Feb 2011: the one where the babies are destruction machines

[ChestnutsREASTIEingOnTheFire]

...or is that just mine?

Morning ladies,

Claudia woke at 6 this morning and DH is being a grumpy bear at the moment but [dances] I DON'T CARE [dances] because I Have A Job Offer!!!! . I am now playing hard to get and waiting it out until next week before I accept as I think I might get an offer from another place that I slightly prefer.

But, life has just got a bit less stressful, Claudia's first shoes won't be made of tree bark and string, she won't be raised on gruel and leaves, with a slice of mouldy bread on Sundays, I won't still be ramming a 3yr old into a bulging infant car seat, and more to the point, we can go skiiiiiiiing! [nods to Borg].

Hoorah, victory is mine [dances].

Sorry, that's very me me me me me me, and err...did I mention I have a job offer?

OK, shutting up now.

D

Delia - a job offer, well done!! Such a relief to have something, fingers crossed that you get the other offer as well.

44me - I'm LOLing at "Arsey".

Borg - come over to the dark side of Facebook. L blew a snot bubble a few weeks ago and it made me think of Nate.

Just a quick one from me to say thanks for birthday wishes for A, yesterday was cracking I loved it I think she did too

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA!!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEO!

Hope you both have very special days and get spoiled.

Better go as I'm at work and need to look busy

Baby gone early, his dad in night shift so he picks up him earlier. j have a wee 20 mins before school run time.

Delia - well done you with the job offer, I how they keep rolling in!

Wiggles- hope your enjoying hell softplay.

Ledkr- did Ella get the hamsters? I souls love one but Dh is a wimp.

I had Jehovah's at the door earlier, they couldn't get away fast enough when I told them I'm atheist and the reasons why.

Oh Dh is back later and I think I'm about to ovulate, so I you see me on here after 6pm give me a kick and a shove!

blizy pom poms out ready for 6pm cheering and waving

delia fantastic on job offer, you Amazon you! Well done! Your post made me laff as well :)

expat are we friends on FB? I'm i.a.i.n g.r.e.g.o.r.y (without dots, obv). I want to see the cute walking video!

Happy Birthday to Anna and Leo

Go delia go delia - you'll have them fighting for you soon

blizy to us kicking you out

ledkr has ella named the hamster? We always used to have guinea pigs when I was growing up - my last one was a gender confused male called Sir Smeogal Didymus

ponyo glad yesterday went well

deb yuck yuck yuck.

Was due to visit Granny this afternoon but have had to postpone due to cold - that's nearly 3 weeks I haven't been able to go as Alice or I have been coldy. Isn't it amazing that in september she was given a month to live and she's still here.

Tried to vacum out the car this morning - think Alice thought how dare I and SCREAMED the street out the whole time in her buggy while I tried vacuuming. Had to give up

Oh, I can sense an awkward moment - our neighbour asked DH if he could do some work on his garden (DH a gardener) so DH went over and priced and told me elderly neighbour was a bit at DHs rate. DH come home early to do the work for this neighbour and is doing it now. Neighbour is out. DH told me neighbour hasn't actually confirmed he's willing to pay his rate (DH's words 'he didn't say no...' ). This neighbour has been my neighbour since I was born (remember I moved into my parents old place?) and has done quite a bit of work over the years for my mum and me for free (he's a retired plumber) so I felt bad DH was charging the neighbour for the work, let alone seemingly doing it without proper confirmation he was willing to pay for it (it's like £80). It's all going to be hideously awkward isn't it

I meant gender confused female

reastie does DH know the family history? TBH I would expect him to do it for free. That doesn't help much, does it, sorry Lovely to hear your Granny is still going strong, hope you can visit soon :)

Hi ladies, and a big Happy Birthday to Anna and Leo! Plus belated to Nate and Anya obvs xxxxx
Thanks for the shtty story deb* maybe it will induce me to stop eating chocolate also?
Happy babymaking blizy!
Well done delia, you will be taking your pic of lovely jobs I think.
Glad we all seem to have nice Valentines Days, DP and I agreed not to bother this year, we just had a nice meal (cooked by me, hmmmm!) and a bottle of champagne, I then took pity on him and dragged on some vaguely saucy attire and a massage bar :) God champagne has a lot to answer for!
Just enjoying Cass's late afternoon nap :) I swear, I put a little duvet in her bed rather than using her gro bag for naps and she sleeps soooo much better, and looks heavenly all snuggled under her duvet also..... Is anyone thinking of ditching the grobags at night time yet? I'm not sure if she'd stay under a duvet all night but it seems to work really well during the day?

reastie - I would expect him to do it for free too. I'm assuming it's just a few hours, right? Write it off as a good gesture towards a neighbour. Maybe it was the noise that Alice didn't like? L screams around hand dryer thingys in public toilets and when I'm steaming milk with the espresso machine (similar noise). He doesn't seem to mind the hoover though.

blizy - It's ridiculous that I'm so excited about someone else's sex life. DH kept forgetting when I was ovulating so I set up a reminder in Google Calendar for him so he got an email every month. Of course, he never got to use it because I got preg that month (after 11 months of trying).

debka - I had wondered who you were [eyes creepy man disguised as debka cautiously]. Will add you tonight as FB is blocked at work.

deb yes he does know the family history he just shrugged and said he wasn't giving up his time for free to do it . I'm trying to keep out of it but feel so as I think he should have done it (or some of it) for free too. You see, maybe it's as we are country folk and he's a londoner

cass interesting what you say re: duvet. We are still using grobags (they stop her standing up so easily in her cot ) but we have a cot duvet but I've been too scared to use it incase she moves in her sleep and gets too hot and airless underneath it [pfb]

Well we have 2 new babies,Candy and Floss the hamsters.Ella is on cloud 9 and Dilly looks bereft. She has just eaten a massive bowl of Taglatelli-sp?with Lloyd Grossman sauce she laughs in the face of Annabel Karmel.
She is currently eatin an ice cream cone with the obligatory bitten off pointed end.

deb Ill be back on the sw next week,i keep losing and regaining the same 7lbs,was going to run with Els this week but me boob has been so sore,im pretty useless in half term tbh made pancakes for brekkie and had hot cross buns for snacks.
I should think the vomitting was do do with the pooh consumption wasn't it deb? ugh.Hope she is ok now.
Dh watching footy tonight i may go to bed with my book i feel shattered from my 6am start.
Dsis seems to be in slow labour,i get texts every 3 mins with questions about poohing and pains and vaginal secretions

Aw x posted.
reastie id say free or very cheap yes.
mizk I cant wait to make Dillys cot all cosy with a nice duvet and proper bumpers,she does have agro bag or fleece suit but also blankets which she mostly keeps on.
american Listen to you with the posh coffee machine I dont fancy the book of face with my job Dils actually loves the hoover,she follows it about for the warm air.
Happy birthday babies.
blizy heres to a sucessfull shag lol. We are all going to go mental when you concieve,it will be like having loads of bossy sisters. I presume you will tell us before everyone else,like your Mum and dh

Ledkr- I may even tell you all before Dh!
Hope your sis is ok and has an easy rims of it. Oh and congrats on the new arrivals

I know what time it is, Dh is taking me out for dinner to nandos. I will jump on him later.......

Reastie- yes I would do the job as a freebie/ goodwill gesture.

Happy birthday Leo and Anna! Welcome baby hamsters! Sorry to dash but A is on her v short day at school and I ought to get on. Will post later!

americanexpat Happy Birthday Leo

Many thanks on As birthday wishes but I have been a very lax Mum - Wednesday is my Mums morning with A, so I took her there this morning, then spent the morning and most of the afternoon, wiping my sisters fevered brow and telling her she's not a crap Mum because she forgot to put a cardigan on the baby [bless] I also managed to get my sister out of the house for an hour or so, she is feeling a bit more like herself

ledkr Anna follows the hoover around too, trying to sit on the warm air Welcome Candy & Floss!

blizy managed to avoid soft hell play, my sister needed me more and funny enough Mr W wasn't over keen on taking the girls himself . Fingers crossed for tonight (I know it sounds a bit creepy but you know what I mean )

deliaskis A little bird told me you had a job offer Well done

I don't think she'll care, wiggs! I don't think soft play is one aspect I will miss when we grow out of this phase.

Congratulations delia! Hope you get the one you want.

Sending lots of sleepy vibes.

OOh wonder how blizy is getting on

Congratulations delia, well done! Really hope you get the one you really want, but it's always good to know you have something lined up.

Happy birthday Leo and Anna!!!

ledkr any more news from your sis?

reastie we had a rabbits called Sir Humphrey Brocklehurst and Lord Fotheringay Smythe

Expat N used to be terrified of handdryers, blenders, hoovers etc. but seems to be okay how. I am still using it as an excuse not to hoover though.

44me you should write a wee book of Thomas and his wise sayings, he is hilarious

mizk I have made Ns cot up with bumpers and duvet as it looks nice won't bloody sleep in it though

I made a banana cake for N today, twas a special baby cake (sorry wiggles and ledkr for being all pfb) with wholemeal flour and no sugar, he wolfed it down. I may have had a petit massive slice.

I took N to get his first ever shoes yesterday, he rampaged round Clarks flinging all the shoes about and generally being his usual happy slightly nuts self, but as soon as shoes went on his feet he went beserk. I have bought some cruisers as the lady thought a bendy/light shoe might be better but he screams when they go on. I managed to get him to walk a bit in them but he very dramatically acted as if they were the heaviest things ever then lay down on his front like a tantrum . Just wondered if anyone else has had this reaction?

Hi again,

aww you lot have made me want to get A a nice snuggly duvet for her cot- we're using a longer grobag and it twists around a lot and and looks uncomfortable sometimes

Borg yum banana cake, even without sugar. We've put A in little shoes every now and then, not proper Clarks ones, she doesn't have a shitfit tantrum like N yet, but looks confused and they seem to impair her walking and make her fall over Will you persevere with the shoes?!

wigs aww to your sis, sounds like the kind of thing I would have said. Hope A has had a lovely day :)

ledkr any news from your dsis? at vag secretions

Oooh I'm going to share something v exciting on here (because I can), my dsis has stopped taking her pill so they are officially ttc Although she did mention that they would have to be dtd to get pregnant but oh well...

reastie anything re: neighbour? I agree with the others as per usual

We're watching a programme called Grimm on Watch channel, its ok am unsure about it at the mo. ledkr and blizy and borg (and anyone else) Walking Dead starts again on Fri - woop!

ponyo I still haven't watched the last series of the walking dead . I have also missed the first episodes of true blood [gutted]. I need a TV weekend in PJs with ice-cream, crisps etc and no baby.
Not sure re shoes, might take them back if he carries on like this, they cost £24, that's more than my bleddy shoes! I'll have a barefoot baby and risk the wrath of old biddies everywhere

borg Anna walked like Frankenstein for the first few times in her shoes You did well, only paying £24 . I think As were £32!

Four4Me Happy Birthday Archie

Deliaskis Happy Birthday Claudia

xxxx

The birthday shout out today,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARCHIE!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAUDIA!

delia and 44me I hope you all have a fantastic day! Birthday hugs all around.

Thanks all for the cheering last night
Baby mindee is full of the cold today, I h e a feeling I will be glued to the couch with lots of snuggles.

Hope you all have a good day

I'm sorry but to £32 shoes for Anna wiggles . We've just got Alice in cruisers at the min and I got those for £12 in the clarks sale - she's been in them for 2 1/2 months and had her fitted this week and still plenty of room to grow apparently . I have learn my lesson though - all her next shoes will velcro shut not use those stupid pesky clasp thingys to do them up - drive me mad and Alice hates having them put on.

Happy birthday four4archie and deliaclaudia

ponyo excellent news re: sis - although at the dtd comment. Which reminds me of blizy (nearly typed jane there ) - glad you wern't on here last night [wink wink]

Happy birthday to Arsey and Claudia!

£32! I thought I was splashing out by paying £10 at Mothercare instead of Primark. L is in size 4 - he was born with massively long fingers and toes and it hasn't changed.

ledkr - I hope it didn't sound as if I was stealth boasting about the espresso machine. I'm rubbish at using it, if it makes you feel any better.

L is still in a grobag. When is it OK to give them pillows and duvets? Not that I think he'd use either.