This thread has been a hard place to get to today! Not sure if it's my connection or my ISP or something at this end but phew I finally made it! LOL

Cally I am trying to be healthier too. Had a bit of a post-GB binge these last two weeks! All that chocolate stock-piled at the back of the cupboard...LOL No more excuses for me, time to go back to the nanna gym.

OMG I just realised (thanks Katie) - tomorrow Missy E will be 18 months old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Freaky deaky. The month has gone so fast.

Katie, glad L was good with his needles. I will get some tiny teddies at the shops!

Clare, good to hear you are back at work. Wow tassie!! I would love to take a family holiday there. I'm imagining the boat ride will be similar to the crossing between Nth & Sth islands in NZ on a rough winter's day. Pack ginger is all I'm saying.

Has anyone else's toddler regressed to making only noises (Brrrrm beep baaaa wheeee meow) instead of using their words? The only other word we're getting from E at the moment is Byeee! She says it all the time - getting off your lap, going to bed, going out of the room, hopping down from the high chair, shutting the door, taking a toy/book/thing away. Byeee!!! Except her other favorite word which is "wheeee" cos that's what you say when you're on the swing, and DD1 thinks its hilarious when E walks around the backyard saying "wee weee weee" (because she wants to go on the swing). And except when she's "answering the phone" when she says, "Hi....(*pause*) ...UMmm...(*pause*)....BYEEEE!" PMSL.

Having a hard time today deciding which curtains to buy. Bought one of each - a dark "ivory" voile and a sheer netty thing with a swirl in it. You can see out thru the netty one better but the voile is soooo soft and drapes beautifully. The voile is darker though and matches my ebay lounge suite which we will be selling soon as it is too big. Not sure if the colour will go quite as well with the new planned ikea lounge. Hmm what to do? Can't stand looking at the white frilly floral number any longer!!!