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Hi girls - long time between posts, sorry!!! It's amazing how time gets away from me sometimes. Loving the new look BB, very nice. Lots to catch up on.....
Amanda - so very sorry to hear about your loss, hope you doing ok. Poor boys, hope they are on the mend. Must be tricky having a cast on.
Maya - I can sympathise with the "rear ender" as DH wrote off his car in March doing the same thing. Glad it wasn't serious. Still not nice though.
Rory - sounds like everything is moving along smoothly, 18 weeks already! When do you start your mat leave? I'm sure you'll save enough, it always works out in the end. Love the new avy too.
Tali - I posted in your announcement thread but like Maya, it was the best news I had that day and I had the biggest smile on my face for you. Can't wait to go on the ride with you!!!
Nic - it looks like Nixon had a great birthday and what a brave boy with his needles. Great news about the speech therapy, he must have made some great progress. Is the Parents as Case Coordinators for parents of kids having speech difficulites? My SIL is attending speech therapy with my nearly 4 year old niece and I think she would really benefit from something like this. Wonder if they do it in Melb? Biting is such a hard thing to deal with and poor Tyron to be on the receiving end - OUCH!
Bath - it's nice to know that I am missed :) Sorry to hear DH didn't get the job but I'm sure a better opportunity is just around the corner. Are you enjoying the new car? I find it so strange that the more debt you are in, the more they will give you!!!! Crazy. Any wonder there are so many people struggling with ridiculously high mortages that they can't afford to pay for! How is DD going at school?
DH still hasn't got his car yet. We are buying his mum's 2007 VW Polo as she is buying the new 2010 model. Fantastic buy and it's in excellent condition. I think DH is quite excited about it as its normally me that gets to drive the new cars. He also applied for a new position in the city, which he got and starts at the end of this month. He is very excited as he's been doing the same thing for nearly 20 years and felt it was time for a change. He hasn't worked in the city for years, so that will be interesting for him as he doesn't know his way around very well. When he is on day shift he will catch the train (at 5.30am :o) but he will have to drive when on afternoon or twilight shifts. The new job means no more night shift which is great!!!
My move to Caulfield is fast approaching, but I think I am stalling! I will need to be in my new office by end of June so might coincide my move with school holidays and have 2 weeks of less traffic.
Marley STILL not doing #2's in the toilet. Sticker chart not working, really at a loss what to do next???? Any suggestions????
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Hiya Mel! Yes I did miss you! What great news about your DH getting a new role in the city and with NO more night shifts!!! I hope he soon feels comfortable in the CBD... my DH resisted working in there for years when we lived at Caulfield/Brighton but now he loves it and will even miss it when we move. He is having a sick day off today... as he has also caught the cold the boys and I have had. Hasn't stopped him from using the time to look for a new job though... has sent his resume off to yet another recruitment agency this morning. There's a job with the NAB that he seems to fancy... fingers crossed!!!
The car is going great... DH drives it at every opportunity now LOL even though he was feeling poorly in bed this morning he woke up and said "I'll drive Wade to school!" LOL The only disappointment is that the car doesn't have a port for our iphone/ipod :( DH was on the phone organising one to be installed this morning too.
Number 2's in the toilet: Does she do them in the public toilets when you are out and about? This is how Niall started... through sheer desperation! LOL I suspect it's just one thing your just going to have to wait out. I wouldn't even ask... pretend that it's no big deal. I can imagine how frustrating it must be. We let Niall still use his potty although if he is in our bedroom and wants to go he will use our big toilet instead of having to run all the way back to the potty at the other end of the house. I could put away the potty but will wait until after we move now I think... rinsing it out doesn't phase me that much.
So how is everyone else coping with the new forum changes? Biggest issue I have is reading against stark white... as opposed to the previous mauve. I'm having to squint.
School run time... I bet DH will want to drive me hehe
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Hi all,
I hope that you all had a wonderful mothers day, I got a wonderful book from DH..it's the Margaret Fulton's Encyclopedia of food and cookery. It is a wonderful pressie and of course I got all the goodies from the school mothers day stall from the boys and oh how they love to give gifts. Cody's arm is going well have to go back to the hospital on Wednesday for another x-ray and see the Dr, then on Friday I have my appointment at the gyne for a check up after the D&C. Finally got my AF last Thursday so at least that's on thing, but since having Julian I've now got a longer cycle no idea why though.
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Feeling depleted and like the four of us could do with a week away somewhere completely new - we settled today on both properties, so now we're landowners...very tired, drawn out and relieved landowners.
Glad to see you back in action, Mel!
Great about the new car, Bath.
Amanda - been thinking of you :)
Tali - been thinking of you, too!!
Rors - I recommend Chrissy Butler's book "My Brother Jimi Jazz" for the boys. By the time T came along Oscar was well-versed with homebirth stuff and called the umbilical cord the 'marvellous cord', very cute!
Better go research alpacas to put forward my proposal to DP - he's resisting them!
I'm starting to make some ground with Oscar, too. He's becoming more co-operative and not so wild. Various reasons this could be the case, but going with it for now.
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I am finding this new BB very odd, but I am sure I will soon get used to it all and will feel like home again very soon, I do miss my old profile page where all my threads I am apart of where there nice and easy to find instead of having to look for them, not helping that my email is down atm so cant even get notices that you guys have been chatting...
where to start...
Rory, I am sure you will get to your money goal even is you are slightly short it will all work out, us women always make it work... Love the new Avvy, well done bath...
Bath sorry to hear DH didnt get that job but I am sure there will be bigger and better one just around the corner... keep up the slow packing, God dont I hate that job, the more you do now the less there will be for later, dont forget to have a huge cull while your packing, its a great time to get rid of things you havent used in a long time...
Mel thats great DH wont have any more nights, the city would be a huge change for him, much more exciting or so I would think...
Amanda I hope they can tell you why your cycle are so much longer now, I know mine took ages to settle into some type of pattern, some were 40 days, great if your not TTC not so great when you are ;)
Maya yeah on been landowner how exciting, do you know when you will start to build, have you worked out the type of house you want yet? maybe to need a summer get away, QLD is always nice at this time of year Cairns or Darwin would be perfect ;), only they cost a fortune...
Well thank you all for my congratulations, I am still getting used to the idea of 4... I havent any MS yet which is a slight worry for me, as I am normally very sick, but I am sure it will kick in very soon I am only 6 weeks as of tomorrow, thats the problem with finding out so soon makes this whole pgncy this a very long 9 mths lol, we are thinking about coming down to melbourne to have this baby in Dec/jan as where we are dont deliver and make you go into Mackay 2.5 hrs away and seeing as my labours are only 3 to 4 hrs thats not leaving us much time... they normally get you the mother to move into hospital accomoadation ( sp?) at about 37 weeks, so we though if I am going to have to sit around and wait for this baby away from home I might as well do that with people who love us and could look after the winkies... seeing as BHL would have to take time off to look after the winkies if I was in mackay, ( not that we would have done that we would just have stayed on here until labour started and risk the drive or just make the local hospital deal with me in labour, lol...
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Bath - she never goes full stop! Either out in public or at home. I keep asking her why she doesn't like to go to the toilet and she told me the other day that there will be blood :o Not sure where that has come from but I have been reassuring her that it's not the case. Maybe someone at creche told her? That might be the reason, what do you think? Now we just keep telling her that she won't bleed and its ok to go to the toilet. But you are right, it's one of those things that we just have to ride out. Thankfully being blonde, you won't see my grey hairs after all this!! How is DH going with the job hunting?
Amanda - that cook book looks amazing, I bet you will use it all the time. I love the mother's day stall gifts. I'm on the P&F at school so I work on the stall and I love helping the preppies choose their presents. Did you get many double ups? Thankfully we have a very small school and I know most of the siblings so we kept a list so that the mums didn't get 2 of the same present. Good luck with your appointment today, hope it all goes well and with Cody's arm too.
Maya - Congraluations!!!! Glad its all been finalised, its such a stressful process I can understand why you need a holiday!!! Tropical far north Queensland would be perfect! Pity it is so expensive. I think as our Junie babies grow up, they do change their behaviour. Marley is alot better these days, she still has her "feral" moments but not quite as often. My old boss runs a very successful Alpaca Stud at Flowerdale which was thankfully untouched by the fires (one of the very few places that didn't burn). Just google Flowerdale Alpacas and you will find the website.
Tali - I am finding it a bit weird too, but like anything new it will take a while to get used to. That will be very exciting if you do come down to have your baby, I'm sure you family with be stoked. Hope the morning sickness manages to stay away, it must be awful!!
I am in the process of organising DH's surprise 40th birthday party. It's been so much fun. We are having a 70's theme party, with dressing up compulsory! I have finished by music list and that was the best fun ever! Googling all those old disco hits, gigging out at my desk. We have about 120 songs, so that should see us through 4.5 hours. I am going to check out the venue today, a beautiful place by the water. We have been there heaps of times to eat but I didn't realise they had a function room. Still need to work out a costume - was going to do ABBA but I am not wearing one of those mini dresses!!! Or a pants suit! If I was a size 8, maybe yes!!! I think I might end up hiring something that is just 70's, rather than a character. I would love DH to dress up as a character from KISS, his favourite band!! He thinks we are going to a 70's party for a friend - he has no idea! Let's hope I can keep it secret for another 11 weeks.
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Hi all- I thought I would just drop in and catch up on everybody's news!
Tali- Good idea about having bubs in Melb, at least you will have all your family around to cluck over you and the kids. Right at the top corner of the screen there is a tab that says settings, if you click on this you can see all the threads you are subscribed too.
Bath- Fingers crossed that your DH gets a job soon and you can make your big move. How is DD going at her new school, is she all settled back into routine?
Maya- Congrats about becoming land owners, and selling your house. What an exciting new adventure you guys are about to embark on. I feel like we could do with a family get away, we might head over to Bali while I am on maternity leave and see MIL, at least flights should be cheapers outside of school holidays.
Mel- Big things happening for you guys with new jobs, and moving offices. We went through a terrible time trying to get Tori to poo on the toilet, it took a good 6-8 months after she was toilet trained for her to go. I took her to the GP who suggested we put her on Parachoc to make her poo nice and soft, because if they have done a poo that had hurt their bottom, this is when they get reluctant to go. Also what happens is when they don't go for a while the muscles start to weaken which makes it harder for them to go, and it kind of creates a vicious cycle. We were told to put her on the toilet after every meal for 10 mins so she would learn to feel the urge to go and actualley wait for the poo to come, however, trying to get her to sit there for that long was not very successful and usually resulted ina screaming match. However, once she was doing nice soft poo's, that she could physically hold onto, and she was going regularly she was much better. She still doesnt really like using the toilet though- and still waits until the last possible moment to actualley go. Good Luck!
As for us things are going well, Tori is at Kindy 5 days a fortnight and loving it, she is already picking up so much new information, and trying to sound out words. She will be full time pre-primary next year she can't, but I can't believe she is already into formal schooling before she is even 4. Liam is going great guns too, he is talking all the time now, and really well and he is just in the process of toilet training and becoming a big boy. Pregnancy going well, I can't believe I am almost half way. I am really looking forward to going on Maternity leave this year, I love my class, but work is really hard work this year, and I am more than ready to have a few months off.
Glad to see everyone is doing well, and it is great to pop back in and still be able to catch up on everyone's news after all this time.
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Hey girls, another long time no post run! Just thought I would spread my news - DH's masters are now passed AND he got a $25k TAX-FREE scholarship to study teaching (maths and physics) at Ballarat Uni. Bring on 12 months mat leave (starting 27 August...!)
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Wishing all the Junies a Happy 4th Birthday and hope they all have a wonderful special day!
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wow it has been a long time hasnt, but never feels that way as I get to read all your news on FB so feel I dont miss out on much...
I hope all our little Junies had wonderful birthdays, cant believe they are 4, where has all the time gone, I know Kailaia is getting her 4 year old attatued we have been very lucky with her but lately she is becomes very defiante ( sp?) wont eat her dinner and yesterday didnt eat her lunch either, she will sit there a chew a piece of meat for 30 mins, thenwhen she is in the bath she wont hop out so last night froze as she was in cold water for so long, and to top of a great night she didnt want to go to bed as she " Said I'm NOT sleepy !" if she keeps this up we might have to smack her, as there isnt much else left to do... but for now the threat of no TV was enough for her to run off to bed last night but not her own she ended up sleeping with Zayden, she hates sleeping in her bed... What has happened to my sweet easy going little girl...
Rory thats great news about DH congratulations too him...
Well not much else here, M/S hit like I thought it would still here, and like with the girls I am having issues with the taste on my mouth, lets just say its not pretty... I will be 12 weeks tomorrow, so things have gone well so far...
BHL has gone for a job that would have him FIFO of Melbourne so I am hoping he gets it, but dont have much dfaith that he will as its been almost a week without any word from the company, I think I wanted it too much so jinked it away, silly I know but I so wanted to go back home... But either way we have decided that we will be going to Melbourne for the birth of this one in Dec/Jan so at least thats something to look forward too, BHL has said that once we are there he will be looking into jobs so that with any luck we wont have to come back here, well apart from packing up that is...
Hope you are all doing well, you are all away in my thoughts, :loveshower:
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Happy birthday to all our Junie babies who have recently celebrated their birthdays. 4 years has flown by!!! Marley had a little party last Saturday, just with family but she still had fun.
Tali - I have a defiant 4 year old too lol!!! Very stubborn and likes doing things her way. She got a baby doll from her nana called Baby Annabel and she adores it. We have been using that to punish her, she can't have Annabel if she is going to be naughty! And its working!! She gets very upset if I have to take Annabel away and apologises. Can't wait for you to come back to Melbourne!!! And you will be near Maya and I - so no excuses for not catching up. Sorry to hear the MS has hit you - I hope it improves soon.
She carries this baby around like it is real (and it looks real!) and I got pulled up at the supermarket by an old lady who thought it was a real baby and she was worried how it was being carried. It was very funny and the lady laughed when she realised it wasn't real.
Chelsea got her school report and it was excellent. Parent/teacher interviews on Wed and teacher is very impressed with how well she is doing. Music to a parents ear! She really loves school and I am very proud of her.
Rory - fantastic news on DH's scholarship. They are usually highly sought after so to get one is excellent. Can't believe 18 weeks have flown by already. Love the video of Ollie's cake - I showed DH and he was mighty impressed. I loved their reaction when the dry ice came into effect.
Ali - thanks for the advice. I might have to head down that road soon as it still isn't getting any better. I am really at my wits end on how to deal with it. Her poo isn't hard so I'm not sure if its the hardness that is affecting her. But anything is worth a go at this point. Baby Annabel is helping now, if she continues to poo in her undies, she cannot play with Annabel so I will see how that goes too. Glad to hear the pregnancy is going along nicely and enjoy your upcoming maternity leave.
I moved offices this week, started on Tuesday. I love my new office, its nice and bright and I have a great view being on the 6th floor. Travel is not too bad, I leave at a reasonable time so miss most of the nasty traffic. One of my girlfriends is sitting an exam at Caulfield racecourse today so she can early and we had coffee to ease her nerves! Some fabulous little shops around here. DH is enjoying his new job, travel is a bit long for him but he is getting used to it. He is on leave next week for the first week of school holidays so that helps.
Love to you all and hope everyone is doing well.
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Howdy strangers!
Its been a long time between posts.
Is anyone's 4yr olds starting school next year?
Nixon wont go until 2012
hows all the preggy bellies going? Good i hope
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Wow, it has been a long time between posts.
Nic - Marley will go in 2012 too. In Vic they have to turn 5 before April 30 (I think?) so we have no choice. I wish it was next year LOL!!! Marley is loving her Learning Ladder Stiles, they are fantastic. She gets so excited when she gets the picture right and now doesn't need my help. Anyone thinking of getting them, do it, they are so good for their learning. Even her number recognition is getting better.
Tali - are you settled in your new place yet? Let me know as you were looking in an area not far from me. Would love to catch up.
DH had his surprise 40th last Saturday night. It went off without a hitch and he didn't suspect a thing. He was so surprised and is still talking about it. Lots of brownie points to me lol!!!! He looked so funny too. Pics are on Facebook if you want a good laugh. He looked a bit like Shaggy from Scooby Doo!
School trivia night tomorrow night, which I have organised. Its been a huge couple of weeks with DH's party and the trivia night. Be glad when I don't have to organise anything!
How is everyone else going? Any interesting goss???
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Kinder next year for us, too - just sent off an enrolment for the first choice main town, and have two other back ups in the works, but first choice may change, cos now that the rush to enrol for kinder is about to end, I am going to go to the local schools and probably match up the kinder with the school town...tough gig in the country!
Mel, loved those 40th pics! Relle looked a treat, too :)
Heading down to the farm tomorrow and wanted to get a good night of sleep, but T stayed awake after swimming and at least I"ve packed Oscar's things...i'ts only one night, but I have a big day of the first Booby Club meeting in the town we're moving to, then off to my first Reconciliation Action Group meeting in the beach town near our farm, then dinner with a friend who lives down that way (at the local Indian!) and in between going to show my friend our farm, cos she moved a bit further along than us and along the highway, but travellable distance and she's an ABA counsellor, so she's up for this big invite to the new Booby Club, too. Phew...bring on Sunday...cos that's the day AFTER the brigade annual dinner...
Oscar seems to like his Kinderballet class...fingers crossed, cos I just paid for the term! No more Kindergym, that was a waste of money cos he wouldn't participate properly. He's grasping death quite well and loves our steers and wants a white pony...!!
Yes, Tali - where you at? MIght sms you to see if you're at your parents still...cos this meeting in the arvo is in their town!
Better go do some computer things before turning in. I have been thinking of you and meaning to get to type something up, so thanks heaps, Nic! How's Nixon's stuff going?
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Will started Kindy last February - i guess it's different over here in WA to elsewhere. 2 full days a week and he loves it, can't wait to get back each time but is so tired when he gets home often lies on the sofa and watches tv. He will be full time in pre-primary next year so that will be great for him though might keep him home one day if he is too tired to cope with a full week. The teachers at the school are wonderful and supportive, Oscar is loving his pre-primary this year, after a bumpy start his behaviour has improved drastically and he is like a different child. The school that they both go to goes from kindy right through to year 12 and is only a 15 minute walk from where i live so very handy.
Mel - loved your hubbys birthday pics too - so funny and you a red head with huge hair :-)
Tali, Rory & Ali - hope all your pg's are going great.
Hello to everyone else. i don't really come on here much now as i'm kind of moving on from the baby stage and want to stop missing it :-). My little baby will be 2 in a few weeks time and is lovely but very full on - another runner and the last couple of weeks she has really been testing me so this will be my first go at 'terrible 2's' as Osc was terrible from 6months-2 and Will 3+ (but not that terrible, just very angry!).
But all is good here, very happy and enjoying life. hope you all the same.
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Tori actualley started Kindy this year, she is doing 5 days a fortnight, in WA they go to Kindy if they turn 4 before 30th June or else they have to wait till the year after, then pre-primary when they are 5 before June 30 and then onto year 1- Kindy and preprimary are part of school too, so she is already at the public school she will go to until year 7.
Next year she will actualley be doing 5 full days a week. It has been great she was more than ready to go, loves school and everything to do with learning, which has been really lucky for us.
As for preggy bellies, mine is doing well- getting ready to start mat leave though, only another 6 weeks to go. We are having a real struggle trying to think of names, at the moment this baby could well end up being baby smith for the first few days of its life.
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Hey everyone, we are settled in, we are now living in Glen Waverley, which I never realise how close to everything it is, just wish it was cheeper to buy here, not that we are looking anytime soon...
Kai will also start kindy next year, but I am looking at going back to work once the baby is 6 mths old, not sure what I will do as I am unskilled, but hope to find something to kick my brain into gear again, its been a long 10 years since I have worked so it will be a shock to the system theats for sure... My brother said I should think about doing a food handling course so I can work at the hospital handing out food, which wouldnt be to bad I guess, just hope they can work around school hours a little...
other than that I am 18 weeks have the u/s coming up in 2 weeks, so we will be able to find out what we are having, I am hoping its a boy, as is BHL and Zayden, but the girls of couse want a sister, so we will just have to wait and see what happens...
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Wow long time between posts!
Tali now you are in Melb, I am on mat leave and once the bub comes we will have to have a meet up!!
Hello to all :)
