Oct 2007 - This little piggy had none (sleep that is!)

[alicet]

Hello ladies!

Well here is the new thread so I can link it before the old one runs out... Hope you all find it!

Just to lower the tone, I'm going to tell you how I met DH....

June 1990 - me a first year university student, dh a final year student ... a friend and I had gone to town to get some dry-cleaning, and we decided to stop at the SU on the way back (as you do) ... my friend spilt beer into my dry-cleaning bag, so we hot-tailed it across the road to one of the hockey boys we knew so I could hang it up ... he invited us out later that night - a load of them from the geology-type courses were going bowling to celebrate the end of their exams ... fast forward to later that evening, R (my friend) and I were out with these guys - one of whom was DH - and we all ended up at the Dog & Duck (the only late-night drinking place in Cardiff at the time) ... anyway ... (am as I contemplate writing this) ... as the night wore on, we started doing dares ... mine was to take dh's trousers down with my teeth ...

anyway ... from that somewhat inauspicious beginning, dh and I got together (not that night, but a week later on the rag pub crawl) & we've been together ever since - we got married in 1996 ...

hmmmm - am I going to regret spilling the beans?

I'll lower the tone even more DH was the son of my friends boss, he went to her 21st B'day party as did I... I went because I really fancied his brother (now BiL) and heard he was going... I had recently come out of a serious 5 year relationship and had never experienced a one night stand, the opportunity arose that night and I did indeed partake in what I thought was going to be a one night stand with DH a week later we went out on a proper date, 2 years later we moved in together, 2 years after that we got married in June 2004, Sam arrived June 2005, Ben in 2007

phew ... glad I'm not the only one for whom a one-night stand has turned into something else!

EJT/MrsFish; I'm shocked and horrified !!. Personnally I have always bided by the three week rule because I was taught that nothing good ever came of anything that couldnt wait that long..and I stupidly believed it!!!!I groan to think of what I missed out on!!!!..... Still...Dh was worth the wait

ooh ejt and MrsF-pmsl!you husseys!!!

i had a 2 year relationship after a one night stand, and dd2's dad came round after we'd met out once, all very civilised until he said he had to go as it was late, and i was like, ermmm not yet your not!! funnily enough me and my friend where discussing this yesterday and she said (as i've got a date next Wed night) the same as FT, that you should keep the m waiting at least until the 3rd date, huh, don't see that happening!! he lives in Leeds so i very much doubt well end up having a relationship, so there'll be no holding back from me, unless of course, i don't fancy him!

FT-i should imagine its the bf thats keeping your af at bay, i didn't have one while i was bf dd1, well done Alex, clever boy! glad you had a nice wedding anniversary, sounds lovely

well, we had an awful night, Shannon hardly sleept at all i don't think, was up at 1.30am so took her in bed with me, and then she just dozed on a and off, but kept crying, i tried winding her, rubbing her tummmy, teething gel... until i got up at 5.30 for calpol and her bottle, she's starting with cold and is all bunged up, may have to get a snot sucker, she's just woke up after 2 1/2 hours, think its calpol time again.

i'm in the middle of doing pasta for my dinner, as i'm eating way too much and putting too much weight on, hmm, i suppose i shouldn't really be eating toffee popcorn! also doing, potato, swet potato and carrot puree for her ladyship to try, as shes only had baby rice, porridge and the powdered cereal so far.

hope you all have a nice day

xx

FT - at the thought of your mum and mil sitting in highchairs. (I know that's not what you meant!) Wow at Alex trying to crawl - clever baby! Monday should be ok - just need to check with dh about car arrangements etc but I don't think he's doing anything. Will email later.

MrsF - impressed at your exercise routine. Lugging little miss around is plenty for me!

ejt & MrsF!!! ()

J2O - hope you're not too tired after your bad night. at toffee popcorn!

Hi all, just got in for 1/2 hr before going out agian to pick Ollie up from school. Stayed up late last night to do the invites to his space party (he didn't want Mr Men ) and this morning I realsied I've got the wrong dates so will have to print them all out again

We were out of the house by 7.45am to go to Ollie's school, then to H's nursery then to Stroud for BSL at 10am. I am knackered now! The BSL was great, very interesting and I'm soooo glad to be using my little brain again -it's been so long! (I actually think I would have loved to have classes in swahili I'm so desperate to 'learn' again iyswim)

EJT - Love the story of how you and dh got together! I was a bit of a party animal before motherhood. (Those were the days.....)

Floria - Congrats to you on your anniversary, sounds like you had a lovely time! I haven't had an AF either since having H and I stopped feeding 6 weeks ago. I have my Gynacology (terrible spelling!!) App next tuesday so hopefully will find out if anything's not right (It certainly isn't in some depts...) So ledbury lot this may well explain why I may be walking like a cowboy on Wed!!

J20 - Have fun on your date, you never know

Okay then, how did you/your dh propose???

That's romantic Inzi

My dh propsed (I can't believe I'm going to tell you this ) after my cousins wedding. We were horrendously drunk and staying in a hotel so we decided to watch a ahem... 'adult' film and then he proposed. I we then phoned everyone (about 4 in the morning and still drunk) to tell them.

again

still ing

Anyasmum; you'd laugh even louder if you knew them ...you really do have a wicked imagination! . I've not been on my email account...I'll have to nip off in a bit and see if we're on for Monday.

Muppet and J20; thanks for the reassurance about AF...hope the gynae appointment goes ok Muppet and they can get you sorted quickly.Glad you enjoyed your lesson and hope you get time to recharge your batteries tonight.

How did Dh propose? ....drunk!!!!!...that's how he proposed!
Boring details;Good Friday in Ramsbottom (aka Royston Vasey) is a major holiday...we were at his sisters for a BBQ, he was knocking back the Stella Artois and we were all watching the hoi poloi going past the house doing the "Rammy Mile" (10 pubs strung over 1 mile on the same road;idea being to drink 1 pint in each between 7and 11pm)in various states of undress.We were having a good laugh at them all when Dhs mum suddenly said "When you divorce him, you wont dump us too will you?" I laughed and said "I'll never get the chance to divorce him because he doesn't believe in the "M" word!" I think that is what started him thinking because when we got to his home, he took me by the hand,swayed, and said "I know that for you moving in with me is a serious commitment, so I'm asking you, will you move in with me?" I was really not expecting that and was stunned into silence, so in the next breath he said "Will you marry me then?"...So...Not exactly romantic but spontaneous and from the heart ...When I could speak I said ask me in the morning when you are sober....next morning he woke up turned to me and said "I did mean it you know" so I said yes on the understanding that if we had a daughter she was not going to be called Stella!
Not exactly the romantic sort my DH...but he did make up for it when we discussed engagement rings; he suggested having one with both of our birthstones... so it is an aquamarine (me) flanked by two diamonds (him)

Awww Inzi - that's a lovely story

My DH proposed whilst on a driving holiday in Europe. I had no idea he was going to do it. We were in Switzerland and went for a walk before dinner, he got down on one knee next to a big lake at sunset and asked, I thought he was wanting to sit on the grass at first and told him I wasn't sitting down I would get my trousers dirty he then asked and my response was... 'Are you serious?' it was then a yes obviously. He had the ring ready too, it was a perfect fit and exactly what I would have chosen. His plan had been to do it in Hammerfest the most northern town in the world, but he mucked his timetable up and we thought we didn't have enough time to drive up there and get back for the ferry... we did in the end, after getting ready to board the ferry home, we were told our ticket wasn't valid for another two days oh well. We ended up having a fabulous night in the hotel with drinks being bought for us, a great meal and ended up passing out in bed as we were both so pissed. Certainly not a day I will ever forget

yeah we got together after one night stand too, as you might have guesed from my story... I don't really have a proposal story cause dh and I kind of just decided between us and went to choose the rings together, we did go for a lovely meal to a nice italian to celebrate though and swapped rings (I got dh an engagement ring too, just a plain one)and told each other what we loved about each other

These stories are fun!!

Well, I really mucked up dh's romantic proposal...

We'd gone back to his parents for Christmas, and the weather was horrendous, so we'd been cooped up in their house for the whole of the time ... but dh had nipped out for hours (well, it seemed like hours at the time) on Christmas eve, as he was going to pop a card through the door of one of his old school / rugby friends ...

Anyway, when we got back, we unpacked the car, and I started to unpack his bag (his had come in first) ... I found this little pressie tucked inside his boxers ... green-eyed monster then came out, and as he came into out flat with the next load from the car, I gave it to him, and basically accused him of having somebody else on the side (he was quite the ladies' man when he was younger - we used to joke that he'd been out with all of the girls in his year at school !) ... anyway, he gave it back to me and said (I will never forget these words, to my chagrin): "It's actually for you - I think you'd better open it."

Anyway, I opened it, and it was a beautiful ring that he'd chosen all on his ownsome - with amethysts in it (my birthstone) ...

he then said: "This is not how I imagined this would happen, but I suppose we'd better get married then."

He didn't get down on one knee or anything else, until the day before we actually got married ... so he really proposed only 24 hours before the wedding ...

Dear, oh dear ... must go, dh has bathed M, and I'm going to go and put her to bed ...

Final rehearsal at choir tonight before we sing on the pitch on Saturday ...

Have a good one all, am probably not going to get on until Sunday now ...

Hi all

I never seem to find time to post but I am reading everyone avidly and I have managed to see Alice! who is now off to her mums to go on her skiing holiday, so we should all feel

I love the how you met your other half stories! Mine is so dull - at work - we went out for a drink after work the Friday after we met. Marriage proposal happened over dinner at home one night - Jamie Oliver pork chops, would you believe, and red wine - and we got married a few months later. Not the stuff of which romantic tales are made!

Sleep has been atrocious here - got worse and worse. Last night though was some improvement. Today we took Rebecca swimming for the first time which was fun - she liked it. Hopefully it zonked her out!

J20 - just wanted to say glad the test was negative - how would you have managed that age gap?! and good luck with the date. Alice and I left the meetup with you saying how fantastic you look after 2 kids so there you go - you'll knock 'im dead!

Hugs to all of you - Mrs F, I'll sponsor you when I get a chance!

wow these have really made me laugh!!

my story goes like this...
June 24th 2005 dh and i met on a blind date. We argued over whether we should sit in the smoking section at the restaurant as he is a smoker and i wasn;t at the time.

We talked all night, went for drinks etc..... basically got on like a house on fire.

We saw each other practically every day after that for about 2 weeks. then i went away for a bit to Turkey. He drove me to gatwick airport and we had a soppy goodbye moment..... thats when he told me he loved for the first time!! Only 2 weeks into our relationship. he called me every day whilst i was away.

When i got back a few weeks later i went to his flat all tanned and gorgeous. i found him in the balcony waiting for me with a romantic candle lit dinner... the plan was to catch up properly and watch the sunset (bring out the sick bucket i hear you say!).
Dinner was great.... we then started dancing to Frank Sinatra's 'i've got you under my skin'.. he spun me around and as i turned i found him on one knee with a ring in his hand. He said "Mine will you be mine forever???" (will never forget it). I immediately said yes!

So we met in June 05, Engaged by Oct 05, Married by Nov 06 and had ds in Oct 07!! We certainly didn;t waste any time!!

The cutest thing though is that he now calls my post baby muffin top belly a 'baby blanket' that kept ds warm for 9 months and i should be proud of it!! ahhhhhh ( i still hate the tummy though no matter how he flowers it up

awwwwwwww i love these stories, they've nearly had me in tears, i feel real soppy with you all now!

choc-to be honest i don't think i would have done, it would have been something i'd have to think very carefully about and thank you for you both saying that, good job you're not her at tea times!

Shannon has been ill all day and i've only just got her down, i'm really struggling with dd1 atm too, its her attitude again when she comes back from her dads, i'm so looking forward to Tue when he's taking her on the ferries for a couple of days and, i think, keeping her for the weekend, but at the same time i'm dreading the state she's going to be in when she gets back, think its propably tiredness...or pmt
oh and still no sign of af and i can't stop eating and my stomaches bloated, i'm sure it'll be soon, cant waiut to start taking my pill again!

better do the pots, night all

Hello,

can I join?! Not quite a newbie but havn't been on the postnatal threads before. My DD was born on October 12th. How are you all???

hello everyone!
have loved reading all your stories, just to contribute mine:
I was sitting in our back garden one late summer eve with DH and he said: "Marc and Rach (our best friends) think we should get married...." I took this as a proposal (we had been talking around the issue for a while and Marc and Rach had been nagging him about it everytime they saw him!) and reminded him about it in the morning because he said he was too drunk to remember! (of course he wasn't, but you know how embarrassed men can get at these things)
When we went to get my engagement ring i couldn't decide between two, so he wrote on a piece of paper which one he thought i'd go for, and gave it to the salesman - and of course he was right!
Anyway hope you all have good nights. DS has been quite grizzly today - think his teeth have been hurting him cos he has bright red cheeks. Off to a La Leche League meeting tomorrow, and then shopping with my step sister in law on sat for her wedding makeup

Hi Lucy, welcome to the madhouse, make yourself at home

Well I am on my lonesome for a few nights, DH has gone skiing with his mate. Why am I so good to him, letting him off on holiday all the time? I tell you I am due a weekend away on my own somewhere

I have just finished my nieces b'day cake I said I would make for her, its a barbie cake for her 4th b'day and I am well chuffed with it. I'm getting into this cake making lark, looks like I am going to be busy the next few years, what with my two nieces and two boys

Inzi; so glad you are getting your DH back...I know how that feels..wonderful!!!! Enjoy your weekend.

EJT; have a wonderful time at the rugby... I love the game ...well... the thighs!

Lucy; Welcome...the more the merrier. Congratulations on your DD...We did a "catch up" roll call a couple of pages back if you would like to get to know us all at once and if you want add yourself....though you are probably getting to know us better by reading the revelations on the last page or two

hello Lucy10! everyone#s v friendly here, i haven't been on the thread for that long. my DS was born on Oct 5

Hello all. Will defintiely look up the roll call. Looking forward to reading all the revelations

Just to join in, have been with my DP for 5 and 1/2 years. We met in a very cheesy bar/club in London when I was supposed to be going to the cinema with a friend but she was an hour late getting there, because of the tubes, so we decided to get pissed and go dancing instead. Still find it very odd that we met as it really isn't the sport of place he would ever go to! London underground is good for something!!!

MrsF; xposted...you most definately do deserve time off.My Dh wouldnt dare ask for a weekend away...but he is away a lot during the week with work. I hope the weekend passes smoothly for you. And well done on the cake decoration...it is hard work..I did my own wedding cake, it took forever so I kept it quiet that I did it I'm ashamed to admit that it is quicker, cheaper and easer to buy the happy couple a pressie

Right I'm off to bed. nite,nite and all best wishes for a peaceful sleep for all!