August 2006 babies and one new bump!

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....in honour of nbg

Right, you can view for a limited time as for some reason i can't keep them to just mates. its all or nothing......

a very limited time, snow, i cant see them!!

Hi everyone.
Sorry I didnt come on to report but my brains been on the verge on exploding.

I think you read about the scan. It seems like it probably is going to be right so 1st December baby for me.
Like purple says, it makes it a bit easier as Ellis will be 16 months then.

My dad isnt well at all. We went to see him yesterday but I had to leave after about 10 mins of being on the ward as it was just too much. He looks poorly and can barley walk because it makes him so tired.
They have said his aorta is narrowing so it is angina but its taking a long time to open back up and obviously the aorta is your main artery in to your heart so its not a good thing.
He was supposed to be having an angiogram yesterday but cancelled on him at the last minute but with any luck he'll get that today and by the sounds of it he'll have to have a stent fitted. We know nothing though until more tests are run.

Oh Nbg, i'm really sorry you are having a rough time. Fingers crossed he gets his angiogram today x

Right, last attempt! Please feel freee to try again.

nbg - so sorry to hear this, hope your dad improves soon.x

snowboo - i saw them!! your boys are soooooo gorgeous!

melsy - where is your buggy thread, had a look but cant find it! the loola is heavy, we kept it with the car seat instead for ages but obviously cant now. i do like it though, looks so comfy!!

in a really good mood as just taught my spanish with a potentially difficult group and they were fab! only three hours preparation for a one hour lesson was worth it to be in control though!!

nbg, i hope he gets the angiogram today and it gives some answers. so sorry your family is going through this

snow, they're gorgeous... they look really aike too, you'd know they were brothers!

great news on the spanish class olivo (can you teach me too, i'd love to learn!)

Thanks everyone.
My mum has just called to say he has gone down for the angiogram so we may know a bit more by the end of today.

I'm a bit tipsy I was just enjoyuing a wine out in the sunshine.

NBG hope your Dad is ok I am thinking of you hon. How are you feeling? I've missed all your news recently I find it so hard to catch up on MN.

Wow eeny! Lucky you. If i'd had a drink earier i'd be asleep by now!!!

Nbg, hope your ok luv.

Olivo, teach me too! My cleaner has been trying to teach me Portuguese but i don't understand her and she don't understand me lol! (Scuse the English, can't be a*d today)

Ta, my two are delicious [proud mummy emoticon]

Well guess where i found my little bundle of joy today? Yep, at the top of the stairs He'd snuck off whilst i was folding the washing, turned round and he'd gone. So he now under lock and key lol. He has been rather grumpy today thou. Fine one minute then sobbing his heart out the next. Wondering if its a painful toothy popping thru. So far he's not been too bad so i guess we're due one.

NBG hope your ok, sorry to hear your dad is so unwell, must be hard seeing him this way chick? Thinking of you x

Snow, I must been too late didnt get chance to see your pics, could you do it again or am I a pain in the ass lol?

Olivo I'm so envious you know the spanish language, its my fave language as it sounds sooo sexy dont you think? I did manage to pick a bit up when I lived out in Tenerife years ago but only knew different words couldnt string a sentence together.

Melsy sorry to hear your still stuck in with the pox, oh and cheers for the compliment earlier. Aint you got any pics of your dd's?

Phew, had a full packed day today no wonder Jackson is zonked out. Went to playgroup at 9.30-11, then met my cousin and her baby at 11.45am for a mom'n'baby swim at local baths, then had some lunch, then played squash with my sis then come home and cooked my dh and ds a meal, now I'm zonked and need a good shower.

HOpe everyone else is ok

Hello everyone!

Not written in a while here, been quite busy as we are finally in the process of moving from our 2 bed shoebox into something more suitable for a 4 person family! It's certainly takes a long time to find a house to move to when you have a child at school (ie finding the right sized, affordable house, which is also near equally good primary and secondary schools, which are also walkable because I don't drive). Fingers crossed that it all goes well - we're hoping to move just at the start of the summer holidays.

Lots of stuff to catch up on (from ages ago, as well):

dreamy - hope your daughter is getting on ok with her pg - I'm sure you'll be a supergran as well as a supermum!

nbg - but at the same time many congratulations on your surprise pg! Hope your dad finds a good treatment for his condition.

melsy - ah, sorry to hear about the chickenpox - my ds narrowly avoided it last term, as it was in his class - has to get it sometime though!

eeny - sorry to hear about the possible asthma.

everyone else - I'm amazed how mobile and grown-up all your babies are! My little tiny dot still isn't sitting up on her own, can't roll back after rolling over on her tummy and has only just managed to get to grips with 3 miniscule meals of mush a day! On top of that, I have yet to benefit from a single unbroken night's sleep, and the little darling has four front teeth (2 up, 2 down) for which both she suffered greatly. Apart from that, dd is a wonderful little baby, very smiley, very pretty, and she loves her big brother so much!

On a sadder note, over Easter, my MIL was diagnosed with malignant melanoma, the most aggressive form of skin cancer, which appeared on her leg. Unfortunately, it has spread to her lungs and brain - she will be receiving radiotherapy, but her prognosis is not good - between 3 months and 2 years (2 years is the longest the consultant has known anyone to survive following a smilar diagnosis). She is only 51 years old. Just a reminder, ladies - particularly those with fair skin and skin prone to moles - protect your skin in the sun and never let yourself get sunburned - it hugely increases the risk of developing this disease.

sorry about the essay!

Hoppy, so sorry to hear about your MIL. If its any comfort and hope, my MIL was diagnosed with it at 22, she had to spend a year in hospital and they thought she wouldn't make it. But she got thru it, went on to have two children (something else she was told wouldn't be possible) and celebrated her 60th last year! So tell her to stay strong as miracles do happen. My Mil is a very strong determined woman (too much sometimes lol) and hasn't had any cause for concern since. Big hugs to you.

BHM, just for you love i've put them bac on. Strange, i put viewable to mates, checked your all on there and NOTHING! So will put them on for all to admire .

Thanks for that, Snowboo - it is true, miracles do surely happen sometimes. My MIL is very positive about the treatment she is getting, but fully accepts that it may not work. Unfortunately, there are several tumours in her brain, so surgery is out of the question, but when she was initially admitted to hospital, the growths responded well to steroids (shrank in size somewhat and took the pressure off her brain). So who knows?

She is actually glad she has something physically wrong with her - she has suffered with depression for well over a decade, and for the last year or so, she had been feeling weird, bad migraines, confusion etc, but put it down to needing another change of depression drugs. She had also had a benign cyst removed from her leg, at the site of an old mole removal, at around the same time we announced my pregnancy - the doctors reckoned that's when it started. So unfortunately, her depression masked symptoms which would have rung alarm bells far sooner for healthier individuals.

We are realistic about her prognosis, however, and will be grateful for any time over 3 months - she is aiming to get to Christmas, and after that, well who knows?

Sorry about depressing you all.

Changing the subject entirely - BHM, what lovely pics on your profile! And what a sweet little bundle you've got on yours Snowboo! and I see Pinky has matching children!

lol at you lot wanting to learn Spanish - maybe i'll do an online class . BHM, i agree it can sound sexy but not the way i speak it!! my accent is attrocious!

snow, i know what you mean about the sudden getting away! i keep finding holly under the coffe table - she can only crawl backwards, although she managed a couple of crawls forward this morning!

hoppy - so sorry to hear about your mil , must be really difficult for you all; i am a really moley person and am forever aasking my doctor to check them; i'm sure they have me labelled as extremely paranoid but i think rightly so.

nbg - how is yuor dad today? mustalso be sooo worrying, and made worse by you having so many other things going on in your mind right now.
melsy, how is the pox?

well, i've nearly made it through the first week back; only 18 proper working days till half term plus an activity week! feels like i've never been away and lots of it i'm really enjoying.

anyone heard from dreamy recently? wonder how she's getting on? and arabica?

hiya all so many posts in so few days ive been working my ass off to help my friend out as she lost her gramps so feel awfully torn as i dont feel im spending enough time with cj but she is being incredibly loving so i dont think shes minds

she still doesnt sleep thru the night and still has teeth and is still crawling bacwards and has started pulling herself up on furniture and in her cot bless her

hope every one is ok and im sorry i canjt respond personally

hope fully will catch up later next week

grrrr

caleb spilled my tea all over himself, me and the keyboard yesterday! me and he are fine, albeit a little shaken, but the keyboard is utterly screwed. i'm writing this with the mouse on the screen keyboard!

hoppy, i'm so sorry about your poor MIL, i hope the treatment buys her some time and she has christmas with her loved ones

Hi everyone.
Just to let you know that my dad had the angiogram and they found narrowings in 2 of the main ateries so they are transfering him to Leeds if the next few days to have 2 stents fitted.
They've said that if all goes well, he will be allowed home the day after.

So big sigh of relief from us all now we know whats happening.

woo-hoo! great news nbg (oddly enough dp's last job was in a factory making stents for hearts!)

well we splashed out and bought a new keyboard as after a whole 24 hours without one we were both going into withdrawel.... how sad is that! and we made sure to get a spill resistant one this time in case Caleb makes anymore lunges for my tea!

you know, i think my typing might be better with this one? wierd!

lol Pinky

Well today is really odd. We've had to send the little chihuahua off to dh's grandmas because shes on heat and our dog has gone mental. My FIL has just been to pick her up and as they were about to go dd said she wanted to go to nannies, so I'm now just left with Ellis and the dog till probably wednesday

Peace at last!

nbg

Separation anxiety has hit the Snow household . The boys have gone to my mums for the eve to give me a break and catch up on sleep. BUT i'm wandering aimlessly around crying nearly as i miss them terribly Wouldn't mind but i left them at 7:20pm. What a wuss! (For the record, Austin fell asleep and didn't notice, ds1 is a bit upset)

Nbg, glad they not making your dad hang about.

Pinky, get some help! LOL

oh my god just read the thread name what have I missed who is pregnant apart from my daughter ????? Hiya all hope everyone is well and all babies are growing nicely. Sorry Ive not been around for a while been busy packing we are moving in 4 weeks and the place is full of boxes but we are excited anyway. My daughter is nearly 16 weeks already its speeding by and she is doing well bless anyway going to go read the thread now catch up in the morning as it will probably take me till then to read it all lol any more news on the big meet up yet?

Hiya dreamy, have been thinking about you. Hope your move goes well. Have to say I dont envy you lol

Tis moi that is pregnant, lol.

Hi everyone, hope someone is on today to give me advice!

Jackson is a poorly sicky baby today which is rare, he woke during the night and spewed all over himself and has spewed up after his milk and breaky so am starving him on water at moment as he cant keep anything down, also just done a big diarhoea pooey nappy? He has a hot head and slight temp, just wants to sleep, not a happy bunny and I just dont know what to do? Should I try any food on him afterwards or give him any medicine? Think it could either be a bug or he did have a cow and gate fishermans bake for dinner yesterday and the colour was in his sick? Maybe this didnt agree with him as he'd never had it before? Had to bgath him as he stinks of nasty sicky and he didnt even cry when I took him out the bath which he does normally? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hoppy, hi hun so sorry top hear about your mil she is so young? Thoughts are with you and pray for a miracle. OH and am sure your dd will be sitting and rolling before you know it, bet she's a little darling, any pics?

Snow your pics are lovely, what sweet boys you have.

NBG glad its sounding good for dad and he'ss be home soon.

PInk, lol at you buying a spill resistant keyboard, Caleb sounds like he's into everything bless.

Olivo, before you know it the 6 wks hols will be here as the weeks are flying by, hope it goes fast for ya.

Booby, aint seen you onhere for a while hope everything going ok with work for you, am sure you'll be making up for lost time with cj soon, dont worry yourself.

Dreamy, nice to see ya, hope the m,oves goes smoothly, you brave lady.

wow nbg congratulations. You will be just fine Big shock I know but really isnt any more difficult than going from one child to two in fact often easier as the older two occupy each other thus leaving you to deal with baby which you dont get going from one to two. Hope everything ok bhm maybe you should go to the doctor just in case I know my partner is allergic to fish so am always really cautious giving it to Sophie-Jane. She is such a porker and still an angel sleeps through every night and eats pretty much what we have just had roast pork sunday dinner mashed up followed by apples and custard she takes after me for her food. She is starting to say more and more and signs Milk now too she claps hands and waves bye and is trying to get from sitting onto her knees. The house move is in 4 weeks but the packing has been a nightmare. Its a 4 bedroom we are moving to with a garage attached which we are turning into an extra room. It will still be manic as my daughters boyfriend is moving in too and of course ther will be a new baby in early october too. My eldest daughter is doing really well at uni and is loving her teachin course. Its really good to catch up with everyone again