Emmsy's ladies - 4 years of weebling - still going strong!

[4everhopeful]

Here's to us ladies! Proud to be part of this - onwards and upwards..

{{{ sabs }}}

Hugs for you Sabs and congrats in your walk, hope you raised lots of money

Ok, that's the initial assessment done. He's got to have observations done at home and nursery next and a hearing test done, then another clinic visit in 3 months time. He is showing asd traits. I asked how long would a diagnosis take, if needed, and it would be 6-9 months which I isn't think was too bad, ds1 was 18 months. Just need to sign the consent form and off we go, another journey, a new familiar path (if that makes sense .
Onwards and upwards and backwards and sideways is the ASD journey

rumours wow you sound so.. Zen.. not the right word but you know what I mean. I really hope you feel at peace with it all and huge well done on getting through initial assessments.

sabs huge hug for you, and huge well done on the walk! Hope it all went well..was it raining the whole time? :(

Sorry to dash got 2 boys sleeping for the next few mins so need to read my book!

Rumours You sound very chilled about it all, but I suppose you've "been there got the t shirt" so to speak. Good news that they seem to have speeded up the assessment route, I hope it all goes as smoothly as it can for you and the family

Hello ladies, I'm back! Fantastic holiday had by all, got the last of the good weather lots of sandcastle making, swimming, and shimmying into the night! Summer had an absolute ball, bless her, such the social butterfly, she was in her element! Must also admit like buddha to being a bit of a snob unsure of caravan hols, but totally sold! We had an ultra modern model with veranda and seaview which probably helped!

Buddha glad you had a goodun too! Shame about tew though, she got me too on day 2 of hols damn her..

Rumours as ever, I'm in awe at your stoic and philosophical approach to what you're dealing with, your boys are so lucky to have you as there mum...

Welcome back barbie sounds like you've been through the mill but are hopefully now getting your mojo back

Cupcake hope you got the gremlins sorted and are still shedding the pounds?! Started me & dh diets monday and already lost a couple lbs, but had quite a headache yesterday from withdrawal

Neeko hope M had a fab birthday? How was the cake? Thoughts for your edd too...

Marking my 2nd angels edd today too...

Talking of birthdays, is it our first girl graduate Saaras 3rd birthday today? If so huge birthday greetings to her and sabs! We need the list! I'm on my phone so can't cut and paste

Right must dash, catch up more later, sorry to those i missed! Collecting my Dmum from kings cross station after lunch, after she spent 2wks with Dsis, I've missed her!

Hi 4ever so glad you had good hols sounds fab! Only lost 1.25lbs last week which I was a bit :( about as I'd been finding it so hard that week.. then I ate chocolate & cake on the weekend cos ILs visited & brought it with them, so inconsiderate! ;) so not expecting to lose anything this week! Going for girls' night curry tonight too ..must find an evening to go swimming!
Yep the sugar withdrawal is the hardest part.. that, and needing a major sugar fix when you're as tired as I am at the mo! Caffeinated drinks are having to do at the mo! Good luck with it all.
Hugs for edd. And how is your sis?

Happy birthday to Saara, sure it is this week.

4ever Hurray for a lovely holiday but not so good that tew joined you as well
Cupcske A loss is a loss so well done in losing more again! I'm back to s/world after 2 weeks off, dreading it as we'll and truly fell off the wagon on holiday

In phone so can't do lust either, will see if I can get on pc to do it later.
Not much to report from the Buddha household tbh just tootling along oh apart from 2nd blood results still show no ov despite opk showing positive so back to gp next week

Lost 2 lbs I'm but very must have been all that running around after E on holiday

I gained a pound it must've been the chips and cake I had last night [groan]

Hello ladies, I think this is the most recent list I could find, but it's from May. Really hope I haven't offend anyone if anyone is in the wrong list but I have just copied and pasted, apart from adding curlyboy to the list.

waiting inpatiently to sit on the bench
sabs

smallpants
4ever
Moon
Monkey
Buddha

mediumpants

bigpants

saggypants
Vjay 01/09/09 BOY Ajay 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
MLS 11/10/10 GIRL Kitty Violet 7lb 1oz
Loueytbg 02/06/11 BOY Oscar Joseph 4lb 8oz
Bakingqueen BOY Luca
QA
Barbie BOY Ralph Henry James
Cupcake BOY Sebastian John 10lbs
MLS BOY Seth James 8lb 2oz
Curly BOY

*section

Quick catch-up. It all seems to be in bits and pieces

Buddha and 4ever good to hear you had a nice holiday but boo to AF arriving. Buddha Hope you get some positive news when you see your GP next week.

Hugs to 4ever and neeko for EDD's and for anyone else I've missed as I'm sure a lot of us had significant dates around this time

neeko well done on your run and the money raised and belated happy birthday to DD1

rumours I'm another one who is in awe of you and the way you deal with these situations. Hope you got the photo I sent you of Saara as requested

cupcake I agree with Buddha a loss is a loss and it would have been rude to say no to the chocolate and cake

louey Boo to working all weekend. Hope things are calmer for you this weekend.

barbie We've been chatting on WA (bet you wish you never gave me your number again with the amount of times I've been accidently calling you ), but hope you're feeling more like yourself again. Yay to someone else liking 50 shades!

moon so sorry for the bfn. don't think we've seen you on here this week. Hope you're feeling better x

Big hugs to blue if you're lurking

lbmakasuperwoman melt at you wanting bb to stay a baby for as long as possible x

Thanks to 4ever and cupcake for thinking of Saara's birthday which is on Sunday. My baby is growing far too fast! She's getting a bike for her birthday which arrived today so will have to find somewhere to hide it until then!

Thanks to everyone for your lovely words marking my mmc anniversary. As I said, this is the only place I can mention it where people understand the significance of it.

Also thanks for your wishes about our charity walk. It was raining the whole time but we had fun all the same raising money for a worthy cause.

Happy happy 3rd birthday Saara!!!

happy birthday saara hope you have a lovely fun birthday xxx

5.75lbs off!!! Started on monday, so chuffed, and get this, DH lost 11lbs!! Been hard, practically cut out carbs (all bread/potatoes/pasta/rice) & sugar, no cake/choc/bics, but clearly its working! Gonna reward ourselves with a couple of roast potatoes today! Will keep the no carbs going for another 2wks then just low carbs and trying not to mix carbs & protein...
Its been a huge learning curve, never dieted before in my life, no understanding of carbs or even what food groups made up carbs or protein so am mightily proud of myself! (& DH too of course!)

Happy birthday Saara hope you've had a fantastic day
Rumours are you back on the wagon yet?
Well done 4ever brilliant weight loss

Almost Buddha

Happy birthday saara! :) hope she loved her bike!
4ever that's fab! And Woah to your dh's loss! it's so hard though isn't it. I had another 2lbs off this wk so 9.25lbs in total so far.. quite pleased with that and have eaten cake this weekend to celebrate dh is also making crumble later which I fully intend to eat.. I do have til August to lose this weight before being a bridesmaid so just taking it slow!

buddha boo about the bloods..hope gp can shed some light.

moon how are you doing lovely?

Happy birhday to the beautiful Saara!

Well done to all you ladies with the weight loss.
DH and I are starting for real tomorrow... Party went well. Cake turned out brilliantly. Very impressed with myself. Have eaten given most of it away to aid the diet tomorrow. Fruit and veg here we come

Too exhausted to write more tonight. Back soon.

wowee, 4ever that is some weight loss - must be really inspiring you to keep going. I'm trying to "do" sliming world without going to the meetings. View is that if I am a really good girl, then I can save myself the £5 a week it costs and don't have to spend 2 hours a week at a meeting . Today went well - I too need to walk away from the cake and chocolate!!

Happy birthdays to all, espeially the lovely S

Hello fellow dieters!
Hope you're all well today. I was very good yesterday. Only another 200 days to go and I should be where I want to be!

Buddha sorry about the blood test. What happens now?

Barbie Are you having any joy with sorting schools etc for the next big move? Have you fallen in love with Paris yet?

4ever Hope you haven't fallen off the diet wagon after such a roaring start. How is S getting on with the new toilet seat?

LBM I too am trying to avoid the weekly fee. It's hard though. How's life with you?

Sabs A belated congratulations on the walk. How much did you manage to raise?

Cupcake I loved your last post. I could ssense your anticipation for the reward cake Are you still feeding DS2?

Blue Hope all is better, lovely. Won't be long until the October hols. Hope you have something nice planned. I'm trying to convince DH for us all to have an overnight to Edinburgh and a visit to the zoo but he's been a bit non-commital so far.

Rumours How are you doing? You sounded quite in control re the assesments etc. Have you anything planned for the holidays? Do you have a graduation ceremony soon for your course?

Back soon. Sorry. Know I've missed loads.

Hello
neeks my graduation will be next April I think, down in Edinburgh, can't wait . As for the hols, really looking forward to Friday, dh is off for the two weeks and were down the road for a few days, taking Christmas presents as that should be the last time were down this year.
I've got the health visitor and speech and language therapist seein me tomorrow, both home visits which is good. Ds2 has a major tantrum yesterday, he threw his toys everywhere in his room and I couldn't calm him, ds1 never did that! I'm also finding myself staying more and more because he's so difficult to take out. I'm going to discuss these points tomorrow.
Laters
Ps blue Thinking of you xx

Warning Self indulgent post alert
Went to GP this morning, she was fab, but is concerned that we are not getting a confirmed ovulation with the bloods that have been taken, last month I only got a faint line on OPK, due to age and length of time we've been ttc she wants to refer me to the hospital once I've had some bloods done and after DH has had his swimmers checked. I know that this is a good thing, but I am feeling really low at the moment. It took us 2 years to conceive the first time, followed by 3 m/cs and then a rather stressful pg and birth, etc etc etc and I seem to be surrounded by people that say "I want a/another baby" and just have one I know this is a very similar rant to everyone else ttc at the moment, I wish I could turn off this feeling of wanting another child, or at least have someone say you will not have another child so I can stop hoping and just get my head around being grateful for E We sorted out the spare room at the weekend and put the pram up in the attic (should have done it AGES ago) but it kind of felt symbolic, I think I kept it out in the hope we would have use for it again
So sorry to go on with the same old crap but just needed to offload in one of the few places I can
Thanks for perservering if you've got this far

Aww buddha have a big hug, it's just so crap when everyone around you gets pg seemingly without effort. I wish I could give you all the answers, but it is good news they are finally looking into things further, so you may well get some answers soon. Have another hug and a xx