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!!!
No drama, just DH did a night shift on Sunday and was sleeping yesterday, so couldn't get on, then he had a heap of bookwork to do last night on the puter. Today I had to go back to my gyno to get the Mirena out and when you think that it should have been a simple 'please lay back, bend your knees and just relax...' to get it out is now a Hysteroscopy and a D&C cause the bloody thing had moved right up into the uterus and now has scar tissue forming around it explains why it was giving me so much grief. So I have been booked in for the 24th of April - could have had it done on Friday, but it was just far too soon to get DH and the kids organised, plus by then it will be school holidays so whoever has the kids wont have to worry about school buses etc. Apparently he's only ever had this happen twice before and both times it was women who'd had 4 or more children. Just my luck I'd be lucky number 3 At least it wont be surgery-surgery so I wont have a long recovery time or anything.
But on the bright side I did get time for a bit of retail therapy and I scored a new pair of Mundial kitchen scissors for $19 down from $40 and a Wooden Thomas timber yard for $26.21 down from $80, which I will put away for Alister for his birthday. It was marked at $34.95, but the table it was on had the 'take a further 25% off the marked price' signs, so I got it down to the $26.21. So I was happy with that LOL.
Trill - bummer. At least it isn't proper surgery. Well done on the bargains!
MD - no idea on the curtains - sorry!!
Clare - no reason for the healthy eating, apart from looking pretty damn good (DH's words) 3 months after K was born and then putting another 5kg back on! I've rejoined the gym too and am doing something through work where we wear a pedometer for 125 days and record our steps each day. Some extra motivation. Enjoy the Tassie trip - very jealous, would love to go there!! Although you can't do visits to the Cadbury factory anymore can you?
DD has just been gorgeous the last few days. So happy, smiley, cuddly and hardly any whinges. Maybe we were just going though a wonder month!!
Clare, that is funny about L hoarding shoes in the shop! W does that with all the loose bolts in Bunnings, he treats it like a pic'n'mix lol Isn't the difference between boys and girls amazing, he would never look at a shoe but was sleeptalking about nails the other night 'oh.....nail.....nail....' cracked me up.
Cally, isn't it great when a whinge patch ends and you get your sweet child back! W has been sick and grumpy with a cold the past couple of weeks and combined with not being able to go to activities because of the cold he was driving me crazy! As soon as he looked a bit better I rushed us out of the house for a bit of stimulation, we were so bored.
MD, lol about the NZ ferry crossing. After our wedding we came back on the ferry and the 3 hour sailing took 5 hours because it was so rough. DH walked through the area they had all the sick people in clutching their little sick bags and puked right in the door way so they couldn't escape lol. I swiftly walked the other way and pretended I didn't know him. Then we went out to a little sheltered doorway outside with some other survivers and I saw perhaps one of the grossest things of my life - one of the regular truck drivers was sitting there eating out of a sick bag! That nearly turned my steel stomach inside out, he had tipped his fruit salad in there to gross people out lol
I haven't found that W has reverted to just sounds, in fact the opposite: as soon as an animal gets a name he won't make the sound for it any more.
Rainy, how is everything going? Hope the feeding is settling down. Glad you were huge at the start of pregnancy too, I am just paranoid about twins atm because I just found out my uncle has had a second set (I wonded why he and his wife divorced last year, I guess secret illegitimate twins doesn't go down too well lol). But honestly, if you have that many children I guess the odds are that you will get multiples somewhere - I know of 12 kids to 6 women (including 2 sisters) but mum says that is just the tip of the iceberg, he was getting girls pregnant since boarding school. I don't really know him, but my Nana keeps me up to date with all the family scandal lol. That was a ramble about nothing.
When do they give up their day naps altogether? Since he has been sleeping through the night, day naps seem to have diminished rapidly. Some days he won't have one at all and if he does it will only last for 20-50minutes. It used to be 1.5hours. I remember this pattern from afternoon naps right before he stopped having it I need his daynap!!
MD: i also had issues getting onto BB yesterday. kept crashing. my whole world falls apart when that happens LOL!
i had a dream about you yesterday! LOL! it was soooo weird as Sherie was there too! pretty funny as i dont think i have even seen a picture! must be the drugs i'm on lol! not much to it, we were at mums group together and you and sherie were playing pool. oh, and we as a mums group were running some sort of business. really weird.
Cally: wow! that is great motivation. i have been a 'gunna do' girl for so long that i just have to face the facts that walking the dog is all i'm 'gunna do'...bah, i am sooo unfit it aint funny.
Sherie: as i said to MD, you featured in my dreams last night! so funny!
WTG on the shopping bargains! you seem to have a real knack for it! must come shopping with you one day...
bummer about the mirena. will this be the last time you have one? i haven't been on anything since Leila was born. luckily my endo ATM is manageable, because not sure what i would do. look forward to going to italy and seeing my homeopath. hopefully she can sort me out for the next year.
Arte: oohh losing those day naps is hard!! we have periods where miss L declares herself all grown up and refuses. usually to crash out at 6.30pm after 3 hours of messy toddlerdom.
i am soooo not looking forward to DH on the ferry. he gets sea sick on docked boats let alone moving ones LOL.
ha ha ha the hoarding must be a toddler thing huh? again in a shoe shop todday and the same thing happened. at least this time we came out with a pair of shoes for her. paid a bomb though and trying not to feel ripped off. we bought a pair of clarks and they cost $75!! is this right? or have i been taken advantage of? i know they are good shoes, but seriously?? for a toddler?!!
all the boys in my house have got colds atm. lewis has so much snot he looks like a walrus. jimmy's having trouble sleeping cos he's all congested...poor little man. i'm taking jimmy to the mchn this arvo (the one that directed me to the tizzy hall book ast time...grrrr) so will be interesting to see what he weighs.
clare- i'm pretty sure that's what clarkes cost everywhere. i haven't bought any yet. i got some awesome shoes for lewis from a website called tinysteps.
arte- your uncle sounds like a total ratbag. i was really worried about twins too cos dh's dad is a twin...don't worry, whatever comes your way you'll cope with and love just fine...i'm not sure how 3 babies in your bed would go though! lol
cally- i'm with you on the healthy eating. my friend brought around a pack of donuts yesterday and i didn't have any lewis managed to have 2 though
sherie- is the mirena for your endo? my ob was trying to convince me to get one, but i don't like the sound of them at all.
she was very resistant to dh getting the snip. we're not really sure what to do atm.
i hope everything goes ok for you
G, yep, the mirena was for the endo, but I wont ever have it again. Personally, I wouldn't talk to your OB about it - get J to go and see a GP and just get a referral to a urologist/surgeon GP who does them. I think it's BS that you face opposition for it when it's your choice kwim? as much as taking the BCP is your choice. I hope the little boys aren't sick for too long Have you got any fess for Jimmy? It might help him out.
Clare, ROFLPMSL!!! So who won the pool game? And yep, Clarks are exxie, but they are one of the best brands you can buy for them. Because the older three all have really hard feet to fit, I have brought a lot of clarks over the years, but see it as an investment if I can have them in properly fitted shoes now and save them tons of foot problems as adults kwim? Like I brought Erin a pair of black school shoes after tryong for 2 weeks to fine some that fitted as she needs orthotics in her shoes as her ankles roll in something shocking - thanks to dodgy feet-genes she got from her dad. Another great brand that isn't so exxie is Gro-shu - if I can't get Clarks, I get these ones and they are awesome, they also have the small sizes too. Paige was in a 4 for ages and they were the only brand that had decent shoes in a small size. Oh, check out Myer for Clarks too - often they will have end of season or last seasons stock for half price. I only paid $36 for Alisters summer sandals and they were originally over $60 (ROFL - again with the bargains. Next time I'm in Melb we'll have to do Chaddy together)
Arte, he probably really needs to still have a day sleep but if he looks like he's dropping it, you might find he will crash and burn on day 3 or 4 without one kwim? So if he does that, definately try to get him to have one. otherwise it might just be the trade off with good night sleep kwim? LOL at your uncle - does he at least acknowledge all those kids? Would make for one helluva family tree LOL at your nana too - my Nan was like that and knew who was doing what in the family.
Cally, please don't shatter my dream of touring the Cadbury factory It's the one thing on the 'to-do' list for whenever we go to Tas ROFL. I'm so tragic.
thanks sherie, we do have some fess somewhere,i'll have to have a look.
do they go to a public hospital to have the snip or how does it usually work?
the mirena sounds so bad. i'm not keen at all. implanon doesn't sound muchbetter either
we've just booked 2 holidays, i'm so excited as i've missed out on so much the last couple of years. we're going to the hawkesbury river in november and to echuca in february...of course they both involve waterski races lol, but who cares!!i'm just excited to getaway and take the boys
Arte - oh no!! No day sleeps, I don't know how you cope!! K most definitely still has one, we've only just moved up from 2 sleeps. She had 2 yesterday, by the time I dropped her at care she had been yawning and rubbing her eyes since she'd been up. She even went straight over to the cot room and started banging on the door like she wanted to get straight into bed! lol at your uncle, a bit of family gossip is always fun!
Rainy - yeah, just get J to go to the GP. It should be totally up to you guys what you plan on doing for birth control and if that's the snip, then so be it! Hope little Jimmy's nose clears up soon, that wouldn't be helping your sleep deprivation!
Clare - K has had 2 pairs of Clarks (both the same style) and they were $60 (on sale). Expensive, but they are good quality.
Trill - I think the tours are out, but you can still visit the shop. My parents went a couple of years ago and got a 10 kg box of mixed chocolates for $35. Awesome!
Well that's ok Cally because you *can* tour the Haigh's factory right here in sleepy Adelaide!! I've put my order in for a birthday tour this year PMSL.
Arte - OMG I was cracking right up at your ferry crossing story! You were brave going outside - it's big sea out there!! (not a boat lover I'm afraid - think I might've walked the plank in a former lifetime) LOL. BTW - OMG at your uncle - secret love twins - nice work if you can get it!! PMSL.
Clare, I want to know who won the game too! LOL Hope I had some really groovy pool moves since I don't have any IRL LOL. What business was it? Astral travel tours?
BTW - I would *never* pay that much for Clarks - that's why I buy them for $15 on ebay. LOL Always go for the nearly-new. AGree with Sherie the Gro-shu ones are good too.
Sherie - that's awful about your Mirena - hope the procedure goes smoothly and you have a good recovery. Yuck. But just try to think of it as a little speedbump on an otherwise smooth road. Well done on the bargains. Still haven't decided about the curtains.
Rainy, re the surgeon, DH had it done as a day procedure at the defence medical centre, so I bet there are surgeons around who will do it in their rooms (under a local). If he wants a GA though might need to get it done thru a hospy. Fantastic news on having a couple of holidays finally!!
Just popping in to say, still here, still pregnant, still homeless! But it isn't all bad,at least i get 4 nights in the hossy. lol.
Working on a place to live, hopefully will know more in the next few days.
No labour signs. Booking in for acupuncture i think.....
ROFL Ange. I really hope you find something on the house front soon I heard they are building community style housing down there, are you eligible for that?
MD, I think I am going to have to partake in this Haigh's chocolate you speak so highly of LOL.
omg i am about to scream!! i wrote a really long post yesterday FULL of personals...(i promise i did LOL) and posted - and it isnt there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am so frustrated!! so sorry if i mis things or the post is not up to scratch, i dont have the energy to do it ALL again in depth but i am feeling like a bad buddie at the moment not contributing much. i have been reading and thinking of yoi all - but some goes in and out of sieve brain in record time i must admit!
I wanna see these pics of Hayley! it sounds gorgeous. hope she is loving the honeymoon, i am dying to hear how it all went.
Arte - LOL at the boat trip - eeewwww! i am so much bigger this preg as well. the heartburn is here with avengence (even worse than with N) too! How funny when W learns the name the noises the animals make disappear - N is a bit the same - though some have names and some have sounds now...
Clare - well i prob would pay the $75 but i have NO idea. to make you feel better my SIL and BIL paid $135 for my nephews 1st shoes - got totally guilted with the 'these are best for their feet' line at some special shop in chaddy... btw how is the house hunt going? yay for a trip to tassie - that should be lovely.
Trill - ouch on the mirena - you have had a rough trot. how is the arm? good going on the shopping!
Katie - how are you feeling?
Noni - wooooooooo hooooooooooooooo 2 days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ange - you poor poor thing, i dont know how you deal with it all and keep such high spirits. you are amazing. eagerly awaiting news from you and your PIG!! LOL!
Rainy - get under the sheridan honey - you deserve it! LOL at L and the doughnuts. yo do what you want re the birth control - your life honey! i am glad the IL trip went better than you expected - helps to have low expectations LOL!
Cally - so good to see you i had been wondering where you were and missing you.
MD - no curtain advice i am afraid - there aint a domestic goddess bone in this body! how is the FDC search going now - did you meet that lady? how is DH finding his new job btw?
ok better go.... dh isputting N to bed and i am meant to be cooking dinner...
btw made some 'fried rice' for N tonight and he loved it (sherie thought a good pasta alternative) - cooked some brown rice. stor fried heap of vegies with some teriyaki sauce (i used peas, broccoli, carrot and cauli bc thats what i had on hand), added a small tin tuna for protein and then stirred through the rice... at thr last minute i beat an egg and cooked it through the rice. this made enough for prob 3 meals for N and he was wolfing it down. kinda like a cross b/n risotto and fried rice i guess - and a big hit! just thought i would post it as an idea for a quick meal if anyone is stuck as i have been of late.
Arte:
Jacks day naps have decreased in time but his nite ones have slightly increased. Alex, when I can get thim down, is still day napping.
Sun was out this morning so took the opportunity to take the boys to the pool but Alex was a horror & it was a carnival day where there are lots of schools & they are trying to find the best to rep the region ... then this arvo i cleared out the lounge room & the boys went nuts on their quad bikes & then on the push bikes! haha
selfish post ahead...sorry
My sis is 41 weeks and went into hospital to be induced today as bubs is very sleepy. All is going well and tomorrow they will break her waters. Hopefully I am an aunty by tomorrow night. While I am super excited I cant help but be incredibly sad that I cant be there. Its an 11 hour drive and flights are to dear. We are going to Syd in two weeks and will see her then but its not the same. Its times like these I hate living so far away from our families. L wont really know any of his cousins or family. I am sure it is partly the pg hormones kicking in but I just feel so sad while feeling so excited at the same time.
Katie - big big . I know how it feels, you just want to be there with them, don't you.
PP - good to hear from you sweets! ARgh at getting your post munched. Meeting FDC lady on Friday. Have a good feeling, keep your fingers crossed for us. DH is being loved at his new-old job (whipping them into shape LOL) but hasn't started his new-new job yet. But no one minds cos they're lapping him up at his new-old job.
explains why it was giving me so much grief. So I have been booked in for the 24th of April - could have had it done on Friday, but it was just far too soon to get DH and the kids organised, plus by then it will be school holidays so whoever has the kids wont have to worry about school buses etc. Apparently he's only ever had this happen twice before and both times it was women who'd had 4 or more children. Just my luck I'd be lucky number 3
At least it wont be surgery-surgery so I wont have a long recovery time or anything.
and I scored a new pair of Mundial kitchen scissors for $19 down from $40 and a Wooden Thomas timber yard for $26.21 down from $80, which I will put away for Alister for his birthday. It was marked at $34.95, but the table it was on had the 'take a further 25% off the marked price' signs, so I got it down to the $26.21. So I was happy with that LOL.
I need his daynap!!
lewis managed to have 2 though 
LOL at your uncle - does he at least acknowledge all those kids? Would make for one helluva family tree 
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