July 2010: C'mon threadbabes: eat like MLIC's; drink like TSC's; smile like Memphis's; laugh like Cakes's; crawl like nearly all of them (except Cake's)... but mainly: sleep like Spireals

[CakeandRoses]

Here we be (phew!)

Hello,

Loads of posts to catch up on. Hope everyone is enjoying the bank hol. We watched most of the wedding, skipped the boring parts.

What did everyone think of the dress? My grandma said 'she cant wear a strapless one like you're going to' IN FRONT OF DP! I was so annoyed!

stac happy birthday to your little boy!

i think i may have overstated the case with 'lots of words' actually chul , it was more like a handful. He was saying 45 words at 18 months tho. He was slower with walking as he didn't walk til 14 months.

I think you and I are one trudy. you share all my worst over-emotional, panicky traits, you poor thing!

A is a noisy eater too, i think it's just her showing enjoyment. She's a noisy bf too which can be embarrassing - she proper sighs and gulps.

Sorry, you've had a shit day mlic. how did w sleep last night?

How's things there tsc?

How's E today kk?

Had a chilled day - watched the wedding all morning, had lunch and then took F and A to the pictures to watch Rio. I They loved it

Quiet night in with a dvd and takeaway tonight. What are all of you up to?

Evening all

Cake I had the same thought about william when I saw camilla. Diana passed away 4 months before my mum the boys are ages with my sis so felt so sorry for them.

Poor W mlic hope he's picked up

Dh what a nightmare! Dp probably didn't even notice

Trudyla R makes mmm noises when she's hungry and when when she enjoys something, like everythings amazing.

Chulita hahaha at the way you were watching the wedding. Is S any better?

Tsc hows your party?

I have had a lovely day with ds and he has 2 friends staying tonight I bet I will regret it . Got some bad news friends mum only has days to live so gutted

that's so sad stac. hope you can be there to comfort your friend

mlic it's because i write an email update to our family about what F (and now A) are up to as we don't see lots of them regularly as they live in Yorks/Brighton so I just checked out the 18m update where I painstakingly had listed the words he was saying and then totalled them. Yup, I guess I am a funny fish

I just wrote this month's update actually. takes flipping ages (like over an hour) but they're lovely to look back on and will be really nice to give F and A when they're older as they are a little snapshot of life at that time. it's brill being able to compare what F was doing each month as A gets older. They are pretty similar actually in terms of personality (both very easy, jolly babies but but not brilliant sleepers tho A is far better than F was) and when they reached milestones (so far anyway). Are your boys?

gah - i'm an idiot asking you about the night. your morning post seems like a long time ago

Cake - a monthly email listing all the words F could say - you do realise that is going to end up on a PFB thread sometime don't you?

I liked the dress though i guess she has to be quite conservative, can't be too racy getting married into the Royals. Thought her sister looked stunning - so did dh, he had his jaw on the floor. Andrew's daughters - rubbish. All that money and any designer they like and that;s what they come up with...

Oh phillipas dress was stunning, wish I had her figure

That is a lovely gesture cakes like a diary of them growing up

Mlic poor E hope he's ok. That's pretty shit about your dh's family

Thanks again for the support ladies sorry its been all doom and gloom. You have all been fantastic xx

I'm just watching highlights of the wedding (yes, I'm that sad ) and I don't think I love Kates' dress but I think it's very appropriate for someone marrying into the Royals.

You can't have anything showing too much flesh, it's inappropriate.

You can't have anything too plain/simple cos it's such a big pageant-y occasion. But those huge meringue-y weddign dresses aren't fashionable anymore. So you need something quite princess-y but not over the top and not too revealing. Which I think she managed.

(If anyone is bothered what I think )

you think that's sad wss, dh and F have been glued to the highlights again this morning!

i'm not a typical wedding dress fan usually but thought hers was perfect for the reasons you said.

beatrice and eugenie's dresses weren't lovely but i was quite disgusted to read some of the vitriolic online comments about their faces/figures etc. you would think they'd committed genocide rather than just being two young women wearing slightly tasteless dresses.

and where is everyone?

oh and we had a reasonable night for a change - A was a pain to get down after her dreamfeed but then sleep til 7.45 with no wake-ups . F slept thru too but woke up at 5.20am which is v v early for him/us but we got him to play in his room so we slept a bit more.

thinking about getting the train to spitalfields market today (after naps) which will hopefully mean lunch in Leons - yum!

what have you all got planned today?

how's your boys today mlic? i'm assuming a bad night judging by your fb status

I'm here, I had a busy day yesterday with S not sleeping from 9am til bedtime despite our best efforts so I couldn't really get online. DH invited a friend over in the evening so from about 3 onwards I was cooking for that, late night and early morning (5.30am) has left me pretty tired and DH is in work so I'm waiting for S to wake from his nap and I'll take the lovelies out for a walk to town just to get out of the house. L is being a little darling at the moment, really cuddly and just fantastic fun to be around so I don't want to push it by ignoring her and mning!

mlic I'd love to get married again for sure and I think wedding planning would be fun but then I've never met a bridezilla so that might make me change my mind.

wss I don't think it's sad, it's a one-off celebration and I thought yesterday was quite fun just seeing everyone turning out for it all.

cake I just wrote L a letter for her to have when she's older, telling her what she was up to etc. I meant to write one when she was born and then on her birthday every year from then but promptly forgot. I've started now though and will do one a year for each of them telling them what they're like, what they've started doing, big things that happened and all that.

Right, off to bag the nappy bag and get my shoes on, hoping S won't sleep mammothly long otherwise it cuts into L's naptime...

I'm here too, watching Dr Who with dh. He took A to the zoo and then the fish market today, it's amazing how much less tired I am when I have a day without her. She's lovely but 3 year olds are just so full on sometimes, it's exhausting. Plus we stayed up till 11.30 last night which is very very very late for me, watching the wedding.

Quick post as i have to get up for work :( this cold/flu has floored me but have to keep going!!
E has a black eye for all who were asking! and a carpet burn on the outside of her eye.
She's now able to climb 2 steps the brat! soo have to get stairgates!
stac i find once you get the hang of slimming world its very easy and doesnt feel like a diet. Although this week i've been really really bad cos i'm not feeling well! not really smart to do that before holidays but hey ho!
Will try and get back on properly later

Hi everyone,
Well we are back from our first family holiday and it was great!! We had a shared house with some friends who have a beautiful 5 month old girl. All went really really well and even D's sleep seems to have improved. Only one wake up per night all week which i did attend to because hes got a filthy cold and has had for the last two weeks, hes quite happy still with it though. We lucked out with the weather and had some lovely days on the beach. DH went surfing whilst we sat and played in the sand, great.
I have tried to catch up and have been reading on and off on my phone all week so i have a vague idea of posts.........
cake did u decide on a theme for the play room? have a nice day at the market today, hope u get to have nice food!
mylife hows W this morning, hows the cio been going?
chu thats a lovely idea about the letter, i have been writing a diary on and off and hope to continue that for a long time, i want to do a scrap book with pics in too but its so time consuming.
memphis hope ur feeling ok good to hear u and dh had a good chat.
wss i liked her dress, its a good job that her sister and her are nice and slim, can u imagine if they were fat heffers like me. I seriously need to loose weight, might cut out carbs or have cerial for lunch, i gota do something!!
OMG D is crawling everywhere and into everything, his favourite thing is to pull all the dvd's and cd's out and play with them, why cant they be satisfied with their own toys!!!!!!
My dh is currently digging cat food out of D's mouth, we had put it up on a higher surface but D knocked it all off and dh didnt pick it up properly so D has had a nice second breakfast!!! Mmmmmm!
Talking of breakfast im still struggling to get anythng much down him. He loves toast with p butter and fruit but wont eat weetabix/porridge etc, i just dont think hes a breakfast kinda guy. Also for those of u that ff hes not taking much from his night time bottle now so hes averaging around 14oz, im wondering if i should drop the 2.30 bottle to see if he picks up on the evening one kwim? im just worried that his milk intake is low, hes having yog/cheese and is eating well in the day so i dont know.
Taken me ages to write this so sorry if i have x posted!
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend x
Sorry for the long post, hope everyone is well

at wss and tsc re my pfb-updates the pisstaking harpies

in my defence (actually this may sound worse), it's not all pfbitis as i'm detail-obsessed anyway, it's a goddamn miracle that I haven't written a macro which pulls it all into excel so i have a graph to show F's word count over the months

so sweet re clara's 'proper princesses'

at 3/4 word sentences at 1yo - chul will keel over at that!

vik nope, still obsessing over it, thank for asking. I'm currently wavering over red indian-lite or toned down-circus-toned but i may find a whole new inspiration for it on our london trip today

glad you had a good hols and D slept better. How many bottles is he having now?

chul the letters for L sound lovely

or should i say 'native american'

morning everyone, im back after finally getting a laptop cable!!!
we went zoo yesterday had a lovely day, i could expect to watch the wedding with L into everything ive just been watching highlights and he was in the cleaning cupboard! he just doesnt rest! I liked her dress i thought the top was lovely but the skirt was a bit dated! dh dont worry about the comment on strapless i think 99.9% of brides have strapless nowadays so it probably didnt give anything away.
L has started kissing now, he loved the giraffes and the meercats, i hated them as they were surrounded my people getting their children to say simples over and over again!!!
kk L fell off the bed thursday, onto wooden floor his eye socket and cheek were red all day and so was the top of his head, then he went and smacked his face full pelt into baby gate, he bangs his head several times a day but the bed was awful i got more upset than him!!
my plans for today was we blitzed the house but dh has gone to bike shop to work on our bikes!

Welcome back memphis How're you feeling now and how are you and dh?

On the train to london, F and A both loving it. We're having a thomas-themed running commentary from F, made funnier as he pronounces 'off' as 'arse' :D

Have decided on coybows and indians as the scheme for playroom now. This means a canvas wigwam style indoor tent, some big cowboy and indians wall stickers from belle and boo < drool >, and Cath Kidston's cowboy print oilskin table cloth for his little table. He already has a little rocking pony and cowboy hat which'll look at home in there :) Now 'just' need to paint the walls and order the stuff and justify the cost to dh (already in progress).

Oh and think about cushions to go in the wigwam, happy days.

Hope you're all having a great day and your evening goes well mlic

The 'hope you have a great day' was meant for everyone, not just mlic

Like the idea of the monthly/yearly letters cake & chul.

My plans for the day involve washing, unpacking, washing, putting away, tidying and more washing. Oh and cleaning all the floors in the house if u get time. Also need to pop to shop for some food and have a friend dropping in later.

L has really struggled with naps while we've been away and so far I haven't managed to settle him today (am trying again) but canvassers aren't helping as dh seems incapable of answering the door ffs

Tsc glad ur feeling better.

cakes not feeling too bad at the moment, dh and I are ok although he is STILL at the bike shop but about to bring back the bike to its new home!!! L had to go doctors again he has a virus that has made both ears inflamed and his throat... no antibiotics just get him to drink lots of water i did try and explain he doesnt drink except for milk, i've even bought another drink cup (think its the 14th one) that hasnt worked so i keep squirting a stringe of it down every so often!
love the idea of cowboys and indians, what about gingham check cushions?