Hi girls!

Rainy: can i throw a spanner in the works...or rather add another option to your delectable plate of choice for a new home??? soooo you wanna mix beach with sydney...if i had my time again i would SOOOOOOO be packing my bags and going to wollongong. it is soooo beautiful and beachside is so affordable there nowadays...ok, so maybe a block or two from the beach but you get my drift LOL! seriously, it is an easy commute to sydney (CBD is 45 minutes away) and what with all the development from cronulla etc etc i am sure that your DH would never be short of business.....). i HIGHLY recommend it. it is so family friendly it's not funny (they even have a homebirth program run from the hospital!)...

anyway, enough of my tourism exploits LOL!

MM: oh i am so sorry! i totally didnt make the brain connection that the op for M was last week!! i had totally lost track of time and day...
that must have been really tough watching her in the room like that . i would have been finding it also near on impossible to not cry...our babies have a magnificent hold on our hearts dont they?! so happy that she is bouncing back!

MD: you know what is funny? i was talking to a close friend in italy about the age gap between him and his brother (i asked because they get along really really well) and he said they have 4.5 years between them!

Arte: ha ha ha! i wonder how long til we get news of another bun in the oven from you then? LOL! if it's 50/50 it's 100% in my books LOL!

AFM: well, i have been ok-ish. had a difficult last 36 hours emotionally. i feel rather disjointed in that with the arrival of my friends baby and being there and seeing the gorgeous wee poppet it really brought back the memories of how scary that time was for me (what with the PND etc) and i really have felt so sad that i missed out on all those warm and fuzzy and content feelings when she was born (not helped by the fact that we almost lost her on that first day i guess...). arrghhh sorry to dump this on you guys, but you all know me the best on here IYKWIM...so sorry!

Today though we had quite a marvellous idea to go to the beach...HA HA HA HA!!! i forgot that Melbourne really if we get down to the nuts and bolts doesnt have a beach...(Rainy, another reason to go the 'gong...they even have dolphins at their beaches LOL!). we went to st kilda/elwood area and the whole place was filled with condoms, jelly-fish and various plastic rubbish. it was disgusting. never again. that said, we had a great time once we gave up on the beach idea and just walked along the promenade.