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Oh WOW G! 6 months old already!!!! that time has really flown. Soon you will have two little boys.
LOL Oz, I know! by this time with your first baby you've had all their clothes washed and packed away for months, their room is sorted and crib made up ready to go and hospital bag is packed - its so much more casual with each one after that.
Clare, that would have been so scary! Glad you're all OK though. And have you made sure the dream house is safe and sound? I would have been there first thing LOL if it were me.
Cally. Katie is getting so grown up now. I always had a problem with the girls at first getting them to leave their hair done nice too. There are so many gorgeous little hair things around too.
H :rofl: at the timing of M's paddy at the shops! Alister throws them all the time when he can't have a lolly and he bangs his head on the floor too. Gets a laugh from the shop people anyway. Thanks for all your confidence in me too - I'm so nervous about it.
PP, you could try one of those little pillow things you can get to help with that. It sort of keeps their head up off the matress a bit I think is how it works. Or you could try laying him on his side as well now he's a bit bigger.
Noni, I'm so proud of you for the way you have approached this and want so bad to make it work. I hope you do get to that meeting this morning.
Just when I think A is getting back to normal, we've started with the poo again :( but I am starting to see a pattern though - after I posted yesterday saying how well he was going, I then had 2 nappies in a row looking like he'd eaten dirt, and then today it's liquid again and the bum rash is back. That's how it was last week too. It's just so frustrating!
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6 months!? Aww its flying by. Happy 6 months to J.
Oz - Have you got the baby's room almost done, or havent really started? I am hanging out for this big arrival, I am hoping for a little girl.
Maddie's been up since 4.30am!! Arghhhh! I think it probably has something to do with her 4 hr sleep yesterday arvo. She woke with a runny nose yesterday & was a tad grumpy so I think she was a bit under the weather, hence the big sleep.
Trill - Oh no something is really not right with A! What is your next step/next appt etc? It must be so frustrating to know something is up but what is it exactly. I know perfect timing to chuck a major wobbly, while laying in the trolley (refused to sit in the trolley seat, that should have been my 1st warning sign hehe) way to go M making me look like a bad mum in front of my friends & their very well behaved DD lol.
Has anyone seen the awesome cubby houses you can buy from kit craft here in WA? My gosh they are AWESOME to say the least, I have been begging DH for one for Mads for chrissy but they arent cheap & he is insisting on building it himself. Which is nice & all but I hope he can finish it by chrissy.
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H, I would love to get the kids one of those sorts of cubbys, but DH wont have a bar of it - he's probably right though - they are really exxie, but oh so gorgeous! Don't worry about your friends perfectly behaved DD - my girls always turned on the act in public and knew how to behave when out, but they made up for it when they were at home LOL - I wouldn't be at all surprised if their DD is the same and they just don't say anything. I think it makes you more *real* to be able to say 'oh yeah, my child can be a right little turd' instead of pretending they are good all the time kwim?
We have a paed appointment on the 8th of next month, so not too far away.
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MM those cubbies are gorgeous. I reckon go for it. We never committed to a cubby for DD1 and it's the one thing she always wanted. Of course with moving around it was a bit more complicated for us. We're just waiting for the nicer weather (and the end of chemo!!!) to do the revamp on our ebay one - can't wait. :)'
Trill well it is good news that it was nothing obvious but also very frustrating that there's not an apparent reason. Is it possible he has contact with something in the garden/on the farm that's causing it? I'm thinking along the lines of DD1's mysterious rash which only ever pops up when the weather is warm (and she is therefore mucking about out in the garden a lot more - obviously playing with something that sets it off). Clutching at straws I know but it is possible.
Happy Half birthday Jimmy!!! :clap: Hope this is an auspicious sign for the rest of today Ginge.
Ok well I"m on the home run now, have fully half of my final essay written...just need to go out for chips and m&m supplies to get me thru...LOL. Hoping to knock it over today so I can check it with a fresh brain tomorrow. Wish me luck, I *can* do this.
Oh and good news. I applied for special child care benefit (where Centrelink pays your whole portion of child care fees for 3 months) and got it all approved this week. Not only are they paying for E's fees, they are also paying DD1's OSHC and have backdated it to April when it all began. OMG I am so relieved, I feel like I can breathe again.
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Morning Girls,
Well So much to catch up on I dont know where to start.
Holiday was great I did loads of shopping. I have all the kids all ready for summer although it looks like it has already started here. All I need is to get them more summer PJ's. I got heaps and heaps of bargins and picked up the best bargins from Walmart ie- got heaps of tops and shorts for Livi for under $5 and they are really really nice too..... Vegas was great but I seemed to have gotten a little ok a lot drunk one night and paid for it the next day. The kids had a ball. Oh 1 day when we went into LA (as DH had a meeting at the Trade Qld Building) and they put the suite number in the navman instead of the street number we ended up in the hood...lol OMG it was so dirty I mean rubbish was piled up in the gutters. Luckly my DH then checked the address and realised the mistake and so we then went to the right part of town and so while he was at his meeting we went for a walk sightseeing and well thats when Livi decided to crack the most biggest tanty ever seen...... I mean she was like possessed....... after 1/2hr of screaming and yelling and crying she decided to stop when daddy returned... I was in shock...... and thankfull never seen that possessed side of livi for the rest of the trip and hopefully never will.... Disney was amazing as always and after 5 days there we still havent been on all the rides and shows... It sure is the happiest place on earth I must say. Livi now has temps so I am off to the drs. Have heaps more to tell so BBL.
Hello to everyone
Love
Leanne
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hi girls!
G: happy 'halfwaythere' birthday to little jimmy!!!! cooee. time does tick along! the storm i dont think was so bad. we got hit mostly cause the fencing of our place and our neighbours is the 'brunswick dive' variety and the schrapnel is all from the park across the road.
Oz: gosh, i was bad enough with my first baby! we had to set up the nursery post arrival! and the car seat wasnt in...:rolleyes:
Leanne: WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so jealous of your finds! well ok, sooo jealous of your entire trip LOL!
MD: :dance: WTG on the paperwork front (both essays and CCB thingies). mmm chippies mmmmmmmmmm. can you read a coupla chapters of mine??? have to do a panel review (EEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!) in 2 weeks and am pooing in my pants.
MM: te he he (whose the grumpy bum? you or mads LOL!) 4.30 is insane in the membrane...hope that you had a good DVD to pop in while you lay comatose on the couch LOL! that said miss L has been dabbling in the fine art of waking early. dearly hope that she realises that it is way uncool.
Cally: pretty hair thingies worked a treat for Leila. now it is all about the clips with plasicy diamond things and butterflies (blergh! ha ha ha!!!).
Noni: hope you have a good and supportive time at the ABA meeting today xx
AFM: nothing to report really. am having mega freak out about work stuff but will be okay. just have to get through a grilling via a panel where i showcase the work that i have done so far. and well, let's just say that fellow peers can be MEAN. ha ha ha! i guess if i cry they might leave me alone...
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hi girls
well, dh's case got thrown out of court with no charge. woo hoo! so he's a free man LOL, pity about the 4.5k it cost us but oh well!
i'm pretty bored and lonely at home without him. i really don't know how single mums do it tbh. i'm doing my head in here!
clare- that panel sounds so nerve racking. i could never do that!
leanne- lol at you ending up in the hood! sounds like a great trip was had by everyone though. bet you're exhausted now though.
md- woo hoo on c/link $. that's fantastic news, so happy for you.
good luck on final essay. just get some twisties to help you through. they're great for anything i find LOL
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WOOO HOOO G what great news. Such a bummer about the costs.
Wooo hoo to you too MD.
Leanne glad you had such a good trip.
Argh L is being a pain better go entertain him lol.
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Ginger, sooo glad all the positive vibes your devoted threat buddies sent have changed the outcome of the legal system permanently ;-). LOL Good news, worth celebrating BIG TIME!
BTW I have already polished off a bag of twisties, and I've got a mixed lot of m&ms on the go too! Cally I found some jaffas in the cupboard yesterday and I too developed a sore tongue LOL. Unfortunately, you can eat all the food but the essay still doesn't automatically write itself *sigh*. I think the chemo has affected my cognitive functioning. Maybe a cup of tea will stimulate my creative juices?
Clare you are one brave lady and of course I will read a coupla chapters for you - and even provide insightful comments...once tomorrow is finished and the essay has launched off into completion land.
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hi girls - quick one from me...
Ginger - HAPPY BDAY JIMMY!!!! i cant believe he is 6 months already - gone toooooo fast! yay for DH case being thrown out - when is he back? I agree with you, my hats off to single mums...
MD - woo hoo on the essay. i agree some twisties will get you through!
Clare - panel sounds awful - but you will blitz it!
Leanne - welcome back! sounds awesome... v jealous. hope livvy isnt sick.
I went for a walk today with a mother's group. i donmt know if i told you i bumped into a girl from school with an 8 wk old at the paed last week? i got her nunber and was arranging a meet up and she invited me to go with her mums group. was really nice to spend a few hrs with them and some bubs the same age as J (or close). I hope they invite me again...
i have put a few pics up on fbook (tell me if you are sick of them, i seem to upload a lot!)(
ETA MD a cuppa and a few handfuls of M&Ms will def help!
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thanks girls
mmmm i might make myself a cup of tea too. sounds lovely.
hopefully he comes back tomorrow, but he's thinking of staying until sat...i'm not too impressed by that but i guess he doesn't get to see his family very often so another day won't kill me.
that's great about your new mothers group pap. i kinda feel sorry for jimmy in a way that all his friends are gonna be lewis' friends iykwim? except for his girlfriend Sas of course, but everyone else is lewis' age from playgroup, mothers group etc.
might go on fb now to see pap's pics.
oh ange- forgot to say, did a big order with snapfish yesterday, will be great to see how they turn out.
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hi girls!
PP: ooooh i hope you can go back to the Mums group too! i am SURE that they would want you there! i know that i wanted all the ppl that wanted to come to be there in our MG. i was always sad when some dropped off...
G: WOOT WOO!!!!! that is so awesome that it was thrown out! pity that it had to cause so much stress and time away though.
MD: now i have to find some twisties LOL!
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snapfish is awesome... i have used it a bit in the past...
my tea is brewing!
Yep i hope they invite me to some of their outings - i also wanted a nice big MG when we started ours (there are just 2 of us now LOL)! they were lovely girls and such cute bubbas... all boys which was funny!! anyway it was really nice morning...
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i'm glad you say snapfish is good, cos i ordered 2 canvas prints there- after checking out the quality of the ones at big w i was not impressed.
also did heaps of normal photos- so excited to get them back.
i just bought jimmy a teething necklace like lewis' as well as he is drooling like crazy.
oops i forgot i put the kettle on!
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Rainy, Happy 1/2 Birthday to Jimmy! I was showing W pics of new bubbas and we were looking through the Sept FB group and saw one of Jimmy and now he keeps popping up with "saw pictures of Jimmy" - it was a daily highlight that he told DH about lol. So glad that court went well, must be a load off your mind. Re snapfish, I ordered some canvas prints from them, about $400 worth and I wasn't happy with them and they entirely refunded my money which was pretty good since it was my stuff up - I didn't take into account the wrap around and it made everything off center. They didn't even want the old ones sent back. So I would recommend them, the customer service and guarantee were excellent.
PAP, that is great that you found a mothers group, I am sure they won't mind if you become a regular. Have you ordered your avatar yet? I am still waiting to see if they can find a match for N's hair lol
MD, M+M's will get you through anything. I was thinking of you today as I chased my healthy lunch apple with a whole bag of chips and half a block of chocolate... I am terrified that the baby will come out and I will discover that my cankles aren't swelling, just too much junk food lol
Oz, I can't believe how different it is expecting #2, so much is being left until the last minute.
Had an iron shot today, didn't hurt at the time but it is a bit tender now.
I traumatised W this morning with muesli. I made some for him and he was excited about trying it, but on the first mouthful his face crumpled up and through his tears he was saying "not delicious....tastes like woodchips...mum might feed it to Chimmy (dog)". I couldn't stop laughing which made him cry more. Poor kid. He spent the next hour saying "not trying muesli anymore" and bursting into tears at the thought of it!
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PMSL Laughing Arte! DH & I just had a little giggle at that. What a sweetheart.
Leemar - Sounds like you had an absolute ball in Vegas, so glad you had a good time. Wonder why Livi had such a bad tantrum, was she tired & over it?
Rainy - Might have to give snap fish a go myself, I had pics developed at Big W and they were terrible. YAY for your DH, that must be a relief. I had Marlene make me a hi 5 bday invite for M, so impressed.
MD - I know how cool are those cubbies!! I always wanted one when I was younger, but my dad was so busy working to find the time to make one. Poor dad, he still feels guilty about it even to this day lol. So I am determined that M will have an awesome one. Sounds like you are on the home stretch with the essay writing, I hope the cuppa worked a bit.
PAP - I'm sure the mums group will invite you back, hows that for perfect timing, meeting an old school buddy just when you were looking to join a mums group. Meant to be.
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Great news about DH ginge! 4.5K is better than a conviction.
Welcome back Leanne. :D
Hubbys last day of work today! Woo-freakin-hoo.
MD- That is GREAT news about the money. Glad you are getting a little bit of a hand during this rough patch. :)
I drove 3 hours last night to go shopping for 2 and a half! You know how unmanageable shopping with 2 kids is, so i went when when H got home with just Sas. The up side was that CR seems cut for me at the moment. I got 2 pairs of long shorts, some denim pants and a few tops. And bargain of the day was some rockport shoes which i thought were $180, but at the registered they scanned at $125! Gotta love that. :D Tired today though.
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i love encouraging people's CR addiction. i'm totally jealous though ange, don't tell me you went to doncaster without me?
hayley-show us your hi 5 invite in the sep group if you can, i'd love to see it. i'll let you know how these snap fish pics turn out.
arte- i can't believe you have scarred w for life with muesli! what a crack up. so cute he loves baby jimmy, all the toddler girls at mothers group are obsessed with jimmy and all fuss over him and try to shove bottles in his mouth and pick him up like he's a baby born doll. he's so cruisey about it all though and just loves all the attention and kisses from the girls.
i'm sooo tired today. had a really bad night with jimmy, i actually ended up just sitting up and watching tv with him from 3am-5am, then lewis woke at 6am. ggrrrrr, so i'm totally buggered today. might just have to have a bit of a dvd day today.
