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Noni I think mine was also $8o
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Noni ~ We have our reception sorted at $110 per head but we're not having many people so we're going quality over quantity, I recently went to a reception that only cost $50 a head & it was really nice!
Hey renee! Been wondering where you got to!.. It was us having the tiff's, not spending enough time together is the problem, phuket sounds like a fab idea.
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Noni, my reception (and wedding) was at a vineyard. It was $37 per head, and had a $700 bar tab so that worked out to be $15 each. So $53 per person for entree, main, dessert and beer/wine. That was NZ though, so not sure if it is comparable to here.
Oz, W has vaccinations tomorrow and swimming Wednesday, do you want to meet up on Thursday or Friday? Any other Brisbane buddies want to come? LP how far up the sunshine coast are you? Leemar? JaZmum?
Renee, I don't think it is bad of you to want some couple time. Especially if Rory is going to be 11 months old. If he is comfortable and sleeps well with his grandparents then go for it.
I am so excited, my DH had a phone interview this morning and they called him back an hour later to say he has the job. They are flying him to NZ next week for a plant tour and to talk contracts etc. I was getting stressed about not having an income or a town to go to. It is in Ohakune which is a little resort town at the bottom of Mt Ruapehu, so it gets busy with skiers during the winter and has fishermen through the summer. It also has a giant carrot. I have always wanted to live in a town with a novelty giant statue lol
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That's great that your DH got the job art, Ohakune sounds like a really exotic place,
lol, I have lived near the big pineapple, Big banana, Big Oyster & Big prawn - No big vegetables so far - I'd love to come, I'll have to see if i'll have my car back by then though - MIL's was stolen from her workso i just left mine with her.
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LP, If it keeps raining you won't need a car to get down here, do you have an inflatable raft?
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Art - yay for DH getting a job, that is great news.
Noni - I think our reception was $90 a head, that was for 3 courses and drinks.
Renee - we have the baby sunnies too (Baby Banz). I got them over the internet, I also saw them in a baby shop in Canberra. Have a great time in Phuket - if you need the break go for it!
We've been having a few little tiffs too - mainly around the going to bed time of day when DD has decided she doesn't want to and we're both getting tired. I've been keeping records since boxing day of what she does all day (feed, sleep & awake time) and for the 19 nights we've had, there have only been 8 that she has gone to sleep when we have put her down (ad not had to go back in a few times)and not woken up 45 minutes later. Does that sound like a bad record? We have our night time routine, but it doesn't seem to work on her. I jinxed myself last night, said to DH, at least when it is hard to get her down the first time she doesn't wake 45 minutes later - so last night she did both!! DH just held her hand for 5 minutes and she dropped off again so that at least was good.
She did the biggest sleep in more than 5 weeks last night - 8.25 hours. I woke at the 6 hour mark, which was already a long sleep for her and couldn't get back to sleep with the size of my boobies!
And this morning she did a monstrous poo - all over her, sleeping bag, mattress protector. Woke up to see her and DH disappearing into the shower to clean her up.
Oh dear, she's awake and doesn't sound happy - better go.
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Cally, I'm dying to ask....do you keep your records in a spreadsheet...??? I think what ever happens happens and it's not necc bad or good. We've had some easy nights and some real rotters but I get more upset about it when I start adding it all up in my head. Best to just go with it on the day IMO.
Renee, thought of you this morning, I bought a copy of that book on ebay at a buy it now price with free express post.
Arte - fantastic news about the giant carrot job! Sounds nice, that's on the north island isn't it? Day trip to Nelson?
Noni, our reception was really cheap because we enquired about function prices but did not use the word "wedding" at all LOL. Just a normal restaurant, they did a buffet style meal with entree and dessert. That was a million years ago though so I'm sure it would cost more these days!
OK, I'm on time rations today so I'd better choof orf. xxx to all.
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Arte either day sounds good to me. LP hope you can come too, I wonder if Jazmum is still on the coast?? Cally your in Brisvegas aren't you?
Fantatsic news about your DH's job too.
better run Logan is calling, be back later.
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Hello all!
Lucky girls being able to have a meet up - anyone fancy a trip to my place? LOL.
Have finally decided I have had enough of Alister spewing everywhere and on everything and I got some AR formula. He doesn't have pain with it, but I am just so over the happy chucking. The others were all like it, but not this bad. I wash just as many terry flats a week as I would if he was wearing them. Fingers crossed it works. I asked my GP about it today too when I was there (medical for life insurance) and he said if that didn't work then get some infant gaviscon.
We must be the biggest cheapskates out with our wedding budget LOL. Ours cost $20 p/head for a 3 course meal (soup or vol-au-vont entree, roast main and dessert). Mind you out here costs are so much less than in the city. The IL's paid for the booze, so we have no idea how much that cost. So we didn't spend that much at all really, we only had 80 people there.
Renee, I think 5 days away would be a fab idea. And no, you wont do Rory any damage by leaving him with his Nanny and Poppy - if anything he wont want to go home with you afterwards LOL. I haven't been on FB lately, it keeps doing funky things on me, probably because I have dial up I think.
Noni, BF for the 2nd time round is so much different to the first - you have so much more confidence by then and I am sure it will work for you next time.
I started stockpiling solids today too LOL. Woolies had Rafferty's garden organic purees at 2 for $3, so I grabbed 8, plus some of their rice cereals too. So much cheaper than heinz too.
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OOooo speaking of weddings, I just went to order our wedding photo's (2 years later LOL) and out photographer has put our photo's up on his website (could of bloody picked some better ones though)!!!!!! And the bloke who made our wedding cake I designed has put it up on his website! Shouldnt I be getting paid haha.
http://www.stevesphotography.com.au/...ayne%20720.htm
Okay this might sound like a stupid question....Do you think Rory could forget us if we went away???
Sherie - When are you going to start Alister on rice Cereal??? The shop had no S-26 gold so we just got the normal one thinking we wouldnt have any problems but Rory has been chucking everywhere and doing massive POOS! Plus he didnt like it and wouldnt drink the whole bottle......Fussy boy, im sure there would of been no taste differenfce.
Ooo Marydean! Is that the one for $23 (I think it was)??? MMmm might buy with my next pay-cheque. Fantastic idea about not mentioning the word 'wedding' LOL..wish we thought of that! As soon as you mention the word wedding, baby or funeral the price goes up 20% - 20%!!
Art - Congratulations on your DH's job offer. You must be so excited & proud. Good work!
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Asha had some banana with organic rice cereal this afternoon (made it warm coz its cold today kinda like poridge) and she absolutely loved it!! its the most shes eaten yet (bout 2 1/2 dessert spoons worth all up) she was so excited!! gonna try something like sweet potato tmw so its not all fruit..
sorry gotta go or i am gonna burn dinner...
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Renee, Rory wont forget you (and it's not a silly question at all), he will be happy to see you for sure, but he will still know that you're his mum and dad. Have you left him over night before? Maybe when it gets closer you could do some trial runs for a weekend (2 nights) and see how he goes? Might be good for nanny and poppy too to have some practice.
I will start him at Easter time on solids, he will be six mths old then (my god!). I don't want to risk any allergies because of his eczema, so I may even hold off longer than that if I can. I'm just stockpiling while I see it on special LOL.
We had one of our wedding pics in the yellow pages for our photographers ad, but he chose a silohette (sp?) so you can't tell it's us, but we know it is LOL. We are yet to see any money for that too
Arte, I missed the bit earlier about your DH's job offer, that is fantastic news, he must be stoked.
Noni, a word of warning on the sweet potato front - it comes out EXACTLY as it went in LOL, it is one of the grosser things you will ever see in a nappySo be prepared for orange.
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hahahahaha maybe i will try something else then hahaha yuk
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MD - I am an engineer don't forget!! I set a spreadsheet up, but I've just been printing it out and marking it in highlighter for awake and asleep times and then red pen for feeds. I just wanted to see if there was any pattern to her days, I was struggling to remember 2 days beforehand what she had done! And a few times I'd forgotten when she'd last fed.
Renee - That is a good idea of Sherie's to have a little trial run beforehand. I like the wedding photos!
Sherie - good luck with the AR formula.
Still had some issues tonight getting her to sleep, but she got there in the end. During the day she goes down easily without any help from us at all, but I might try sitting in with her in the evenings and holding her hand to see if that works. We see the nurse tomorrow for her weigh in so will see what she thinks.
Hope you all have a good night.
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Hi Girls,
Art- I would love to meet up but I have to work those days. Oh well maybe next time. Congrats to your DH for landing a job before you go.
Renee- I think Rory will be fine. And you and Dwayne will have a fab time. You are better off doing it now while he is little.
Well DH has come home today and told me that his ex has contacted him on this facebook thingie. He joined as one of his friends asked him too as he went overseas for a while to live and they can keep in touch with everyone easier or something like that. Any way she tracked him down. I have never met her and wonder why after all this time would she bother to track him down. She has rang a few years ago on his old work number too. Hey better go he is coming. Talk to you all soon.
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LEEMAR! That is so strange, DF just told me his ex just contacted him on myspace a few days ago - First thing i done was look up her pictures- I knew her when we were kids, she was a mean b!#&$ don't think i have anything to worry about there, Time has not been good to her. lol.
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Morning everyone
S is still sleeping soundly but DF woke the rest of us up running around the house like a maniac because he was late for work.
Raining... AGAIN!
That sounds yummy noni ~ Good breaky on a rainy day, I'm glad we're not on solids yet, I think i'd be finishing the leftovers & stacking on the kg's. Hehe.
Sherie ~ a trip to "the green green grass of home"... I'll be there!
Easter, Uh-Oh - another holiday, Thank goodness it's not as mad as chistmas - I got a couple of the rafferty one's too, just incase she doesn't like heinz.. lol @ sweet potato going out how it went in, Any other foods that do that?!
Cally, I printed up a speadsheet when S was first born & our families picked on me so much! lol Now i write it all down & don't tell anyone! We have started a new trick when bub will not sleep, we put her in the cot then sit on the floor next to it & hum or softly sing songs till she stop wriggling, Then we crawl out of the nursery! LOL it's just a back up for us as she usually goes down fine - Goodluck tomorrow, I hope the nurse has some advice for you.
Leemar - I wanted to add, when i signed up to myspace i looked up every name i could ever remember, Just to see what people were up to now... Maybe the ex just did the same thing? Gee! I even looked up the first boy i kissed in grade 1! Dissapointing that it didn't work out, He's a looker now
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Morning Girls,
LP- What a crack up. I looked her up as soon as I got off talking to you guys. I asked DH to show me and Wowzers you would chew your arm off. lol. I read what she has written to him and she wants to keep talking to him if it doesnt cause any problems at home she also wrote and asked him if he missed the care free days of 1992, 93. Are you kidding me..... This girl need to get a life. ( oh she is married and has 2 kids and she put on her profile that her marriage is complicated). DH said no he did not miss those days and much prefers his time with me and with our family. Ohhhh I really feel like saying something to her. Sorry for the rant...
Hello to everyone and have a great day
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