Happy Birthday Asha!!! Great to hear you gave your mum an early start for your big day!
And Happy Birthday Tia!!! I hope you've had a great day sweetie!
Further on to the oven issues - the bloody thing caught fire last night! All I can say is thank god we had a fire extinguisher handy to put it out. I was home on my own with the kids too - DH was on the tractor over the back paddock. So yes, we are definately getting a new one!!! Scared the crappola out of me and I had a terrible sleep last night too. So you all have to go out and buy a fire extinguisher OK? The one we had only cost $30 and worth every last cent of it too.
Marydean, Lindsay was exactly like E is with the walking. He was 13mths when he walked unaided without his trolley. It was a block one and the front was weighed down by the blocks, so it was perfect for him.
Sorry for lack of personals everyone, but my love to you all. I'm on here to avoid cleaning the house again LOL.
Trillian, so you are sticking with the story that the oven caught on fire and not your second attempt at a cake lol Seriously, that must have been really scary. Must be the week for it since Leannes dryer nearly went up in smoke too.
Clare, glad to hear you don't need the chop!
Leanne, hope everyone gets better soon. How is the new washer/dryer going?
Rainy, poor Lewis, hope he is feeling better today. Sounds like your dad is fantastic.
Pregpan, bummer you didn't get to meet up with Ella and Queenie.
Noni, hope that you are feeling better and all the party prep is going well.
Hayley, have a great day with your birthday girl! So funny how they do everything so differently, W was walking around for a full month before he figured out how to stand without furniture
MD, I am so glad you have a second wind. I could feel you slipping and was worried about you, hope that the next 5 weeks go quickly. It is great that H is having an easier time at school, lol at 'hang out'
Not sure what is going on but W seems to be having trouble getting to sleep. He isn't even being a monkey, just taking ages. Last night he took nearly an hour. I was about 5 minutes away from running out of Zen, he drinks from one side and likes to twirl, grab, pull the other nipple Grrr. Then he keeps waking up all night (nothing new there lol) but he goes straight to a grizzle and then needs boob to stay in his mouth so I can't get comfortable. I hope it is a tooth and that it comes up really soon.
I hear you ladies on the tanty's .. I threw one a few weeks ago & threw my robot vacuum cleaner & now I can't put a wheel back in
Haven't been up to much.
Jack had cake at day care on Thursday (pics on f/b in the events ablum), took Alex to dr yst as he had an ear infection then had to do food shop'n with crying kids (yay to me). 2mrw we are thinking bout going to the monthly markets up river.
Happy Birthday Maddie! And Happy Birthday Sarah! Have a lovely day and enjoy your pressies and your hard-won cakes!
Holy *****e Trill...how scary that would've been! We don't have an extinguisher but we do have a fire blanket (I figure it's prolly gonna be a cooking fire or a small appliance but I had rooly trooly never thought about the OVEN catching fire. Even tho my Dad's washing machine caught fire once...always make sure I don't put a wash on then leave the house after that)!
MM I think you are so right about us mums always having something to be guilty about, that's the way it is now. That's the price of the feminism, but the benefits of living a well-rounded empowered life also flow through to our children so it's a small thing when you consider the good things that we pass on to our kids, daughters especially.
Andie, oh rats about the horrible shopping trip, I've had a few of those with E. Not much choice when you're on your own! Hope you have a lovely day out at the markets (oh I do love a market)!
Arte, I hope the staying awake passes, that sounds very wearing. Would you or have you considered a dummy substitute (*ducks for cover*)...might help with your comfort levels? I LOL'd when I read that you felt me slipping, I had visions of myself clinging to the edge of an icy precipice. How perceptive you are my friend!
Clare so glad to hear your lymph nodes aren't putrefying after all (must've been my big shiny get healthy vibes that saved you )! And how Awesome that L took her first step! Exciting times
Have I mentioned my Baby's Got Rhythm? I nearly wet myself with excitement at the Op Shop the other day when I found an old C+C Music Factory CD ("EVERYBODY DANCE NOW") - anthem of my heyday pmsl. Anyway brought it home and both my girls have been grooving on down to the beats every day since. Missy E's got the beat alright LOL.
Thanks ladies for the bday wishes, we had a wonderful & emotional day with our big one year old today. We had a little party with lots of party food and a number 1 cake, she loved it & was spoilt rotten. I bawled my eyes out at 3.16pm which is the time that she arrived into the world. DP (or should I say DF, still on a high woo!!) and I have been remeniscing - spelling? all day, silly little things like 'at this time I was in labour' & 'remember what you said to me during labour' etc etc. I've cried alot today, much to my embarrassment lol.
On another note, I need a quick vent: The pressure that comes with organising a wedding has begun. We are planning a simple ceremony in Bali with immediate family only, as its all we want, I am not into the traditional white wedding scene. Anyway the outlaws have started with 'you cant do that, you must do this, get married in a church' blah blah blah. AHHHH hmmm maybe we should elope to Vegas!?
Oh and I lmao at the thought of MD's girls dancing to 'everybody dance now'!!!!!!! THATS A GOOD ONE! Cool find MD.
Happy Birthday Sarah, I hope you had a great day yesterday precious girl!
And Happy Birthday Maddie! Great to hear you loved your big day sweetie!
Just quick from me - have all the clean up to do after Alister's party yesterday. It was a great day, quite hot and friends of ours brought out their 4 wheeler motorbike so the big kids were on it all day and had a ball. The little kids had loads of fun, but with the heat they were over it all quite quickly. Alister just lost it by the time we had his cake so he ain't too happy in the pics LOL. Cake turned out brilliantly - will post pics later tonight. And Cally, he got a wagon for his birthday! Not a Radio Flyer, but this one is better because it's smaller I think - the Radio Flyers were really long.
H, tell the outlaws to bugger off - its your wedding, not theirs and you need to do what you want. Stand firm and don't let them get their way hun. I hate that kind of pressure from people because it only makes you and your fiance end up fighting, especially if all the pressure is from family.
Hi to everyone else - will be back on later tonight for more personals
I was so sentimental yesterday as well. It started on Friday when I said "aww, this time last year I had a midwifes hand up my vuh jay jay seeing how I was going" Then it progressed to my waters breaking in the middle of the night, then starting the drip, calling DH in, the announcement of the emergency c/s. Then ended up with us cutting the cake at 12.46pm (her time of birth). Teary a bit there!
Sarah had a great day, she got her presents from Mummy and Daddy as well as Nonnas pressies. Had a play with them and then the chaos started with trying to get her down to sleep and get the party ready at my sisters. Did well though. It was great catching up with family and friends. And Sarah had a ball playing with all the kids and smooshing all the food up. Got some great pics of her smearing cake everywhere. Have to wait until we had back up north before I can post pics because stupid me forgot the to bring the cord down.
MM - I ended up using a Fijian minister in Fiji so that I had the beach feel but kept the churchy feel. We aren't religious but that was one of my requirements. tell them that God doesn't need people to be in his House to hear and bless you. It's your wedding and you get to decide how you want it. Stand firm.
Oh, and got another tattoo on Friday...just in time for Sarahs bithday. Will post pics of that too. Owies but pretty.
Hope everyone is feeling better including the poor little tykes. Will try to BBL...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!!! (sorry for the lateness!).
MM: i totally agree with Sherie on this one. i know that it is hard to do, but you gotta ignore them and go with what you want. our BIGGEST regret is the way our wedding panned out. we gave in to family cr*p and in the end the wedding became all about them and we didnt have a nice time. stick true to yourselves. if they dont play nice, then u prob dont want them there on the day anyway!
MD: ooohh yes! it was the healthy vibes that you sent! i can't really remember any day before thursday, but i can safely say that i am feeling better! although now i have the post illness low, which although predictable is not making it any easier to deal with.
your girls sound like real little groovers! how awesomely cute!
Sherie: ooh i wanna see the wagon!
AFM: well L is on an "over-tired i-sleep-for-no-one" hyperdelic dash around the house with a screaming, piercing yell to boot. both DH and i are kinda getting over it, so time to leave the house.
also we have poo issues (Leila's of course!! ). we have a tiny tiny house and her poos have been permeating the air to a point where we are at our wits end! although we take her nappies straight to the bin or straight to the wash it just smells. i have no idea what she has been eating!!
Clare - they can be super smelly sometimes can't they, I find onion makes it really bad. So glad that you are feeling better.
Trill - glad that Alister had a good party and lucky him getting a wagon! I know what you mean about grumpy bum in the photos, we don't really have a good birthday shot of K, she is looking far too serious in them all!
MM - yep, stick to your guns if you want a Bali wedding. Try changing the topic each time they mention it, they may get the hint (or maybe not seeing as the room change didn't work out!)
Oz - what did the clairvoyant say?
Noni - how was A's party?
Well we went to the emergency department last night. K had a temp from Friday afternoon and last night it wasn't dropping with panadol and a cool bath. So we went in (I think DH was more worried than me). Anyway, the doctor said she was fine, either a teething fever or reaction to MMR. She's not so warm today which is good. We were lucky, there was no-one there so we went straight in. We were back home an hour after we left, considering it is a 15 minute drive away I think that was really good!
DH is at cricket all day today so K and I have been having a lovely day together. She ran around the yard in the nude and played under the sprinkler this morning.
Happy Birthday Luella!! hope you are having a lovely day!
My eldest baby girl's just signed up for MSN (I suddenly feel about 10 years older LOL). Ah not a milestone to look forward too ladies. Although it's a further cementing of successful friendships for DD1 one so it's not all bad news.
Cally far out with the ER visit -glad everything's ok.
OzKate, I'm just as keen as everyone to hear all the exciting clairvoyant goss!
Sherie, sounds like A's party went off really well! (except for the heat, I'm loving spring but I hate that it means summer's coming)! I saw the Ninky Nonks at the shop, for some reason I thought they would be bigger, chunkier...? Yay for the wagon!
We're planning to tiptoe thru the tulips tomorrow. Looking forward to it because there's supposed to be one of those baby animal patting pens, oooh can't wait to show E the baby animals!!
ETA Clare- peyoowee. I take it you mean an outside bin...? We have an inside bin with a sealed lid, I spray with that fridge vanilla stuff every couple of days when I empty it, usually not too bad. Provided you keep the lid shut tight. Everyone now and again it gets left open a tiny crack and the only solution is an open window!!
Happy birthday Maddi and Sarah! Sorry it's a bit late!
We had a great BBQ yesterday, everything went well and Lu was spoilt with pressies! A puppet of a rabbit in a hat was the biggest hit. She was showing off all day walking around in her Hawks jumper. lol (couple of pics on FB) It is amaing how quickly they master walking once they start, she is getting very confident now.
The cake was hit, i too have been chuckling at all the cake tanties that were going on around here. Fortunately we didn't have any fires, stabbing or throwing of cake. :P
Clare- Lu's poo has been unbearable stinky. I'm pretty sure she has had a virus though that was effecting them, so hoping it passes soon. Not good for the nausea! lol
Cally- Glad all is ok. Bit of a worry when the temp just keeps rising.
MD- You can come and pet loads of animals here on the funny farm anytime! lol The kids LOVED the puppies yesterday. The poor pus were sick of cuddles i think. Tulips sound gorgeuos, some great photo opportunities skipping throuhg the fields! BTW- i can't get 'everybody dance now' tune out of my head! That is gold.
Kate- oooooo what's the tat of? Do tell!
Trillian- Shheeeeesh on the oven fire! That's a bit scary. Surely if you wanted a new one you didn't have to set the old one alight. Bad ovens are the worst, we have a shocker. I feel your pain and i'm a little jelous you are getting a brand spanking new one.
Happy Birthday Luella!!!!! I hope you've had a wonderful day.
Marydean, Floriade is on my 'to do' list as well. It's just really bad timing this year to go kwim? And I can feel the quivering of nerves with the MSN joining LOL. I can just picture Miss E gettin down and funky to the bass beat of C&C Music Factory. Another one you young 'uns wouldn't know except for that horrendous new version that made me want to tear my ears off.
Ange, the party sounded wonderful. And just as well for her that the Hawks won too
Cally that would have been really worrying for you both. So she's fine now?
Clare, I have one of those nappy wrapper bins and they work quite well to contain the stink.
Kate, ANOTHER tattoo! How many have you got LMAO. I would love to see a pic of it.
Well we are all cleaned up and I have a house resembling a house again rather than the party aftermath it was this morning. We ALL had nanna naps this arvo too and I feel so much better for it. DH went in to work tonight so we're just having a lazy night with a slap up tea.
Alister the cheeky little monkey he is, was just STANDING in his wagon having a good old boogy around thinking he was pretty neat, but in the time it took me to get the camera, he sat down, looked at me and laughed! Little devil he is. So no pics of it. I am about to upload some to the gallery though.
Trillian the pictures are adorable. I know C&C Music factory, I loved them lol. OMG at your oven too.
Ange glad Lu had a great birthday. Have I added you to FB? I dont think so...I will have to do that.
MD lol at H signing up for MSN, its great she is making friends.
Cally poor K, must have been scary making a trip to the hospital. Its great you were in and out so quick, I dont think that would happen here lol.
Clare had to have a giggle at the stinky poo, L has some stinky ones too.
Kate what Tat did you get? I keep meaning to get another one to but havent gotten around to it. I too spent L's birthday remembering his birth, very emotional.
H I would be telling your inlaws to stick it lol. How unfair of them, its YOUR day and you and DF have to do things our way. Dont be embarrassed about crying on M's birthday we have all done it.
Ok brief recap of what the clairvoyant told me, she said I would be pregnant with a little girl in the next two months ( we arent planning on trying till Dec/Jan). She reckons I will have bad MS Christmas day lol. She said she sees me with 3 kids, the third being a boy. She said my little girl will throw lots of tantrums. She sees a job offer for me in the next six weeks. She also sees us moving into a new home in the next 5 years and that being "the" home. She thinks L will be a tradesman but not a sparky like DH and a very smart little boy. All in all things look good, I was very happy with the reading.
MM- I meant to say, just elope to Bail! It's not their wedding. i 'dissapointed' my inlaws by getting married on the deck of a yacht club, now i have 'dissapointed' them again by not getting Lu baptised/christened. But water off a ducks back, our family, our life, our decisions. Really it has nothing to do with them. Stand up for what you want love! You only get married once.
Trill- OMG- the cake looks awsome! Puts my hawks one to shame. Nice work. How cute is the little man sitting in his wagon.
Ooooo Katie, another bun in the oven sooner than expected! that's exciting. Did you think the clairvoyant was spot on?
Have a lovely day and enjoy your pressies and your hard-won cakes! 
). we have a tiny tiny house and her poos have been permeating the air to a point where we are at our wits end! although we take her nappies straight to the bin or straight to the wash it just smells. i have no idea what she has been eating!! 
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