Right, going to attempt a proper catch up....
baking, moon and QA lovely to see you all back. Loved blue's analogy of the mother ship drawing you all back in
moon sorry things are still rough IRL. Please off load if you want to. And I hope things get better for you very soon x
QA we can dread October together as it doesn't look as though I will be getting on the mediumpant bench anytime soon. Have my fx for you that you can TTC sooner than you think.
mlsnexttodrop I too knew I was having at least one girl....cue shock from both me and DH when 2 boys came out. DH even asked the surgeon whether he was sure (erm yes - he has a willy....) I also have a friend who is pg with no3 and first scan said it was a boy, 2nd scan - a girl. Now they don't know what to think (they already have one of each so are not at all bothered). Festival sounded like fun. I assume there was copious ice-cream in place of the booze??
4ever Happy 2 month birthday to Summer! Glad she is on the mend. Hope the jabs go ok tomorrow, its horrible I know. I don't think I've been on since you sent the email with the pics - she is so gorgeous and really alert. No wonder you are such a proud mummy
Jools - I agree with QA - its good you and DP are talking about it. Have a blissful couple of weeks ignoring your cycle.
monkey have a lovely time visiting relatives and buying up Tescos Hope you are doing ok xx
barbie yay for returning husbands. He is going to get SUCH a welcome tomorrow You've done so well all by yourself for that long. Devon is clearly a sensible lass - baby rice is foul. I think we only used it on its own a couple of times before mixing it with fruit puree. LOL at barbielovesken.
mermaid pumpkin ryvita - yuck. In fact any kind of ryvita - yuck yuck yuck. You deserve a medal for eating that stuff. Did I say yuck
neeko yay for winning the iggy sweepstake! Loving the idea of money for lost pounds. Maybe I can use that on DH who really needs to lose a stone pound or two. Shoogling is a fab word, but I still don't really know what it means...
cupcake happy birthday to mrcupcake - are you doing anything nice tonight? Bless Jude finding his thumb. I have one thumb sucker (Luke) and one not. And I gave both of them dummies for a while but Luke quickly decided he preferred his thumb. I do confess that I still suck mine now I am a bit worried about his teeth though, must get him to the dentist soon Re holidays - have been meaning to post for a while. We've been away a lot with ours, first time they were 6 months old and we went to the Canaries. Trust me when I say it is a piece of cake when they are little and it gets harder as they get older, start moving around and get generally more demanding. We haven't regretted any of the holidays we've taken - yes the flights/travelling are an ordeal but it has been worth it. I do love my sun
sabs thank you for explaining your birth rituals. It must be really hard doing ramadan at his time of the year - long daylight hours and its warm too. Rubbish about your job situation. Do you know how they are going to decide who stays/goes? Usually its on the basis of appraisals/performance but if you haven't been there they will have to make sure it doesn't discriminate against you.
curly am confused - why were you in the back of the car listening to cricket?? Were you on the way somewhere, or just hiding out??
vjay I've always found that impending weddings are a very good incentive to stop eating biscuits and cakes . Will be cheering you on from the side-lines. Well done to walking ajay - agree with the others - sounds like he is having a growth spurt. I seem to remember that Luke started waking up again when he was properly walking, I read GF's book and realised he wasn't getting enough protein.
blue what a fabby photo of Ben .
LBM how is little J's colic??
Loving all the diet talk. I have only ever done weightwatchers. My kind of diet has to include cheese and wine so most of them are out. At least with ww you can gain points by exercising and then have a few drinks. None of you have mentioned doing any exercise though, apart from 4ever who is clearly sit-up queen For me that is the best way to lose weight/inches (you don't always lose lots of weight to begin with). Am a big advocate of running/swimming for toning up. My weight is creeping up again so I really need to do some this week. Everything goes out of the window when I'm busy at work. barbie I am at 9st 9 - I think I was probably about 15 the last time I was that weight and I'm certainly never going to be that again.
I have been lurking all week but no time to post. Work was manic last week - one night was working until midnight and then had to work on my day off - Jools have no idea how you do those hours all the time. I was exhausted by Friday. Boys bedroom has been decorated and we've moved them in there last night. Photos on FB for those of you who are on there. The rest of the house still needs sorting and DH is away on business for most of this week so I'm not sure how much will get done. Still dealing with appointments for Isaac - 2 this week. Hopefully it will calm down after that.
TTC is a disaster. Have been POAS since CD9 with no a hint of a +OPK. Today is CD19 and guess what AF turns up. WTF is going on with my body??? This is the 5th cycle since MC and they have been 28 days, 24 days, 23 days, 31 days and 18 days. I think I need to go to Drs don't you - but what will they say??