Babies Born September 2007 #40

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I even made him strip my pants bottoms off so they could go in the wash.

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PMSL Do you remember the days when any pant-stripping was actually related to romantic activities :rofl:. BTW I don't think the drs can check balance but they will keep an eye on the ears. FWIW E has some pretty unco moments too, I think they're still just learning. Tiredness can play a part. But don't forget it can be a sign of concussion too, so if it doesn't seem "right" always pays to get checked at the drs.

OMG too weird about the meet up! Far out brussell sprout!

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I tell ya what, if they say the age of two is hard work I am really not looking forward to it, because frankly Miss M is being such a cow lately! She chucks tanties like no other, DP and I are so shocked lol. Everywhere we go, she wants to walk. So to avoid a tanty we put her down, but she takes off! I know its just an age thing but OMG she is FULL ON.

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Same story here. We've got Miss E in Monkey Harness training for that same reason (except she cracks a banana every time we put the harness on her, so we're "practicing" getting her to wear it around the house without anyone holding the leash). She is sooooo going to be a runner! I'll try to break it to you gently - yes it gets worse before it gets better. BUT on the bright side, you get more tricks in your bag for staying one step ahead. Glad your DH knows how to make you feel better :clap:

Trill - Just wanted to thank you again for the bicckie recipes - I did the M&M ones (ran out of time or would've done chocchip as well) for the Guide fete. They are beauties! Also did ANZACs (sell first everytime) and sultana and cornflake (my absolute fave BUT didn't sell so well). All told my bickkies made >$100, not bad hey? :dance:Came home with blue hair (with sparkles in it) and I must say I rather like it!

mm - just jumping on to let u know asha is exactly the same lots of tanties very difficult and we are also not looking forward to terrible twos lol!!! glad dp is buying you treats to keep u going tho!!!
oh and md well done on the bicckie sales!!!
mwah must be off all for some rest im really tired!!

hi kiddies

md- well done on the cookie sales -$100 is awesome :D

hayley- lewis is naughty too, dont worry. he thinks it's hilarious to do things we dont want him to do- like picking up soaking wet face washers out of the bath and squeezing all the water out over the bathroom floor :doh:

kate- that bbq scenerio sounds dead weird to me. where do you know them from?

clare- how is the house hunting going?

arte- lewis loves dipping things in tomato sauce- chicken nuggets, potato gems, his hands, my phone, tissues, the remote control, my asthma puffa
is it likely that because you had gd last time you will get it again or it doesn't matter?

Rainy, I am hoping I won't get GD next time round but probably will. LOL about L dipping everything in sauce! My phone is only for special times to bribe him when I really need to do something lol

MD, I think the last time DH stripped clothes off me was when I was too preg to get my socks off LMAO

Trill, so glad that P is feeling better, sounds like it was really nasty

PAP, are you o.k?

Hayley, I do recall W being A LOT more work just after he started walking. I am not sure if it settled down or I adjusted but he seems a lot better now. I am so thankful that he is still happy to stay in the pram (provided I don't stop - it is all power shopping now). He is also getting the hang of holding hands if he is walking at the lake/river/streets etc. I find that W is in to everything he isn't allowed and is whingy and a general pain if he is bored. That is why I try to get out to as many activities as possible so we don't go insane at home. Do you have a mothers group or library time or similar?

DH is back to work tomorrow, he had a week off which was nice (not really planned - his factory has slowed production so people were 'asked' to take annual leave). The weather has been great though so it has worked out really well.

Hayley: yep, we are all in the same boat! L dislikes her pram (unless like Will) it is moving at a decent pace...she doesnt want us to hold her hand (she's a BIG GIRL now...:rolleyes:). and tanties galore. some days are just shockers and best not to leave the house (or rather avoid public confined spaces like stores). if she gets to psycho in the house we go to the park and she and the dawg run free to tucker her out...

Rainy: the house hunting was as usual, slightly disappointing. we saw a great house! pity it was advertised with the wrong price, so instead of 500k + it was 800k +...then we saw the usual assortement of dives. so am feeling dejected.

Noni: oohh the products sound soooo nice! jealous jealous jealous!!

darn it, L has woken from her beauty sleep so need to go...btw the bruise is SHOCKING right now. many ppl have commented on how they will call DOCS...they were joking, but i felt mortified! might avoid the public for awhile LOL!

hi ladies

just popped in to say that from now on dp shall be referred to as........




DF

YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you hun! So he *did the deed* last night? You HAVE to tell us how it all went down....

Congratulations Rainy :confetti:!!! yayayayayayay!!:happyforyou: So happy for you guys. No more skulking about hehe.

well....not too much to tell really :)
i was just sitting in the kitchen having a drink
he basically just went and got the ring out of its hiding spot and said 'will you marry me?'
i started laughing and put the ring on and said 'yes'
no romance whatsover...but that's just him i guess :) he's gorgeous though

Awwww that's still really sweet though - totally spontaneous and unprompted. You can't ask for more than that. Do you think you will ever let on about knowing there even was a ring?

he sort of knows that i knew that something was coming cos we were looking at them one day when we went to a shopping centre to go to toys r us....but i'm not going to tell that i was wearing it!

lewis loves how sparkly it is and keeps touching it


eta- oohh girls, please don't mention anything about us being engaged on fb yet as we haven't told df's family yet :)

no worries about not telling. You're not gonig to tell his mother are you?

Rainy- CONGRATULATIONS :dance: I am really happy for you and now you can wear the ring all the time now. Yiipppppeeeee
MM- I dont think you have too much to worry about M turning 2 its more like terrible 3's... The boys have been going nutso..and driving me up the wallo. lol

Tantie's: Yep my Livi is a big Tantie Chucker when she doesnt get what she wants. I hope she snaps out of it quick smart.
Noni- Glad the party went great

Well Monster trucks was great although the boys were really tired and went to sleep half way through.

Better go Jordy is crying and dosent want to go to sleep.

sherie- well....it's hard...we're not going to ring her and tell her, put it that way. but i guess if df's dad rings him then he might tell him. i would prefer them not to know at all, but it really is df's call iykwim? anyway, she should be happy seeing as they were so embarassed and ashamed that we had a baby without being married.

leanne- glad monster trucks went so well :)

MM - The mother noticed after like a minute but with the crowds around and all the other kids she just sort of blended. I am so super paranoid with Sarah at the best of times but it could happen to anyone. Sarah does me proud with her tantys. So cute and I laugh nearly every time. So no fear...sounds like we are all in the same boat. :wall:

MD - tell me about it with the pants. I remember those days...but could you refresh my memory on the definition of romance...? Does handing me the baby at 3am count as romantic? LOL Thanks for the tip about concussion...I didn't even think about that. And well done on the fete...and it also explains the blue hair comment on fb. I thought you'd gone and gotten a granny rinse!

Rainy - CONGRATS TO RAINY AND THE FUTURE MR RAINFOREST! :confetti::happyforyou::hooray: Sounds like my proposal. Was so him though. Hows his mum going to take it? The look on her face should be good. Knowing that you now have more than just babies to keep you attached to DF. :lol: I tell my MIL that marriage certificate trumps birth certificate! Which means that DH has to side with me not her. It works now but I'll revise that once Sarah marries. ;)
As for that group - I know them through FB...its just a group of mums from this area. But OMG the ***** has hit the fan since the get together. One mum completely attacked the mother of the lost child on the public wall. Unnecessary I thought. Turned into a massive barney with childish behaviour and backstabbing. So now that group is no more.

Well...I've got some news ladies and I'm going to pull a 'rainy' and hold out for the drama.
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Nah I'm not. I'm not so cruel as to hold you in suspense. ;) We got a puppy...her name is Shaela and shes a bitsa wolfhound staghound mastiff cross. She'll only be about the size of a labrador. Shes so beautiful. Photos going onto fb now.

Now for my relaly big OMG moment...decided to pop into the Warehouse after getting the puppy to pick up some puppy essentials and as we were getting into the car I saw a lady frantically bashing at the windows of her car. She had locked her keys and her 18 month old in the car. Parked in the sun around midday. She was completely hysterical (as you would be). She wanted to smash the windows so after scouting around for something to use she ended up pulling a fence paling off an already falling apart fence and used that to smash the triangle quarter panel near the windscreen. She couldn't get her arm through so I did and unlocked the door. The poor mother was in such a state that she had worked herself, her baby and her young child up. He was okay thankfully, she had the aircon running full bore before stopping the engine and he was only inside for maximum 10mins. I jumped in the car once I knew they were okay and started driving home and Rory pointed out the blood on my arm. I'd cut myself on the glass whilst sticking my arm through the gap. Bits of glass were embedded and I didn't feel a thing. The adrenalin didn't wear off until Rory told me about the cuts. Did a quick stop off to the emergency room (we were driving past) and got the triage nurse to flush it out and give me a tetanus jab to be on the safe side (was way overdue).

So after a big weekend...I think I'm going finish putting these photos up thenhitting the sack. Hope everyone else had a good weekend... :D

omg kate- that poor mum. i wouldve been freaking out too. lucky you were there to help.
sounds like you're better off without that crazy mums group- stick to bb friends instead!

do any of you guys have nicknames for your babies? df always calls lewis chunk. its been going on for months, cos he rekons he looks chunky around his face/neck. now im worried poor lewis thinks his name is actually chunk! he answers to it and laughs when df says it

LOL G, I call Alister 'Dude', DH calls him Little Dribbly (Lindsay is Dribbly). I have names for all of them - Lindsay is Mate, Erin is Happy (cause she never was LMAO, bit cruel but apt) and Paige is Baby Girl. Lindsay told me that at school his mates call him Lohan LMAO - I didn't think 8yo boys could be so clever. Not sure if I want that to stick.

Kate, Well done for helping that Mum out - she would have really apreciated it I'm sure. I hope she and her kids are OK now. Does your arm hurt much?

Leanne, Lindsay would give his left arm to see monster trucks in action, but the irony is that as much as he loves stuff like that (jet boats, airshows, motor cross, tractor pulls etc) he hates seeing them for real because they are too loud - he can't stand loud noises. On the October long weekend we went to a town centenary celebration and there was a guy there with his drag bike and Lindsay thought that it was really awesome to see it and then the guy cranked her up and Lindsay took off like a dog shot in the ass poor kid. Frightened him really bad.

lmao at Lohan! that's hilarious

Rainy, Congrats!!! How exciting. How is the name game going? No nicknames here, we don't even tend to shorten his name much, just call him William. I would love to go boating with you!

Trill, Is L 8 already? Here I was thinking he was still about 6 lol Isn't it amazing how quickly time goes. How is your medication going?

Kate, yay for the puppy. I would sort of like to get a pup but we are renting atm and they didn't really want us to have one inside dog so I don't think we would be allowed a pup too.

Leanne, the monster trucks sound really cool, W would love that - he is so into trucks etc

Clare, bummer about the giant bruise. My 3 year old neice hit her head on the sandpit side and got a massive black eye and it looked horrible. People kept asking her how she did it and she said she didn't know, which made her mum feel worse like Sophie was covering for her lol

I just cannot believe how much W has grown in the past couple of weeks. He must have had a growth spurt because now he can reach stuff that was previously too high but he also seems so much older too. Lately I have turned around to see him scooting his ride on bike down the hallway, walking backwards, pattering down the hall after getting himself out of bed (Grrr, how do I keep him in now!!!), walking around wearing my shoes. His fine motor skills have improved too and he can do things like getting the plunger into a syringe etc. My baby is completely gone, replaced by a fun little boy.

hi everyone - firstly CONGRATS to rainy!!!! I hope you looked suitably surprised re the ring.... now you dont have to take it off at all. when will u get married???
so sorry i have been MIA (thanks Arte for asking after me, I hope I didnt have you worried!). I have had one of my usual crazy busy weeks, to cut a long story short i got STUCK in melb on thu night ( i had to doa last min 2 day trip down) as i missed my flight which was the last one back (including via syd) at 7pm and then no rooms at the airport hilton, no rooms at the airport holiday inn... you can pucture how upset i was getting after 2 VERY long and stressful work days, DH at home with N expecting me back at 8pm etc etc etc... eventually found a dodgy motel near the airport where i got the last room.... but up again at 5am to make the 1st flight home.... what a disaster!! also obv work has been stressful (hence the dash to melb) and i am WIPED OUT tiredness wise, i forgot how tired iwas in the 1st tri last time (think it is worse this time). Beena bit nauseous too but mainly just soooo tired!! N is at care today (I am at work) - think i will have a nana nap at lunch time. he is also not sleeping well as getting the molars so that isnt helping. anyway thats enough whingeing from me!
will keep up fromhere... and do more personals soon too.
xxx

hi girls

pp- will your work slow down soon? it sounds absolutely hectic. idk how you do it.....

arte- yes we have a definite name now, i'm going to keep that one a secret until he's born though. i'll text one of you and let you know as soon as he's popped out. i'm not 'in love' with the name, but it's a name i've always liked and we both just keep coming back to it, so i think that means something. it sounds really nice with the middle and surname too, so i think we're on a winner.

i've come to my dad's today cos my house is so messy i can't handle being there atm and i don't want to clean it till tomorrow cos i'm going away on wed morning and i don't want it to get messy again before i go, if that makes sense?! anyways, i have to get out of the house these days with lewis or he drives me banannas. dad and has taken him and my dog for a walk so i am sitting here relaxing- so nice!

WOW Rainey awesome news........... When will the wedding be ?? Also congrats on deciding on a name - you guys are doing better than we are ?? Still considering and keep coming back to Carter but I dont 'love' it either so I understand what you mean.

Preg - Glad to hear from you !! Rest up when you can hun, it's much harder with a toddler too, not to mention all the travel you do.

Art - W sounds like he's very advanced motor skills wise. What a clever boy yo have there !

Kate - puppies are sooooo cute, love the name btw.

The party went well and the cupcake tower was a hit although nobody thought I made it to begin with !! Will try to post a pic later today. Im having a friend over for lunch today with her little girl - so looking forward to catching up with them - life seems so busy atm and it's ages since we hung out together.

Hope you all have a great day - try to get back later for a chat.

Rainy - our main nickname for S is SARAH!!! Followed by GET OUT OF THERE NOW!!! :lol: She also gets Sar-Bear and Monkey. I had a moment the other day where I sort of just remembered what I called S before she was born. She was Squishy! Next one might have to be Squashy... ;) Good work on your relaxation time...good to put your feet up.

Sherie- The arm with the cuts is bruised but feeling okay but the arm that the tetanus jab went into is so sore. Couldn't even sleep on that side last night. :ROFL: about L being called Lohan. That is just too funny, and from 8 year olds. Whatta classic

Art - We're going to be renting too, luckily the previous tenants had dogs so we figured the owners wouldn't care. Got the lease paperwork and it states that we can have 2 cats and 2 dogs. So we're all good. OMG about W, he is such a clever little man.

PAP - I get tired just reading what you get up to. You are definately a Mum of the Year contender. Take care of yourself whenever you can.

Rainy - nicknames, E gets mostly Lisbeth, (NEVER Lizzie), Betsy, Bubby, Bubalubs, Missy, MissyMoo, Gorgeous girl...take your pick. LOL

Trill - Lohan's pretty funny. 8 year olds are dead genius at thinking up nick-names, not all nice either. :rolleyes:. Maybe you could get L some noise reducing ear muffs. We had some (regular ones from the hardware store) for DD1 which she used whenever we went out for fireworks.

PAP - slow down hun! I hope you can carve out some R&R time for yourself soon. x

Kate, no granny rinses, though there have been times in the last 18 months when I was ready for a walking frame!! yay for puppy love, good practise for toilet training LOL.

Arte, isn't it amazing how they change? Will sounds completely adorable.

JG - WTG with the cupcake tower, LOL at them all thinking you bought it!

Clare, hang in there with the househunting, hun. Keep focussed on the qualities that you want your house to have, and suddenly one day it will be there and everything will just *click* into place.

Leanne glad the Monster trucks were a winner. DH has started talking about taking DD1 to the drags, she's keen as chips LOL.

hi girls...

look what happens when i aint looking!! Rainy gets a sparkly number on the right finger!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

how exciting!! ooohhh we are going to be getting at least 2 weddings in the future!!

as for nicknames: when L was still in utero she was 'buddah bub', but soon became 'chook', which she still is today.

MD: i think you are right. i get so worked up trying to find a nice 'home' (which is near impossible on our budget and postcode). but we will perservere...it's just so emotionally loaded, trying to picture growing ones family in a place...

Kate: ****! i too would have been absolutely hysterical! that poor woman, and yay for you being able to help her out. IKWYM about not realising the pain and blood. we were in a car accident a few years back and i kept telling everyone i was fine, it wasnt until i walked up to emergency and they made me lie down that i realised my feet hurt...i had over 150 pieces of windscreen in my feet! and they had to pull each one out: ouch!

love sarah's nickname!! ha ha, might have to use that one too! i feel like i am forever telling Leila to not touch this or that, the poor thing!

that is so great about the lease on the house. we had to fight tooth and nail to get approval for our dog and two cats...

and a puppy! sooo jealous!

PaP: man that sounds tough. what a way to spend a night! i would have also been beside myself.
do you think work will let you take it easy once you let them know of your precious cargo? did they do that with N?
they did this at my work, but was bummed about the timing as i was meant to go to PNG, but couldnt cause of the malaria meds that i would have had to take...bummer would have LOVED to have gone.

Arte: IKWYM about the baby disappearing and the kid now sitting beside you. this morning L came in for her morning cuddle and booby and she was sitting up in the bed lifting the covers and i no longer saw the profile of a baby, but of the girl she is turning into. i had a double emotion of sooo much pride and also a little pang for what is no more. i have also started staring too intently at pg women!! arrghhh!

AFM: well all good here. L had some difficulty falling asleep last night (there have been a couple of nights like this), but this morning i can see the white shadow of a toofie making its way to the top, so i guess i should prepare for a few more grizzly nights.
also she has been very emotional since her bang on the cheek. everytime she falls now she just loses it, even if it's just a tiny fall. so torn between comforting her and validating her emotion and just letting her realise that she's ok....hmmmm

hi girls

md- what's wrong with lizzie, i think its a cute name.

kate- squishy sarah is kinda funny :)

jg- not sure when the wedding will be yet. so you're having problems with names as well? our problem is that df doesn't like names that are too trendy or too traditional. its very hard!
girls' names are sooo much easier i reckon

well i''ve done a bit of a backflip on the pram situation and gone off the phil n teds one and decided i'm going to get a mountain buggy double. i think leanne, you mentioned you had one and loved it? i just think it's more suited to my needs as i do lots of walking with my dog and we live on a dirt road.

hey everyone just popping on.. sooo tired didnt sleep well last night and have been spending too much time playing wii fit today lol.. have given asha her dummy back during the day for her cot sleep and weve gone from 1hr 1/2 of unconsolable screaming untill sleep to 1/2 hour crying untill she sleeps so she obviously still needs it if i am ever gonna get her day sleeping in her cot.. (damn bouncer!!)
is anyone else still ttc or everyone pregnant already?? lol we arent actively ttc as much as last time more not being careful im very hopeful every month tho.. just that with money the way it is atm i really want dp to get a new job coz we are struggling and hed be less likely to look for a new job i think if he knew i was preg ahhhhh idk.. very tired today so never know my luck :) af not due for a week tho so as always its a waiting game!! has everyone noticed that when u wanna get pregnant everyone around u all of a sudden is?? grrrrrrr...
rain - congratulations if i havnt said so already!!how exciting funny he didnt wait till christmas it being so close now!! haha goodluck with the pram choice i dnt think we will be getting a new pram sadly lol id love one but by the time we concieve and have another bub asha probably wont be in a pram so much lol and we do have two already lol maybe it will 'break' if u catch my drift hahaha...
id really like a mclarren from what ive seen..
clare - goodluck with the househunting!! and hope that toothie pops through asap, i just noticed a new one for asha the other day too, were up to 8 now...
jg - well done on the cupcake tower!!!! glad the party went well
pap - omg u poor thing!! i agree with md slooooowwww doooown!!! ur making me tired just reading as always haha..
arte - wow will certainly is a clever little bean isnt he!! his fine motor skills sound very impressive!!

hi everyone, just a really quick one here
firstly, congratulations G, wonderful news!!!(are you going to tell him that you've already tried it on:shhh:)lol.

My sister had her little boy yesterday afternoon and she named him Zachary John. He's such a cutie, and i'm all clucky again. I now know what my mum and sister went through waiting for me to have my 3 girls. It was torture not knowing what was happening!!!

I've got the girls home from school today and tomorrow, as school is closed - we had a major storm hit yesterday afternoon . Leanne - did you get any of it?
Katie - how about you guys?
talk to you all soon.

I saw all the footage on the TV about the storms Jaz - very intense. I love a good storm though, shame we don't get too many of the here LMAO. How soon before the school is all sorted? Congrats on the nephew too - I got me one of those today too LOL.

Noni, I'll join you in the 'no sleep last night club' I was coughing for hours last night and it wasn't till 3am before I went to sleep cause I was just exhausted. I can't shake the last little bit of the cold I picked up at the end of last month.

Hey P, you need to start slowing down hun! you're making my head spin with all the stuff you have going on. You have a cleaner though don't you? At least that's one less thing you have to worry about.

Arte, I totally get what you mean about our babies being replaced by children. Lindsay isn't 8 till Feb, but all his friends are 8 already (he's the youngest in his class). The medications going really well, thanks for asking. The only thing is I can't shake the last of the cold I have, probably due to my immune system now being up to **** LOL.

Marydean, I'm with you on Lizzie. I like Libby though as an abbreviation and have even heard Ellie too. Do you get to keep all the moula you made? Pleased to hear the M&M cookies were a hit. So when do you start the Great House Hunt?

Kate, is the arm a lot better today? Tetanus jabs are the worst - I haven't had one since we had them in school.

Hey Clare, G and Cindy!

On the home front - Like I said earlier, I gots me a new nephew today. Oliver James, 8lb 9 (no other details as yet) to DH's brother and his wife. He has a weak heart apparently so he is on a respirator, and we don't have a lot of other details as yet. He was born via c/s one week early from his 'due date' but I think SIL is one of these ones who cooks babys till 42wks (cause her first one looked nowhere near overdue when born at 15 days past edd via c/s) so I'm wondering if there is a bit of prematurity playing a part there? Anyway MIL said that she didn't know anymore than that as BIL had to go, so it was only a quick call to let her know that he was here safe.

Congrats to new aunties Trill and JaZaH! :confetti: YAY!

No to Lizzie because it goes with Dizzy and that's not a characteristic that I want to encourage. Lizzie is the name that Elisabeths that aren't strong enough to wear the name resort to! Trill Libby's a good one. I've heard Ellie too. My friend also suggested Eliza or Liza too. I was staring at the telly in a daze the other night and there was this 1950s Anne of Green Gables movie (where she's grown up and moved on). There's this scene where she meets a little girl called Elizabeth who says she likes to be called Betty or Beth or Liz depending on how she's feeling on the day. I only saw that little part of the movie and the funny bit was I remembered seeing exactly the same little chunk (and no more) of the exact same movie when I was pregnant. LOL Maybe it subliminally affected our choice...?

The money our stall raised goes into the fete takings, and then gets divided back up amongst the guide districts. So strong earning stalls like ours will help fund stalls that didn't do so well (like white elephant...NEVER makes any money). I'm just pleased as punch because it was my idea in the first place to have a "confectionary" stall in addition to the regular cake stall. It's been a winner both years.:clap:

Well I'm feeling really STUCK today. I'm supposed to be sorting through E's little baby things and I've totally ground to a halt. There are things there that I just can't bear to give away. But I can't keep everything! It's very confronting because it really means no more babies. Well not until I'm a grandma anyway. :( Maybe I should just make up a "decide later" box...

Ah, better get on with it, I suppose.

congrats jaz- i saw him on fb- he's lovely :)

:hug: Marydean, it's hard isn't it? I still have a few things from each of them that I will never part with, but OMG the choice of what to keep or toss was a hard one.

Congratulations to you as well Trill! I hope little Oliver's heart gets stronger by the minute. :)

Yeh for the new bubbies :clap:

Hi to everyone.

Went to the vets today to get Shaela (new puppy, pics on fb) vaccinated and microchipped. Took Storm (cat) along too and get her done at the same time. An arm and half a leg later, took the buggers home. But oh well, done now. Until Shaelas boosters... :rolleyes:

Catch you all...

UPDATE on Oliver - it wasn't his heart, it was just that he needed a little bit of oxygen because he was a bit blue at birth and had a fair bit of muck on his lungs from being born via c/s etc. So he's all good, in a normal crib and ATM he's still down in the nursery just for them to keep an eye on. He had a great feed earlier and SIL is feeling OK, but obviously sore.

Kate, we are so bad - our dog isn't microchipped or vaccinated - but she did get tetanus a few years ago and spent 3wks at the vets (and golly was that expensive). We don't have to get her chipped by law because she is a working dog though (black Kelpie sheepdog)

sherie- that's good news about oliver....i love that name..

well our little girls' trip away to the beach is not looking quite as exciting now that i've seen the weather reports. thunderstorms and rain everyday....

Sherie - good news about little Oliver. As for the chipping, it was sort of just something we got done JIC. Our cat is a bit of a day roamer so wanted her chipped for sure and figured might as well get the puppy done as well. And I figure that with the lack of other dogs (close by, as in next door etc) around out there that your dog would have a lot less chance of copping anything.

Rainy - my fingers are crossed for you and I hope the weather fairies take pity on you and your friends and gives you beautiful weather.

Rainy - Congratulations on your engagement, the proposal sounded lovely. Dont worry if you recall mine was much the same lol. I dont know the full story about your inlaws but they seriously need to get with the times, alot of people are having children while unmarried these days. It doesnt make you any less of a parent iykwim so I dont understand the problem?! Ah well I'd be amused to hear the MIL's reaction. I really hope the weather clears for you.

Noni - I'll join the no sleep last night club as well. M has a bad cough so I spent alot of time up with her. I'm exhausted!!!

Jazmum - Big congratulations to your sister, you sound very proud.

Trillian - Big congratulations to your inlaws as well. I'm glad to hear Oliver is doing ok and that it isnt his heart. Thank god. Is this their 1st child? lol at the Lohan nickname.

Kate - Hey well done on helping that mother, I would have been in a right state! Your new puppy sounds gorgeous. Sounds like you have a full house now with S, a cat & a dog!! I saw a pic on your FB of your wedding day in Fiji, looked magic. Love all the new pics of S too.

MD - Aww I dont know how I'll be when the time comes to get rid of M's stuff. Do you do a salvos run?

Pregpan - Oh my gosh girl, you are one busy mama!

As for nicknames, DP used to call her 'fateline', because she was a real chubba when she was younger, well still is really! Thats a mean one though. For some reason we call her 'Madelina' alot, and its prounounced in a real Italian kinda way, cant explain it lol. Otherwise its Mads, gorgeous girl & princess diaries (yes isnt that mad, I started calling her princess then added on the diaries after the movie, weirdo).

So glad to hear I'm not the only one with a major tanty chucking child! I seriously felt my face going bright red on Sunday when we were at the shops, M was being a little terror lol. However on that note, I agree with Clare, I cant believe how fast they are growing. I picked Maddie up from daycare today and she was sitting at the toddlers table on a big girls chair, instead of in the highchair. I nearly bawled my eyes out!!!! So while we've been having a tough time this past week, we are so friggen proud of her as well iykwim.

BTW Rainy I meant to say re the proposal...at least you got one!!! I never did. We just sort of decided it was what we had to do at the time and that was it! LOL Still waiting for a chunk of rock too, the older I get the more expensive it's gonna have to be to placate me for waiting all these years. :lol:

MM, some stuff's going to charity, some of it I'm posting to my SILs, some is going to be sold imminently. And some is going into a keepsake box, I think! I just have to keep concentrating on how pleased I'll feel once it's gone and I've got that space back, kwim?

morning everyone,
well after a really long day with asha yesterday (i was ready to jump off a cliff!) asha slept through the night thank god!! till 8:30 so i feel a bit better now after a decent sleep.. but yesterday was such a nightmare im still feeling drained from it.. asha just would not behave for 5 minutes itwas awful.. dont know what to do with her sometimes.. im looking into childcare but even with the ccb i think atm we couldnt afford it, and id have to find another centre than the one closest because i didnt like the vibe when i called in there ages ago...
md-goodluck with the clothes sorting.. i was going through to pick out some items of ashas that i could give to my dads wife as her friend just had a little girl a few months ago and that was hard enough!!!
mm - awww little m at the big kids table i cant believe how fast they are growing.. and yeh im with ya on the tanties we had a day full of them yesterday.. atleast we were just at home where no one could see lol..
rain- hope the weather clears up for you!!
trill - congratulations!! and thats great news on little oliver (also a big fan of that name)
kate - ikwym about the vet trip being expensive!! i remember when we got our pup microchiped and vaccinated geeeez they must make a fortune!! i think it should be free lol like with kids!
jazmum - big congrats to you as well :) also love the name zachary actually :) my cousin is zackarya