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Sept '07 - I'm sitting..I'm sssitting....I'm sssssitting......I'm ssssssssssssssssitting...... THUD!

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sophus · 31/03/2008 20:58

thought i'd start us off

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PurpleLostPrincess · 12/06/2008 17:53

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HOPEY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxx xxx

Hope you still manage to have a good day with DH away and that he makes it up to you when he gets back ! (((hugs))) xxxxx

Just popped on quickly to say that - gotta dash for now but will pop back on later xxxx

Hopeysgirlwasntbig · 12/06/2008 21:07

Well done Lolly on finishing your gown, can you pop a pic on your profile, would love to see it.

PLP, you're such a darling.. psst... my birthday's tomorrow

Lollypopzmummy · 13/06/2008 13:11

HIPPY BURPDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUUUU HOPEY
Ok ladies I'll put a photo on my pics but you've got to promise not to leak it onto FB, I don't want anyone seeing it before the ball!

Will post the pics at some point after lunch . . .
xXx

LisaLessLumpy · 13/06/2008 13:59

Many Happy Returns of the day Hopey Hope you have a good one

amyclaramum · 13/06/2008 21:26

Sorry its late - a belated Happy Birthday to you Hopey - hope you had a lovely day ?!

love to everyone else - have a lovely weekend !

Lollypopzmummy · 14/06/2008 12:49

Typical isn't it?! I've been trying (as much as I can with a (nearly) 3YO to also deal with) to get Lolly up and sitting and my mate comes round and does it in one sitting. . . I know she's playing me!!

Lollypopzmummy · 15/06/2008 18:57

uploaded photos of my masquerade gown. . . I'm going to shiiiiiine!

(Am beaming with pride but I know my body wont do it justice, I'm going to look like a big blob of orange-ness in the middle of a room of Goth's!! Still I'll ceratinly stand out in the crowd!)

My date has decided to go dressed in a black tux with black and white Converse trainers. . . so he's going all out for this one then

Hopeysgirlwasntbig · 15/06/2008 21:47

wow lolly, your gown looks amazing, you clever thing you!!

Thank you everyone for my birthday wishes

Lollypopzmummy · 16/06/2008 01:32

Thansk Hopey, how was your birthday? Get anyhing lovely?

Yes, that's right ladies, I'm back to my ol' tricks and am up at the healthy hour of half 1. . . DH and I had a bit of a to-do, started over some washing and I've gone and got myself all upset and tried to let him know just how low I've been feeling lately and he's stopped me and said I'm tired and I'll get so upset that I wont be able to sleep so I should stop and just go to sleep. . . whoops, too late

I'm going to play games and try and get back into a healthy frame of mind so that I can get up in the morning and not be "fucking useless" (as DH put it. . . )
ho-hum
xXx

HeadFairy · 16/06/2008 21:45

Hello everyone, I haven't been on here for ages, I was MrsMar but I got bored of that and changed my name. I hope everyone's well and the babies are all happy and not destroying your house (as my ds is!!)

It's great to see everyone is still keeping up on here. I'm back at work full time now (but because I do shift work that's a 7 day fortnight) so I barely get time to draw breath most days. It's exhausting, I'm on a 6 month contract and when that ends in November I'm definitely going to reduce my hours down to a 5 day fortnight so I can spend more time with Luca.

He's turned out to be an absolute delight, a really easy going kid with a great sense of humour. He loves playing games and is really quick to laugh. He's been so easy really, no real problems with either sleeping or eating. He loves going to the childminders too, his cousin is there too so he's got someone to take care of him, and my cm is like his third granny! He has so much fun he always comes back filty from all the fun he's been having and shattered.

Well I've waffled on a bit... lovely to see everyone's doing so well, I'll try and not leave it so long next time. In the mean time I've added my stats and some more up to date pictures on my profile.

Age : 9 months and three days
Height : oops, don't know. He was 68.5cm at his 8 month check on the 15th May.
Weight : At the 8 month check he was 18lbs9.5oz but he's had a tummy upset and a cold since then so I don't think he's put much on.
Sitting : Oh yes!
Rolling : He did roll for a bit, but doesn't really do it any more, much more fun things to do like...
Crawling : oh yes, he can cross a room in seconds!
Standing : as much as he can, that's what he crawls for, to reach a bit of furniture he can stand up with. Bathtimes now consist of me holding him while he insists on standing the whole time, makes hair washing interesting!
Sleeping : usually 7pm - about 7am but with the occasional blip (woke this morning at 5.30!) He usually has a two hour nap in the morning, and maybe a quick powersnooze in the afternoon if he's feeling particularly tired.
Teeth : the 8th one is just coming through, he got his first tooth at 5 months
Food : Generally loves everything, is chewing properly now including good grinding action with things like meat and bread. When he's feeling off colour he returns to the food he loves, sweet mush, bananas yoghurts, pureed fruits, anything sweet.
Words : the usual consonant sounds, dadadada, mamamamama, pppppppp, ttttttt
Favourite songs : row row row your boat and Your song (his bedtime song)
Favourite activities : Pulling everything out of every cupboard, peering in to every nook at cranny of the house, going on the swings, chewing everything (my hair, my fingers, his toys, the floor....)

Take care xxx

HeadFairy · 17/06/2008 07:14

Well it took a nights' sleep for me to work out how to upload my photos and make them public (brain not in gear at the moment!)

Lollypopzmummy · 17/06/2008 21:10

WOW! Headfairy Luca's really going some eh?! Crawling, 8 teeth! Lolly's only just learnt to sit up and is just getting her fourth tooth through She's a very laid back chilled out babe

Had my pixie friend take some photos of me in my full gown and wings so am going to get uploading so you can all have a gander (finally) at what I look like in real life. . . ready yourselves for a moment!
xXx

MrsBumblebee · 18/06/2008 09:01

Hi Lolly, you look fantastic!! I was really proud of myself the other day because I managed to sew some new eyes onto Paul's lion top. Making a fantastic balldress like that rather puts that in perspective...

Welcome back, MrsMar-as-was! We've missed you! Glad to see it's not just my DS who's totally obsessed with playing standing baby.

We're doing pretty well here, though Paul managed to sustain two injuries over the weekend (neither his fault). First, we (I say we, though it was actually DH) managed to trap a bit of skin on his tummy in the buckle of his backpack carrier when we were doing it up - ouch!! When we finally worked out what the matter was, we felt really guilty for having rebuked him for screaming in the carrier . Then, five minutes later, DH (again) managed to whack him round the face with a bramble, resulting in a nasty scratch. Poor thing. Still, he was very stoical - much more so than his 2.5 year old cousin, who screamed blue murder for hours when she grazed her knee. Ah, I'm so looking forward to the joys of toddlerhood...

Hi to everyone else!

HeadFairy · 18/06/2008 13:26

tell me about it Lolly... I burn off so many calories running around after him, he's so fast! His favourite way to scare me is to chew any electrical cable he can find, from lamps, the tv, the computer absolutely anything, I'm busy buying up all the cable tidy stuff in the western world to try and stop him electocuting himself!

Hi MrsB... sorry I've been so slack, I've been so busy. Crazily enough, going back to work has finally given me the chance to sit on a computer for more than five seconds without having to leap across the room and rescue another hazard from Luca's grip!

Sorry to hear about Paul's injuries, I hope they heal quickly. Last week Luca managed to fall down the stairs even though I was right next to him. He was crawling around and his hand missed the top step so he just cartwheeled down the stairs ! It was horrible, it was as though it was in slow motion, I couldn't stop him. Poor love tumbled all the way to the bottom, luckily they're carpeted so it wasn't as bad, but his tears were so awful. I must admit I got a bit tearful too and we sat at the bottom of the stairs together and had a good cry and a cuddle. I was absolutely paranoid he'd had a terrible head injury, I watched him like a hawk for the next 24 hours, even turning on the movement sensor on his baby monitor at night which I haven't done for months. He was fine though, he was playing happily ten minutes after the fall and he didn't even have a bruise anywhere, but needless to say the stairgates were put up that afternoon. He now stands up against them peering through the bars like a jailbird

Lollypopzmummy · 18/06/2008 16:57

Ooh Headfairy Lolly's been up to that one, chewing on the laptop wire. . . but usually when I leave the room and DH or someone else is in here (meant to be watching her ) despite not being able to crawl, or even move properly! We're now just making sure the wires are tucked out of the way.
Poor Luca, is it something in the air that these babes are aiming for getting bruises and such like?

MrsBB I'm proud of you for doing any amount of sewing! Most people would just have chucked the lion top out I think, especially if you're not continuously sewing like I am, that anything is an achievement. I only find it easy to do things like this because I spent 3 years teaching myself how to do it, most people can do it in 2!
Poor little guy, it breaks your heart when you realise you've had a go at them when they're in pain doesn't it? I've done it a few times to both my girls (although DD1 is old enough now to let me know right away what the problem is, but even then, doesn't go on and on about it).

Well, today was another driving lesson and, despite my high marks, I can't help feeling quite low about things, I just don't think I'm doing very well really, my instructor spent quite a lot of time today telling me what I'd done wrong and stopped the car a couple of times to correct me on things, or spent the drive home asking me where I was going/what I was looking at etc There is not enough chocolate in the house for the way I'm feeling now. . . ho-hum I can now concentrate on the excitement of the ball on Friday now! Only 2 days to go. . .
I'm sure the lead up is more exciting than the actual event in most cases but I'm really looking forward to meeting loads of people that I don't know! However I am not looking forward to the way I will inevitably feel the next day and will then have to go on the hen night that evening too Oh and did I mention my friend that I'm attending the ball with is wanting to go to Stonehenge for the Solstice after the ball too, so that's me up all night and the early hours of the morning, returning home, sleeping all day Saturday (yeah, right! How likely do we think that will be?!!) and then to spend the evening watching my friend and a load of her friends/fiancee's sister's (chavs!!) getting drunk and lairy and coming onto whoever is in the immediate vicinity (I shall be watching from a distance then!!)

Another little update on things my way. . . wait for it, you'll love this!. . . the girl's and I may be moving out.

(waits for gasps)

It's my idea entirely and DH hasn't yet agreed to it but we are definitely looking into it for the very near future. It would be more to ease the monetary situation (and our relationship) than anything else. Simple fact is we, as a family, would cope better if we, as a couple, were living separately! I've looked into it and we would be so much better off, we wouldn't have the worries that we are facing every month and DH's overdraft can't take much more dipping into (mine being completely spent now and not looking good for the future as I've not got any income to pay it back with!), so this could be the solution.
It's not just the money thing though, I've been finding it difficult coping with the house knowing full well that there's a grown man who could be helping out more but, also knowing, that he'd only spend the whole time huffing and puffing at me if I dared to ask him, and him (obviously) feeling that I'm at home all day so I should be able to cope with things etc etc the endless argument between the SAHM and the working father blah blah blah!
I must admit to not being the easiest person to live with but, let's face it, it's not like we jumped into moving in together and having kids or anything, we lived together with his parents, moved into our own home and then 2 years later got married, then had children. We knew each other pretty well when DD1 was born (bet even then I will argue til the day I die that I was living with someone totally different to the person he is now).
He finds the simplest of things difficult (like loading the dishwasher) despite us now having had the thing for well over a year!!
Ho-hum, things will work out when we know where we're going, it'll just take a bit of a cafuffle and then we can settle into a new routine instead.
If/when we do move out though you will probably be hearing a lot less of me on here as the laptop/router etc is his and it'll just be easier for it to stay here, although I will probably get withdrawal symptoms on the first night without it and get straight onto a broadband set up the very next day Ooh I loves me interweb!
xXx

amyclaramum · 18/06/2008 20:42

Hello all - hope you are having a good week ?

We are all fine despite the fact that Eloise keeps getting up at 4.30 or 5 to start the day !!! AAAAH ! I am sooooo tired I feel like
I'm having an "out of body " experience !
I'm going out on Friday with some Mums from school to celebrate/commiserate my 40th birthday so have got to get some sleep before then otherwise I'll fall asleep in my dinner !

Hello mrsmar (sorry head fairy) - lovely to hear from you and glad to hear Luca is such a cutie and keeping you on your toes !

We put up stair gates as soon as Eloise started to crawl as DD1 fell down the staircase at 8 months and I've felt guilty ever since ! ! (nine years on she has no side effects !)

lolly - your dress looks fab -you are clever ! Hope you have a wonderful time - sounds like you've got a busy weekend ? Sorry to hear that you are moving out with the girls - hope its ok and what is best for you ?Sounds like you have looked into financial side of things too so hope life gets better for you !?

love to everyone else - Mrs B , PLP, Kinki (hellooooo), Hopey , Lisa and everyone

Lollypopzmummy · 20/06/2008 11:53

Ooooooh! Tonight's the night and everything seems to be totally on target!

I have everything laid out and ready to go, it just all needs to get covered in pizza or some such monstrously disgusting fluid (more than likely Lolly will start puking at me just before I leave) and my luck will be back on side again You know it's going to happen, it always does!
I'm determined to let DH get everything (re: dinner/kids) sorted tonight whilst I sit back and watch (should be interesting), although he does have some rather important part to play in my getting ready (lacing up of corset and drawing my tattoo for the night, don't ask, I'll post pics, once I've spent the weekend sleeping that is! ).
I haven't done anything with my hair yet, I'm going to have a bath as late in the afternoon as possible so that I can sort my hair out (after doing a little practice yesterday, it looks quite nice with this bed head look though), goodness help anyone who knocks on the door, I've definately got that Catwalk Model look going on, it's poof (for a change!) and flicky and very very random at the moment, I might just leave it like that .

What is everyone else up to today?
At the moment, Lolly's just gone to bed and DD1 is drawing the most amazing smiley faces, I can't believe how good she is at drawing! She's nearly 3 but still she doesn't do drawing every day.
I'm planning a very lazy afternoon with a picky lunch and I think I'll probably time a nap for the girl's late afternoon s I don't have to worry too much when I have my bath (usually my daytime baths consist of DD1 up and down the stairs, Lolly crying for no aparent reason and me leaving bath feeling flustered and hot and getting twice as sweaty as I was when I got into the bath in the first place They do it on purpose, I swear!).
Babbling now, will leave you in peace!
xXx

HeadFairy · 20/06/2008 13:59

have a lovely evening, I had a look at your pics, dress looks fab!

I'm doing absolutely nothing this evening which is better than it sounds as I feel like I've had the longest week at work! Luca is currently destroying the living room so I think I'll take him out for a play on the swings now

elefantshoes · 21/06/2008 11:58

Hello everyone!!
Hope you are having a fab weekend!! DH is working today so arben and I are haing a lovely lazy day at home
We have also had to get the ole stair gate up, Ben has mastered the art of lining up his walker so he can squeeze thru the lounge door at belts it to the top of the stairs!! He has also mastered the belly shuffle so is on the move big stylee. Although he hsa been walking holding our hands for a long time now he has just stared crusing around the furniture in the last few days and even manages to go between the sofa and coffee table.
He still isn't sleeping very well, i think i will be a grey old lady the next time i get a full nights sleep, not sure whats going on really. It had gone down to just once a night but the last two nights he has woken no less than 6 times between 9pm and 8am. AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH walking zombies are alive and well in our house!
But he is happy and healthy and to be honest that is all i want, the rest are just little wobbles
Lolly i hope you had a great night least night, you are a very talented young lady to have produced such a gorgeous gown
I have decided to go back to work in August. Just going to be doing 3 days a week when hopefully DH will be able to look after Arben. DH will hopefully be working 3 days a week also so we should manage without having to send ds to nursery just yet. I have mixed feelings about going back but I need to reagin some brain cells and some ME time where i am not a mummy! As much as i love ds and wouldn't change anything for the world, I do miss just being ME, not a mother, not a wife, just ME. Hey ho that be life!!
Enjoy you weekends
Ele and Arben x

PurpleLostPrincess · 21/06/2008 16:20

Goodness me, you've reminded me I should get some stair gates in ready for when Cerys gets mobile!

Hello ladies, hope you're all doing well!? How did it go then Lolly? Your pics look really fab, bet you had a great time!?

Wow HeadFairy, Lucas is gorgeous!! When you say what he's doing, it reminds me of DS- he was nearly walking at this age and was bombing around the place crawling. Whereas Cerys is in no rush. She'll stand up holding hands but thats about it and I'm quite happy for it to stay that way for a while yet.

How was your day in the end Hopey? Was thinking of you - sorry I got mixed up in the end lol! xxxxx

Well, Cerys has been a bit out of sorts the last couple of weeks and I'm not sure why. I'm really sure its teething but she's been vomitting and she's completely off her food. Saying that, DH fed her with skips and cinnamon donuts this afternoon so she's obviously not wasting away! Got her weighed last week (have I given you an update from seeing the consutlant yet?) and she's just under 17lbs so still dinky. She's just grown into 9-12 months clothes despite being nearly 10 months old bless her and some 3-6 months still fit her really comfortably! She's developed this really cheesy grin which is hilarious and it keeps us entertained and her out of mischief!

As for me, I'm still adjusting to DH being at work. I love it but it is exhausting - how do you ladies do it? I seem to spend my life ferrying the kids to and from school (up until last week I was ferrying DH too but he's got an electric scooter now thank goodness!). Inbetween that (Cerys hates being in the car that long btw); I'm doing the kitchen over and over and constantly tidying and trying to keep up to date with the washing - I don't think I'll ever catch up with it properly!? On top of all that, I seriously need to sort out DD1's bedroom as she got a new bed a few months ago and we were meant to sort it all out then but it still hasn't been done and looks like a junk shop!! However, I genuinely do prefer having him working and got grumpy with him the other day when he was off sick because he was invading my space!

xh's gf had a lovely baby girl two weeks ago and she's absolutely adorable! So the kids have got another new baby sister and they love her equally to Cerys. I'm still really close to his sister and mum and strangely his ex-fiance and have become increasingy good friends with this gf so its all friendly etc. Its her first baby and I've already had a call asking for advice as I seem to be the only person she knows whose had girls - I felt genuinely touched!

Anyway, I'm waffling now! I'd better get some more washing on. I really do wish this weather would at least pretend like its summer!!!!

Take care all! xxxxxxxxx PLP xxxxxxxxxx

PurpleLostPrincess · 21/06/2008 16:25

By the way, I keep a post-it note with all the name changes on it in case anybody has lost track of all the different names - I find it really useful! (Its much longer than this because I also have real names on it for facebook use but won't list them here!).

Arbensmum - Elefantshoes
Kyala - Lolly
MrsFish - LisaLessLumpy
MrsMar - HeadFairy

I love all the names, they're brill!

Lollypopzmummy · 22/06/2008 14:54

Oh what a beautiful night it was!
And last night's hen night was ok too (not really my scene, girl's in pink fluff making arses of themselves, but I left quite early so didn't have to endure them flashing their pants at every given opportunity ).

Friday evening was lovely, we arrived in town just before 8pm, went for a quick drink and Nick had a quick smoke, we then had a lovely horse-drawn carriage ride round to the Guild hall with another couple who had travelled down from London (I don't think there were many local people there at all, mostly Londonners). Entered the hall, got a drink (naturally) and went into the main hall. . .
What a sight! Hundreds of beautiful gothicly dressed folk with the odd spattering of colour, it was beautiful!
The corsetry was amazing (totally put mine to shame in some ways) and the men were very reminiscent of something from Dracula. . . dark and brooding, but once they started dancing you couldn't help but place them more in "Dracula, the ballet", quite effeminet!

Some men were wearing corsetry of their own too (which I found quite sexy, except for the men dressed in full ball gownery, just not right! ).

The people were so lovely and it was so easy to just go wandering and chatting (especially as I was the brightest thing in the room, people couldn't help but smile at me as I approached!).

Surprisingly, I didn't actually take that many photos but got some lovely one's and will post them later. . . if I rememeber!

Off again now, got to kick DH out the door to go and pick something up (3rd time he'll have gone out in the car today!)

xXx

hayley2u · 22/06/2008 15:27

AGE: 9 months and i week
WEIGHT :8.7 KG
LENGTH:69 M
SITTING: ONLY JUST STARTED BUT VERY VERY WELL NOW
ROLLING: ROLLS FROM HER FRONT TO BACK BUT TAKES A FEW TRIES
CRAWLING: NOT YET BUT IS TRYING TOO
STANDING: ONLY WHEN HELD UP OR PULLED UPLEGS WERE LIKE JELLY, BUT FINALLY GETTING THERE
SLEEPING: SHE S A BRILLIANT SLEEPPER GOES TO BED A 8.30 AND GETS UP ABOUT 8.30. HAS ABOUT 3 SLEEPS IN A DAY
TEETH: YES GOT HER FIRST BOTTOM TWO FRONT TEETH THROUGH TOGETHER, WAS A BIT CRANKY AT THIS BUT NOT TOO BAD
EATING: SHE EATS BRILIANT HAS 3 BABY JARMEALS A DAY PLUS PUDDING AND SNACKS SHE D EAT ALL DAY IF SHE COULD
SPEAKING: SHE CANJ SAY DADA, NANA, AND GAGA BUT NO BLOODY MAMA GUTTED LOL

SHE A REALLY GOOD BABY

HOPE EVERYONE IS WELL XX

MrsBumblebee · 22/06/2008 20:01

Hi all.
Lolly, your night sounds magical. I'm so glad it lived up to your expectations. Definitely get those photos on there!

Hi Hayley, good to see you again. Your LO sounds like an absolute angel!

Our big development is that Paul is now crawling, as of Friday. He's much less frustrated now, but much much more trouble!! Seriously need to get a stair gate sorted out . Had a lovely day today. We took him to a local farm that was having an open day, and he was most amused to get licked on the foot by a baby calf. Very cute!

Lollypopzmummy · 22/06/2008 21:42

MrsBB: Crawling sounds fun!

Hayley2U: Wow! Sounds like your LO is a dream to be around, SNAP!

Lolly's doing really well, she's now sitting much more nicely but still slides around in her ring. I should really take her in for her HV visit, I think I've been putting it off cos she wasn't sitting and the HV seemed a bit tense about it .

She'll be 9 month's old tomorrrow, doesn't time fly?! I'm loving the fact that she's still very much the baby and can't crawl but she gets around by rolling and sort of swinging/pivotting herself round on her belly, which is hilarious (and a bit dangerous if you're not watching her all the time).

I've suddenly come down with a delightful bout of spots, they popped up the night before the ball but have got worse over the weekend and are bugging the pants off me!

Anywho, I've posted some photos on my profile and am off for a sneak around the AIBU
Night all
xXx