!!! YAY
Shell - your night out sounds good, how ru today are you workin?
Mum3girls - good to see ya!!! how ru?
Meg - how was yoru weekend?
Caddie - your stuff sounds great look forward to seeing some pics!!!
Hello to everyone, I must go sleep now im so tired. back later for more personals.
Will let you all know the sex tomorrow after the scan!
Bel
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Is anyone's bubba going through a stage on not sleeping well? J is not sleeping well at all during the day. He has gone from doing 2 - 3 hours during the day, to being lucky to get 45 mins out of him. I usually manage to resettle and get him down for another 45 mins. But it is not quality sleep therefore he is more cranky in the evening. It is bearable, but for his own sake it would be nice if he got a good block of rest.
roll on the cool southerly that is supposed to be coming on this arvo......I used to love the heat before I got pregnant but now...
Meg - Rylee's sleep has always been cr@p so I cant' really comment, lately she has been waking at 2 am and not going back till about 4.30 am - FUN!!!!
Anyway, I'm hot and bothered so will bbl..
Laurin
Laurin- Do you think Rylee is still adjusting to moving from another country?
Meg- Hmm can't help you on that one, Ash sleeps ok in the day, time is getting shorter but get bout 1.5hr from her. Could it be from the heat? Ash has started waking more at night crying but is generally pretty easy to resettle.
Belle- Nope, no work til Thurs this week. I'm glad your scan is early so we don't have to wait to long to find out! Has your m/s settled?
Kell- Ewww, i so hate spiders but you're right now kids will go out picking up things that could be dangerous, they could've showed that they looked but didn't touch and asked there parents what type they were or something instead.
I can feel its getting bit cooler here, still warmish though. Had my sister and nephew over so we just spent time inside with the air con on playing playstation!
Meg - Julia sometimes only has 30mins day sleep now, so im no help I so understand how you are feeling. I get so tired. She doses around 11am for 1/2 hour then wont go to bed/sleep until 7pm sigh...but will sleep for 12 hours straight.
Shell - I am happy to its first thign in the morning! lol dont worry you guys will know as soon as I get home!
Laurin - I hope Rylee's sleep settles down for you too mate. Ick hate hot weather.
Laurin - I hear ya on the heat thing. I too used to like the heat till I got preg, and now I can't stand it!!
Just a q - did you buy Rylee a seat on the plane, or did she just sit on your knee? We are going with sitting on knee, but I am pretty sure J was get very S**tty nit being able to spend some time running around.
Belle - Wow Julia must be very tired by the end of the day!!
Shell - I was thinking that it could be the unsettled weather. Also he is seriously teething. 2 molars through, and two big lumps, so the others are on the way.
Kell - There would be no way that I would encourage spider collection, and I'm not even scared of spiders.
Nelle - No prob mate! ;)
Hows everyone else coping in the heat? We are marginally better off than Melbourne. It is 37 here and not 39!!!
yep Meg, by 6pm shes knackered, we try to keep her up until 7pm if possible but she gets whingy.
Belle - I can't believe that you are already 20 weeks. And a lot of you girls are that far along that realistically it could be any day!
and ...
:happyforyou: HAPPY 18 MONTHS TO ALL OUR GORGEOUS SEPT BUB'S. :happyforyou:
Most will have either just turned, or will some time in this month.
man thank g*d for the cool change I have a whoppa headache and looking forward to some cooler weather tho see it is going to heat up again late this week.
Meg - from Johannesburg to Sydney we travelled business class (through Dh's work) and had a row of three so we put Rylee in the middle of us - only booked two seats though so we were very lucky, and then from Auckland to Melbourne just recently I booked economy but used my frequent fliers to upgrade to business and got a spare seat next to me - if you are lucky you might end up with a spare seat next to you, it is a long way at the bubs age to have them sitting on your nap and now they are too big for the bassinets so it makes it hard. Is it a night or day flight???
Shell - the problem is she wants to come into bed with me but I am putting my foot down as I really dont' want her in bed with me anymore - she kicks and pulls my hair, etc so she is playing up, but I am not giving up on this. :)
Anyway, girls off to have cookies n cream icecream and watch Desperate Housewives - can't wait!!!! Till the morrow.
Laurin x
Half your luck getting business seats!
Our first flight is a night flight. Second is an afternoon/evening flight.
Then on the way home first is an afternoon/evening flight and I am not sure about the last flight.
Girls im finally back from having the ultrasound and lunch with mum!! we found out its:
A GIRL!!! Her name will be TARA
BEL
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Belle - congratulations on your news of a beautiful girl - a little sister for Julia :) Yay - Tara is a gorgeous name!!
Not much here to report, I can feel the weather heating up again, yuck....
Do any of you girls take your bubs to Gymbaroo at all, I am going along tomorrow to see what it is like...
BBL
Laurin xx
:hello: everyone just thought I would drop back in ;)
Belle congrats on another girl....:stork-girl:
not much happening here, we are off to g'stone tonight we all 3 have dentist appoint and skin cancer checks tomorrow then back home babysitting thurs and off to agnes fri till easter mon :dance:
Meg the little boy I babysat last year, his parents just got back from 6 weeks overseas he did so well with the plane trip the 8hrs to singapore was awake but cabin crew were great they had booked a bassinet/cot thing so look into that, layover in singapore was 3hrs they let him run himself ragid he slept the entire 12hrs to London, then on way home slept 6 of 12 from london to singapore then slept the 8 hrs home, so am :pray: J does same for you, when do you all go????
well I best go pack while my J is asleep OMG have to share he is finally self settling again he goes down in cot for naptime and night time sleep he doesn't call out you hear him talking or tapping side of cot and generally is asleep in less than 20min we check on him but he will be laying happily talkign away :dance: now to work out how to keep it going when he is in agnes as his cot is in living area down there
oh and I feel so sorry for all of ya affected by heat, but we have been closing up at night as it is cold, I wear flannie pj's pants to bed, Jack is in lightweight winter PJ's mind you today is a tad warmer but not unbearabel, as I sat on couch on sat rugged up in a blanket I said to jase how will I cope with winter *HAHA*
qucik ?? anyone know best time to visit canberra we want to go down that way during snow season, jindabyne etc, we want to see the war memmorial (well jase does) so anyone know when is a good time
IM SO HAPPY IM HAVING A GIRL!!! I CANT WAIT TO SEE HER!!!!
JULIA'S GOING TO BE A BIG SISTER!!!!
YEAH!!!
:happyforyou::happyforyou::happyforyou:
Congrats Belle on your 2nd little princess!!! :dance:
Rach - It's been quite cool here as well :confused: Dunno what's up with the weather?? Hope all you girls down south are keeping cool.
so we should pack the warm weather gear for Agnes as well mum of 3 ;)
Thanks Mum 3 girls! How ru great to see you again!
Boo - thanks mate! Nah we dont go to Gymbaroo, Julia goes to daycare and then I organise her to have playdates with friends...
:happyforyou: CONGRATULATIONS Belle! :happyforyou:
Have you told your family yet?
Rach - Hi Hun! How old was the little boy when he went over?
Hi to everyone else. will BBL
meg he was 18mths I think or 19mths
Belle.. congratulations on another little princess! Go GIRL POWER!! Love the name too!!
Belle- Yay! How exciting! A little princess. Girls seem to be the flavour in here at the moment! And I love the name Tara, sounds nice with Julia too. Julia and Tara.
Meg- So when will you be ttc #2? I was thinking just cause we are starting in 4 months when you might be. You gonna wait til after london?
Rach- Thats great he is self settling, makes life so much easier when they do.
Laurin- We go to gymbaroo. Ash is bit more into it this year prolly cause she is older. She enjoys the physical part climbing on everything, the other musical part she dosen't always join in. Depends what they have. we usually sing songs with actions then they get out toys out the treasure box. There is usually a theme like this term its been australian animals so each week we look at a new one.
I haven't been well today. Feel lot better now but overnight and this morn I had a sore throat, bit of a temp, ached all over, had no energy whatsover. And because Df chucked a sicky on friday he reakoned he couldn't stay home today. i was so angry cause i barely could get myself down stairs so getting Ash down and dressed and fed was such a struggle. Lucky my mum came over and helped out. Maybe I'm coming down with a cold or a virus or something but god I hadn't felt so bad for a long time.
CONGRATS BELLE ON A LITTLE SISTER FOR JULIA:happyforyou:
Shell - We will def be ttc buddies. Was talking to DH last night. We originally were gonna try in London, but mainly sharing a room with J, plus being with family some of the time..... Anyway we have decided to wait till we get back and settle back into a routine. So will prob be July! I haven't been back on the pill at all, so have a fairly good idea of my cycle. Hope you are feeling better soon.
Belle - Tara is a really nice name. It suits Julia. my friend has a little Tara and she is just a lovely little girl.
Congratulatons Belle!!! Tara is a wonderful name.And they will be such best friends!!! Congrats.
Hi rach.
Well put a pic up of my canvas..
Caddie - thanks mate!! They are both gorgeous canvas's !!! I wish I could paint they look great!
Meg - thats great you have decided on a starting date of TTC - best wishes mate.
Chrissy - cant wait to see ya at easter!!! thanks mate re Tara, happy to meet you either place, will call you when we get up there on the Friday and see how we are both going with what day we are both free.
Shell - thats great you are TTC too. Sorry to hear you are unwell hon, hope you feel better soon.
Kell - I know can you believe it!!! go girl power!!!! I so thought it would be a boy lol...but we got the definate 3 lines in the ultrasound will upload the pics to show ya.
DH and I are going to celebrate tonight!
Thanks girls for all your wishes im so excited to finally know!
Bel
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Belle.. oh cool! cant wait to see the pics! I couldnt see anything in my ultrasound but the guy reckons 90% girl.. so guess we'll see on Saturday, hopefully!
Shell.. take it easy hun. Glad your mum could come over and help out.
Jesse had his 18 month needle today and didnt cry at all! So proud of him. He absolutely screamed every other needle and this one just said "ooow", that was it.. then smiled happily.
:dance:Whooohooo Congrats Belle, so happy to hear about you having a princess. But I would have been just as happy either way, glad to hear that everything went great.
Just skim read stuff, but I am lost, I think it is going to take me a while to get back into the swing of things.
Maz-How is your little man?
Chrissy-Is everything alright with your little bub?
Love