Gosh Snowboo! That's a story and a half! But it goes to show how strong you are, being able to fight off those hospital infections on top of your surgery - c. diff can lay people out for weeks. I'm curious though - how did you know something was wrong? I do hope your biopsy results come back ok. Fingers crossed!
Nice to see you back again, Micku, and as everyone else has said, your girls look lovely, and you can't tell Talia's been ill.
Olivo - well done on your LO using the conveniences! Are you potty training her full on now? I've not started yet. Might see what she's like when we get back from holiday in September, then she can get lots of practice with no interruptions and constant changes of scene. No ideas for specific presents, I'm afraid - dd plays with ds' cars, scribbles with crayons, loves playing with water, likes megablocks - actually you can never have too many megablocks - you can make huge buildings, chairs and motorbikes to sit on etc.
NBG - forgive me if this is a bit obvious and you've already done it, but have you had Ellis' hearing checked? Could that be an issue with the lack of words?
BHM - glad you had a nice holiday, it's lovely when they make a little friend, isn't it. I really feel for you with not having a garden - it won't harm your LO in the long run, I'm sure he gets out plenty. We had a garden when we lived in the maisonette, but it was separate from the house and you had to walk all the way down the drive to get to it. Might as well have been the park really - very inconvenient - I couldn't just let ds out to play. It hasn't affected him adversley though, we were there for 7 years, so don't worry! You won't be in your flat forever!