Hi everyone, MrsA I've been checking up on you on Facebook and it really sounds as if you've been making the most of your wait 
I agree with ILTMIMI that I felt that I had more energy when M came along, than when heavily pregnant.
So many pregnancies here it's great.
re Lego - hadn't really thought of starting M on it, she has loads of duplo and that's fine for her. DD1 has lego, but really is more of a playmobil girl. I was tempted to give some to M but I actually think she'll appreciate it more later.
M loves drawing, she also likes writing M 
and will fill pages with it! Mind you, most of all she likes TV and sweets so we ofthn have a bit of a battle on our hands. She's a cheery childd though and very loving and regularly tells me that she misses me.
Bec green cakes sound lovely
M is in a high backed booster, her seat was being washed so she went in DD1's seat and basically refused to go back. She's quite big and sits better in it and it's soo much easier. I felt really bad at first.
I'm OK - have my ups and downs. The kids seem to be settling OK. M doesn't cry anymore when she goes to exH's house although DD1 tells me she's a real pain when she's there which is terrible. There's the odd time when I don't see them for 3 days which is horrible.
DD1 haven't settled really well at first is probably more affected. She's not sleeping well, was wetting the bed again but that seems to have calmed down. It's her temper though. She gets so angry and usually directed at me. It's horrible to long to see your children and then be told your the worst mum in the world 
ExH is finally back at work (after 3 months off). 2 days after he was back he asked me if I'd done something and when I said I'd been snowed under he said 'welcome to my world I'm always snowed under!' accused me of having months off each summer (I work in education and have the marking and evening work but not the holidays!) so back to his usual self.
He seems to have used his time coonstructively while off as the girls keep talking about Margaret who is there most evenings and trips out, certainly at the weekend. I'm really angry that he could have considered it OK to introduce them to another woman but daren't say anything as I think I'd give him the upper hand by asking too much. I suspect this has been going on longer than the time he's been off. I think it's someone he works with, and I think it's someone who's house he's stayed out after works night out for a while - makes you wonder.....
It's just that practically he was so unprepared for moving out, I was the one who got stuff together for his new house ... but he's moved on so quickly. We'd been together for 18 years.
It's been hard that he still has the same control living somewhere else. If I want to take the kids to see my family I have to grovel for an extra few hours and he's just told me he's taking then to see his family for 5 days over Christmas (which makes sense as they're in Ireland) but when he's made it so hard for me ....
If I disagree with him over anything I seem to be 'punished' by his lack of flexibility wrt the kids. I got really upset when he said I couldn't do some Christmassy things with the kids that we've always done (with my friends as well) as the only day people could make was a Sunday (his day!)
Anyway, I'm sure I'll get used to it. I have good friends, but they have young kids too so are with their families at the vunerable times. I just wish I wasn't thinking about it all the time.
On the positive side I'm looking forward to Christmas, I'm afraid I've spoilt the kids a bit. I've managed to getsome extra work which should pay for it all I hope.
Sorry for such a long post, off to read more of what you've been doing