Hi Girls,

Oz - Poor L, croup is yuck. Also not fond of the 'flap of skin', or my muffin tops, but the rest of me is alright How exciting about the landscaping!

Leemar - Hi! Nice to meet you! I've only just come back to the Sept 2007 BB thread after posting briefly when DS1 Craig was born. Glad you're all over the 'flu now, good luck with choosing schools and lucky you I hope you enjoy Vegas (although I'd feel the same leaving my kids at home).

MP - I'm dreading going back to work for the same reason! I takes so much effort to look half as good as I used to. Commando crawling hey, it all changes once they're mobile.

Ginger - Same, haven't been to the hairdresser for 6 months! Just can't face doing it with 2 kids in tow. Our chemistry does change doesn't it? It's not that we let ourselves go, but that it takes so much more effort to maintain what we had, right?
We'll probably start to TTC#3 in 7 months when DS2 is 12 months old. He was a VBAC, so I want to be as fit and healthy as possible. But I'm also on paid mat leave until May 2011, so I would like to make it back to work at least briefly before no. 3 arrives

Trill - I'm with you on the shakes, blech!

Cass - Happy Birthday! With the pregnancy weight gain, my GP said that the 30kg I gained with DS1 was fluid due to my immune system overreacting to the baby. She was certain that I wouldn't gain as much weight with my 2nd baby because my body wouldn't be as sensitive the 2nd time. With DS2 I put on only 1/2 the weight. So maybe your body is the same?

Not much going on here. Craig's back taking himself to the potty and practically putting himself to bed now, no more tantrums at bedtime. Huge difference to the start of the month! Just in time for Ryan to start getting his first tooth. My New Year's Resolution is out of the way, the scales said 79.8kg this morning! I haven't been under 80kg since my wedding 5 years ago. Then the Wii Fit said my BMI was 'Ideal' instead of 'Overweight', so I'm happy happy happy and don't care how saggy baggy and wrinkly I look. Damn it, I even bought mascara today. I haven't worn mascara for 6 months!