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The 9th Broadly Gemini Bus - the one with first birthdays!

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Lorelei353 · 14/05/2014 13:53

Ooh Inge to start a new thread. So if the last one was the one where they don't sleep, then they'll start to sleep now, yes?

I go back to work next Weds Kitty. DS started properly today. Full day today, tomorrow and Friday. I've just done a lovely yoga class and am using the next few days to have lunches, get hair cut etc. miss DS though. Sad

pear definitely want to hear all TTC details! I'm beginning to accept that I will do it all again but not yet!

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peardrop2 · 07/12/2014 23:04

Agnu ~ that sounds like a very fun packed weekend! We had a similar one minus the creative baking and making you were up to Wink

This weekend we've been to 2 christenings, 1 kiddy party, seen santa and decorated the tree.

I'm mega annoyed as my CBfm is still not showing a surge and I was meant to ovulate today. I am currently on cd20 with 17 days left until AF arrives according to my app. I am now currently back to dangling my legs in the air just incase I get a surge tomorrow morning. Dtd twice in one weekend - feels like a miracle... How sad is that Grin

Lib ~ I soooo envy that you just "fell" pregnant. I'm too much of a control freak for that to ever happen Wink Maybe you coming back to us will give me such TTC luck Smile

Lib ~

peardrop2 · 08/12/2014 06:06

Not happy. Cd 21 and still no surge uuuuurrrggghhh! I bf last week randomly to calm Bpear down and once the week before in the afternoon when he was sick. I really hope that the two random feeds hasn't messed with ovulation Confused

Lorelei353 · 08/12/2014 11:37

Xmas Grin at legs in the air. Happy memories!

We had a relatively quiet weekend. DH was ill and DS' temp went up around lunchtime on Sat so they stayed at home while I went to meet our NCT friends for lunch. Was lovely to catch up and see all the little ones but I missed not being able to bring DS.

We did get our tree and put it up which was fun. DS put some decorations on it, so those are the ones that he's now taking down and putting back up - all baby safe. There are a few treasured/fragile things we didn't put on the tree this year, just in case, but so far he's being fairly good.

We're off to see Santa tomorrow. Apparently it's a really good one.

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bringonthetrumpets · 08/12/2014 14:30

Jeesh angu I'm looking forward for your Dsis to go home too. Guests are so much work {especially for an introvert!}

Pear~ It may have delayed it, it's a possibility, but it'll happen soon. I know my words don't help much.... but hopefully it was a sneaky egg and you're already up-duffed Grin Sounds like you were VERY busy this weekend! {In many different ways, ha!}

Frus~ I monitor CM too. It's just kinda cool knowing what's going on, ya know?

Lib~ Glad to hear that the 3-month-long hangover hasn't started for you. Isn't it crazy to think it's a different, new, little person growing in there and so you'll have a completely different pregnancy this time. #2 was such a shock for me when he came out. It was like "wait, this doesn't look at all like #1, who is this kid?" For some reason I must have expected to give birth to my first all over again. But then again, the boys are c o m p l e t e l y different looking to one another.

So.... DH actually laughed his head off. He is still a 15 year old boy when he's with his friends and this is the kind of stuff that they do to each other. So in the past when he's passed out on the couch, I've taken a picture of him and put it as his home screen on his iphone, I've taken video of him and sent it to him via snapshot, I've put a bunch of stuffed animals on his shoulders and taken pictures and texted them to him... this is just another thing on the long list of gentle hazing that he can expect from me Grin

Finally (finally) on the mend. Had to drive 150 miles NE to go to my brother's engagement party even with a crazy sinus headache and the works on Saturday, my crazy mother came up from her perch in the tropical southern US state and was all dramatic and making comments about how my brother's In-laws appear to be better grandparents than her because they were playing with their grandkids (duh), and she's upset that my dad is coming to my kid's holiday preschool concert this week, but then again, she was here since Thursday and never once texted or called me to see if she could spend time with the kids (or us, for that matter). She's always riding around on her drama llama. Geesh. Anyway, last night DS1 lost his first tooth and I sent a picture via text to all of the family members but for some reason my mom's didn't go through and wouldn't send. I got this ranting text message from her at 4:30 this morning about how I need to stop being mad at her and she's not happy with her marriage and it's non of my business and that "life is too short to stay mad at someone" Hmm WTF. I didn't realize that my photo text hadn't sent properly to her and she obviously must have seen the one that my dad got and got upset thinking that I ignored her. Oh she's such a 13 year old girl sometimes.....

peardrop2 · 08/12/2014 15:28

Wow bring i'm stealing "lama drama"
from you, love that saying Wink Your mum sounds like she's on another planet right now (maybe that's where all my cooky family members are too!). Just out of interest is that an American thing to do...share a photo of the 1st tooth? Only ask because if I was to share that exciting news here with my family they would tell me to go and get a life, maybe they're just meanies Blush Anyway, back to you... That must of been hurtful not to hear from your mum when she was nearby visiting. I'm glad to read at least your dad is interested in participating with your dc activities. Why is it some parents just don't know how to behave?! We have that problem here too. My in laws are the perfect example. They have no idea how to be grandparents. I often think about sending someone over to slap them with a wet fish. That's what these lama dramas need Wink And why is it always the ones in "unhappy marriages" that play up the most!!! Arrgh I'm sorry but that is not a get out of jail free card point to my sisters in particular!

peardrop2 · 08/12/2014 15:33

Oh and I do hope it was a sneaky egg Wink

Frusso · 08/12/2014 15:38

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peardrop2 · 08/12/2014 15:51

Ha ha Frus. I shall make sure I don't miss that boat then just to upset the family nutters Wink

bringonthetrumpets · 08/12/2014 16:52

Well, the only reason I sent the pic to everyone was because DS was showing everyone his disgusting hanging-on-by-a-thread loose tooth at my bro's engagement party and everyone just kept saying "pull that thing out!" so it was very climatic when ds yanked it out after dinner last night. Everyone, even M who had no idea what was going on, was cheering and jumping up and down. It was a pretty cute family moment, tbh. It was the little front bottom one, and his smile has already changed with the tiny gap so I'm excited to see what he looks like with his giant gap when the top two fall out!

I seriously laughed at the wet fish comment! That's exactly what my mother needs too! Ha! Oh yes, please use the term at-will! Just the mental image of my mom riding around on a galloping llama makes me laugh and she's so drama-filled all the time that it's something to help me get through it.

peardrop2 · 09/12/2014 14:25

TTC update: finally got a surge this morning. Back to dangling legs this afternoon. I really hope you ladies appreciate how much effort I am putting into the planning for a potential new member on our Christmas bus ?? The only sad thing is you will all be busy stuffing yourself with Turkey when I'm poas Grin

bringonthetrumpets · 09/12/2014 16:30

LOL! Oh pear we appreciate all of the efforts that you are going through just for us. Grin

Dang, we are so chatty that we're gonna need a new bus soon!

Also HUZZAH I feel great today! A few sniffles remain but that's it! PRAISE be. Frus how you hold'n up over there?

kittykatsforever · 09/12/2014 17:06

Lol pearGrin 3 times In a week it's an achievement! I bet dh is in a good mood!! Wait till after Xmas before poas I would oblivious is definetly an excuse for over indulgence

AGnu · 09/12/2014 17:58

pear do you realise that 38 weeks from today is Sept 1st? Looks like you might get that Sept due date after all! Grin Get those cheapy tests out & get started with them... It'll be like an experiment to see how much the line darkens each day! Don't tell your DH though. If you get a BFP you can POAdigitalS & wrap that up for his Christmas present! Grin

Glad you're feeling better bring... I think I might have adopted your bug. My nose feels weird, my head is aching & feels like it's been stuffed with cotton wool & I ache all over! Could just be the busy weekend/1.5 hours of sleep on Sunday night catching up with me but it feels more concerning than that. I called DH to beg him to come home early/on time today & was pleased that he was just leaving then... But I'd forgotten he's working in another town 1.5 hours away & will be driving through rush hour! Sad Expecting him home about 7-7.30 if the traffic isn't too bad! Need to psyche myself up to change a dirty nappy... can't these kids stop pooing while I'm feeling ill?!

bringonthetrumpets · 09/12/2014 19:07

Jeesh, I need to just apologise for apparently infecting everyone on the bus (even whilst 4,000 miles away)! I hope it's just a lack of sleep thing agnu. Feel better, my friend!

Is anyone else having to practically wrestle their tots into clothes right now? M will absolutely NOT let me put a nappy on her, nor will she let me put clothes on her. She screams the house down and wriggles and thrashes and rolls around like a freaking crocodile taking down a zebra. It's just ridiculous.

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peardrop2 · 09/12/2014 21:31

Hah hah Kitty I know...a huge achievement for us Wink I've been drinking and eating lots of forbidden things recently so I shouldn't miss out too much over Christmas.

Agnu ~ An exciting thought to think I might actually get a sept baby...and after all that worry Blush I have to admit that I was dreaming about writing the news in DH Christmas card but I do like your idea of wrapping up the stick Wink

Bring ~ glad to hear you're well on the mend! We have a major nappy wriggler. He won't let us near him the morning. I'm having to change him standing up most of the time. The only time I don't have a battle is after bath.

peardrop2 · 09/12/2014 21:32

Frus ~ yep is more than we have Wink Sorry you're now feeling poorly. I hope DH is able to help you get through it Thanks

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kittykatsforever · 10/12/2014 12:43

GrinBring your analogy describes kitten to a tee! She HATES having her nappy changed or getting dressed, screams, kicks, hides, crys you name it, she also has a weird love of cardigans and if you try to remove from her will bat you away or pull it together at the top and tuck it under her chin as though to say try now!! little shit she will ofcourse have no problem getting naked if it's a game with tiger or she sees me in the bath though!
Hope all you sickies feel better soon, keep it to yourself won't you, dh has just come down with man flu and kept me up tossing and turning Hmm

bringonthetrumpets · 10/12/2014 17:04

Oh Kitty Sad Dealing with a man with man-flu is even worse than actually having man-flu.

I'm so sorry everyone is sick! Yuck, you poor things! Frus and agnu Vitamin D, zinc, echinacea, and lotsa honey for your poor bodies.

I'm just really laughing at kitten's cardigan trick! M does the SAME thing. She will try to hold onto her trousers or tights or whatever as I am trying to take them off. She also rolls whenever we're changing her nappy and so most of the time they just get put on backward with the tabs on the back as I just can't be bothered to wrestle with her. We've started using the pull-up type nappies, but they are still a disaster when there is poo. (Which she now says ALL THE TIME, "mama, poo!" "mama, poo!" but refuses to let anyone change her stinky bum).

So, I signed up for my Uni courses that I start in Jan and I'm seriously getting so sad whenever I think about the fact that now M and DS2 are going to be in nursery full-time. I know they will be fine and everything will be fine and our family will be fine, but a small part in me just breaks whenever I think about her being away from me for the majority of the week.

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