Emmy's weebles are taking over mermaid's greenhouse!

[barbie1]

....therefore she cant throw us out!

Long may the support continue x

i wondered what 42 was and then i remember...gosh vjay im impressed

I used my calculator , I always stuggle with that one and 8x7, I need to brush up on my 7 times table

ha ha barbie and vjay back talking non sense..just like the good old days!

Have been texting neeko tonight and she says she is thinking of you all, life is a bit hectic for her just now but she is lurking when she gets chance.

BIG WAVES to neeko

Hiya
Me too for the book club please - I need a reason to read something more than interesting than internet shopping, lovely as it is. I also love NOTH - got some great sock puppets as presents for girls for Christmas - and they sent my order twice and told me to keep the second one for no charge - how nice are they!

monkey* Hope the day is passing and not dragging - you are one lovely and brave lady. The good news is that the year from hell is finally ending and Jan 20th is a new year where only good things are going to happen for you and your family

4ever yesterday sounded as nice as these things can be and how lovely to have Summer to share it with, with a tinge of sadness too I bet. Can't believe she has a tooth and is following in the dolly school of exploration. I'm v pleased I have a lazy placid one with no teeth who is developing a good line in screeching to get her own way!!

louey good news on the test results and barbie glad you are feeling better. What a time for your ddddh to be away!

Anyway, just got in from work, so need to go, get clean, fed and ready for another day ( with maybe a little peek at the boys clothes link or the NOTHS website - I too am week!)

monkey I'm really sorry I wasn't around yesterday. Hope you are doing ok - today is the start of 2011 for you and things will only get better from here. You are a lady after my own heart ("I'm saving money as there is 10% off"). Its just as well they haven't got any maternity clothes in there otherwise my credit card would be in a worse state than it already is....

barbie glad you are feeling better but you seem to have turned green (or is it just my computer???) Hope it isn't crohn's but whatever it is, they get to the bottom of it. You will be very glad to see DH back. Good to see that you and vjay have now got your 7x times table sorted out . Fab video of Dolly walking - soooo cute! Hope the cc continues to work.

4ever way to go Summer!!! We need a pic of the tooth! Sounds like she has been reading Dolly's antics and fancies the whole moving around malarky...

LBM lovely description of baby J Did you buy anything from NOTHS? Just had a sneeky peek but I'm trying to resist at the moment.

Vjay maths teacher - wow! We need people like you who know their times tables (and complicated stuff like probability theory). It is a good plan - always a shortage of good maths teachers.

Big waves to Neeko busy lady

We were supposed to be going down to Cornwall to see the ILs tomorrow (already postponed from before Christmas because of the bloody snow). However my MIL is really poorly and has been all week. She hates Drs so has been resisting seeing one but we have all put our foot down and hopefully one will be out to see her today. I am worried because her symptoms fit with gallstones and/or pancreatitis, neither of which are good. She can barely stand upright and has been in pain/vomiting since Monday. I think they thought it was a gastric bug but I'm pretty sure it isn't now.

Otherwise, apart from having horrible tube journeys (grrrrr), all is well with me. Still very tired, still puking occasionally but am alright. Bump seems to have grown overnight. Will try and get a pic soon (need to get DH to help and he has been out). Have finally managed to get a decent maternity swimming costume so I am planning on going swimming tomorrow morning. How much swimming I will do I am not sure but its a start.

BQ hope you are starting to feel better

Hey everyone. Can I sneak back?

4ever and monkey I'm so sorry for not being here for your anniversaries. Big hugs and hairstrokes, you are both incredibly brave about everything. I know that 2011 will be a good year for you both :)

And lovely barbie I forgot your birthday. I haven't caught up properly yet but I can see you haven't been well too. Hope you're okay lovely. Well done to clever dolly for walking :)

Things have gone from crazy to nuts around here. I'm back to work soon and trying to get everything sorted before then, but this week we've all had this horrible vomiting bug, and now we've got no running water (long story) and I'm waiting for an emergency plumber to arrive and relieve me of curlygirl's college fund

Hope everyone is good. I promise I will be back soon for a proper catchup xxx

Hi Curly - poor you - vomiting and no water does not sound like fun. Hope you manage to get the water back on asap.

MIL has been rushed to hospital with suspected stomach ulcer Will no more later after they've done some tests. FIL is in pieces apparently.

Oh, no louey, although from your post earlier, I don't think you were suprised it was serious. Hope they get to the bottom of it and she gets better soon

Now, as if I don't have enough to do, DD1 got a tamagotchi for xmas and it seems to be my job to try and keep the bugger alive.... We've lost 3 so far and I don't think this one will be long for this world.... And dd wants a real pet

Louey Your poor MIL, I really hope she's okay. Are they doing some tests now or tomorrow?

LBM A fish is a pet. Will that do?

Curly that you sound like you're having a tough week, hope you're all better soon, and that the water gets mended!

Thanks for all the messages yesterday, and Neeko thanks again for your lovely text I know I keep saying it but you really are all so wonderful!
Yesterday was a very odd day, knowing that for the last 30something years of my life we have celebrated my mums birthday, and now all of a sudden it's such a sad day. I felt I wanted to do something, so dh and I went out for a nice meal and made a silent toast to my mum. We have made a pact to go out every Jan 12th which is nice. Next week will be harder though I think, passing the 1 year mark. Goodness knows what we'll do then

Anyway, was trying to be quick as have been up since half five and am shattered... Barbie Glad to have you back, you have been missed Would love to watch that vid of D, but dh has been messing with computer and it know won't play videos on FB Don't know what he's done.
VJay Saw you on GOML's POAS thread, brill wasn't it, apart from the result that is. Wish I was 32 again and had a bit more time ahead of me!!!

Right, must prise myself away, will be back tomorrow probs... Night all x

Update from me - MIL is having an endoscopy today to see what is going on. Hopefully its something they can easily treat.

monkey the meal sounds like a lovely idea to remember your mum. You will get through next week and we are all here to hold your hand {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

LBM your post did make me laugh (sorry!). Can you persuade DD1 that a zhu zhu hamster is a good alternative pet that's unlikely to die, that's what my sister has done with my nieces. Seems to have worked

curly do you have water??

As we are not going to Cornwall, I managed to go swimming this morning in my new maternity swimming costume that makes me look like a whale Bloody hard after 3ish months with no exercise but I am really glad I went. Have to do something to counteract all the crap I'm eating

Hiya,

monkey that thread was good, kept me entertained last night . It's a lovely idea for you and dh to go out every January 12th, it will be easier next year and you will probably be able to talk about her more about all the lovely stuff . Here's a hug for this coming week {{{monkey}}}

louey how's your MIL doing?

bq how are you keeping?

mrskate have been thinking of you and wondering how you're getting on.

Have been to sing and sign this morning, it was very good and I think Ajay enjoyed it. Have also been to the docs about Ajays nuts and have got another epipen, now just waiting to see paeds.

Laters xx

X-posts with louey,

Louey your poor MIL, what a worry for your FIL.. Hope its easily treatable and she recovers quickly!

Vjay I know its not funny but I smiled to myself when I read that your going to the Dr about Ajays nuts!

Poor Curly vomiting bug sounds horrible.. do you have water again? My bathroom sink pipe disconnected yesterday and flooded my kitchen! All sorted now thanks to FIL! I sympathise!

Monkey a meal is a nice way too mark a sad day.. We do that for my dad. It is hard but you must celebrate their birthdays like they would want too still I think.. The 1st year anniversary is definateloy the hardest though...

BTW LBM agree with Louey a Zhu Zhu hamster is a great compromise!

Thanks but you haven't met my 7 year old! A fish and zhu zhu hamster just won't cut the mustard!
She is " looking after" her friends hamster at the moment which we might be inheriting as they are emigrating. But yesterday I had to go and check that it was still alive as we hadn't fed it in a while. I did find food in the bowl, so think that she might have done something!! and yes, louey I'm pleased to have made you smile!!

Hi all, just dropping in to say hi, and apologise for my absence. A gorgeous small girl is taking up all my time!

Hope you are all well, much (sleep deprived) love xxx

V quick update from me - DH is just picking up take-away curry for our tea

They still haven't found what's wrong with MIL. She is feeling better but we think that's probably because she's been on a drip/painkillers etc. No ulcers, no gallstones. Her blood pressure has dropped this afternoon which is often a result of internal bleeding (not sure that FIL is aware of this). More tests tomorrow. Am worried its something more sinister .

Waves to iggy and 4ever

Hi louey hope you get some answers soon. You must all be so worried.

Barbie I love the video of dolly walking and we are coming to Dubai in April! 2 visits of 24 hours each and am staying with friends so I don't think I can sneak away for a sneaky meet, much as I would love to. Its on the way to and from Australia - we booked our campervan last night for when we are in Oz, 16 days in a campervan and I can't wait!

Oh louey that is worrying I hope you find out what's wrong soon, and that it's easily fixable.

Hi Iggy Lovely to hear that you're spending lots of time with your dd, there's no better reason to be MIA! Hope you manage to catch up on the sleep soon x

4ever it is difficult isn't it, but I suppose we have to concentrate on the fact that their birthdays are to be celebrated. It was a real mixture of emotions on Wednesday.

VJay Thanks for the hug I suddenly realised that I've never 'spoken' to you about AJay's nut allergy I remember reading about it, and not having chance to post, but it sounded so scary when you found out about it. You must have been terrified Is it the kind of allergy he'll grow out of do they think? A lady I work with has a 14 yr old son who was very allergic to nuts, amongst other things. He's recently been tested again, and I think it's just one type of nut he has an allergy to now, although apparently it's taken a bit of persuading to get him to eat any nuts at all! I really hope AJay will grow out of his allergy too.

Curly How are you feeling now? Hope you're okay

LBMjetsetter wow, your holiday sounds amazing! Where are you going in Oz? I spent over a year there when I was travelling (much to the annoyance of the immigration people who hauled me in when I left ). It was wonderful! I hope all the flood waters have drained away by then, were you planning on going up to Queensland? Oooh, you are so lucky, I would love to go back there! Are you going to Sydney? What a fab thing to do, and it's great that you're stopping for 24 hours each way (even if you won't be able to see Barbie ). Are you going to go to Ayers Rock too? DH and I spent 2 months in a van (before he had a driving licence ) so I really have driven an AWFUL lot over there, if you want any tips let me know

Barbie Have just been doing some research on a possible holiday for next year, and your name came up! We were thinking of going to Agadir - would you recommend it? We've been to Marrakech and loved it, so was hoping it'd be the same sort of thing, but just on the coast.
Still haven't been able to view the vid of D, and dh has told me this morning that I won't be able to as my computer is now too old and doesn't support the software Its only 4 years old!!!
Hope you're not missing dh too much, is he back tomorrow?

Right, off to go and get dressed now. DS and I are off out to research birthday party venues (playbarn things) this afternoon, so he's very excited! I feel a bit sick about it, as we have to invite about 25 kids, and it's going to cost a fortune (that's a queasy face btw)
Have a lovely Saturday all xxx

lbm your holiday sounds amazing, a real adventure

louey I hope they find out what is wrong with your MIL soon, and it's nothing too bad. Fingers crossed for you all xx

iggy lovely to 'see' you

monkey It was very scary when Ajay had his nut reaction, and going to the docs yesterday brought it all back, we have to be sooooooo careful now. I don't if he'll grow out of it but when we see the paeds at the hospital we'll know more then.

Hope everyone is ok and having a fab weekend xxx

Hello

Forgive my lack of postings but ive been really tired, Dolly is a handful and into everything, including eating my lipstick this morning, not before covering her face, hands and floor!

Tiredness is one of the symptoms of crohns which im still hoping i havent got....

vjay i missed the nut's story...i thought you meant boy parts when i read this morning and thought oh 'poor boy' but in reality this is worse i hope it is something that doesnt happen again and that he grows out of?

louey any news? thinking about you all day, your mil has had the same treatment as i had, the drips the paracetomal drip and like her my blood pressure dropped way, way down. I hope its something easily treated, there is lots of gastric flu in the uk, which while unpleasant is treatable and short term.

monkey im intrigued, how did my name come up while talking of agadir? Have i got pics on fb? If you want the truth then no, don't go...save your money. I love Morocco but agadir is nothing like it, its like what i imagine Benidorm to be like, full of old folk sitting with handkerchiefs on their head while on the beach ( i kid you not!)
Its too far from anything, so unless you are the kind of people (and something tells my you are not) who like to stay in the hotel then it wont be for you. Every time we went out we are hassled by young kids wanting to sell us hash and coke

You are far better going to cyprus or somewhere like that where it's kid friendly yet small enough to get out and explore....or you could come here! Remember the offer is here for all of the weebles for free use of the villa in Aug...

Hope you find somewhere suitable soon

lbm boo! Fancy not making time to see moi! Only kidding, i know how fast 24 hours will go in this city...where do your friends live? Ifs its just around the corner i might pop past just to be nosy! oh and i love Oz too, dh and i did a bit of it a few years back and it was fab! I didnt realize koala's were so heavy and they smell real bad too!

waves to all my fellow weebles, im sorry i cant write more but im just so so shattered!

Dh is back tomorrow, i think ill hand Dolly over and go right to bed

Further update on the littlebells holiday plans - we have been to Oz lots of times before as we have family and friends in melbourne and like you, monkey, I lived out there for a year. Everytime we go we try to do something that I haven't done but it's getting a bit more difficult. Last time we went dd1 was 8 months and we went to Perth, then flew to broome and got a camper van to drive to Darwin, which was fab.
This time, we are flying in and out of Melbourne and driving up to Sydney via the coast road and then back inland to see DH's aunt. Really looking forward to it.
barbie I don't know where my friends live as they are still in the process of moving out! The husband is in Dubai and the rest of the family move out on Feb 12th. When we stop with them on the way out, they will probably be in the serviced apartment and on the way back, they should have moved into their house!! Will let you know when I know more - might need to get some advice from you for them too.

Anyway got to go - have promised Dh a stir fry for tea so need to get frying!!

Hi ladies,
Sorry to have been a bit awol!The good news is we have just ordered a new laptop which means I'll hopefully be on here more often, yippeee! (Our current laptop is practically an antique and so slow I'm always put off turning it on!)

Loving that there are lots of other book fans and hooray that you're a Kate Morton fan too monkey :) she's fab. Sounds absolutely lovely that you're starting a new tradition of going out on your mum's birthday too; that's so special.

BQ I'm so sorry I missed your scare :( but thank goodness everything is ok! I can't wait til your lo is born; it's been such a long journey.

louey boooo to ms returning :( hope you're feeling ok now.

Hi neeko lurking :) sorry you're so busy but we're always here whenever you have a spare minute.

Yay for iggy posting :) hello over there in sleep deprived land! It's still very hit and miss here too but we're currently in an ok phase.

lbm I'm very of your trip to Oz! We have family out there too and I'd love to make the trip someday.

barbie eek to maybe having crohns really hope it's not, but I suppose answers are alwaysgood to stop you from being in pain!

clevervjay...did I tell you my bro is training to be a maths teacher at the mo? Very noble profession and I totally get confused by 6, 7 and 8 times table too

questions has the moment come to poas??

Things are good here...ds has suddenly in the last week got really good with finger foods (he was gagging loads before so I hated it) but now he chews everything nicely and swallows it, so cute. So we have stocked up on rice cakes and breadsticks he is getting better and better at crawling and is just hilarious rolling over and over and shuffling around :)

Sorry I've missed like a million people but need to go put the little man to bed...love to all! x