Seems to all be going great for you and Bailey - Nai - well done little man. Only having the one in nappies is great.

Bella - I can't believe you are almost due, pregnancies seem to be getting shorter and shorter :-) or is it time is speeding up?

Had a traumatic evening here, I said would babysit for a friend, her little girl who is CJ's age I would need to put to bed so needed to be me not Ryan (live round corner) that all went fine, but Stirling just wouldn't settle for DH at all (he still won't take a bottle - although I haven't tried recently) and started screaming place down, so I had to phone another mutual friend to come round and sit at first friends house for 5 mins while I came home and DH went round till friend could come home. The little man was beside himself (could be the heat but he has been getting worse at going to bed for the past week although he still sleeps through once is asleep) took me ages to get him to calm down enough to have a proper feed and then go to sleep. Oh well no more babysitting for me or going out for us until we sort that out! Poor DH has aged 5 years (doesn't look like the guy in that pic Krystie/Naomi anymore :-)).

Christmas and NYE really good, DH back at work tomorrow (has been off a while as had the snip week before Christmas) so back to normality I suppose. Mum has booked to come over again in April, so with us for 10 days then up to Darwin, Dad is going to join her in Darwin for 2 weeks at end of May so the kids and I are going to go up there for a fortnight and join them (hopefully can schedule to have our bathroom renovated while away) and then mum will be back with us at end of June till end of July. IL's are coming mid Feb to mid Mar, and have some friends visiting Melbourne over that time too, so is all busy busy. Darwin will be a trial run for me flying with just the two kids for our UK trip in Aug/Sep - think will be fine - CJ says is all good as long as has a pink suitcase! She says the funniest things - if she hasn't got a dress on she gets all sad and says "I can't twirl, I need a dress to twirl" and at tea said "Sorry I don't have time for tea, I have to do twirling". She is already trying to play DH and I off against each other, she asks him for something and then runs to me and says "I asked for a cracker, and Daddy said No!" and starts bawling. Her conversation is so good I find I have to remind myself she is only 2.5 and therefore prone to tantrums and typical 2.5 year old behavior. "No thank-you mummy I am not so keen on capsicum today, I will try it next time - ok" she said to me at lunch time - it seems so reasonable seems odd to ask her to try it for example. She is obsessed with hearing stories about when we were little, and then makes up her own using bits and pieces of them. She also seems to have popped an exuberance pill lately, has always been such a sedate calm child compared to her peers but that is changing - I used to wish she was a bit more like them - now the saying "be careful what you wish for" springs to mind, but am happy really she is behaving like a 'normal' 2.5 year old.