Hi ladies!

Ellie glad to hear DH got home ok. The floods certainly are Huge & it will take a long time for people to recover. Thankfully our little corner in the South East has been untouched, but you never know what it ahead.

Peanutter, Alyssa has been more disturbed in her sleep but I think she is practising her new skills. Her favourite trick is to crawl backwards into a corner & then she is stuck. She hasn't worked out the going forward part yet! As far as pressies, my DH surprised me with 2 pairs of PJ's (badly needed). We don't usually buy each other pressies so that was nice. Alyssa got a ton including a blow up pool, teaset, pull along toy, purse, hair clips, dresses & more. As far as plans for the year, hopefully another bub ;-), but we will see. Nature will take care of that. And No, I'm not sick of people asking me these things, Ha Ha Ha!

Yules here's hoping the authorities hurry up with your paperwork. Government departments are useless with paperwork. It certainly makes things hard when you have 2 kids in tow & no "home" as such.

Self absorbed blab, sorry, tomorrow is my first day back to work. Am feeling sad, excited, tentative, like I'm doing the wrong thing by my beautiful girl. I want to cry but I can't, this was our choice afterall. My brain keeps reminding me of all the fabulous things she will learn in a "classroom" environment compared to what I can give her one on one. I know only time will tell if either of us are comfortable & I need to give it a few months. Secretly I'm hoping to fall preggers again sooner rather than later. It won't be worth me working 3 days a week with 2 kids in daycare, so then I'll be a SAHM.

On a positive albeit very different note, it would seem my dairy allergies may be gone. After a bout of Giardia (water based bacteria stomach bug thing) I became dairy intolerant, but I have just had a chunk of potato bake and seem to be fine so far an hour later (normally I would have reacted by now). I think it's been about 2 years since I was sick, so maybe my stomach has finally mended. It will certainly make life easier & I have missed so many yummy foods! Though I will probably stack on heaps of weight eating all that yummy food again.

I hope you are all going well & will speak to you soon. xo