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Noni, bummer!! It is sooo annoying when that happens
Rainy, Hopefully the IL situation will lessen in time, I had a terrible flatting situation where my best so called friend was a real B to me (because my relationship lasted longer than any of hers had!!) and it made me upset and twisted to even think about it for ages. Now I am thinking of stalking her on facebook lol.... I guess it would be much harder when it is family though. Speaking of IL's, my BIL gives me the ****s bigtime, it is so hard to stay here with his bubble of anti-everything negativity!
Thanks for buying NZ made, you won't regret it :dance:
MD, Yay for being back in SA. There really is no place like home. I haven't regretted moving back here for a second.
Clare, I would have been fuming if DH just stood around and did nothing! Sounds like a horrid experience
Ozstar, have a great trip and a merry Xmas
Will was really good on the plane trip down here, he was happy to see all the planes - he has a plane/helicopter obsession lately. At mums there is a little tikes ride in car which he loves and when we stay there he entertains himself for hours getting in and out of it and pushing it around. He loves it so much that 'car' was the first thing he said in the morning and the last thing at night lol
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Evening Ladies!! I hope our days were good ones today.
Rainy:
Your MIL reminds me of my (ex)-MIL. Tho mine was nice to me but I think she felt, & still prob does, that I took her son away from her, but I don't think she realises, it was his choice to move out of home, not mine.
MM:
I try :) I realise how important play time with mum is to them & their behaviour. Sometimes I have to make a consious effort but in the end, its benefical to everyone.
Leanne:
Sorry bout f/b last nite. It froze on me & I decided just to go to bed. Alex found my lolly fruit tingles (small packets) & wanted pkt after pkt (only had 4 left) till all was gone. Tho he didn't get any mulit colour ones & Jack was given 4 but only ate 2.
Arty:
cute on the "car" word. Glad he was good on the plane for you.
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AFM:
OMG I am exhausted!! dropped the car off for a service at 8.45 (mind u we slept in till 7,30 & leave for daycare at 8.15) & didn't stop walking, shopping etc. Good thing was I able to try things on for a change! haha. & I bought heaps, but only went between $50 & $70 over budget which I thougt was pretty good. Only the cold stuff has been put away. Going to do the rest once boys are in bed & asleep.
Jack:
has a habit of climbing into his cot!! cos he knows thats where he has his bottle & then he wants out.
ATM he's carrying his packet of chips around & turning around in circles giggling to himself,
Alex:
has been into his coffee (aka Ovaltine to us who are wiser) again l8ly.
Was talking to daycare mum this afternoon, & she is amazed at how both boys have "blossomed" since going to daycare 3 days a week. Alex is babbling sentances whilst Jack has more words in general.
bbl xox
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hello everyone
noni- same thing happened to me the other day. i wanted to scream!
arte- yea i can relate to having your thinking be all twisted. i'm just hoping the whole situation gets a little better with time. how long has it been since you spoke to your friend? what's made you want to stalk now?
i can't believe will can say 'car''. lewis can't say anything yet!
well dh made me go out today to buy presents for his parents cos he doesn't know how to do it cos i always buy them their presents. well, i wasn't going to get them anything this year, but he said we had to cos every year forhis birthday they buy him something big (last yr a $1400 welder) and he doesn't want to do anything to make that stop gggrrr. anyway,so i got them a lovely teacup set and a beautiful scented candle and some drill bits from bunnings (for his dad). dh bought me a candle as a reward for having good grace, dderrrr i only did it so he'd still get presents! anyway, the goodnews is dh and i have been getting along a lot better and i'm not so anxious about him going and seeing her...
just wanted to ask you guys, iknow i've asked before, but how much is everyone's bubs sleeping now?
do you think it's reasonable to have lewis going to bed at 7pm. waking around 6-7am and then having one day nap from about 11am. idk, i just don't feel like it's enough, but i'm sick of him waking up late from his 2nd day nap and then not wanting to go back to bed till 9.30pm. it's too tiring for me. where are you guys at with it all?
hi andie- i can't believe mils can be so immature though? why can't they just be happy that their sons are happy?
if lewis grows up to find a woman that makes him laugh, treats him well, doesn't cheat or lie or anything, i'll be stoked!
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Hi Rainy .. Jack has the approx the same routine as Lewis does now (his day nap can alter but I always try to put him down at the same time so that he gets used to that time being bed time) & it suits him. All I can suggest is to try it & if it doesn't work, alter it. .. MIL's - tell me about it!! Wen we saw the family the other week my ex barely acknowledged me cos his mum & sis were present, then wen he ran into just him at the shops, he gave me a cuddle & kissed my cheek cos he was alone. I have this feeling that they are holding him back. We've been getting on really well lately & we are both greatly looking forward to his visit (arriving tomorrow). Tho a friend said he mite of acted diff cos his family has a way of reading into things & twisting fables esp, when it comes to me.
My house is a diaster zone & right now, I am too buggered to do anything about it. :( Mite have some energy later though, hopefully! I'm not exhausted enof tho to go to bed / sleep ...
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Rainy - I still havent done my outlaw shopping, its so hard buying for them! As for sleep, M is in bed by 7.30/8pm and sleeps till 7.30/8ish (mind you with half a dozen wakes during the night :doh:) & just has the one day nap of anywhere between 2-3 hrs. So yes we only do the one day nap and its usually right in the middle of the day starting at 12/1ish. I'd have the same problem with M wanting to be up till late if she had two naps, besides that she will no longer do two naps anyway! I think that should be more than enough sleep for L, but then again they are all different, give it a go & see?
Andie - Oh wow thats nice that the kids dad is coming down, for chrissy right? Had a little chuckle at Alex and his 'coffee' how cute is that. I agree daycare is doing wonders for M as well, socialisation wise, but in the language department she isnt really saying any words, however has started saying 'baaa' which is 'ta'. ;)
Arte - Good I'm glad W was fine on the plane for you. What a clever boy, sounds like the car is a real hit.
Noni - Dont worry we've all had that happen to us!!
Trillian - How did the haircuts go?
Everyone ready for chrissy!??? YAY! I'm going to eat so much!!
I gave M curry for dinner tonight, it was left overs from the other night that I had frozen. She was crying for tea, I'd just got home from work/daycare, so I whipped it out & she scoffed it down lol. Mind you I did use MD's trick of stirring philly cheese through it to take the bite off it. She loved it!
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MM: I'm ready, house isn't :redface: lucky xmas isn't really being held here .. the only thing left is to put the quad bikes together & charge the batt's. .. yes Alex quite enjoy's his "coffee" at times. He had me make him a 2nd one except this time, I had to have one (a real one tho) with him .. Yes I am glad the boys dad is making the effort to come down
Thunder over head
Just finished wrapping the toys from santa & put them in the bottom of the santa sacks & then put choc's, toothbrushes & clothes loosely in the sacks.
Just got to wrap the jumping castle from Will & I for the boys.
Wondering if I should put the bikes together 2nite .. seeing as I'm on the move .. hmm, ...
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thanks for your replies about sleep girls
i'm going to trial it for the next couple of days, see how it goes
tonight he went down at 7pm and has had one wake up so far at 10pm. i wonder what time he'll wake up in the morning though? ahh we'll see
andie- do you think you would ever get back with your x? sorry if that is too personal :)it just sounds like you don't get on toooo badly iykwim?
mm- what are you going to buy outlaws??
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Rainy: sometimes I think I would like to be back with my ex, other times I'd be happy to find someone else. I am just going to let things flow & see which way the ball swings. I have no idea where I stand in his books, he has some idea of where he stands. If we do end up back together, I know it won't be a quick resolution, well I don't want a quick one, I believe we would have "issues" to work thro, like how & why we ended where we did. Its something I would want to take gradual
Well the bikes are put together. One is more complicated to ride than the other & unfort I think the bigger one is the easiest one,
The red one (Disney cars) has a button to push with the thumb to go & is a tad bit higher than the other. Its also 8mths +
The orange one has a button under the foot & is 2 - 5 yrs, & is a tad smaller
ideas, suggestions ... ??
i'm off for a shower to shave my legs & wash my new bras & undies (after I hide them bikes .. OMG they are sooo cute .. pic on f.b in my Xmas Festivites Album)
Nite Ladies, hope its a good one
xox
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Jacks new word "booboo" ... stands for doodle ... & his hand goes to his nappy & when he says it ...
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hi girls!
just a quickie here...
Rainy: i think Leila is similar in sleep to L. although *sometimes* she does two good 2 hour-ish sleeps a day. but mostly it is one good one, then off to bed around 7-7.30.
Andie: we just put together Leila's trike and man oh man you need an engineering degree LOL! so i take my hat off to you putting together 2!!
MM: oooh MDs trick sounds good!! i'll have to try it! i made beef rendang last night and it was waaay too spicy for miss L. poor thing. so she ended up with zucchini soup mixed with kiri cheese. (from our own garden too!!).
anyway best dash, as DH will be home soon and we are off to gawk at the christmas crowds in town...
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Still no sign of spots here, but this morning she has been super snuggly (very unusual) and has a bit of a temp. If she is contagious, she probably gave it to her cousin this morning!
K sleeps from 7:30 to 6-7. She still has two day sleeps, but can manage with one.
Rainy - well done on pressies for the IL's. I let DH deal with all his family - so they all got wine or beer this year! K doesn't have any words yet either, but the pointy finger is very good at letting us know what she wants.
Trill - how did the haircuts go? We need to do K's fringe soon, it's starting to get into her eyes.
Well if I don't come back later:
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!:D
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Clare .. the disney was the hardest one to put together TBH. Was fun tho LOL
Cally .. cld her snuggliness & temp be teething?? .. or she knows who santa really is & is sucking up! hehe
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hey everyone,
gonna attempt to post again lol..
sigh im over xmas and it hasnt even really started yet!! i mean im looking forward to tmw morning with dp and asha but the rest of it i just am not interested!!
tonight we have to go to dps dads place and i really dont want to go.. dp told them last night about the pregnancy because they needed to know for food and his dads response was "oh god"... so isnt that nice and u know the thing that makes me angry the most is that dp just went along with it without saying anything.. like how hard is it to say well actually were happy about it?? grrrr he never stands up to his dad and i really hate it.. anyway needles to say i am now very reluctant to tell anyone else in the family for fear of how they may or may not react :(
mmm what else.. oh dps brothers g/f who is pregnant is in hospital with pains, not related to the baby but they cant figure out what it is.. dosnt look good shes currently constant;y on morphine and theyve told her theyd like to do a ct scan which ofc involves a rick of misscarriage, but if they dnt figure out what the problem is shed have to potentially stay in hospital for the rest of the pregnancy (shes only around 11wks i think) on morphine and if she went off the morphine the stress of the pain would most likely cause her to misscarry eeeek.. we havnt told them yet that we are pregnant either which i am extremely worried about!!
anyway enough about me time to get some personals done!!
cally - fingers crossed its not contagious and shes just teething or something..
andie - thos bikes sound great im sure the boys will love them!!
rain - hope the sleep is going well.. glad things are going better with dh now i had a little laugh at him just wanting to get them something so that he will continue to recieve presents ahh the xmas spirit hahaha..
mm - well done on the curry, asha will eat anything too lol she ate pasta with chilli sauce the other day right off my plate and came back for more haha!
arte - glad will was well behaved on the plane! so cute he loves the car so much he was saying it when he woke up!
well thats everyone on this page lol biig hello to everyone else hope your not out xmas shopping like poor dp is atm!!! oh and ofc
MERRY CHRISTMASEVERYONE
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Okay Ladies...there is no way that I am going to be able to catch up on all the posts that I have missed since moving house and having no net. I am trying but if anyone wants to give me a brief overview, I would be eternally grateful. lol. I'm only up to page 12 of #41. Slack, I know.
Well for me...we're in our new place and are slowly getting settled. We had a house guest stay with us for a few weeks who has finally gone home so I can now finish off that room and completely organise myself. We got the computer, laptop, wireless, multifunction, house phone set up and next is the web cam (to chat to my mummy).
Nothing else new has happened to me. But OMG Sarah is advancing in leaps and bounds. She started climbing soon after we moved so I constantly find her on the kitchen table, or the coffee table and now on her bookshelf (little toy box built in under it). She falls off and still will climb back on. I admire the determination that shes got but by golly shes drivin' me nuts!
She still doesn't speak much (not in english anyway...just baby babble). She does this very cute thing where she sort of babbles with her tongue involved. Hard to explain but I'm trying to catch it on video. Really annoying though when trying to get her to bed and I'm losing by patience and she looks at me and does it. Makes me laugh whilst I pull my hair out. Shes running around now and loves going up and down the steps. Shes actually quite good and the front steps are normal and easy enough for her. The back steps however give me the heebie jeebies because it is concrete underneath and wider treads then normal.
I spent last night wrapping pressies and was astounded at what we have got her. We'd already given her some outdoor toys (slide, sand/water table and picnic table) as an early present because we had a mothers group get together here so pulled them out to entertain. Then she'll open tomorrow a Ladybug wheelybug, a personalised christmas story, a percussion table (xylophone, drums, cymbal (sp?) built in) and blocks from Boikido. Shes also got this really cute dollshouse shaped bookcase that we have to put together tonight. We had another thing for her as well, it was a table with storage underneath and two matching chairs, but have decided to hold off on that until her birthday next year. Spoilt little miss.
Although, speaking of spoilt, I did get a plasma for christmas. Its a joint present to Rory and me and came with a bonus Wii!!! Thats by redemption so have to wait to get that. We are also heading out when Sarah wakes from her nap to get a surprise gift for each other.
Anyhoo, I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas with lots of presents and magical self cleaning houses. Everyone take care and chat soon. :grouphug:
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Hi Kate, glad to hear you are all settled in to your new place. Good to have you back!! I dont know where you got up to, but Rainy got married & Arte bought a house, thats the major news lol. Plasma you lucky girl!!! Wow yes S is a very lucky girl too!
Noni - Oh no I'm so sorry about your FIL's reaction. Why does he feel this way? How can he not be happy about it knowing how special A is? Dont worry about them though, its your life and you will do whatever you want, whatever makes you happy. Dont worry I'll be nervous about dropping the news (if it ever happens again) on my own dad, as he is very over protective and has actually said to me dont have another baby. I dont understand this as he loves M to bits and thinks she is great, so why wouldnt he want another grandchild? Hmmmm parents hey!?
Andie - Wow the bikes sound cool I'll have to check out the FB pics. Thats nice that there is a chance with the boys father, but good that you will be taking it slow. You may discover that you are happier without him afterall.
Cally - We bought alot of alcohol as pressies, its so easy isnt it. I hope the temp is just related to teething.
Clare - I use MD's philly cheese trick with heaps of things now, I have even passed on the trick to my SIL and a few mums from mums group, we all think its a good one!! I am about to put together M's bike now...wish me luck...
Rainy - I just went down to the shops to get the outlaws pressies, what a joke the shops are madness. Anyway I just got FIL two nice polo shirts, MIL a crystal serving bowl as she is a crystal fan and got the granny a garden ornament as she spends all her days in the garden, so sweet.
We had such a shocker night last night, M has another molar coming through. So she was up and down poor thing. We are taking her down the road to see the chrissy lights tonight on her new smart trike.
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Hayley .. hope 2nite is better for you both .. how'd u go with M's bike??
I have to remember to charge the boys bikes 2nite but am w8n for Alex to go to bed. He went down at 12.30 & I woke him just b4 4, hmm. Lets hope its easy to put him down 2nite.
Merry Christmas Ladies & hope you all have a fab day 2mrw. I'll prob be lurky here (not f.b tho).
xox
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merry christmas for tomorrow everyone
hope you have a lovely day with family and friends and loved ones
xoxo
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hi girls!!
Kate: welcome back! glad the move is over, and great that you have the house to yourselves. i hear ya on the booty that the girls are getting! leila has by far the most presents under the tree...:redface:
big news front, yep, rainy got hitched, arte bought a house, noni is havin' a baby, so is pregpan (but maybe you were around for that one). sherie's surgery went well, i had to deal with Leila's exploding poo in a very public place in a thunderstorm....ummmm, what else??? ah cannae remember...gone mushy brain....
MM: i will be joining the philly cheese club asap LOL!
Noni: that just sux. i reckon my family may be similar in reaction. in fact that may also be my reaction lol! no, jokes aside, i am sorry that he couldnt just be happy for you guys. but look, once he holds this new baby in his arms, i am sure that the harsh words will drop away and he'll just be in love with his new grandchild.
Andie: yeah i liked putting together Leila's too. i like a challenge.
AFM: well all good here. I *think* we may be on an unofficial TWW. we had a norti night (let's just say a very expensive bottle of red was involved :redface:), and one week on i am just waaay too emotional for my own good. can you believe that i burst out in tears at the ridiculous christmas news story where they show ppl arriving at the airport and hugging family. like big fat tears....oh gawd. DH is convinced as i have been mean to him (his words!). so if it turns out to be a BFN, i am obviously just morphing into a mega-monster of a wife LOL!
so will have to do a HPT on monday (i think). what is the earliest one can test???
anyway, enough of that...
here's a big wish for everyone to have a beautiful and happy christmas, full of our one year olds tearing up our hard wrapped presents...
MERRYCHRISTMAS!!!
