December 2012: 1st birthdays and 1st/2nd Christmasses

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Congrats Spotty

Belly's exploding, look 5 months pregnant.

MiL been deeply irritating - biting butterkist popcorn in half, gobbing it out and feeding it to j. Someone pass the baileys!

Well my MIL nearly blew the whole Father Christmas gig by asking FIL well within earshot of DS1 whether N's trike was the one he helped to build. I "reminded" her that N's trike was from Father Christmas and she must be getting it mixed up with the other one Grandad helped to make for DS1 when he was little. She managed to say it again before finally catching on and shutting up! Other than this she was very well behaved and it certainly doesn't compete with half - eaten popcorn

Massive congrats spotty!
We've had a really lovely day but T has hardly eaten a thing. Offered extra boob but she wasn't that bothered. Hope she doesn't wake up hungry as I'm not going backwards now!
The kangaroos were a hit but got added to the huge pile of stuff they got. I'll fb pics.

Hmm I suppose dp is forgiven he stopped on the way home to move a tree out of the road, reminded me he isn't all bad not many people would bother.

WillYou that's disgusting!

Ds ate loads today and cried when all his food had gone. Both dc were really well behaved considering what a busy day we had away from home. I'm off to eat ds' chocolate then I will be going to bed with my ring on my middle finger as it's too big

Also should I put my ring on the house insurance (is that the best thing to do?)?

Congratulations spotty

Check what the limits are on your policy for individual items. It might be sufficiently covered anyway.

The DC didn't eat a huge amount, but did really well. Although we could hear singing and a harmonica from DD's room after she went to bed.

Congratulations spotty!!

Spotty usually insurance covers individual items up to a named amount. If the ring is worth more than that you have to specifically name it on the policy and it's value. Oh the romance! But I do like a practical woman!!

Thanks we only have contents insurance and I know I had to specify my laptop so I'd better do this as well, especially as I will need it covered for loss outside of the home. Dp and I don't do romance

Beasty that's really sweet! I love watching/listening to them when they think no ones around.

Christmas Day take two today at my mums, one bonus of having divorced parents

Congratulations spotty.

Pleased to hear everyone had lovely day yesterday. Ours was fab too. Both dc were stars even though they'd had very little sleep! We're knackered today.

They hd a crazy amount of presents. Only 5 days till baby lazza's birthday. Can't believe it.

Oh and we skyped in-laws in the morning so they could see dc open their presents & we could say thank you. They hadn't opened any of theirs. We've not heard from them since. Thought we might have got a quick phone call from them or bil.

Congratulations spotty

Belated birthday wishes T
I know the feeling willyou, I feel I look 5/6 months pregnant!
Popcorn! I would have been fuming!

I wasn't very popular last night. DP's dsis and DS when they visit like to go into our DS' room to make phone calls/texts. Well last night after DS had gone to bed they both went in there. I told them to come out as its not fair. If they were sleeping in their beds then noone would be hanging out in their room. Wibu?

That was only bit of drama, otherwise a lovely day. Off to play now.

2blessed I can't believe they thought it was ok to do that!

Lazza you'd think they'd phone to say thank you, maybe they'll do it today.

No YWNBU 2blessed. Who would do that? You treat a sleeping baby like an unexploded bomb too much call the midwife, surely everyone knows that?

2blessed that's just weird!

We've got Xmas day mark 2 with dhs huge extended family.
Loads of flooding round here too, going to have to take a v long way round to take my pal home in a bit.

Nothing like a bit of over catering - just made 42 mini quiches!

Ok so spotty gets a diamond ring and I get....wait for it...a new...recycling bin!!! Yep, romance all the way in our house!! Sadly, I'm actually delighted! He did also get me tickets for Charlie and the chocolate factory and lunch in town in a couple of weeks (and he booked matinee so the boobs can be back for bedtime and he's arranged the babysitter).

Congrats spotty!! What a lovely Xmas present!
Have fun planning the big day.

wl myself & dh decided not to get each other Xmas presents as nothing we really wanted and instead are getting a new sofa!

2blessed that's just odd! Do they have kids themselves? Even so bit odd to go into a kids room to use the phone when they're sleeping. To be fair even if they are not I'd be a bit

Happy Boxing Day everyone!

DP has decided to empty our house out to make way for the ridiculous amount of toys we got. His brother and partner got us 3 of the largest, noisiest toys I have ever seen When DN was 1 we gave him money for his savings/to buy a car seat as requested. They even bought him a set of musical instruments (trumpet/tambourine/drum) for his birthday. Bastards!

DP is now stropping around all sulky as I've not managed to do as much tidying as him. I have however dealt with a teething baby, a poonami (requiring bath and full clothes changed), a leg trapped in a baby gate by me oops, DS' dinner and putting him down for a nap! I could do a shitload of tidying if I didn't have to do anything else!

I'm off to bed soon as have work tomorrow (That's if I can get there with all the rain forecast). I still know people who've been without power since Monday

WillYou your dp is being a nob. Have some

I'm off to work tomorrow too and sat plus sun :( but dh off on my normal days off mon & tues next wk which will be nice.

I'm shattered. After a mammoth 4 hr sleep yesterday, A decided that he didn't want to go to bed. He was just about going down at 11.45 when DD woke up and wet her bed.

She was sobbing her heart out but because she didn't answer DD straight away when he asked why, he just came back to bed and left her. So I went and she wanted medicine because her throat hurt. It must have been bad for her to ask for medicine. Even after dosing her, she didn't get properly to sleep until 1.30. And I was in her bed to make her go down.

Then she was up at 6.30, wanting help getting dressed and going downstairs- but I had to go too.

Now DO has finally surfaced I've come to hide upstairs for half an hour, and get a little peace!

I hope you get some rest Beasty

Congratulations Spotty

Popcorn? That's crazy!

Oh no Fandango. I think most of our family conspired to buy us the noisiest toys around.

Does anyone remember me mentioning the two bike fiasco? Well, it got worse. DILs did buy a balance bike, and have bought another bike for his birthday. A large mystery box from my aunt turned out to be a smart trike and on Xmas eve my brother -who hasn't given any gifts until now- turned up with a box that needed strapping to the top of his car - a battery operated Batmobile! It's at least 3.5/4 foot long and suitable for 3+. So, DS, not yet one, has three bikes and two cars!

Oh, and MIL hasn't spoken to me since Xmas eve when we gently reminded her that it would be helpful if they left the presents when they were here so 'Santa' could deliver them. Apparently, she was desperate to see everyone's faces when the present came in Xmas morning. They even cancelled coming over yesterday .

Sorry for long mememe post.