WOW You lot have certainly been busy ? so much so, I?m having to do one of my famous word doc posts!
Mine ? your new year party sounds lovely ? I know it?s bizarre, but until you said how you pronounce your name the other day, I was calling you (in my head) mine as in coal mine!
Have a lovely time!
Stefka ? I have to say, that one of the things that made doing the birthday pressie thing for Dareh was that it made me feel good ? so not totally altruistic and selfless. I know as well, that if it was me in the same situation, you would have done exactly the same.
Inzi ? it?s really nice to hear how all the Los are doing ? I?d forgotten you were a fellow hyperemesis sufferer ? being pg seems like aeons ago!
Alice ? have a lovely New Year with your folks ? sounds really cosy! Glad that all the others are better now! I?m back to work on 4th Jan as well
Strawberry ? I?ve been meaning to say every time I?ve posted that I was so sorry to hear about your nan, but I am so glad that it was a peaceful passing.
Dal ? hate to tell you, but as Chicken pox has a minimum of 14 days incubation, then if Dylan?s going to get it, then he?s already got it! On a brighter note, if he isn?t exposed already, and he catches today, then it means that he shouldn?t come down with it until you?re at least home! Have a lovely new year whatever you decide to do!
SleepMeNot ? just hoping that 2009 becomes the year of incredibly good sleep! Enjoy your carpet picnic.
Muppetgirl ? woo hoo Henry?s sitting up! He?ll be scaling the bookcase before you know it!
Hope you were successful with the pants!
Rhydian keeps running out of the bathroom at bath time (before he gets in), and waggling his willy at me ? it?s too funny a site for me to be cross. However, he came in all worried yesterday as he?s developed a mole on his scrotum ? I had to examine it very closely before pronouncing it normal.
FT ? your New Year banquet sounds delicious ? I shall have to gatecrash your party and Mine?s!
LLL ? hope you have a good time at the play centre. You?re photos are gorgeous ? you have 2 beautiful boys! I can?t believe how alike they are!
Sunnytimer ? lovely to see you back ? hope the D&V passes quickly ? and, more importantly that you don?t get it! Happy New Year!
Marla ? lovely to see you back too ? your posts are a bit like mine ? !
When I had Rhydian, I found the isolation horrendous when I was off on maternity leave with him: I couldn?t wait to get back to work ? I was like you, and I was the first of my friends to have a baby. I?ve found that now he?s started school, even though I?m working full-time, that I?ve got to know a few of the mums, and when I was off on maternity leave with Mairwen (for a whole year!), I got to know a lot more people around my immediate area ? and was off on maternity leave as the same time as somebody else with a child in R?s class! My experience of being a mum was poles apart this time from last time.
I know where you?re coming from on the names of children thing ? the only place I mention them openly is on this thread, as we?re fairly tucked away here, and given that I?m on facebook, and I write a blog too (and Ravelry ? a sort of facebook for yarnies), then my details are out there!
I?ve done BLW with Mairwen too ? I?m crediting it with her being a much better eater than Rhydian ever was ? from about 11 months ? about the age of 2, all he would eat was yogurt and peas ? I just rolled with it! ? I think though that it?s like sleep, it?s very much the luck of the draw!
The local MN boards do tend to be quiet ? I know muppetgirl is in Swindon ? that?s not too far from Reading is it? I?m in South Wales, just south of Cardiff.
tLES ? I got my period on Monday ? I have never been so relieved! Would love to organise a meet up ? perhaps a camping weekend in the summer somewhere in the Cotswolds?
WWAJC - I didn't realise Ellie Simmonds had acondroplasia - I cried when I saw her interviews in the summer! What a fabulous role model for Anya!
We?ve been into Cardiff today to go shopping ? I went to change my unsuitable Christmas presents, so although I bought a lotm I?ve not actually spent much (of my money, anyway!)
Phew, another monster post over and done with!
Hiya to anybody I haven't mentioned!
Happy New Year to everybody !
Lots of love,
E x