New thread time ladies.

http://members.essentialbaby.com.au/index....howtopic=675467

Quite a shock that i might grab GOLD!!!

Kat - u poor thing, i hope your mm gets help soon.

Stace - u poor thing. bloody dh's stuffing everything up!! goodluck with your app. ii must dust more too!

Rach - no probs.

Ang - A belated congrats on your blue bundle. how exciting!!

Amanda - u poor thing, i can't believe they can just do that considering they adopted her and also that she has attachment issues how they can abandon her, its so sad.

Tracey - go your SIL! my sister has her 2 now 14 months apart and i have barely spoken with her cause things r just really full on for her. Hope the work thing gets sorted out soon.

Blish - yay on your win

Kirsty - a belated congrats on your blue bundle too!

Alison - whens your day to find out?? so many babies!

Our back paddocks r flooded atm i'll try and take a pic and post at some satge. We have had it several times since living here but considering the rain is not meant to ease any time soon it could get worse and then it will probably be the worst we have seen. Dh rang me this monring so say some of the roads were flooded. Lucky i'm not going anywhere till this arvo!

We have one more week of swimming lessons and then i've finished till september. i can't wait! it is getting way to cold! the great thing is when we go back i won't have to get in. Sienna will be going in by herself!! Ryan has to move up a class because he is so bored with the stuff all the 4yr olds r doing so will be interesting to see how things go!

Ok thats probably the extent of me right now. The AD's are going really well i think, certainly feel much better in general. There are still a few issues but hopefully i can get them ironed out.

We r putting a new kitchen in shortly, choosing colours etc on the weekend and then after that i am getting the floors redone.

We r also looking at buying an investment of some sort, now that we have finally made a decision to stay here for the time being (we were considering moving b4 ryan starts school) anyhow will see where that leads.

Hope everyone else is well.

Ang, Mindy - are either of you still going to go on Friday??

Mindy - I wish the rain would stop, my vegie garden is flooded and I am sure they can be given too much water! Will probably kill off the last of my vegies

Michael has been accepted into a school for next year I really don't like our local public school so put in an application at our closest private school and he got in. It is only a 5 minute drive from here which is nice. We did a tour of the place and michael didn't want to leave

We finally got our new car, now we can fit 3 seats in, was a bit worried that we wouldn't all be able to leave the house together in our old car. We bought a Kia Sportage, black and shiny!

Four weeks until we find out the sex of the baby, seems like so far away...

Well that's about it from me, I should get the kids ready for gymnastics but I really don't want to go out in this weather Don't want to waste our money though and i am guessing a lot won't turn up so it will be a nice small class today.

I've used my limit for this month but have just upgraded, so will be back once I am back to full speed again.

Just wanted to say that I am happy to do another Friday if you girls are happy too. It's absolutely pouring here still, hasn't let up for 2 days, so I am happy to stay home all week. Just a shame I have to do school runs lol. I got soaked this morning taking Holly to school. Thank goodness I could leave the girls home with DH before he went to work.

Oh and Alison, I only planted some vegies a couple of weeks ago and I think they are all going to die with all this water

Hi all,

Feeling a bit better today, it has actually worked at the moment, and Liam has had 3 X 40 min sleeps today (that is much better than his usual so I am so happy) without crying at all when I put him down so it appears to be working a bit! I am sure tomorrow it will all go pear shaped though!

Ang and Alison - Hope the vegies survive, and aren't washed away!

Mindy - I am contemplating starting Liam at the moment. I started Lara in winter and so am thinking I should do the same with liam but TBH I don't know if I can be bothered or not!

Hi girls.

Melinda - good to hear the ADs are doing their job. Hope you get the other things ironed out too. Sounds like you will have a dam in the back paddock soon! As for my SIL, well we won't go there.....

Alison - what is the Sportage like? We were tossing up between that and the Hyundai Tuscon. We are going to get the ball rolling this weekend with it. We are going to get a shiny black one too.

Kat - good to hear you are feeling better today. Hope things keep improving for you.

Stacy - no it isn't like Kaitlyn to be like she was the other night. She was grumpy the next day too, so I think she is still not feeling well and just doesn't know why she feels like that. She was good last night and slept in this morning, so that was a plus. Bugger DH didn't get home. Good luck at the specialist next week. I am positive IVF will work for you.

Us - well nothing exciting happening here. Feel like a fat heffer and my feet are even worse atm. I only have 4 weeks to go, so very excited about that.

Pay got sorted out thankfully - should be there tomorrow I suppose. The chick that is doing our accounts now though is a bit of a cow. She is really rude and I don't really like her, just as well I only have to see her every so often. I had to go in this morning and I asked her something and she snapped at me. She won't want to keep that up. And then to top it all off the new woman that started in the secretarial position decides that she likes to talk to me and tells me that she is out of there and that the job isn't what she thought it was. No idea if she has told my boss or not but OMG why pour your heart out to me......

Kaitlyn is at school an I was going to go to the shops this afternoon but I have gone overtime on work and now there isn't any point because I am picking her up in less than an hour. Oh well, no money anyway

OK well that's it for me. Have a good rest of the day girls

hey just another one for the bris girls - sorry i was so vague before! Things have been so bloody hectic here with my friend staying and now im dad is coming up - if he can get through with all this rain! My boss needs me to do an extra day and friday is the only good day for me!

Actually with all this rain i dont dare go into a play centre this week anyway, apparently its going to go all week and the play centres will be packed.
Thanks for understanding and definitely another friday is fine.

My friend is still staying with us, but its nice having her around. She is a bit sad lately, her husband is over in WA till july and shes meant to be over here getting a rental and finding a job, but its been so hard! We absolutely love having her here but she just feels shes sponging off us i suppose but shes really not, while i was working she did my washing and dried it today, has cooked us dinner etc. We arent buying extra food for her we always cook for four and usually freeze all the leftovers so its fine. Just wish i could make her understand that.

Rain is insane up here at the moment. It has absolutely POURED for the last 24 hours non stop - im not kidding. Matt and i were meant to go to gold class tonight but because of traffic and downpours had to cancel it
We also found a leak in a roof tonight which is not good. Calling the real estate tomorrow its coming off the downlight and theres a ring water mark around it - im no surprised this rain just hasnt let up!

Anyway only meant to do a quick one, need to sleep have swimming tomorrow - if we can get there all the roads around us are closing!!!

Take care girls,

Rach

P.S sorry for lack of personals lately!

Hi girls

Just wanted to quickly jump on and say that I hope Melinda, Alison, Ang and Rach (and if there is anyone else up there I forgot) please stay safe in the weather. Thinking of you all and hope you are staying warm, dry and safe.

BBL.

Hi girls,

Send your rain down to Melbourne - we so need it!

Well, I have been good and walked for an hour the past 3 days in a row. I've lost over 1kg in the past week too so that's great.

James has suspected croup and Elora has a nasty cough too. The doctor gave James some predmix yesterday and the difference was remarkable - he hardly coughed last night. Elora on the other hand coughed non stop. But she seems more well than James - he's got a temperature and loos very pale and unwell whereas she's running around playing as per usual.

How's this....? I wrote a complaint letter to the boss of our building company about how crap their communication and customer service is and how slow everything has been and surprise surprise I have not received a response.

Hi all

Blish you can take the rain, I am sick of being stuck inside with kids . Yay on the weight loss!! Hope James and Elora are better soon!!

Rach we were down your way yesterday and I was a nervous wreck in the passenger seat on the motorway. Thank god DP just ignores my panicking !!

Tracey Glad your pay got sorted out!! OMG I can't beleive your SIL is pg again already !!

Kat Glad to hear Liam is sleeping a little better!!

Alison wow only 4 more weeks til you can find out the sex, it seems to have gone quickly!!

Melinda My yard looked like a swiming pool yesterday! Glad to hear the ADs are working and you're feeling better!!

Ok think I'm caught up sorry to anyone I missed!!
Not much to tell here. Did baby clothes shopping yesterday . At least he will be dressed after he arrives, still need to get my pjs and stuff but have plenty of time to do that I s'pose. And if I'm not up to it DP will have to do it . Just waiting for the rain to clear so I can wash it all now and be semi ready.
I gtg DP's out with his bro and David has just trashed my hand bag .
Hope everyone is well
Kirsty

Hi All

I can't believe it is Thursday and this is my first post We got back from Mum and Dad's on Monday, and the house was looking very clean and tidy. DH and IL's did a wonderful job. Now I just have to keep it up We are just waiting to talk to a second RE on Sat, and once we decide who we will be going with, the house should go on the Market next week. I hope it sells quickly, as I don't think I can keep up with the kids

Had a lovely time at Mum and Dad's. Lily spent a night at her cousins, and I was able to catch up with two old school friends. I also got to catch up with my little bro and his family. They have just gotten back from Europe, so it was nice to hear their stories. They spent a few days in Amsterdam, and whenever Steve went into a shop by himself, the vendors would speak to him in Dutch but if he was with Claire or the kids they would speak English. He has obviously taken on a lot of Dad's genes

Blish - Well done on the weight loss. I hope the kids are better soon.

Tracey - I can't believe SIL is pg again. More to the point I actually can't believe she did the bd again so soon

Sorry I haven't gotten far, but Eamon is complaining. I'd better get to him.

Hi girls.

Melinda – so good to hear from you. I think that is longest post you have done in ages. Great to hear you are feeling better. My MIL is now AD’s too & the psych said it can take between 2-6 weeks to kick on so I hope they do soon for her so she starts feeling better too. A new kitchen & floors sounds great. I was wondering if you were still considering moving. You better send some of that rain to us. We have had temps in the low 20’s all week & as much as I love the sunshine our tanks are nearly empty & we need to fill them up as I don’t want to use the yukky town water.

Alison – congrats on Michael getting into the private school. That’s great that it is only 5 mins away, especially when you will have Sam & a new born to cart around. Oh I like the Kia’s. Well done on the new car.

Ang – stay dry!!!

Kat – glad you are feeling better & Liam is sleeping a little better for you.

Tracey – good to hear Kaitlyn is not so grumpy. Thanks for the kind words. I am trying to think positively about IVF for us too. Hey how about an updated pic from you?? I still can’t believe you only have 4 weeks to go. Had to laugh about your collegues......1 a cow the other sharing all her secrets with you!! Lucky you are working from home now.

Rach – your friend sounds like a lovely house guest. You couldn’t ask for more when they help out for you. Hope she cheers up soon. Hope you can stay dry too with all that rain.

Blish – WTG on the weight loss. Keep up your good walking efforts. Hope the kids get better quickly. Jaiden has woken up with a cough the last 2 nights but then seems fine once he is up. We are leaving the heating on overnight but I am wondering if it just the cold air from the nights. Anyway he seems himself apart from that.

Kirsty – oh how cute to be buying baby clothes again. Do you still have alot of hand me downs from David too?

Katy – sounds like you had a great time away. Hope the house sells quickly for you so you don't have stress about keeping it clean to inspections.

I got 2 hrs to shop on my own yesterday. We had swimming at 10am then drove into town & stopped in to see my dad & Jaiden wanted to stay with poppy. So I dashed off while I could & shopped & shopped & didn't even stop for lunch! I bought some new track pants & jacket, 3 lovely woollen jumpers & a Fiorelli handbag & purse for a bargain at Myer. Very pleased I was.

DH got home at 9.30pm last night. Very nice to have him home. Today I got my hair coloured & straightened. Looks so good I wish I was going out tonight.

OK better run. Jaiden is waking from his nap.

The doctor thinks James has pneumonia. We had an xray this morning and we're going back at 2pm for her to give the results.

He is so sick and we had an awful night. Elora though slept fantastically last night - they are taking turns at depriving me of any sleep for the past 5 nights.

Too tired to write anything else.

Blish
Hope James is ok!!

Update: no, he doesn't have pneumonia, thank goodness. Chest was clear (although doctor said she could definitely hear lots of crackling on his chest and in her opinion she thought he looked like he was labouring to breathe). In any event, he's on antibiotics as a precaution although he most likely has a viral chest infection. She said it may take 3 weeks for the cough to go (and he has his birthday party next Sunday 31st) Anyway, the main thing it isn't anything really serious.

Thanks for your concern girls (here and on FB)

Hi All

I had Eamon's 8wk MCHN appointment today. He is actually 10wks, but I forgot to go He is now 5.75kg and 61.5cm.

We got an offer on our house today, from a guy DH works with. He wants it as an investment, so we would be able to stay and rent until our house is built. It sounds like a good offer, but we have to do the numbers to see how it compares to if we went through an agent. Anyone have any expereince with private sales? Tracey?

Blish - I hope James isn't too sick

Stacy - Yay for shopping by yourself. Did you spend up big? Good luck with the specialist.

Well, I have run out of time, as a visitor arrived. I'd better get into this housework. I should be doing washing.

Hi girls

Katy - no brainer, if you can sell it privately go for it. It will save you thousands in paying a commission to an agent and you get to put that money in your pocket. Just make sure that it is a good offer, maybe look at the current houses on the market in your area to see what they are listed for. If it seems like it is a good offer, personally I would take it.

Stacy - I will get around to doing a pic soon. 3 weeks and 3 days to go. Very exciting.

Blish - glad James doesn't have pneumonia. Sounds like a chest infection-y type thing. Like what Kaitlyn started off with. Mind you she kept getting sick and was sick for 3 months and even now has a cough again. She does have to go to the doctor tomorrow for her second flu vac, so will get the doctor to check her out then.

Kirsty - glad to hear everything is going well with you. How long have you got to go now??? Oh and yes my SIL is an idiot! Like I have said before I am sure she has done it on purpose because this would be her second "accident" in a year, bit too convenient for my liking. She is the jealous type and would be thinking that she won't have any of the attention once this baby is born so she had to do something to rectify that....she is neurotic.

Rach - have your parents been evacuated?

Melinda, Alison, Ang and Kirsty - how are you going in all the weather up there. It has hit here with a vengence in the last couple of days and has been horrible and wet and windy. Glad I got to stay inside for most of the day today and all day yesterday.

OK well that's about my page I think.

Us - not much going on atm. My feet have been swelling really badly the last few days and so have my hands. I am just hoping that it isn't a sign of PE. I have had everything else, I am just waiting for that to hit me too. On the plus side if that did happen then I would probably be happy for this bub to be born now although another week would be good.

Working from home is great so far. Didn't do much today cause there wasn't much to do which was great. I ended up doing some cross stitch - naughty me

Oh our good news was our refinance was approved - not for as much as we wanted, but still a good deal of it which is great because we will be saving HEAPS in repayments per month and we will also have a chunk paid off our personal loan and we will be able to maybe refinance that and we are going to buy a new car. We are going to ge the ball rolling on the car this weekend. So exciting.

OK well that's about it for me. Best go and get the chicken out of the freezer for dinner tonight. Have a good night girls

Tracey - I forgot to tell you why we chose the Sportage over the Tucson... The Tucson was not wide enough on the back seat to fit 3 carseats in! Yet there is plenty of room in the Sportage. Have fun car shopping!

Tracey - No. They are in a part of lismore that doesnt get flooded thankgod.

Its been a mad rush down there though to get my 96 yr old great nanna, who lives where flood hits lismore hard out of there, they moved her to the hospital which is such a relief.

Its a bit scary down there at the moment, thanks for asking tracey. Dads work had to move everything higher and bits of the road have come away in places its crazy. Am so worried for my family down there! They have endured alot of floods though so should be okay! Its so devastating though with the clean up and everything.

Hope everyone is well - sorry again for the quickie!

Morning all

Rach Hope your family is all ok!! Glad to hear they got your great nanna to safety.

Alison we've been looking at cars recently too and I actually preferred the soul over the sportage, but I don't really like kias.

Tracey I have 13+2 to go today, too long. I had one semi planned and one accident in just over 12mnths so it can happen. But I do agree two complete accidents in 12mnths seems suss. Glad to hear working from home is working out well!! 3 weeks it must seem sooo far away.

Katy what a good size boy you have there!!

Blish Glad to hear james doesn't have pneumonia!! Hope he improves quickly!!

Stacy No, no hand me downs smaller then an 0. He was my last so I got rid of all his small stuff and was going to get rid of the 0's too just before we found out about this one, glad I hadn't gotten around to it. Yay to getting to go shopping on your own!!

Ok think I'm all caught up. Spent all day yesterday at MIL's . She has flooding issues, so the boys are digging a trench and adding drainage at the back of the house. DP is back there this morning, I was not taking these kids back again today, they were well and truly over it by the time we left yesterday.
Got to go visit my mum and grandma this afternoon and do groceries as well, so a pretty busy day anyway.
I am soooo over all this rain. The yard starts to dry out and then it starts again. I'm going to have a couple less kids if it doesn't dry out soon .
Ok have to move have kids climbing on me demanding something (not sure what trying to ignore them )!!
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Kirsty

Great (sarcasm) - a child in Josh's class has swine flu. Just had a call from the Vice Principal.

We have to meet at the school at 3.30pm.

Hi again girls.

Katy We bought our house privately, the sellers arranged the solicitors and we just went in and signed the paperwork and handed over the cheque, from memory the solicitor fees were included in the total balance we had to pay (remembering that we had the 1st home owners grant). We found it to be very easy and straight forward.

Blish SOOOO glad it's not pneumonia. Bugger about the Swine flu. Jamie is in Sydney atm and told me that they have quarrunteened (sp) a ship with 1,000 passengers as some on there had had Swine flu (though are now recovered). Hope Elora feels better soon.

Tracey WOW not long now Sunshine , guess I need to pull my finger out and finish my project .

Sorry girls that is all I can manage atm. Oh Brodie is FINALLY back home here, wasn't sure WFT was going on as we couldn't contact sil for 3 days (not good with her med history).

Must go have the headache from hell again so can't concentrate too well.

HOPE ALL QLD'ers IN THE FLOOD AREAS ARE STAYING SAFE.

Cheers.

We went to the school yesterday and Josh and his classmates are on home quarantine until Thursday. They were each given a full course of Tamiflu to take home and a face mask. They are not allowed to leave the house.

We're now just waiting and watching for symptoms.

Stacy - James is getting better slowly, and Elora still has her cough (but nothing serious). But I'll wait to schedule a catch up until this swine flu thing is over with...

Hi girls.

Blish – so sorry to hear James is so sick the poor thing. And you must be exhausted. Really hope he is alot better by his birthday. Yikes about the swine flu! I heard it on the news. He is going to go crazy being stuck inside for 5 days. No worries on the catch up. You take care of yourself.

Katy – well done on a offer on your house already. Hope it turns out worth it & you can keep some money in your pocket from not using agents. I didn’t spend up too big as used some gift cards that we had accumulated since Xmas. But it was really nice to go into a few clothes shops & try on stuff without Jaiden hanging about.

Tracey – oh my friends hands & feet swelled up terrible those last few weeks too. Hope it doesn’t get too much worse for you. Congrats on getting the refinance. You must be very excited to be getting a new car. Have you decided on which one you want yet?

Rach – lucky they got your nan out! The weather is crazy up there!! I was watching a program the other day that said the wet weather will continue in QLD & northern NSW for more years to come & Victoria is still set to stay dry. Terrible weather conditions all round.

Kirsty – I didn’t realise David was going to be your last. Does that mean this one was a surprise or did you change your mind about having another one? At least it is always fun buying the little clothes.

Rubes – so good to hear from you. Glad Brodie is back. Hope you are ok. Those headaches sound awful.

We have had a busy weekend. Friday we met my sister & Will out shopping & had lunch & then DH's niece & nephew stayed over for the night. I was hanging for a dinner out so we tried this lovely italian restaurant in a nearby suburb & it was divine! Very nice food so we will be definitely going back there.

Yesterday we were out nearly all day. We took Jaiden to a local animal farm & he went on his first tractor ride & loved it. Got chased by some crazy turkeys! Gee those birds are big. Then we went shopping for some new outdoor light fittings & a bedroom suite for Jaiden. We think it is finally time to put him in a big bed. Is he the only 1 still sleeping in a cot? DH wants to get him a Thomas bed but I was thinking just a wooden base as he will grow out of the Thomas 1 too quickly. But after thinking about it more why not let the little mad Thomas fan sleep in a Thomas bed for a few years. Spotlight have them on special at the moment so we are going there today. Hope they have 1 we can take home today.

OK going to go make some noise making brekky. I am a bit peeved this morning as Jaiden was awake just after 7am & DH is still in bed. I have to be up early tomorrow to take DH's car in for a service & lug Jaiden around with me so I thought DH would have got up & given me a sleep in this morning but nooooo. I should have just kicked him out of the bed & maybe that would have been a better hint. Right.....I am off to wake him up!

Stacy - Elora is in a cot still. No room for a bed in our bedroom here at Mum's. We'll move house, let her settle in and then do the bed thing - probably closer to her 3rd birthday. Josh was in a cot until he was 3 3/4.

Hi all,

Have just had a skim over the posts.

Rach and all others that are being rained on at the moment I hope that you guys are dry and there isn't to much damage to your properties!

Amanda - How are you? We haven't spoken in ages!

Blish - I hope that you are all good. I hope James cough clears quickly and that you were able to find things to amuse you until today. I find it interesing that you are only in isolation until today when it takes 10-14 days for any flu to develop!?!?!

Us - liam seems to be over his non sleeping thing and we are letting him cat nap during the day as that appears to be all he is going to do! At least he is mostly sleeping through now and that is all I really care about! Lara has developed a really nasty cough, it just won't go away. Am hoping it clears soon cause it is making her feel miserable as well.

Was meant to go out with work last night but forgot to tell DH that i was going so didn't go then he told me this morning I should have gone! Grrr I should have just sent him a message after work last night saying where I was going and gone! ( I worked last evening)

K that is all I can remember...

Hi girls.

Well we bought a new car and I am gobsmacked.

We got a 2009 Hyundai Tuscon and I firstly can't believe the deal we got and secondly can't believe how easy it was.

We walked in and told them we wanted the Tuscon in auto, black and had a trade in. I fully expected our car to get maybe $3K max, as it has quite a lot of scratches on it and it is nearly 7 years old with only 4 months rego on it.

Well he came in and said they would do the Tuscon for $24,990 with $6,000 trade in and then when I said I wanted Rear Park Assist - they said no problem, so we got that for nothing.

We also got the window tint, seat protection and paint protection and all up paid under $20K for it!!!!! Considering I went in there telling Simon we would say that we wanted the car with the trade in for $20K I am stoked.

So in about 2 weeks time we will have our shiny new car....how exciting!!!!! Anyway best go - need to put my swollen fat feet up. Have a good rest of the day girls

I read up on everything last night and don't our lives all suck at the moment! Mine too!!! I've had a pretty stressfull couple of weeks.

Amanda - so sorry about your neice. I hope it all works out for her and her sister.

Blish - stay well

Queenslanders - stay dry (not too dry though)

Katy - yep, sold DHs house to a colleague 5 years ago

Tracey - well done

Kat - sorry about your mum's attitude. How can a baby be "annoying". Maeve hasn't slept through ever. I was up to her for about an hour last night. I forget what happens now. Remembering doesn't change anything and I still have to get everyting done the next day so why stew on it?

We bought 110plants yesterday. Came home to put them in and found our deep freeze had died. Went appliance shopping instead. Makes me feel sick spending so much money without looking thoroughly into it but when you have 3/4 of a deep freezer full of meat defrosting you kinda just have to act.

Hope everybody has a much better week this time round.

Kat - the last exposure Josh and his classmates had to the swine flu infected child was last Wednesday. They are in home quarantine until this coming Thursday so that is one week. The Health Dept officials who met with us yesterday told us that Josh would show symptoms after 3-4 days if he was going to get it. We're on day 5 now since he sat next to the infected child in class. I hope it's not 14 days! I just have to trust they are on the ball (??)

James is feeling alot better, thank you. He is still coughing and still looks pale and is tired, but his appetite is coming back, his temperature has gone to normal and his cough is no longer croup-like. Elora on the other hand had a temp of 38.5 today and with all this swine flu being so close to home, it's hard not to be paranoid.

I'm keeping Jamie home until Wednesday - he could do with a bit more rest and nobody at school wants him coughing all over him. Also we have our regular encopresis clinic appointment on Tuesday at the Royal Children's Hospital anyway.

I can't tell you how tired I feel. After the 5 nights running with coughing kids all over me plus the swine flu stuff yesterday, I'm so ready for bed.

Tracey - congrats on your new car. I can't fit my 3 kids in my car so I'm jealous

Hi All

We decided to go with an agent for the house. The only benefit in the offer was that we won't have to move. Otherwise it was still $7k below what the RE's believe we could get. Maybe we are being silly, but we have to try. DH was a little uncomfortable about renting off someone who works for him anyway. He didn't want there to be any issues at work.

So we signed with the agent today. She seems to think that she has a buyer already, so fingers crossed she is right. I won;t hold my breathe though

Zac has decided for the second day in a row that he doesn't need a sleep I hope that he doesn't keep this up. I think part of it is because I have let him up the last 2 afternoons in a row, so now he is trying it on. I don't mind him not having a sleep, as long as he doesn't need it.

Blish - How scarey Josh being exposed to potential swine flu. At least he gets immunised for it now. I'm sure they said on the news that the infected boy had been on medication and would no longer have been contagious. He must be so bored stuck inside. Thank goodness, James is feeling better. I hope you manage to get some rest soon.

Tracey - Congrats on the new car

Kat - I hope Lara's cough clears up soon. I'm glad Liam is sleeping for you again. I'm still looking forward to not having to get up at night to. Eamon is feeding twice a night now, but a few times he has had just one.

Stacy - I hope you managed to punish DH sufficiently for not letting you have the sleep in I bet Jaiden will love his new bed

Well that is all for me. I have to keep up with the house work at the moment, so there is not to much to do if we have anyone come through. I also have to take Lily to the optomitrist today as she has been complaining of sore eyes. Fingerscrossed there is nothing wrong

Hi Katy - thanks... you can't get immunised against swine flu. They did give the kids some Tamiflu tablets which are supposed to minimize the severity of symptoms, although I think they DID say it might stop them getting it (can't remember what they said now - my mind was whirling at the time). The boy was only diagnosed on Saturday morning. Josh and his classmates had been exposed to the child whilst he was infectious in the previous few days at school (Tues/Wed) of that week, which is why they've put the class in home quarantine, but so far so good - nobody we know has displayed any symptoms. So I think they're all in the clear.

We're off to the doctor with Elora in 1/2 hour - she is still coughing at night alot and yesterday had a temperature. She seems fine today though but I just know if I cancel the appointment she'll flare up with another high temp and then I won't be able to get another appointment (Murphy's Law)

OMG Blish How frightening, I hope Josh is Ok & Elora too WHOLLY CRAP!!
How did Elora's appt go?? Keep us posted & I hope u all cope ok with the quarantine, at least u have us

Katy dont u just love it when the bubs dont wanna sleep? I hope Lilys eyes are ok, ive gotta get Reanna tested one day since i wear glasses.

Tracey woot woot on the new car, i did the same just before Aiden was born (bought a new car) funny that hey?? So how many weeks are u now hun?? What is your EDD?? Are u on a special diet due to the high sugar??



Us:
Not bad, the puppies are going so well and are now over 2weeks old. Dh said today that before we advertise to sell the remaining two (as one is sold already) that I should decide which pup I want to keep only the only 2 left are girls....meaning if i keep one she will have to get desexed cause mating her with her father is just wrong on so many levels lol.....we will see. Im getting so attached to these little balls of fur they are soooo cute.


TTing Reanna, Blish its like banging your hand a bit huh??
She still hasnt done a wee or poo on toilet though keen as to try....
Reanna yesterday took off her night nappy and put on her own pull up nappy, so so clever I thought

Best go...oh Reanna & Aiden has ear infections...joy!!

Hi girl

Tam - 36 weeks now, only 3 weeks to go till my c/s. As for my diet well I experimented yesterday and had McDonalds at lunch and my sugar levels were fine! In fact all of my levels have been better than fine, so I don't think I have a huge problem and my OB today said that she thinks I am over that hump where it has the most cause for concern. She said she thinks I can ease off on the diet and not be so strict with it but obviously not be silly with it.

Blish - how scary. I am wondering when they will up the threat levels here and start closing certain things. It is a bit all over the place, you hear certain things here and there and they mostly conflict eachother iykwim.

Katy - hope that Lily's eyes are OK. I am waiting for Kaitlyn to start dropping her day sleeps. On the weekends she puts it off and puts it off and puts it off until it is so late that she wakes up really late and then goes to bed late - like last night, went to sleep after 11.00 last night.

OK well not much else to say really. Had an OB appointment this afternoon and all is good. Measuring spot on and she seems to think this bub will be bigger than Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn was 6pd 13 and OB thinks this one will be over 7pd. So she thinks a good size for me.

Anyway, have OB appointment next Thursday, one the next Wednesday and then the next Tuesday is BABY DAY!!!! Can you believe that??? And we have 3 babies already born in my June group - 2 in the one day, so getting very exciting now.

OK well going now. Speak to you all tomorrow girls

Tracey - wow, can't believe it's nearly your due date. How exciting.

Tam - that's great that you get to keep one of the puppies.

Elora's appointment went well - the Dr. said her ears/chest/throat etc were fine. Problem is tonight she's coughing really croup-like again. She asked me if the cough was croupy and I said no (as it hadn't been for a few days) and tonight it's worse. Damn it - I'm so sick of going to the doctor.

Anyway, we have our regular RCH appointment for James tomorrow - the bloody car park better have some spaces - the last few times it's been full and it's a b**ch to find a park around there.

OMG Tracey, where did that time go???
I can't believe Aiden will be 8months old soon FAR OUT, the time has flown i reckon.
So glad u dont have to be tooo strict with your diet, that would totally suck (I would never have coped lol).

Blish not sure if ill keep a puppy (of course I want to) but its just not that simple, I already have 2 chihuahuas and like i said i will have to get the pup desexed and thats alot of money....but I want one as u know when u raise them yourself?? U get that little more attached
Hope Elora gets better soon keep us updated wont u?



Us:
Not a bad night. Reanna been in bed a while, Aiden being a pain in back side lol but he not well either so I can't get too frustrated..

I'm barely getting any sleep with having 2 sick children and the puppies. Dh is helping but still its just constant here and Ive had trouble sleeping also and last night I had an awful dream Dh gave me a hug though.

I'm aiming to be in bed before 3am...we will see AIDEN plz darling go to sleep

Morning girls

I know, the time has gone really quickly but at the same time it has gone slowly too, but when I look at it in that I have 2 more appointments to go and then it is the day OMG way close but very exciting at the same time.

Blish - hope Elora gets better soon. I know what you mean about getting sick of going to the doctors. I felt like a paranoid mum when I Kaitlyn was sick but she was sick every time we went to the doctor. She actually has a bad cough at the moment, so I am hoping that it is just a side effect from her second dose of the flu vac and not something else.

Tam - how exciting about the puppy - I personally would keep one but I am a sucker for an animal.

OK well that's about it, nothing really to tell. Kaitlyn has developed a really bad attitude lately. OMG it is like she hit 2.5 and then the terrible 2s hit. Her latest is "shut up" and "go away" and "stop". Last night she got put in her room twice because she kept telling us to "shut up". Honestly outside the house she is an angel, but as soon as she sets foot inside the door at home she is a right royal "you know what". Love her to pieces, but OMG I don't know how I am going to cope with a child that has a massive attitude and a newborn really. What am I doing!!!!

OK well best go do some work girls, maybe get dressed first . Have a good day

ETA - remember how I was telling you about the new girls at work and one was telling me how she didn't like it and that she was out of there etc. and the other was a bit of a cow - well the one that didn't like working there left a letter on my boss' desk last night and isn't coming back!!!!!! OMG what happened to giving notice these days? Seriously I don't think anyone has any morals these days.

For those interested

36 weeks + 2 days

Hi girls.

Just a quickie as I am exhausted. DH is snoring alot more lately & really disturbing both of our sleep. I have told him he needs to lose weight & do something about this snoring & sleep apnea as it is very distressing & I am concerned for his health.

After I woke DH up on Sunday morning by banging around in the kitchen & unpacking the dishwasher we headed into town to buy Jaiden's bed. My parents ended up minding him for a couple of hours so we could shop in peace. We got him the Thomas bed from Spotlight & he looooves it.....but I have to say it was the most stupid, painful, annoying this we have EVER put together! If we had have known it was going to be such a bother we would not have bought it. Anyway we finally got it together in time to put on his new sheets & Thomas doona cover & he went to bed no fuss & we did not hear from him until 7am this morning!! I was so proud of my little boy. He didn't even try to get out of bed, not even in the morning. I thought the tester would be the nap this arvo but again he just popped under the doona & I watched him on the monitor play with his puppy for a little bit & then went off to sleep for his usual 2 hours. Very happy & proud mummy here.

Thought I would post a few pics:

Doesn't he look so small!


So cute

We also got the rug that is pictured & now I want to dress up the walls a little with some stick ons. I will probably pull the cot down on the weekend as it is too big to leave in the room. Although DH wants to leave it assembled.

Here are a few other pics:

Jaiden in his John Deer truck


This is after a bath & he had to have my quick dry hair towel wrapped around his head like mum


This is my mum & I on Mother's Day. I really like this pic.

OK better get going. DH is working late & just rang to say he is on his way home now & I need to give Jaiden a bath.

Sorry it was a me post. Promise to do some personals tomorrow.

hello all

i feel bad showing my face with yet another me post! i just don't have time to breathe these days let alone anything else. i really really need to be studying but things are still INSANE and i just cannot concentrate. we are surviving but only just... holly has been so well behaved and man have i needed it! i feel so lucky

with my niece (N13) she is settling in ok at my sisters, started school today and already has some friends i really hope it continues well for her, she seemed so happy today and even said she was glad she started today! however i contacted the department today for some $$ help for my sister for the initial cost of uniforms etc (she works so i am doing all of the organising, school etc). turns out something is wrong, either the adoptive carers didn't contact the agency they were supposed to (like they said they had) or the agency didn't contact DHS like they're obligated to. they said before she went anywhere they should have gone to court to change the order and that she had "never heard of anything like it happening before". i am hoping i hear back from her tomorrow but i am really unsure as to what that will mean for N13. i really hope they don't place her somewhere else, even if its temporary.

in other news, because i can never have just one major drama going on... my other niece (N18) who lived with her father (not the other sister in care with N13) was kicked out of home last week. she was clashing with her dads GF and he basically chose her, its a little more complicated but at the end of the day thats what he did. she is staying with her grandma for now but she is pretty down about everything. my sister (the substance abuser) she hasn't seen her in 3-4 years and N18 wanted nothing to do with her. tonight she 'ran' into her at the bus stop (N18 tried to hide) but she saw her and started abusing and threatening her. all because she doesn't want to see her, which in my opinion they all have damn good reason for.

i am so angry about everything. i feel so overwhelmed and my head is totally done in. i have applied for special consideration for my uni assignments due to get extensions but really i am only just functioning. i have a psych appt tomorrow and i am hoping that it helps in some way. the burden feels pretty heavy right now and i have no one that i can really talk to who isn't in the situation. not that i am even sure it would help but its just so complicated and in many ways i feel like i just need a break. oh i don't know.

anyway there is another me post! i am so so sorry but i promise when things calm down i'll try to keep up at least a little!!

tracey
i can't believe its so soon!! i think you're looking really good and a nice size, not too big

blish
very glad josh seems ok, hope elora is well soon and nothing comes on the swine flu exposure.

stacy
man if we ever make it to your place i am not sure holly will get out of jaidens bed .. i'd like to say i am kidding but the amount of times she has refused to leave spotlight because of that friggin bed!!! lol

anyway i am sorry personals are so crap. i am going to bed!! i need my sleep to catch up on.

really missing you all xxxxxxx

p.s.
her tooth died

Oh Amanda - so sorry about Holly's tooth

Stacy - cute pics! Glad Jaiden loves his bed

Just a quick note to say Elora is much better today - cough gone (miraculously - seriously she did not stop coughing yesterday) - she is still tired and has some cold symptoms but is doing much better. We're skipping playgroup and gymbaroo again this week just to rest and will then be well rested for Jamie's birthday party this weekend (we're going to a magic shop).

I'm so tired.

ETA: Tracey - you look so small for 36 weeks!

Amanda What a lot going on hun, I really hope that the right thing is done by N13. Poor N18, fancy having a mother like that its just so sad. As for N18 getting kicked out...is this a case of the GF is really nasty to her?? Or is she a bit of a spoilt brat?? I'm not judging AT ALL, I have no idea how reasonable her father normally would be iykwim?? He may be just as bad as N18's mum, i dont know??
I hope uni gives u more time. How is Stu?? If you would like me to call u some time to chat (someone out of the circle) plz let me know hun, I havent intruded because I feel that you know I'm here for you and I dont want to pressure u into talking about things iykwim?? But I am a great listener remember?? Let me know...or i can get on MSN?? Let me know.


Tracey love the belly pic, u must have esp lol cause i was gonna ask u for a piccy. I had to smile at your dory cat wondering what was going on, all my animals are dorys LMAO (so is my children & DH lol).
As for giving notice, yeah its pretty rude not to. Did this employee have a run in with boss or just didnt feel like working any longer?? Obviously they arent concerned for a reference or anything i dunno.


Blish Im glad Elora is better. My two arent too crash hot with a slight cold (well Aiden miserable as). Not what i need right now. So Josh showed no signs of Swine flu then?? Off quarantine as of tomorrow?? Gosh u have had a full on week huh?? And you have coped so well, a big badge for u i thinks.


Stacy, my DH snores sometimes too, shocking when he is tired. I never snore but the one time i did he got so cranky with me and yet he keeps me up at least twice a week, unreal hey??
OOOhhh LOVE that bed, sooo worth all that trouble i say. I too was freaked out about Reanna when she went into her bed at first but yeah she also surprised us and after 1.5yrs of her refusing to keep a blanket on, she now pulls up the blankets herself no probs, unbelieveable.
You looked so fab in that pic btw.



Ok I have a mind blank...


Us:
Aiden not well, i had to take him off his ABs that he had for his ear & throat infection due to the diahorrea and abdominal pain but he is so miserable and still getting some wind, its really draining and stressing seeing him so upset Reanna has an ear infection but coping well with ABs and doing so well at daycare with following directions and stuff.

Puppies so well still.

Me exhausted as ever with 2 sick children and these demanding pups its taking its toll but i had a snooze today, well in between Aiden waking up screaming....

Dh & I have been so close lately, last night its like I realised that I am even more in love with him (ok u can spew now lol), i know its mushy but when I think that i love him enough sometimes its like I learn to appreciate him that little bit more and my love has grown & if i lost him I just dont know what id do.....hmmm I'm obviously really tired

Night girls.

Hi girls. I have been busy the last few days with work. I am supposed to be winding down, not getting busier.

Vent coming up - feel free to skip.

Had an incident with a stupid solicitor's secretary today. I ended up abusing her big time and I don't normally do that. My motto is to be polite to the people you are dealing with because you always have to deal with them again especially if they are local solicitors. Anyway this chick abused my receptionist and told her that it was a ridiculous way to run an office with me working from home.

I swear I was so angry, so when I rang her back and she got nasty, as she usually does, I gave it to her both barrels and told her that she was the only person to complain and that I didn't really care what she thought. When I told her I was 38 weeks pregnant (bit of an exaggeration but I was angry) working from home and that I was working from home till I had this baby and beyond, her response was "well that is your choice, I am a mother too" well I just spoke over the top of her (as she normally does) and didn't let her get a word in anyway. Told her to just exchange the contract and get it back to me and it will be completed as soon as humanly possible.

Considering her office has been holding things up for 6 weeks and this matter should have been done and dusted by now, she is now trying to delay even more and is making excuses about various things that really hold no weight.

Well as far as my clients are concerned they are happy, and they are my main concern. Seriously what gives her the right to even say things like that when she isn't even a client. Some people just have no idea I would hate to be her kids that's for sure, if she has an attitude like that.

Oh and then this afternoon SIL decides to start in on me.

I sent the present that we got for our nephew in the mail. It has been sitting here since January so I thought he had better get it before his first birthday at least.

So I get this message saying "I suppose I had better thank you for the bear, shame a present so personal was delivered so impersonally next time get Simon to give it to me". Well that was it for me. I sent a text back and told her that I didn't know when Simon would "bump" into her again and that I thought he had better have it sooner rather than later and that I didn't do it for her anyway. She decided to go on with it calling me spineless and telling me that I don't have a say in whether she gets to see my kids etc. Seriously after the day I have had she is lucky I didn't ring her and rip into her.

In the meantime she has sent Simon a text saying "thank you for the bear see you soon" or something like that. I feel like sending her a text saying, you could have spared me the text since you sent one to Simon already, it was obviously just her trying to be inflammatory.

She is just such a b**ch and Simon even said to me that he has no intention of making an effort to contact her to go see her. If they happen to bump into one another then fine, but otherwise he isn't going out of his way.

I know I am probably being irrational but she is just awful and has been since the baby was born. She never admits when she is in the wrong and always thinks she is in the right and always has to have a dig at someone or something.

Sorry to vent, but I just had to get that off my chest.

Everything OK otherwise, bit over it all and I feel a bit sick today. Not doing much for dinner I don't think. Frozen Lasagne meal I think will be the order of the day.

OK well best go. Thanks as always for reading my ginormous vents.

where is everyone?

Rach - just wanted to say here that I am so sorry to hear about your Nan.

Tracey - I would have done the same thing with that receptionist in your shoes, doesn't sound very nice too me especially when she is 6 weeks late in doing something anyway!

Rach - I saw your fb status post as well and am so sorry to hear of your Nan Alice's passing. My thoughts are with you and your family.

As for me, nothing much going on. I am meant to be working but logged in and there is no work! We went shopping and went to a park for a little play. I am doing other work now but for how little it pays it is almost not worth doing, better than nothing though...

Well, I better get back to it.

Hi girls,

Thanks Tracey and Alison for your kind words, and thanks tracey for what you said on facebook it really means alot to me.

Sorry i havent been on lately, things have been hectic and now im going to do a me post. sorry.

As you heard my Great Nan died. Nanny bib as we knew her (am really not sure why!) but her real name was Alice, which is why i named Alice after her. She was my great nan but i grew up with her, i went over to her house after primary school every thursday and friday because mum worked and she lived across the road from my school. I would stay there until dad finished work (and drinks after work haha) where she would feed me up with ALOT of icecreams.
In highschool up until about year 10 we would play bingo together every wednesday as well.

She was 96 and a great great grandmother to alice, im so glad of all the photos we have of the five generations of women. But i am still just so devastated by her death.
Her heart has been failing the last few months. I saw her last at easter and she just looked so frail and was over it. We saw her alot that weekend and i talked to her on the phone since but i still feel like i should of seen her more.
Because of the floods in lismore she was moved to the hospital. She was going to be staying there until the end of the month and then they were going to have to put her in a nursing home, it was getting to much for her to live by herself...so in a way im glad she died without ever having to go in one...it was something she really didnt want.

She ate her breakfast this morning and was fine the nurse said, very comfortable and then when the nurse went in ten minutes later to ask if she would like a shower she had passed away. Apparently she had her little hand held fan in her hands...so we are so glad she obviously just went to sleep. There was another woman in the room with her and she thought she was just asleep.
So really it was the best way she could of gone, it isnt really helping me though i am just feeling so upset and just wanting her back.

Thankgod my dad is staying up here at the moment, mum actually called him and he told me when i got out of bed this morning. I actually screamed and then started crying.
Mum and i havent talked since easter but i just had to talk to her...so i called her and talked also to my cousin who was there, who sat with nanny bib at the hospital and said she looked so peaceful and that he sat with her for 15 minutes talking to her. He was really close with her.

My nan (nanny bibs daughter) is distraught as well, i guess she feels bad she wasn't with her...but noone was going to know when it happened.

I feel quite useless up here in Brisbane, but mum has said theres nothing for me to do. They need to do the funeral stuff and i have alice and work up here.

I am lucky ive never had to deal with much death before, i think its why im not dealing well with it now. Nanny bib was just the most beautiful person, the best nan and i was so lucky to have her.

I am sorry girls, i just needed to get that out. I hope everyone is well and having a good weekend.

Talk soon,

Rach

To Rach, I'm so so sorry hunni, over the time I've gotten to know u it has always been clear how close you were to your great GM. 96yrs is so impressive, what a remarkable lady.
Its not going to be easy for you so remember we are here for you hun. I'm still not over my Uncle's passing late last year, usually I'm ok then I sometimes sit in a daze thinking about him and how i can't believe he is gone, but it does get easier eventually hun I'm glad your little girl will give u lovely memories everytime u say her name xxoo.


Tracey WTF is with that receptionist?? What a stupid MOLE, sounds like her kids might be driving her nuts and u prob copped it that day...you may even get an apology who knows...i wouldnt hold my breath though, she sounds like a piece of work.
As for your SIL, JESUS!! She not gonna have many ppl in her life with that attitude.

alybel what work are u doing?? Just curious.


Us:
Ok. My little man is a sick little boy, I've been so worried for him, yesterday he even came down with a cough and his breathing's not to good, so I'm keeping a close eye on him. he is asleep atm, but yeah he has never been this sick before.
Busy busy but doing fine. DH was a proper jerk this morning but after i skizted out at him he has been nice again, i guess he is tired too, having Aiden sick (Reanna too) and these demanding puppies its taking its toll but I also do love having the puppies so yeah not long now till they are old enough to eat themselves.

Chat later girls MWAH!!.

Tam - I work from home as a medical transcriptionist, transcribing operation reports, specialist appointments etc.

Hope Aiden feels better soon.

Just popping in to pass on my condolences to Rach & her family.

Lucky me I got a headcold (well I hope that's all it is) for my Birthday.

Hi everyone else.

Hi girls.

Sorry I have been MIA again. Jaiden has been really sick since Thursday. High temps, awful cough which often leads to vomit & now he has a runny nose. Last 2 nights sleeps have been non-existent. We actually moved his mattress into our room last night to make it easier to get up to him. None of us got much sleep but at least we felt better knowing he was in the same room. Tonight he vomited all over the 2 of us & the leather couch while watching Funniest Home Viedos. Poor little mite.

Anyway just a quick update on our IVF appointment yesterday. HPT yesterday was negative....which I was expecting so no big disappointment there. So off we go to our appointment, thank goodness DS was being ok so MIL babysat for us as we had a 3 hr round trip ahead of us & it was soooo much easier going without him. The fertility specialist was lovely & after much discussion said the best & most direct thing for us was IVF & he was really positive about our chances of falling pregnant this way seeing as DS was a natural pregnancy & DH's sperm issues aren't really what he considers bad. But he has ordered another sample for DH as well as some BT's & I got him booked in for Friday 12th of June. I have to make my appointment on Monday with the IVF doc & he said they will go through all the paperwork then & will organise some tests for me as well & he can't see a reason why we wouldn't be starting in 2 months!!! I am so excited & relieved that I may finally be pregnant by Xmas. He said the IVF doc is really nice & will assign us our nurse & councellor at our first meet. I can't wait to get started.

Haven't read up at all so no personals again, sorry. I feel really slack but have just had alot on. Promise I will be back soon.

Sorry had to come back as I had a quick skim. Rach - I am so sorry about your nan. Sounds like you have some wonderful memories of her.

Rubes - happy birthday

Rach - am so sorry about your great grandmother. As I said on FB, what a blessing you've had in your life and in Alice's life to have so many generations of women in your family together. And what precious photos you have to cherish.

Tam - I hope Aiden is better soon, poor little thing.

Stacy - Poor Jaiden! I hope he's better soon. There's alot of illness going around. James was so sick last week - he even got tested for pneumonia. Elora hasn't been well either. That's very exciting about your IVF appointment - can't wait until you get your BFP.

Alybel - your work sounds interesting. I used to transcribe "ad labs" for a marketing firm - they used to show commercials to people and ask them questions about them and then I'd type up their answers...how does one get into medical transcription work? (my Dad's company who I work for now is about to go under so I'm on the lookout for work I can do from home).

Well we have James' 6th birthday tomorrow. I can't believe my baby boy is turning 6. Every year I get emotional when I sit and contemplate the traumatic details of his birth. You can read about it on FB if you're interested (under "notes"). I'm still not over it - emotionally nor physically, but if I bring it up I feel like people are thinking "Oh For F's sake - get over it!" so I just have you girls to vent to about it. Sorry.

Anyway, we're having his party at a magic shop. I'm sure it will be great. We're then coming back here for pizza (just us family) and to watch the football on TV. I'm really annoyed with my inlaws as they have chosen to skip the magic shop party. I know it's geared for kids, but so what? It's only 1.5 hours and it is his party - you'd think they can suck it up and go. Grrrr Oh well, they'll have to sit here and watch us watch the footy.

I've been so busy the last few days. Our building supervisor on our house has left the company (quit/fired?) and so we have our 3rd supervisor since our house started. This time we have the boss of the company so I'm hoping they pull their finger out and get it finished quickly. I'm anticipating moving in in 4-5 weeks. Hooray. A nice birthday present for me.

Oh, RUBES - happy birthday honey!!!!! Hope your cold goes away!