Babies born~September 2007 #59

Happy birthday Alister!!!! hope you have a lovely day big man :)

guess where i went yesterday?.....................IKEA!!!!

jealous much? ha ha
i got 2 x those little wooden train sets for presents as i have a party for 2 boys next weekend (the basic sets are only $14) how good is that?
and the big news is we got lewis' new bed! he's so excited and he even helped me locate it in the warehouse and pack it into the trolley and then in the car (complete effing nightmare btw)...jimmy slept through the whole thing (typical)...now i just have to get dh out of bed to help me get the boys' room sorted. we're going to pull out the change table, do a bit of painting - just to cover up some patches on the walls and then start rearranging and getting things organised. everyone please send me luck that lewis is going to sleep in this bed. send me all your best 'sleep in ikea bed' vibes! LOL

:bluecheer: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASTER ALISTER!!!! :bluecheer:

G: haha! i hear ya on the bed-in-the-car "issues". we gathered quite a crowd as they watched us put the bed and mattress in our tiny Honda Civic LOL! but we made it LOL! even the ikea dude was impressed :rofl:

ROFL G at trying to get that bed in the car. I have the best mental picture in my head of you doing it :P Fingers crossed he sleeps in it!

Arte, A huge congratulations on the exam result!!! I hope that gives you a huge confidence boost to keep going with it.

Thanks for the birthday wishes for A. He certainly does know it's his birthday today LOL. I made his cake this morning before we went to the show and he was adamant that we had to take it with us. Even got the esky out to put it in. He just seems to have grown up overnight though. He doesn't have a dummy anymore, he's fully TT and it's only for the fact that he is still in the cot that I can hang onto any thoughts that he is my baby :( But at the same time it is still all good ITMS. My little family is getting older and we are moving completely into a new stage of life with them. Even L is getting so mature now and I can talk to him like an adult almost.

Oh and with the TT I think I can safely say he is fully TT now - night and day. The last few weeks he has woken up dry, and soon as he gets up he needs to go to the loo, but for the past few days he is waking up at night and calling out for me to take him to the loo, so he is recognising the signs even while he is asleep. I will keep putting him in nappies though for a while yet just to be sure.

oh wow sherie i am jealous! what a big boy with the TT...ahhhh if only it were the same here. Unfortunately Leila is too obsessed with nappies still...and the new little sister ain't helpin' much lol.

and i *think* i get what you mean about your little family. it fills me with so much satisfaction that i have my two girls and we can now look forward to the years ahead. both DH and I are adamant that this is our family now and by gosh it fills me with joy and pride ITMS. i am already daydreaming of our family holidays etc LOL!

AFM: well we had a lovely but tiring day today. out for the first half visiting our friends (marta slept). then home again for friends with their 2 year old boy (who is as big and heavier than Leila and SUCH a boy lol)...(marta slept). then dinner time and bed time for Leila (marta woke up LOL).
Leila is soo developing attitude ATM it is so funny...and so so scary lol. we sent her to her room after some pretty full on cheek and she stomped off (like a dinosaur apparently :rolleyes:) and then SLAMMED the door. then, for extra effect, opened it and slammed it again :ROFL: oh boy. this has been going on for a couple of weeks now (the door slamming) and it's beginning to drive us insane in the membrane.

LOL Cass, I have to laugh at the developing attitude of Miss L. I can tell you with certainty that if she is like this now, she will always be like this LOL. E was exactly the same. She also liked to throw things too and it was hilarious watching her trying to find something to throw - even well after the tanty that started it all she wouldn't be happy till she'd thrown something. And she is still a door slammer ;) We jokingly call her emo kid ROFL.

Cass - yes K's train set is wooden. I got it at Aldi, then got a Thomas expansion pack. My sister is goign to Ikea on Friday and I am putting in an order for two of their sets as well!

Trill - hope A had a wonderful birthday. Well done on the TT, especially overnight, we are a really long way from nighttime training at our place! although we got through both naps on the weekend dry.

Ginger - did he sleep in the bed??

yeah i reckon our next ikea run will include the extra bits and bobs from the train set too...we just have a fairly basic set ATM and Leila really wants to jazz it up...

went to a 3rd birthday party today and Leila managed to stay dry the whole day!! she took herself to the toilet all by herself too which i was pretty proud of. scary part later on was when we were about to leave and she went missing. found her down the end of the road :o on a busy corner!!! i was pooing in MY pants that time LOL!

Just a quick hello from me. Will try and reply when there isnt two kids screaming at me....

hi girls

cass- omg! how did she get out of the house? i would've been terrified! i lost jimmy once at a friend's party and they have a huge dam at their property so i was completely freaked out. turns out he was just in one of the kids' bedrooms playing but that would've been one of the worst 60 seconds of my life until we found him.

well operation sleep in own bed went well the first night, but last night he woke in the middle of the night and freaked out and got in bed with me for snuggles. i guess i don't really mind, but how do you all keep them in their own beds?

i've actually been getting quite bored for the first time ever as a sahm. i think it's the bad weather and sicknesses that are contributing to it, but we've all got cabin fever. the kids have been watching way too much tv and that makes me feel huge mothers guilt. it's just so hard when you can't even take them over to the park for a run-around because it's too wet/cold. i've actually even considered maybe *shock horror* getting a job! don't think i can actually go through with it though LOL
how do you guys get through it at this time of the year?

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how do you guys get through it at this time of the year?

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without any style whatsoever. this winter has been really tough and long. we are going bonkers with cabin fever...especially leila. and now with a newborn to boot, 'fun' for leila is seriously compromised poor wee poppet!

Ginger, no idea how to keep them in their own beds - the only reason W stays in his is because he comes into our room and then DH takes him back to bed and sleeps in there with him. 3 years and counting, surely that kid will sleep though one day!
I am sure I have moaned about it enough, but I have been bored bored bored with the SAHM thing for a long time. Probably since W was about 7-8 months old? I really struggle with just hanging around, trying to do boring housework with kids hanging off me. I am feeling a bit more centered now with the uni paper, it at least gives me something to do that requires a bit of thinking. And I sneak out for cigarettes when A is asleep and W is parked in front of the telly. Whatever gets you though....

Clare, must have been very scary finding L gone, and down the road! How is everything going? Are you still on an upper from M's birth? It took me over a month to come down from the high of A's birth because it went so much better than I had hoped.

Cally, we got a basic train set but it isn't getting much use atm. I guess he will use it more some time.

Trill, ikwym about moving onto the next stage. A is one now and I am quite glad the baby days are almost behind us. I am looking forward to all the things we can do when they are older.

MD, hope you are getting some sun up in QLD, god knows we don't have any here!

It has been solid rain for the past 3 weeks so we decided to go to the city just to get out of the house. We couldn't go to the closest town because the road is dodgy at the best of times and with all the rain it is covered in slips so we went to the city 2 hours away (and still had to take a couple of detours because of slips). Turns out we aren't ready for such a distant day trip yet. Wasn't too bad but a tad stressful because A won't sleep and she gets bored and starts squealing. We went to one of those indoor kid playlands and W had a great time.

Hiya ladies, just wanted to pop in, about to race off to the beach which is a bit of a joke because we have had *no* sun here except for the days we have been travelling. Stupidly missed meeting up with Patoots after the geography part of my brain malfunctioned ... our paths crossed very closely a couple of days ago but i didn't realise until too late. :( So not a fabulous holiday so far LOL

Oh well it turns out it's now raining...*again* so beach visit postponed *again*.

Cass OMG that would've freaked me right out...so glad she was safe! :hug:

Trill, still minimal progress with TTing here although she is having a go on strange toilets, so I'm mighty envious of your success!

We have cobbled together lot of different wooden train sets and TBH at this age stick to less track, add on when they get older and can build it themselves. Missy E can only build really simple ones if I get all the pieces out so I'm forever having to do it for her...I am sick to death of the shrieking that goes on every time the bridge collapses (ie several times whenever the train set is out). My life would be much easier if we just had one oval shaped one with the track that meets up easily.

I hear you on the cabin fever, not so much with Missy E but with DD1 we were big shopping centre/library/local activity patrons. WE also go out for walks no matter what the weather, gumboots and jackets (ok, not practical with sickies, but ok when they are well). I have also just discovered pavement chalk, good if you have some outdoor covered concrete area (like our ugly carport/shed).

MD - the bridge collapse thing is one of the reasons I like the look of the Ikea set, it appears to have a very stable bridge. I swear one morning last week I was called away from getting dressed 5 times 'mummy, quick, bridge fall over, Thomas coming now!!'. And me getting dressed doesn't involve a lot as I don't wear makeup and the hair gets a single brush through it!! Hope you get some sun soon!

Cass - oh, scary, toddler escaping!

Ginger - K has been in her bed for a year now. We are lucky to get one night a week when she doesn't wander into our room. Generally she goes back with a quick cuddle though. The last couple of nights she has slept with one of us in the spare room as she is a bit sick, but when she's better she will be back in her room, although the midnight wanderings will likely continue!

W has started calling me by my name! It sounds so weird to hear "Jodie, can you come here" or "Jodie, watch me do this" or my personal favourite "Jooooooodie!". I thought I would be mum for a while longer.

MP, how old was N before he started crawling? I think A is going for some kind of record! She is still not mobile - she has been able to walk across a room unassisted for about two months now but she won't do it as a means of transport, she prefers to still hold a finger.

hi girls!

sorry have been MIA...sleep deprivation is catching up with the babymoon lol! wow, new babies really know how to cry lol! (understatement 101).

Arte: we have the same thing here with the names. Leila keeps saying: 'my mum is called clare'. my papa is called: 'renzo. she has tried to call me clare a few times, but i find it too weird to respond too ATM lol!

G: how is the Big Bed going? leila never looked back thankfully. we have one of those Ikea mozzie net thingys and we used that to bribe her...we call it the 'cave' (she is into the 'we're going on a bear hunt' story).
hey, we are heading up your way tomorrow...thinking ol' sass for a lunch...if you are around we should catch up! i'll check on BB tomorrow before we leave and see if you're up for it! (thinking we'll get there about 11ish...).

Cally: your dress routine sounds like mine :rofl: although when i want to glam up i rip out the lip gloss lol!

AFM: well the last 2 days have been *tough*. not sure why, but i guess it is lack of decent sleep catching up on me and DH. poor Leila has been copping alot of it too which totally sucks. i feel as though if i am not putting her in front of the TV or half-heartedley drawing chalk on the pavement i am snapping at her. i have MEGA mama guilt flowing my way. hopefully the sunshine will ply me with enough vitamin D to get me back on track...and i have to be more vigilant about sleeping when both the girls are...but i am bad at doing this...

clare- are you having lunch at Ripe??
i'm heading to Sky High at 10am cos they have a jumping castle there tomorrow and then we are heading over to one of dh's friend's places for a grand final lunch so unfortunately we won't be around :( dam it! any other sat except grand final day and we would've been fine. next time?

ps- you are not bad at it, it is just mega hard and a huge adjustment going from 1 to 2. i promise you, it will get better and a lot easier. i promise.
and if you ever feel like some company i would be more than willing to come over sometime during the week and just hang out and let Leila play with L & J. or maybe we could find a park/playground at a half way spot and i could run around after L, L & J while you sit on a picnic rug with M :)

eta- you are more than welcome to come to the jumping castle at 10 if you like?? i am meeting a couple of girlfriends with young kids there :)

Clare, forget about any guilt! L has had your undivided attention for 3 years now - M will never have that. Sure it is an adjustment for her, but she will adapt. The benefits of a sibling will outweigh a bit of down-time now. And as Ginger said, it does get better and easier. Can you get your DH to take L somewhere for a few hours over the weekend so you can have a bit of a rest? Even if you don't have a nap it makes a difference just to have the baby without having to entertain the older one.

The rain continues! This is just madness! So far in September there has only been one fine day and one fine afternoon. We have watched A LOT of telly!

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MD, hope you got a bit of sunshine on your holiday!

Gosh I feel slack for not posting in here.

Cass, it does get easier :hug: you've got the situation too where you have a larger gap then what most of us have had between 1 and 2 so I would expect that it would be tough for a little while with the dynamics being worked out still :hug: I'm sure things will turn a corner soon.

Arte, I have been going mental with the weather we'd been having, but I think I would go completely crazy if it had been raining that long!

Not much happening here really. Things are pretty good. School holidays started today so I'm looking forward to a few sleep ins. I am going to Canberra for the day on my own though to do floriade which will be good. DH said I should stay the night, but not sure if I will yet.

G: hmmm not sure if we can make 10am...we have to be in blackburn at 9am to pick up the wheely board i bought on ebay, then we head on up. but if there is a jumping castle we might scoot by and see if it's still going...Leila is a fan lol!
we should totally do a catch up! I vaguely remember Hawthorn being a good halfway point...mebbe we could find a nice park that way? and get MP on board too!

thanks guys for the reassurance :hug: had a cry to mum this evening and feel alot better. also had a nice afternoon playing with Leila at the park while Marta slept. really needed that reconnection time. it's funny as it would seem that Leila has been adjusting quite well to the big changes, whereas i have been left shell-shocked. maybe i prepared her well enough and not myself lol.

arte: ohhh that much rain does make you go barmy! i cannot believe it. and i thought it was bad that we hadnt had a day above 20 in 174 days lol.

Cally I cracked right up over your comment on bridge stability. Spoken like a true eng LOL.

Cass, I felt really torn for a while after Missy E was born, even though DD1 was so much older. I found it really difficult to split my attention from one to two. The all-consuming-ness of the early baby days will soon pass and your little family will find a new equilibrium. A daytrip out tomorrow sounds like just the thing that's needed!

Jooooooodie!!! PMSL - Missy E did this for a long time last year. She knew the difference, ie she calls us Mummy and Daddy, but our names are MD and R, but she would use it for effect. Like if we weren't paying attention or didn't respond fast enough, eg Mum mum mummy mum mum....MARYDEAN!!! I'm pretty sure if you explain the difference your Mummy days will last a bit longer. Sorry you've still not had any sunshine.

G, re staying in bed - Missy E stays in bed and just shouts if she wakes up at night. Not sure which is better. She lies in bed until we open her door in the morning too. I think it's a by-product of keeping her in the cot for so long, it's as if she just doesn't realise she can get out by herself LOL.

Trill I hope you enjoy Floriade and no doubt you'll take the shops out for a spin while you're there ;).

Well the weather here continues to be ****, although we didn't get rained on at Australia Zoo yesterday. Today was our last full day, I can't wait to get home as it seems we left Missy E there and took her Evil Twin Deidre on holidays instead. I have been tearing my hair out with the constant whinging, shrieking when she doesn't get her way, tantrums, refusal to eat meals then whining all day long about how hungry she is, hissy fits over her shoes, mucking about at bedtime etc etc etc. It has been soooo bad, just about everywhere we have been she has been The Screaming Kid that everyone just wishes would shut up (me included). She has *not* endeared herself to any family members, that's for sure. I bet she's nice as pie again the second we get home. Someone slap me next time I suggest a family holiday, seems like boring weekends doing nothing at all at home are infinitely better. And the pills are a much more reliable source of Vit D!!!

Cass- Don't be so hard on yourself love. I think Lu spent a good 23 months in front of the TV when i had Sas. :hug:

MD- Oh yeah, why is it the idea of a holiday is generally so much better than the holiday with a screaming child? With any luck she will transform when you get home, i wish i had a holiday as an excuse for Lu, but i don't and she has been a bit of a nightmare of late.

Arte- Lu has been calling us by our names for a while now. It kind of sounds weird, but i don't mind. I do say, 'i like it when you call me other name, mum' to discourage her a little. She doesn't do it all the time, just sometimes.

Trill- Sorry i missed the little man's birthday, hope he had a lovely day. DEFINITELY stay the night. Go out to dinner, have a night out, you deserve it.

Hi Ging- I wanna come jump on the castle. *stamps feet* Is the new bed doing its job?

Hi Cally. :)

Well not a lot to report here. HAving a little afternoon tea for Lu tomorrow. I was wondering if i should just pretend it's her birthday so we don't have 2 celebrations?! Is that mean?

JM, if you can get away with it then do it!! She will have no idea, as long as she feels special for a day then the actual date doesn't matter in my books.

MD, that is my worst nightmare and the reason we don't go on holiday - my kids barely sleep at home, they would be an absolute nightmare away and then the days would be filled with over tired tantrums. However, I still day dream of trips away, maybe one day we will be brave enough.

Trill, STAY FOR THE NIGHT!!!! Do it.

Clare, glad you got a bit of reconnect time. Poor W hasn't had much time with just me since A was born because she is a serial cat napper so we don't have a decent amount of time when she is asleep. I am thinking of leaving A with DH one day and taking W to the city for a bit of us time.

cass- do you come along eastlink to get here? i'm going to try to work out in the melways where a half way point would be. i was thinking maybe there might be a park around doncaster way or something?

jm- the bed is working on a part-time basis :)

all you guys with #2s, i can tell you all (and i know jm will agree with me) that it becomes mountainloads easier once the little one is walking. J & L play together for hours now, they keep each other entertained and will even sit and watch a movie together.

MD, that sounds pretty much like most of our early family holidays. I remember one holiday to Forster and E was only 5.5 months old and screamed from Bathurst to Forster and we even stopped over in Sydney the night LOL. Then I'm sure the rest of the holiday place wanted us out because of her constant screaming. But there was nothing I could do to stop it. It only really got better on our last trip away because the kids were older and Alister had gone past that stage. So I feel your frustration :hug:

JM, Thanks for the Birthday wishes for A :hug: He had a great day. I reckon you could do that for Lu. They know it's their birthday, but still not really gelled with the idea of parties and all that stuff. So are you all well again?

Yes, I was definitely going to go shopping after I went to Floriade LOL. I was thinking that just a day trip would be cheaper than staying the night because it wouldn't mean extra for dinner and a motel and we can't really afford it, but if DH suggested it then hes fine with me spending the money kwim? I have been thinking about it since though. I would have to leave here at 5.30 to get there early to get a parking spot LOL, and I think I would be more than fine to drive home because I have done it before, but I don't want to get to Yass and think Far out I'm tired! So I might go down Thursday arvo, do some late night shopping maybe and then Floriade before coming home friday afternoon.

Cant write much - will try to pop onlater.. all good, just busy!
BUT - Cas and Ging - I am soooo in for a catch up... but I can only do mondays or weekends...
Hawthorn is great for me, or I am happy to have you over to my place (Glen Iris) - thinking i prob live in b/n you both?
OR - I am having a day pff in 2 weeks to take N to a justine clarke concert so that afternoon could be great...

I'm happy for a G and MP playdate!! we can do Glen Iris. Mondays arent great as Leila has kindy, but a weekend could be fun?!

G: yeah we go along the eastlink. so mebbe for future playdates we could do a donnie day lol!
i look forward to the time when Marta is a wee bit older so that she can at least sit or lie around and play with a couple of toys...i reckon it will be heaps easier then. i can totally see how cool it will be when Marta is walking...i LOVE those photos of the boys you have on FB that you put up ages ago where they were on the tramp on the deck. LOVE it! but desperately trying not to wish away the newborn thing either lol! aahhh the catch 22 lol! but i have to sheepishly admit that i can admire newborns for the preciousness but i am definitely a toddler kinda parent lol. DH reckons i should just cook em for longer in the womb lol :rolleyes:

Sherie: oohhh that trip does sound like it could be fun! i LOVE the target at the canberra centre (i know, sounds strange but they have the best kids clothes range..well for girls anyway, seeing as though that's my forte lol).

Arte: i reckon the trip to the city sounds fun! today i went out with Leila on our own just to the neighbours. left DH with strict orders to bring marta over when she woke up for a boob. worked really well and gave Leila a chance to have me without me keeping one ear out all the time ITMS. was a good recharge time for both of us.

MD: ahhhh Missy E is sounding like Leila atm. Three-nager through and through lol. Leila's fav statement when i ask her to stop doing something as it is dangerous/rude/annoying etc is: 'i dont care' :o i cannot believe it. she is also starting to totally call our bluff when i get stroppy and laugh at me lol! arrghhhh i feel like ripping my hair out! today we had a 'i dont care' moment followed quickly by her throwing herself on the pavement in her pyjamas (late night walk) and rolling all in the dirt (this is after i told her that the ground was dirty and she shouldnt pick up cigarette butts). oh the joy.

AFM: today was a much better day! thank goodness. i was really down yesterday and worn out. I think the main problem was that both DH and I were worn out and that makes it tricky IYKWIM. today started out in spectacular fashion though with Leila cracking it after we picked up the bugaboo wheely board that we bought on Ebay (awesome BTW!!! works a treat!). she didnt get the concept that these people werent our friends...we said they are nice people but we dont know them, so no we couldnt stay and play lol! MASSIVE tantrum! it lasted the WHOLE way back home from blackburn (so a good 40 minutes). and it was mammoth with hyperventilation-style sobs. DH had to pull over at one point cause it was sooo distracting/distressing. had to calm her down and then calmly explain why we had to leave...but that took quite awhile. poor wee poppet. luckily our neighbours dropped by soon after we got home (we ditched the idea of mt dandenong and Leila was too frazzled i think for new environs ITMS) and invited us to CERES (a community garden type place with treehouses and the like for kids to play on). when i got there i realised that the homebirth group was meeting there too. but i was too shy to introduce myself. might do that next week (they meet every sat at 10am for coffee and cake). but then again, i dont really see myself as a 'homebirther', just someone that had a baby at home ITMS lol...sooo maybe not. we'll see...

(oh and as for the big post...yes, i have TWO sleeping children...all before 9pm lol). miracles DO happen.

JM - when we were little we had to travel over my sister's 3rd birthday. Mum just pretended it was her birthday the week before and didn't mention anything about it on the day (Mum actually forgot until about 10:00 on the actual day).

MD - oh yes, the engineer in me just can't help getting out. We are having major attitude at the moment too. The main thing is 'Nothing' as a response to any question.

Cass - I so love the Target girls clothes. I was in out little Target Country today and saw things I could buy but had to restrain myself - she already has so many things for summer!

Trill - hope you have fun at Floriade. If DH suggested it, then I'd definitely be spending the night and hitting the shops!

Well DH and K are on two weeks holidays. The whole house feels relaxed and we all enjoyed an afternoon watching footy while Thomas and James went round and round on the train set - got a wedding next Saturday though so won't get to watch the replay!

quicky from me as i'm about to go to bed!
cass- yes i am a toddler parent too. i would almost be tempted to have #3 if i could push out a 1 year old.
am happy to meet you anywhere along eastlink route- i even have an etag!!!! woooo hooo big deal for a hillbilly like me :) i got a couple of fines from driving along eastlink to franga last summer to visit jm so dh got me my very own etag LOL
or am more than happy to go to glen iris to mp's place (have no real clue where that is, is it near malvern??) i will find it!!!!

Happy birthday to Asha and Tia for today - hope it was a gorgeous day for both gorgeous girls!

JM, Lu's cake was amazing!! Well done. Yeah definitely just do the one birthday if you can. We did that a few times when DD1 was much younger.

Ginger, don't use the etag word around me. I think I might've accidentally scored some toll fines after DH set off on the motorway in the wrong direction in the middle of the night when we arrived in Bris...but we weren't up on the whole invisible toll-point thing then and apparently you only have 3 days to pay before it turns into a fine. Ho hum. Or maybe not...Someone handed in DH's wallet after he lost it today so I'm totally open to the possibility that the toll gods might also shine their benevolence upon me. hehe.

Cally, "Nothing" would drive me INSANE. We're getting a lot of "But I can't...." (imagine high pitched waily voice and weak falling about).

Cass, "I don't care" would also drive me INSANE. Funny how they learn things like that (am guessing it came from another kidlet in your lives). We're getting a lot of "That's not fair....!" courtesy of older sister. Hey I also just wanted to say - give yourself a break...let some stuff slide, it's only temporary :hug:

Speaking of older sisters, there was High Drama at our house tonight, DD1 managed to get a round hairbrush completely tangled in her hair & got completely hysterical and threatened to cut it out with scissors. Poor darling was really upset, but it was really kinda funny. I had the good grace not to laugh.

Hi girls!

MD: so back in the radelaide then? that is pretty funny about H's run-in with the hairbrush...'cause i did the EXACT same thing when i was a young teen...and boy did my hormones not like that bit of embarrassment lol! unfortunately my mum didnt save her laughing for a quiet private moment and was in tears with laughter as she tried to extract it from my hair lol! it was pretty funny though...

G: man, i dont have an etag. we are old school in too many ways...

Cally: ohh the holidays sound lovely! we are planning a road trip for late october and boy am i looking forward to it! need to see the beach and sand me thinks.

AFM: well am dealing with yet another cold melbourne day. ho hum. yesterday was soo brilliant with sunshine and warmth...man, when is winter going to end??!! arrghhh! thankfully DH is cooking up some spag bog for dinner...always a hearty treat!
Leila is at kindy today, so am at home with DH and Marta. will go over to a friends house later though and vege out on her couch drinking our booby-booster smoothies that i make (she needs to pump for EBM for her baby...and well, marta is just a machine and i need to keep up the supply to suit lol).

Just popping in to say Happy Birthday to the Divine Miss Maddie and our sweetie Sarah!! Have a lovely day girls!

Cass, DD will be well pleased when I tell her she was not alone in her moment of hairbrush horror LOL. I want a boobie booster smoothie too...although in my case it would turn into a butt booster I'm sure LOL. I wonder if you can patent the secret recipe then market it to Boost Jooce and make a fortune???

Happy Birthday Maddie and Sarah!!!1

send some good weather vibes down melb way will you all please???? we're supoosed to go to the tulip festival on thurs but i'm beginning to have doubts that it's gonna happen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE AND SARAH!!!
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ASHA FOR YESTERDAY!!!

MD: the booby booster smoothy is delish and totally works!!! :dance: my friend that has to pump like there is no tomorrow for her son said that for the first time she was able to express that same night two whole bottles!!! and well, as for butt boosting...hmmm there are blueberries in it....that's healthy right? LOL! of course the honey etc *might* offset the goodness lol!

G: tell me about it :rolleyes: sooo over melbourne and the weather ATM. apparently this weekend is going to fab! and yes i am pinning all my hopes on it lol.

My BIL is missing. He was at work on Friday but hasn't answered his phone since then and didn't show for work yesterday or today. DH is driving down soon to try to find him. He has had depression in the past and although no one has said it out loud, we are worried that being unable to stick with the new job (chronic sleep issues) might be one failure too many. Hopefully he is just at home asleep/sick and it is worry for nothing.

Oh no Arte! I hope DH can find him and there is a really simple explanation for being out of contact :hug:

OMG Arte - thinking of you. keep us updated...
will pop back on later to read more and update. xxx to all.

i hope everything is ok arte, let us know as soon as you know anything

Arte, thinking of you. Hoping with everything I have that there's a happy reason for BIL not to answer his phone. xxx

Found him. He is alright. It was the crash and burn that we knew would be coming after he started the job - hard call because you don't want to be negative nancy and say he can't do it, but then you also know that it won't work out and he will have to deal with the fallout when it all comes crashing down.

DH is going to spend a bit of time with him tonight. Thanks for the support everyone xx