Emmsy's weebles continue to grow.. Onwards & upwards

Owen's dead? OMG! I thought you meant Ronnie anyway Will have to start watching it as am sure the Christmas day storyline will start brewing and I wouldn't want to miss out!

Ahhh need some Christmas dvd's for dd to watch as I haven't got any & am feeling left out now. Will be playing Christmas cd's tomorrow & will try to dig out 'That's Not My Santa' from deep within dd's book collection! She tried to make a Christmas tree decoration at the Mother & Toddler group today but kept removing the 'stylish' glued on pasta pieces so I surreptitiously left it behind!

Monkey no I've never been to Belgium but it's funny you mention that it's not as boring as people say because the couple of people I know who have been have said 'It's ok but very boring'! I think I gave you the wrong info on 'Enders, oops! It's actually Ronnie who is pregnant & yes Owen is the Dad. The only problem is that he is currently wrapped up in an old carpet, decaying in the soil under the tree planted in memory of Trina & yes, Lucas did him in!

Neeko pmsl so much at your Tena Lady story I think you'd better pass them over here!

Hope you are all enjoying Love Actually. I'm really going to wrap some prezzies now.

just a quick one from me to say i hope you're all enjoying LA night

Also to mls no-one contacted me about the kits so I still have them if you're interested...

Evening! Just a quickie from me as must get kitchen tidied then get to bed...

Mermaid You do sound calm, and that's great you've got a scan sorted - will you be able to have regular ones like 4ever's had?

4ever I'm glad I'm back too Thank you for telling me about Mollie, that's great news!! Will you say Congrats from me if you're in touch with her, or if you're lurking Buddha - well done!

Hi Curly Am loving the idea of your waddly dance How are you doing? re edible glitter, fab stuff! Did you know it's not digestible? Comes out the other end... It certainly makes going to the loo more interesting

Hello to moon, cupcake and iggy it's lovely to meet you all! Iggy sorry to hear you're feeling so sick, but it's a really good sign! Are you managing to keep it under control?

MLS Hi there So sorry to read about the rough time you've been having. Life is very tough sometimes I so hope that things start looking up for you, but in the meantime I would love to join you on the small panters bench (athough mine aren't that small I hasten to add ) I hope we're not there for too long... I am still in Belgium, am here for good I think. Have you ever been? It's not as boring as it's made out to be, honest! (And there's lots of yummy chocolate to be had ) Oh my goodness re Roxy on Enders! What happened? Is the dad Denise's ex? Haven't watched it in a few weeks, but love it!

Neeko How did your Chrimbo cake go? What recipe did you use? It's lovely getting ready for Christmas isn't it - I was inspired to start listening to my collection of Christmassy songs yesterday in an attempt to accept that it is actually December already - keep getting a shock when I look outside and there are no leaves on the trees!

Jools Hello Sorry to hear you've been feeling low too, but glad you seem to be feeling a bit better. You are very wise to have gone and got help, I just hope things continue to improve for you.

Blue My ds does exactly the same! You end up balancing your head on the corner of the mattress... Not the best nights sleep! Are you getting pressies on the internet? At least if you don't manage to get them all in time you've got a very good excuse!

Barbie Hello again So thrilled for you that all is going well! How are you feeling? I hope you're not working too hard... Enjoy your day off tomorrow won't you

LBM You sound like you've got a lovely weekend planned... Are you doing things like making gift tags with the kids? Am thinking of doing it with ds, but not sure whether the tags would escape past the mountain of glue he's bound to put on!

I hope I've mentioned everyone, and if not then hello to you too! I think you might all be watching LA right now, so hope you're enjoying it - I might have to catch up and watch it tomorrow as you've reminded me what a fab film it is!

Night all x

Quick post before I join the Love Actually party.

My name is Neeko and I too am a child-breathing-checker!

LBM Christmas books, CDs and DVDs out here too but I want to join in with you on Saturday! The cake is slightly sunken in the middle but i'll disguise it with my spiky icing.

Mermaid and iggy please share a hand to hold for scan day as I gave the other one to 4ever weeks ago and she still needs it!!!

Barbie I really think that the baby lying tranverse is affecting your judgement as there's plenty of time for another BFP before Christmas and then the race will be on for the fist BFP of 2010. Christmas is a time of hope after all, so let's not take it from the small/non panters, eh? Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Right, logging off for my 1st viewing of Love actually. It'd better be worth it as the silly woman at the checkout forgot to deactivate the tag and the security guard in Tesco had to rake through my bags which contained my Tena lady pantliners - nice!

dh is not back from the chippy yet...hmph.

Awww LBM that sounds so lovely, proper family christmassy type stuff hope you have loads of fun this weekend. We'll be making Christmas cards too

Hi barbie, enjoy the well-earned day off tomorrow!

MLS and Sabs - my dd is 6 and ds is 4 and every night before I go to bed, I check on them and check they are still breathing. If I don't - I have to get up and check. DH thinks I'm mental!

jools great to hear you sounding better - I know taking tablets is a big step but I also know that they can be a great help

Sorry can't stay - still smiling for mermaid. Even told DH about you yesterday which is quite something as he thought I had lost my mn addiction some months ago!

Need to start my christmas baking today - Cheese straws tonight and mince pies on Friday!

Got a bit of a crafty weekend planned with the kids - told my ds that we would have a crafty day on Saturday and he corrected me - No mummy, a christmas crafty day!!

Christmas has arrived in the littlebells house - on Dec 1st along with the advent calenders. out come the christmas books, videos , colouring stuff jigsaws. In fact everything but the decorations!!

Love to everyone - hope the cake worked well neeko

and...............

I need to stop smiling so much, my jaw muscles are killing me!!!!

Whooooooooppppppppiiiiiiieeeeeeeee

I love our thread

Yesterday i just couldnt get on line, soooo busy and had a few emotional moments and just felt generally rough.

Came in from work this afternoon and dh has convinced me to pull a sicky tomorrow so ill do a full post then.

Im lurking tonight but cant sit still long enough to post due to the baby being in a tranverse position and my ribs being in agony....but......

I had to congratulate mermaid and say a big welcome back to monkey!

Cried tears of joy for mermaid and went to bed last night thinking the next bfp will come early march....first time ive been wrong so girls who wants to place a bet for the march bfp?????

Enjoy LA, wish i could join you but its nearly bed time now...

Back tomorrow xxx

That is what iplayer is for Vjay! so funny how all the dhs want to watch it too though!

Yes 4ever the twinges are definitely normal! Mine feels like my whole torso is stretching out and is quite uncomfortable at night along with trapped wind lovely!

mermaid YES to being militant! I love it.. it's definitely the way to go and you deserve 5 star treatment lady! (And yes to rugby players in bed haha!) Do you want to update the list or is that for another day? (Looking at '1-2 weeks pregnant' is probably enough of a step for oday??)

HI iggy it's a pleasure you sound quite positive and sickness is definitely good! (You know what I mean!) fiiiive more sleeps!

Yay love actually tonight. It's caused a bit of a row in our house, I told dh I am watching it tonight, but he wants to watch spooks, I said that's fine, I'll watch LA in the bedreoom, but he wants to watch it with me, men!!!!

Heartbeat can be seen at 6wk so u should be good! Yea for militantmermaid thats the way to do it! .....now tempting as it is better get up for 30mins of daylight at least!

I think a combo of zen & deleriousness! Must say ur sounding calm too! Take out several of ur gold stars for urself! Yea join the Love Actually party! Work are cool now, was waitin for old manager to call cos hopin can take unused hol over to next yr so when i do go back i can take as much time off as poss!

7 weeks ig thats gone fast for us. 4ever has my mobile or I can send it through to Gracie.

I think I will be about 5w +3 but that should be ok for a internal? shouldn't it? not the heart probably but I am sailing in there regardless and they can tut all they like. I have been all full of apologies and I am in the way and a hassle previously but I am going in a bit militant,a bit edgey a bit deal with this now attitude. So I had better do my toe nails, you too iggy we have to look good girl

4ever thanks for passing that on from annie who I hope hasn't stopped grinning with that lovely bundle

no stay in bed its raining cold and will soon be dark, you are probably in the best place.x

Nope still here x posting & just realised that said nick kershaw! Ahh the 80s...! Yay 14th mermaid ! Another scan day Monday! More interlinkage of hands & crossed bits, this is now a Monday ritual for ALL emmsys! x x x x x

4ever I keep missing you. Have you heard back from the lovvvverly ladys in HR? appart from the insomnia you are sounf=ding very zen like which is ace to hear. sparkly brown gold toes sound equally calming with a bit of Christmas is nearly here thrown in.
I will try and find a copy of Love Actually in a bit but think that if dh tried to paint my toes I would have painted knees and nose.

X post iggs lovely big catch up from u! Ooh mon THE scan day lets hold each others hands, i still wobble tho this will be the 10th one! we all think of u hon, big feeling of empathy with everyone breakin in their medium pants again.. X ..... Big Hey to moneeko too! ......yea & where is barbie shed wanna kno about mermaid oh god just remembered am also posting cos told annie who is very thrilled for u & will be back on soon! Maybe i should get out of bed now?

err... no I was 7 weeks yesterday - doh

mermaid I have felt better about stuff since the sickness kicked in - I have to eat fruit as soon as i wake up else I am useless... but still there is the fear - which we all know about...

14th dec is soon too - great news! How many weeks will you be? I am 7 today...

Iggy that is only 5 more sleeps and i am with you on the swinging of extremes. You have done really well combating your fear lovely which is a really good sign that all is well with your bean.x

Just managed to book scan for the 14th Dec using my open invite, a couple of jokes and a promise not to tell anyone the name of the person making the appointment did the trick. Left a message with the golfers answering machine I sure hope he gets wet on the pitch or whatever golfing speak is. Field? no green thats it.

blue I am laying bets that you will just finish sealing the last christmas card and it will be all systems go

ha! Nick Kershaw of course snood king classic.

Glad u getting things rolling on with the golfer mermaid! seeing it all written in digital must make it realer! twinges def normal but heres my hand anyway! ....jools echo everyone, lovely to hear u sounding in such a great place hoping my 3 days of insomnia will go tonight, blue really lookin forward to la, hoping will leave me warm snuggly & ready for a good sleep! Oh & sparkly browny gold tootsies for me! Really must start wrapping & writing cards too

4ever scan is Monday at 6pm... i switch between denial and being terrified... Hope you not feeling too tired with all this insomnia?

cupcake thanks for your text the other day - is so nice to know people are thinking of you. Enjoy the Love Actually night!

mermaid Am still smiling for you - also realised I texted your phone - and then saw that Neeko said it was lost... oops!

neeko & lbm thanks also for asking after me

neeko am impressed at the late night baking!

lbm are you firmly out of the sand now?

curly Hope you are feeling a little better - didn't realise you also concieved around EDD - is strange how these things happen.

gracie lovely to hear from you - can't believe you 30 weeks already!

sabs glad you enjoying Saara so much - she sounds very good!

vjay can't believe is 3 months already

barbie where are you? are you up to your funny barbie antics at the mo?

jools you sounds so much more positive in your recent posts, which must be a good thing. So glad you feeling bit better.

mls Hope you ok? I think you should tell us more of your stories about your DD - they are always v. good!

moon hope you are holding up ok too?

blue are you next?? I'm getting excited!

lion nice to hear from you!

monkey I don't think we have met before - but hello from me

buddha hope you getting on ok now?

annie also hope you ok!

mm sorry you still sick too.

right - I am bound to have forgotten someone - i hope not - but waves to anyone I didn't mention xxx

I just moved into the 21C and am now looking at a clearblue display which says in black and white pregnant 1-2 weeks. So that is sinking in abit now. Tis very clever how they do that.