Isn't it amazing that our meet up is almost here!! I am getting quite excited!! I must look up my flight times etc and touch base with you Amy and Vic and confirm meeting up before etc - was anyone else meeting up with us? Bella I cant remember when you arrive?

Vic - welcome back, its good to hear from you, bugger re your previous post going astray. How is CJ's sitting up going? Pretty good I'd imagine if you are building towers together, too cute. I have been looking through your holiday snaps on FB, looks like you guys had an awesome time!

Bella - awesome re your video of J attaching. We have been really slack with our video camera, I take soooooo many still snaps but rarely get the video camera out, we took it away to QLD and I never used it LOL. I must start getting some regular footage of the little guy, I think I might get it out and leave it on the coffee table as encouragement Thanks for your lovely post, and you are right, its so hard not to be protective of our little ones, but thats why we have that motherly instinct built in isn't it. I'm starting to impliment some of the physio's recommendations, but sometimes I just forget - DOH!!

Jacinta - Yaaah re no more needles for 6 months, such a relief isn't it? And yep, we definately talk too much LOL

BG - I cant remember what you did for work before E? Are you going back soon anyway? I am starting to get quite anxious about returning to work. March 8th is my return date and it feels way too close. I went to the hair dresser today and left Bailey with Sean for about 4 hours and I missed him like crazy, it makes me wonder how I will cope with returning to work. Not sure what the best way to cope with it is? I need to start getting my head around it so I dont fall apart when the time comes. No doubt I will be a raging mess on the day but I need a strategy to feel positive about it.

Nicky - AWESOME re Allira's 8 hours, I hope she keeps it up for you, hooray, you've had such a tough run lately

Amy - hope your appt went well, how was Phoebe's stats, you reminded me I must go get Bailey weighed, I reckon he might have cracked the 7kg mark, since starting solids he has been growing up a storm, he is growing through his 00 clothes MUCH quicker than his 000.

Bailey is starting to get used to the heat and today sleeping hasn't been an issue, I think he was getting warm and uncomfortable and waking but seems to have aclimatised and we have been using the aircon or fans to make sure he is comfortable, and leaving him in just a nappy to keep him cool. We have to take him back for xrays etc this Thursday and find out about the brace etc, starting to feel a little anxious again, and worried what will happen and how will I travel to Melb alone on sunday depending on the outcome etc. Everything seems to worry me lately, my good old coping skills seem to have escaped me, I think I just lose my rational thinking when it comes to Bailey, the emotion clouds my thinking, but thats normal for a Mum I would say.....

Sean is a bit low about going back to work next week ( he returns on tuesday), he has really enjoyed being with Bailey 24/7 and is worried about missing him, and I know Bailey will look for his Daddy as he is very much his Daddy's boy. I should use this as a positive focus about going back to work when the time comes as Sean will be on long service leave with Bailey, this is a really positive thing for father and son, but I think my own selfishness of missing Bailey over-rides this - DOH

Anyway, I think I might go and put our Christmas Tree up. I remember putting it up last year and telling Sean "Next time we do this we will have our little baby here....." hehehe. I am going to put Bailey in his little xmas outfit and take a Christmas photo to send out, I just need that million dollar smile from the little guy I cant wait to take him to see Santa, seeing he loved sitting with Cookie and Abby from Sesame Street, surely Santa wont faze him (fingers crossed, I might jinx myself)

Naomi
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