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Emmsy's ladies lets roll into spring together! Bring on some sunshine!

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4everhopeful · 06/02/2012 13:39

About time I start a thread! Pom poms still shaking, bumps growing, babies and toddlers talk a plenty, while the support, laughs, hand holds and weebling continues...

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4everhopeful · 29/05/2012 19:07

Thank you vjay my lovely, we just went blank on what to do, but yes pain was definitely worse for first half hour and now she's playing with her toys, still no swelling but will keep an eye on her..

She is a brave wee thing indeed and your cuddle has been given! Smile

Thanks again sweetie X

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BlueMoon1981 · 29/05/2012 21:49

Aww 4ever poor summer hope she's ok, those wasps are little buggers. I've never liked them since I was on a German exchange trip when I was about 10/11, I was wearing a denim jacket one day with those little holes in the sleeve where the button does up, and one of the little buggers got in the hole and stung me multiple times up my arm Shock Loved the beautiful pictures of summer and the cake was pretty amazing.

Ooh happy birthday blue 21 again huh Wink Thanks Wine from me too.

neeko no not nervous at all, just very excited Grin and a bit giddy Grin only thing I'm worried about is messing up my words! No we dont have a honeymoon planned as we cant afford one, so we've asked for money instead of presents and will hopefully get away somewhere later in the year. I've still taken 2 weeks off work though, its not like you can get married and just go back to work is it :)

to all the other ladies, and hoping that cupcake and mls are both doing well.

MummysLittleSunbeams · 29/05/2012 22:19

Happy birthday blue, I bet you haven't had too many birthdays with weather like this eh?

4ever how is your dd now? I haven't checked your pics as I'm on my phone but I will as soon as I'm next on my laptop.

cupcake what weight was your ds2 the other day & how is he sleeping at night?

moon I'm sure you won't fluff your words, my biggest worry was bursting into tears but when it comes to the ceremony you slip into some sort of autopilot so I'm sure you'll be eloquent as well as radiant!

Well believe it or not my ds Grin has teeth!!! I spotted two tiny white things poking through his gums at the weekend, I asked the midwife today who confirmed they are indeed teeth! Also he now weighs 7lb 14, so he's lost less than 10% of his body weight which means my boobs are working, hurrah!

littlebellsmum · 29/05/2012 22:20

happy birthday blue and a hug for Summer - poor little monkey. Based on the screaming that DH did when he got stung, they hurt a bit but antihistamine cream was a miracle.

MLS seems to be enjoying her babymoon on FB - her baby has teeth!!

just been making the jubilee cupcakes - looking forward to a great weekend :)

BlueMoon1981 · 29/05/2012 22:35

mls Shock teeth ?! Its a good job he came when he did or he'd have been chomping his way out.....

cupcakefairy · 29/05/2012 23:28

Oh wow mls that's so funny he has teeth! Well maybe teething won't be such a pain for you then if he's used to it so early in life :)
Ds weighed 9lbs 9oz at weekend so still a chubber Grin he fed constantly on days 4 & 5 (and through nights too) to the point I was getting quite emotional at being chained to sofa & not able to play with ds1, but he's settled a lot more yesterday & today and had great night last night of only 2 short wakes so felt much happier today.. he's just dropped off now after cluster feeding all evening so we'll see how he does! We're hopefully all going out to playgroup in the morning which I'm looking forward to so need some sleep!

4ever hope poor little s is ok now :(

moon lovely to have 2 weeks off, hope the weather holds out for you!

And happy birthday blue! Got in just in time :)

BuddhaBelly · 30/05/2012 04:14

Blue belated birthday wishes my lovely (i blame the intermittent signal on holiday for lateness)
Moon So excited for you about your upcoming nuptials you'll be surprised how your nerves melt away once you get to the end of the aisle Smile
4ever Poor S and the wasp Sad hope she feels better now. Sorry to see you've had to postpone holiday, although what better reason to do so Smile

Glad to see the new babies are behaving with weight and feeding.

Sorry for my random posts, I'm a bit low at the moment so taking a little step back. Hope to be back full time shortly Grin

4everhopeful · 30/05/2012 10:03

My brave soldier is all good thankfully after her horrible encounter! She has been quite infatuated and calls all flying insects 'bee' but blows them kisses and seems quite enamoured,Hmm so hopefully she will steer clear now! The worst thing is I saw her kneeling down fiddling with something, and thought it was a flower/grass/ant/ladybird (gaston!) and seconds later she screamed out.. Sad Still, thankfully no reaction, or even swelling so relieved about that, she's a little soldier bless her! Grin

Buddha just we just tx, but sending you heaps of holiday babydust and hopefulness, and in the meantime, enjoy lots of Wine and sandy walks on the beach! Glad the weather is holding out for you too!

Moon oooh your encounter sounds awful! You must be sooooooo excited! You will be fine, true, adrenylin sweeps you along on the day! just remember to take a moment, just you and DH Grin to say - wow! we've done it! After all the months of planning the day goes so fast and everyone wants a piece of you! Its fabulous though! Will be one of the best days of your life! (The next will be in about 9 months! Wink Grin)

MLS OMG cant believe your little man has teeth already! Great about his weight too! Gold top eh? Wink

Cupcake hope you got out to playgroup? Must feel lovely to go and show off your new addition! Hows J adapting?

Vjay lovely lady in my hour of need bless you! Is it still sunny up there?

Blue hope you had a faberoony birthday! Grin

Calling Barbie? Hmm has she been on fb and in touch with new mummies? Most unlike her to just dissapear?!

Neeko why thank you for your comments on the cake! You too Vjay Must say Im quite proud, took me longer than it took Mls to go into labour and give birth! Shock Grin Thankfully Summer had a 3hr nap that day! 4 homemade choc sponge cakes, sandwiched and covered in choc buttercream, swiss rolls covererd in buttercream as turrets, with ice cream cones coated with melted chocolate and jelly diamonds as windows! Flags made with stickers and cocktail sticks! Grin Must admit one of my best mates did one similar for her DD so did pirate the idea!

Talking cakes, what have you planned for the jubilee weekend then LBM and ladies? Any street parties going on?

Am off for our treatment tomorrow, same consultant, but his clinic in Kensington, amazingly DHs blood screening, which is normally a palava, all came back on time from his docs yesterday and faxed over, so ready to go! Grin We get there at 9am, he gives his pints of blood, its biked to the lab to have white cells and plasma extracted, we will go home to wait, then back in the afternoon to have it injected into me! Everything x'd and prayers prayed that its the same magic miracle cure as with Summer... Smile I do feel last time, we were too late, as i was nearly 6wks, and also a different procedure of injections, different consultant, and clinic, and alot of drama to organise.. This time its our lovely original consultant and I'm only 4w2d sooooooooooooo.... Prayers appreciated fron the religious amongst you!!!! Smile Grin

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4everhopeful · 30/05/2012 10:06

pint of blood doh! Lots of other typos and grammatical errors too! Sorry neeko! Blush No time to correct, must rescue poor Summer from her crayons!

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4everhopeful · 30/05/2012 10:57

Cute moment, Summer has pretty much perfected counting 1-10 & when I say 'how old are you?' she says '2!' in her cute little voice and goes and hugs her giant number 2 balloon! So adorable just had to share! x Smile

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cupcakefairy · 30/05/2012 12:32

Ahh 4ever that's so cute! Ds1 (feels so weird writing that) is learning counting too & loves the number 2 for some reason! Will have to put a big 2 on his cake :) have been searching for ideas for it.. he's obsessed with Charlie & Lola so would love to theme it on that but seems you can't buy little plastic figurines of them :( (i wouldn't attempt drawing them in icing!!) So will have to be something simpler I think.. need to get my skates on though!! Forgot to say your pics are lovely, amazing cake, and vjay is right summer looks sooo much like you! :)
Glad all getting sorted for the treatment will definitely he praying!

buddha so sorry you're low lovely :( you know we're always here if and when you need to vent and we all understand the need to step back.

moon ooh I agree with 4ever take 5 mins just you & dh Grin on the big day..it will stay in your memory. When dh & I did in a little side corridor of our reception venue I showed him the garter I had on under my dress just as a waiter walked out of the door next to us GrinGrin so excited for you. And yes 4ever is also right that bfps come in batches on this thread :)

We made it out to playgroup this morning which was lovely, Seb behaved well I was v proud of my boys :)

4everhopeful · 30/05/2012 12:47

Ahhhh cupcake at you talking about 'being proud of your boys!' Grin Glad playgroup went well, must of been special...

Also Smile at your garter moment with Dh! Another newlywed advised taking a quiet moment to us, we had a moment under a tree by the lake and return to it on most anniversaries! Smile

A thought about DS1's Smile birthday cake, sainsburys, and other places do those photo cakes so maybe Charlie & Lola could be incorporated that way, perhaps including a pic of DS1, and then you could add your own finishing touches?

Prayers very gratefully received, thank you! Grin

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VJayazzle · 31/05/2012 14:08

Hello,
4ever I'm glad summer is ok, cjay got stunk by a bee once and is now petrified of all things insecty (good job I checked this cos first time round I wrote incesty Shock),

buddha how you feeling lovely, sorry you're down, if you want to chat were always here. {{{hug}}}

mls teeth!!!! Shock wowzers!!!, but I did laugh at moons chomping his way out, very twilight Grin

Well I've got dh back Smile, drove down to first William yesterday and picked him up, limping and blistered but happy Smile. He did nearly 100 miles in 5 days and raised a fair bit for teenage cancer trust. Well done pjay Grin

VJayazzle · 31/05/2012 14:09

4ever forgot to add honking of you today and hope its all going ok xx

VJayazzle · 31/05/2012 14:10

Stunk by a bee? Amazing!

VJayazzle · 31/05/2012 14:11

FFS what is up with me today???? Fort William, and I'm thinking of you 4ever not honking you!!!

barbie1 · 01/06/2012 14:05

Bonjour!

Sorry, sorry, sorry for disappearing!

We had Internet, then no internet then unpredictable Internet....you get the picture. Manged to post on fb on my phone but couldn't get up mn Hmm

Haven't had time to catch up with any news, although did see mls had a boy, iggy is pregnant and not much else.

Internet is much better now dh has drilled a fricking big hole in the wall Hmm Grin so hopefully I can catch up with you all and let normal posting resume.

Oh and I'm on a different mobile number, the guy in the shop kindly wiped out all of my uk contacts Angry hence no text from me.

If anyone wants to sum up the last missing month for me, feel free!

Speak soon, missed you all xxx

barbie1 · 01/06/2012 14:16

Skimming the thread, I have missed birthday, so belated birthdays to the ones I have missed

Congratulations to the two gorgeous boy babies of mls and cupcake fab names too....

4ever grinning ear to ear for you, I have everything crossed....

moon hope I haven't missed the wedding??????

Still reading back soon...

VJayJubilee · 01/06/2012 16:00

Welcome back barbie, tis good to see you. Have you caught up yet?

Looky Crown

4everhopeful · 01/06/2012 20:38

Bonjour barbie! Welcome back! How's french life treating you? Grin

Vjay your posts yesterday made me Grin with your honking of me and stunking bees! Grin

Treatment tis done Grin was a long old day, am hoping with all my heart it was worth it and have been doing positive visualization that my body is now laying on a lavish welcome party to accomadate this baby with a warm comfortable home for the next 8 months..... Smile

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4everhopeful · 01/06/2012 20:40

Love the Crown [queen] [jubilee] vjay if I've not worked it out, how do ya do it! Smile

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4everhopeful · 01/06/2012 20:41

Ah hah, crown it was!

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BlueMoon1981 · 01/06/2012 21:07

Welcome back barbie you've been missed. Hope all is well with you. Nope you havent missed the wedding yet, its next Friday! In a weeks time I will be a married woman Grin

Nice to see buddha popping in too, completely understand that you need to step back a bit, I've done it many times, we're here when you need us.

4ever so pleased you've sorted out all your treatment, keeping everything crossed for you that its a well deserved happy outcome this time. Think you're being very brave.

Vjayjubilee loving the name change! Crown

Coming on to remember my 2nd lost lo. Its 3 years today since I started bleeding. And we lost him/her a week today, so know that our wedding day will also have a quiet few minutes to reflect. And dfs birthday on our wedding day too, lots of emotions, I must remember to pack plenty of tissues!

cupcakefairy · 02/06/2012 16:15

Hi barbie! Good to see you..hope all going well over there. Will you be meeting monkey?

moon massive hugs for your sad anniversary..can't believe it's been 3 years :( but how lovely in a way that the date next week will now be your wedding anniversary too..some much happier memories.

mls if you're interested ds2 was 9lbs 14oz yesterday Grin what's your ds now? & how's feeding going with those chompers??

cupcakefairy · 02/06/2012 16:17

Oh & 4ever thanks cos you gave me the idea to go hunting for Charlie & Lola rice paper decorations.. got some on eBay to stick on ds's cake. Have had a little practise today & looks good so I'm pleased.. won't be as amazing as your fairy castle but I'm quite excited about my first proper cake decorating!