Hoping that you have all had a splendiferous Christmas and have a wonderful time with friends and family!
G: have a great time in Sydney!
A: We are also having a wonderful beachside holiday ATM. pity that it is all coming to an end in 3 days for us
AFM: we have had a really lovely time up here in townsville visiting mum. Marta has been a bit sickly so i am realllllly tired and she has been a bit out of it, but Leila has had a blast and we have been swimming everyday at all the free waterparks and pools.
i am bit worried about our return as we apparently have a cat MIA (he does usually disappear when we go away, but this trip was a bit longer). and also we have our car sitting in the airport carpark that is not undercover and i have all these visions of getting to it and finding it completely destroyed by the hail...(at 10pm at night lol). apparently our street got flooded but the houses do sit up a bit higher, so only minimal damage. thankfully the flood warning was a bit under in the end, but apparently our part of the suburb was cut off for the day
Cass, I hate things like that happening when you're away and can't do anything about it. I hope your cat comes home though once you're home.
G, that is great he's doing so well now!
So great to hear that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was good despite all 4 kids being sick in the lead up and on the day of Christmas. The kids were spoilt rotten as usual and it makes me glad that DH and I keep things simple for them otherwise we'd have no where to put all their stuff! So because of the vomiting bug, I've had what seems like 10 times more washing to do and it wasn't helped by the crappy stormy weather and the several hours long blackouts we had. But I've gotten on top of it today. P is still not well though - she had been sleeping on and off all morning and then threw up again after lunch. She is in bed asleep again now. When she's awake she's well enough though, she just crashes pretty quickly.
The only problem I had with Christmas day was SIL and her DH telling us all not to breathe just in case we woke up their DS who was asleep upstairs when we got to the IL's place. I felt like saying FFS! Get over yourselves! You're not the only couple to ever have kids and how the heck is he going to learn to sleep through minor noise if you can't make any? Slight exaggeration about us not being able to breathe but it was way OTT and as soon as the kids said anything they were shushed. I know for a fact that the room he was sleeping in is pretty sound proof and we wouldn't have woken him anyway, but then this is the couple who dismantled their sons cot and brought it with them because they are convinced that he doesn't sleep well when away because he's not in his own bed. Nevermind the fact that both MIL and I have tried to tell SIL that it's not unusual for kids to not sleep at home at that age - none of mine ever slept well when away from home and it's something they just grow out of. But no, they had to bring his actual bed down with them in the hope that he would sleep well. And the outcome? He slept just as ****house as he always does when he's away from home. I had to bite my tounge when she said that Buggered if I know how the hell she is going to cope when she has the next baby in March. The chickens will come home to roost then. You know,in the entire time since she's had her DS, she has not once been anywhere alone with him. She has never just popped down to the shops with him or had a day out with him on her own. She always waits till her DH can come with her. And if he is working away, MIL goes there and stays for a week or two till he's home. As much as I want to be supportive and understanding, I just want to shake her and tell her to get over herself, she's not the only person in the world to ever have a baby and sooner or later she needs to learn to do this on her own.She doesn't realise how good she's got it. So that's my rant for the day over LOL. I love her dearly but she needs a reality check.
Trill - yeah, she sure does need a reality check! Someone at work was telling me about his grandkids who grew up like that with no-one being allowed to do anything while they were asleep and they are crap sleepers now because every little noise disturbs them whereas the cousins can sleep through a huge thunderstom.
Cass - oh, I hope your car is OK, you don't want to be having to deal with that on top of all the packing and everything else to get ready to go to LA.
G - glad you are having a nice little holiday.
DH's birthday today and my sister, BIL and niece coming down for a couple of days. Shame the weather is pretty average - it's improving heaps next week when we are up in Canberra!
DD had a sleepover with MIL a couple of nights ago - had her first introduction to McDonald's and a happy meal.
I don't get it? Is Ginger waiting for Oz to share Oz's news, or is she waiting for Oz to show up so she can spill her own news (that Oz has previously made a prediction or something about). Cos I gotta tell you Gingey I had my own little premonition moment when I was contemplating your move to a seaside town...
LOL Oz, we can live in hope of another baby for a September Mum can't we? But that is really exciting news! Imagine the odds of that ever happening where two people who have only ever known each other online end up both considering moving to the same area without the other one knowing the other was thinking about it too.
And thanks for the birthday wishes too have a lovely sleep in and got a nice hand therapy set from the kids and DH has given me money to buy some new kitchen things when I go shopping tomorow.
I couldn't believe it when I read G was thinking of moving too. It would be so cool if our L's went to school together!
Yeah Arte all of my family is in Sydney. With DH working away I want to be closer to them but don't really want to live in Sydney. I lived on the South Coast as a kid and would love to go back there. DH's dad has a holiday house there so I am thinking of going and staying for a while and seeing how I find the commute to mums etc.
and oz's dh's dad's holiday house is about 10 mins away (i think?!) from my dh's parents' investment property. can you believe it???
L and L in school together. BFFs!!!
Oh my fricketty! What an awesome and amazing coincidence. Right you girls you are just gonna have to do it! If only to my prove my privately nutty theory that this amazing group of ladies are somehow destined to know each other thru the sistas of September mummyhood!
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but it was way OTT and as soon as the kids said anything they were shushed. I know for a fact that the room he was sleeping in is pretty sound proof and we wouldn't have woken him anyway, but then this is the couple who dismantled their sons cot and brought it with them because they are convinced that he doesn't sleep well when away because he's not in his own bed. Nevermind the fact that both MIL and I have tried to tell SIL that it's not unusual for kids to not sleep at home at that age - none of mine ever slept well when away from home and it's something they just grow out of. But no, they had to bring his actual bed down with them in the hope that he would sleep well. And the outcome? He slept just as ****house as he always does when he's away from home. I had to bite my tounge when she said that
Buggered if I know how the hell she is going to cope when she has the next baby in March. The chickens will come home to roost then. You know,in the entire time since she's had her DS, she has not once been anywhere alone with him. She has never just popped down to the shops with him or had a day out with him on her own. She always waits till her DH can come with her. And if he is working away, MIL goes there and stays for a week or two till he's home. As much as I want to be supportive and understanding, I just want to shake her and tell her to get over herself, she's not the only person in the world to ever have a baby and sooner or later she needs to learn to do this on her own.She doesn't realise how good she's got it. So that's my rant for the day over LOL. I love her dearly but she needs a reality check.
have a lovely sleep in and got a nice hand therapy set from the kids and DH has given me money to buy some new kitchen things when I go shopping tomorow.
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