Hey quiche, LOADS to catch up on. Massive high 5s all round to everyone but have been constructing a list of things to say as I have been catching up (will doubtless forget most of it though!)
Congratulations GT, thrilled for you. Look forward to a pic soon. Will you be assigned a letter again for his name?
Horsey, luis, meals, catbag lovely to hear from you guys again. Hope all well.
Bit late but fab news on the weight gain eliza!!!
ditsey hope he is ok - that was very kind to look after him.
sophia Happy Birthday to DD1. Hugs for you.
MM taking your Gran was a lovely thing to do.
donna - are you the next due date?
Hope the presentation went well in the end BPLP. I was presenting too yesterday, 4 hours' worth. My throat is so sore today 
It's our work summer 
party tonight but not sure it will be quite the boozy affair I had planned. How is F today?
PR v nice to have PR back. Some weighty decisions I guess for you guys, sounds tough. But v nice to hear fighting talk.
kyz slow and steady is the way. DH has lost over a stone already and is a smug git. But I am losing too, but at a slower rate. I am trying to see this as a positive thing, weight loss by adopting the long term changes I need to stay healthy.
kirrin hope kirrinhorse continues to make progress. Hope your evening wasn't too bad xx
chasing 
fatima happy anniversary. It was ours at the start of the month, overwhelming sometimes to think about how much has happened since that date.
pidj congratulations and am so pleased that vvvDP's first day went so well!
stunt well done to J for going to sleep on his own. Sounds like you've made masses of improvement in a short space of time, it is inspiring. izzy, how are you getting on? Good news about the possibility of a nursery place after your op.
lily hope O's rash has calmed down.
Wedding abroad talk is interesting pikz and apple. We seriously considered Lindos in Rhodes. Stunning old greek town.
apple glad to hear you sounding better and hope you get on well at the GP apt.
bryzoan DD is a bit, um, territorial over her stuff too. She has actually shoved / pushed S a couple of times. Fortunately he is reasonably robust and adores her, so he's generally stoic about being on the receiving end.
misslaughalot words, how exciting. That must have been so nice to hear!
pass am sure your friend will understand. Hope so.
Having said that S was no where near self settling, DH informs me that on the days when he is at home with the DC, he pops S into the cot, awake, with his soft toy rocket and inevitably his fish slice which will not be relinquished under any voluntary circumstances, leaves the room, and S goes to sleep. 
And DH mentioned this casually in passing. So maybe it is me stopping the self settling process, by thinking S can't do it when he can. Maybe I need to allow it to happen.
I have been v busy at work again, S's cough persists, he also has a runny nose which has been wiped so much he has a bleeding/scabby nostril, but he is his usual smiley happy self, standing and cruising loads, and still eating and drinking like a horse.