Emmsys Weebles planting up the greenhouse for Spring...

[cupcakefairy]

...tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers... and more BFPs please! :)

Get comfy girls, the evenings are not so dark anymore so we'll be passing round the wine soon

Wow it's so exciting to see barbie and 4ever ttc again infact if I'm honest I'm a little

barbie my dh has ibs, it flares up if we eat crap for a while or if he's stressed, so don't eat crap and stay chilled
Hurry up and posts those pictures, I can't believe Dolly will be one on Monday!

cupcake you poor love what a crappy week for you, hope you're fully on the mend now.

blue I was sniffing CJays hair the other day until he realised what I was doing and was like at me. Also do you notice that both boys have their own smell, I can walk into Cjays room and just smell him, and I mean in a lovely way, and I can now regocnise Ajays scent too. I sound like a hound

Well I've had a tidy up day so far, I cleaned my oven overnight with oven pride, (recommended on here) and I've never had such bright clean and shiny racks!!!Fabulous stuff!

Here's the list, now I'm off to admire my vajazzled racks

Commando/smallpants

Bluemoon
chocciechip
hoping
jools
mermaid
monkey
ThePFJ
QuestionsAgain

Medium pants

bakingqueen BFP 7/10/10

Big pants

Loueytbg EDD 29/06/11

Saggypants

VJay 01/09/09 BOY Alexander James 8lb 6oz
Lionstar 27/09/09 BOY Arlo Bryn 9lb 5oz
Sabs 30/09/09 GIRL Saara 9lb 1oz
Buddhabelly 25/11/09 BOY Ewan James
Annie 25/11/09 BOY Ellis Charles 8lb 11oz
Bluesatinsash 23/12/09 BOY Benjamin Charles 8lb 3oz
MM 30/12/09 GIRL Nieve Ellen 8lb 6oz
Curly 05/02/10 GIRL Grace Eliza 8lb 4oz
Graciegirl 05/02/10 GIRL Isabelle Clare 7lb 1oz
Barbie 21/02/10 GIRL Devon Nimah 5lb 15oz
MrsKate 09/03/10 BOY Jack David 6lb 13oz
Neeko 29/03/10 GIRL Hannah Denise 8lb 15oz
Littlebellsmum 18/05/10 GIRL Joanna Emily 7lb 7oz
4everhopeful 26/05/10 GIRL Summer Clementine Hope 9lb 5oz
cupcakefairy 05/06/10 BOY Jude 8lb
iggypiggy 25/07/10 GIRL 6lb 14oz
MummyLovesSadie 11/10/10 GIRL Kitty Violet 7lb 1oz

Hi all, hope you are having a good weekend Had a good night last night, looking forward to a take away and a tonight. Thanks for all your kind words about DS, I am totally biased but he really is a star, very cute too We have been lucky so far, though I know what this means for a 2nd Dc if we are lucky enough to have one. They are usually the opposite

Vjay you made me laugh again. When I went to threads I am on, it shows you as the last post and the first few words of your post, it stops at a particularly unfortunate point 'Here's the list, now I'm off to admire my vajazzled.........' Well done on the oven cleaning, I have got the oven pride sat in the cupboard has been for over a year but just can't be bothered don't have the time!

blue I sniff DS's hair all the time and generally squeeze, kiss, hug and ruffle as much as he lets me. Hope you didn't make too much of a dent in your wine cellar! How big is it?

cupcake Sounds like a rough week, it really is so hard when you are poorly and have a little one to deal with. Ouch for poor Jude too, bleeding from the mouth always looks worse and can be quite frightening until you find where all the blood is coming from. Sorry about your weekend being cancelled too, even though they are good reasons, there is still a part of you that wants to stamp your feet and say it's not fair, or maybe that's just me
Hope this week is better for you BTW, DS has recently turned 4, going on 40 at times and no not a crossword type of girl, think i need another good book to get me engrossed and pass the time until next week.

to LBM

Barbie Nice to 'see' you back. So pleased that the birthday party went well, bet it was a lovely day. Did you have a little 'moment' when you realised that she is now 1 and when you think of how much she has changed over that year Hope you are feeling better now, sounds like a horrendous procedure, glad you mum was there to help out. Lol at you and your coming round ramblings, they must hear some pretty strange stuff How do you feel about the IBS diagnosis? Do you think they are right?

Well, we have had a quiet day today, could definitely have done with something to take my mind off waiting, wish I was less impatient. I could do with some of the other small panters on here obsessing just so I don't feel like such weirdo. Have any of you read the questionable TTC thread, so funny. I have read it and identified with some of it, but luckily not all of it yet

Oooh it's very quiet on here today, have even ventured in to AIBU a couple of times

monkey meant to ask on my last post, how are you feeling now? Have you had any further information from your scan yet and what is the next step in your plan? Hope you are feeling much better now x

Had a funny day with friends today. They have a DD the same age as DS and a newborn DD who was just gorgeous but I did feel very Didn't help that I am feeling hormonal today, don't think this is the month for us, usually feel a bit like this the week before my period Ah well, will head back to AIBU to see if there are any more interesting arguments discussions

QA i am very guilty of not being around much as a small panter, if i'm honest i dont think i would be of much use to you as even though we now have a plan, i am weebling quite a lot. however i am always a-lurking if you wanted to direct any questions to me, and of course i will help/reassure/advise/obsess where i possibly can :)

first doctors appointment on thursday for day 21 bloods(plus a few for my long cycle lengths!) and some swabs which are apparently like having a smear test. spoke to my 2 bosses last week to tell them i would be needing some time off for appointments and i explained briefly why, and they were so lovely which made me want to cry - thankfully just about regained my composure in time! but helps so much they were good about it.

hope you've all had good weekends, i had my mum and sister here which has been lovely :)

My baby is one!!!!! .....

Happy birthday to my gorgeous Dolly.

Back later once presents are opened and i can see the floor again!

happy birthday dolly

qa and moon sparkly stars all round.

Happy Birthday dolly hope you thoroughly enjoyed your first big birthday party
Barbie at your uncouthness at the whole procedure at IBS? I have IBS and although I get some pain it doesn't seem to be as bad as what you've been getting? Just keep an eye on it and don't just settle for first diagnosis if it continues. for ttc too (brave girl!)
Blue Hope you are enjoying half term?
QA You can obsess here as much as you like, we all did I promise! What dpo are you now?
Moon Nice to see you weebling in sounds as if things are really moving forward with tests etc. So glad work are being supportive, it really helps.
*Cupcake) Poor Jude give him an extra cuddle from me. These accidents all happen so quickly, I remember Ewan falling off his changing table in 0.0001 seconds! It is so scary especially when they bleed
Vjay I

Happy 1st birthday to the delicious Dolly! Have a fabby day! Wow our graduates are turning 1! Tea and sympathy to mummy after the yukky op and ibs diagnosis.. But yay to ttc again, i guess that does mean me and you have a bumcheek on both benches then!

Ah Buddha poor lil Ewan maybe having to have an op course you will be worried however routine it is, hes your baba, fingers crossed it will clear itself..

Also massive tummy tickles and hair strokes to young Jude poor lil sausage, how awful for you Cupcake bet you were in pieces.. Hope the horrid tonsilitus is clearing up too? Sorry to hear it ruined your weekend, boo...

Big waves to the lovely Mermaid and Vjay, echo the sparkly stars and babydust to Moon and QA, also huge yay to Issacs placement Louey

Again apologies to those i missed, im on pho & have to get ready as MIL round in a bit to look after Summer as im going hairdressers, need some chill time after bit of a disastrous weekend... Was DHs birthday on Fri, we did his pressies in the afternoon & was lovely, then planned to go out to eat after hed done his last lates at work, but was coming up 8pm & late for Summer who was being a bit of a grizzog, we felt awful dragging her out & when we got to the restaurant it was packed with friday night revellers so we decided to leave it & order a chinese, we got home, ordered it at 8.45, by 10pm it still hadnt turned up & they didnt answer the phone we were so ravenous that we ended up making beans on toast for DH birthday dinner instead! Felt so sorry for him, & get this, the chinese turned up at 11pm! Obviously we turned them away with a few choice words! Then on saturday DH had a bug, was sick, shivery and weak & stayed in bed all day while i juggled lookin after Summer, housework & cooking a huge casserole to freeze for Summer, as well as our dinners, all stuff we normally do together at the weekend, on top of that my AF finally turned up 2wks late & UGH! Im frazzled!

Happy Birthday DOLLY , wow that year has gone fast!!!

4ever poor you and dh, what a crappy weekend , and boo to af too. Will you and barbie put yourselves onto the ttc bench again, it's exciting to see

buddha whether it's an easy operation or not it's still bloody scary when it's your child. When Cjay was just under 2 he had to have a general to have a small lump on his wrist removed, it was easy for them to do but still scary for us. We'll help you though it , talk about it whenever you feel the need

It's cold up here today think I'll pop the heating on ...

4ever Poor DH, what a crap weekend for him I'm sure you can make up for it in about 14-19 days
Vjay I've just been debating the heating too but have decided as we're going out shortly for Ewan's injections (poor lil man hospital this morning and doctors this afternoon) and then to a friends for tea we'll put an extra layer on now instead Hope it warms up for you shortly, thanks for the offer to talk too. I remember when my god-daughter had grommits put in when she was 5 I was so matter of fact about it (childless at the time) I feel awful now I know how it is to be a Mum

Happy birthday Dolly!!! I can't believe a whole year has gone by hope she's having a lovely day and being spoilt rotten I'm sure

buddha poor E :( hope you're ok; it is horrible to think of little ones going through anything medical so hand holds for you.

qa oooh a good book sounds like the way forward, anything in mind? We should totally start our Emmsy book club! I'm currently reading something a little depressing called Alone in berlin

moon massive hugs and hand holds for you with all the tests coming up, but big yay and sigh of relief that it's getting underway. Chin up. Almost cried reading about you talking to your bosses, so glad they were understanding. Well done!

4ever bless your dh with his beans-on-toast birthday! Sure it was still special with his lovely girls though :) yeah I was shaking after Jude fell, phoned dh at work who was his usual relaxed self and barely batted an eyelid

Got Jude weighed this morning- 20lbs 5oz! Chunkster. He has 3 teeth coming through, ouchy!

buddha big for you. ds had a general at 4 for his tongue tie and it is hard, far harder for us than them iykwim. Poor e he is going through the wars and it must have been hard to adjust to them wanting to do it now as well.
So a massive big hug for the brave little e after his injections.x

4ever I can only imagine that your lovely dh didn't mind baked beans too much as this is his first birthday with that little wobbly legged girl Hate it when plans go pearshaped though.

cold down here too and very watery. I have just got back from celebrating our ten year anniversary. Was very lovely. Funnily enough 4ever I gave dh a labeless can of beans as it was our tin. ok I ran out of time and forgot to do anything else

qa you made me smile with me not having lost my sense of humour, it is getting very warped tho!
It is hard when you see the same sort of age gap isn't it? I am sorry that you think it's a miss this month too but it's not over until - you now the rest, have the t-shirts etc.
I have got mouse hand, freezing. Has lbm gone on her loely holiday yet?
cupcake poor jude, it does all happen so quickly. I remember when ds took a sip out of a glass glass and bit a chunk out of itme and dh were running around like mad things. That is meant to make you feel better

Have to go, too cold.

moon Thank you don't worry about the weebling though, I am doing plenty of that myself at the moment. Great that your bosses were so supportive of you, makes life a lot easier. Good luck for Thursday, will be thinking of you.

Barbie Happy Birthday for your lovely DD. Hope you have all had a fab day, though sure you have. Let the mountain of toys begin, now you can spend the next few years like me trying to not let the house be taken over by toys galore. Make sure you and DH take some time this eve to reflect on the last year

mermaid Happy 10 year Anniversary, hope you had a nice time. 10 years is definitely worth celebrating. Nothing wrong with a warped sense of humour, I love it, especially mixed with a good dollop of sarcasm Didn't have you down as a sparkly stars kind of gal but will accept them wholeheartedly I know your right that's its not over til the fat lady sings, not sure why i am so sure iyswim, just feel it this time. Those cheap pregnancy tests are perfect for an impatient 2WWer like me! Weren't you hoping to get an appointment at the Docs this week?

Buddha Poor you, the worry about Dc is never ending and it doesn't matter what they have to go through you just wish you could go through it for them and any op no matter how 'routine' is not routine for you and E. Lets just keep everything crossed that the next 6 month sorts it and he won't need it Hugs to you. I think I am 10 DPO today

4ever Sorry your Dh's birthday didn't go planned, i am sure he didn't mind, at least you were all together, that;s the best brithday present he could have, though being ill the next day was a present he could do without! Perhaps you and Barbie should be on the ttc 'pants on top of your tights bench' Or was it just me that my mum made me wear pants on top of my tights when i was little to help them stay up?

vjay it has been freezing today, i have felt cold all day, just sat in front of the extra heater with a blanket on to try and warm up. I fancy one of those heated slipper things that old people have.

cupcake 3 teeth coming through I hope it doesn't cause too much bother or lack of sleep for you. He is obviously thriving, loved the chunkster name, though he won't thank you for it if it sticks Alone in Berlin even sounds depressing, might have to go off and look it up though. Is it any good?

Right, going to go and get sorted so that I am all ready for one born every minute, will get the tissues handy...

Happy birthday to the lovely dolly - I love the pictures on facebook, *barbie but I can't believe there is that much grass in the desert? Do you spend your life watering it?

Happy belated birthday to Dolly. So sorry I missed it. Hope the original superbaby had a fantastic time.

Off to try to catch up. Back soon.

Had just about caught up by skim reading through the thread and now H is awake! Timing impeccable as usual. Hope to be back later but wanted to say quickly that I'm very excited for Barbie and 4ever TTC again. The witch hasn't been seen here since a year past in June so I couldn't even if I wanted to, which I don't!

Hiya neeks good to see you

I'm off to the shops now, laters xx

Morning All!

DS1 at pre-school, DS2 napping, in hand - lovely .

barbie - welcome to Dolly's second year! The photos were adorable, loved her pink tutu!! Her and Barnabay are sooo cute together

QA - feel for you and the 'coincidence-what if? babies... Its only natural to compare and wonder what your lo would have looked like/be up to.. BUT this new lo will give you new memories and lovely ones at that! fingers tghtly crossed and shed load of babydust your way x

moon - hope your tests go Ok this week x

mermaid - I meant to say several posts ago re: perimenopausal... Read somewhere that a good gauge is the age your Mum went though it ? My (childless) Auntie went through it at 36 .

neeko - helloooo!! Its a busy old life part=time working and bringing up two adorable weans isn't it .

Vjay - oooh, what did you get at the sops anything tasty??

cupcake - poor you and poor Jude, wee lamb. It is worse for us as it happened on 'our watch'. Benhas started cilmbing and descending the stairs and you have to be behind him the whole time. Not more drying the dishes whilst he plays in living room. I need a Ben-Cam

Buddha - about Ewan's operation... I'm sure talking to the surgeon and consultants in the lead up (if he does need it) will reassure you but big hand squeeze in the meantime. When do Scotland play England and is it up here?

4ever - ahh the best laid plans! Your Dh would have been delighted just to spend the day with his gorgeous girls. Sooo, ttc again you and barbie can synchronise your watches and cycles .

Louey - how are you this week? Note to readers Isaac is spelt with one 's' and two 'a's' . Thank you, as you were

LBM - yes when do you go to Oz?

eeek! time's up, need to go and utilise my free time before the Prince wakes up.

Bientot tout le monde xx

Morning ladies :)
Lol blue at you correcting the spelling; bet you get that all the time. I'm always having to spell out my name and surname...most frustrating.

mermaid at your ds eating glass! Happy 10 years too :) we went to a 10-year anniversary party and at the end they gave everyone a labeless tin to take home Thankfully we didn't end up with dog food

qa I've only just started the book really, but one of the wuotes on the back tells me that reading it is like having "a wise sombre ghost follow you and whisper in your ear 'this is how the war was'" sounds ominous!!
Poor Jude spent an hour and a half screaming on and off during the night and chewing his fingers but settled after some calpol. Felt so sorry for him :(

Anyone see OBEM last night? That older couple were so sweet!

Lovely ladies bless your sweet words about dH birthday!

Quick one to pass on apologies from Monkey for not posting before she went on hol, she tx to say she feels cut off as no internet but is having an amazing time involving dolphins today for her DS 4th birthday! She also sends belated birthday wishes to Dolly!

Talking of belated greetings Happy 10yr tin anniversary to Mr and Mrs Mermaid!

Lovely ladies bless your sweet words about dH birthday!

Quick one to pass on apologies from Monkey for not posting before she went on hol, she tx to say she feels cut off as no internet but is having an amazing time involving dolphins today for her DS 4th birthday! She also sends belated birthday wishes to Dolly!

Talking of belated greetings Happy 10yr tin anniversary to Mr and Mrs Mermaid!

OK 2nd attempt today. Where to start?

Barbie Glad the test at the hospital went ok and you finally have a diagnosis. I've heard drinking Aloe Vera juice can help. Might be worth a try? Glad the birthday girl had a great time. Must be one of the longest 1st b'day parties ever It's only 5 weeks until H's, yet last year it felt like months and months between their births

LBM Well done on the weight loss. I'm seriously impressed. you'll be one hot sheila come your trip to oz.

Buddha Sorry to hear about the glue ear and crossing everything about it sorting itself out. You're strong and will cope come what may.

Monkey hope things are well with you lovely and last week hasn't made you wobble too much. You WILL have your dream. I just know it.

Mermaid Happy 10th anniversary and lol at the tin of beans. Hope your DH did better than you. Well done to your DS with all that running. People laugh when I run

Cupcake poor Jude. the teething is awful. Hope they come in soon. How long now until you're bridesmaid? I was bridesmaid for my BF 3 years ago and loved it.

4ever Glad things are going well for you and clever Summer with the standing. H's cruising everywhere but hasn't quite got her balance yet, thank goodness Hope your DH is better. It's hard work on your own.

Blue Hello lovely. you always sound so upbeat on here. I'm seriously exhausted so I can't imagine how I'd manage to work ft as well. Hope your gorgeous boys aren't keeping you on your toes too much. I've noticed a huge change in M recently. think she's getting ready for school Is I the same?

Louey Hope you're getting plenty of kicks and reassuring rumbles now. Fantastic news about the place for Isaac You must be so relieved.

QA Have everything crossed for you since it's not all over yet. Your boy sounds brilliant

Vjay Hi smiley lady.Are your boys behaving? Hope the weightloss is still going well. i'm officially back on the diet wagon now that all the work mayhem is over. I'm thinking of all the summer clothes I have that don't fit.

MLS Hey you. Another one who's fading away. 9 weeks and counting. Can't wait to see you again

Curly Hope beng back at work is going ok.

BQ I'm sure you're blooming now. Hope you're feeling better.

Moon Pom poms at the ready. We're ready whenever the plan is. Big hug.

Things been manic here. Sleep is still not particularly great and I'm still feeding although i'd love to be stopping as I have permanent teeth marks in my nipples (sorry TMI) Still won't be long until she can have doorstep milk and I'll feel more able to force the issue.
M started ballet and tap class last Saturday and has the cutest outfit and shoes ever. Cost a fortune so H will be dancing whether she wants to or not!

Phew. Love to everyone I've missed. Take care all.

Hello all, its been busy on here

I meant to get on yesterday and post my happy birthday wishes to Dolly - apologies to barbie that I didn't manage to in the end. The pics of her party were just gorgeous. I'm not surprised you were exhausted by the end of it. It would have been tiring without all the other stuff that you had going on last week. I'm glad they didn't find anything more sinister and yay for the weight loss as a bonus side-effect of it all. My sister has IBS and I think generally you can control it with diet and trying to keep stress-free. In her case, stress massively exacerbates it.

neeko I'm sorry you are still struggling with sleep and ouch ouch ouch to the teeth marks. Brave lady carrying on feeding with that going on. I can't believe she is 1 in a few weeks too - she was the first baby born after I joined the thread . Bless M in her ballet outfit - we want to see pics please

monkey am seriously about the dolphins - your DS must be in heaven. Hope you are having a whale of a time

mermaid Glad you have had a lovely 10 yr anniversary with MrMermaid. At least you knew that 10 yrs = tin. I am seriously rubbish at that stuff and DH is even worse. Hope you've warmed up - its been pretty cold here too.

4ever poor DH. Rubbish when you have a nice evening planned and it all goes tits up. Hope he is feeling better now. He needs to be like the queen and have another birthday to make up for it .

blue my fellow pedant you beat me to it. I'm a dreadful bore about spelling and people get me to proof read things at word cos I have a weird gift for picking out typos. I am still a bit that the response to my letter of complaint to speech therapy spelt my first name wrong. LOL at Ben-cam. I bet you can't sit down for a second.

cupcake oh poor Jude - I know how terrifying it can be when they hurt themselves. And I'm sorry you weekend got postponed. It sounds as though you could do with a weekend off to recuperate. Is J a good teether - 3 teeth at once sounds ouchy to me.
I'm only on episode 2 of OBEM so I haven't seen that one yet. Saving them up. I've just started watching gypsy weddings on 4OD and can now see what all the fuss was about. The first episode had a girl in it who visited a florist in our high street and I recognised the road in which she lived

QA am hoping that you are wrong about this cycle. Hormones play weird tricks on you. I know before I found out I was pg with DTs I was utterly convinced it hadn't worked. Was in floods of tears about 3 days before I got a bfp. Equally I've been convinced I've been pg only to get a bfn. Have you tested with any internet cheapies or is it still early???

buddha oh love, even if its a very simple operation, its still very scary to us mums. It may clear up as they say - glue ear does tend to be worse in winter because of all the colds. If it hasn't by the summer then I think having grommets put in is the right thing to do. We are going to have to make a decision soonish about Isaac having an op on his eye (he has a birth mark on it) and I am dreading it. How did the injections go?

vjay Look at you with your vajazzled racks Are you going to vajazzle anything else I still sniff their hair too and I am really looking forward to sniffing that newborn milky smell as my two don't smell like babies anymore

moon I'm so glad your bosses were understanding, that does make such a difference. Good luck for your appt on Thursday - we're all here for you and just think of it of a step towards getting your baby.

Oh and I'm super excited about our new small panters 4ever and barbie

Like neeko I am seriously knackered. My nights currently go something like this - 1am either small child comes in wanting the toilet, or I need the toilet. Get back into bed, baby wakes up and starts kicking me like mad. After about 1 hr of tossing and turning, go back to sleep until approx 3.30 am when the same thing happens again. I tell you, I'm incubating a bloody kung fu artist!!! Love feeling the kicks but NOT in the middle of the night.

My urine infection has gone but when I phoned the GP yesterday for the test results, they didn't find anything. So who knows what is going on . Anyway, after the slight panic last week that PE might be starting again, I did get into the loft at the weekend and bring down a load of the baby stuff we had up there. So much stuff - we had 2x of most things and then some!! Its now all shoved into the baby's room until I can sort it out. I need my sister to get pg so that I can offload a lot of it to her once we've finished with it.

Right, must go and do some work. I'm not exactly productive at the moment...

Helllooooo!! Did I kill the thread again

Hope you are all ok