April 2009 Episode 15 Bebe & BB have babies n stuff

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Ta da

I'm up for a meet. I bet Lulu would be too, she has a gorgeous new baby to show off.

Just checking in.

My house is a shithole, so I have nothing to add to the ongoing conversation . Hope you're all well.

Me me, I'm up for a meet up in the Summer hols - desperate to get a sniff of Lulu's wee baby's head.

J turns one on Monday how has that happened?

p.s. Zulu - my house is also a shithole if it helps.

Well, much online shopping has happened. New gold tapestry cushions from Ebay, new chandelier style lightshades in hallway that make it look a lot brighter, blinds (wrong type, so they will have to be sent back, but at least we're a bit nearer than before), kitchen knobs ordered (ditto), curtains sent off to be cleaned and re-lined, some basis repairs done that were hanging over us, etc. It's actually all rather fun seeing it come together.

Boff sounds like you're progressing fast! :) Sounds like loads of fun. I've not done much this last week as I've been ill with achey cold along with both girls. Tho I managed to gather pretty much every toy together in one room so that I can sort them this weekend hopefully and cull a few stuff toys...
I cannot believe how much bigger my living room is without any toys in it!

and no worries girls my house pretty much always looks like a bomb-or multiple sequential explosions have gone off... but I'm hell bent on getting it sorted this summer because I'm really hoping to be able to have a 'reasonable' house so that I can get some work done come Sept when Moo goes off to nursery

as for a meet up...I always say I'll try and never really manage so I'll just lurk around your planning and see if I get my nerve up to get out that way with just me and the girls

I am going to install a jacuzzi! If the loan comes through! One of my teenage lifestyle dreams is about to come true!!!!!!

Where is Nutty? I need bathroom design advice again! Nuuuuuuuuutttttttttsssssss!

Party at Boffs house!

Bring your swimsuits, ladies, and I will serve Fish Mingers and champers as we bubble away.

lol :)

help me with bathroom decor?

Got my ensuite bathroom painted. :) now i want the picture for it and a nice white floor sitting corner cabinet to hide the cleaning supplies...

Boff i was thinking abt the 'use table runners to dress the beds' idea and i thought what an interesting idea and made me think of the posh hotels I've been in. One had a really lovely woven one and then I thought well i could weave something up...and then I thought actually I already have some I could use as they were rectangle 'shawls' I wove up that ended up too thick when washed because of shrinkage :) dh is going to be so pleased

Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine, while it lasts! DD1's first day of her first ever summer school holidays today and it somehow feels like it's my school holidays too

MIL is putting pressure on and wants both girls to come and see her for a few days (she's 4 hours drive away from us). I don't feel ready for that and I think Hazel is still way too young, especially as I don't trust MIL 100% to keep her safe, what with her various food allergies and epipens. I am not even ready to let Hazel go camping with DH for a weekend for god's sake! AIBU?

I should add, Hazel has not even been at a friend's house or party without me yet, and only ever been away from me for one night.

So far I have left the girls twice. The first time was for one night and they stayed here while my sister came to sit. The second time they went to my Mum's overnight. I am getting better but it has to be baby steps for me.

I wouldn't be happy leaving them with anyone else though so I don't blame you re MIL especially if you don't trust her to manage Hazel's allergies properly.

I would do it but stay in a hotel nearby. I would also sit MIL down and brief her once again on the allergies, why it's serious, and what the consequences would be if she went off piste. But then I am perpetually desperate to offload my children!

Schulte I think I would be just as concerned given your position. So it depends on trust and how much you need/want the time, and how mush strain it would put on my relationship with mil.
As me, with my mil, I think I would do as Boff because I am in dire need to be away, but would still need to be close.

Thanks ladies! I thought other mums would understand DH just thinks I am being clucky.

Hello

Blimey decorating (I just about manage to clean up the crap on the floor, I haven't even thought about walls!)

Hope everyone is ok x

Hello,
Haven't posted for ages, hope everyone is OK.
A starts "school" in Sept. Am a little worried, as he is a very obstreperous little thing, given to shouting at people and refusing their authority.
He's also obsessed with pee'n'poo, and sings "caca dans ta culotte, pipi dans ta culotte" endlessly. Found him in the garden one day yelling at some blameless individual getting into a car, "T'es caca ou quoi???". (don't think translations are needed here!).
Delightful, really. I'll be the red-faced mother the teacher has to have a word with at the end of each school day.

:) Auld! How funny, how did things go with the house in the end (sorry if I have missed that!!!)

Yep, very funny - if it's not your kid, BB. I admit that I hid when he was shouting in the garden, as I thought the man might be a passing visitor to the town and would never know that that horrible child was mine.

House is a long, sad, sorry saga and we came within a hair's breadth of divorce in spring when DH put in an offer on a tiny, horrible flat in the centre of 'his' town w/o even talking to me about it and the fallout led to vile rows and him saying some very cruel things I am still trying to get over.

In the meantime, we have rented a house in the town we have been in for the last 7yrs, because we had to find somewhere to live. But I have caved and said we'll move to his town next year. Though since he announced over the holidays that he has no time to visit any flats/houses there, I may just not do anything about it either (insert passive agressive emoticon here).

How's life with 3??