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Sept 2008 - no witty title as we're too busy dealing with stroppy 3 yr olds.

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MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 17/02/2012 10:24

Hello all. Couldn't see a new thread so thought I'd do the honours. Sorry for rubbish title, I'm no good at witty! :)

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Meglet · 31/03/2012 10:00

Happy Birthday MrsA!

Debs75 · 31/03/2012 13:39

Have a happy birthday Mrsa

Pacita · 01/04/2012 09:43

Happy birthday, mrsa! I'm 40 already, good to have one of you youngsters join the club!

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 01/04/2012 23:45

Awwww you guys!! :)

I had a lovely day yesterday. DD got moved up to the big guys football (3.5-5yr olds) and then we went for lunch at a lovely gastropub. Afterwards, we had a birthday tea with cake much to DD's delight! Then after we got the kids to bed... DP proposed to me and I said yes! I was gobsmacked - thought he'd never do it as it was never important to him but it was to me. We've not gone public yet as we want to get a ring made (luckily he bought a diamond from Amsterdam years ago and we never got it made into anything so it's just sitting there). Probably getting married when DS is a bit older so we can go abroad and do it. For me, being a divorcee, I don't care where - local reg office is fine.

So things are good and DS is coming on a treat. 4 months on Tuesday and he has the best laughs and really loves to stand - hates being on his tummy or sitting. He's doing well with his milk - 5 bottles a day and still satisfied by them so hoping we can hang on till 6 months for weaning.

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Becaroooo · 02/04/2012 07:30

mrsa Oh, how lovely!!! Many, many congrats to you. I wish you all joy and happiness!

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StarlightDicKenzie · 02/04/2012 09:53

Wow Mrs A! Grin

Fantastic news.

Pacita · 02/04/2012 12:16

Congratulations Mrsa! This reminds me, my DP really had to get his act together on that one...

Meglet · 03/04/2012 20:29

aaaw, that's lovely news MrsA Smile. Congrats!

Kagey · 03/04/2012 21:58

Congrats MrsA and a belated happy birthday!

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 05/04/2012 17:52

Many many congratulations MrsA, on the big 40 and the proposal Smile

Just about surviving the holidays here. I am enjoying the more relaxed pace, but not M's tantrums Hmm

Debs75 · 05/04/2012 19:36

Congratulations on the proposal MRSAGrin

Survived the first week of the holidays, the rain didn't help though. Went to playgroup today and we made easter nests and Robyn painted 3 eggs and herself. Had a great time though and they are both looking very tired so am hoping for an early night. I'm still not feeding Robyn to sleep, just cuddles and a story but she is gettiong a bit resistent so I am still spending up to an hour settling her. SHe sometimes asks for DP but always wants me for that last cuddle to drop off with. A long way to go still before she can stay at my dsis's

Meglet · 05/04/2012 22:02

Easter Break!!! 12 days off work!!

We're off to Heathrow to pick up my globe trotting sister this weekend. She went to Tiffanys in NY today Envy, I went to Morrisons Hmm.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 06/04/2012 07:42

Lol at Tiffanys vs Morrisons. I have conversations like that a lot with one of my friends. She popped to Madrid for the weekend, whilst the only place I popped into was Sainsbo's! Grin I bet it will be lovely to see your sister again. I love seeing people reunited in airports, it gets me all teary Blush

You'll get there with R Debs. Slowly, slowly catchy monkey and all that Grin

Today is a quick visit to Granny's this morning and then making jam tarts this arvo (M's new obsession at the moment). Not strictly jam, but I thought I might try a couple with peanut butter and a piece of chocolate in.

Happy Easter everyone Smile

Meglet · 06/04/2012 15:09

iltmimi I'm very tempted to take my passport, book a flight a couple of hours after she lands. Greet her, hurl the kids at her then before she knows what's happened scarper to the arrivals lounge and fly off somewhere Grin.

Peanut butter and choc tarts sounds good!

The children have been awful today, they keep waking up before 6am. I was trying not to cry on the way back from town after a stressful visit earlier. I simply can't control them, when they're like this. They were hitting me, hitting each other, ignoring everything I asked them and just being terrors Sad. Feel utterly worn down by them these days.

Meglet · 06/04/2012 15:09

I mean departure lounge.

Becaroooo · 07/04/2012 19:34

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digitalgirl · 08/04/2012 21:02

Happy Easter ladies!

Huge congrats to MrsA on your engagement - and belated birthday wishes!

meglet hope kids are behaving themselves today.

Surviving the holiday - i booked ds onto a crash course in swimming lessons so that kept him occupied till Thursday. We've been hitting the parks since then. DS got one full-size Easter Egg today - from a friend of the family (I've been too stingy to get him one) - which we all shared. He's been munching his way through the spoils of various Easter egg hunts he's been on before the holidays though.

I am still, amazingly, pregnant. DS was two weeks old by this point. So for me I feel immensely overdue. I'm also massive (officially). My feet have swollen so much they don't go down overnight. My due date is next Monday and the docs want to discuss an induction then as the baby is measuring off the scale.

Becaroooo · 09/04/2012 14:19

meg I feel your pain Sad My dc have been vile with each other over the past few days...not sure whether its late(r) nights, too much choc, nnot much routine....Hmm

Weather is so rubbish that the plans we made for the next couple of days are now not looking too good (picnics, walks etc)

Went to Ikea this morning (I know!!! I am crazy) It was as hideous as you would expect. Then to sainsbos to get the dc some new clothes whilst they are still 25% off.

Please. some sunshine over the next 2 days Sad

Meglet · 09/04/2012 22:35

bec isn't it shit when they just won't behave for love nor money. We seem to have to go through hours of fighting before they can get to the point of playing nicely. I think it's DS's bossiness clashing with DD's rebellious / stubborn streak that causes a problem Sad. DS tells me and DD what to do, whereas DD ignores (and does the opposite) of what I want her to do.

I forgot about the Sainsburys offer . I did get a 30% Gap voucher today so I'll have to go and have a rummage this week.

Weather forecast is crap this week. But I'm off work so oddly enough I'm not bothered as we're not rushing anywhere. If the sun could return next week when work + school run starts again I'll be relieved.

dg Easter Egg hunts really bump up the egg stash don't they! Luckily the dc's didn't get many big eggs this year and I've started eating their buttons eggs to reduce their stash.

Becaroooo · 10/04/2012 09:47

meg I ate so much choc yesterday I now have a migraine

Sigh....am getting pretty fed up of the fighting tbh but then again they have been indoors for DAYS so perhaps not so surprising.

Weather here actually decent today so ds1's friend is coming round and we are off out - have no idea where mind Smile

Spent £40 at sainsbos and got; 2 pairs of gruffalo pjs for toby and a T shirt and 2 pairs of croc type shoes for ds1 and a t shirt, joggers and a hoodie!!!

MrsArchchancellorRidcully · 10/04/2012 10:06

Hello all and thanks for the congrats - still not announced it publicly but hopefully going to find out about getting the stone set in a ring soon. It's DP's first engagement (at 44 bless him) so he wants to do things properly :)

Hope you get to go into labour naturally Digi and soon you are meeting your newborn!

We've had a very naughty DD all weekend and have fallen back into the old trap of shouting at her, she gets worse etc etc. Sigh. But in general she is OK with me so I can blame DP
DS came down with his first ever proper cold over easter (pretty lucky at 4 months old) and he was full of coughs and sniffles. we had one night where he kept spitting his dummy out cos he couldn't breathe then crying cos he didn't have his dummy in! But then bless him, the next night he slept 7pm till 9am the next day. Not one waking (and he's still in Moses basket, so getting a bit cramped on space). DD wakes more and is still afraid of scary monsters in her room, despite giving her a torch and lots of other security stuff. No idea what to do as it can take half an hour to convince her there's nothing there. She has stopped wetting the bed though.

In other news, I am still loving the Moby wrap and am now looking at a Babyhawk Meitai as i reckon I could also get DD into it on my back as she's petite. So great for hols and we don't have to take a buggyboard.

Keep your fingers crossed for me today - deadline for the IM to file her defence against my small claims court thing. If nothing by the end of today, judgement automatically goes against her and she has to pay me without going to court...........
I got my notes from her and am hugely disappointed to see she has written up my booking in visit notes after she dropped me in labour - they are clearly to cover her back.
We had a long conversation at the booking time about gest diabetes and both DP and I made it clear we believed I did not have GD (for various reasons too long to go into but I wasn't just putting my fingers in my ears and saying lalalala i can't hear you!) and she said fine, we'll just test for sugar every time, which we did and it was clear. her notes do not refer to this and suspiciously talk about how we talked about her right to transfer me if i haven't told her everything (which we didn't). Then surprise surprise, her final note says that the SOM told her I have gest diabetes and she didn;t know so transferred me back.
Bollocks (sorry). We had an indepth discussion about GD and she has made these notes up to cover herself. More to include in the complaint then.
Luckily, doesn't affect money claim as this is black and white - whatever the reason, she needs to refund the money as she didn;t provide service. Bluntly, if she had had a car crash on the way to my labour she would have had to refund my money, as tragic as that would have been.

Rant over. Off to update my complaint to the NMC.

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CappuccinoCarrie · 10/04/2012 20:12

Hi everyone, but most especially MrsA with your engagement and DG who has revealed on fb that she's had her baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were on holiday last week which was lovely. DH has been so overworked and it was wonderful to have over a week of time together with no other pressures. It was DD's 5th birthday while we were there which was lots of fun, and she had a party tea at home today which was exhausting, but she had fun and that's what matters. 5 year old girls are so squealy and I always find it hard with other kids i don't know when they're naughty, or something happens like one spilled a drink all down herself and one fell over and was crying. DH made a cracking cake in the shape of a fairy and we managed to hide it from DD til the party so she was really surprised. She has been given her first Barbie doll. I feel like a small part of me has died.

Now the dishwasher and washing machine are both on, and we've got a lot of left over pizza to eat up!

Meglet · 10/04/2012 22:42

LOL at 'squealy 5yo girls'.

Becaroooo · 11/04/2012 09:16

"She has been given her first Barbie doll. I feel like a small part of me has died." Oh carrie sorry but that made me laugh Smile (and I would feel the same!) Your dh made a cake?

dg has had her baby???? Ooooohhhhh!!! Smile

Took ds1, his friend and toby out yesterday to a park and let them have a McDs for lunch (I only let them have one about 3 times a year - mean evil mummy!) and then I went out to the theatre last night with my aunt...saw Grease...was really good Smile

Ds1 is off to a friends house to play today too so will try and get some jobs done...have done no cleaning at all over the easter hols Blush

Dh back at work tomorrrow Sad Its been lovely having him here Sad